Chapter 167: Bus
Bus
[Use shelter upgrade blueprint?]
"Yes."
[Please collect 10 mutation organs from tier 2 Mutation Creatures as shelter upgrade materials (0/10)]
Lin Ye directly submitted the frozen mutation organs he had prepared earlier.
[Shelter upgrade task completed. Upgrade shelter tier?]
"Yes."
[Upgrade complete]
Lin Ye checked the new shelter information:
[Shelter Information] [Tier: 3]
[New function: Storage room]
[Status: Absolutely safe (28 days, 11 days remaining)]
[Note: Please upgrade your shelter tier within 28 days]
Lin Ye sensed an additional door had appeared on the northern wall of the basement. Entering the basement and pushing the door open, he found a 30-square-meter storage room inside.
After upgrading the shelter, Lin Ye stored the potions he had obtained, then continued opening chests.
The chest from additional task 1 contained only a pitch-black rune card.
[Basic Rune - Berserk]
[A card that allows learning the basic berserk rune]
[Note: Use with caution if mental energy is insufficient]
'Berserk? This is also a basic rune?'
Lin Ye planned to use this card at the Game Room in the afternoon.
Opening the chest from additional task 2, he found a white handkerchief inside.
[Pure White Handkerchief]
[This is a handkerchief that can absorb special liquids]
[Note: This handkerchief will produce different effects after absorbing different special liquids]
'Is this single-use or reusable?'
The system information didn't mention the handkerchief's item tier, and Lin Ye didn't know if it could absorb the stagnant water from the red maze. He planned to test it in the red maze tonight.
Putting away the handkerchief, Lin Ye opened the final chest.
Inside lay a short sword.
[Night Blade]
[Mid-tier spiritual energy item. When used at night, reduces the user's presence, making them less likely to be detected by others]
[Note: Do not use it during daytime]
The Night Blade was a 30-centimeter short sword with a straight blade of unknown material, looking like a blurry patch of air.
Lin Ye swung the Night Blade, finding the short sword exceptionally well-balanced and comfortable to use.
After opening all the chests, Lin Ye tended to the plants and animals for a while, prepared himself a lavish breakfast, then opened the group chat while eating.
(527474/1000000)
"Brothers and sisters, time to show off some loot. (Item image)"
"Sigh, busy all night, just laid down. (Item image)"
"Did you upgrade your shelter? I heard upgrading gives a storage room, is that true? (Item image)"
"It's true. Actually, some experts upgraded the day before yesterday, they just didn't post about it. (Item image)"
"That's great! My shelter was almost overflowing with supplies. Finally can organize properly now. (Item image)"
"By the way, Old Yu, where do you store your supplies? If you have no space, you can trade them to me, I'll help store them. (Item image)"
Yu Feng: I'm currently hiding in the gap between the bed and wall. The remaining space can store supplies. If you have no place, you can trade supplies to me, only 10% storage fee. (Shelter image)
"This is too tragic..."
"Sorry."
"Oh my, I suddenly feel like I'm doing pretty well."
"Yeah, having a shelter is comfortable."
"Wait, that bottle of iced tea on the bed looks suspicious."
"Aren't you afraid you might grab the wrong one by mistake?"
"Old Yu, you seem a bit overheated."
"If you squeezed into a gap every day, you'd be overheated too."
"True enough."
Yu Feng: That's enough from all of you.
"Keep going, big brother without a toilet."
......
Lin Ye finished breakfast and prepared some concentrated nutrient solution for Little Black. Recently, Little Black's appetite and size had been rapidly increasing - it was time to release it into the wild.
However, hardly any survivors had been leaving their shelters to explore the outside world lately. The people in the group encouraging Yu Feng to leave his shelter had also decreased significantly. The survivors were gradually adapting to shelter life, while the outside situation remained unclear.
Lin Ye planned to release Little Black once it grew as wide as the window. The shelter space was limited, and Little Black couldn't survive in the shelter indefinitely.
After feeding Little Black, Lin Ye lay on his bed and began his daily simulation.
[Please choose to start a new simulation task or enter the simulation base]
"Start new simulation task."
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[Simulated D-Class personnel: Robert]
[Acquired special skill: Mystery]
[Mystery]
[After using this skill, you will receive a mysterious blessing (1/1)]
[Note: Not actually a blessing]
[Remaining Simulation Attempts: 10]
Buzz buzz buzz...
Lin Ye opened his eyes. This time it was the familiar prison transport vehicle start with standard configuration: four D-Class personnel, four overseers, plus one driver.
Outside the prison transport vehicle stretched desolate hard soil. Even through the window, Lin Ye could feel the cold, hard texture of the land.
'What the hell does "not actually a blessing" mean?'
Lin Ye glanced at the special skill.
Robert was a young white male around twenty years old with average physical fitness.
Before long, the prison transport vehicle stopped beside a road.
Lin Ye got off the vehicle and looked at the clean, neat black concrete road before him that stood out starkly against its surroundings, then sighed.
'Such obvious abnormal events are really rare.'
The overseers stood by the roadside without taking further action. They watched the time, seemingly waiting for something.
The other D-Class personnel nervously observed the road before them. Just looking at this road made them extremely tense.
When something completely normal appears where it shouldn't be, it creates a sense of fear.
Lin Ye contemplated when to use the special skill. This time the special skill's meaning was unclear, and he couldn't predict what would happen after using it, so timing was crucial.
But even Lin Ye couldn't decide when to use this skill without any information - he could only take things step by step.
Just as Lin Ye was pondering what "Mystery" meant, a bus abruptly appeared at the end of the road.
Seeing the bus, the overseers put a helmet on D-Class personnel Number One.
'Not another various strange stations scenario, right?'
This bus reminded Lin Ye of the subway station from last time and the bus from the station mission. Before boarding, he couldn't determine if this anomaly was connected to those things.
The bus gradually approached and finally stopped by the roadside. The vehicle was pale yellow without any decorations, its body no different from a normal bus. Through the windows, the interior was visible - completely empty.
There was no station information anywhere on the vehicle, but its shape perfectly matched that of a bus.
Lin Ye couldn't determine this vehicle's function either.
Under the overseers' instructions, Number One boarded the bus and took the driver's seat.
"Drive."
The Captain issued the order to Number One.
Number One nervously performed numerous invalid operations, taking half a minute before finally starting the bus.