When they heard the word "hide", Jiang Han and the others looked over immediately. Even Wei Xuan, who didn't quite understand the meaning of "hide", raised her eyebrows curiously.
Lu Yao took out a peculiarly shaped water cup from the blind box. It was divided into two layers, the inner layer was surrounded by a circle of transparent liquid about two fingers thick, and the bottom had a circle of golden liquid about one finger wide. The outer layer was an ordinary cup body.
"This is a filter-heater integrated water cup. The transparent liquid on top is the filtrate, which can filter out impurities and bacteria in raw water. The golden liquid below is the crystal core energy liquid. Press the switch on the top, and the crystal core liquid will heat up and heat the filtered raw water. The boiled water turns into steam and seeps into the outer cup, condensing into drinkable boiled water. When drinking water, you can directly take out the filter and heating device in the middle, or pour it into the cup lid."
Lu Yao spoke for a long time, trying to demonstrate the excellent performance of this water cup.
Jiang Han was stunned and said, "So, with this cup, I don't have to drink stinky water anymore, I can drink clean hot water anytime?"
The water in the world of impermanence, like the soil, is polluted to varying degrees. The water quality is very poor and has an unpleasant smell.
Some people have come up with many ways to solve the water quality problem, including sedimentation, filtration, and disinfectants in the early days when supplies were more abundant, but the effects were not very good.
If people drink too much of this water, their immune system will gradually decline and they will be more likely to develop a skin disease.
The skin all over the body gradually dried and turned gray, becoming extremely fragile and easily broken.
People with special abilities are better off as they have stronger immune systems, but the incidence rate among ordinary people is very high.
But to survive, you can't live without water.
At the beginning, people who had the conditions would settle the raw water, filter it multiple times, and then boil it for drinking.
Although it still has a strange smell, I am more accepting of it.
Later, the environment became increasingly harsh and survival became a big problem. People no longer considered water quality and just wanted to have something to drink.
A few days ago, many people discovered that there was clean water in the blind box shop, and ran back to their homes to get pots and buckets to collect it.
No one would refuse clean, tasteless water to drink.
The water in the blind box shop is clean and odorless drinking water. Jiang Han does not doubt the function of the water cup, but is very curious why this water cup can easily solve problems that they cannot solve.
One reason is the clear filtrate, which comes from a self-cleaning tree on the continent of Alexandria.
Another reason is the filter, the raw material of which is a soft substance inside the crystal core.
When Lu Yao was extracting the energy from the crystal core, he discovered that beneath the hard surface of the crystal core, there was actually a soft and elastic film.
This thin film can filter out all impure substances and retain the purest energy in the center of the crystal core.
This question was a bit difficult to explain. Lu Yao only said that special filtering materials were used, and Jiang Han did not ask any further questions.
The team members envied Chi Jin's good luck and secretly had a goal in mind.
**The crystal core knife and the integrated filter and heating water cup, I really want them!
Lu Yao returned the cup to Chi Jin and said after some consideration: "I plan to relax the draw quantity of the crystal core blind box and allow two or three to be drawn at a time."
Jiang Han's eyes lit up: "When will it be relaxed?"
Many people might not be willing to spend sixty yuan for a crystal core blind box, but he can!
He just wanted the **crystal core knife and the water cup.
Lu Yao stood up and said, "Tomorrow, I have to prepare the stock first. The Crystal Core Blind Box will continue to update styles and new hidden items. If you are interested, you can wait for it."
When Jiang Han's team left the blind box shop, they were almost all thinking about the crystal core knife and water cup, preparing to go out hunting and collect more crystal cores for tomorrow's big gamble.
Chi Jin was not prepared to go with them, so he separated from them halfway, holding a cup of water, and slowly returned to Changming Base.
After drinking the medicine brought by the shop owner, Nie Yu woke up soon.
She was a little surprised that she was not dead.
Wei Xuan was standing by her side. When she regained consciousness, she happily hugged her and picked up a blind box of instant noodles next to her, preparing to tear it open while explaining, "This is the blind box store. I brought you here. The store owner and the people from Changming Base helped and saved you. Don't move yet. Let's eat something."
Among people in nearby bases, the most talked about topic during this period is blind box stores.
The special power team that Wei Xuan and Nie Yu used to belong to has also been talking about this store frequently recently. They have all heard of it.
But because they are blood sheep, they only get a little food on weekdays and almost no crystal core income, so they have never dared to come here.
Nie Yu sat weakly on the chair, his lips whiter than paper, listening intently to the person next to him.
"Hey! I think I drew the hidden one!" Wei Xuan suddenly exclaimed, her face full of surprise.
