novelraw Chapter 71: [Intelligence Card - Insight]
Chapter 71: [Intelligence Card - Insight]
Wasteland Day Eleven, Yu Yuan Shelter.
Yu Yuan carefully stored all the supplies he obtained from Taotao Hole—car energy batteries, vehicle chargers, motor controllers, and other materials.
Although he had only acquired these supplies after a whole night of busy work, he was already quite satisfied.
The hardest-to-obtain materials for constructing the rare-tier [Treadmill Generator Room] were now secured. After this, he only needed to gather treadmill components and wires to proceed with the optimization upgrade.
However, before that, he still needed to upgrade the [Generator] from level 1 to level 2, as this was a prerequisite for optimization.
The upgrade materials had long been collected, and Yu Yuan didn't procrastinate, directly initiating the upgrade.
The upgrade time required 30 minutes.
After glancing at the generator enveloped in a green light screen, Yu Yuan went to the old newspaper rack.
The newspaper for the new day had also appeared, and today once again refreshed an additional intelligence item.
[Intelligence Card - Insight]Quality: Rock
Function: After use, gain the effect of insight perception for 30 minutes, allowing observation of some hard-to-notice traces, increasing the probability of discovering traps, mechanisms, and hidden room facilities.
Survival Points Cost: 500
Having experienced the effects of intelligence cards before, Yu Yuan immediately purchased it, and the Insight Card subsequently entered the card slot in the Book of Fate.
"The Insight Card should be more suitable for exploring certain specific scenarios!" Yu Yuan pondered the usage of the Insight Card slightly.
Although both were intelligence cards, in Yu Yuan's eyes, the Insight Card seemed more like a skill.
Picking up today's newspaper and looking at the three clearly written text sections on it, a flash of pleasant surprise appeared in Yu Yuan's eyes.
"Three news items today!!"
This was the first time Yu Yuan had encountered this; previously, it was usually one or two news items.
"Could this also be a change from Free Mode!"
His gaze then turned to the news content, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared, replaced by contemplation.
[Neighborhood Life News]
Quality: Rock
Danger Level: Low
After the previous Soda attack incident, Black Shield Police Department's Carmen secretly began paying attention to Commander Loris's movements. Finally, after tailing him for several days, he confirmed that Loris would go to Film Avenue in District 6 every night at 2 a.m.
This discovery excited Carmen greatly, as he recalled seeing Fries going there before too.
"Could it be that Fries's safe house is in District 6? After Fries died, Loris goes to District 6 every day... Damn it, why am I becoming more and more afraid of him. Perhaps, it's time to go find the hyena..."
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[Neighborhood Life News]
Quality: Rock
Danger Level: Low
Qingqing from District 14 was extremely panicked; she had been dominated by fear for several days.
Not only because she had inadvertently seen something she shouldn't have, but more critically, one of her important clients hadn't come to spend money with her for over half a month. If this continued, she would face elimination.
"Nick, where the hell have you died? If you don't come soon, this lady is going to die! What to do, damn Nina, relying on those two lumps of flesh on her chest to steal several of my customers." — Qingqing.
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[Neighborhood News Section]
The Aurora Animal Assistance Association in District 11 was spied on by an unknown person three days ago, leading them to conduct a thorough search of District 11.
As a result, at 78 Spuler Street, they discovered the corpse of a scavenger who had been brutally murdered and arranged in a heavily ritualistic pose.
Preacher Miller greatly appreciated the ritualistic and solemn nature displayed by this corpse.
He considered it a rare masterpiece.
"Ah~~~ The person who created this work is simply a genius. I see an extremely rich spiritual radiance in him. He is a born saint. I must find him; he can only become my student." — Preacher Miller.
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Yu Yuan looked at the three news reports with mixed feelings. Naturally, he was most concerned about the matter of Fries's safe house; he originally thought the safe house location was at Nightingale.
But Carmen guessed it was in District 6.
However, District 6 indeed had a high possibility. District 6 bordered District 1, and scavengers didn't dare approach that area, making it indeed very suitable for establishing a safe house.
He just didn't know the specific location of the safe house, and this was only Carmen's speculation.
This was a troublesome matter, and Yu Yuan decided to wait for follow-up intelligence.
He found the location of Film Avenue on the virtual map and specifically marked it. It turned out to be the main thoroughfare where the Green Forest Financial Center Tower was located.
Additionally, he couldn't let go of the clues from Nightingale. Since Nightingale could continue operating after Fries's death, Yu Yuan always believed the situation with Nightingale wasn't that simple.
The possibility that Fries had a safe house at Nightingale was still very high, after all, he often stayed overnight there!
His gaze turned to the newspaper, noticing Qingqing's news item, and he narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Saw something she shouldn't have seen!!! Perhaps Qingqing is a good breakthrough point."
As for the last news item, he tapped the newspaper and pursed his lips slightly.
The Aurora Animal Assistance Association's sweep in District 11 would definitely pose a threat to Masier. It would be false to say Yu Yuan wasn't worried.
It wasn't that he cared so much about Masier, but rather that he had invested a large amount of supplies in her. Although it was a choice made out of necessity at the time to complete the [Luxury Card] mission.
But he still held some expectation for Masier.
If she managed to research some special items, it would be an absolute windfall.
But worrying about her now seemed somewhat redundant. The Aurora Animal Assistance Association had already conducted their sweep, and he couldn't risk going to check.
The giant raven from last time and the priest presiding over the sacrifice ritual had left a significant impression of pressure on Yu Yuan.
Before he was confident, he had no plans to provoke the Aurora Animal Assistance Association again.
Masier had survived in District 11 for so long; she wouldn't be without countermeasures. For now, he could only trust her.
"Hope she looks out for herself!"
After organizing today's newspaper and previous issues, he went to the fireplace. While eating heated food, he opened Taotao Hole planning to look for bargains.
As a result, an item on the pinned transactions page caught his attention—a phone charger.
Priced at 500 survival points, Yu Yuan frowned slightly.
He had looked for phone chargers before too; he was extremely curious about the contents of the phone found in the safe.
But it was like encountering ghosts—the ones he found either had broken cables or bent plugs, not a single one was intact, which was very frustrating.
So much so that he had found several phones but not a single usable charger.
Just as he was about to buy it, he suddenly remembered that the workbench could probably make wires, circuit boards, sockets, and similar items. He hadn't had time to check recently; maybe it had chargers.
He immediately went to the workbench and checked the production list, soon his eyes lighting up.
"Hey! It really has one~~"