“Brother Hu!” A panicked voice from one of the underlings rang out.
Immediately after, several more sounds of something cutting through the air followed. If one were not close enough, the noise would have been barely noticeable in the darkness.
Bang, bang, bang, three sounds rang out. Luo Hu and two of his underlings also collapsed to the ground with a thud.
At that moment, cheers erupted from the monitoring room. They had not expected their shelter to be this powerful. Without losing a single person, they had simply sat there and eliminated all the intruders.
“Next, I’ll have to trouble everyone to help throw these intruders’ bodies outside. The weather is hot right now. If we leave them in the shelter, the courtyard will stink by tomorrow,” Tang Ye said, cutting off everyone’s celebration.
“No problem, we’ll go right now!” Having witnessed what had just happened, the survivors were fired up, their bodies filled with energy and motivation.
Tang Ye and the survivors went up to the surface to clean up the bodies. The supplies on the intruders were naturally stripped and collected.
The man who had brought them here tearfully expressed his helplessness. Tang Ye did not blame him much. At a time like this, choosing to survive was not wrong. She had the survivors in the shelter untie the rope from his hands and let him go.
The man expressed his gratitude repeatedly and limped away.
After a brief conversation earlier, she had learned that he was from Hope Shelter.
Tang Ye still had an impression of it. Hope Shelter was the one that had previously bought fifty portions of insect repellent powder.
She had not expected that doing business could also bring trouble upon herself. Fortunately, she had temporarily exchanged for the monitoring room, which contained air guns capable of precise strikes. Otherwise, a fierce battle would have been unavoidable.
The air gun was a unique product from the System’s world. It did not require bullets, instead using compressed air to inflict damage, and its power was no less than that of real bullets.
Tang Ye was quite interested in this weapon, but unfortunately, for now, it could only be used in the monitoring room against survivors who invaded the shelter.
However, the System had said that if she unlocked the weapon manufacturing room later, there would be a chance to unlock this type of weapon as well.
Tang Ye opened the System interface and took a look. The weapon manufacturing room required 800,000 energy points, which was even more than the supermarket required, and it also occupied a large area. For now, it was impossible. She could only slowly accumulate energy points.
These intruders carried more than just one handgun. They also had quite a number of mutated crystal cores, all of which were confiscated by the shelter and handed over to Tang Ye.
The bodies were thrown outside the shelter. The beasts lurking outside immediately gathered when they smelled the scent.
After all this commotion, it was already late at night. Tang Ye told everyone to hurry back, disinfect themselves, and rest.
Tang Ye took all the supplies back and placed them in the cabinet in the corner of her room. They could be sold later to survivors who needed them.
After a night passed, when Tang Ye woke up again, it was already fully bright outside.
She posted the announcement about the antidote outside the main gate, then went upstairs.
At this time, the potatoes and Chinese cabbage had fully matured. Following the System’s instructions, Tang Ye pulled the potatoes out from the ground.
Beneath a single potato plant were six potatoes, each about the size of two adult fists. When Tang Ye lifted the plant, she nearly snapped the stems from the weight.
Seeing the results, Tang Ye was very pleased. One plant alone weighed nearly ten jin.
On this plot of land, half of the space had been used to plant potatoes, with a total of eight plants. Each plant had produced this much yield.
Looking at the pile of large potatoes stacked nearby, the corners of Tang Ye’s mouth unconsciously curved into a smile.
After harvesting the potatoes, Tang Ye also cut down all the Chinese cabbage nearby.
Each cabbage was heavy, looking to weigh several jin.
When Tang Ye finished harvesting all the vegetables and turned around, she saw a circle of survivors gathered outside the fence. Everyone stared at the pile of vegetables beside her, their eyes almost glowing.
“Administrator, it’s only been a few days, and you can already harvest?” a survivor asked excitedly.
Tang Ye nodded and, with some effort, dragged two large sacks of vegetables to the farm’s entrance.
The survivors gathered around. Having learned from last time, they did not dare get too close and only stood nearby watching. The burlap sacks were bulging, clearly showing that this small piece of land had yielded quite a lot.
“I’ll help you carry them back,” Jiang Yufeng stepped out from the crowd. Without waiting for Tang Ye’s reply, he hoisted one of the sacks onto his shoulder and walked toward the shelter.
“Administrator, how will these be handled? Will they be sold?” the survivors asked curiously from the side.
Tang Ye lifted the other sack and nodded. “Of course. These will be put up for sale. I’ll post a notice later. Anyone who needs them can come to my room to buy.”
Halfway there, she saw Jiang Yufeng returning. He took the sack from her hands as well.
“I can manage on my own. Are your injuries already healed? Why aren’t you staying in the hospital properly?”
Jiang Yufeng’s lips curved slightly. “It’s nothing, just a minor injury. I went back and slept for a day and it was fine.”
