Volume 4: National Craftsmanship Chapter 33 Villa No. 9
After dealing with the zombie corpse, Shen Jin opened the system interface. Because of the constant ringing, Shen Jin turned off the reminder sound of the permanent task and checked the history. [Ding~! Your subordinate killed a first-level evolved zombie, and you are rewarded with 1 world coin.]
[Ding~! Your subordinates killed 100 evolved zombies, and you will be rewarded with 1 World Coin]
[Ding~! Your settlement has 100 new residents, and you will be awarded 1 World Coin]
[Ding! You killed a second-level evolved zombie, and are rewarded with 10 World Coins]
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Shen Jin flipped through the pages for a while and found notifications of [World Coins] given for completing two tasks: killing zombies and adding residents to the settlement. In the past half day, he had obtained a total of 66 [World Coins]. "This is the correct way to open the system! If we continue at this speed, then... a million modules will be given for killing monsters!"
Shen Jin looked at the total number of world coins he had: 410.
Half of them are obtained after the system opens the [Permanent Tasks] section, killing zombies and collecting survivors.
"Fuck! The more I think about it, the angrier I get. If only we had started the permanent mission last month, we would have killed so many zombies in vain and expanded our territory by 130 square kilometers in vain... What a mistake!"
Shen Jin beat his chest and stamped his feet every time he thought about it. Last month, apart from the 5 [World Coins] he earned from his [Daily Tasks], he didn't have a penny else!
It was because I was stuck on the task of obtaining the [World Line]. I could only say that I had bad luck. Otherwise, let alone 500 [World Coins] to open the [Intermediate Craftsman Soul], even 1,000 [World Coins] would be more than enough to open the [Intermediate Industry II]. "So the question is... should I save up [World Coins ] to open the industry? Or should I open the [Intermediate Craftsman Soul] directly?"
Shen Jin thought for a moment and felt that he had to start industry first, because some materials of the Craftsman Soul module have not been found in the real world yet. [Intermediate Craftsman Soul] is the operation to unlock enhanced equipment, and some things needed to enhance equipment are even more fantastic. Various enhancement materials are difficult to find. However, if the Craftsman Soul is upgraded, the expansion module [Craftsman Soul Armor] can be upgraded together, and the enhancement of the armor can be unlocked at the same time. So when Shen Jin finds more enhancement materials, it is time to activate [Intermediate Craftsman Soul].
[Intermediate Industry II] is different. As long as there are metal materials, the corresponding machinery and equipment can be manufactured. After several transactions and such a long period of material accumulation, Shen Jin basically has no shortage of materials needed to develop industry. Two hours later...
"Finished, let's go!"
At Shen Jin's command, everyone, who had eaten and drunk their fill and had a good sleep, became full of energy and moved forward again!
Behind them was a completely sealed wall. People outside could not get in unless they had the ability to break through the three-meter-thick stone wall.
The [blood] and [bones] in the [Craftsman Soul Smelting Furnace] were taken away by Shen Jin, leaving behind a [charred storage tank] filled with diesel. In the future, after the extraordinary people kill zombies around, they can drag the zombie corpses here to squeeze the juice. Shen Jin has promised everyone that each team can use the blood squeezed from zombies to exchange for [blood coagulation boots]. 300L of blood can be exchanged for a pair, which is about the blood amount of 400 fresh zombies. Shen Jin only needs 203L of blood to synthesize a [blood coagulation boot], and the rest can be stockpiled. This wave is a hoarding rat-style capitalist operation.
He has decided to build a storage room specifically for [coagulated blood clots] and [bones] after he returns. Zombies are the most abundant resource at the moment and are simply inexhaustible.
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The team continued to move forward. Shen Jin led more than 400 extraordinary people to march in an orderly manner in the urban area of Q City. A wild encounter just now was turned into a tower defense battle by everyone. Relying on the "block ability" to create terrain advantages, except for some stupid recruits who were accidentally caught by zombies, most of the extraordinary people defended relatively easily. This battle brought out the spirit, energy and soul of the extraordinary people in Home No. 1!
The recruits' steps changed from being nervous and stiff at the beginning to being confident and steady now. Currently, they were still 10 kilometers away from the Q City grain storage warehouse. Shen Jin and his team encountered the first human settlement...
This is a very popular villa area in the city before the end of the world. A long river starts from the mountain and flows into the city, turns a circle in the middle, and finally flows into the sea. This villa area is located at the place where the river turns, surrounded by rivers on three sides, quiet in the bustling city. It is shaded by green trees, has beautiful buildings and a wide view. Every morning when you wake up, you can watch the river flowing gently. If you are elegant, you can also take a fishing rod to catch a few fish. The river and the sea are directly connected, and sometimes some stubborn sea fish and shrimps will swim upstream, embellishing the clear river water.
This is Villa No. 9 in Q City!
The environment and life are its biggest selling points. Only the extremely wealthy can afford it. And even if you are rich, it depends on whether you have the right connections. Some high-ranking officials from Beijing love such places the most. After buying them, they only live there for a few months in the summer to enjoy the cool sea breeze and comfortable life in Q City.
But now, in the apocalypse, the human class has been re-divided, and the previous status and money have all vanished. Only brains and strength can allow a person to survive in the apocalypse. A smarter brain and stronger strength can restore a person's previous status. But... even the boss of the No. 9 villa area is not happy. The shortage of supplies has always been the eternal pain of the wild survivor base. Even the extraordinary people dare not guarantee that they can come back alive every time they go out to look for resources...
"Hey! I'd rather be a dog in peacetime than a man in troubled times!" Xirong woke up from his 400-square-meter house and looked at his Rolex. It was already 2 p.m. "I have the luxury house, luxury watch, and luxury car that I wanted most before the end of the world...but I can't be happy !"
Xirong now believes that the greatest happiness is actually what he has always had. When he was a child, he and his grandfather grazed on the grassland. They slept in simple yurts at night and wore tattered clothes, but they could drink fresh goat milk and eat stewed mutton every day. By the way, when he was a child, his grandfather often made goat milk cakes for him as snacks. The taste... was so pure, and only that grassland had such a taste.
However, before, he only wanted to come to the big city to make money, buy a car and a house. Now that it is the end of the world and he has all of these, he realized... he once had the simplest and purest happiness.
“Baji, baji~!”
He smacked his lips and said, "If I don't eat meat for a day... I feel uncomfortable all over. Let's eat some more!"
He walked out of his villa. There were already people outside. He grinned, revealing two rows of yellow teeth. "Good afternoon, everyone! I have lived another day. I am grateful to the Earth Goddess for giving me food..."
"We should be grateful to our compatriots. It is they who give us food in the apocalypse." A fat man in briefs came out of a villa in the west, with blood dripping from his crotch, but seeing his calm expression, it was obviously not his blood.
"There haven't been any new people coming recently. They're all because of the No. 1 Home that was set up by Tianluodiwang. They're trying to steal our business. Brother Tianrong, can you take us inside to take a look? Let's see how powerful the government officials are... Hehehe~!" A sexy woman with triangular eyes, a snake-like face, and a devilish figure came out of a villa on the east side.
Most of the ordinary people in Villa No. 9 showed expressions of fear after seeing the three people.
After Siron finished praying, he said, "Let's go and eat!"
30 minutes later, outside Villa No. 9, there was the sound of orderly marching...
