Global Shelter Game

Chapter 5: Chapter 5: Another Way to Obtain Resources

Ye Yun immediately clicked "Produce." Twenty minutes later, a new [Small Filter (White)] appeared in his inventory.

Opening the Trading Post, Ye Yun listed the [Small Filter (White)] he had just obtained.

Offer: [Small Filter (White)] x1. Request: [Damaged Battery Coil] x30, [Small Energy Cube] x20.

He had just browsed the entire Trading Post. For now, he had a monopoly on the [Small Filter (White)]. Given everyone’s current exploration progress, the number of parts people had collected was more or less the same.

Even if someone else managed to produce one, it would likely be just enough for their own use. It was highly unlikely anyone would have a spare to sell.

Sure enough, the moment Ye Yun listed the [Small Filter (White)] on the Trading Post, the public chatroom erupted.

"My God, what am I seeing? Someone is actually selling a [Small Filter (White)] on the Trading Post?"

"Thirty [Damaged Battery Coil]? Did that pro get some insane blueprint that requires a ton of battery coils?"

"I don’t think that price is too expensive!"

"My inventory is already full of [Small Energy Cube]s. I can’t believe that stuff can actually be used for trading?" freёweɓnovel.com

"I finally managed to collect 20 white-grade parts, but the production failed! If I’d known it was on the Trading Post, I would’ve just bought it directly!"

"Thirty [Damaged Battery Coil]s and twenty [Small Energy Cube]s? Isn’t that a total rip-off?"

"Stop talking, the [Small Filter (White)] on the Trading Post is already gone!"

"What the! Who was that fast? I was still gathering the [Damaged Battery Coil]s and it’s already gone???"

...

Ye Yun had expected the trade to go smoothly, but he hadn’t imagined it would be *this* smooth.

He had listed the [Small Filter (White)] on the Trading Post less than a minute ago, and it had already been bought. It seemed there were plenty of smart people out there.

Many had probably already noticed that the production failure rate for the [Small Filter (White)] was actually quite high.

Therefore, this person was willing to spend extra resources for the peace of mind of a guaranteed item.

After all, a single failure meant a direct loss of 20 white-grade parts and 10 points of power.

With 30 [Damaged Battery Coil]s and 20 [Small Energy Cube]s in hand, Ye Yun’s confidence soared.

All it cost him was 20 minutes of the construction robot’s time, but in return, he had directly gained a profit equivalent to 5 white-grade parts and 10 [Small Energy Cube]s.

This operation was far more profitable than sending No. 1 and No. 2 out to explore. Ye Yun felt like he had just discovered a basic use for his Assessment System.

Wasting no time, he converted his earnings into another 25 parts and then commanded the construction robot to begin production again.

Twenty minutes later, a new [Small Filter (White)] was listed on the Trading Post by Ye Yun.

The price was the same as last time: 30 [Damaged Battery Coil]s and 20 [Small Energy Cube]s.

The fact that the previous [Small Filter (White)] had been bought by another manager in less than a minute told Ye Yun that he could have actually set a higher price.

However, he chose not to do so.

Raising the price would certainly bring him greater profits, but he didn’t want to excessively exploit the other managers.

It wasn’t that he had a bleeding heart. Rather, in the early stages of the game, everyone’s resources were relatively scarce. Even if he squeezed them now, there wouldn’t be much profit to be had.

Instead of exploiting other managers so early on, it was better to get through the initial phase together with everyone else.

With the Assessment System in his possession, the more shelters that survived into the later stages, the more resources he would be able to mobilize.

Besides, he was the only one who could see the production success rate. No one else could see it, nor could they compile any statistics on it.

If he set the price too high, people would rather risk failure and produce the items themselves.

Just like last time, this [Small Filter (White)] was bought by someone else less than a minute after he listed it on the Trading Post.

In the public chatroom.

"Damn, who on earth is this pro named Ye Yun?"

"This should be the second [Small Filter (White)] he’s put up, right? Did he find a way to farm them?"

"Maybe he’s just lucky?"

"Since this is a game, it wouldn’t be surprising if there was a bug!"

"I wonder when the pro will release a third filter. I’ve seen a lot of people fail, so I really don’t dare to produce it myself!"

"You guys are such cowards. How come I haven’t failed?"

"Exactly! Exactly! I succeeded too!"

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Ye Yun paid no mind to their nonsensical chatter.

The people complaining were either not his target customers or were deliberately trying to influence others’ thinking so they could snatch a bargain for themselves.

There were a full 100 million shelters in total. Even if only one in ten thousand bought from him, he could still make a fortune.

What’s more, his current production capacity was actually very limited. One construction robot could only produce one item every 20 minutes.

Even producing non-stop, that was only 72 items a day.

Under the current circumstances, he wasn’t worried at all about the [Small Filter (White)] not selling.

Just as he expected, for the rest of the day, whenever he listed a [Small Filter (White)] on the Trading Post, it was snapped up within seconds.

Watching the construction robot working diligently, Ye Yun couldn’t help but feel a little anxious.

With each trade, he earned a profit of 5 white-grade parts and 10 Small Energy Cubes.

After 24 hours of trading, he already had a large surplus of white-grade parts. The only thing limiting his production capacity now was the construction robot.

Ye Yun rubbed his chin. ’It’s a shame I haven’t found a way to produce more construction robots yet.’

The shelter’s doorbell rang. Ye Yun went to the door and checked the camera panel; No. 1 and No. 2 had returned from their exploration mission.

He opened the door, let No. 1 and No. 2 in, and began to skillfully inspect their haul from this trip.

Soon, one particular item caught his attention.

[Small Protein Converter Blueprint (White)]

Without the slightest hesitation, Ye Yun immediately used the blueprint. The next moment, the recipe for the Small Protein Converter appeared in his production list.

Like the [Small Filter (White)], the [Small Protein Converter (White)] had a production time of 20 minutes and required 20 white-grade parts and 10 power as base materials.

Ye Yun opened the production list.

The next moment, the risk assessment for this production immediately appeared before his eyes.

[Assessment Type: Production/Crafting]

[Assessing Production Risk...]

[Item for Assessment: [Small Protein Converter (White)]]

[Assessment: 100% Probability of obtaining a White-grade item. Risk Level: 25%]

The risk level was the same as the [Small Filter (White)]. Drawing on his previous experience, Ye Yun immediately began using various parts from his inventory to try and find the optimal recipe.