Chương 61: Chapter 61、Massive Points Accrued! Have I Become the Top Dog of the City?
"The entire neighborhood, excluding Yi Bai's building, has a total of 352 rooms.
Given the abundance of housing in the country, even in the event of an apocalyptic outbreak where houses are randomly assigned, there are bound to be a few rooms left vacant. Moreover, with the outbreak in these past few days, conflicts and destructive behaviors between neighbors have likely occurred, so Yi Bai estimates that the number of shelters left in the neighborhood to be destroyed is around 300.
Even with 300 shelters, completely demolishing them would require at least 150 hours. Lin Yue's destruction squad consists of 8 people in total. Even if they spread out to destroy the shelters, it would take at least 18 hours. To completely wipe out all the shelters in the neighborhood, they would need until the evening of the next day.
But by the morning, Yi Bai had already accumulated over 10,000 survival points! A level 0 shelter, once destroyed, guarantees at least 100 survival points, a non-negotiable minimum. If the shelter's owner had extra survival points, those would be added as well; any items in the shelter could also be inherited by Yi Bai, depending on the chance.
After just one night, Yi Bai not only amassed thousands of points but also acquired a handful of miscellaneous items. Of course, these items weren't particularly valuable, and only a small number were resource-based. Overall, if not considering talent impacts, the shelters he raided contained few valuable items, and their survival potential was practically nonexistent. But this was to be expected—if a shelter had the potential to thrive, why would anyone leave their sanctuary to join Yi Bai?
What? You say there are no shelters with potential in the whole neighborhood? Every single one has pledged allegiance to Yi Bai?
Of course, there are exceptions! Some people still want to develop on their own.
However, these people have all disappeared. Last night, Lin Yue didn't just lead the team to destroy the family with the robot; she had also been tasked by Jiang Xiaozi with a Purge Mission. Jiang Xiaozi instructed the soldiers to not only destroy the shelter rooms but to ensure every room was breached. Even if the doors were tightly shut, they had to break them open and destroy the shelter. If there were survivors inside, they were given another chance for rescue. But if they refused, the soldiers were ordered to take extreme measures and shoot to kill!
Jiang Xiaozi revealed her cold and ruthless nature in the dead of night—she cared nothing for human lives. Her goal was complete control over the neighborhood, with no survivors beyond her reach, regardless of their level of threat.
In the midst of Jiang Xiaozi's brutal strategy, Yi Bai began to understand more of the game mechanics in this post-apocalyptic world.
"These survivors haven't lost their ability to resist. Can Lin Yue and the others still successfully destroy the shelters?"
"Mm... maybe they've just lost their freedom. But is losing freedom a prerequisite for shelter destruction?"
"That means the shelter owners can't just leave their shelters freely."
Yi Bai thought carefully. In fact, the very word "shelter" explained the core mechanics of this end-of-the-world game. If you're in a shelter, why would you constantly leave? It's just asking to be raided.
"Well, I don't mind staying at home. Who could raid me?" Yi Bai shrugged, glancing at the robot standing by the door, feeling a deep sense of security. The robot's specs were unbeatable—it was practically the apocalypse's version of the Terminator. No frontal attack could breach its defense.
Yi Bai then opened the leaderboard data and saw that his survival points had shot up to the top of the city's rankings. The Little White Bear shelter had dropped to second place, with just over 5,000 points. Yi Bai knew that, if total accumulated survival points were counted, Little White Bear would probably still be higher than him, as they had likely used their points to enhance their shelter during this time. But even so, Little White Bear had held the top spot for over a week, only to be surpassed by Yi Bai today due to the special circumstances.
"That guy's still a huge threat."
"Thank goodness he hasn't figured out how to upgrade his shelter. If he had, no one in the city could suppress this killer."
Yi Bai muttered to himself, glancing over the rest of the leaderboard. His ranking in the shelter level chart was still far ahead of everyone else. The "Apocalypse War" chart was more interesting—halfway through the first round, only China had its name on the board, while other countries hadn't even started the first round yet.
