Chapter 3

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Nutritious Water Sources

With fresh water at hand, Grimm was not afraid that no one would trade with him.

Sure enough, in less than five minutes, all the transactions were completed.

[ Transaction successful. Obtained: common alloy x10! ]

…

A total of 20 transaction messages allowed Grimm to obtain 200 pieces of common alloy in just five minutes.

And this was not the end. A message popped up on the private message interface.

[ I have a compact alloy. Can I trade one set of fresh water for two compact alloys? ]

[ Don’t need it right now! ]

[ Don’t! We can negotiate the price. Compact alloys are very rare! ]

Grimm smiled. He really did not lack compact alloys at the moment, but he could consider other materials.

[ What other rare materials do you have? ]

[ How about glass? ]

[ Don’t need! ]

Grimm felt that this player probably did not have anything rare anymore, so he directly closed the chat window.

Immediately after, another private message notification popped up.

[ Big brother, I have a piece of toast, one for one, I’ll trade it for a portion of fresh water. How about that? ]

Grimm had plenty of fresh water now, but he really did not have any food.

One for one, it was not a loss. He decisively launched a trade, and in the next moment, a trade notification popped up.

[ Transaction successful, obtained: toast x 1! ]

In Grimm’s hand, there was a toast that had been burnt yellow. He opened a bottle of fresh water and ate as he drank. He also kept an eye out for new private messages.

After checking a few useless private messages, he was attracted by one player’s message.

“Boss, I have an old-fashioned carbine gun. Can I trade for five portions of fresh water?”

Five portions of fresh water?

Grimm smiled. This guy really knew how to bid!

In the spaceship base, there were many things that did not require the player to personally handle. The carbine gun’s use value was very limited.

However, this thing could be kept as a backup.

“At most two portions of fresh water. If you want more, you can look for someone else.”

The other party was speechless.

In the entire world, this person was the only one who had so much fresh water. Even if he looked for someone else, that person would not be able to afford it!

[ That’s a weapon. It’s worth at least four portions of fresh water, right? ]

Grimm smiled slightly and replied.

[ You can choose to trade two portions of fresh water, or you can choose to keep the carbine gun and die of thirst. ]

The other party was silent for a few seconds before sending a trade request.

[(Old carbine gun x 1) trade (Fresh water x 2)]

Grimm quickly clicked on the trade and paid for two portions of fresh water.

[ Transaction successful, obtained: Old carbine gun x 1! ]

An old carbine gun suddenly appeared in Grimm’s hand. This gun seemed to have been modified and had a long and narrow magazine.

[ Old carbine gun ]

[ Fescription: A modified carbine gun. It has an enlarged magazine with a capacity of 50 rounds. It can be fired automatically or single shot. ]

Grimm nodded. Although the capacity of the bullets was very large, but the gun would become useless after all 50 bullets were fired. After all, he did not have any extra bullets!

As he was thinking, suddenly, the spaceship base issued a warning.

[ Warning: a meteorite is approaching the hull. The probability of impact is 100% ! ]

“Meteorite?”

Grimm looked at the window of the spaceship. As expected, there was a meteorite rapidly approaching.

Should he control the spaceship to avoid it?

No!

There were a lot of resources inside the meteorite.

Since the meteorite was still far away and its speed was not fast, Grimm decided to immediately build a high-energy pulse cannon.

He opened the technological construction interface.

[ High-energy pulse cannon: 10 points of basic energy, dense alloy x 20, mechanical module x 5]

All the materials were ready!

“Build!”

As Grimm gave the order, the front end of the spaceship flashed with welding white light.

In less than a minute, the high-energy pulse cannon was completed.

As expected, the system notification sounded.

[ Ding! The 100-fold amplification has taken effect! ]

[ Ding! The high-energy pulse cannon has received a 100-fold amplification, obtaining the giant energy pulse heavy cannon! ]

Grimm immediately chose to install it. At the same time, he began to check the attributes of the giant energy pulse heavy cannon.

[ Giant pulse cannon ]

[ Description: A powerful pulse cannon. It has a longer range and greater power. However, each shot requires 200 basic energy points. ]

“What a guy! He swallowed 40% of my electricity in one shot!”

Grimm was speechless. With the amount of electricity he had now, he could only activate it twice a day at most.

[ Warning: meteorite impact in 10 seconds! ]

Suddenly, a warning red light flashed beside the display screen of the spaceship.

Grimm chose to attack the meteorite without hesitation!

Boom!

As he gave the order, the giant energy pulse heavy cannon was instantly activated.

However, the meteorite was still rapidly approaching while the giant energy pulse heavy cannon was charging.

After about five seconds, he finally saw that the heavy cannon was fully charged.

In an instant, the muzzle of the cannon shot out a beam of white light and hit the surface of the meteorite.

The meteorite, which was the size of a car, exploded instantly and broke into countless tiny pieces.

“High-speed automatic mechanical claw, capture the meteorite fragments!”

The order was given, and the high-speed automatic mechanical claw reached out and began to grab the meteorite fragments.

[ Acquired: energy raw ore x 1! ]

[ Energy raw ore x 1 has a 100-fold increase, energy raw ore x 100! ]

[ Obtained: ice X 1]

[ Ice x 1 has a 100-fold increase, ice x 100! ]

..

“Ice?”

Grimm looked at the description of the ice.

[ Ice ]

[ Description: after melting, water can be obtained. However, it contains a large amount of unknown bacteria or toxic substances. It needs to be purified! ]

Grimm was disappointed. He thought that with ice, he could obtain a large amount of fresh water. He didn’t expect that after this thing melted, it still needed to be purified.

“Let’s see if I’ve unlocked any relevant construction principle.”

Grimm opened the technology construction interface and found the related principle diagram.

[ Ice purifying processor: 20 basic energy points, common alloy x 20, mechanical module x 20]

[ Description: Add Ice and you can generate purified water. Purify one unit of ice to get one unit of fresh water, consume 10 basic energy points. ]

“What? Purifying one unit of fresh water will consume 10 points of basic energy?”

This amount of energy consumption completely stunned Grimm.

It seemed that fresh water was really precious. The probability of obtaining directly drinkable pure water in the universe was not very high. In most cases, one could only obtain such ice cubes.

For ordinary players, it was simply too difficult to frequently use only a small amount of energy to produce purified water!

“Produce!”

Fortunately, Grimm had sufficient energy.

He chose to produce it directly. Five minutes later, an instrument for producing purified water appeared next to him.

However, Grimm did not remember to use it. Instead, he waited for the 100-fold amplification to activate.

Sure enough, the next moment, a system notification appeared.

[ Ding! The 100-fold amplification is effective! ]

[ Ding! Ice purification water processor receives 100-fold amplification. Obtained nutrient purification water generator! ]

“Nutritious purified water?”

Grimm curiously checked the introduction.

[ Nutrient purification water generator ]

[ Description: ice can be processed into nutritious purified water with vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. For every portion of nutritious purified water produced, 20 points of basic energy will be consumed! ]

“Beautiful!”

In the cosmic environment, it was not enough to just eat one’s full. If the food was simple and lacked nutrition, one might get sick.

With this nutrient purified water, one basically did not have to worry about health problems anymore.

“Furthermore… the nutrient purified water can definitely be sold for a great price!”