Ji Wanwan swiped through the vending machine screen, which displayed only six options.
Egg Pancake 6 RMB each
Meat Buns 8 RMB per basket
Green Vegetable and Pork Noodles 12 RMB per bowl
Fish-flavored Shredded Pork over Rice 15 RMB per bowl
Tomato and Egg over Rice 12 RMB per bowl
Cumin Potato over Rice 12 RMB per bowl
Three types of noodles and three types of rice dishes, each limited to five servings per day.
Under normal circumstances, such vending machines would be neglected, but in the apocalypse, these foods were priceless treasures.
She tapped on the Fish-flavored Shredded Pork over Rice.
[Ding!]
One minute later, a boxed meal was pushed out from the vending machine.
Even before the food box was opened, Ji Wanwan and Xia Li had already caught the aroma of the meal.
With appetite stimulated, Xia Li also chose a Cumin Potato over Rice.
Just as they sat down and opened their boxed meals, the man who had gone into the suite earlier to take a shower came out.
The moment Xia Li saw the man, she paused.
Wow, handsome!
Who would have expected such a gem in this secluded and remote place?
The man glanced at the acid rain outside, his fine brows slightly furrowing.
After thanking Ji Wanwan once again, he sat down at the table next to the two of them.
Figuring that the man was seeking shelter from the rain, Ji Wanwan paid him no further attention.
If she were to tell him that this acid rain won't stop anytime soon, he would certainly grow suspicious.
Better to mind one's own business—eat up!
Opened the boxed meal.
A faintly sour and spicy aroma hit her face, the round and full grains of rice were distinct, each coated in a dark sauce.
Ji Wanwan's nose twitched slightly as she scooped up a big spoonful of rice into her mouth.
Mmm...delicious!!!
Having endured the apocalypse for three years, she had been eating mostly compressed biscuits and dried earthworms!
It had been so long since she had tasted such fragrant, piping hot rice!
Ji Wanwan felt like crying.
She gobbled down the meal, polishing off her bowl completely.
Seeing her enjoy her food so much, the man's Adam's apple bobbed, and, impelled as though by demons and spirits, he walked over to the fast-food vending machine.
Seeing the incredibly simple six options, the man felt somewhat disappointed.
Indeed, in such a desolate place, one wouldn't expect many visitors usually, having a clean place and two machines was already quite good.
Thinking of the location's remoteness, with neither villages in front nor stores behind, the man felt a wave of annoyance.
He wouldn't have come here if it weren't for the project.
Just his luck, even drinking cold water would get stuck in his teeth.
Just as he was planning to head home, acid rain began to fall, and his car broke down, forcing him to seek emergency refuge here.
Not knowing when his driver would arrive, he decided to casually eat something to fill his stomach.
The man made an arbitrary choice of Tomato and Egg over Rice.
Unexpectedly, the meal was exceptionally delicious.
The sour and sweet tomato sauce burst on his lips, each bite of egg was fragrant and soft, each plump grain of white rice wrapped in the bright tomato sauce...
The meal was so good that it made the man feel a bit dizzy.
He couldn't help but give Ji Wanwan a few more scrutinizing glances.
The young girl looked somewhat pale, seemingly young, dressed simply but in clean, plain white clothes. Her eyes were bright, like an energetic deer, seeming to peer into one's soul.
Suddenly, the girl looked over, and the man nonchalantly averted his gaze.
After finishing their meal, another two hours passed, and the driver still hadn't arrived.
The man clearly grew more agitated.
He opened his phone but found that he could not contact the driver.
At the same time, several current event headlines caught his attention.
——A vicious assault occurred in Jin City, the assailant suspected of being infected with rabies.
——A widespread acid rain swept across the country, this round of acid rain being the most corrosive in history.
——A mass biting incident occurred in Jiang City's subway, officials have dispatched an expert team to investigate.
...
As time passed, similar headlines became more numerous.
Online public opinion grew more intense, the atmosphere heated up, and a term familiar to everyone slowly topped the trending searches—
Apocalypse!
Most people scoffed at this, but many vigilant individuals started to hoard supplies.
The man had a vague sense of what was going on and uneasily looked out at the world beyond the door.
At that time, Ji Wanwan was also watching the news.
She opened a video in which a crazed person was biting passersby, then was forcibly killed by the police.
The behavior of the person in the video resembled that of a zombie, but there were some differences from a fully mutated zombie.
This was a precursor to a full-blown zombie crisis.
Ji Wanwan's brows furrowed slightly, planning to stock up on supplies in the afternoon.
Although the refuge had enough food and drink, just having food and drink was not enough in the apocalypse!
[Beep——]
[New task: Stock up on supplies]
[Task completion time: 3 hours]
[Task completion reward: The system will provide different levels of rewards based on the amount of supplies hoarded]
[Task countdown: 2 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds]
No sooner had the thought occurred to her than the system's voice appeared in Ji Wanwan's ear.
Then, another alert sounded.
[Detected basic medical supplies: 20 boxes of Ibuprofen, 20 boxes of cold medicine, 20 bottles of herbal tonic water, 20 boxes of band-aids, 50 fever patches, 30 rolls of bandage, 20 bottles of iodine...]
[Reward Level 1 Healing Holy Body: The host's wound recovery speed will be 10% faster than a normal person]
Ji Wanwan was incredibly surprised, and even for a moment thought of cutting herself slightly to see the effect.
She loved this task!
Time waits for no one!
Go!
To save time, Ji Wanwan put on a raincoat and rode her father's tricycle.
"Roar!"
With a twist of the throttle, the tricycle roared sexily through the acid rain, speeding off.
Firstly, self-defense equipment.
The zombies' aggressiveness was strong, and ordinary people could hardly combat them. However, if one had weapons, one could easily turn the tables.
She went to the biggest outdoor expansion store nearby and bought a lot of wilderness survival equipment.
10 tents, 30 pairs of iron boots, 30 pairs of combat gloves, 30 sets of Bullet-Proof Armor, 20 Military Shovels, 20 sabers, 10 safety ropes, 5 toolboxes, 20 Solar-powered flashlights...
The owner packed all these items onto Ji Wanwan's tricycle.
Ji Wanwan quickly moved to a place with no people and surveillance to store these supplies in the System Space.
She was eager to hear the system's reward!
After placing the last Military Shovel into the space, the system's voice arrived—
[Detected self-defense equipment: 30 pairs of iron boots...]
[Reward Level 1 Mechanical Master: The host can self-learn simple mechanical principles effortlessly]
After the system spoke, Ji Wanwan discovered she could see through the internal structure of the electric motorcycle at a glance.
Ji Wanwan, shocked online: Wow!
Buying these self-defense equipments had cost nearly 200,000, with 600,000 left in hand.
[Task countdown: 1 hour 47 minutes 32 seconds]
Damn it, just buying self-defense equipment had used up nearly half the time!