The door slowly opened. In the middle of the empty land, there was an ordinary small house with blue walls. After looking at it for a long time, Xu Ying suddenly felt a little sore. After living for eighteen years, this was the first time she felt a sense of belonging to a certain place. It was as if this was her home, and this home had always been waiting for her to come back.
Delighted, she walked quickly and then ran to the door of the house. As usual, she swiped her card and pushed the door open with anticipation. In the end, it was empty inside. There wasn't even a chair. It could be said that it was an empty shell.
Xu Ying was stunned. For a moment, she regretted it. What she regretted was that she should have carried the camp bed from the bathroom over. At least there was a place to sit now. However, it was impossible for her to go back. She never wanted to go back to that home again. She couldn't possibly buy a new one. She only had 50 gold coins on her, and the most she could buy was a second-hand chair.
[Detected that the host has arrived at the destination. Please name the place.]
Xu Ying thought for a moment. "Let's call it Peach Blossom Land!" To her, it was like a dream.
[You have named it the Peach Blossom Land. Do you want to accept the novice mission?]
"I accept." Xu Ying rubbed her nose.
[Okay, please accept the newbie gift pack.]
In the next second, the transparent panel appeared in front of Xu Ying again. A grand prize floated in the air. She reached out her hand and clicked to receive it.
[Obtained 2000 gold coins!]
Xu Ying was shocked. She quickly took out her identification card. Twenty years after the apocalypse, the ID card had become a touch screen. It was only a thin piece and could be used as a communication device. It had even replaced the mobile phone. Xu Ying logged into her account and her balance became 2050! This was the most money she had ever received!
Just as she was feeling excited, the system's voice sounded again.
[Congratulations to the host for having more than 2000 gold coins in total. You can upgrade the system to level 1. After upgrading, you will receive a single room. Also, unlock the home improvement store. Do you want to spend 2000 gold coins to upgrade?]
Xu Ying was stunned. So this system could be upgraded. She looked at the empty room and still chose to level up. It was just that the money that she had just received had not even been warmed up yet, and she had already spent it all.
[Apocalypse rental system level 1, single room 1 has been developed, home improvement shop has been unlocked, please check.]
As soon as the notification sound fell, Xu Ying felt a tremor under her feet. An empty room of ten square meters appeared in front of her. The property that the system had given her was placed on the right side of the single room. The two rooms were connected by a small corridor.
Xu Ying was shocked. This was too amazing. If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, who would have believed it? The speed of building the house was like playing a game. It was as if it was built with a click of the mouse. The efficiency was too high! Moreover, there was no labor or loss. She opened the system panel again and saw the home improvement shop.
She wanted to see if there were any suitable beds and buy two first. She couldn't just sleep on the floor, could she? However, when she saw that the cheapest wooden bed cost 150 gold coins, Xu Ying silently closed the page. She was the one who didn't deserve it. How could a person with a net worth of only 50 gold coins dare to shop? She even thought that she should just rent it out. After all, it was the apocalypse, so she didn't have to sleep on a bed, right?
"I'm sorry, Host. We can't rent it out for the time being. Please fulfill the rental conditions: bed x1, toilet x1, sink x1."
Xu Ying scratched her head. These three items cost more than 1,000 gold coins in the home improvement store. How could she have that much money? After thinking about it, she decided to try her luck at the second-hand market in the base. Anyway, the system did not insist that the renovation had to be bought from the system store. With that thought in mind, she went. The system didn't stop her!
She knew it would work!
She took all her assets, which were 50 gold coins, to the trading market. In order to save money, she still went hungry and walked there. When she went out, she smeared her face with dust to make it even dirtier. Although there were no zombies in the Vermilion Bird Base, humans were more terrifying than zombies in a chaotic environment.
The trading market was divided into the East and West Districts.
The West District was relatively safer, and the things sold were more normal. Not only did they sell common furniture and household appliances, but they also sold communication tools and so on. However, the East District was different. They sold their children, half-eaten bread, zombie skulls, and so on. Back in the second-hand furniture section, the cheapest bed was 20 gold coins, and the legs were broken. This was not worth it. Moreover, the remaining money would probably not be enough to buy a toilet and a sink…