The aroma of a home-cooked meal filled the RV.

  Jenna had outdone herself, preparing a feast to welcome Lily and the beautiful sisters, Tiffany and Sophie, aboard. She put her heart into it.

  Jason and the girls gathered around the table, ready to dig in.

  "Wow, Jenna… did you make all this?" Tiffany asked, genuinely impressed.

  She knew Jenna could cook, but this spread was something else.

  Who would have thought such a delicate girl had such culinary skills?

  Ellie, standing nearby, puffed out her chest with pride. "Of course, my sister did! If we had more ingredients, it could be even better."

  Limited by available ingredients, the meal was mainly pork-based: braised pork, ribs, pork knuckles, and ham hocks.

  Lily smiled, wrapping her arm around Jenna's. "Jenna, I heard you're teaching Ellie how to cook. Teach me too, okay?"

  Jenna nodded, smiling. She'd be happy to teach Lily how to cook.

  Ellie's eyes sparkled. She was already learning from her sister; Lily's cooking skills couldn't possibly be as good. She could definitely one-up Lily in the kitchen.

  Jason glanced at the predominantly meaty dishes, deep in thought.

  What Jenna lacked were vegetables, fruits, chicken, duck, fish, eggs – things that came from farming and raising livestock.

  To diversify their future meals, he'd need to incorporate farming and animal husbandry into his RV setup. Getting his hands on some seeds should be a priority.

  Other groups might have seeds, but planting and breeding animals were essentially renewable resources, so no one would sell them.

  After all, the daily harvest of fruits and vegetables was a reliable source of income.

  But Jason had a plan. He could trade his planting pots for their seeds.

  Surely some people were stuck with seeds but no pots to grow them in.

  Jason decided to try trading planting pots for seeds after dinner.

  "Alright, let's welcome Lily, Tiffany, and Sophie to our team!" Jason raised his glass of orange juice.

  Everyone raised their glasses for a toast, then tucked into the feast. As they ate, they chatted about the day's experiences and funny moments.

  With Ellie and Lily playfully bickering, the RV was filled with laughter.

  As the dishes gradually emptied, the satisfying dinner drew to a close.

  Jason left the girls to clean up the kitchen, then joined Tiffany on the couch to continue trading supplies.

  Evenings were the busiest time for trading, so Jason and Tiffany needed to make the most of it, earning Escape Coins to exchange for valuable items.

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  Kevin handled the low-end stuff, leaving Tiffany to sell the 1-Star Boots, Vehicle Front Bumper, and the five 0-Star vehicle upgrades.

  Jason posted a message in the chat channel, offering planting pots in exchange for seeds. Before long, several people contacted him.

  However, they weren't interested in trading seeds for pots; they wanted to buy them with resources or Escape Coins.

  These people only had a few seeds, so trading them for a pot was clearly not worth it.

  Jason wouldn't sell to them anyway. He wasn't short on resources or Escape Coins.

  Besides, planting pots weren't easy to come by. As long as Jason didn't flood the market, getting their hands on one wouldn't be so easy for them.

  After some haggling, Jason managed to trade for two tomato seeds, two eggplant seeds, and one chili seed.

  Of course, Jason gave them twice the number of planting pots as seeds.

  After planting the five seeds, Jason continued scrolling through the chat channel for more trades.

  Most of the trades were for ordinary supplies; very few people were selling equipment or items.

  But then Jason spotted someone selling equipment.

  Robes: 1-Star equipment that boosts Spirit when worn.

  The asking price was 288 Escape Coins.

  It seemed to be priced similarly to the 1-Star Boots, which was why no one had bought it yet.

  A 1-Star Spirit-boosting item was useless to Jason.

  Even Chloe and Joyce, who relied on their Spirit, wouldn't benefit from it.

  Their Spirit had already reached D-Rank; a 1-Star robe wouldn't improve it.

  Still, Jason bought the robe. It was a 1-Star item, after all.

  With the robe in hand, Jason went back to scouring the chat channel for other deals.

  *Ding!* The world auction channel is open.

  A system notification rang in everyone's mind.

  Jason perked up, thinking "Finally, the world auction channel is here!" He'd saved up over 26,000 Escape Coins, enough to buy a lot of stuff from the auction.

  Jason opened the world auction channel and found that the first item was already up for bid.

  Longsword: 2-Star equipment.

  Starting bid: 1,000 Escape Coins. Minimum increment: 100 Escape Coins.

  Jason glanced at the bid amount below the longsword. It was already at 1,200 Escape Coins.

  The auction only showed the bid price, not the bidder's identity, so people didn't have to worry about being exposed.

  Jason put in a bid of 2,000 Escape Coins right away.

  After a while, the price quickly jumped to 2,500 Escape Coins.

  Jason wasn't the only one who knew how to earn Escape Coins. Other people from other regions had also managed to accumulate a fortune and didn't mind competing with him.

  Jason wasn't surprised and upped his bid to 3,000 Escape Coins.

  Three thousand Escape Coins weren't a big deal for Jason, but they made many people hesitate about bidding any higher.

  After a moment, someone raised the price to 3,500 Escape Coins.

  Jason immediately bid 3,600 Escape Coins.

  But it quickly rose to 4,000 Escape Coins, stunning everyone following the auction.

  Especially those struggling for survival on the bus.

  They felt the same way Jason had felt towards David in his past life – a sense of helplessness in the face of someone far stronger.

  Someone was willing to spend thousands of Escape Coins on a single weapon, while they were worried about scraping together a few Escape Coins to buy food.

  In just a few short days, they'd already diverged into different social strata.

  Countless people on the bus regretted boarding the bus and missing the chance to become RV owners when they first arrived in Escape World.

  Even Jason was taken aback by the 4,000 Escape Coin bid.

  In his previous life, this longsword had been sold for 3,000 Escape Coins. Now it had jumped to 4,000.

  But Jason really needed weapons. Neither he nor his Shadow Doppelganger, or even Chloe, had decent weapons.

  The only one worth mentioning was the 1-Star Spear.

  So Jason had to get his hands on this 2-Star Longsword.

  At that moment, Chloe and the other girls finished cleaning up the kitchen and came out.

  Ellie hopped over to Jason. "Jason, was that you who bid 4,000 Escape Coins on the auction channel?"

  "No, but I'm going to win that longsword."

  Jason chuckled, knowing that he has over 20,000 Escape Coins, and he wasn't afraid of not being able to win it.

  Jason pulled Ellie into his arms, wanting her to see how he was going to bid on the longsword.

  The other girls were curious and crowded around, wanting to watch Jason's bidding war.

  Jason was immediately surrounded by the girls on the couch, a sight any man would envy.

  Jason sat on the couch and first bid 4,100 Escape Coins, and tried if someone would want to continue bidding.