Upgrading the Elevator

There wasn't much in this man's elevator, but to Lin Feng's surprise, he had a lot of wood and scrap iron.

Once he hauled all of it back, he would definitely be able to upgrade his elevator.

Lin Feng checked the time and found that he had less than fifty minutes left.

"Fuck, I need to hurry."

Lin Feng cursed inwardly, then quickened his pace. After fifteen minutes, he finally finished moving everything useful from the entire elevator into his own. He spent the remaining time picking through the things in the Scrapyard and hauling them into his elevator.

By the time Lin Feng finally stepped into the elevator, there was barely enough room for him to stand inside the doors.

Still, all that hard work hadn't been for nothing. The screen now showed that Lin Feng's elevator could be upgraded.

[Upgrade elevator]

After Lin Feng pressed it, the elevator immediately began shaking violently, and the walls around him began moving outward.

A moment later, Lin Feng's elevator had roughly doubled in size.

A small water tank also appeared, thoughtfully labeled [Toilet].

"Well, thank you and your whole damn family! The moment I upgrade, you set me up with a toilet."

Grumbling, Lin Feng looked at the screen.

[Upgrade materials: 100 kg of wood, 120 kg of iron, 5 gold coins.]

[Remaining materials required: 60 kg of wood, 90 kg of iron, 4 gold coins.]

"Not bad. It doesn't take much. So these gold coins are for upgrading the elevator. I thought they were for trading."

Lin Feng took out the finely crafted gold coin as he spoke.

Then he opened the Chatroom. Gold coins were probably fairly rare in the early stages; otherwise, the upgrade wouldn't have required only five.

After looking through it, Lin Feng found that he was currently the only one whose elevator had reached level 2.

Just then, the system's reward arrived.

"Beep. Host has completed the mission. Distributing rewards..."

"Rewards distributed: one Fine Steel Crossbow, plus 20 crossbow bolts."

Once the system finished speaking, the Fine Steel Crossbow appeared in the elevator, along with a quiver containing the twenty bolts.

"Beep. New mission: upgrade the elevator to level 3. Reward: one Chainsaw and 100 liters of gasoline."

The new mission actually rewarded a Chainsaw?

The kind Logger Vick used to cut down trees?

Then if he encountered a forest floor in the future, wouldn't he be able to cut down all the trees outright?

When that happened, he probably wouldn't be short of wood anymore.

For now, though, he had better hurry up and upgrade the elevator.

In the Chatroom.

Lin Feng: [Anyone have gold coins? I'm willing to trade iron and wood. Ten kilograms of either iron or wood for one gold coin. Anyone who has some can trade.]

[Ten kilograms? These gold coins are worth that much? Boss! You reached level 2 already? Did you team up with someone too?]

[What are gold coins for? I have one. Can you use them once your elevator reaches level 2?]

[No shit, gold coins obviously have a use. Why else would he trade for them? I'm guessing they're for upgrading the elevator too.]

[I never expected someone to get their elevator to level 2 after just one day. I'm so jealous. Anyway, what does a level 2 elevator look like? I just want to know whether there's more space. Being stuck in such an enclosed space every day, I seriously can't breathe!]

[Exactly, exactly. I have claustrophobia too. You have no idea how awful it is.]

[Lin Feng, sweetie~ If you see me someday, could you take me in? I'm a petite, supple, easy-to-pin-down little cutie, 160 tall~]

[160 kilograms? Or 160 jin?]

[Hahahahaha! The guy above is killing me!]

[What else would it be, meters?]

[Awesome, awesome!]

Lin Feng was somewhat speechless as he watched the Chatroom drift further and further off topic.

A fucking little cutie at 160? More like a little tank weighing 160 kilograms!

"Enough of that. Time for bed."

After listing twenty kilograms of wood and twenty kilograms of iron on the Trading Market, Lin Feng left the Chatroom.

Now that the elevator had more space, Lin Feng decided to make himself a proper bed. He had kept the desktops from the school desks he had dismantled earlier precisely for this purpose.

After finding eight flat desktops and fitting them together, he had a hard wooden bed. When conditions allowed, he could pad it with something soft. Either way, this was better than sleeping on an iron plate.

As for the chairs, Lin Feng kept only two and dismantled the rest, planning to use them as upgrade materials.

Once he was done, Lin Feng spread his jacket over the bed and lay down to try it.

"Not bad. Pretty comfortable."

Lin Feng nodded, quite satisfied.

Then he got up, found an open spot, and began doing push-ups and squats.

He planned to start exercising today. In his current circumstances, a strong body mattered more than anything else.

He would start with simpler exercises. Later, Lin Feng also planned to add weights to build his endurance.

Right now, carrying anything a little heavy left him panting. He couldn't keep going like this.

It wasn't that he was frail. Mainly, he had let himself go after starting college, never exercising and spending every day slacking off in his dorm.

Back in high school, I was a man with a four-pack!

"Ah, what a shame. I can't bear to look back!"

Lin Feng sighed, then began forcing himself to exercise.

For now, he had fairly ample food and water. The canned beef came in large portions, a full two kilograms each. Of course, that was what the cans said. Lin Feng shook one and found that there was liquid inside too, so the actual amount of meat was definitely less than that.

Still, the two cans were enough to feed him for two days. After exercising for two hours, Lin Feng relaxed his muscles and went to sleep.

"Beep. The floor the host is about to enter is the Red-Dressed Ghost Room. There is a Red-Dressed Vengeful Ghost on the bed and an iron treasure chest beneath it. The chest contains two gold coins, one Ghost-Repelling Talisman, and one soft blanket. Hint: the Red-Dressed Vengeful Ghost will not immediately kill humans who enter the floor. The Ghost-Repelling Talisman can instantly kill the vengeful ghost."

"Beep! Choice mission triggered. Please make your choice, host."

[Option one: enter the floor and open the treasure chest. Reward: one Electromagnetic Cooker that requires no electricity.]

[Option two: enter the floor, open the treasure chest, and kill the Red-Dressed Vengeful Ghost. Reward: one Body-Strengthening Pill. Consuming it will improve your constitution.]

[Option three: do not enter the floor. Reward: one compressed biscuit.]

Lin Feng also woke to the sound of the system's voice.

"System, can't you give me the rewards for both option one and option two?"

"Beep. Sorry, host, but no. You may choose only one."

"All right, then I choose option two!"

Lin Feng spoke without the slightest hesitation.