The card that fell out of the blind box had the words "Mushroom Chicken Noodle Soup" on the front and the word "Hidden" printed on the back.
In addition to the noodles and seasoning packets, there are three packets of hidden ingredients - a packet of shredded chicken, a packet of mushroom slices, and a small packet of blanched green vegetable leaves.
Wei Xuan carefully broke the dough into three pieces, as she would only eat one portion for this meal. She also divided the seasoning and condiments into three portions, and took a large bowl of hot water to soak the noodles.
While waiting for the instant noodles, she told Nie Yu about Jiang Han's invitation, and took out the **crystal core knife, showed it to her, and talked about how the owner used this knife to easily kill a giant mutant rat.
Nie Yu was speechless, but as he listened to Wei Xuan chatting, a glimmer of light appeared in his tired and calm eyes.
After the blind box is opened, the packaging box will disappear after a while, and Lu Yao gave two sets of stainless steel bowls and chopsticks to Wei Xuan.
She poured the noodle soup into the bowl, carefully picked out the noodles, shredded chicken, mushroom slices, and green vegetable leaves, and pushed the remaining half bowl in front of Nie Yu. She smiled and said, "This soup smells delicious, eat it quickly. Tomorrow I will try hunting nearby and try to collect more crystal cores before the cold wave comes. You have to get better soon."
Nie Yu nodded, his voice hoarse: "Yeah."
The instant noodles had only a little bit of seasoning and tasted very bland.
For Wei Xuan and Nie Yu, it was the most delicious meal they had had in many years.
The noodle soup has the aroma of chicken soup, the umami taste of mushrooms, and the unique wheat fragrance of noodles. It is served with finely shredded chicken and a small piece of crispy vegetables. It is delicious and satisfying.
The two of them usually eat little, and they were so full of noodles and half a bowl of hot soup.
Nie Yu rested for a while, drank the medicine again, and felt that his body had recovered a lot. He took the initiative to talk to Wei Xuan.
The two discussed and decided not to go to Changming Base for the time being.
When a newcomer enters a new base, he usually needs to pay a red crystal core to the base, which is called earth gold.
If you do not purchase a residence permit at the base, you will have to find temporary accommodation and pay rent.
When the day of impermanence comes, you will need to pay a large amount of meal allowance to the base. Only in extremely difficult times can you get a small amount of food and water supplies.
This is true regardless of the base; the only difference is the fees charged.
They already owed money to the store owner and Jiang Han. If they went to Changming Base, they didn't know where to raise the money for the huge expenses.
There are many vacant buildings around the blind box store, and the two plan to find an empty house next to the blind box store and live in it temporarily.
It's so bright here that Wei Xuan feels more at ease than when she was at the base.
Once you get the crystal core in the future, it will be very convenient to exchange the blind box in the store.
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The crystal core blind box is still not selling well in the store. Only Jiang Han's team from the Changming base insists on coming to draw every day. Ordinary people basically leave after getting the food blind box. Occasionally someone draws one or two for fun.
Lu Yao increased the number of crystal core blind boxes that can be purchased by one person to three, and can sell more than twenty boxes every day.
She designed a few new models, accumulated a few days’ supply, and filled up the Crystal Core blind box machine at once.
On this day, the cold wave came quietly.
Usually, as soon as the blind box store opens, customers immediately flock in.
After opening the store for a long time, no one came in. Lu Yao felt strange and walked out of the blind box store.
Snow was flying all over the sky, as if she had suddenly gone from midsummer to severe winter. The temperature dropped sharply, almost freezing her into an ice cube.
She hurried back into the store, rubbed the goose bumps on her arms, used her disguise magic to change into a thick, long down jacket, and then dared to walk out of the store again.
This cold wave is much colder than she had expected, seeing it is believing.
The weather is so bad that it would be difficult for ordinary people to go out.
The business of blind box stores will be affected.
There came the rustling sound of shoes stepping on the snow from the side, and Lu Yao turned his head.
Wei Xuan and Nie Yu, wearing thin clothes, supported each other and walked towards the blind box shop.
They now live in an empty shop not far from the blind box shop. Relying on the **crystal core knife, Wei Xuan has collected a lot of crystal cores.
The crystal core coins owed to Lu Yao and Jiang Han have been paid off.
It was because our foundation was too weak and we were unable to save up any supplies for the winter before the cold wave hit.
Even on this snowy day, you have to brave the wind and snow to go to the blind box store to redeem food blind boxes.
When the two saw Lu Yao, the first thing they noticed was her thick down jacket, which looked very warm, and envy flashed in their eyes.
Lu Yao greeted them and turned back to the store.
As soon as I entered the store, I felt warm.
