Ma Xiaoli stared closely, her pupils dilating in shock in an instant—
Item: Little Electric Scooter
Rank: SR-
Form: Six-wheeled Class B RV (Low-tier Form)
Speed: $180\text{ km/h}$
Battery Life: Exposure to intense sunlight for 5 minutes yields a $2,000\text{ km}$ range (theoretically unlimited range)
Durability: 3000/3000
Special Skills: Zombie Deterrence *5, Built-in Storage Space *8, Form Switch (Can switch to any previous level’s form)
Passive Skills: Delivery Folded Space (Upper limit $1,500\text{ kg}$), Hostility Warning (5-kilometer radius), System Takes Over Driving Form (To be unlocked), Rainwater Collection System (To be unlocked)
Additional Attributes: All skills are growable
Supporting Facilities:Enclosable Kitchen (To be unlocked), Extra Large Shower Room (To be unlocked), Bedroom Space (To be unlocked), Expanded Roof Tent Area (To be unlocked), Expanded Rear Storage Rack (To be unlocked), Sewage Self-Purification Recirculation System (To be unlocked), Waterway Cold Protection System (To be unlocked), Air Conditioning System (To be unlocked)
Fine…
A whole bloody long string of supporting facilities waiting to be unlocked!!
All the “To be unlocked” items were buttons. Ma Xiaoli tapped the button next to “System Takes Over Driving” to take a look; unlocking it required $99,999$ experience points!
Looking further down, the Rainwater Collection System required $9,999$ points, the kitchen, shower room, and bedroom were all $9,999$ points each, the tent was $2,999$ points, the rear storage rack was $3,999$ points, the sewage self-purification recirculation required $19,999$ points, the waterway cold protection system required $19,999$ points, and the air conditioning was surprisingly the cheapest, yet it still required $999$ points!
Ma Xiaoli’s composure crumbled instantly: [Counting the previous $4,000$ points, it turns out this Level 3 Little Electric Scooter requires a total of $191,990$ experience points to fully upgrade!!]
System: [Host’s mental arithmetic ability is quite impressive!]
Ma Xiaoli: [Do you dare not be such a scammer!]
System: [What is the host saying? Installment payments are also the optimal solution derived from autonomous upgrading after collecting the host’s behavior patterns. Otherwise, with the host’s current progress, wanting to acquire a cost-effective vehicle before the end times is truly… hehe!]
Ma Xiaoli stopped laughing!
System: [And look, host, this upgrade isn’t entirely just taking money without doing work. This form switching function is actually gifted to you for free! As long as you wish, you can use any of the Little Electric Scooter’s previous forms!]
Ma Xiaoli: [Then I really freaking thank you!] So she spent a huge sum of $4,000$ earlier just to upgrade three tires?!
Gritting her teeth, she directly switched the Little Electric Scooter to its Level 1 form, though the folded space remained at the Level 3 form’s upper limit of $1,500\text{ kg}$.
Ma Xiaoli opened the “Discovery” interface once more to grind away.
She never wasted time on internal friction; since her experience points weren’t enough to satisfy the upgrade, she would simply grind for them!
Thus, as she farmed, two hours passed in the blink of an eye. No more tasks could be refreshed within a 1-kilometer radius, while the newly earned experience points, before even warming in her hands, were directly used by Ma Xiaoli to unlock the Rainwater Collection System and the Air Conditioning System.
This upgrade was actually very fast, requiring no further wait of three hours.
Truly, one grows stronger just by spending money!
Rainwater Collection System: Can automatically collect rainwater and dew, accomplishing the conversion of unrooted water into drinkable water (through filtration), and continuously refilling the vehicle’s built-in water storage tank in real time.
As for the Air Conditioning System, it mainly consisted of zoned module management, so there was no need to elaborate on details.
After upgrading, the remaining $2,002$ points plus the previous $338$ experience points totaled $2,340$ experience points, which couldn’t upgrade anything further. With no tasks left nearby, she bit the bullet, riding the Little Electric Scooter toward other blocks to farm more tasks.
Just as she was grinding to the point of lightheadedness, the system suddenly prompted: [Ding-dong! The system has successfully upgraded to Level 3.]
Ma Xiaoli stared numbly at the total experience points: $8,930$ points, plus the previous $2,340$ points, totaled $11,270$ points. She directly unlocked the roof tent and the rear storage rack first. Seeing $4,272$ points remaining, she then slowly went to inspect the system’s upgraded features.
After the system reached Level 3, the “Discovery” interface added icon legends for “Display Dangerous Areas” and “Display Zombie Locations”.
Dangerous areas were divided into four types: Red, Orange, Yellow, and Green. Once a dangerous area appeared, large color blocks would show up on the map—red denoted lethal danger, orange was second to it, yellow was average, and green was a safe zone.
As for zombie locations, they would be marked on the map with zombie icons, also divided into four types: Red, Orange, Yellow, and Green.
Additionally, the map visible through Discovery expanded from the original 5 kilometers to 10 kilometers, and the time-limited tasks that had previously been cleared out refreshed immediately once more.
Furthermore, compared to before, the probability of red tasks appearing had also increased.
As for other feature areas, there wasn’t much change, except that the area where “Shake-to-Find” was located had now turned into “Games”. Clicking inside, besides “Shake-to-Find”, there was an added “Swipe-to-Count”.
However, whether it was “Shake-to-Find” or “Swipe-to-Count”, both games required spending 10 experience points to start and win lucky red envelopes. The biggest difference was that “Shake-to-Find” relied on arm strength, whereas “Swipe-to-Count” relied on fingers—giving you a large stack of cash, where you had to swipe the bills upward within a 30-second time limit. The person who swiped away more cash would win.
Ma Xiaoli was currently worrying about money… no, about experience points!
Glancing at how upgrading the system to Level 4 actually required $100,000$ experience points, Ma Xiaoli rubbed her burning, overworked liver, instantly taking on another round of time-limited tasks.
Just as she barely resolved three red tasks, she suddenly received a phone call from the property manager.
Ma Xiaoli thought the other party was contacting her about her selling the house, but unexpectedly, he first asked how her grandmother was doing, then began expressing concern over her coursework. Looking at the task that had entered a 10-minute countdown, Ma Xiaoli had no time to chatter with him, so she asked: “If there’s nothing important, I’m hanging up.”
Who would have expected the property manager to quickly say: “There is, but this matter is a bit difficult to bring up…”
“Make it short.”
The property manager was likely intimidated by her aura as well, hastily saying: “It’s like this: the local police station suddenly contacted us just now, asking us to contact the property owner to come back and assist with an investigation. I wonder if it’s convenient for you to come back, Miss Ma?”
Ma Xiaoli frowned: “What investigation?”
The property manager smiled bitterly: “I’m not too clear on the specifics either; they just said it was requested from above and hoped the owner would cooperate as much as possible… Uh, they should be arriving at the residential community in about 40 minutes.”
Ma Xiaoli was hardly the naive, foolish college student her exterior suggested. Hearing this, she merely said: “Alright, understood.”
She didn’t say whether she would cooperate, but the property manager let out a breath of relief, assuming she had agreed. He showered her with words of gratitude, ending the call contentedly.
Ma Xiaoli immediately picked up the pace to finish the remaining few tasks, then found a hidden spot to switch the Little Electric Scooter back to its Level 3 RV form.
Under this form, the Little Electric Scooter’s glass was one-way glass; people outside couldn’t see inside, which was perfect for her to act incognito.
Stepping onto the vehicle, although it still lacked several major pieces of equipment inside, at least it didn’t look as shabby as before.