Everyone Became Lords: I Became A Base-Building Fanatic - Chapter 18

Chapter 18: Scarce Minerals

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

When Fang Ping was quickly browsing through the friend requests, as long as he saw minerals or strange items that were useful to him and were not too rare, he would not communicate with them directly. After raising his price, he would directly ask if they wanted to trade.

Once the other party chose to trade, the two parties would directly distribute the goods to each other without saying anything else.

Meanwhile, Fang Ping would directly interact with the other party if he felt that the materials they had were especially valuable or rare. After a series of extreme struggles with the other party, he would rely on the fact that he was the only merchant who exchanged Spirit Stones for items and exchange them for the items in the other party’s hands at an extremely low price.

Some of the new Overlords who had traded with Fang Ping chose to celebrate a fortune in silence after completing their trade with him. They quietly collected scarce and rare resources and prepared to exchange Spirit Stones with Fang Ping again, hoping to strengthen the strength of their territory as much as possible during the last two days of the novice protection period.

On the other hand, some of them knew that they would not be able to get any rare or scarce resources in the last two days. They simply gave up trying and became shit stirrers who kept giving Fang Ping good reviews in the message board.

“He really has a lot of Spirit Stones stored. Everyone, come and snatch them!”

“There are still two days before the end of the novice protection period. The resources that you have but can’t use and can only look at are useless. Why not exchange them for Spirit Stones to increase the strength of your territory?”

“Even though he has a lot of stock, there are many new Overlords. If you’re late, you won’t be able to snatch them!”

Words like these kept appearing on the message board.

“Since I’m not having a good time, the others better not think about having a good time. Hand over all the good things. No matter who benefits in the end, I won’t be able to see the future anyway. Every moment I can enjoy is good enough.”

With such dark thoughts in mind, a small number of novice leaders who felt that they had no hope of passing the first territory test joined in one after another. They tried their best to fool the other novice Overlords into exchanging the resources with long-term development potential for the temporary glory when the first territory test took place.

The words from this group of novice Overlords kept stimulating the families with rare and scarce materials.

After a moment of contemplation, the rich people looked longingly at the rare and scarce resources in their hands. One after another, they attached pictures, as well as the detailed usage and functions of their resources in their friend requests before sending the request to Fang Ping.

After all, no matter how rare or scarce resources with great potential were, these resources could not quench their thirst. Faced with the first territory test, most Overlords did not have the confidence to win. Therefore, they could only take out their trump cards and exchange them with Fang Ping for Spirit Stones and various materials.

Although there were a lot of people who were just messing around and causing trouble, among the requests sent, there were also a lot of people who looked useless but were extremely precious in Fang Ping’s opinion.

For example, there was a novice Overlord who was actually a hidden handicraft expert. He took the initiative and experimented with his environment to make cement.

One had to know that this was an item he needed to upgrade the stone wall. However, Fang Ping was a hermit in his previous life and had no way to borrow this material in this life. Thus, even though Fang Ping knew that cement was made of limestone, sandstone, iron slag, and slag, he had no way of matching them together. Furthermore, he could not obtain these raw materials.

Under this circumstance where he lacked the technology and raw materials he wanted, Fang Ping’s cement manufacturing plan failed even before it began.

After seeing the novice Overlord who wanted to exchange cement for his supplies, Fang Ping excitedly agreed to the other party’s friend request.

However, what surprised him even more was that this handicraft expert who had developed cement himself was only exchanging it for food and water. He did not even mention the matter of Spirit Stones, which puzzled Fang Ping.

What was the background of the handicraft expert on the other side? Could it be that their soldiers were already very advanced and did not feel that there was a need to upgrade them?

However, that was not right. If the soldiers were strong, they should exchange for Spirit Stones to increase their strength, right?

Under the other party’s urging, Fang Ping could only put aside the doubts in his heart. He exchanged food and water for enough cement to upgrade the stone wall with the handicraft expert on the other side.

The handicraft expert who got the food did not give Fang Ping a chance to ask. They went offline the moment they got the food.

Fang Ping looked at the name that had turned gray in an instant, feeling very puzzled.

Why was this handicraft expert so anxious?

Was their food running out?

Or was there something wrong with his cement?

The moment this thought appeared in his mind, Fang Ping immediately ran to the empty space outside the villa. He took out a bag of cement and poured it on the ground. After pouring water on it, he began to verify the authenticity of the cement.

However, after some labor and waiting, looking at the sturdy concrete block in front of him, Fang Ping’s face was instantly filled with confusion.

“Could this be what people used to say, that geniuses are only one step away from lunatics?”

“Since he didn’t give me fake cement and obtained all the food he needed, it should be fine to chat over the virtual interface. However, why is this person so anxious, as if there are several wolf dogs chasing him?”

Fang Ping, who could not understand the other party’s thoughts, gave up struggling. He admitted that he was just an ordinary person and could not understand the other party’s thoughts.

Then, he walked to the stone wall and began to upgrade it with the cement he had just exchanged for.

As Fang Ping pressed the confirmation button, the 65 Skeleton Soldiers quickly received the order. They picked up their respective building materials and started upgrading the stone walls with cement.

Under the rapid construction of almost a hundred Skeleton Soldiers, the entire wall of the territory was upgraded in just ten minutes. It reached Level-5 and had the defense of other buildings that could resist the attacks of Level 5 creatures.

After looking at the tall and sturdy wall in front of him in satisfaction, Fang Ping’s heart surged with passion. With the current defense of his territory, he should be able to easily pass the first territory test.

Just as Fang Ping’s eyes were filled with joy as he looked at the upgraded wall, a Skeleton Soldier in tattered armor and holding a broken bone weapon entered his sight.

“Such shabby equipment is indeed lowering my value. Now that I’ve found a long-term partner to supply refined iron, I’ll make a weapon and armor for each of you.”

As Fang Ping spoke, he walked toward a weapon forging shop with several furnaces and anvils.

After placing all the refined iron he had traded today into the shop, he found armor and various domineering weapons that he was satisfied with from the forging blueprints. Then, he called out five Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers and ten ordinary Skeleton Soldiers from the Skeleton Soldiers behind him.

After the 15 skeleton soldiers entered the weapon forging shop, he directly flipped the forging switch to begin.

The moment the switch was activated, under the command of the five Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers and the extreme acceleration of the system, the ten Skeleton Soldiers forged various combat weapons and farming tools that shone with a cold light from their hands. Then, they piled the completed goods neatly on the empty space beside the weapon forging shop.