A mutated blood merchant—her luck really was quite good.
Song Yu immediately rode her bicycle over. At that moment, the camp was filled with the rich aroma of cooking food, carrying a fragrance that felt distinctly like home.
It made her miss her grandmother a little.
Song Yu pursed her lips, parked the bicycle in the camp, and walked toward the blood merchant.
“A player? Welcome to my temporary camp.”
Chen Su glanced at Song Yu, her voice somewhat cold, and calmly introduced the trading rules to her.
“As you can see, I am a merchant who recovers mutated blood. You can exchange mutated blood here for the supplies you need. Higher-tier blood can be exchanged for higher-tier supplies.”
“However, the supplies I can provide each day are limited, so you understand, right?”
“Mhm.”
頂流回村開食堂 第67章 第 67 章 老毛子吃的 — Banxia Novel | Sponsored
賭約[先婚後愛] chapter 7 — Banxia Novel | Sponsored
Song Yu nodded obediently, maintaining a very friendly attitude even toward an NPC.
She had no choice; when your strength falls short, you make up for it with attitude.
“By the way, I’ve accepted your blood collection quest.”
Song Yu took a vial of Tier 2 blood out from her jacket pocket and handed it to the blood merchant.
She had noticed that Chen Su wore a gun at her waist.
Handing the blood over to Chen Su, Song Yu’s blood collection quest was instantly completed, and the 10,000 RMB reward was securely in her pocket.
“That’s right, this is precisely what I need.”
Chen Su nodded, her expression steadfast.
[NPC – Mutated Blood Merchant Chen Su Favorability +1]
“If possible, please help me collect more mutated blood.”
The moment Chen Su’s voice fell, Song Yu immediately received a new side quest.
[Player has triggered follow-up side quest – Tier 2 Mutated Blood Collection (0/80)]
[Reward: 50,000 RMB]
The reward had increased, and the quantity required was lower.
Although the difficulty had also increased, Song Yu was already very satisfied.
Going at this rate, she would soon be able to save up 1,000,000 RMB!
“You are the first player to complete the quest, so I will additionally reward you with 1 backpack slot.”
Chen Su said to Song Yu, and right as she finished speaking, Song Yu’s backpack slots increased by one.
Song Yu’s eyes lit up, not expecting such an unexpected bonus!
“Thank you!“
One can never have too many backpack slots.
Having resolved the side quest, Song Yu finally had the mind to check Chen Su’s inventory.
A virtual screen unfolded before Song Yu. There were many exchangeable supplies: backpack slots, firearms, armor, vehicles…
Food, drinks, everyday items—everything was available.
Song Yu only had 21 vials of Tier 1 blood right now, and she couldn’t afford almost anything she wanted to trade for.
Take backpack slots, for instance; their exchange price escalated rapidly, starting at a baseline of Tier 4 mutated blood.
She could afford at most 2 bottles of water or 2 blocks of compressed biscuits, valued at a total of 10 vials of Tier 1 blood.
“…”
She was so poor.
Song Yu deliberated for a moment and ultimately chose to exchange for crossbow arrows: 1 arrow cost 5 vials of Tier 1 blood, and she gathered enough for 10 arrows.
She wasn’t actually starved for food and water right now; her current food supplies could sustain her for at least three days.
It was better to arm herself and kill more zombies instead!
“Do you recycle supplies here?”
Song Yu looked at her own inventory and asked Chen Su.
She prepared to streamline her backpack, hoarding identical categories of supplies as much as possible.
“I don’t, but Jing Ming does. You can go look for him; he’s been operating in the New District lately.”
Chen Su shook her head, glanced at the sky, and surprisingly began packing up the camp.
“Lately?”
Song Yu acutely caught the keyword in Chen Su’s words. Do these NPC merchants change locations?
“Mhm, staying in one place for too long attracts the attention of zombies.”
“I’ll be leaving here in three days too. You can go to Xijingwu to find me then.”
Perhaps because of the bit of favorability she had gained, Chen Su did reveal quite a bit of useful information to Song Yu.
“See you tomorrow.”
Chen Su shouldoped her backpack, and the camp, which had just been full of lively atmosphere, instantly became empty and desolate.
She straddled a heavy motorcycle and sped away from Song Yu without a moment’s hesitation, leaving behind a cloud of exhaust.
Song Yu stood in place, glancing at the sky. Unconsciously, it was rapidly approaching dusk.
Nighttime was the active period for zombies, so she needed to leave quickly as well.
Just as she was about to leave, Song Yu suddenly caught sight of a cluster of berries in the camp’s clearing (+1 fullness, relieves the negative status of malnutrition).
From the very beginning, Song Yu had discovered that she seemed to have a knack for searching out supplies.
Where supplies were located, a single glance was all it took for her to know.
This was likely the effect brought by her Scavenger Trash Goblin talent.
The number of berries wasn’t small, and Song Yu stepped forward to harvest them all.
There were 13 in total. The bright red berries looked like gemstones—crystal clear and very tempting.
Although not displayed on the attribute panel, judging from the gathered supplies, she and the other players likely still possessed four attributes: fullness, hydration, mood, and health.
She needed to constantly monitor these four attributes of hers.
After harvesting the berries, Song Yu hopped on her bicycle and left the camp, heading toward her predetermined shelter location.
Not long after she left, several players tracked down this camp.
Unfortunately, they were too late.
The shelter Song Yu had chosen was a village located on the edge of the city, where the buildings were almost all two-story houses.
When she arrived, night had not yet fallen, but the zombies in the village clearly grew restless, emitting low growls.
Armed with her crossbow, Song Yu searched house by house.
If any zombies were left behind, waiting until nightfall would make things extremely dangerous.
There were only a little over twenty households in the village, making it simple to clear out. They were all Tier 1 zombies.
Song Yu wanted to hunt Tier 2 zombies, but couldn’t find any.
The health pool of Tier 1 zombies generally ranged between 50 and 150, never exceeding that number, and her crossbow could handle them completely.
Perhaps because it was a village, the resources Song Yu found here were almost entirely fruits and vegetables.
She found 4 potatoes (+5 fullness, chance of poisoning status), 7 ears of corn (+7 fullness, 5 hydration), a large peach (+11 fullness, 8 hydration), along with 11 vials of Tier 1 blood dropped by killed zombies.
Song Yu didn’t conduct an overly meticulous search; after all, she still needed to reserve time to set up a shelter for herself.
She had selected the only three-story building in the village. Its courtyard was enclosed by a ring of concrete walls, offering relatively guaranteed security.
Using her backpack slots, Song Yu moved various pieces of furniture and items from other houses into this small building.
She even found a barbecue grill, which happened to be just right for roasting potatoes and corn.
A village would never lack firewood for anything, but she lacked a lighter or even a match, leaving Song Yu no choice but to try making fire via the primitive method of wood-drilling.
Song Yu closed the courtyard’s main gate, setting up a small trip-mechanism right at the entrance that would alert her the moment any zombie or human appeared.
Returning to the third floor, Song Yu sat on the bed by the window. At this moment, the very last trace of light on the horizon vanished.
The entire room was engulfed in darkness, rendering everything invisible.
The night belonging to the zombies had officially arrived!