Lin Qiuyue wanting scrap iron was absolutely no coincidence!

And Tang Yan's large-scale acquisition of scrap iron undoubtedly indicated that... scrap iron could be refined into iron ingots!

"These guys... do they even have smelting equipment?" Bai Cheng couldn't help but feel surprised.

"It seems my progress has been far surpassed by these people."

She glanced at the price Lin Qiuyue offered her: 5 pieces of scrap iron for one employee card.

Looking at the market price, after Bai Cheng's conversion to the lowest price, the value of one piece of scrap iron was almost equivalent to one piece of leather.

"Five pieces of leather for one employee card? This is practically giving it away for free!"

This price was incredibly cheap for Bai Cheng, but upon closer thought, it made sense; the employee cards in the other party's hands were useless, and no matter how much they exchanged for, it would be a profit.

Yet, she still chose to exchange it with Bai Cheng at a low price, and she didn't know if it was her accursed hormones at play.

"Scrap iron is different from leather; besides being used to make pulley transmission devices, it currently has no other use."

Moreover, Bai Cheng didn't believe that everyone was lucky enough to open only pulley transmission devices.

A piece of scrap iron weighed about one kilogram, and its irregular shape completely took up space and added weight when placed in the vehicle.

For those with extra scrap iron, exchanging these iron lumps for useful materials was undoubtedly the most cost-effective option.

"Tang Yan, that profiteer, wants two pieces of scrap iron for one portion of meat, betting that the boxes will all contain even numbers."

Bai Cheng still decided to use wood to compete with the other party for market share.

But the price had to be generous enough.

She accepted Lin Qiuyue's trade and was about to act when she suddenly became curious about how others in the channel were reacting, so she opened the chat.

"Scrap iron? What's the use of this stuff? Boss Tang Yan is actually buying it?"

"Currently, there's only one thing that can be built with scrap iron. Tang Yan probably plans to buy it and then resell it!"

"Heh heh, I also admire the pig-headed person upstairs. What's the point of selling transmission devices? If I didn't lack equipment, wasn't worried about weight, and was short on supplies, I would have collected it too!"

"What do you mean by that, upstairs? Is there some other use for scrap iron?"

"Brothers, what exactly is this scrap iron you're talking about...?"

"Opening boxes almost guarantees two pieces of scrap iron!"

"No, Boss Lin Qiuyue is also buying scrap iron?!"

Tang Yan often sold food, and his name frequently appeared in the exchange, so he had long been regarded as a boss by others in the channel.

Lin Qiuyue, needless to say, seemed to have an endless supply of water, selling it until now, making her an undisputed true boss.

And when Bai Cheng saw the last message, she immediately closed the channel and reopened the exchange, indeed seeing Lin Qiuyue's acquisition order.

One used food, the other used water, and the prices were similar, but obviously fresh water was more competitive.

"I wonder if they planned it together, or if the latter reacted after seeing the order."

Bai Cheng frowned; she hadn't even started competing, and the pressure was already so great.

"Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night..."

Bai Cheng sighed, picking up her axe with a resentful expression and getting out of the vehicle.

Chop two or three trees, burn black viscous liquid, then advance a few hundred meters, and then repeat the entire process.

Although time-consuming, it was fortunately not strenuous for Bai Cheng, just a bit troublesome.

Moreover, at night, one tree could drop over twenty pieces of wood, making the collection efficiency exceptionally fast.

Despite having a spatial backpack, the limit of three hundred pieces of wood was far from enough for Bai Cheng. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

She directly synthesized all these pieces of wood into fine wood so that the railcar could store the maximum amount of wood.

After an unknown amount of time, Bai Cheng felt that it was already deep into the night, and she was growing increasingly sleepy, nearing her limit.

Although there was still plenty of space for wood on the railcar, she looked at the green treasure chest not far away and chose to give up.

"Finally, I can rest. Tomorrow, I can focus on traveling."

Bai Cheng casually threw the axe onto the vehicle and stood in front of it, looking at her achievements.

"Two hundred pieces of fine wood. I hope they can all be traded before I wake up."

At this time, very few people were talking in the channel; most had already gone to sleep.

Bai Cheng opened the exchange and directly listed all her fine wood.

"【Trader: Bai Cheng】"

"【Trading Item: Fine Wood * 4 (Remaining 204)】"

"【Demand: Scrap Iron * 1.】"

20 pieces of wood for 1 piece of scrap iron, this was already far above the market price, even though it was a very common material.

But to compete with materials like food and fresh water, Bai Cheng could only do this.

"If everything goes smoothly, I can collect all the scrap iron by tomorrow night."

As for storage, Bai Cheng had a spatial backpack, which was just enough, so she didn't need to worry at all.

But she was also curious about Tang Yan and Lin Qiuyue; if they didn't have smelting equipment, would they really carry 200 pieces of scrap iron, weighing four hundred catties, on their vehicles while traveling?

"Surely they don't all have equipment?" Bai Cheng raised an eyebrow. "But where would the equipment come from?"

Her gaze unconsciously drifted to the green-glowing treasure chest not far away; this was perhaps the only explanation.

Along the way, Bai Cheng had, of course, encountered many white treasure chests, but the closest ones to the train were all three meters away.

At night, Bai Cheng dared not take risks; she could only choose to give up for the sake of chopping trees.

It just so happened that she had collected enough wood and encountered this green treasure chest, which was why she finally decided to rest.

Squeezing out a small space on the railcar, Bai Cheng lay down directly, spread-eagled.

The pitch-black night was like a beast choosing its prey; even when she looked up at the sky, she couldn't see a single star.

Only the orange-yellow light emitted by the lantern enveloped her, like the only safe zone in this world.

"I wish I could take a shower," Bai Cheng muttered with a somewhat picky pout.

"I wonder how Yu Nian is doing. Please don't come here..."

Gradually, Bai Cheng's breathing became steady, and she unknowingly fell asleep.

Plop!

A drop ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) of water fell from high in the sky, collided with the ground, and then burst into tiny splashes.

Bai Cheng was sleeping soundly. She turned over and said impatiently, "Ugh, don't touch me..."

But more and more water drops fell onto the railcar, falling onto her body.

Bai Cheng suddenly opened her eyes and instantly sat up: "It's raining?"

Looking up at the sky, it was terrifyingly gloomy, and a drop of rain happened to fall on her nose.

Scrap iron was rolling everywhere on the railcar, and the treasure chest not far away was still in its original spot, filling Bai Cheng with joy.

"This rainwater should be drinkable, right?" She was a bit confused; at least it didn't look like acid rain.

And now, if she could just figure out how to make a few containers, wouldn't she be able to collect a large amount of fresh water?

Hopefully, it was just localized rain.

"My luck has finally arrived!"