Blocking the Air-Raid Shelter Level Exit

The underground mine was an incredibly mysterious and dangerous place.

Before the wasteland outbreak, it had already been excavated frantically, with its deepest reaches extending several thousand meters underground. Its interior twisted and turned, riddled with countless forks. Once someone entered, there was a ninety-percent chance they would get lost.

Not only did it contain safety hazards left behind by previous generations, but after the wasteland outbreak, it had also become home to numerous plant traps and well-camouflaged underground predators. Subterranean hot springs and lava currents made every step difficult; one careless mistake could leave nothing but bones behind.

The Moss Hut Shelter was located here.

Inside the shelter, luminous moss and glow mushrooms had been carefully arranged around the room to provide lighting.

A figure knelt on the floor, staring intently at a piece of rough animal hide, the corner of his mouth curling into a faint smile.

At the center of the hide was a box of Golden Fleece Cigarettes. At each of its four corners lay the corpse of an unknown creature.

An eyeless fish, a big-eared rat, a long-legged spider, and a red-skinned bat.

A trail of blood from each creature converged toward the center of the hide, but as though something were obstructing it, the blood twisted and curved before finally forming two blurry characters.

—Fish Abyss.

The instant those two words appeared, a sharp gleam burst from the kneeling figure's eyes, and the curve of his lips reached all the way to his eyes.

"Just as I thought. It really is Fish Abyss. I knew that guy wasn't simple." Xiao Wu licked his lips, smiling like a hunter who had spotted his prey.

"Is this the third time or the fourth? In just three days, he's traded more than forty packs of cigarettes. The supplies he has must be substantial..." Greed flashed through Xiao Wu's eyes, but reason quickly suppressed it, leaving him deep in thought.

"No, that guy is strange. Within one day of entering the wasteland, his shelter ranking rose 501 places in a row. He may have unlocked a Special Path just like me. I need to be cautious. To be safe, I should let others test the waters first."

"Too bad that Cigar is cautious enough. He still hasn't made his stance clear..." Xiao Wu casually picked up the eyeless fish and tore into it with his teeth.

The fish tasted no worse than fatty tuna, making Xiao Wu narrow his eyes in enjoyment.

"Fortunately, those guys are probing him for me. Once the Beginner Protection Period ends, I should be able to figure out the details of Fish Abyss Shelter..." At that thought, Xiao Wu's brows furrowed again.

"And that Raging Whale. He's ruined several good opportunities for me in a row, yet he's slippery as an eel. There's no way to pin him down... I need to think of something..."

At 8:34 p.m., Yu Yuan finally returned to his shelter after deliberately taking a long detour. He dropped his backpack and ran to the ladder exit of the air-raid shelter level, where he began sealing it off.

He first covered the exit with a truck tarp, then fitted the pre-cut bed boards over the opening.

With that, the exit was basically sealed. He then returned to the shelter, fetched a bucket of water, quickly mixed quick-drying cement according to the proper ratio, and used it to fill and seal the remaining gaps around the exit.

The quick-drying cement hardened rapidly, leaving Yu Yuan only fifteen to twenty minutes.

Fortunately, he had already done this once before, so this time he proceeded in an orderly manner.

After smoothing over the final layer of cement and carefully checking every opening and crack, he finally let out a long breath.

This was all he could do. For the rest, he would deal with whatever came his way.

Of the blast-resistant sandbags he had brought back from Phoenix Tree Apartments, aside from the twenty-odd bags he planned to use shortly to weigh down the bed boards over the exit, he placed all the remaining dozen-plus bags in front of the Security door.

"It's already past nine. There are still six hours until the typhoon arrives... I hope I can hold out!" Although he had made thorough preparations, Yu Yuan still felt uneasy.

Having witnessed the dangers of the [Medium] threat-level Raider Battlefield, he did not dare underestimate a typhoon rated [High] threat level.

"No. I need to reinforce the shelter facilities some more."

Yu Yuan entered the shelter, and the Kerry Hill Sheep walked over, bleating nonstop at him. "Baa—baa—"

When Yu Yuan saw the grass on the shelter floor that had been eaten completely clean, along with all those round little pellets...

His head immediately started throbbing.

He already had a mess on his hands, and now he still had to serve this little ancestor.

But he had no choice. The exit was already sealed shut, and this fellow was his only hope of survival.

He had originally thought that if he could catch an injured female captive at the Land Hotel, he could get rid of the Lust Card.

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But in the end, let alone a woman, he had only encountered one living person—and he had been bald.

Helplessly, he glanced at the firepit he had specially built earlier.

"What a waste!"

He eventually opened Taotao Cave and discovered that perhaps because he had continuously used cigarettes to trade for grass...

Someone had actually listed grass on Taotao Cave. It was still three kilograms for one cigarette, but some people had also set Survival Points as an option. Three kilograms of grass cost anywhere from 20, 10, or 5 Survival Points. They were actually competing with each other.

After all, grass cost practically nothing. A huge bundle could be harvested in two minutes, so any sale meant profit.

Yu Yuan could not help laughing at the sight. The effect was plain to see.

Naturally, he chose the cheapest deal, spending 100 Survival Points to trade for 45 kilograms before stopping.

That grass would be enough to feed the Kerry Hill Sheep for quite a while.

After doing a bit of cleaning in the shelter, Yu Yuan went to the firepit, lit the firewood, then took the stainless-steel pot he had collected earlier to the Water Collector. He filled half the pot with water and placed it on the tripod to heat.

He considered his next move.

The most urgent priority was naturally upgrading the shelter facilities. Before the typhoon arrived, every upgrade he could complete would help.

He opened the virtual display and checked the construction requirements in the shelter facility management log.

He had currently completed seven facilities:

[Security Level 2—Stainless-Steel Floodproof Door]

[Rest Area Level 1—Floor Bedding]

[Bathroom Level 1—Washing Area]

[Ventilation Level 1—Single-Duct Ventilation]

[Water Collector Level 1—Faucet]

[Lighting Level 1—Candle]

[Kitchen Level 1—Firepit]

The shelter information had also become far more detailed than before.

[Fish Abyss Shelter] (Rank: 9499)

Owner: Yu Yuan

Area: 60㎡

Safety Level: 6

Comfort Level: 4

Energy Level: 1

Defense Level: 0

Hygiene Level: 2

[Storage] and [Recreation Area] had also been unlocked among the shelter's available facilities, but neither would provide any substantial help against the approaching typhoon disaster.

Although he was very interested in [Storage], and he truly needed somewhere to keep his supplies.

Now was not the best time to build it.

"With the firepit and faucet, food heating and water supply are already taken care of. There are three waterproofing measures, so the impact of the typhoon's torrential rain on the city sewers should also be manageable. But why do I keep feeling like I've overlooked something..."

Yu Yuan could not shake his unease.

"No, wait..." He suddenly froze. "The sewers?"