Chapter 17
is simply a windfall!
One hour later.
Chen Yu led Deng Yuxin to the boiler room.
This is the heating system in the old residential area.
Based on past experience and logic, such functional, spacious, and easily overlooked corners are high-probability locations for the system to distribute rewards.
"Power distribution room, garbage dump, abandoned vehicle factory..."
Deng Yuxin exclaimed, "There aren't any treasure chests in any of these three places!"
Chen Yu said calmly, "If it were that easy to find, it wouldn't be called a treasure chest."
As he spoke, he stepped into the boiler room.
Looking into the bottomless darkness behind the iron gate, Deng Yuxin's voice trembled: "It's so dark..."
Chen Yu kept walking: "If you want to survive, you have to go where others dare not go. Besides, didn't I tell you to bring flashlights?"
Deng Yuxin gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and when she opened them again, she jogged to catch up with Chen Yu.
At the same time, she pulled two items out of her backpack and handed one to Chen Yu.
The boiler room was larger than I had imagined, and it was filled with the smell of rust and machine oil.
Using the beam of his flashlight, Chen Yu could see the internal structure clearly—
Rusty boilers, piles of discarded parts, collapsed ironware.
Suddenly, Chen Yu noticed the angled shadow formed by the back of the boiler and the wall...
A suitcase, about the size of a regular suitcase, with a bronze sheen on its surface, stands silently.
"Found it...found it!"
Deng Yuxin exclaimed softly, her voice filled with surprise!
But then, her expression changed completely!
Because in the shadows beside the treasure chest, a crouching, greyish-white figure slowly turned its head!
Its movements were somewhat stiff, and its cloudy eyes shone through the darkness!
Deng Yuxin held her breath and hurriedly tugged at Chen Yu: "Zombies!"
Chen Yu nodded: "I saw it, it was quite scary."
This is a "hard-skinned zombie"; ordinary knives can't even scratch it, let alone kill it.
Deng Yuxin was taken aback; she couldn't see any respect for zombies in Chen Yu at all.
"Keep the camera steady and aim it at it."
After Chen Yu finished speaking, he picked up the fire axe and walked up.
Deng Yuxin was flustered and the beam of light was swaying.
"Don't shake."
Chen Yu hadn't finished speaking!
The zombie let out a low growl and lunged towards the brightest spot in the light!
That is, Deng Yuxin's position!
"what!"
Deng Yuxin screamed and almost dropped the flashlight and ran away!
"Shine the light! Don't move!"
Chen Yu gave the order and then cut in from the side, slamming down with his axe!
"Pfft!"
With a tearing sound, the zombie's head was chopped off!
Even the toughest skin is useless against immense force!
With a full 100 points in physique, comparable to the Hulk in real life, Chen Yu didn't even know how he lost...
The zombie's heavy body lurched forward, kicking up a cloud of dust, twitched twice, and then fell still!
The whole process took only three or four seconds...
Deng Yuxin was stunned. Her mind went completely blank when the zombie pounced on her!
Chen Yu shook his head: "Don't panic next time, or I'll punish you."
Deng Yuxin blushed, unsure whether the punishment referred to here meant kneeling as before, or...
Chen Yu didn't pay much attention to it, and simply reached out his hand.
[Grand Tutor's Vessel] Activated—
A comfortable electric current traveled through my entire body.
The hardened zombie on the ground quickly shriveled up, as if its blood had been drained.
The death energy from killing those six people had already granted him a small amount of freedom.
But this time, Chen Yu did not receive it.
He couldn't help but wonder, "Is it easier to advance by killing Awakened Ones? Won't that turn me into a demon?"
In fact, if killing people could grant free attribute points, Chen Yu would be the first to become a major villain.
But this conjecture is unlikely.
Chen Yu estimated that it was most likely because...
Among those six people, there were a few with decent talent levels.
In conclusion, this zombie was indeed not as strong as them.
Chen Yu walked to the treasure chest and gently touched it—
[Building Materials Treasure Chest (Bronze)]
Description: A metal container, placed here according to certain predetermined rules.
Effect: Contains a random combination of basic building materials, which can be used to upgrade vehicles.
Chen Yu, of course, did not activate it.
Because I'm losing money by running a purebred car.
His love charm was right beside him, so of course he let her activate it.
"Yuxin, you drive."
Chen Yu beckoned him over.
Deng Yuxin asked, somewhat confused, "Me?"
Chen Yu nodded: "Who else could it be? Come on, open this box, there's a reward..."
Deng Yuxin waved her hands repeatedly, "I...I don't want a reward..."
Chen Yu was speechless: "I told you to drive, so drive, do you hear me?"
Seeing Chen Yu's insistence, Deng Yuxin obediently placed her hand on the box.
The treasure chest lid slid open silently and automatically, revealing a soft glow inside.
[Received: 30 units of wood]
[Received: 15 units of iron blocks]
[Received: 20 Parts]
[Obtained: Low-level Energy Core x1]
The materials were put into Deng Yuxin's backpack, but she didn't keep them for a moment and put them directly into the public backpack.
After doing all this, she blinked her big eyes and looked at Chen Yu, as if seeking praise.
But Chen Yu had no time to pay attention to any of that, because he had also received a notification...
[Red Phoenix has been identified: Deng Yuxin]
[Red Phoenix Number: 1]
[Type of Connection: Subconscious safety trust, physiological connection]
[Connection Depth: Lv.13]
[Current effective multiplier: 130x]
[Red Phoenix Harvest: 30 units of wood, 15 units of iron blocks, 20 units of parts, and 1 low-level energy core]
[Talent Refund: 3900 units of wood, 1950 units of iron blocks, 2600 units of parts, 130 low-level energy cores]
This string of numbers completely stunned Chen Yulei!
They've struck it rich!
In his previous life, he had never even seen a four-figure reward!
This is only the second day of our survival journey!
There are over a hundred energy cores?
The subsequent life-saving vehicles are simply too powerful to imagine!
"Chen Yu?"
"Chen Yu?"
Seeing Chen Yu standing there in a daze, Deng Yuxin waved her hand.
All I did was put building materials in the public backpack, why such a big reaction?
Deng Yuxin glanced at the shared backpack and suddenly noticed that there were some extra items...
"Huh? The class monitor moved her backpack?"
"Um?"
Upon hearing Deng Yuxin's words, Chen Yu immediately opened the public backpack.
The results showed that the arrangement order was significantly different from before it was spread out...
First item: Bottled purified water x1
Second compartment: Bottled purified water x1
Third space: Empty
Fourth compartment: 36 bottles of purified water
Fifth item: Compressed biscuits x58
Sixth item: 28 cans of pork
Seventh item: 35 cup noodles
...
1—1—0—36—58—28—
Keep in mind that one slot can hold 100 identical items.
Even when there are too many items, you can bundle them together to exploit a bug.
Therefore.
This permutation and combination appears extremely deliberate under the rules.
Why aren't the bottled purified waters in the first, second, and fourth compartments combined?
Why is the third compartment empty?