Chapter 145: Permanent Buff Selection
On the way back, Yu Jiang received a system message.
[Refrigerator, television, washing machine, broken clothing—you need them all! Pry the floor, smash wall, steal window, use every method to crack the instance level.
Player obtained achievement ‘Senior Scavenger’, crowbar in hand, wealth I have!
Reward: Crowbar quality +1 (you can recycle more items, such as the main steel frame of a vehicle)]
Her crowbar finally became purple quality!
Yu Jiang took a deep breath, excitedly looking at the hammer in her hand, which had no change in appearance and was still plain and unremarkable.
Previously, recycling abandoned vehicles yielded materials that, from the recycling rate, weren’t much,
A level 4 vehicle could only recycle 20% iron blocks and steel blocks, and for other materials like rubber, not even 10%.
Tool quality upgrade means improved recycling rate.
If she encountered the same situation as last night, her efficiency in knocking floors and windows would also improve.
Last night, knocking the wall almost got her caught by the BOSS.
The two walked back to the hot spring motel all the way, by now the sky was a bit dark, and the bright lights at the motel entrance had the atmosphere of a soup house from anime.
Completely different from yesterday’s eerie and terrifying appearance.
Several players were also on the first floor, and from their expressions, it was clear they had found quite a few usable supplies in the afternoon.
Player 8 was especially excited, today he learned that number 1 and 2 were two rank 1s!
So lucky, in the same instance as big shots, other groups might still be struggling to find clues, chased all over by ghouls.
They had already opened the hot spring motel in another way, soaking in hot springs in extreme cold weather, and eating some food, just thinking about it brought tears to his eyes.
Since entering road survival, he had never experienced such good days!
He hadn’t bathed in almost a month, at the beginning when the weather was good, he could collect some rainwater, filter it himself with cloth and charcoal to solve domestic water problems.
After much hardship to get a primary water collector, better off than many people,
But when the weather turned cold, he didn’t dare bathe, supplies for making fire to keep warm were so precious, not even enough hot water to drink.
Being dirty at least wouldn’t cause a cold, life is more important.
Many players to survive sold everything they could like paper towels, directly using roadside weeds, one can imagine how hard it was.
This time he could finally wash comfortably! Player 8’s face covered in black mud was full of joy and anticipation.
At exactly 4 p.m., the fox boss promptly changed the sign to ‘Open for Business’.
She was the NPC old lady from yesterday, same clothes.
At 3:58 the boss arrived, but before working hours, she absolutely wouldn’t open, not even one second.
“This is the price for the hot spring medicine pack.” Amid the players’ bewildered expressions, the fox boss showed an enthusiastic smile,
“Admission ticket not 999, just 199, provides food and dessert, matcha costs extra.”
She raised her hand to open another price list on the light screen.
Fatigue-alleviating, mood-boosting matcha 50g, 200 crystal coins
Ramen, 150 crystal coins, no special effects.
Good good good, cold face when doing instance NPC, enthusiastic face when doing hot spring motel boss, true unscrupulous merchant.
“We spent crystal coins to buy the medicine pack, and now have to buy admission ticket again?”
Player 10 had a look of are you serious.
Originally gritting his teeth, he could get the medicine pack worth 500 crystal coins that permanently increases health value cap, and the one worth 200 crystal coins that fully restores status.
Now with double charging, he didn’t have that much money, and there were no zombie monsters outside to fight.
Supplies found in the afternoon also had to wait until leaving the instance to list for sale.
“Yes, guest, medicine pack is just medicine pack, you can’t use it directly either.” The fox boss smiled.
Very polite expression, but always felt like the smile said take it or leave it.
The players were speechless.
Luckily players couldn’t do anything to these NPCs, otherwise with her unscrupulous merchant pricing, the house would be dismantled.
“Give me all of them.” Yu Jiang had already paid when she spoke.
Knowing she was The King Called Me to Patrol the Mountain, the players weren’t surprised, just a bit envious.
Wealth ranking number one, indeed lavish.
She even spent crystal coins on matcha, buying 2 at once, over a thousand crystal coins just like that.
“Sis, you’re still the awesome ones!” Player 10 said sincerely.
They were drained just soaking in hot springs, if not for the 2 health points, they wouldn’t spend this money.
In apocalypse survival, physical fitness is too important, higher health points and stamina mean slower fatigue value increase, better handling extreme weather.
After it got cold, the first to get sick and die were those with poor physique and insufficient supplies.
“You go, I’ll wait outside.” Player 5 looked at teammate 6.
Their two people didn’t have enough crystal coins for two health-increasing medicine packs.
Just healing wasn’t worth spending so many crystal coins, after all 6 was the healer.
But 6 shook her head, “You go, I originally have no combat ability, low values are fine.”
“Your health points are lower than mine, better level up early, or it’ll be even harder later.”
Player 5 said, glancing at Yu Jiang, having seen such an awesome alchemist, realized healers aren’t just stacking defense in the back, learning her way would be best.
Yu Jiang turned around, smiling, “Prop cards or scrolls, of course, quoted price definitely different from outside.”
“We’re just short 200 crystal coins, one acceleration card okay?” Player 5 asked.
“Two.” Yu Jiang held up fingers for the number, “Give you 300 crystal coins, I shouldn’t be too black.”
Player 5’s mouth twitched, acceleration card outside could trade for a down jacket, cheapest down jacket 300 crystal coins.
She doubled it, still not looting in a fire.
“Prop cards gone can earn more, but missed chance to improve values is gone forever, service area in instance different from outside, can’t come back after leaving.
Your teammate’s healing plus purification skill, very valuable.” Yu Jiang continued.
Players 5 and 6 discussed for a bit, helplessly agreed to Yu Jiang’s trade, what else could they do, she had the most crystal coins here.
The players paid crystal coins one after another, took small wooden signs from the fox boss, headed to corresponding pools.
Yu Jiang and Shi Xu walked last, fox boss showed the hidden limited medicine pack price.
This was the privilege wealth ranking number one had in the service area.
Permanently increase shield by 10 points, 48-hour cooldown.
Permanently increase health points cap by 25.
Worth 999 crystal coins, can only choose one.
Yu Jiang hesitated a bit, still chose shield like Shi Xu.
Health points seem to add more, but shield recovers itself after 48 hours.
High health cap also depends on whether healing keeps up.
Pity, can’t take all, Yu Jiang sighed.
She and Shi Xu each paid another 999 crystal coins, fox boss smiled at them,
“Alright, respected guest, please go left side, also thank you for helping it pass on, motel will gift you a food.”
Pools in the previously inaccessible area.
Now that door was open, entering, smoke swirling, hot steam hitting the face, body feeling warm.
All single pools, divided by courtyard, house, and screen.
No swimsuit, Yu Jiang went down directly wearing the picked-up nightgown.
Water temperature just right, entering the pool all pores comfortably opened.
Her health points quickly recovered, fatigue value slowly decreasing.
