“小-Ba, check in!”
Early the next morning, Chen Xi woke up and, as usual, called 008 to check in.
Normally, if the reward was food or daily necessities, 008 would automatically place it in the vending machines for sale; if it was a weapon, it would go to the Weapons Hall.
But today’s reward was clearly something that had never appeared before.
【Check-in complete!
Today’s check-in reward: Universal Bandage*1 (20 pieces)
Total check-in days: 69】
“What’s a Universal Bandage?” Chen Xi asked.
【Host, please wait, I’ll check the item info.】
【Universal Bandage (20 pieces/box)
Function: Special item. Applied to a wound, it can heal all injuries caused by internal or external factors.】
“All injuries? Even zombie bites can be healed?”
【Yes. It can be used in any dimension. Damage from laser guns? Can heal. Virus infections? Can heal.】
“That’s incredibly useful!” Chen Xi said excitedly.
【However, the wound cannot be larger than the length of a sticky note, meaning bites no longer than 10 cm.】
“10 cm is still good. I thought it would be like a regular modern sticky note, only 2–3 cm,” Chen Xi said.
“I’ll sell it. Still place it under special items, but split the box and sell them one by one. Price it at 100 crystals—isn’t that too much?”
Before 008 could respond, Chen Xi muttered to herself: “Shouldn’t be too much. They’re losing 100 crystals, but gaining a life in return.”
008: …I am just an emotionless executor.
As it turned out, the bandage could really save lives!
Feng Hengyuan had accidentally arrived at the hotel on Day 40 of the apocalypse. After staying one night, he immediately brought his wife and daughter from the base. They had now been living there for almost a month.
Fortunately, he arrived early and managed to rent a double room; later arrivals had to stay in tents outside.
He had no special powers. At the base, he had always been sent out with powered individuals to fight zombies, while his wife stayed home to care for their daughter.
The powered individuals at the base looked down on ordinary people like him. Whenever he went out with them, he did the hardest, most exhausting work, earning very few crystals.
After discovering the hotel, he immediately went back to the base the next day to bring his wife and daughter—and even some other ordinary people—over.
Here, fighting zombies became much easier. Ordinary people could simply lure zombies into the protective barrier to kill them safely.
Later, the hotel began selling special items. After using them, Feng Hengyuan’s wife and daughter noticeably grew stronger. The scent-based perfume was the most useful, but also the hardest to get—always snatched up immediately.
He had recently saved up crystals to buy a laser knife, making killing zombies extremely easy.
Today, seeing the Universal Bandage in the vending machine, he immediately grabbed one. Many doubted its value, thinking it was a scam—selling one bandage for so many crystals seemed excessive.
But he bought it anyway. As an ordinary person, having extra protection was better than none.
No sooner had he bought it than he encountered a family being chased by zombies: a father, mother, and a seven- or eight-year-old girl, likely also heading to the hotel but encountering zombies along the way.
The girl had been scratched on the leg. Her parents protected her, desperately fighting off the zombies.
Feng Hengyuan and a few companions helped them defeat the surrounding zombies.
Seeing the girl’s leg wound had turned black, her parents holding her and crying bitterly, Feng Hengyuan was moved. Remembering the bandage he had bought that morning, he tore one open and applied it to her leg, hoping it might help.
Fortunately, the wound was small and fit the bandage perfectly. About twenty minutes later, the girl’s wound was completely healed, with no trace of the zombie bite.
Her parents were incredibly grateful, bowing to Feng Hengyuan in thanks, though he kept insisting it was the hotel’s doing.
The others with him were shocked, then overjoyed. With Universal Bandages, they no longer had to fear zombie scratches!
However, this special item was rare and not guaranteed. Chen Xi had no control—malls didn’t sell them, and she only checked in once per day. She wasn’t even sure if she could get more.
That day, while eating, Chen Xi suddenly heard 008 shouting excitedly:
【Host, I found the female lead has arrived too!】
【Great! Both male and female leads are here. Now you can start your missions!】
Chen Xi already knew the male lead had arrived. He had been staying in a Premium Suite on the same floor as her for several days. Whenever Chen Xi went out, she always bumped into him.
However, Chen Xi hadn’t spoken to him. Aunt Xu was the one who greeted her warmly and invited her to eat.
So the female lead has arrived now?
Before Chen Xi could respond, 008 continued:
【Host, I thought you were slacking off, but this was a strategy all along.】
【Many mission targets are cannon fodder for the leads. Your trick is genius—letting the leads come to you willingly. How could you fail to match them up?】
【Hahaha, host, you truly are excellent!】
Chen Xi: …
No, I was really planning to slack off!