In truth, if it were not for Tang Ye, he would not have been willing to go to the hospital at all. The smell of disinfectant there reminded him of the days he had been confined in the laboratory, which made him particularly irritable.
But strangely, when Tang Ye was by his side, that violent, world-destroying darkness within him seemed to be suppressed somewhat.
Since he had said so, Tang Ye did not continue to persuade him. His body was his own, and she could not control that much.
Jiang Yufeng helped her place the two sacks of vegetables at the door of the Administrator’s room. “All done. Do you want me to carry them inside?”
“No need, just leave them here. Thanks.”
“No need to be polite.” Jiang Yufeng smiled at her, his expression gentle, which made his already handsome face appear even more radiant.
However, his deliberate effort did not draw much of Tang Ye’s attention. Her gaze remained mostly on the two large sacks in front of her.
“Administrator, we saw the announcement on the bulletin board. Is there really an antidote now?” At that moment, some survivors came over to ask.
Only then did Tang Ye remember that after returning to her room yesterday, she had directly posted the written notice. By now, many people had probably already seen it.
“There is indeed an antidote, and it can be stored at room temperature for seven days. It is still limited to one per person,” Tang Ye said.
The survivors instantly erupted in excitement. Being bitten by venomous insects was also deadly. Symptoms such as dizziness and gradually numbing limbs would appear. If someone were bitten while outside alone, it would mean certain death, and even with teammates, they could become a burden.
With an antidote, being bitten by venomous insects would no longer be a certain death situation.
Even though each person could only buy one, everyone remained highly enthusiastic. In no time, a long line had already formed in the corridor.
After placing the vegetables aside, Tang Ye went to the laboratory and brought all the antidotes to her room. New ones were still being produced, and she currently only had one hundred doses.
“Please consume rationally. Survivors who plan to go out should be given priority to purchase. Otherwise, if you don’t use it within a week, it will be wasted,” Tang Ye advised.
However, this advice did not have much effect. Not a single survivor left, and more continued to join.
The one hundred doses of antidote were sold out in the blink of an eye. Those who did not manage to buy any could only wait for the next opportunity.
Each dose was sold for one Level 4 mutated crystal core, equivalent to ten thousand energy points. In an instant, Tang Ye earned one million energy points.
After the survivors dispersed, Tang Ye finally had time to check her balance. She now had a total of 1,141,357 energy points.
From this, it seemed that she could now exchange for the supermarket.
Tang Ye directly clicked on the logistics page, found the supermarket, and spent 500,000 energy points to exchange for it.
Because the supermarket required a large area, Tang Ye also spent 1,000 energy points to exchange for an elevator to the B3 level, then placed the supermarket to the left after exiting the elevator on B3.
The supermarket required a considerable amount of construction time. Tang Ye checked the countdown, it would take three days.
For levels B1 to B3, Tang Ye planned to build eighteen-person dormitories. Just like the upper floors, she exchanged for fifteen eighteen-person dorm rooms, costing 4,500 energy points.
There were also standard facilities, a laundry room, a waste processing station, and a mutated crystal core conversion machine.
After completing the construction, Tang Ye still had 634,357 energy points left. Seeing such a surplus, she exchanged for five more plots of land.
As for the rest, she planned to save up to exchange for the weapon manufacturing room, as well as further farm construction.
After finishing these, she took the elevator to B3 to take a look. Sure enough, there was now an additional button in the elevator. What had originally been solid rock on B3 now had corridors on both the left and right, with rooms on both sides still under construction.
Tang Ye returned to her room. Looking at the two sacks of vegetables inside, she took out a potato, cut it in half, and placed it in a pot to steam.
Soon, the room filled with the distinctive fragrance of potatoes.
Once all the potatoes were steamed, she sprinkled a bit of salt on them. The texture was soft and glutinous, with a savory taste that carried the most natural flavor of the food.
Tang Ye took a bite and nearly burst into tears. Although the taste was not particularly exquisite, it was the flavor she remembered.
Her grandparents lived in the countryside and grew many potatoes. When she went back, her favorite thing to do was to place golden potatoes into the stove, roast them until the skins split open, then break them apart and sprinkle chili powder inside. The taste was indescribably fragrant.
Unfortunately, after the apocalypse began, she had received the last phone call from her grandparents. Both elders had been bitten by neighbors who had turned into zombies. The call was filled with their reluctance to part and their instructions to her. Not long after, only growls remained.
Tang Ye wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and ate the remaining half of the potato. Warmth immediately spread through her stomach, and she felt full.
Next came the question of pricing. A bag of potato seeds cost one hundred energy points, and she had not even used a third of it to produce this much.
After thinking it over, Tang Ye finally set a unified price of ten energy points per jin for both potatoes and Chinese cabbage. If outside survivors wanted to buy, the price would be one hundred energy points per jin.
After setting the price, she posted the notice.
The survivors who had been waiting all this time gathered around as soon as they saw the announcement. This price could be considered very cheap.