parentshiftbook 27: Sleepless Night
27: Sleepless Night
"Is this... a side effect of the drug?"
Just as Su Chen was about to continue testing his physical limits, a sudden, intense spasm came from his stomach. His limbs went weak, his hands and feet went limp, and he almost collapsed to the ground. His head also started to spin.
This is your body sending a warning signal that it is extremely lacking in energy!
Feeling dizzy from hunger, Su Chen quickly got up, stumbled to the refrigerator, took out the remaining fifteen pounds of braised beef, and turned on the stove to heat it up.
But the moment the meat was taken out, the body's craving for food reached its peak, and saliva was secreted wildly, as if it had been starving for three days and three nights.
He couldn't resist any longer, picked up the still-cold beef and started gnawing on it!
Once you take the first bite, you can't stop.
They wolfed it down, tearing off pieces and swallowing them whole; the cold chunks of meat kept falling into their stomachs, where they were quickly digested…
After eating nearly five pounds in one go, Su Chen suddenly came to his senses.
He stared blankly at the large piece of beef he had just gnawed off for a long while.
This is troublesome—she's become such a big eater!
The food reserves were originally enough to last a month, but now they eat five pounds of meat in one meal. At this rate, the food reserves will only last for seven days at most!
After eating my fill, I felt warm all over, and that comfortable, exhilarating, and powerful feeling of being all-powerful returned.
But Su Chen was a little worried when he thought about the current food reserves.
I never expected that the appraisal card I bought for 100 survival points wouldn't even mention a side effect like "increased appetite".
The food in the daily relief kits is definitely not enough.
It's already late at night.
Su Chen, however, was wide awake and got up to continue studying the homestead system.
I've been too busy to look at it closely before, but now that I have plenty of energy, I can finally take a good look at it.
……
[Homeland Information]
Location: Unit 1, Building 2, Room 1802
Area: 212 square meters
Available area: 71.5 square meters
Existing buildings:
1. Well (Level 1) - Produces 5 liters of water per day, potable.
2.简易鸡舍（等级1）-饲养母鸡x100，每日产蛋100枚（目前0）
Guardian Beast: None
Resource output (daily estimate):
Drinking water: 5L
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Looking at the increasingly abundant entries on the panel, Su Chen's lips curled into a slight smile. From the initial helplessness on the first day of the apocalypse to the gradually taking shape home he now had, only he knew the hardships he had endured.
But the road ahead is still long.
Currently, the only resource we can produce ourselves is well water.
As for food, we still have to go out and explore to get it.
And this matter must be put on the agenda as soon as possible—forget about planning, it's best to just set off as soon as you wake up!
"The monster siege happens every seven days, and this is the fifth day now. We're running out of food, supplies... everything is insufficient."
Su Chen shook his head. It seemed that if he wanted more supplies, he would have to put more thought into the daily relief kits.
However, to get a better rescue kit, you have to "do more".
He had a pretty good grasp of the system's rules: eliminating threats, exploring the unknown, collecting resources... these actions all seemed to improve the quality of the rescue package.
He needs more cards to play.
After thinking for a moment, he opened the shop and decided to buy some tools to prepare for tomorrow's exploration.
Shop interface:
500g compressed biscuits: 30 survival points
1L of purified water: 50 survival points
Basic Medical Kit: 300 Survival Points
Iron machete: 300 survival points
Night Vision Goggles (Basic): 500 Survival Points
Stab-proof vest: 1500 survival points
……
As Su Chen scrolled down, his brows furrowed more and more.
Scrolling to the end, I actually found some good stuff:
Skill Scroll - Basic Combat Mastery: 800 Survival Points
Homestead Protective Field (24 hours): 1500 Survival Points
Single teleportation array (within 5000 meters): 10000 survival points
This is... am I seeing things?
Su Chen blinked.
Teleportation array!
With this, the safety of venturing out to explore is greatly enhanced. If you encounter danger, you can simply teleport back!
This thing is absolutely crucial!
But then Su Chen remembered what Lin Yu had said—she said she couldn't bear to use survival points to buy food.
Now he understood everything.
Lin Yu was probably saving money to buy these rare items, which is why she was so frugal!
Su Chen speculated that, as a "survivor" who had experienced one instance of the dungeon world, she must have far more survival points than the newcomers like them.
He glanced at his balance: 485 survival points.
This is the result of several days of continuous cleaning of the human-faced owl, and even venturing out to collect it.
What about the others? Those residents who have no special abilities and can only stay at home probably can't even come up with 50 points.
He originally thought he was earning points very quickly.
But compared to the mall, this accumulation seems so pale and powerless.
At this moment, Su Chen no longer planned to buy equipment to strengthen himself—he decided to save his money and buy a teleportation array.
This time, he didn't even click on the [Architecture] page to look at it.
While strengthening your home's defenses is important, it's not as important as the teleportation array.
He looked at the basic medical kit, struggled internally for a long time, but in the end he didn't buy it.
"Sigh, I'll probably bring some antibiotics with me when I go out tomorrow..."
The medical kit costs 300 points, that's too expensive. I'll save some points for when I really need them.
"She's right..." Su Chen recalled Lin Yu's words, "Survival points aren't for us to exchange for supplies right now, at least not at this stage."
This is a screening mechanism.
It forces people to do more, to become stronger, or... to die.
Now all residents in the community have activated the community system, and under this e-commerce mechanism, everyone has no choice but to work hard.
Until self-sufficiency is achieved, exploration is the only way forward...
A food and water crisis is quietly approaching.
Just then, the roar of a propeller suddenly came from outside the window.
"Dada dada dada—"
Su Chen's face lit up with joy!
On the home system interface, his personal "Intelligence Message" window popped up.
The intelligence and rescue package has arrived!
One message after another was refreshed:
[Black Forest Region]:
There is a forest 3,600 meters away from the north gate of the community, where animals can be hunted.
1. Ecological anomaly: Extreme differentiation in appearance of organisms in the Black Forest (formerly the Urban Forest Park).
Preliminary observations indicate that most plants and fungi that are beautiful in appearance and brightly colored are highly poisonous or hallucinogenic; while those that are ugly in appearance and dull in color are edible.
1. Biological characteristics: Mutant organisms in this region follow similar patterns. Beautiful and attractive creatures are extremely dangerous; strange and unsettling creatures may be relatively docile, and there is even a possibility of cooperation.
2. Special Location: Deep in the forest lies an abandoned hunting lodge, which, according to research, once belonged to "The Witcher" Grayson, a hero who had been forgotten for many years.
Upon seeing the last message, Su Chen's heart pounded, and his emotions surged instantly!
The Witcher?
It's the same little house where the hero once lived!
This hunting lodge must hold some secret or special resources that could potentially grant him extraordinary abilities in this world!
Thinking of this, Su Chen was so excited that he couldn't wait to pack his things and set off that very night.
But as soon as he saw the pitch-black night outside the window and felt the cold wind blowing on him, his fervent impulse gradually cooled down, replaced by a chill.
Thinking of the whispering gray mist outside, the man-eating fog, and all sorts of monsters...
He sighed.
I took a shower and went straight to sleep.