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[You opened the Nest Chest (Green) and obtained 361 gold coins and 2 units of gems.]
[You obtained an item, Rat Treasure (White): A material produced by rats that have eaten large quantities of human corpses and rotten food. It can be used to provide weird energy, yin energy, or blood energy.]
[You obtained an item, Seeds (White) ×6: Six random seeds that can be planted in soil and will randomly grow into different plants.]
[You obtained an item, Melted Corpse Oil (White): Corpse oil of unknown origin. No one knows where the rats got it.]
[You obtained an item, Plague Cutter (Green)]
[Plague Cutter (Green, Main Weapon)]
[Attack: 5]
[When equipped: Perception +1]
[Equipment requirement: Perception 1]
[Special 1: Plague: Each attack has a 35% chance to deal 350% poison damage.]
[Special 2: Outbreak: Activates all energy sources and deals 1500% full-power damage to enemies.]
[Description: See? It's poisonous.]
Gu Su looked down at the items in the cabinet, unable to stop the corners of his mouth from lifting. This time, he'd made the right bet.
The 361 gold coins and 2 units of gems alone far surpassed all his previous gains.
And the remaining items were each extremely useful to him.
First, he picked up the pale yellow Rat Treasure, its texture as hard as stone.
A faint coolness brushed his fingertips, accompanied by a trace of yin energy.
He'd heard of this thing before. It was one of the core fuels needed for the Netherfire Pile.
With it, the Netherfire Pile in the graveyard could regain its full functionality and begin gathering yin energy automatically.
Next, he gathered the six smooth, round seeds in his hand.
They varied in size, and their shells bore strange patterns. They were clearly no ordinary plants' seeds.
Gu Su wasn't a Druid, so he couldn't identify their exact species, but he understood that he'd gotten a good deal.
The undead army didn't need food; it only needed yin energy to keep moving.
But as a human, he had to eat to maintain his stamina.
Being able to grow crops himself would undoubtedly solve his long-term survival problem.
Even if they didn't grow into edible vegetables, they'd still be useful. After all, "some plants are good to eat, and some are good medicine."
These seeds would come in handy sooner or later.
Then his gaze fell on the blob of Corpse Oil, which looked like butter and sat in a battered iron tin.
A faint, fishy stench wafted toward him.
It would be perfect for nourishing the Weird Tree and could speed up its recovery.
But Gu Su had a nagging feeling that the Corpse Oil had an extraordinary origin. The rat tribe could never have obtained such a special resource on its own.
If he followed this lead, he might uncover more secrets or resources deep inside the mall.
Finally, Gu Su picked up the main reward.
The Plague Cutter.
It wasn't a knife in the traditional sense, but a chainsaw about fifty centimeters long, with a delicately designed frame.
At the front was a guide bar about twenty centimeters long, with a chain assembled from sharp rat fangs.
In the middle was an anti-slip handle wrapped in black cloth, along with a miniature motor.
A small power compartment sat at the back, though he couldn't tell what kind of power source it used.
Best of all, it was extremely light, weighing just over a kilogram. It felt effortless to hold.
Gu Su pressed the switch on the handle. The motor immediately gave a soft hum, and the fang-lined chain spun rapidly, gradually blurring into a faint green glow. At the same time, it gave off a pungent, rancid stench. The poisonous energy was clearly circulating through it.
He tried swinging it a couple of times. It felt smooth in his hands, and both its attack power and special effects were top-notch.
With the green Plague Cutter in hand and six additional skeletons by his side, his forces had grown further. Gu Su felt more confident than ever, and his courage grew with it.
The caution and restraint he'd shown while scouting the outer areas gradually faded.
He was no longer content with searching for supplies near the surface. He strode forward, leading the Spellcaster Skeleton and six other skeletons straight into the large supermarket at the mall's core, intending to explore deeper and find more valuable things.
The moment he stepped into the supermarket, the musty smell and dusty air grew stronger.
The sight of the ruined, desolate place made him frown slightly, and most of his anticipation faded.
In the vast supermarket hall, the once-neatly arranged shelves had all toppled over at crooked angles. Some frames had been pierced by broken steel bars, while others had been crushed together in heaps. They no longer looked orderly at all.
The metal frames were covered in thick rust, as if they would crumble with the slightest force.
The wooden shelves had rotted badly. They crumbled at the lightest touch and could no longer bear any weight.
The storage area, once packed with all kinds of goods, was now completely empty. The shelves, the floor, and even the cracks in the corners had been picked clean. Not a single intact item remained—not even food scraps or bits of packaging. Other survivors or monsters had clearly looted the place long ago.
Even worse, most of the wooden parts of the shelves had rotted away completely. The few that were still somewhat intact had gone moldy from years of dampness and were unusable.
The metal parts had also succumbed to the ravages of time. Rust had eaten deep into them, and many sections had rusted through or warped. They'd be of little use even if dismantled, with almost no salvage value.
With his hands clasped behind his back and the Plague Cutter firmly in hand, Gu Su walked slowly through the empty, silent supermarket hall. Glass shards and rotted wood crunched faintly underfoot, their sounds especially clear in the quiet space.
His gaze swept quickly across each section, from snacks and household goods to fresh food. He checked them one by one, unwilling to overlook any corner that might still hold supplies. He carefully inspected even gaps beneath fallen shelves and recesses left by collapsed walls, hoping to find something unexpected.
But no matter how carefully he searched, he found nothing useful.
The fallen shelves only made it much harder for Gu Su to get around.
In the end, Gu Su simply had the skeletons dismantle the fallen shelves. They pulled out the rusty iron bars and piled them all together, ready to carry them away.
While doing this, Gu Su noticed a place that seemed different.
It was a little behind the fresh food section.
According to the supermarket's original layout, there should have been a cold-storage room here.
It would have held fresh or chilled food and the like.
But Gu Su didn't think there'd be anything left inside.
When he came over, he'd only glanced inside out of curiosity.
To his surprise, that brief look revealed a modest-sized dog hole and some melted Corpse Oil.
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