The potions in the game don't have any special taste. Although they come in different colors, they taste just like water.

The last sip passed through his throat, Ye Miao put down the bottle, and the world in front of him suddenly had a layer of green filter.

Ye Miao had never seen this kind of visual effect in the original game, and she was stunned for a moment, but then she received a system prompt.

[System prompt: You have been infected with the negative effect "Weakness". All active skills, passive skills and normal attacks cannot be cast. Agility -50%. Duration: 5 minutes. Please pay attention to safety.]

Ye Miao's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he looked at the empty bottle placed aside, and the display had indeed changed.

[Item: Tricky Potion that is Good at Disguise]

[Rarity: Purple]

Description: Can randomly transform into other potions or food. After use, the drinker will be affected by the negative effect "Weakness", all active skills, passive skills, and normal attacks cannot be cast, and Agility is reduced by 50%. The duration is 5 minutes.

At the same time, the two people who came with Yin Zhenhui held Ye Miao's shoulders on the left and right.

Normally, such an action would have been interpreted as an attack by the system, triggering the negative skill [Nightmare Invasion], causing every last one of them to lose health. But now, with no skills available and even their agility reduced by 50%, Ye Miao simply stopped running and asked coldly, "What are you doing?"

The girl on the left was clearly a little nervous, shivering as she explained, "Boss, boss, excuse me! We just have something we want to discuss with you, but we're afraid you won't agree, so..."

Before he finished speaking, a green staff suddenly appeared in Yin Zhenhui's hand. He cast a skill without hesitation, and a ball of white light smashed towards Ye Miao!

【-420】

Ye Miao held her breath, sighing that the damage was quite high. The girl she was talking to yelled in horror, "What are you doing?!"

"Sorry, I didn't tell you about some of my plans." Yin Zhenhui glanced at his two "teammates" and smiled contemptuously. "I didn't actually want to discuss it with her. Sometimes, it's best for people to take the initiative in their own hands."

"You--" The two teammates instantly realized that they were being used as guns and showed anger. The girl subconsciously grabbed the dagger.

However, Yin Zhenhui was fearless and clicked on his personal information panel to show them: "I urge you to see the situation clearly."

[Name: Yin Zhenhui]

[Combat: Level 32, Gathering: Level 21, Taming: Level 13]

[Health: 3000, Magic: 2800]

[Physical Strength: 1400, Attack Power: 1200, Agility: 1000, Defense: 1000]

In the early stages of the game, this value can be considered very strong. Ye Miao is unable to cast skills now, and the other two people combined may not be able to defeat him alone.

So the two of them had to stop fighting, but their mentality had obviously changed. The girl asked sharply: "What do you want?"

Yin Zhenhui looked at Ye Miao with greed in his eyes: "Transfer the ownership of the shelter to me, or I will kill you and the shelter will still be mine."

At the end of his speech, Yin Zhenhui couldn't help but laugh. He had wanted to build his own shelter since the advent of the other world, but gathering resources was too tiring, and building permits and barrier stones were expensive.

Now it was much easier to grab what was already there. He no longer had to spend money on building permits and barrier stones; even the supplies and manpower were already available.

Yin Zhenhui knew that Ye Miao's fighting skills were quite high, but he was also confident in his own strength. Under the premise that Ye Miao's skills were ineffective, he was determined to win.

Ye Miao looked at him speechlessly.

In fact, Fang Yuming had specifically reminded her last night that she had long known that Yin Zhenhui had some hidden plans. But both she and Fang Yuming thought that Yin Zhenhui was simply dissatisfied with the new rules she had set. They had never expected that Yin Zhenhui would be so "ambitious" and want to directly steal her home!

She had no choice but to say, "Then you try it."

Yin Zhenhui's expression changed. "Think it over! I know you have high HP and defense in melee combat, but five minutes is enough for me to kill you!"

"You try." Ye Miao repeated, his eyes flickering as he looked at the countdown hanging in the upper left corner. "4 minutes and 17 seconds left."

