novelraw Chapter 78: Organization Plan: Upgrading the Dilapidated Newspaper Rack—Magazine Display Rack
Chapter 78: Organization Plan: Upgrading the Dilapidated Newspaper Rack—Magazine Display Rack
Inside Yu Yuan Shelter.
[Generator Level 2 — Treadmill Generator Room] is under construction, optimization time three hours.
Yu Yuan looked at the rare generator that had finally started optimizing, a faint smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
"Not easy! After struggling for two nights, I finally gathered all the materials!"
Only someone with a Positioning Watch and virtual map like him could directly locate required materials on the map and go collect them beforehand.
Otherwise, trying to find construction materials in these vast city blocks would mean relying on luck while scavenging, with danger levels increasing exponentially.
Opening Taotao Hole, he spent 10 survival points to purchase 6 kilograms of green grass for Mie Mie, then sat by the fireplace to prepare his breakfast.
After several days of players fiercely competing, the price of green grass on Taotao Hole had stabilized at 5 survival points for 3 kilograms.
Everyone seemed to have tacitly accepted this price.
Although he had been busy all night, his mental and physical condition remained quite good without particular fatigue. While the fireplace heated his food, he opened the Virtual Light Screen.He began planning his next steps.
First, he opened the Facility Management Log.
With the optimization and upgrade of [Generator Level 2 — Treadmill Generator Room] underway, other shelter facilities could now be upgraded to electrical systems.
Kitchen, water collection, lighting, bathroom....
Yu Yuan checked the construction material requirements for each facility one by one, only to discover that he had unconsciously collected many materials already, with owned materials accounting for nearly half of the total upgrade requirements.
This was undoubtedly good news.
Yu Yuan estimated that if he focused entirely on material collection, he could upgrade all existing facilities within 2-3 days at most.
Then there was the construction of [Defense — Flame Thrower].
The high-pressure gas cylinders and metal nozzles required for this defensive facility had already been collected during his exploration of Orleans Hotel.
Now he only needed to gather 20 sets of pressure relief valves, springs, metal water pipes, 9V batteries, and resistance wires to complete all constructions.
However, he temporarily planned to build only 10 flame throwers to set up defensive traps in the civil defense shelter level. Ten flame throwers would be sufficient to turn the civil defense shelter level into a Death Incineration Field, with the remaining 10 kept as reserves.
He also needed to select the 'locked door' for constructing the escape passage in advance, so he could build it directly once the Starry Sky Observatory was completed.
As for fire doors and fire walls....
Yu Yuan looked at the construction list.
Perlite boards, galvanized steel plates, fireproof sealing strips, closers, steel reinforcement bars.... these could also be collected gradually.
Yu Yuan listed all materials needed for facility upgrades - this would be his main task moving forward.
His gaze swept over the Crazy Planting Trough in the corner, and his eyes lit up slightly.
"That's right! I can start vegetable planting too. Although the planting trough has limited capacity, if the growth speed is fast enough, I could enjoy fresh vegetables every few days."
Currently, he had the planting trough and fertilizer, only needing to find suitable soil and vegetable seeds.
Mentioning vegetable seeds, Yu Yuan searched for them on Taotao Hole.
The results showed that none of the vegetable seeds were cheap.
"The price... isn't completely unacceptable, but... I should search around the city first."
Yu Yuan continuously organized his plans in the Shelter Memo and also recorded the intelligence about Nightingale.
Regarding the twenty-to-thirty-meter-long giant snake mentioned by Qingqing, the only one Yu Yuan could think of was the one from the underground experimental base at Johnck Zoo.
But that was a mutated creature controlled by the Aurora Animal Assistance Association, yet now it appeared at Nightingale. Although Yu Yuan couldn't confirm it was the same snake, the possibility of two giant snakes existing in one city was extremely low.
Coupled with the complex relationship between Nightingale leader Lilith and the Black Shield Police Department.
Yu Yuan found it hard not to connect Lilith with the Aurora Animal Assistance Association!
"Could it be that Nightingale is actually an organization jointly established by the Aurora Animal Assistance Association and the Black Shield Police Station..." This thought flashed through Yu Yuan's mind.
The more he thought about it, the more plausible it seemed.
Everything still depended on waiting for news from Qingqing's side.
Speaking of Qingqing, Yu Yuan had considered whether she might betray him, since his previous inquiries were clearly purposeful.
He admitted it was somewhat risky, but if he wanted to understand Nightingale's internal situation, Qingqing was the most suitable candidate.
Plus, with [Passion]'s influence, the risk remained within controllable limits.
Of course, the most important reliance was interest - Qingqing wasn't doing well within Nightingale, while he could provide her with materials and enhance her value. As long as she wasn't an utterly foolish woman, she wouldn't choose to betray him.
But one always had to prepare for unexpected outcomes.
Therefore, he didn't plan to take risks going there these next few days.
After eating, the time reached 5:45 AM, and Yu Yuan felt his energy was still quite good.
He opened the Fate Cards, preparing to check the new Fate's Gift.
As the Aurora Animal Assistance Association's strength surfaced, Yu Yuan increasingly felt the eastern city's waters were unfathomably deep.
Several Thug factions were already troublesome enough, and now Nightingale appeared with connections to both the Aurora Animal Assistance Association and the Black Shield Police Department.
He increasingly felt the eastern district was a dragon's pool and tiger's den - the more he understood, the more terrifying it became, and he better understood why veteran players looked troubled whenever city areas were mentioned.
If he didn't have the Fate Cards, he would probably be dead already.
Fate's Gift was undoubtedly his fastest path to strength improvement. As the fate oracle appeared then dissipated, three options appeared on the light screen.
[Choose one from the three Fate's Gifts below as fate's present to you]
——Upgrade: Dilapidated Newspaper Rack → Magazine Display Stand
Function: Obtain 1-3 free newspapers daily, which may contain intelligence, with probability of additional items requiring survival points to purchase.
——Tetsuya's Homemade Shotgun
Function: Automatically loads two rounds daily. When attacking from behind, the first bullet stuns enemies and triggers turn-around effect, the second bullet triggers lethal attack effect.
——Protagonist's Sound System
Function: One exclusive BGM appears daily. While music plays, you gain special status buffs. BGM duration: 3 minutes 24 seconds.
"The Dilapidated Newspaper Rack can actually be upgraded!" Surprise flashed in Yu Yuan's eyes.
Without hesitation, he directly ignored options two and three, choosing the first option immediately.
[Dilapidated Newspaper Rack upgraded to Magazine Display Stand, already placed in shelter, please check personally]
As the prompt message ended, Yu Yuan didn't even bother checking the Fate Cards draw, looking directly toward where the Dilapidated Newspaper Rack had been.
A five-tier wooden display stand now stood there...