The actual store of the blind box store is in Yaoguang City. At this time, Yaoguang City has just entered midsummer, and the temperature in the store is the same as that in Yaoguang City.
Lu Yao wanted to take off his clothes as soon as he came in, but the clothes would disappear if they were taken off. Because there were guests around, he immediately hid in the backstage space.
Wei Xuan and Nie Yu had been freezing outside for too long, so they sat in the store for a long time to relax before getting up and exchanging four blind food boxes - two boxes of instant noodles, a cup of hot drink, and a portion of fruit.
Seeing the crystal core blind box machine filled with fruit blind box machines next to it, Wei Xuan remembered the blind boxes that Jiang Han's team had drawn before, and hesitantly suggested in a low voice: "Xiaoyu, how about we draw two crystal core blind boxes as well?"
The crystal core blind box is very expensive, and Wei Xuan has always been reluctant to buy one.
It's too cold now and they don't have any warm clothes, it's really hard to bear.
If I could get a block of solid fuel or a hot pack, maybe it would be easier to get through it.
Nie Yu has been recuperating from his injuries during this period, and all the crystal cores were collected by Wei Xuan from killing mutant animals and plants.
She has no opinion on how to use it.
Wei Xuan exchanged 120 yuan worth of blind box coins, and she and Nie Yu each drew a crystal core blind box.
I couldn't wait to get back to my place, so I sat in the store and prepared to unpack the box.
There were voices coming from outside the door, and several people pushed open the door in the wind and snow. It was the four members of Jiang Han's team, plus the young man in sunglasses.
As soon as Chen Feng entered the door, he shouted, "Is the owner here? The warm baby is awesome! With it, I dare to go out on the first day of the cold wave!"
Li Cheng urged from behind: "There aren't many people here, hurry up and draw the blind box."
In the past two or three days, they have been drawing crystal core blind boxes, but they always get hot packs, solid fuel blocks, and occasionally a small flashlight, but have never drawn the **crystal core knife and the integrated filtering and heating water cup.
A few people were a little discouraged, and then a cold wave came.
They immediately took out the hot packs and put them on their backs, and the effect was better than they had imagined.
Just as the store owner said, I put one on and my whole body felt warm.
Even if you walk outside in extremely cold weather, your body will not freeze stiff.
It’s much more comfortable than going out to look for supplies before.
The five people quickly exchanged blind box coins, drew all the way from the hot drink blind box machine to the crystal core blind box machine, and then sat down with a pile of blind boxes, ready to unpack them.
At the beginning of a cold wave, few people are willing to go out.
There are so many of them that they are not afraid to unpack the boxes in the store and then return to the base.
Here, Wei Xuan and Nie Yu have already opened the crystal core blind box.
Wei Xuan just heard Chen Feng and others say that the hot pack is useful, so she made a wish in her heart that she wanted a hot pack.
Tear the box open and a bag of solid fuel cubes falls out.
Wei Xuan put it away silently and comforted herself that this was not bad and could be used as fuel for a long time.
Nie Yu tore open the box and pulled out a thin piece of warm yellow fabric. It felt light and textureless in his hand, like plastic. He looked confused and asked, "What is this?"
Wei Xuan hadn’t seen it either, but instructions for using the items were included in the blind box, so you could tell by looking at them.
—**Crystal Core Blanket, which generates heat through crystal core liquid, is very warm when covered. Crystal core liquid can be replenished at the charging station in the blind box store.
Wei Xuan put the blanket on herself and said in surprise, "I'm really feeling hot. I won't be cold at night if I have this."
Nie Yu took it and put it on, nodding happily: "It's too warm. It was a bit hot to put it on in the store."
Wei Xuan felt a little disappointed that she didn't win the warm baby, but she didn't care at all at this moment.
The members of Jiang Han's team were sitting at the table nearby. When they saw what they had taken apart, they became very interested.
Li Jing: "The owner has updated the style. The one they pulled out seems to be a new style ** crystal core blanket. Ah, I want that one too!"
With that blanket, she could stay in her room all day without moving.
A few minutes later, Li Jing finished opening the three crystal core blind boxes.
Solid fuel blocks, hot packs, and small flashlights.
Li Jing: “…”
Too dark, I won't love it anymore.
Jiang Han looked at the new style pictures and said loudly: "I want the crystal core warm gloves. The hydraulic pot is also very interesting. There is a hidden update. It would be great if I could get it."
Chen Feng asked: "Brother Han doesn't want the **Crystal Core Knife anymore?"
Jiang Han: "I don't need it recently. What I want most today is a prop to keep warm. Before the next transition period comes, I just need to draw the **Crystal Core Sword."
As soon as he finished speaking, a **crystal core knife fell out of the box.
Jiang Han: “…”