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8:00 AM group message—
Yang Haiyi: “Did you hear the notice? Seven days from now, the end of the world era will fully arrive on Blue Star. Only players who have bound to a Safehouse will have the right to survive!”
Jason: “…My world has collapsed. I took a day off today, thinking I had escaped, but it turns out I’m still going to die…”
Zhou Chuan: “The alliance issued a notice. This global disaster cannot be solved with human strength. The only way is to find a Safehouse. Now, we must find those survivors who have bound their Safehouses and take their Safehouses. I suggest we unite.”
Wenming: “President Wang has a Safehouse and has already left the group. I really didn’t expect it would come to this…”
Yang Haiyi: “I think I saw Su Xiao found a Safehouse this morning, but she hasn’t said anything yet. I’m not too sure.”
Wenming: “I suggest we switch to another group and discuss how to lure these survivors out.”
Zhou Chuan: “I just saw a mom with a child come out of a Safehouse. She’s really lucky! Unfortunately, her bad luck kicked in—she didn’t get far before being dragged away. So, finding a Safehouse isn’t enough; you still have to go out for supplies. Seven days… no, six days left. We still have a chance.”
Yang Haiyi: “Switching groups is fine, but I suggest everyone share their location and video, live-streaming to confirm that we don’t have a Safehouse. Only then can we cooperate.”
…
The conversation in the group chat continued with everyone chiming in until they eventually switched to another group.
Su Xiao’s face grew serious after reading the messages.
Clearly, the Doomsday Game had issued another warning to survivors who hadn’t bound to a Safehouse, reminding them that only those who had bound to a Safehouse would be able to qualify for survival.
With 30 million Safehouses available, a single survivor might own multiple Safehouses, making competition fierce among a population of ten billion.
Now, the Doomsday Game was sending notifications in two directions, creating conflict. The situation had reached a point where anyone breathing could potentially become an enemy.
As Zhou Chuan had mentioned, the “mom with a child”…
Perhaps because the Safehouse’s power supply wasn’t enough to move, it had to be left at a fixed location. After leaving to search for supplies, she had wandered too far from the Safehouse and was caught by someone taking advantage of the opportunity.
Fortunately, after initially finding a Safehouse, she hadn’t rushed to crowded areas. Instead, she stayed in the remote surroundings, searching for supplies.
Although the underground shelter was basic and required periodic oxygen replacement, it had two advantages over other Safehouses: mobility wasn’t necessary, and the exit was hidden. These advantages made it much better than other Safehouses, proving that luxury wasn’t always practical.
Su Xiao’s gaze returned to the message Jiang Hui had sent her, her expression softening.
Aunt Jiang really did care about her. It was just that Su Xiao’s cold personality and habitual politeness toward them made it difficult for her to develop a sense of familial affection. However, there was no denying that Aunt Jiang and Uncle Jiang were good people.
Reading the message, it seemed Aunt Jiang was hinting that Su Xiao should look for Jiang Qiqi.
Jiang Qiqi had gone on vacation to the South Island two days ago.
The South Island was across the sea from Yun City, in the complete opposite direction from Jing City. One was to the north, the other to the south—it was difficult to go to either place.
Su Xiao put down her phone and asked Xiao Mo, “Xiao Mo, has my Safehouse upgrade plan come through yet?”
Xiao Mo: “The Safehouse upgrade intention form was submitted four hours ago. The upgrade plan is expected to arrive in about 20 hours.”
That meant it would take a day.
There was nothing to do but wait.
At that moment, Turtle Hermit sent a message: “These little cuties are hard to kill, it takes seven or eight hits to take one down. They’re fast too. Right now, my infection level is 68%, you can guess how serious the bite is!”
Sure enough, a level-1 axe took seven or eight strikes to kill a zombie.
A level-2 axe only needed two strikes, so Su Xiao found it much easier.
After drinking the potion, Su Xiao felt stronger than ever. With a single strike, she could take down a little cutie with ease.
Su Xiao asked, “Did you get the colorful treasure chest? What attribute did you choose?”
Turtle Hermit: “Of course, I chose defense! I’ve learned boxing, so I have some skills, but the zombies are fast, and I’m just a regular human. I thought it would be easy to get hurt, so I went with defense. And after drinking the potion, I can even cut myself with a regular knife without getting a scratch. I feel like I’ve developed an unbreakable body!”
Su Xiao: …
Turtle Hermit: “What about you? You got the colorful treasure chest before me, did you get any special surprise?”
Su Xiao: “No, but I synthesized a level-2 weapon. I have some news for you—level-2 weapons are made by fusing three level-1 weapons, and their weight is three times that of a level-1 weapon.”
Turtle Hermit was stunned for a moment, then reacted: “Wait, you mean higher-level weapons have cumulative weight? Damn…”
Based on this logic, a level-4 or level-5 weapon could weigh several dozen pounds.
Who could even lift that?
A few minutes later, Turtle Hermit sent over three weapons: “I should be fine with a level-2 weapon for now. Once I synthesize a level-3 weapon, you can help me test its weight. Oh, by the way, I went outside just now and found a strange stone. It says in the message that it’s a bit odd, and you can smash it open. Can you help me synthesize a hammer?”
Su Xiao was surprised.
This was probably the first time Turtle Hermit had encountered a material that could drop a purple treasure chest. He had directly figured out the rule from the message.
But when she thought about it, it made sense.
The first time Su Xiao had seen the message, it had said “Try attacking.”
Any weapon could be used to attack, so it was a prompt that wasn’t limited to weapon types.
If she had different types of weapons, and then saw the word “smash,” she would also realize that this riddle was related to the weapon type used.
At Turtle Hermit’s request, Su Xiao synthesized a level-2 hammer and sent it to him, adding a message: “I know a survivor who has a purple treasure chest surprise. If you get a purple treasure chest, I can be the middleman for her to open it, but she asks for priority in exchanges.”
It was almost midnight now. On regular days, Su Xiao would have already gone to bed.
But tonight, sleep would be hard to come by.
After a while, Turtle Hermit replied: “It really is a purple treasure chest, and it’s a blueprint drop… Do you have any other blueprints?”
This implied that he wanted to mortgage the blueprints.
But that wasn’t surprising.
Blueprints were indeed an important resource, and he had never opened a blueprint treasure chest before.
Now, his offer was likely to ensure more trustworthy cooperation in the future.
Su Xiao: “Sure.”
She still had two blueprints in her hand, one for a booster and one for a small greenhouse. After mortgaging the small greenhouse blueprint to Turtle Hermit, she immediately went to find Yu Yu for tomorrow.
But there was no reply from Yu Yu. She was probably busy dealing with those little cuties, so Su Xiao told Turtle Hermit to wait for a while.
【Ding Ding——】
A new notification sounded in her ear.
【12:00—A new day, a new disaster. Survivors, continue to fight for survival today.】
Just as the notification ended, Su Xiao felt her body shake, a strong tremor that made her head spin.
It was an earthquake!