"What kind of apocalypse war is this? Are the citizens and military setting traps for each other?"
Yi Bai scratched his chin, not too concerned about foreign matters, more interested in gossip.
Time passed quickly, and by noon, Yi Bai had barely stayed awake when Lin Yue's team finally returned. This marked the completion of Yi Bai's total domination over the neighborhood's survival points. Besides Yi Bai's own room, there was not a single shelter left in the area.
Before Lin Yue's return, small-scale quarrels and riots had broken out in some of the buildings. Yi Bai's watch had even lit up red, signaling panic among the survivors who had received notifications that their shelters had been destroyed. But the commotion quickly died down.
Jiang Xiaozi, not having fired a single shot or killed anyone, had somehow resolved the disturbance. Yi Bai checked his watch again, seeing that the red light had turned blue once more. Looking outside, he noticed a few people leaving their buildings, seemingly returning to their shelters, only to return despondently a short time later.
Down below, Sister Li had already gathered people, greeting each of the returning survivors with a smile.
"Ha! That shelter's useless anyway. Look at me—on the first day, I didn't even have one, but I'm still doing fine!"
"Having one doesn't even let you enter here. Even if the soldiers wanted to protect you, they'd be powerless."
"Listen to me, there's nothing good in those shelters anyway. The food's not enough to survive, so why keep it?"
Sister Li was exceptionally skilled at handling such matters, brushing over the issue with a few casual words that made many survivors resonate with her. While some felt dejected and regretful, no one left.
The shelters were gone, and the survivors had no choice but to rely on Yi Bai's. Many began to realize that Sister Li had a point: Even if they still had a shelter, they were starving and too scared to scavenge for resources. It was better to join a powerful force. At least here, they could get regular meals, clean water, and safety from the guards.
Yi Bai wasn't too concerned with the small commotion. His focus quickly shifted back to counting his survival points. After Lin Yue's return, his total points had reached a staggering 39,651!
Nearly 40,000 survival points. The news spread like wildfire in the city's chat channels.
"Shit! Big news! Someone overtook Little White Bear as the top! Survival points almost hit 40k!"
"Jesus, is there such a big shot in our place? Who is this?"
"@Little White Bear Shelter, bro, are you around? Can we interview you on how it feels to lose first place? Got any plans to reclaim it?"
"Dude, you're really bold! Only the most ruthless people can rack up that many points in such a short time. You're talking like this to him?"
"What the hell? Who cares, they don't know who I am, where I am. I don't give a damn!"
"40k points? This guy must've wiped out a whole town! Ridiculous! He's definitely a killer without a second thought!"
"By the way, who is this first-place guy? His shelter hasn't even been named yet. He's still leaving it blank!"
"Now that's a real boss! So smart—if you don't name it, no one knows who you are, making it way more secretive!"
Yi Bai noticed the chat's commotion, realizing that all the survivors in the city were now intrigued by him. Everyone was guessing what Yi Bai had done to gather so many survival points in such a short time.
"40k points... What should I do with them?"
Yi Bai muttered as he opened the shelter's upgrade list to check the requirements for upgrading to a level 2 shelter.
"Upgrade materials needed: 1,000 units? Also 1,000 survival points? And at least 3 talent units, with one being a C-level talent?"
"Mm... Seems a bit steep, but I'm only missing one condition."
Yi Bai thought it over. He had the points, the talent units, but was short on upgrade materials. These materials could only be obtained through exploration missions, and they only produced a few hundred per day. At his current pace, it would take him about a week to gather enough, though luck might shorten it to three days.
"Looks like I can't upgrade yet... Maybe I'll just do a major renovation of the shelter."
He checked his available room slots and was shocked to discover that he could only build four rooms: his own bedroom, a research room, a greenhouse, and a utility room for things like water purifiers.
"Can't build any more rooms... Well, I guess I'll just renovate these rooms!"
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