novelraw Chapter 69: The Crazy Planting Tank, Yu Yuan's Collapse
Chapter 69: The Crazy Planting Tank, Yu Yuan's Collapse
When Yu Yuan woke up again, he felt incredibly comfortable and refreshed throughout his entire body, full of energy and mental clarity.
He stretched comfortably and looked at the time, only to discover it was already 4 PM.
He quickly got up, washed up, heated a can of sardines and some high-energy sheep milk, then checked the virtual light screen while eating.
During the hours he rested, another player had been invaded and killed by other players, something Yu Yuan had already grown accustomed to.
After briefly browsing Taotao Hole and finding no items worth purchasing, he opened the Fate Cards page.
It was time to see what changes Free Mode had brought to the Fate Cards.
But the page looked no different from before, still featuring the familiar maxim and the three choices for Fate's Gift.
After thinking for a moment, Yu Yuan decided not to overthink it. What would come would come eventually, so he should focus on choosing this round's Fate's Gift first!
This time's three Fate's Gift options were quite interesting:
——Crazy Planting TroughFunction: Greatly accelerates plant growth speed in the planting trough, with a chance of producing optimized varieties, but requires ensuring sufficient water and nutrients.
——Occasionally Cross-Talking Headphones
Function: Continuously plays relaxing music, but occasionally experiences cross-talk, potentially allowing you to overhear others' conversations.
——Trendy Shoe Cabinet
Function: Produces one pair of shoes in your size daily, with a chance of high-quality shoes appearing.
To be honest, Yu Yuan was quite interested in the second option. He felt those occasionally cross-talking conversations might reveal some unknown secrets—this was his intuition.
But he was also somewhat tempted by the Crazy Planting Trough. He was currently severely lacking in dietary fiber and various vitamins, even though he had purchased some fruits listed by other players on Taotao Hole these past few days.
However, as a veteran survival enthusiast with severe collecting and hoarding tendencies, this unstable and unsecured survival mode gave him no sense of security at all.
He had long considered planting, which was why he was so delighted when he discovered the Resource Recycling Trash Can could convert fertilizer and nutrient solution.
Now this Crazy Planting Trough was like receiving a pillow when you're sleepy.
After thinking for a few seconds, and considering he already had the Dilapidated Newspaper Rack, making his intelligence needs less urgent, Yu Yuan decisively chose the Crazy Planting Trough.
A rectangular carbonized solid wood planting trough measuring 120*50*50cm immediately appeared in the corner of the shelter.
At the same time, the Fate Cards wooden box finished shaking. But when Yu Yuan clearly saw the name of the drawn Fate Card, the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.
He silently screamed in his heart: "What sin! Why is it this one again! Why couldn't it be the Bronze Luxury Card!"
[This round's Fate Card——Debauchery]
[Debauchery Card, quality 'Rock' level, player must indulge in primal desires once within two days, otherwise player dies]
(Friendly reminder: The same target cannot be used for debauchery twice)
Smack!
Yu Yuan slapped his own forehead and heaved a heavy sigh.
He glanced at Mie Mie, who happened to be looking his way, then guiltily turned his head away.
"Damn it, are they determined to play me to death!"
Yu Yuan swore he would rather have drawn the Conquest Card or Luxury Card right now.
After all, those two cards either consumed resources or involved combat, which he didn't actually mind.
But the Debauchery Card was different.
This thing was pure torture...
Rubbing his slightly throbbing temples, he realized there was no use thinking about it now. He needed to figure out how to complete the task!
——The same target cannot be used for debauchery twice
Although he hadn't planned to do anything to Mie Mie, this reminder still served as a warning for Yu Yuan.
Fortunately, he was no longer the newcomer who had just entered the wasteland and was completely unfamiliar with Green Forest City.
He ate the last bite of sardines and downed the high-energy sheep milk in one gulp.
"I'm going to District 14 tonight anyway, so it looks like I'll have to investigate that 'Nightingale.' The Debauchery Card mission will depend on it."
Just as he made this decision, a mechanical voice sounded in his ears.
[Congratulations, after continuously drinking high-energy sheep milk for seven days, you have gained the 'Abundant Kidney Qi' BUFF: Stamina +15%, gain slight cold resistance]
Normally this would be something to celebrate, but Yu Yuan almost spat out blood in frustration.
"Damn it... Did it have to be right at this moment!"
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8:11 PM, intersection of Golden Orchid Avenue and Waterside Street in District 14.
Outside the Landmark Hotel.
Yu Yuan carefully lifted the manhole cover and looked outside.
The moon was dark and the wind high, everything pitch black.
On the street, he could still see the wreckage of wasteland combat vehicles destroyed by Thug Prison days ago, along with traces of battle.
"Looks like everything's safe!"
The sewer entrance where Yu Yuan was located was the same place where he had stolen corpses before, though the thug corpses in the sewer had disappeared.
He didn't know whether the Black Shield Police Department had taken them away, or if they had been washed away by sewer rainwater during the typhoon landing.
Yu Yuan didn't care about any of that.
After confirming no one was outside, he quickly climbed up to the street and moved stealthily toward the Landmark Hotel under cover of darkness.
Six or seven days had passed since the last conflict. After the Black Shield Police Department's searches here and the subsequent cleansing by the typhoon, this place was very safe—no one would come here looking for supplies.
Of course, part of the reason might also be that the Landmark Hotel itself had already been visited by countless scavengers, wasteland wanderers, and survivors.
Yu Yuan had already guessed this, but his purpose here wasn't ordinary supplies anyway—his targets were cars and treadmills.
Entering the hotel, Yu Yuan quickly found the stairway passage and followed it to the underground parking garage.
The stairway passage and parking garage were separated by a glass wall, but the glass had long been shattered. Yu Yuan carefully stepped over the scattered glass fragments on the ground and entered the parking garage.
Although he didn't think there would be any danger here, he still crouched in a corner listening until, after two minutes, he confirmed everything was normal.
Only then did he feel somewhat relieved.
He turned on his flashlight, and what met his eyes was an extremely chaotic scene.
Some cars were overturned, some had collided with each other, some had crashed directly into the parking garage pillars, and there were even human skeletal remains, though without any flesh or blood remaining.
The air was heavy and carried a rotting smell.
It was faint, but all of this proved that tragedy had occurred here when the wasteland descended.
Yu Yuan first used broken glass to set up an isolation barrier at the stairway entrance, then quickly moved among the vehicle wreckage.
His flashlight continuously scanned between the vehicles as he searched for his targets.
Soon, he came before several cars that had suffered minor scratches. All their windows were completely smashed, and the supplies inside had been looted clean.
After examining these cars, Yu Yuan showed delight.
These were the ones.
He immediately took out the dismantling tools he had prepared earlier from the Magician's Ring and began dismantling the cars...