Yin Zhenhui felt inexplicably humiliated, and with a wave of his staff, the white light reappeared.

-450

Ye Miao: "Come on."

-450

-450

-450

Each skill consumed mana, and there was a five-second cooldown after each cast. Half a minute later, Yin Zhenhui's mana was depleted, forcing him to stop and drink a magic potion to restore his mana. He then kindly advised Ye Miao, "Give it up. As long as you have the mountains, you'll never run out of firewood. Why risk your life for a shelter?"

Yin Zhenhui had estimated Ye Miao's health and figured that even if her health was impressive, it would probably be around 6,000 or 7,000. If she refused to give in, he was absolutely certain he could kill her before the five minutes were up.

Ye Miao looked at his remaining health with an expressionless face: 17750.

"Come on, keep going, I'm rooting for you." She said calmly.

Chu Cheng was leading his team on a monster hunt on the hillside. Hearing a strange noise midway up the mountain, he glanced down out of curiosity and saw Yin Zhenhui casting another spell.

—A middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, burly and strong, cast spells fluently and mercilessly. Two other players stood silently nearby, seemingly staring at the person being attacked.

The person being attacked was a small girl with twin ponytails, who allowed the spell to hit her again and again, unable to resist or escape.

What kind of inhumane massacre is this?

Chu Cheng frowned and silently reached for the quiver behind him.

Based on the skills Yin Zhenhui had cast, he determined the opponent was a Light Mage. Light Mage's counters were Grass-type skills, so Chu Cheng pulled out a Grass-type [Green Shadow Arrow], took aim, and drew his bow...

With a whoosh, the sharp arrow streaked through the air, creating a faint whistling sound. Ye Miao, who was watching Yin Zhenhui's futile efforts, felt a cool breeze brush past her ears. Yin Zhenhui in front of her suddenly covered his thigh and fell to the ground in pain.

-600

Ye Miao: “?”

She looked in the direction where the arrow came from. Chu Cheng had no intention of hiding his whereabouts. He directly used the skill [Double Jump] and stepped on the rocks on the side of the mountain wall to land halfway up the mountain.

"Who are you!" Yin Zhenhui was furious. Before he could finish his words, Chu Cheng strode towards him, drawing his bow again.

The two sides were not far apart, and the archers were extremely agile. They were in front of him in a few breaths, and the cold arrow hit Yin Zhenhui directly between his eyebrows: "Bullying the weak?"

"No, no, no, no!" Yin Zhenhui instantly cowered, shaking his head in horror, "We, we are friends! We were just joking! You misunderstood!"

"Are you kidding?" Chu Cheng raised his eyebrows and looked at Ye Miao with a questioning look.

Ye Miao felt a little complicated.

It wasn't because someone came to her aid, but because she thought of another incident not long ago. It was very dark that night, and she had her windbreaker hood pulled down low. The other party probably didn't see what she looked like, but she knew what they looked like.

She straightened her face and didn't reveal her identity. She just said, "What friend? I don't know him."

"Don't--" Yin Zhenhui's pupils suddenly shrank. At the same time, Chu Cheng's hand loosened the bow, and the arrow flew out of the bow and hit Yin Zhenhui directly in the center of his eyebrows.

【-4786】

A large, dark red letter, symbolizing a critical hit, popped up above Yin Zhenhui's head. The damage from the close-range critical hit directly exceeded his remaining health. With his eyes wide open, Yin Zhenhui fell straight down.

Before dying, Yin Zhenhui’s last thought was: Damn it, I almost succeeded!

He firmly believed that Ye Miao now had less than 1000 HP left. If he released 2 or 3 more skills, the shelter would be his!

Why did someone come out to cause trouble at this time!

Three seconds later, the corpse vanished, and the equipment and supplies in the backpack floated into the air. Chu Cheng naturally collected the items, and Ye Miao politely nodded to him, "Thank you."

Chu Cheng said nothing and looked at the other two people indifferently.

The girl, who had long regretted being used as a pawn by Yin Zhenhui, took a step back in shock: "No, no, no... We are not!"

