Chapter 9  : Keep Warm and Make a Heating Stone

“System notification: The night is dark and the temperature difference between day and night is huge. Please keep warm. Bad weather is the biggest challenge you are facing!”

The system notification sounded.

There was no light in the surroundings except for the flames on the grill.

Although he was right next to the grill, Mcgee still felt a chill on his back.

So he moved closer to the fire.

While Mcgee was eating the barbecue and roasting the bonfire, the others were already on the verge of collapse.

The dark wooden house had no light at all.

The cold wind kept drilling into the wooden house through the cracks, making the people lying on the broken straw mats shiver and unable to sleep.

Hunger accompanied by the cold made many people unwillingly shed tears.

On one side the harsh living conditions were terrible, and on the other side was the disappearance of their loved ones. There was nothing more tragic than this in the human world.

Because they could not sleep due to the cold, they could only open the system panel and rely on the little bit of light from the system panel to survive in the endless night.

The chat channel was also filled with wails.

“It’s so cold! Brothers, I feel like I won’t be able to survive tonight.”

“Me too. During the day, I still fantasized that I was the one. I didn’t expect that I would freeze to death in this cold night just a few hours later.”

“I miss my mom. Sob.”

…

Mcgee looked at the many bonfires that were still burning. After thinking for a while, he felt that he should not waste these logs.

So, he got up and walked around the wooden house.

It used to be a riverbed, so the shrubs grew so luxuriously.

There were many black pebbles of different sizes in some open spaces.

This was what Mcgee was looking for.

Black pebbles could absorb heat very effectively.

Moreover, the density of the pebbles was high, so the heat was not easily lost. It was a good material to make heating stones.

The making of heating stones was very simple. You just had to put the pebbles next to the fire and let them absorb the heat.

Mcgee gathered a large pile of pebbles and formed a circle.

Then he took the carbon fire from the grill and put it in the middle to keep it burning.

Mcgee made the pebbles while scrolling through the channels and the community.

Just then, Mcgee suddenly found that someone in the community was selling crystal cores!

Some shiny crystal cores

Price: Private Chat.

Note: If you don’t have anything good, don’t add me. Although I can’t use this thing now, I’m not stupid. I know it’s definitely something good. Ask me for the price if you’re interested. It would be best if there was a crystal core exchange.

The moment he saw the fire crystal core, Mcgee immediately added the person who sold the crystal core as a friend.

“System notification: Lin Xiang has accepted your friend request.”

Mcgee went straight to the point and sent a message to the other side.

“Brother, can you trade your crystal core with me. Ten portions of pork for one. Brother, are you considering selling it?”

Ten portions of pork for one portion of crystal core. With the current price, it could be considered quite fair.

On the other side, Lin Xiang recognized Mcgee at a glance. He was now the undisputed overlord of the trading area and had a lot of fresh pork in his hands.

Lin Xiang: “Are you dreaming? Ten servings? Don’t even think about it!”

Since the other party had taken the initiative to add him as a friend, it proved that the other party must be in urgent need of these crystal cores.

Taking advantage of this good opportunity, he had to ruthlessly rip off this big dog.

Thinking of this, Lin Xiang immediately sent another message.

“Stop daydreaming. 100 servings per piece. If you don’t buy it, people will buy it. There isn’t only one person who has food. Besides pork, there are also apples!”

After reading it, Mcgee closed the chat box. Although crystals were useful, he was not in a hurry.

He did not intend to trade with the seller who obviously started the price from scratch.

Looking up at the heating stone by the fire, Mcgee estimated that it should be almost done.

So he reached out his hand to check the temperature.

“Ah! It’s so hot!”

Mcgee withdrew his hand at lightning speed, but even so, his finger was still scalded, with two small blisters.

Mcgee said in surprise, “Looks like I underestimated the heat absorption ability of this thing!”

Opening up the community with familiarity, Mcgee quickly put these dozens of heating stones on the shelves.

Heating Stones

Selling Price: Wood × 2, Stone × 2.

It could be used to keep warm. If you cut the pork into thin slices and put them on the stones, you could even eat cooked food.

Note: The temperature is extremely high. Be careful of burns!

“Wow, boss, you have something new on the shelves again.”

“Heating stone. Boss is such a good person. I’m almost freezing to death!”

“You can keep warm and cook at the same time. Two birds with one stone. Boss, just you wait. I’ll go out and hit the trees right now!”

“Fortunately, I didn’t log off just now. Otherwise, I would have regretted it to death!”

“I owe you my life. Big brother, please accept my bow!”

“System notification: You have sold heating stone × 1 and obtained wood × 2.”

“System notification: You have sold heating stone × 1 and obtained stone × 2.”

…

Lin Xiang was still fantasizing about when Mcgee would come to him and beg him to sell the crystal core to him.

That way, he would be able to eat pork like the others.

However, after waiting for a long time, Lin Xiang still did not see any news from Mcgee.

At this moment, someone suddenly uploaded a photo on the regional chat.

“Big brother Mcgee has new goods again. It’s very useful. Everyone, hurry up and snatch it. It’s going to be gone soon.”

Lin Xiang looked and saw a head-sized pebble covered with a juicy pork chop.

The pebble was still emitting hot steam.

“Coo-coo!”

Lin Xiang’s stomach suddenly started growling.

The cold wind around him seemed to have become even colder.

“System notification: You have a new message. Please take a look.”

Mcgee opened the interface and saw that it was a message from Lin Xiang, who was selling crystal cores.

“Brother, I have just used up all my ingredients. Can you give me a heating stone and some pork on credit? I’m freezing to death.”

Mcgee thought about the man’s attitude and replied, “I won’t give you any credit for a small business!”

Lin Xiang was filled with regret when he saw the message. If he had known earlier, he would not have asked so much. He should have sold it to him earlier.

Mcgee was not in a hurry. It was a cold night and there was nothing to warm him up. He did not believe that he could sleep.

As expected, Lin Xiang sent another message in a short while.

“I beg you, can you change the price? I only have one crystal core left. I want to buy a heating stone and ten pieces of pork.”

Mcgee smiled. You did not have that attitude just now.

He replied, “Brother, there are only a few pieces of heating stone and pork left. Now the price has increased! One crystal core can only be exchanged for five pieces of pork. As for the heating stone, please exchange it with other things.”

Lin Xiang looked at the new pork and heating stone on the shelves in the community. His eyes were wide open as he said angrily, “You’re trying to take advantage of the situation by raising the price!”

It was as if he did not do that just now.

In the end, Lin Xiang could not resist the temptation of warmth and delicious food.

He looked at the Crystal Core and the blueprints in his backpack reluctantly and took the items away obediently.

If someone else beat him to it later, then Lin Xiang would really have to run into a wall. No matter how rare the items in his hands were, he had to live through the night first.

[System notification: you have sold the heating stone × 1 and obtained the basic farmland blueprint × 1.]

[System notification: you have sold the pork × 5 and obtained a grass-type crystal core.]

After obtaining the item, Mcgee’s lips curled up. “As the old saying goes, what’s coming will come, and we’ll meet it when it does.”