Survival Queen of the Frozen Wastes novel Chapter 220

Chapter 220 The Counter-play

“SpicyBurger: Is it real? What does our resident expert say? @PineappleBeer”

“PineappleBeer: Me? Expert? Don’t tease me!”

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“PineappleBeer: Unlikely in the short term, but the system loves throwing curveballs. Trees need to be replanted ASAP or we’ll be at their mercy.”

“SpicyBurger: Don’t worry, we own a mine.”

A Super Blizzard? Even if one came, prices wouldn’t rise this fast; this was pure market manipulation and fear-mongering to fleece the players.

However…

Her mine produced every day. With Joseph and his crew, production had actually increased.

She held the hardest currency on the server.

Expensive wood? Expensive coal?

For others, it was a crisis. For Riley…

“If you guys want to pump coal prices, I won’t stop you.”

She’d originally planned to buy feathers.

Now, she could use this inflation to trade her coal for every “undervalued” rare material on the market!

“SpicyBurger: TartKing, Pineapple Beer, check the exchange for anything rare or undervalued. Let’s go on a shopping spree while the market is distracted.”

“PineappleBeer: Look for gunpowder and crystals! And any unidentified materials-lots of items have no descriptions yet because we haven’t reached that stage. Easy snipes.”

Riley opened the search bar and typed in keywords.

“Raptor Feathers,” “Gunpowder,” “Steel,” “Magic Scrolls,” “Special Blueprints,” “Unidentified Items.”

Sure enough.

Because the Golden Rose Chamber of Commerce (GRCC) was pumping survival resources, these “unusable” high-end materials were seeing a relative price drop. Riley was in heaven.

“Seller: WanderingToad”

“Selling: Raptor Feathers x 50”

“Price Wood x 80 (or Coal x 20)”

Riley didn’t hesitate, sniping it immediately.

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System: Trade successful! Lost High-Quality Anthracite x 20, Obtained Raptor Feathers x 50.”

Keep them coming!

“Seller: I Want_To_Go_Home”

“Selling: Blueprint – Auto-Irrigation Sprinkler (Superior)”

“Price: Food x 11 lbs or Coal x 50”

“I have Little Tree, but TartKing could use this.”

Sniped!

“Seller: Anonymous”

“Selling: Unidentified Beast Bones (Possibly rare) x 10”

“Price: Coal x 20”

“Looks useful for crafting gear later.”

Sniped!

Riley’s fingers were a blur on the tablet.

In ten minutes, she’d offloaded less than 500 units of coal-about three days’ production-for a mountain of supplies.

She’d hoarded enough feathers for a thousand arrows.

Plenty of gunpowder materials.

She even found a blueprint for an Intermediate Tailoring Bench.

Watching her inventory swell with high-end goods, Riley couldn’t help but sigh.

“I should thank the Golden Rose for the discount.”

Without their manipulation, these items would have cost twice as much.

Just as she was enjoying the spree, a private message popped up.

“Private Message”

“GoldenAbacus: Hey friend, I saw you moving a lot of coal just now. You’re holding quite a bit, huh?”

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“GoldenAbacus: Interested in a deal? Sell me your entire stock. I’ll give you a bulk price of 1 Coal for 5 Wood. That’s top-tier right now; market is at 1:4.”

Riley looked at the message and arched an eyebrow.

Trying to target the “whale” seller?

He wanted to buy low to fuel his monopoly and then pump the prices even higher.

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Small listings were already hitting 1 to 4, and this “Golden” guy was offering 1 to 5 as a favor? He was dreaming. He’d probably pump it to 1:7 after buying her out and sell it back to her.

Riley typed back slowly:

“SpicyBurger: Not interested. And isn’t the standard system rate 1:5 anyway?”

The fire crackled in the hearth.

On the new 70-inch TV, Jerry hammered Tom’s toe, making the cat inflate like a red balloon as he screamed.

“Hahaha!”

Neeko clutched a bag of tomato chips, sinking into the soft sofa as she kicked her legs in laughter.

Little Tree and Ash sat beside her, heads tilted, completely mesmerized.

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