The boy next to him also said: "We were deceived!"

Ye Miao sighed inwardly, weighed the situation, and nodded: "They are indeed not his people."

"That's good." Chu Cheng relaxed, put the bow behind him, and said to Ye Miao, "Be careful."

He walked away after he finished speaking. The atmosphere was strangely silent for a while. The girl whispered, "Do you think he looks like that guy..."

The boy was confused: "Who?"

"That..." the girl said, "Before the other world came, do you remember the Olympics? The first medal in the men's event!"

When she said this, the boy suddenly realized: "It really looks like..."

He couldn't quite remember the athlete's name or appearance, but coincidentally, the first medals won in both the men's and women's events at that Asian Games were in archery. The woman won gold, the man bronze, and both were reported in the news.

So that’s how it is—Ye Miao thought to himself.

She was just shocked by the damage value of his weapon. Even if a critical hit at close range would maximize the damage of the bow, it was outrageous that he could deal such a huge amount of damage on the tenth day of his journey in the alien world.

But it would be reasonable if the opponent is a world-class player.

"Ahem." Ye Miao calmed down and looked at the two people who were whispering. "How many things did you two leave at the shelter? Go and take them now. As for the thatched cottage, I'll refund the original price after you've lived there for a few days."

"Boss..." The girl was startled and opened her mouth to explain.

"You don't think I can still tolerate you after something like this?" Ye Miao glanced at them calmly and threw down 100 gold coins, which was exactly enough for two thatched huts. "You have 24 hours to leave, otherwise I will start a vendetta. You can do whatever you want."

She didn't care whether Yin Zhenhui had lied to them or not. Even if what they said was true, did that mean they could justify kidnapping her just because they wanted to discuss something with her? What kind of logic was that!

Besides, she had no intention of "discussing" the various decisions regarding the shelter with others.

In the apocalypse, mutual support is certainly important, but those with similar ideals are more suitable for living together. For those who think differently than she does, she would rather persuade them to go to another shelter than change her decision.

Get-rich-quick refuge.

At six o'clock in the morning, the grocery store was already crowded with people.

Today was the first day that the free three meals a day service was stopped. Perhaps influenced by Yin Zhenhui's earlier remarks, the members were a little nervous, fearing that Ye Miao would actually charge exorbitant prices for the three meals a day.

At half past six, Miao Lin and Hu Hao walked towards the grocery store carrying backpacks containing breakfast. They were almost blocked from entering. NPC Sister Jin was forced to slam the table in the grocery store and yell, "You won't be able to buy anything if you don't let them in!!!" before they finally got out of the predicament.

Ten minutes later, breakfast was served.

[Item: Meat Bun]

【Quality: White】

Description: After consumption, it can effectively relieve hunger and restore physical strength. When the physical strength is below the upper limit, an additional effect is triggered, restoring 1 point of physical strength per minute, and the effect lasts for 2 hours.

[Price: 2 gold coins/piece (limited to 3 pieces per person)]

[Item: Fried Egg]

【Quality: White】

[Description: After consumption, it can effectively relieve hunger and restore physical strength. When the health value is below the upper limit, an additional effect is triggered, restoring 1 health point per second, and the effect lasts for 2 hours.]

[Price: 2 gold coins/piece (limited to 3 pieces per person)]

[Item: Soy Milk]

【Quality: White】

Description: Consuming this can effectively relieve hunger and restore physical strength. When your mana is below the upper limit, it triggers an additional effect, restoring 1 mana point per second. The effect lasts for 2 hours.

[Price: 1 gold coin/cup (limited to 2 cups per person)]

When the onlookers saw the products, they started whispering to each other.

Lu Weiwei pulled Su Xinran aside and whispered, "The price seems reasonable. The meat buns are quite large. I can eat one, add an egg, and a cup of soy milk, and I'll be full. It only costs 5 gold coins in total."

