novelraw Chapter 39: Thought Card - Fear of the Superior
Chapter 39: Thought Card - Fear of the Superior
Yu Yuan only stopped running when the buzzing sound behind him completely disappeared, turning back to look.
"The drone... Masier really isn't as simple as she appears on the surface."
Although the drone's sound was extremely faint, perhaps inaudible to normal people, with the enhanced [Neighborhood Rat] title's boost, Yu Yuan could hear it clearly.
Indeed, no one who had survived in the wasteland until now was a fool who would easily trust others.
However, Yu Yuan was actually quite satisfied with this.
If there was anything that interested Yu Yuan, it was definitely what kind of reward he would get after completing this Fate Card mission.
Compared to the potential rewards, the consumed 50,000 survival points worth of supplies didn't hurt as much.
Consider it an exchange!
Withdrawing his thoughts, Yu Yuan stopped thinking about Masier and turned to walk toward the relatively well-preserved residence in front of him.
The [Luxury Card] mission had found a solution, but the shelter construction couldn't fall behind either. The progress delayed by the typhoon needed to be caught up as soon as possible.Mie mie~~~
The next day, Yu Yuan was awakened by Mie Mie's calls. He had returned to the shelter at 3 AM yesterday after visiting no less than ten residences.
Although many residences had been visited numerous times by others.
But Yu Yuan's target wasn't those ordinary supplies anyway, but large items like toilets and bathtubs.
And last night he successfully gathered the upgrade materials for [Rest Area], [Bathroom], and [Kitchen], completing the upgrades.
[Rest Area Level 2 - Single Bed]
Functions: Comfort level +3, additional +10% stamina recovery per hour, body function recovery speed +10%, when rest time ≥4 hours, increases emotional stability.
[Bathroom Level 3 - Toilet Room]
Functions: Hygiene level +3, comfort level +3; reduces illness probability by 15%, reduces wound infection risk by 10%, reduces mental breakdown risk by 15%, reduces constipation probability by 15%, reduces hemorrhoid induction probability by 10%; features anti-dampness, anti-sewage backflow, anti-odor, anti-crawling insect effects; obtains 48L daily living water; unlocks [Toiletries Production].
[Kitchen Level 2 - Camping Wood-Burning Fireplace]
Functions: Energy level +2, comfort +2, hygiene level +2; when burning, increases shelter indoor temperature by 5℃, increases temperature by 15℃ within two-meter range, fuel duration +40%, burning effect +30% (adjustable); [Food Production List] has been updated.
This was Yu Yuan's masterpiece after a night of hard work.
Of course, many materials were traded from Taotao Hole, such as the grill rack and stainless steel needed for upgrading the camping wood-burning fireplace, but these weren't important.
He could finally use the toilet inside the shelter now, without having to go outside to bury his business everywhere.
Thinking of this, Yu Yuan felt his stomach bloating and hurried to the bathroom to take care of personal business, afterward feeling much more comfortable throughout his body.
The camping fireplace was cleverly designed, with a stainless steel furnace body for wood burning in the middle, and the area above the fireplace could be used for boiling water or making soup.
Below the fireplace was a storage rack for tableware or miscellaneous items, and the ash tray could also be used to roast some simple foods.
The furnace chimney directly connected to the ventilation channel, completely avoiding the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
This camping fireplace made Yu Yuan fall in love with it straight to his heart!
After swallowing the high-energy sheep milk from the cup in one gulp and eating his fill, the time had reached 7 AM.
Although he had less than four hours of rest, Yu Yuan felt exceptionally energetic - the single bed's recovery effect was quite good.
Gathering all the household waste together, he came to the resource recycling trash can, lifted the lid, and his eyes lit up.
He quickly took out the items from the trash can.
Plastic × 2
Scissors × 1
Yu Yuan looked at the two pieces of plastic sheeting and the brand-new pair of scissors in his hand, then looked at the resource recycling trash can as if it were a novel toy.
A thoughtful expression appeared in his eyes.
"The items that refresh seem to be related to the garbage thrown into the trash can." Yesterday he had thrown mostly various plastic packaging and tin can bottles into the trash can.
Yu Yuan immediately thought of trying another experiment. This time he didn't put his household waste into the trash can.
Instead, he went to the channel corner where Mie Mie's feces were piled up, put them into a bag, and then placed them into the resource recycling trash can.
After closing the lid, Yu Yuan felt some anticipation for what would appear tomorrow.
If the supplies and resources from the resource recycling trash can were really related to the recycled garbage, the possibilities would be enormous.
Everything depended on tomorrow's verification.
Returning to the shelter, he checked today's newspaper stand situation.
Unexpectedly, beside today's refreshed newspaper, there appeared another earthy yellow card.
There was actually an additional intelligence item today.
"Could this also be an intelligence card?" Yu Yuan quickly picked it up.
[Thought Tide Card - Fear of Superiors]
Quality: Pebble-tier
Function: Use this card on a target to awaken their fear of specific individuals, planting seeds for overcoming fear in the future.
"This is..." Yu Yuan looked at the card in his hand, his eyebrows furrowing together.
Awakening fear of specific individuals - planting seeds for overcoming fear in the future.
Yu Yuan understood the card's meaning. When a person fears something to the extreme, two situations generally occur: one is complete collapse, leading to escape.
The other is breaking through limitations through adversity, where intense fear instead generates strong rebellious psychology, destroying the thing that caused the fear.
This card's effect should be planting seeds of rebellion.
On the virtual light screen, the Book of Fate unfolded automatically as before, with [Thought Tide Card - Fear of Superiors] entering the card slot.
Closing the light screen, he looked at today's newspaper, which surprisingly had only one news item.
[District News Section]
Quality: Pebble
Danger Level: Medium
Today at 4:25 AM, 30 Flame Knights from Burning Fortress entered District 9's Splow Park quietly with large quantities of supplies for trading with Thug Prison.
They successfully made contact with Thug Prison's representatives. This is an experimental cooperation between Burning Fortress and Thug Prison.
"What!" Yu Yuan looked at the newspaper content in disbelief.
Wasn't the transaction between Thug Prison and Burning Fortress supposed to happen this afternoon?
And wasn't the location supposed to be Black Market Canyon? Why was it in District 9?
The time had also been moved up from 1 PM to three hours ago.
Yu Yuan felt his scalp beginning to tingle.
"Something major has happened!"
If Burning Fortress's supplies had already entered District 9, why didn't they go directly to Thug Prison?
And what about Black Shield Police Department's ambush on Thug Prison?
And what was the situation with Thug Prison and Burning Fortress's cooperation?
Was it related to today's operation?
One question after another filled Yu Yuan's mind.
He had to figure these things out.
He quickly opened the virtual map, rapidly searching for Splow Park in District 9 - he seemed to have seen this park name before.
Soon he found Splow Park, and then his pupils suddenly contracted.