novelraw Chapter 7: 503 Key Room, High-Value Materials Found
Chapter 7: 503 Key Room, High-Value Materials Found
Room 503 of Wutong Apartments was largely similar to the other rooms - a single room of over thirty square meters with an attached private bathroom and balcony.
Yu Yuan closed the door, suppressing his disgust as he retrieved the flashlight from Key's mouth. After briefly wiping off the blood, he meticulously inspected every corner of the room, including under the bed, inside the wardrobe, and behind the door.
He simultaneously drew all the curtains closed to block any light source.
Only after confirming there were no dangers did he approach the corpse to begin the traditional craft - looting the body.
Key only had one fabric cross-body bag on him, containing an assortment of miscellaneous items.
Electrical wires, a ballpoint pen, two batteries, a dagger, two small compressed biscuit packets, and a small cloth pouch.
The small cloth pouch contained several different lock picking tools, which delighted Yu Yuan.
Together with the lock pick that had been clutched in Key's hand, he stuffed them all into his clothing pockets.
He also folded up the cross-body bag and stored it away. Although it had some bloodstains, Yu Yuan didn't mind.
In this post-apocalyptic world, containers like backpacks were inevitably extremely scarce and rare. He couldn't afford to abandon even one - even if he didn't need it himself, he could potentially trade it later.After finishing looting the body, he turned his attention to the room itself.
Compared to other rooms, it was relatively clean and tidy, but traces of a hasty escape were still visible. The room's occupant had likely been a single male.
The toiletries in the bathroom were few and far between - shampoo, body wash, facial cleanser, men's facial masks, toothpaste, and toothbrush were scattered across the sink.
Yu Yuan collected all these items into his backpack; they were all scarce supplies. He even folded up and stored the shower curtain and towels.
The backpack was once again packed to capacity, mainly because the shower curtain was so large it occupied half the backpack space.
Fortunately, Yu Yuan had anticipated this situation earlier, but he needed to conduct an experiment.
He opened the virtual interface - the [Special] page.
He navigated to the [Post-Apocalyptic Trading Hole] page, a function he'd discovered while studying the virtual interface that afternoon. It was similar to a flea market where players could trade with each other.
[Spend 1000 Survival Points to join Post-Apocalyptic Trading Hole?]
Yu Yuan frowned slightly. This was exactly why he hadn't joined earlier.
If he hadn't unexpectedly unlocked the 'City Shadows' title route, he wouldn't even have the qualification to trade with others. Even now, he only had 1100 Survival Points at most.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say this would empty his entire savings.
Though reluctant in his heart, Yu Yuan still chose to confirm.
He would have to open it sooner or later - better to open it early and enjoy the benefits sooner.
[Congratulations, Yu Yuan's shelter has joined 'Post-Apocalyptic Trading Hole'. You can now trade with other players.]
He listed the shower curtain for sale. Yu Yuan wasn't sure about the exact price of shower curtains, and he didn't have time to research current prices, so he directly set it at 2000 Survival Points.
In his view, this price was already astronomical. If someone was actually willing to spend 2000 Survival Points to buy it, he'd be happy to make the deal.
Even if no one traded for it, it didn't matter to him - as long as it freed up backpack space.
[Listing successful! Maximum listing time is 12 hours. Please note the trading time! Each hour exceeded will incur a 5% storage fee based on the trading price, with partial hours counted as full hours!]
Seeing this prompt, Yu Yuan narrowed his eyes.
"It actually worked!"
Although the joining conditions for Trading Hole were ridiculously high, it seemed worth the price.
Looking at his backpack again, he realized the remaining supplies were either too small to bother listing, or were post-apocalyptic hard currencies like cigarettes and chocolate. Yu Yuan wouldn't easily part with these items, not even by listing them at inflated prices.
In the end, he listed those several bottles of bulky toiletries at 500 Survival Points each.
As he said before - if they sold, he wouldn't lose out; if they didn't sell, he could use them himself.
