Chapter 44: The Delivery Service Scroll!
Realizing this, James suddenly felt at ease, his initial dissatisfaction vanishing like smoke.
Such a powerful Spirit Swamp Pool offered vast operational possibilities, providing endless potential in many areas! He was quite satisfied with his first rare-grade reward.
Back inside his shelter, James took out the second scroll, the Random Resource Scroll! It was likely similar to the "Spring of Life," a resource-type reward. The main feature of resource rewards was their ability to provide long-term, sustainable benefits.
Upon using the scroll, it slowly transformed into the shape of a bamboo plant.
A bamboo forest!
This was a rare-grade bamboo forest resource.
[Name: Yunxi Bamboo Forest Resource Scroll (Rare-Grade)
Function: A two-acre rare bamboo forest producing Yunxi Bamboo and Yunxi Bamboo Shoots.
Excessive harvesting at once will affect future production.]
Just a scroll, James couldn't determine its true value. But producing rare-grade materials like Yunxi Bamboo and food like Yunxi Bamboo Shoots, it seemed quite valuable. Considering the current cold weather, using the scroll now might affect the bamboo growth, so James decided to wait until after the cold wave and warmer weather to use this resource scroll.
During this time, the chat channel was in complete uproar. All survivors' names were displayed in different colors. The few striking red names stood out conspicuously among millions, signifying those who ranked in the top 10,000 in the global survivor ranking. Among over 5 billion survivors, being in the top 10,000 meant real strength!
As soon as the rankings ended, all red-name survivors were inundated with attention.
"What kind of big shot is this?! Top 10,000 globally!"
"I have a red-name big shot in my friends list!!! I never noticed! Gotta go ask for help!"
"Bro, let's be friends, we can team up!"
"Me too!"
"Amazing to know a top 10,000 big shot!"
"I'm a grey name, so sad!"
"Really, a red name? I haven't seen any!"
Then a red name appeared: "You mean this color?"
"???"
"???"
"..."
"Bro, you're awesome!"
"Hey, there's a purple name, don't run away!"
"..."
"Any red-name big bro, can you spare a piece of meat? Thanks!"
"Online beggar? Expecting freebies?"
"Get lost, mind your own business! Bro, I have a teleportation charm, can deliver to your door!"
"Cough, cough, send a photo privately!" (Red Name)
"Listen, everyone, this is a global disaster, we are all poor survivors! I propose that red and purple name survivors share their food with those in need!"
"Yes, share it!"
"Share it!"
"Share it!"
"..."
Such brainless suggestions were quickly drowned out by a barrage of curses.
James was about to open the silver resource boxes when a flurry of notification sounds interrupted him.
Ding ding ding! Ding ding ding! Ding ding ding!
Opening his private chat, he found messages from six or seven people.
Apart from Nancy and Luke, he didn't remember the others.
He opened chats with Nancy and Luke.
Nancy's name was green, indicating a D rank, a moderate level. Luke, as expected, was a bright red.
Nancy: "Red name! Red name! Red name! James, you are the real expert!"
Just by reading the messages, James could sense her excitement.
Nancy was indeed surprised. She knew James was doing well and was wealthy, but she didn't know his exact strength. She thought at most he would be A-level, with a purple name being impressive.
But to her astonishment, when she opened her friends list, she saw a very bright red color: James!
Only then did she realize her boss was a real big boss!
James replied: "Eh, don't get too excited. Your green name looks good too."
Nancy: "..."
Nancy: "What rewards did you get? Are they good?"
James replied: "Not bad, two scrolls, two resource boxes."
Nancy was puzzled: "Sounds pretty ordinary. I got two scrolls and two boxes too."
James: "Er... care to share the details?"
Nancy: "Good-grade teleportation scroll, good-grade wooden basin manufacturing scroll, one wooden resource box, one bronze resource box. How about that, not bad, right?"
James, looking at the simple rewards, thought the system was rather stingy, but still comforted her: "Pretty good, the teleportation scroll is nice."
"And you?"
After thinking, James replied: "Almost the same, just higher quality, rare-grade."
Rare-grade… Nancy was stunned for a moment, not immediately grasping the significance.
After five seconds, it clicked.
Common-grade, good-grade, excellent-grade, rare-grade...
Nancy slapped her forehead, realizing the blunder. She was two grades behind!
Nancy: "You call that similar?"
James comforted: "Don't just look at the grade, practical value matters too. Like your teleportation scroll, I've never gotten one!"
"Don't try to fool me, no matter how useful, it's still good-grade..." Nancy wasn't naive and felt James was misleading her.
James didn't mind, laughing: "Want to use the teleportation scroll to visit my place?"
Nancy pursed her lips, not responding, but instead asked: "Do you know the teleportation scroll has another name... the Delivery Service Scroll."
Delivery Service?!
James thought about it and realized it was indeed the case.
There's one business that thrives in any time, place, and situation, always flourishing – the flesh trade!
As survivors in the mist world, everyone was under great stress and needed outlets for their desires.
Thus, the special use of the teleportation scroll was thoroughly exploited.
However, the scroll had a major drawback.
Unlike the ally scroll, which prevents mutual harm, the teleportation scroll had no such restriction.
There had been numerous instances where women were teleported and ended up losing everything, including their lives.
Nancy, although possessing a teleportation scroll, certainly wouldn't dare to use it recklessly.