Chapter 25: A Meal in the Shelter (Seeking Recommendations and Support!)

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Chapter 25: Chapter 25: A Meal in the Shelter (Seeking Recommendations and Support!)Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation "Simple Iron Weapon Cabinet" "Upgrade Option One: Upgrade cabinet material, increase cabinet volume, add weapon maintenance and modification functions, current weapon technology level +1, survival points required for upgrade: 500" "Upgrade Option Two: Upgrade cabinet material, increase cabinet volume, add firearm manufacturing module, gain firearm blueprint +1, survival points required for upgrade: 450" Gazing at the upgrade options provided by the system for his weapon cabinet, Chen Xin realized that the system’s upgrade function seemed more complex than he had anticipated. Or rather, the system’s upgrade function was far more powerful and advanced than he thought. Technology level +1, blueprint +1, these were terms that Chen Xin hadn’t encountered during his previous inspection of all items in the shelter. Other items’ upgrades merely displayed the upgrade location and the functions gained after upgrading, without this XXXX+1 prompt. This discovery left Chen Xin feeling a bit surprised, yet also pleasantly astonished. Technology level +1 and blueprint +1 represent that Chen Xin could manufacture and modify his own weapons, and high-tech weapons at that! This made Chen Xin look forward to seeing if further upgrades could lead to Light Sabers, Power Armor... Imagining himself building a Gundam by hand in the future, Chen Xin couldn’t help but shed a tear of joy. What boy doesn’t love robots? Moreover, the overall upgrade terms appearing on a comprehensive item like a weapon cabinet indicate that Chen Xin could collectively upgrade things by placing them in a box or cabinet, rather than upgrading each item individually. The significance of this is entirely different! For example, at this moment, Chen Xin’s gaze was fixed on the very room he was in. "Container-style Modular House - Bedroom Component" "Upgrade Option One: Upgrade box material, enhance insulation, upgrade temperature regulation, and air circulation performance, life support level +1, survival points required for upgrade: 3000" "Upgrade Option Two: Upgrade internal soft furnishings, add smart home functions, living comfort level +1, overall technology level +1, survival points required for upgrade: 4500" Seeing the entire room light up in his view and the upgrade options appearing, Chen Yu felt much better. Being able to upgrade the bedroom naturally meant the entire shelter could be upgraded too. Just imagine, if the entire shelter achieved a technology level +1, wouldn’t that be more efficient and quicker than upgrading each item individually? seaʀᴄh thё nôvel_Fire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. And upgrading the entire shelter would greatly increase Chen Xin’s survival capability in this apocalyptic world. However, after some thought, Chen Xin calmed down, as the reason was undoubtedly the survival points required for upgrades. Upgrading a pen only required 5 survival points, a pack of self-heating food only 1 point, but upgrading a toolbox needed 100 points, a generator 200 points, and the weapon cabinet reached 500 points. The survival points required to upgrade a single room directly exceeded a thousand. These numbers undoubtedly sobered up Chen Xin, whose survival points were still 0. Upgrading items or even the shelter itself was certainly wonderful, but accumulating survival points to do so required him to live day by day. He didn’t even know how many survival points he could earn in a day. If he could only earn one point a day, upgrading the shelter would take an eternity, and he wouldn’t have enough survival points to upgrade the whole shelter in his lifetime. The system itself did not provide any relevant data, but it explained that the better the host’s survival conditions in an apocalyptic environment, the more survival points could be gained. Therefore, earning just one point a day was unlikely. Moreover, Chen Xin believed he could earn quite a few survival points per day. After all, he had his own little private shelter, which, though not particularly good, was still not bad. Thinking this way, Chen Xin set aside his worries about the situation, picked up a pack of self-heating food he had taken out to verify the system’s upgrade capability, tore it open, and grabbed a bottle of mineral water, preparing to eat. Though acquiring the system made Chen Xin’s future prospects suddenly seem bright, it didn’t change the fact that it was already an apocalypse, where survival conditions for everyone were difficult. Even though Chen Xin had stockpiled a large amount of supplies before the disaster, to avoid waste, he set his meal standard to a pack of self-heating food, which could be eaten over two meals, and a 1.5-liter bottle of mineral water per day. This was the living condition for Chen Xin after the apocalypse descended. But compared to most people, Chen Xin’s living conditions were already quite good as he thought. At least he had his own shelter, with enough space to move around, a decent food reserve, and his own electricity generation. Once the EMP shockwave’s effects wore off, he could even use the electronic products he had saved for entertainment and to pass the time. Compared to those currently squeezed in shelters converted from underground garages or civil defense projects, Chen Xin’s living conditions were truly much better. Chen Xin had also paid attention when the country released information about shelters. The conditions in those official shelters weren’t bad, but with so many people living together, the living environment was evidently harsher than his private shelter. Not to mention, with hundreds or even thousands of people in a shelter, water use and bathroom facilities are two enormous challenges. Especially with the apocalypse causing temperature drops in the external environment, water supply issues rapidly become a primary concern for the government and all shelters. Though there had been emergency upgrades to these facilities before, ensuring enough domestic water in temperatures below minus tens of degrees remained a serious issue. As for the bathrooms, imagining a public toilet without janitors constantly cleaning and maintaining it would reveal how grave the issue could be. With the eating, drinking, and sanitation needs of hundreds, if not planned and managed properly in advance, it could undoubtedly lead to hair-pulling frustration. The country had, of course, taken preventive measures in advance, but the time from the disaster alert to the apocalypse descending was too short. Even if Flame Country was a construction giant, with industrial infrastructure strength acclaimed worldwide, similarly, we have 1.3 billion people! In just three months, while the country’s preparations could ensure most people’s survival, expecting everyone to live comfortably in such an apocalypse was evidently impossible.

Chapter 25: A Meal in the Shelter (Seeking Recommendations and Support!)

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