Room 102, Jinxiu Garden unfinished building.
Su Wan hung up the phone, blocked Gu Huaiyu’s number, and then tossed her phone aside, letting out a long sigh.
Disgusting.
It was so damn disgusting.
How did that man manage to mistake his own fantasies for reality?
She had merely used a bit of mental suggestion to make him see some “images” he wanted to see, and he took it for truth?
He even started getting all self-indulgent?
“Whatever you want, I’ll give it to you”?
“Give me another chance”?
Heh.
Su Wan gave a cold laugh, no longer thinking about that repulsive man.
She took out the Host Puppet from the Portable Storage Space and activated it according to the instructions.
A flash of light passed, and a person identical to her appeared before her eyes—
The same features, the same figure, the same temperament, and even the tiny mole at the corner of her mouth was exactly the same.
The puppet opened its eyes, looked at her, and smiled slightly. “Master.”
Su Wan looked her over, a strange sensation welling up in her heart.
This feeling... it was like looking in a mirror, but the person in the mirror could move, smile, and speak.
“I need to go to another plane for a while,” Su Wan said. “You stay here and handle affairs on Blue Star for me.”
“If anyone comes looking for me or if something important happens, relay it to me in a timely manner.”
“If anyone tries to break in here or acts against you, notify me immediately.”
The puppet nodded. “Understood, Master.”
Su Wan explained a few more details, then walked to the center of the room. With a thought—
Travel!
Light flashed again, and only the puppet remained in Room 102.
She stood quietly in the room, her gaze sweeping over the surroundings before walking to the window. Looking out at the sky as it gradually brightened, a faint smile identical to Su Wan’s curved on her lips.
...
With a flash of light, Su Wan’s figure appeared in Room 102.
The familiar scent of the apocalypse rushed toward her.
Before she could even steady herself, the system’s notification sounds exploded in her mind one after another:
【Ding! Main Quest “Foundation of the Shelter” has been completed!】
【Quest Content: Successfully recruit 500 new Official Tenants (excluding original tenants).】
【Quest Status: 500 new Official Tenants added, quest objective achieved!】
【Current Total Rooms: 180 (Original 144 + 36 expanded)】
【Quest rewards are being distributed...】
【Points +50,000! Current Points balance: 64,084 (Points are updated in real-time)】
【Building blueprint unlocked: 【Building Overall Strengthening Module (Intermediate)】!】
【Building blueprint unlocked: 【Basic Ecological Cycle System】!】
【Obtained 【Special Supply Crate】 ×1!】
【Note: The 【Special Supply Crate】 is a random reward. Upon opening, it provides scarce resources or blueprints urgently needed for the current stage of development. It is recommended to open it when needed to maximize its value.】
【Detected that the host has completed the Main Quest “Foundation of the Shelter.” The shelter’s population base has reached a milestone.】
【Next stage Main Quest has been generated—】
【Main Quest: Prosperity of the Shelter】
【Quest Content: Successfully recruit and accept 2,000 new Official Tenants (excluding existing tenants).】
【Time Limit: 60 natural days (plane time)】
【Quest Reward: Points +150,000】
【Building Blueprints: Building Overall Strengthening Module (Advanced), Intermediate Ecological Cycle System, Vertical Expansion Authority (allows building up to 30 floors), Underground Space Development Authority, Basic Medical Center, Public Bathing/Laundry Room...】
【Automated Patrol Unit unlocked, Emergency Travel Order ×3, Advanced Supply Crate ×2...】
【Failure Penalty: Points -80,000, operational efficiency of all existing facilities reduced by 20%...】
【Current Progress: 0/2,000】
【Remaining Time: 59 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes (plane time)】
【Good luck, Host.】
The rewards had arrived, but before Su Wan could even celebrate, her attention was captured by the string of system notifications.
The new Main Quest had been issued, and the rewards were especially generous. Among them, the one that interested her most was the Emergency Travel Order.
“Emergency Travel Order: Allows for an emergency return to Blue Star from any location in the Apocalyptic Plane, without needing to return to the building...”
Seeing the annotation, Su Wan’s heart skipped a beat. Wasn’t this Emergency Travel Order essentially her life-saving amulet in this apocalypse?
If she encountered a danger she couldn’t handle, using a Travel Order would allow her to return to Blue Star in an instant, thereby escaping the danger!
Since arriving in the apocalypse, she had never stepped foot outside this building, but with this thing, where couldn’t she go?
Her gaze moved past the system panel and fell outside the window.
The gray sky had been stained with an eerie dark red at some point.
That red spread from the edge of the horizon like slowly seeping blood, shrouding the entire Ruin Zone in an ominous glow.
“This is...”
Su Wan’s heart tightened as she walked quickly to the window.
In the distance, the vagrants who were still converging toward the Terminal Station suddenly acted like ants in a disturbed nest, sprinting desperately toward the building.
Their faces were filled with terror, and they were shouting something. It was too far to hear clearly, but that posture of despair was something Su Wan was all too familiar with—
It was the survival instinct of living beings before the descent of doomsday.
“The Death Tide—!!!”
A heart-wrenching scream came from outside the door, followed by more shrieks, wails, and cries for help.
“The Death Tide is coming!”
“Run! Get inside the building!”
“Help! Let us in!”
Su Wan’s pupils contracted sharply.
The Death Tide was the most terrifying nightmare for the vagrants of the Ruin Zone.
This eerie grayish-white haze could devour everything it submerged!
Su Wan immediately pulled up the system panel—
【Emergency Alert: Detected that the periodic disaster “Death Tide” is about to descend upon this plane.】
【Countdown: 41 minutes, 37 seconds.】
【Death Tide Duration: Estimated 6-8 hours.】
【Suggestion: Immediately recall all non-host units outside and enter the bound building for shelter.】
Forty-one minutes.
Su Wan’s gaze turned back toward the window.
Roughly speaking, there were at least a hundred or so vagrants still sprinting toward them.
They had rushed over from deeper within the ruins after hearing the news, and before they even had time to process their residency, the Death Tide was arriving.
Meanwhile, the situation inside the Terminal Station building was also not optimistic.
She pulled up the tenant management interface—
【Current Total Tenants: 637.】
【Occupied Rooms: 180 (Full).】
【Average Occupancy per Room: 3.5 people (some rooms are co-rented by families or teams, already reaching the limit).】
637 people in 180 rooms.
This was already the limit.
Although the tenants hadn't complained, Su Wan knew that if they crammed in any more, forget about quality of life—even basic order might become an issue.
But now, there were still over a hundred people outside waiting to get in.
And there were less than forty minutes left before the Death Tide descended.
Rate on N.U.
