Qiyu had no idea what the Star Market would be like. He picked up the ticket—which looked expensive at first glance—and examined it for a while, but couldn’t figure out how to use it. 

He put it away.

He took out an emerald crystal peach.

The peach was so large he had to cradle it in both hands; its skin was a pale green. As soon as he took it out of his backpack—even before it reached his nose—he could smell a rich, sweet fragrance. 

Just the aroma alone makes you tell the system, “This smells delicious,” sparking endless daydreams, and take a bite. 

The refreshing, crisp sweetness—something Qiyu had never tasted before—made Qiyu’s eyes widen. 

The flesh was snow-white and crisp to the bite, while the slightly rough outer skin added another layer of rich texture. 

Crunch, crunch, crunch.

The entire log cabin was filled with the rich aroma of peaches.

It’s so delicious.

Qiyu decided that from this day forward, the emerald crystal peach would be the best food in the world—far surpassing bok choy and even tonight’s pork chops. 

He ate the entire peach.

This was the fullest his stomach had felt since entering the survival game.

It was the kind of satisfaction you get from sprawled out on a beanbag sofa, doing absolutely nothing, and just lying there quietly for a while.

That feeling didn’t last even two seconds.

“Ding-ling, ding-ling, ding-ling! Aaaah—”

A piercing, shrill scream suddenly rang out.

Qiyu was stunned for a second, then jumped to his feet.

It was two wild giant wolves; judging by the direction of their attack, they seemed to be heading straight for the farmland.

The farmland was covered with patches of scent tracing grass.

Qiyu remembered that the Survival Panel had mentioned that mutated plants are more likely to attract mutated creatures during their growth phase. Qiyu killed the two wild giant wolves and earned 5 emerald crystals.

With all the commotion caused by the screaming lily of the valley, any mood for lazy relaxation was completely gone.

Qiyu took the peach pit he’d just gnawed clean and tried planting it—but failed. Sure enough, the system wasn’t that easy to exploit. He opened the regional trading section and searched for green-quality resources.

He found nothing. After all, upgrading a shelter requires a massive amount of green-quality resources, and unless they were truly at their wits’ end, no one would readily sell.

Even if there were occasional scattered listings, they’d be snapped up by players who constantly monitored the trading board. He searched for seeds next.

He bought a packet of tomato seeds and a packet of cucumber seeds, all common-quality. He planted them all and cast a blessing spell.

Open the friends list:

【I Love Survival Game: Message · Basic Structure: Water Well—interested?】

【God Has No Form: Bro! My real bro!】 

Qiyu hesitated for a second—God Has No Form seemed to be about eighteen, so it felt a bit like he was taking advantage of him. 

But he couldn’t very well say, “I lied about my age earlier.” 

Oh well, calling him “bro” is better than calling him “dad.”

【I Love Survival Game: Let’s trade for green-quality ore.】

【God Has No Form: Hold on.】

A few minutes later, he sent over a trade request.

【Exchange 200 sand crystal stones and 200 red crystal stones for 1 basic water well.】 Dan Xingyu didn’t have that many crystals on hand; he’d just traded for them on the spot with someone from Donghe. The water well blueprint definitely wouldn’t fetch that much in Zone 01.

【I Love Survival Game: I made a profit.】

【God Has No Form: I made a profit.】

Both knew exactly what the other meant.

Dan Xingyu received a trade request. He paid 1 wood and chose to accept.

An incredibly rich, sweet aroma filled his nostrils.

【I Love Survival Game: Just got some new food—it’s especially delicious.】

Dan Xingyu stared at this peach—whose head was as big as a melon—and was completely dumbfounded. 

Saliva began to flow involuntarily from his mouth. It smells so good—it looks delicious just by looking at it.

He was a little reluctant to eat it when he saw Qiyu’s next message:

【I Love Survival Game: Try it and see how it tastes, then let’s talk. Would there be a market for emerald crystal peaches in your Zone 88?】

【God Has No Form: Definitely. Even if you put a blade of grass in the trade channel, there’d be no shortage of buyers—let alone fruit.】

This is fruit, after all.

He took out a knife and gently sliced off a piece.

Once the skin was cut, the aroma became even more intense, and the snow-white flesh looked so fresh it seemed as if juice would ooze out if squeezed.

Dan Xingyu’s Adam’s apple bobbed as he sliced off a thin piece of flesh and popped it into his mouth.

Sweet without being cloying, it melted in his mouth into a refreshing juice.

Delicious—it tasted better than any variety of peach he’d ever eaten on Earth.

【God Has No Form: Dude, can you actually grow this?】

【I Love Survival Game: No, I just discovered a resource spot that drops emerald crystal peaches every day.】

【God Has No Form: This is even more reliable than farming…】 

He muttered under his breath: Survival Game must be your godfather, right? 

Her gaze swept over Qiyu’s ID, and Dan Xingyu blinked slowly.

Could it be that choosing such a sycophantic ID actually works? 

【I Love Survival Game: Well, emerald crystal peaches are a bit rarer in your server than they are here.】

【I Love Survival Game: Can you sell it?】

【God Has No Form! I’ll buy it!】

【I Love Survival Game: No need—I have plenty. I’ll give you some to eat.】 

Man, what a generous guy!