Su Xinran nodded. "It's just that the stats are a bit off, especially the soy milk mana restorer. Mages use dozens or hundreds of mana per skill, and the 1 point restored per second is better than nothing. But it's worth it for such a small amount of money. In this crappy game, food with high stats is really expensive."

The male player next to him muttered to himself, "I think I need two steamed buns and two poached eggs to feel full. Plus a cup of soy milk, a total of 9 gold coins, not bad."

While everyone was calculating in their minds, they lined up in long queues and bought breakfast in an orderly manner.

Three minutes later, it was Ren Guoqing's turn. Standing in front of the stall, he checked the purchase limit and continued to buy within it, planning to consume only one bun, an egg, and a cup of soy milk, and resell the rest for a profit.

With this breakfast, the members who had been restless all day yesterday finally felt relieved. While Ye Miao was eating, he received many messages, most of which were from people who were willing to sell their supplies to the shelter.

This was her initial offer. Earlier, the shelter provided three meals a day for free, and everyone was willing to contribute their supplies. But now that the shelter has started charging a fee, using everyone's supplies for free is no longer appropriate. Instead, purchasing their supplies would be a win-win for both parties.

Ye Miao had already sorted out the purchase prices of various materials. Seeing that everyone was interested in selling, he sent them to Dazhuang to handle.

Just as she had made the arrangements, there was a knock on the door. Ye Miao opened the door and saw Fang Yuming outside. She stepped aside and invited him in.

Fang Yuming was silent for a moment after entering the room, then said in a complicated tone, "Yin Zhenhui didn't return to the territory all night, and the two players who discussed things with him didn't come back either."

"Yin Zhenhui is dead." Ye Miao did not hide it.

Fang Yuming was startled. Ye Miao continued calmly, "I didn't kill him. He drugged me and attacked me, trying to take over my shelter. Another player came out to do him a good deed and killed him. As for the other two, I expelled them from the shelter."

Fang Yuming couldn't help but ask: "Really, you didn't kill him?"

"It doesn't matter if you don't believe me." Ye Miao said seriously, "I admit that if no one else helped me, I would definitely kill him when the drug he gave me wore off."

"That's good." Fang Yuming nodded thoughtfully.

Ye Miao was stunned: "Very good?"

She just thought the other party was going to criticize her morally!

"Yeah." Fang Yuming laughed dumbly. "This is the end of the world. He's trying to seize the shelter. Who can stand this?"

As for his previous questioning, it was simply out of subconscious curiosity about the truth, and there was no other intention. If he had to make an evaluation after hearing Ye Miao frankly admit that she would also kill, he actually admired her decisiveness.

"Anyway, thank you for coming to remind me of the danger last night." Ye Miao said as he opened the cabinet and took out a pair of boots. "This is for you."

[Item: Wind Boots]

【Quality: Purple】

Description: Clothing. When worn, increases agility by 20%, stealth by 30%, and reduces stamina consumption by 10%. When attacked, there is a 25% chance of triggering the passive effect "Stealth," which lasts for 15 seconds and has a 30-second cooldown.

Durability: 300/300

This is the most suitable equipment for assassins. It not only improves agility and stealth to facilitate assassins' attacks, but the stealth that is triggered with a probability when attacked can also help assassins escape when encountering danger.

Fang Yuming couldn't help but hold his breath. Although he was moved, he still said, "It's just a small matter. There's no need to be so..."

Ye Miao: "This is a piece of equipment that accidentally dropped when I defeated a small boss. I can't use it as a swordsman, so I've kept it in the warehouse for several days. I might as well give it to you. Half of it is to express my gratitude, and the other half is to improve the overall ability of the team. I'm not at a disadvantage, so you're welcome."

After hearing what she said, Fang Yuming had no choice but to accept it, but for some unknown reason he looked at her twice more.

At this time, Ye Miao received a message from Da Zhuang: "Supply acquisition is basically complete, costing a total of 3872 gold."

Ye Miao frowned at the amount of money spent, said "I'm going to get busy" to Fang Yuming, and was the first to leave. This was another benefit of the shelter. If the houses in the shelter were classified as personal assets, unless the entire shelter was breached or the owner died, the contents of the house could not be taken without the owner's permission. Even if the door was unlocked or there were outsiders inside, there was no need to worry.

