Mall update, new products!

Luo Fan's eyes snapped open, a flash of delighted surprise crossing them.

Ten yuan for checking in? My Check-in Funds just increased tenfold?

Come to think of it, what could I buy with ten yuan?

If I wanted, a jin of rice a day would be about enough for me. That would cost two yuan.

For drinking, plus cooking rice, about four bottles of water should be enough.

In other words, after food and water, I could save about four yuan a day?

Then I could buy a jin of pork every two or three days.

If the one yuan I got for checking in each day before was better than nothing and could keep me from starving, then with ten yuan a day now, could I live pretty well?

But checking in used to give me one yuan. Why had it suddenly become ten?

Was it time-based? Did it automatically increase after two check-ins?

Or had my Check-in Funds increased because I had awakened my Sequence?

Or was there some other reason?

Luo Fan did not dwell on it and simply opened his mall page to check.

First, one thing was certain: his Check-in Funds had increased because he had awakened his Sequence.

When he opened the mall page, a banner actually burst into fireworks-like effects.

Congratulations, host, on successfully awakening Sequence Lv1. Check-in Funds increased to 10 yuan per day.

Going from an ordinary person to Sequence Lv1 increased my Check-in Funds from one yuan to ten. Then, if my Sequence level increases, could my Check-in Funds increase with it? Luo Fan silently mused, his anticipation growing.

Then Luo Fan examined the mall page closely.

First of all, the mall page had indeed been updated.

Originally, it had only offered four products: rice, purified water, pork, and greens. Now, however, it was divided into distinct sections for food, beverages, daily necessities, clothing and bedding, and more.

First, Luo Fan opened the food section.

Rice, pork, and greens had all been placed in the food section, which now also offered three new products: eggs, grass carp, and flour.

However, apart from flour, which cost two yuan just like rice, grass carp and eggs were not cheap.

Grass carp cost ten yuan per jin, as much as pork.

Pork had lard, whereas fish had little fat, so in terms of nutritional value, grass carp could not compare to pork.

There were also eggs, at eighteen yuan for a tray of thirty.

Well, with only ten yuan in my balance, I couldn't buy those right now.

Next, Luo Fan opened the beverage section.

The previously available purified water and pure milk had been placed in the beverage section.

The beverage section also had a new product: cola at two yuan a can.

But yesterday, while searching the boiled-food shop for supplies, he had collected an entire refrigerated drinks cabinet's worth of assorted beverages.

So he would not need to buy supplies from this section for the time being.

Then Luo Fan clicked the daily necessities category tab beside it.

The daily necessities section also had three products.

They were soap at five yuan a bar, packs of tissues at fifteen yuan a bundle, and toothpaste at eight yuan a tube.

"These daily necessities sure aren't cheap." Luo Fan cast a lingering look at the tissues before turning his gaze away.

Soap could be used to wash his body, his face, and even his hair, but where would he get the water?

Without finding a clean, suitable water source, the soap would be of no use.

As for using purified water costing one yuan a bottle to bathe? The idea had never even occurred to Luo Fan.

He needed paper for the toilet, but at fifteen yuan a bundle, he simply could not afford it right now.

Putting his scattered thoughts aside, Luo Fan looked at the clothing and bedding category tab beside it.

A familiar sight appeared: a page that kept loading, displaying a loading message.

Unwilling to give up, he opened the other sections, but they also showed loading messages.

Well, the Mall System had indeed been updated, but not by much.

More importantly, he had been quite happy about his Check-in Funds increasing to ten yuan, thinking his days ahead would be fairly comfortable.

But after seeing these newly added products, the little happiness in Luo Fan's heart immediately vanished.

At only ten yuan a day, life really would be tight.

Never mind anything else-even brushing his teeth was a luxury.

Lying inside the bus, Luo Fan looked outside. It was still pitch-black, so he pulled his blanket tighter around himself and went back to sleep.

Being able to sleep here, with shelter from the wind and rain, already left Luo Fan quite content. It was much better than sleeping out in the open as he had before.

Luo Fan slept very soundly, even having a pleasant dream.

In his dream, he received a thousand yuan in Check-in Funds every day and could eat whatever he wanted.

Woken by the noise Niu Dagang and Xiao Wang were making, Luo Fan looked outside. The sky had already begun turning pale with dawn.

Niu Dagang said it was time to leave.

Luo Fan nodded in understanding. Since Zhao Chunfeng had said they could rest for six hours, naturally, they had to leave once that time was up.

No one knew what might happen if they left half an hour late.

But thinking of his dream-a thousand yuan per daily check-in, thirty thousand a month-Luo Fan silently encouraged himself.

The days when he could receive a thousand yuan for checking in would be waiting for him in the future.

As his Sequence level continued to rise, his Check-in Funds should keep increasing too, while more and more kinds of products would unlock in the mall.

Perhaps, before long, he would no longer have to risk his life gathering supplies. He could live very well just by buying things from the mall.

Zhao Chunfeng's off-road vehicle started up, the bus followed, and a van brought up the rear.

The other survivors also quickly got up and followed the convoy.

After traveling for about another three hours, the convoy finally stopped to rest.

After walking for several hours, the survivors were already preparing breakfast. Although many people had died yesterday, quite a few had also gathered supplies, and after walking for three hours so early in the morning, they were all hungry.

"Brother Niu, let's share a meal." Luo Fan had managed to gather half a bag of glass noodles yesterday. He took out three coils, enough for three people, and spoke to Niu Dagang.

Xiao Wang, who was about to make breakfast, looked at Niu Dagang.

"Xiao Wang, take them. Make enough for three," Niu Dagang said with a nod.

Xiao Wang took the glass noodles and left.

He poured some water into a small pot, boiled it using electricity from the vehicle's battery, and then put in all the glass noodles Luo Fan had given him.

Xiao Wang added a little oil, salt, and chicken bouillon for seasoning, then carefully took out a ham sausage, sliced it, and added it to the pot.

Before long, three large bowls of glass noodles with ham sausage were ready.

"Oh, you've started eating. I should've come earlier and mooched a bowl."

When they were about halfway through their bowls of glass noodles, Zhao Chunfeng came over with a smile. Seeing Luo Fan eating with Niu Dagang, he guessed that Luo Fan had boarded Niu Dagang's bus.

"Brother Zhao, shall I make you another bowl?" Xiao Wang put down his bowl and stood up.

"It's fine, don't trouble yourself. I was joking. I just ate." Zhao Chunfeng waved a hand, then looked at Luo Fan and Niu Dagang.

"Gangzi, Xiaofan, get yourselves ready today. We'll need you two to take action." Zhao Chunfeng looked at Luo Fan and Niu Dagang, his expression growing a little more serious.