Who would’ve thought? He used to be as dry as a cactus, but now he’s actually achieved “fruit freedom”! 

Fruit freedom, huh?

“Selling—what will you trade for them?”

【I Love Survival Game: Green-quality basic resources—I’ll trade for this. If anyone in your server is selling plant seeds, could you snag some for me?】

【God Has No Form: OK, send me some emerald crystal peaches—I’ll negotiate the price.】

One new emerald crystal peach was traded over.

Dan Xingyu doesn’t use the regional channel; he uses the group chat.

【God Has No Form: Is everyone here? I’ve got something great to show you.】

【My Step Back: 1】

【This One, Li Gou: 1】

【The Future Is Yet to Come: 1】

【The Sun Is Just Rising: 1】

【God Has No Form: Message · Emerald Crystal Peach. (Photo) (Photo)】

【My Retreat: Holy crap!】

【The Sun Is Just Rising: Emerald Crystal Peach? A fruit?】

【Tomorrow Is Just Around the Corner: God, did you catch me playing a survival game?】

【God Has No Form: Bro, I’ve got something good—you guys were the first to show up. That’s pretty cool, right?】

Half an hour later, Qiyu’s chat window lit up:

【God Has No Form: One emerald crystal peach for 20 units of green-quality basic resources—how’s that? I originally thought I could set the price a bit higher, but knowing that you’ll be able to provide a steady supply going forward, fleecing them all at once wouldn’t be good for long-term development.】

20 units of green-quality basic resources for 100 emerald crystal peaches—doesn’t that mean he can get 2,000 units?

That means a single day’s harvest of emerald crystal peaches could build 20 energy towers?

Converted to emerald crystals, 2,000 units are equivalent to 400 emerald crystals.

After doing a quick calculation, Qiyu felt as if his eyes had turned into emerald crystals. 1 Just as he was about to speak, the other party seemed to have anticipated his words:

【God Has No Form: As for payment, how about giving me one emerald crystal peach every day? Other fruits are fine too!】

【I Love Survival Game: That doesn’t count—I was going to give them to you anyway.】

It was clear that God Has No Form liked it.

Qiyu himself felt happy every time he ate the meals Shen Ben Wuxi cooked. He wanted God Has No Form to experience that same joy. 

Maybe if he’s happy, the food he cooks will taste even better? 

【God Has No Form: I don’t want it. Offering me a reward would be a desecration of our friendship! You don’t know what fruit means to us—I just managed to snag quite a few good things from some stingy folks. I hit the jackpot.】

【God Has No Form: Oh, right—I actually found some of the stuff you wanted.】

He initiates a trade.

【Obtained melon seeds, obtained honeydew melon seeds.】

It seems he really doesn’t want any payment. Qiyu was relieved—he’ll give him more plants from now on.

【I Love Survival Game: Should I send you the emerald crystal peach now?】

【God Has No Form: Let’s wait until after 10 p.m. If you go to bed early, I’ll send them first thing tomorrow.】

【God Has No Form: Wait for the gift limit to reset—every little bit helps.】

Both of them have used up our friend gift limits, so they’ll have to trade.

There’s a minimum price range for trading items, so it’s not possible to charge the lowest transaction fee.

Even though it costs a bit more in fees, it’s fun to milk the system for all it’s worth—Dan Xingyu says she can’t resist. 2

【I Love Survival Game: Okay.】

Qiyu used the 400 units of ore he’d just obtained to craft an energy tower, bringing his total to 6 energy towers. The four energy towers consumed 40 Tier 1 Magic Crystals.

He still had enough magic crystals to power four more energy towers.

Qiyu placed the four newly crafted energy towers within the farmland area. Once the four towering energy towers were in place, they formed a tightly sealed protective zone, instantly boosting his sense of security.

He also took the opportunity to plant the melon and honeydew melon seeds he had just acquired.

“Ding-ling! Ding-ling!!”

A rapid ringing sounded, quickly accompanied by a familiar shriek.

Are they here?

After casting his blessing spell, Qiyu stood up.

He couldn’t help but rub the bridge of his nose. What was going on tonight?

Just then, a few drops of cold rain fell on his face; the rain had started again not long after it had stopped.

Qiyu stepped back toward the doorway; he’d taken a late shower and liked the feeling of being clean, dry, and warm.

【Red earthworm: First-tier mutant creature.】

Qiyu saw dark, elongated shadows crawling out from below: clearly, they had been blocked by the fence. As expected, this group was heading straight for the mutant plants inside the fence.

The energy tower sensed the invasion of the mutated creatures, and several beams of light flashed. An alchemy puppet patrolling the territory headed this way.

At the same time, Qiyu, upon spotting the mutated wind blade grass, conjured a white whirlwind, and a barrage of willow-leaf-sized wind blades shot toward the intruders.

One clock hour later, a group of red earthworms turned into several streaks of white light. 

【Obtained 2 beginner healing potions.】

【Obtained 1 emerald crystal.】

These invaders weren’t very high-level, lacked destructive power, and dropped few items. Qiyu opened the “01 Survival Squad” group chat:

【I Love Survival Game: Did any of you encounter mutated invaders tonight?】

【Tranquility Yields Transcendence: Once.】

【Dare Not Open My Eyes: I ran into one.】

【Civil Engineering Brother: I haven’t, though.】