Of course, that was her business—Su Mu wasn't interested in bothering her further.
But since the girl mentioned needing metal, Su Mu asked a bit more.
[Girl, the handmade knife can modify metal and Energy Stones, right?]
[So you can modify metal even without Energy Stones, right?]
Meng Tianyi nodded and continued chatting on the trading forum.
[Yes, Big Su Mu, you're right.]
[But metals aren't easy to find in this world.]
[The handmade knife is perfect for processing Energy Stones into various tools.]
[So I said, two Energy Stones can make any tool no bigger than a cup.]
[One is used for processing, the other is the payment.]
Hearing this, Su Mu shrugged, unsure whether Meng Tianyi was lucky or unlucky.
The handmade knife was actually a high-quality weapon, and she was lucky enough to become a first killer.
But killing a monster with just a handmade knife? That was truly something supernatural.
Hearing that Meng Tianyi could process other metals, Su Mu suddenly thought of something.
[Girl, can you process this?]
[Ding: Survivor Su Mu has uploaded one unit of gold ingot.]
Seeing "Gold" appear in the chat, the girl was stunned.
Gold?
[Meng Tianyi: Su Mu! What did you do?]
[Meng Tianyi: This is the Apocalypse Era world—where did you get gold?!]
The round-faced girl's eyes sparkled with curiosity.
Even if she wasn't gold-obsessed, as a girl she was naturally interested in shiny things.
Of course, Su Mu didn't answer.
That gold-plated ore was basically a money machine; showing others how much he had could cause trouble.
[Su Mu: The handmade knife can process metal, so it can process gold too, right?]
[Meng Tianyi: Exactly, gold can be processed too.]
[Su Mu: Then here—I'll give you some gold ingots as materials. I need you to make some water buckets for me.]
[Meng Tianyi: Wow, Big Su Mu, you actually want to use gold for water buckets—how luxurious!]
[Meng Tianyi: Before the Apocalypse Era, you must have been super rich.]
[Meng Tianyi: But Su Mu, I'm not working for free. Processing gold is fine, but you have to pay me something else as wages.]
Su Mu was fine with that.
Although gold might be useful, the top priority now was to improve his strength.
Only Su Mu could afford such luxuries at this stage.
[Su Mu: If you need evolved bones, I can give you some.]
Su Mu had more than enough bones to spare, and boosting strength with big bone soup was slow.
Trading them was best.
[Meng Tianyi: Really? That's fine then, Big Su Mu.]
[Meng Tianyi: Send me the materials, I'll start making the water buckets.]
So, Su Mu transferred 40 units of gold ingots.
Along with 40 purified bones as payment.
The girl was stunned when she saw so many items all at once.
[Meng Tianyi: Wow, Big Su Mu, you're really rich!]
[Meng Tianyi: Don't worry boss, today I'm your laborer.]
[Meng Tianyi: I'll send you the finished water buckets soon.]
She sent a determined emoji, and Su Mu nodded.
The girl was pretty cute, with a round, pinchable face.
...
After finishing the conversation with the girl, Su Mu opened the Corrupted Wasteland map.
"Going east from here, there's a river flowing above the surface."
"But be careful, water sources are also monster-dense areas."
After confirming the direction, Su Mu cautiously headed toward the river.
This was a post-apocalyptic world, and water was the source of life.
Apart from undead creatures, any living being would need water to survive.
Su Mu had seen many on the world forum suffer heavy losses when trying to fetch water from such places.
Returning alive after a trip to a water source was already lucky.
When Su Mu approached, monsters near the water source were already fighting undead creatures.
[Crimson Wild Dog]
[Level: 5]
[Traits: Light body, fast and agile.]
[Description: Wild dogs with little meat, very thin to survive better. Don't underestimate them.]
Opposing the Crimson Wild Dogs were dozens of undead creatures.
The monsters themselves weren't very strong,
But the Crimson Wild Dogs numbered more than ten.
What made it tricky was that the dogs were in a standoff against dozens of undead.
This number made it somewhat troublesome for Su Mu.
"But I can let them kill each other for a while."
"I'll just wait and take advantage of the aftermath."
Su Mu didn't plan to engage the entire monster group yet, instead moving to the riverbank.
This water was precious indeed—
A river still flowing beneath the Apocalypse Era!
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