He finally checked the bathroom ceiling and water tank, but found no hidden supplies, so he gave up.
Room 503 had a fairly simple layout - one bed, one bedside table, one wardrobe, and one writing desk.
The only thing worth noting was probably the metal cabinet placed in the corner, which surprisingly had three locked drawers.
Yu Yuan first bundled up and listed all the bedding and mattress on 'Post-Apocalyptic Trading Hole'. He originally planned to list the bed itself too, but the system prompted that the operation wasn't possible.
His plan to clear everything out had failed. He could only pout and give up!
The wardrobe only contained one short-sleeved shirt and one long coat. Yu Yuan wasn't picky - he urgently needed change of clothes.
His current set of clothes was already covered with stains and blood after just one day.
He stuffed the clothes into his backpack and moved to the writing desk, which had three drawers and one single-door cabinet.
When he opened the single-door cabinet, he found an unexpectedly good discovery.
A mostly full bag of Weiwei soybean milk powder - roughly looking, there were still over twenty small packets. For Yu Yuan, this was practically a gift from heaven!
Soy milk not only contained high calories, but also considerable protein and fat content - absolutely excellent nutrition in this post-apocalyptic world.
Especially the taste of soybean milk powder - in this post-apocalyptic world, it was simply delicious.
Such good stuff - Yu Yuan would absolutely not list it for sale. He stuffed all of it into his backpack.
In the writing desk drawers, he found several books and notebooks. After briefly flipping through them, he listed them all too.
He could read them when he had time - maybe they contained some useful information.
But just after listing the desk lamp from the writing desk, 'Post-Apocalyptic Trading Hole' suddenly issued a prompt.
[Current listing quantity full!]
What!
Yu Yuan immediately checked and noticed that he only had Level 1 Trading Hole privileges, allowing him to list only 15 items simultaneously.
To increase the listing quantity, he needed to upgrade his privileges. And to upgrade to Level 2 privileges, the required Survival Points were - 2000.
"Damn! Next step is probably upgrading to SVIP membership!" Yu Yuan felt genuinely exhausted.
Fortunately, the main large items in this room had already been listed.
Now only that locked metal cabinet remained to be checked.
Pulling out the lock picking tools, he inserted the lock pick into the keyhole. Yu Yuan felt as if he could perceive the entire structure of the lock core through the lock pick, instinctively knowing how to open this type of lock.
In less than a minute, Yu Yuan had opened all three locked drawers.
Just the first two drawers brought Yu Yuan tremendous surprises.
First drawer: Hand-crank illumination radio ×1, windproof candles ×2, batteries ×2, adjustable wrench ×1
Second drawer: Vehicle emergency kit ×1
The hand-crank illumination radio was specifically designed for disaster preparedness, about the size of a brick. It integrated multiple functions including hand-crank power generation, solar charging, LED flashlight, desk lamp, radio...
The vehicle emergency kit contained tourniquets, emergency trauma bandages, elastic bandages, antiseptic wipes, emergency blankets... over a dozen first aid supplies.
Enough for him to handle bleeding control, bandaging, immobilization, disinfection protection, and body temperature loss crises under normal circumstances.
As a survival enthusiast, he was extremely familiar with these two items - he even had multiple sets of emergency equipment at home.
With these two items, his survival rate in the post-apocalyptic world would significantly improve, especially with the appearance of the vehicle emergency kit.
It gave him a certain level of risk response capability.
Both items were quite bulky. Yu Yuan could only wear the cross-body bag on his front, placing small items like the soybean milk powder, windproof candles, batteries, ballpoint pen... inside it.
The hand-crank illumination radio, vehicle emergency kit, and adjustable wrench were stuffed into the backpack. At this point, both bags were completely full.
He quickly opened the third drawer - the other two scavengers could arrive at any moment. Time was critical.
But just as Yu Yuan touched the items in the drawer, a sudden prompt sound made his spirits soar.
[Ding... High-value supplies discovered...]