Fang Yuming regained his composure upon hearing this and quickly left.

Ye Miao opened the small map of the shelter as he walked, and found Da Zhuang in the warehouse according to the location marked on the map.

Da Zhuang was packing up the supplies he had purchased when Ye Miao walked in and asked, "Why are the costs so low? Did you bargain down?"

"No." Da Zhuang shook his head. "It seems that some members didn't sell all the supplies. After taking their own things from the warehouse, they kept some for themselves."

"Oh." Ye Miao nodded in understanding.

It’s good that Dazhuang didn’t take the initiative to lower the price. As for everyone’s reservations, it’s understandable.

In the apocalypse, trust between people is inherently fragile. The days before, everyone had been living together, happy and harmonious like a family, but it was actually a fragile illusion—not only unsustainable, but also vulnerable to attack. Yin Zhenhui's provocation last night was enough to make everyone's sensitive nerves tense again.

But there was nothing wrong with that. Ye Miao hadn't intended for everyone to be completely dependent on her. If she accepted that kind of "complete dependence," it would be like she had to become the "head of the family," and being the head of the family was very tiring.

She only instructed Dazhuang: "Put away the supplies by category, and have Sister Jin take out the ingredients daily to cook for everyone. Try not to waste them."

"I understand." Dazhuang nodded.

"Look, this woman is Sister Jin. She got up before dawn, went to Da Zhuang next door to get some ingredients, and started cooking. Meanwhile, Xiao Shuai over there is working diligently on the ironwork, forging a new weapon."

——This is pretty much the TikTok version of a real-life portrayal of the Get Rich Shelter thriving in the early morning hours…

After making breakfast, the kitchen helpers Miao Lin, Hu Hao, and He Kailai each went home. Their wages were paid daily, and three meals a day were also provided. So, the ingredients they had brought with them were no longer needed. Miao Lin went back to her room to inventory them, intending to sell them to Da Zhuang.

Hu Hao had no objection to this. Because of their previous interactions, the couple trusted Ye Miao far more than anyone else, and they didn't think Ye Miao would take advantage of the situation or abandon him.

But before they went to find Da Zhuang, they stopped by to see the blacksmith Zhang Xu. They had originally intended to ask him if he could make them a better quality kitchen knife, which would not only be convenient for cooking but also useful for self-defense. However, when they reached Zhang Xu's hut, they saw him climbing a ladder to hang a banner on the door.

The five largest words on the banner are: Zhang Xu Weapon Shop.

The small print at the bottom reads: Various weapons are sold from time to time, welcome to purchase; we can undertake OEM of a variety of weapons, price is negotiable.

Miao Lin's eyes widened as she asked in surprise, "Are you planning to open your own shop? You're not going to hand it over to Ye Miao, and you're not going to sell it in a grocery store?"

"Yeah." Zhang Xu only responded without turning around, his hands still focused on hanging the banner. "Ye Miao said it's okay for me to sell it myself, so I won't go to the grocery store to join in the fun."

As he spoke, the banner was hung up and he descended the ladder. He finally turned around to look at the couple. Seeing that they were both carrying backpacks, he guessed something: "Are they going to buy supplies from the NPC?"

"Yes." Miao Lin nodded.

"I don't mean to tear down the shelter. I'm just expressing my personal opinion—" Knowing that he and his wife had a good relationship with Ye Miao, Zhang Xu explained first.

Miao Lin: "You say."

Zhang Xu spread his hands. "While we were having breakfast, the NPCs were busy buying supplies. I took a look and saw they already had quite a bit, enough to feed the shelter for a long time. Our boss is quite capable and doesn't look like he'll let the shelter go hungry. You and your wife should sell these things somewhere else for a higher price. It's always good to have more money in your pocket, don't you agree?"

The couple looked at each other.

This is certainly true.

But...but isn't it dangerous to go out?

