Chapter 108: The Bull Market is Here, the Heavy Armor Berserker is Going to Eat

Three hours later, the Frost Ghost army gathered again to attack the building. Some players' dormitories were breached, but overall, the players still held absolute superiority.

Xu Lang was too dominant. The domino effect caused the round to end early, giving players more time for floor sweeping.

Everyone had also figured out the Frost Ghost King's behavior pattern.

It attacks the building at six o'clock, launches a second wave at nine o'clock, then immediately returns home.

The key timing windows for floor sweeping were mainly during the gaps between the Frost Ghost King's attacks, the period after it leaves, and the time after Polar Night ends.

However, this time, besides floor sweeping, everyone was paying attention to another matter.

That was the price changes of cold-proof supplies.

"Buying firewood from the mall only costs 5 Copper Coins, but now it's actually 7 Copper Coins, just because it can start fires..."

You can never have too many cold-proof supplies.

Money can be earned again, but you only have one life.

Many players who thought they had gathered enough cold-proof supplies and had already exited the market re-entered, buying a little more here and there.

The prices of cold-proof supplies were gradually being driven up!

As Polar Night was about to descend, Wang Ao returned to his dormitory.

Wang Ao came from a decent family background, possessing one level three door and two level two turrets.

If he spruced things up a bit, he could probably attract a female tenant.

But he wasn't very interested in women; his mind was solely focused on survival.

"Brother Wang, what's wrong? You seem distracted?" The tenant staying behind at home asked when he saw Wang Ao return.

"Have you been watching the market?" Wang Ao stared fixedly at the tenant and countered.

"You mean the cold-proof supplies?" The tenant understood, replying happily, "The prices really rose, I sold some and made a small profit."

On the first day, Wang Ao had already told his tenants to purchase cold-proof supplies.

He himself had also bought some and sold them before setting out, also making a small profit.

But the problem was this small profit... it was only a small profit!

"Keep an eye on the door, I'm a bit tired, going to sleep for a while."

The tenant gave Wang Ao a strange look, then shook his head indifferently.

Anyway, with expert Xu Lang holding the front line, Polar Night isn't dangerous, so sleep if you want.

Wang Ao lay on the bed, tossing and turning.

8 Copper Coins, 9 Copper Coins, 10 Copper Coins...

Overnight, the price of firewood directly doubled!

Wang Ao ignored everything else, only watching the firewood price.

Finally, after suffering for several hours, he couldn't hold back anymore. Taking the Copper Coins he earned from trading cold-proof supplies along with his principal, he entered the market again!

What if it gets colder and colder in the future?

Stocking up on more cold-proof supplies, no problem, right?

Well, the result was... he accidentally went all-in, only leaving a small amount of money to supply the attack facilities.

Early the next morning, Wang Ao discovered the starting temperature was minus ten degrees Celsius, and his heart settled.

Sure enough, the temperature was still continuously dropping!

Opening the Trading Network, he saw the price of firewood had already soared to 14 Copper Coins.

Tch!

What's the big deal about a mere 14 Copper Coins?!

The firewood price should multiply fivefold, tenfold, twentyfold!

"Brother Wang, what's wrong? Did you not sleep last night?" The tenant was startled to see Wang Ao's eyes bloodshot.

A certain fanaticism shone in Wang Ao's eyes as he shook his head and said, "I'm going out, watch the place."

At this moment, his heart was filled entirely with faith in cold-proof supplies!

"What are you going out for?"

"To make money, to buy cold-proof supplies!"

The tenant was momentarily stunned, then felt a surge of deep emotion inside.

Brother Wang is truly great, sacrificing so much for everyone's warmth.

However, what he didn't know was that some people buy houses out of necessity, while others buy houses for speculation. Wang Ao belonged to the latter category.

And there were many players like Wang Ao!

Some people even sold their weapons at low prices last night to stock up on cold-proof supplies, then resold them for profit!

Everyone was making money.

So who was losing?

In a bull market, there are still people losing money? How stupid would you have to be!?

Xu Lang, with his immense wealth and clear-sighted perspective, could naturally maintain a stable mindset.

Cao Yaxuan and the other women delivered the supplies traded over by Zhang Dahai to the study, then came before Xu Lang.

"Xu Lang, aren't you going to fuse these twenty Blood Crystals yet? How about trying to fuse them?" Cao Yaxuan stared at the Blood Crystals on the coffee table and spoke.

"Not necessary, we're not in a hurry to boost our combat power right now." Xu Lang repeated his stance, then added, "We can start selling some wolf pelts now."

After saying this, he listed one wolf pelt for sale.

"The whale is starting to offload!" Zhou Daha had been closely watching the Trading Network. Seeing someone list a wolf pelt, and that someone was Xu Lang, he immediately perked up.

After waiting half the day, he didn't see any other moves from Xu Lang.

"Maybe testing the waters with a light position to avoid missing the rally!"

Zhou Daha had his subordinate buy that wolf pelt, then listed one for thirteen hundred, had another subordinate buy it, while simultaneously spreading this market news in the chat room.

Immediately after, he listed another wolf pelt for fifteen hundred, which was bought by another player after about ten seconds.

OK!

The wolf pelt price is now stuck at fifteen hundred, it won't drop below that!

Awesome!

"If you want to sweep floors in the icy snow, wolf pelts are essential. Wolf pelts are the real hard currency!" Zhou Daha smoothed his hair and confidently laughed to his subordinates, "From now on, buy up all the wolf pelts on the Trading Network for me, take as many as there are!"

Currently, there are three main types of cold-proof supplies on the market: wood, firewood, and wolf pelts.

Wood burns easily, firewood is more durable, and wolf pelts are the top tier.

Although Zhou Daha and Wang Ao focused on different commodities, they were essentially doing the same thing: driving up the prices of cold-proof supplies.

"Not bad!" Xu Lang's eyebrows raised in great delight when he saw the wolf pelt price pushed to fifteen hundred.

As for the five hundred Copper Coins he 'lost,' he didn't care at all.

Just a drop in the bucket.

After that, Xu Lang began his cultivation, occasionally selling another wolf pelt.

The wolf pelt price climbed all the way to two thousand, then met resistance.

Zhou Daha was no fool; he was genuinely carefully manipulating the market.

After a night of training, Xu Lang's spirit attribute increased by another point.

At seven in the morning, Xu Lang and his four companions punctually attended the radio station gathering, absorbing the experiences of veteran players.

Surprisingly, the black market merchant Kirby actually went to the Heavy Armor Maniac's dormitory building.

This allowed the Heavy Armor Maniac to make a huge profit, exchanging peppers for a level eight turret design blueprint worth at least two million Copper Coins.

Xu Lang was extremely envious and really wished the black market merchant Kirby would appear at the Mad King Dormitory Building.

After all, the peppers the Heavy Armor Maniac offered were only level six, whereas he was confident he could upgrade the Devil Pepper to a higher level.

It's worth mentioning that black market merchants have an ironclad rule: they cannot harm players in the survival game. If attacked, they can only flee. They are a special existence, neutral leaning towards good, evoking mixed feelings of love and hate from Rainy Night Blade and others.

The hate comes from the black market merchants selling things that are too good, but you can't afford them!

The love comes from the black market merchants selling things that are too good, and you just happen to have enough money to buy them!