vstars Chapter 321 Water Shortage
Chapter 321 Water Shortage
The dungeon's administrators aren't fools; they wouldn't release a "useless" product for no reason.
Xu Xiaoyan understood this better than anyone else. She had seen too many seemingly inexplicable policies that were eventually proven to have a reason.
Today, a notice is issued announcing a purchase limit for something, and tomorrow it is discovered that this type of product plays an important role in certain aspects, resulting in a major shift in the supply and demand relationship.
If an area is closed off today, news will come out tomorrow that a serious bloodshed has occurred there. Fortunately, the blockade has kept ordinary people out, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Today they warn against selling addictive drugs, and tomorrow they arrest the entire chain of counterfeiters and sellers. These are people who are given opportunities but don't cherish them. They always have a侥幸心理 (a sense of luck or wishful thinking) and think they won't be targeted.
Those who sit in those positions have far more information than ordinary people, and every decision they make has a reason behind it.
The fact that this battery box has been launched indicates that there is demand.
What need? The need to deal with emergencies!
What kind of emergency? Power outages, internet outages, chaos, etc. These things have happened before in the dungeon.
Although I don't know the purpose of developing this battery box, it's never a bad idea to buy it as a backup!
Xu Xiaoyan didn't even change her shoes before taking out her phone, opening the official website, and starting to study it carefully.
The official website is quite formal, with a white background and black text, accompanied by a high-resolution image of the battery box.
The thing looked like a thicker version of a suitcase, with a silver-gray exterior, metal trim around the corners, a small display screen on the front, and a charging port on the side; it looked sturdy.
This type of battery storage box comes in two sizes.
The small one is enough for an ordinary tram for eighteen days, and it costs 1,200.
The large size is enough for a regular tram to run for about thirty days, and it costs two thousand.
Of course, the actual range depends on the vehicle model and road conditions; the official data is based on "standard operating conditions".
But Xu Xiaoyan felt that even with a discount, the large size would be enough to meet normal usage needs, even if it could only be used for twenty-five days.
Moreover, this isn't something you can just buy casually! You have to register your real identity, explain the purpose, and sign an electronic agreement promising "not to use it for illegal purposes."
The official website homepage also prominently displays in red: This product is a key technology product of the dungeon and its resale is strictly prohibited. Violators will be held legally responsible.
After reading this, Xu Xiaoyan felt more at ease. The stricter the control, the more important this thing was.
She scrolled down to the purchase page.
The page reads: "Limited stock, two items per person."
Once the rush starts, these kinds of things will quickly sell out. Rich people, people with connections, and people who are prepared like her will all scramble to buy them.
Don't hesitate!
She clicked on it and started filling in the information.
Name: Xu Xiaoyan.
ID number: She entered the string of numbers she knew by heart.
Residential address: Unit 1, No. 63, East District.
Purpose: For personal use only.
Purchase quantity: 2.
When it came to filling in the specifications, Xu Xiaoyan hesitated for a moment, then tried filling in the large size. Soon, the page redirected to the payment page.
As she expected, she did not request full payment!
The page displays: This product requires a 30% deposit in advance, and the remaining balance shall be paid upon delivery. The delivery time is 7 days after the order is submitted.
She quickly calculated that she would pay 30% in advance.
Two large battery boxes, total price four thousand, with a 30% deposit of one thousand two hundred.
She had 6,300 in her account. After paying the deposit, she had 5,100 left. In a few days, she would pay the remaining 2,650 for the bow and arrow, leaving her with 2,450.
When the battery box is delivered, I will pay the remaining 2,800, leaving me with only a negative 350 in my account.
No, after paying the final payment for the bow and arrow, there is still 2,450 left, which is not enough to pay the remaining 2,800.
She needs to earn at least 350 more points within these seven days.
She earned back 350 points in no time by simply setting up a stall!
With that thought, she felt reassured and decisively checked the "Agree to prepay 30%" box on the order form before clicking submit.
The page redirects and displays: Order submitted successfully! Please complete the deposit payment within 24 hours, otherwise the order will be automatically cancelled.
Below is a line of smaller print: Your order number is [order number], and the delivery time is 7 days later. Please pick up your product at the No. 7 material distribution point in the East District.
She just spent four thousand points—no, she prepaid one thousand two hundred.
She had already spent four thousand points, but it wasn't fully paid off yet. Adding the five thousand for the bow and arrow, she had spent nearly nine thousand points in half a day.
Nine thousand points would probably be enough for an average person to save for a long time, but now, those points have turned into three thousand arrows and two battery boxes.
She suddenly felt a little ridiculous.
So many points were spent without even blinking an eye. If nothing happens in the future, all that money will have been wasted.
But she preferred white flowers, because white flowers meant that nothing had happened.
One morning a month later, Xu Xiaoyan was lying in bed scrolling through her phone, planning what goods to buy the next day.
Then the phone suddenly rang.
A name popped up on the screen: Grandpa Yu.
Xu Xiaoyan was stunned for a moment. Half a year had passed, and she had never contacted Grandpa Yu, nor had he ever called her.
She answered the phone, but before she could speak, she heard a rustling sound.
It was very loud, like something rubbing together, or like footsteps, a jumble of footsteps, and occasionally other sounds, like someone shouting something, but I couldn't make it out.
There was a sound of something falling to the ground, a thud, and a child's cry, sharp and distant.
After a while, the sounds gradually subsided and finally quieted down, presumably because Grandpa Yu had found a quiet place.
"Xiao Yan," he said, "I saw that I could contact you, so I called you."
Xu Xiaoyan gripped her phone tightly and responded.
"I just contacted all my friends I could reach," Grandpa Yu continued. "We're leaving the dungeon, so you should prepare as soon as possible."
Xu Xiaoyan's mind went blank.
Leave the dungeon?
She opened her mouth, but after a long pause, she managed to ask, "Is...is it because there's not enough power?"
There was a two-second silence on the other end of the phone, followed by a sigh.
"It's not just an electricity problem," said Grandpa Yu, "it's also about the water supply."
Water source? Xu Xiaoyan was truly shocked now.
She sat up in bed, her voice trembling. "Isn't the ground extremely cold? The ice and stuff there should be enough, right?"
She remembered hearing when she first arrived in the underground city that the city's water source mainly came from two places, one of which was groundwater.
Another method is surface ice melt. Although the surface is cold, there are ice layers in some places. After melting, the ice flows down and can be used after processing.
Logically speaking, with these two things combined, there shouldn't be a water shortage.
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