Zhang Xu saw their concerns and smiled, waving his hand. "Look, I'm planning to open my own shop to sell equipment. Dr. Fang's pharmacist friend not only provides medicine to the shelter, but also makes and sells his own medicine. You can also make and sell food. Who wouldn't want to be bothered by delicious food?"

Hu Hao and Miao Lin exchanged another glance. Although somewhat tempted, Miao Lin hesitated and said, "...We're earning the wages from the boss while setting up our own stall to sell food. Isn't that like eating from the inside out?"

"How is this called betraying your own family?!" Zhang Xu stared in astonishment. "The three meals a day sold in the grocery store are obviously just for basic needs, not for profit. If you sell other food, on the one hand, it can not only allow the financially well-off members to eat better, but also save food for the boss, reducing her pressure on maintaining food in the shelter. It's killing two birds with one stone!"

Miao Lin & Hu Hao: Is that so?

I seem to be a little convinced.

The couple was eager to make a move, but out of caution, they did not directly express their approval. They only said to themselves, "Let's think about it."

The two men then turned back in silence, forgetting even about the custom kitchen knife.

Zhang Xu didn't realize he had lost a business deal. He looked at the couple's backs and rubbed his hands excitedly: "Great! They're so excited!"

He had no bad intentions, he just wanted to have the sumptuous breakfast from the previous few days. If the couple could "start their own business" and set up a stall, he would have delicious food again!

Ye Miao had been out for a day of monster hunting, dropping two pieces of purple gear, but unfortunately, neither was suitable for a swordsman. She decided to give the silver-striped belt, which was compatible with darts, to Fang Yuming, and would have to sell the Alloy Puppet, the puppeteer's specialization. Because puppeteering was a niche profession, their shelter didn't have any.

Returning to the shelter that evening, she immediately spotted the banner hanging from Zhang Xu's thatched cottage. Next to the bonfire in the square, pharmacist Zhu Yihua had also set up shop. Before her was a handkerchief, upon which lay five bottles of intermediate blood-replenishing potions, five bottles of intermediate mana potions, and two bottles of healing potions. The intermediate blood-replenishing and intermediate mana potions were each priced at 20 gold coins, while the healing potion, being more scarce, cost 50 gold coins.

Ye Miao saw the potion prices at the system vendor and walked over to kindly remind Zhu Yihua: "At the vendor, the price of intermediate blood-replenishing potions and magic potions are both 50 gold, and the recovery potion is 100!"

"I heard about that." Zhu Yihua's friendly smile was mixed with embarrassment. "But any player who knows alchemy should be able to make this thing. I'm afraid if I sell it too high, no one will buy it. Besides, everyone in the shelter is our own, and everyone is short of money right now. I can't take advantage of them."

After hearing the first sentence, Ye Miao teased in his heart: Master of Alchemy, you think too highly of the players!

Logically speaking, any potion-making skill could indeed create medicine. However, at this early stage of the game, while ordinary players could activate the potion-making skill by trying to make medicine, their skill level would be limited to a low level. Low-level potions couldn't even achieve a 100% success rate for creating basic potions, let alone intermediate ones!

But after hearing the last sentence, she swallowed her words back. Since they were willing to provide some "benefits" to the acquaintances of the shelter, it was unreasonable for her, as the owner of this place, to raise the price in return.

A middle-aged man who had just returned to the shelter stumbled towards Zhu Yihua.

"Intermediate blood and mana potions are 20 gold? Recovery potions are 50 gold?!" The visitor was Ren Guoqing, who had just returned from a business trip. He took off his backpack with a look of surprise and said, "How many do you have? I want them all!"

"Ah?!" Zhu Yihua was stunned. Ye Miao's eyebrows twitched slightly: "Well, let me say something."

Both of them looked at her.

Ye Miao coughed and said, "I don't care if you buy the shelter supplies and resell them to make a profit, but don't buy them all. Leave some room for others to survive!"

"Oh..." Ren Guoqing scratched the back of his head awkwardly. Considering the importance of potions in monster-killing, he felt that his actions were a bit inappropriate.

