Chapter 144: Scavenging Continues
In another two or three hours, it would be dawn.
Yu Jiang, wearing the wool quick-dry shirt, lifted the quilt neatly laid on the tatami, “Sleep, sleep.”
Just as she was about to lie down, she looked at Shi Xu beside her and asked strangely, “Aren’t you resting?”
“Resting in one room, do you mind?” Shi Xu asked seriously.
He had never slept together with a girl before; even in a twin room, he was afraid Yu Jiang would feel uncomfortable.
She probably couldn’t accept others getting too close casually; resting space counted too.
“Aren’t these two beds?” Yu Jiang pointed at the soft cushion and quilt opposite,
“It’s already apocalypse survival, we’re teammates who can entrust our backs to each other, no need to be so particular and guarded.”
When fighting the BOSS, they didn’t have much time to communicate detailed tactics,
Yu Jiang told him not to hold back skills, to fully suppress the BOSS’s health points, but she saved her skills until the end; on this matter, he hadn’t hesitated either.
Shi Xu looked at her bright eyes, lips curving up slightly, “Yeah, indeed.”
Yu Jiang nodded, then lay down and fell asleep.
After finding the clues and fighting the BOSS, the whole night relied on enough qi replenishing drinks to stay alert.
Instance missions were all done; no need to waste more supplies.
Yu Jiang slept very deeply this time; she woke once in the morning, dizzy and bleary-eyed, checked the time—6:50, outside still half-light half-dark.
Only slept a little over two hours, chaotic illogical dreams switching several scenes.
She flipped over, glanced at the other bed; teammate was also resting, even breathing evenly and steadily.
Yu Jiang turned back, buried her head in the quilt to catch up on sleep, slept until noon, woken by hunger.
From the supplies gotten from the vending machine last night, she picked self-heating rice and a beverage, settling lunch.
Fatigue value still high, Yu Jiang opened the balcony sliding door, looking at the snow-covered mountain peak, the air in her nostrils cold and biting, sobering her up quite a bit.
Health points above 50, good rest allows slow recovery; below 50 without using healing potion or healing skill, recovery is very slow; plus the dangerous apocalypse environment, basically gone before recovery.
Except in service areas; as long as conditions resist extreme weather, no problem.
Yu Jiang opened the instance channel, wanting to see what happened later last night; scrolled up a bit, Player 8 sent a shaky voice message.
“Damn, the clone seems really there, but not that flexible, reaction slow too, simply easy mode.”
“Thanks to the big shots for the walkthrough, letting me complete progress; otherwise I’d be done, this thing is really scary; when I came out, my back was soaked in cold sweat, half-walked half-crawled back, too terrifying.”
The last message was sent three hours ago; could tell Player 8 was both excited and scared.
Scared of the motel rooms in this style, left deep psychological shadow; teammate gone, alone couldn’t sleep at all, hugging the quilt shrunk in the corner, enduring until full dawn.
Ugly scary monsters not frightening; frightening is it can kill, people can’t hit it; just seeing the ghoul in the old house, Yu Jiang was startled too.
After confirming safe area, Yu Jiang planned to well utilize time before hot spring business, go see what things could be scavenged.
Instance missions gone, those abandoned houses could be entered too,
First come first served; other players wanted to search too; to maintain everyone’s fragile ceasefire, Yu Jiang took lead in instance channel to say whoever finds first gets it.
Best supplies in this place in vending machines; rest just some daily necessities; if in good condition, list on trading platform for some profit.
Though, wood houses without maintenance; as pretty outside as broken inside, not much good stuff.
Unless a scavenger, can recycle materials.
Light screen interface info changed to: [Hot Spring Motel Service Area, scavenging allowed, but main buildings cannot be destroyed!]
Yu Jiang got excited at once, put on down jacket, immediately dragged Shi Xu out.
She gave herself the healing skill; health points too low, health value would drop, affecting her scavenging speed.
Shi Xu’s values originally high, low health state still okay, no fighting needed anyway.
Seeing Yu Jiang go from drained of energy to bouncing in place like pumped with chicken blood, just short of saying ‘scavenging allowed’, he fell silent.
With 35 health points, braving heavy snow and severe cold, sticking hand warmer, thermos cup filled with brown sugar ginger tea, still scavenging; this was intense.
Town originally had pharmacy, convenience store; apocalypse who knows how long, things definitely gone; Yu Jiang bypassed shops, straight to guesthouses and residential area.
She went house by yard; before entering door, dug up the dormant hydrangea at the entrance, only few dry branches left.
Doesn’t look great now, but good weather revives it; nice in RV too.
This also medicinal herbs, alias hydrangea, fights malaria, clears heat, bit toxic too.
So drug manufacturing not just having scroll; wrong dosage all wasted.
“Gotta say, zero-yuan purchase feels so good.” She sighed.
Shi Xu: So this is why she knocked down the backyard chicken coop, halfway back dug two chrysanthemums?
Inside house still some torn quilts; ones not totally unusable, Yu Jiang took all.
Processing cotton needs specific service area; not sure when next one.
Shi Xu didn’t want these, but helped collect some first; then team grids crisis, too broken had to abandon.
“The torn quilts, old clothes you took, probably won’t list high price on trading platform.” Shi Xu spoke.
With her strength, go out kill few more monsters earns it back.
“The road we’re on now, occasionally some abandoned villages and towns, so these things not especially expensive.”
Yu Jiang rummaged while talking, “Road map changes; instances get supplies, but not everyone can beat; supplies here, better take out, I earn too.
Besides, monster killing so tiring; scavenging makes me happy, I count on tool upgrades.”
Teammates find clues solve puzzles; she smashes windows security nets and floors, straight in for clues.
Crowbar so handy!
Yu Jiang sighed looking at all opened cabinets; left just some seasonings, all spoiled.
She turned, swung crowbar, simply recycled old refrigerator; sink recycled one steel block too.
3:50 pm, Yu Jiang total found 10 barely usable cotton quilts, wearable clothes, pants dozens, all seasons,
Relatively clean, washable bed sheets, pillows, towels etc. over a dozen.
Iron blocks 66, steel blocks 52, quality wood several, all recycled from furniture.
This Shi Xu needed; he lacked vehicle interior decoration materials, next upgrade wants RV; Yu Jiang shared some.
Overall harvest good; plus vending machine supplies, this wave not a loss.
Things purchasable in hot spring motel are the focus.
