45 Chapter 45: The Seductive Sounds

After chatting with Nancy for a bit, James also took the opportunity to reply to Luke's message.

Luke: "Not bad, James, also an S-class. What facilities and resources did you get?"

James was actually quite curious about what items other Red Name Survivors had received.

He replied: "A methane pool and a bamboo forest. What about you, big brother?"

Soon, Luke replied: "My shelter facility is a Hatching Room, and the resource point is a Dark Essence Iron Mine."

Luke then explained in detail the functions of the Hatching Room and the Dark Essence Iron Mine.

James was drooling as he listened. The Dark Essence Iron Mine was a rare iron mine, its specific use unclear, but certainly of great value.

The Hatching Room, however, was what James envied the most.

The purpose of the Hatching Room was to accelerate the hatching, breeding, and growth of beasts, and to a certain extent, increase the survival rate of the cubs.

This shelter facility seemed tailor-made for James's bee colony.

If James had obtained the Hatching Room, his bee colony would have rapidly taken off.

First, using the Hatching Room to quickly expand the number of normal Black Tiger Bees.

Then, through taming in the Beast Pen, the tamed normal Black Tiger Bees could be immediately upgraded to a higher quality using upgrade scrolls.

For every certain number increase in the bee colony, a higher-quality Black Tiger Bee Queen would emerge to lead a new swarm, a thoroughly satisfying development!

James sighed and said, "Big brother, I'm so envious of your Hatching Room!"

Luke seemed to understand James's thoughts and said, "Don't be envious. I'm actually frustrated! Finally got a rare facility, but it turns out to be more useful for you. Such bad luck."

Hearing this, James felt touched but also puzzled, "Big brother, don't you plan to breed a batch of bees? With the Hatching Room, it should be easy to establish."

Luke replied: "I'd rather not. If needed, I'll borrow your bee colony. Since we're allied, we should try not to overlap in our development directions to avoid internal resource consumption."

James nodded, understanding Luke's point of view.

However, he also realized something important that Luke didn't explicitly mention: if both pursued the same path, they could easily become competitors, affecting their cooperative relationship.

James felt quite emotional, having established such a deep friendship with Luke merely with a bottle of healing potion and some spring water.

This was definitely the greatest luck.

Both being S-class survivors and still able to fully trust and cooperate with each other was an unparalleled advantage!

After their exchange, James took about 50 Black Tiger Bees from the hive and traded them to Luke.

He asked Luke to breed this batch of Black Tiger Bees in the Hatching Room.

Of course, James also sent over the bee nest, where the bee eggs should hatch quickly in the Hatching Room.

The remaining Black Tiger Bees, meanwhile, had usurped the nests of Tree Bees.

Next, James checked other messages.

He had six friends in total.

Apart from Nancy and Luke, there were Mary, Peter, Karen, and George whom he had met early on.

Mary was the first to sell Guardian Thorns to James and he had helped her upgrade her shelter to level two on the first day.

She had promised to provide a long-term water supply to James, but later became unreachable.

Peter sold potatoes and telephone poles.

Karen sold Black Beetle feces but due to her price gouging, the cooperation ended.

George sold Striped Stones and they still had transactions, maintaining a fairly good relationship.

All four sent messages.

Peter and George were relatively normal, expressing their "admiration" and "praise".

Peter: "My God! You're too strong, buddy. I never thought I'd have a Red Name powerhouse among my friends! Lead the way for me, strong one!"

George: "Brother, who would have thought! You're actually in the top 10,000 globally? Really impressive, take me with you in the future."

James replied to both, also expressing his willingness to cooperate.

If they had valuable resources, he was still happy to make more friends.

After all, both were not weak, with Peter being an A-class Purple Name and George a B-class Blue Name.

In the eyes of many ordinary survivors, they were also objects of flattery and alliance.

Mary's message was much more subdued, and she was only a C-class Yellow Name.

Mary: "Big brother James, sorry about before. If possible, I hope to cooperate with you. My shelter is near a river and has plenty of high-quality wood."

James didn't look further, merely replying: "No need, I'm not short of water now."

At a shelter by a small river, a 27.8-year-old woman with an elegant demeanor, seeing the reply in her "Mist Survival Handbook," clenched her fist in annoyance.

She had joined a mutual aid alliance, thinking she could develop quickly with the help of allies within, and didn't pay much attention to this ordinary boy.

But after the alliance collapsed, she lost some resources, slowing her development.

Unexpectedly, after the recent rating update, when she checked her friend list again, she discovered an S-class Red Name friend.

Realizing it was the friend she met on the first day, whom she promised to supply with water but ended up breaking the promise.

As a result, when she opened the chat channel, it was filled with several inquiries from James, with no replies from her, turning her face red with frustration.

After closing Mary's chat channel, James directly deleted her.

Compared to the previous three, however, Karen's message was somewhat shocking.

She sent a 20-minute long video.

James was curious, not expecting the "Mist Survival Handbook" to be capable of recording videos.

Curiously clicking it, the next moment, a melodious and seductive sound filled the bedroom. The voice was melodious and crisp, like that of a lark, sometimes high and passionate, sometimes low and mournful...

In the video, a woman in her early 20s with short to medium hair and pale skin was visible, twisting on a dimly lit bed...

Snap!

With a puzzled face, James closed the "Mist Survival Handbook", quite shocked.

Testing me with this?

In the world of the Mist, every day was filled with immense survival pressure, already causing a great deal of stress, how could he stand such temptation?

James picked up a bottle of spring water from the table, gulping it down to suppress his untoward thoughts.

After sending a reply, he immediately deleted Karen.

James: "Sorry, I prefer mature women."

Only after the seductive sounds completely disappeared from the shelter did James breathe a sigh of relief.

He thought to himself: Even if I'm looking for a woman, it should be me who initiates. What does it mean for you to flirt with me?

With his current situation, with the bright red name above his head, what type of woman couldn't he find?

However, after this experience, James couldn't help but think, nowadays, survivors driven by survival needs are starting to exhibit various chaotic behaviors, necessitating more caution and vigilance.

Even through the chat channel, various heresies could appear, truly difficult to guard against!

And also, he must have been too pent-up, otherwise, he wouldn't have almost lost control just by hearing the voice...