Zhu Yihua hadn't known Ren Guoqing was a businessman, so he turned serious. "That's right, everyone needs it to fight monsters! Well, I'm going to limit the purchase here. Each person can only buy two bottles of medicine per day. You can choose."

"I..." Ren Guoqing was so embarrassed that he felt like buying too much even if there were purchase restrictions. After looking around, he said guiltily, "I'll just buy a bottle of blood-replenishing potion first. I'll use it to save my life on my business trips. Sometimes encountering monsters can be quite scary."

He had indeed made some money by reselling since the beginning of the apocalypse, and his combat skills and equipment levels were also relatively high. But yesterday he unexpectedly encountered a small boss who could attack from a distance. He was beaten while running and almost died.

If you have a bottle of intermediate blood-replenishing medicine in your bag, you will feel more at ease!

In a thatched hut not far away.

The brand new purple-quality Swift Wind Boots were placed on the wooden table. Fang Yuming sat by the bed two steps away, clearing his throat again and again as he practiced: "Ahem, Ye Miao, I want to tell you something..."

He shook his head, thought for a while, and started again: "Ye Miao, are you interested in going out together?"

It seems to sound a bit weird.

He seemed to suddenly become speechless and hesitated for a while, then there was a knock on the door.

"Who?" Fang Yuming asked subconsciously, and went to open the door. When the door opened, he saw Ye Miao outside.

Before he could say anything, a silver-gray belt was handed to him.

[Item: Silver-Stripe Belt]

【Quality: Purple】

[Description: Accessory. Can hold 50 darts simultaneously, with a 15% chance of adding a fire effect to the darts (invalid for water or ice darts). Also, when a dart hits, there's a 5% chance of triggering the special effect "Blood Hole." When this effect is triggered, the target's health will be reduced for 10 seconds, with the amount of reduction depending on both players' attributes.]

Durability: 300/300

Fang Yuming: "For me?"

"Yeah." Ye Miao took it for granted.

Fang Yuming's breathing stagnated: "Why?"

"?" Ye Miao said, "This is equipment specifically for assassins. You're the only assassin of our shelter level who can produce one. Who else should I give it to?"

"Oh..." Fang Yuming nodded.

Ye Miao said simply: "Let's go."

"...Wait!" Fang Yuming called out to her. Ye Miao turned around, and Fang Yuming's eyes met hers. He felt an inexplicable awkwardness in his heart. He coughed twice before saying, "I encountered a boss monster this morning. Are you interested in fighting it together?"

I had clearly spent a long time preparing for it, but when I spoke out, I was being simple and direct and got straight to the point.

Ye Miao's eyes lit up: "What strange thing? Where is it?"

Fang Yuming: "Downtown T City, underground garage of Dalecheng Shopping Center, Blood Corpse Leader."

Ye Miao vaguely remembered that she had fought against the Blood Corpse Leader when she was playing games before, but it had been so long that she could no longer remember the level of this monster.

She thought for a moment and asked Fang Yuming, "Why don't you do it yourself? You don't have to share the reward with me."

"I can't defeat it myself." Fang Yuming was very frank. "It not only has high damage but also high agility. I tried to attack from a distance, but it could run to me in two seconds. The assassin's health is not deep enough to withstand its attacks."

Ye Miao understood and nodded easily: "I can join, how will the dropped rewards be divided?"

"You pick first!" Fang Yuming blurted out, "You pick the rest for me."

"Okay." Ye Miao couldn't help but laugh, and asked him, "Who else is coming?"

Fang Yuming: "I also called a childhood friend of mine, not from our shelter, named Tan Kening. He used to be a magician. After the apocalypse, his magic power was very high, so he became a mage directly. He has reached level 45 in combat skills and has learned some healing skills. If you feel that you don't have enough people, I can still..."

"That's enough," Ye Miao nodded. She didn't think she needed a lot of manpower; she just asked casually. For her, the fewer people, the better; everyone would get more rewards.

Ye Miao: "When are we leaving?"

"Tomorrow morning?" Fang Yuming asked in a negotiating tone.

"Okay." Ye Miao agreed, estimated the time he got up every day, and said, "Shall we leave the shelter together at nine o'clock tomorrow morning?"

"Okay, I'll inform Tan Kening." Fang Yuming said.

"See you tomorrow then." Ye Miao nodded and didn't stay any longer. Fang Yuming looked at her back and inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief. After calming down for a long time, he returned to the house and sent a message to his childhood friend.

However, the next morning, the players woke up earlier than expected.

At 6:00 in the morning, the system broadcast sounded in the sky, covering the earth:

"Today is the fifteenth day of the apocalypse. Congratulations to all players for surviving for half a month! From today on, the apocalypse novice period ends, and more gameplay is simultaneously available. Everyone is welcome to explore!"

People woken from their sleep in amazement after listening to the broadcast, and immediately started cursing: "What the hell?! 'The novice period is over'?! 'More ways to play'?! This is never going to end?! Are you really playing with people's lives?!"

Ye Miao frowned, rubbed his eyes and sat up.

A second later, a pop-up window appeared in front of me.

"Dear player [Ye Miao]:

Congratulations on your shelter making it through the beginner phase! Territory gameplay officially launches today! You can complete territory goals to level up!

Ye Miao's breath hitched. In the original game, territories could be upgraded from the very beginning. But after crossing over, she only saw the description of the upgrade when building a shelter, and could not find the specific upgrade method.

It turns out that we have to wait until the novice period is over!

She raised her hand and touched "View Upgrade Target" on the panel, and the details popped up immediately.

At the top, various tasks are listed in green:

Own a territory barrier stone [1/1] (completed);

Have at least 20 members [23/20] (Completed);

Own at least 3 public buildings [5/3] (completed);

Own at least 10 private residences [23/10] (Completed);

Below is a line of blue text: You have achieved all goals. You can upgrade the [Get Rich Overnight Shelter] to the [Get Rich Overnight Camp] by spending 10,000 gold coins.

Then there is the attractive bright yellow font.

——Upgrade to [Get Rich Overnight Camp] and you will receive:

Larger territory area;

The area covered by the barrier stone expands with the area of ​​the territory;

The maximum number of people in a territory is increased to 50 (current limit: 30);

·Can receive membership application messages online and approve or reject them;

If your territory has a [Reception Room], it will be upgraded to a [Territory Hall], giving you full authority to publish announcements and tasks to all members. Other players can also publish announcements and tasks with your permission.

These upgrades may not seem impressive, but they are important. The last two, in particular, make it easier for members to join by accepting applications online, while publishing territory announcements and tasks facilitates collaboration and the flow of resources.

Ye Miao was very tempted, but when he saw the words "cost 10,000 gold coins", his heart was bleeding.

This is such a crappy system. A barrier stone costs 10,000, and an upgrade costs another 10,000! How easy is it for players to save up money?!

But, money should be spent wisely, and upgrading the territory is one of those ways of spending money wisely - Ye Miao persuaded himself in this way, biting his lip, and tremblingly raised a finger, reaching for the [Confirm Upgrade] button in the lower right corner of the pop-up window.

The author has something to say:

Open! V! La!

Thank you for supporting the genuine version. All comments before the next chapter comes out will receive red envelopes~

Also let me tell you about the next update plan:

Today is the 16th~ I will start updating 6,000 words a day from the 20th. The update time is still 21:00 every night, and each chapter is directly 6,000 words~

By the way, I'll post my own pre-collection. If you are interested, you can go to the column and add it to your collection.

How to Survive in the Cyber ​​World with Zero Krypton by Li Xiao

【Copywriting】

In the real world, Ye Xiaomi’s life motto is: firmly support genuine products, but never spend money on them!

Can Exun top up to get membership to see it first? No need, she can wait for the update slowly!

Green River recharge has a massive amount of online literature with thousands of words for only three cents? No appointment, she can read the limited