"What's wrong, Ruoyao?" Gu Pingsheng asked.
"Just now, Xiaofang confessed to you, and you seemed really happy..." Li Ruoyao turned her head, her eyes bright as she spoke softly to Gu Pingsheng.
Gu Pingsheng sneaked a glance at the second row.
Liu Xiaofang was still in a daze.
Noticing Gu Pingsheng's gaze, she quickly lowered her head, too shy to speak, her body even trembled a bit.
"Well... I didn't expect Xiaofang to like me. We usually don't interact much," Gu Pingsheng said, scratching his nose.
Li Ruoyao's mood improved slightly.
"Why do you care about this? It's not like she confessed to you," Gu Pingsheng asked curiously.
"Who cares! Get lost!" Li Ruoyao's mood, which had just improved, soured again.
What do you mean, not confessing to me?
What a clueless guy.
"Oh, that's fine then," Gu Pingsheng replied nonchalantly.
Li Ruoyao choked, almost infuriated by Gu Pingsheng.
But then she thought... she really had no right to be angry.
Perhaps before the crossing, she could throw a little tantrum and make Gu Pingsheng guess.
But now... 41 girls, 1 boy...
Too many wolves, too little meat. If Gu Pingsheng really got snatched by another girl, wouldn't that be a disaster?
She shook her head, wondering why she was even thinking about this.
"I have five slots of bread, two slots of canned food, one slot of instant noodles, one slot of self-heating rice, and one slot of pork jerky," Li Ruoyao hesitated for a moment, "Can I trade some of these for water with you later?"
"Of course, no problem. I mainly grabbed water earlier, and you took food, so we can complement each other," Gu Pingsheng readily agreed.
He and Li Ruoyao had a good relationship because Gu Pingsheng's parents were often abroad for work, so since middle school, it was Li Ruoyao's aunt, Lin Ziyi, who helped take care of him.
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Gu Pingsheng owed a lot to Aunt Lin and Ruoyao.
"Alright, thank you, Pingsheng."
"Class Monitor," Lin Qiunan approached and said, "Those shelves are quite useful. According to the prompt, I see they are made of ordinary-grade iron ingots. Maybe after the students finish grabbing food, we can dismantle the shelves to get iron ingots."
"Dismantle?" Gu Pingsheng quickly opened the Bus Panel.
[Bus Panel:
Name: None.
Bus Number: 15200.
Level: 1.
Quality: Common Low-grade (Upgrade level or modify to improve bus quality.)
Number of Members: 42.
Speed: 20 km/h.
Durability: 10/10.
Upgrade Requirements: Ordinary-grade Wood ×100, Ordinary-grade Leather ×20, Ordinary-grade Iron Ingot ×10, Energy Core ×1.
1: Speed increased to 40 km/h.
2: Durability increased to 20.
3: Slight increase in defense.
4: Obtain any blueprint ×1.
5: Gain one function.
Current Bus Function: Dismantle.
Note: Level 1 bus provides dismantling function, which can break down large items into basic materials, e.g., a common-grade table can be dismantled into wood.]
Gu Pingsheng's head spun with all the information.
Ordinary-grade...
Upgrade...
Dismantle.
"Lin Qiunan, what's the quality of the zombies?"
"I think it's Common Low-grade quality, right?" Lin Qiunan replied.
"I see, thanks for the reminder."
Gu Pingsheng certainly wouldn't miss out on the iron ingots.
He understood the importance of the bus's level.
The higher the level, the higher the safety.
Soon, the female students returned with their scavenged supplies.
Some were elated, while others were disheartened, having failed to grab their desired items.
"Sigh, there's no water left, I'm so thirsty..."
"So annoying, those Class Committee Members who grabbed supplies first didn't leave a single bottle of water."
"Complaining won't help, we should've gone down first. There were only two zombies, I should've gone down, I regret it."
"We'll have to trade other supplies for it later, there's no other way."
"Don't say that, those two zombies were quite scary... all bloody, ew, I even stepped on it with my shoe, it's so disgusting..."
...
Gu Pingsheng naturally heard the complaints.
But he felt he had been fair enough, and if someone like Huang Ting was dissatisfied, there was nothing he could do.
As always, Gu Pingsheng couldn't please everyone.
Soon, after everyone returned to the bus.
Gu Pingsheng and Li Ruoyao didn't sit idle; they went back to the convenience store to move the iron shelves.
Gu Pingsheng struggled, barely able to lift one with both hands, even with the double bonus, while Li Ruoyao lifted it with one hand, carrying it on her shoulder...
The contrast!
No wonder she had a Tenfold Constitution!
"Class Monitor, Study Commissioner, what are you doing?" Luo Xiaoxue asked curiously.
Seeing some students confused, Gu Pingsheng briefly explained the importance of the bus.
Soon, some girls, hearing this, also came down to help move the shelves.
Several girls from the first batch voluntarily came down to help move the shelves.
Some new ones also came down to help.
Luo Xiaoxue wanted to run down eagerly, but Gu Pingsheng stopped her.
This little one had no strength at all, and when asked, her constitution was only 3...
How could she possibly carry anything?
After dismantling all the shelves.
There were a total of 210 iron ingots.
After placing 10 iron ingots on the Upgrade Panel, there were 200 iron ingots left, just enough for two slots.
"Does anyone have empty slots? Two slots, can you help store the iron ingots? It's not for free, at least two bottles of 500 ml water as compensation."
Many girls were tempted, and Chen Tong'er glanced at Gu Pingsheng, wanting to say something.
But Liu Xiaofang patted Liu Xiaoying on the butt.
Liu Xiaoying immediately understood her sister's intention. Blushing, she approached, but was too shy to look at Gu Pingsheng, and said weakly,
"I-I have two empty slots, you can fill them with iron ingots."
"Thank you, Liu Xiaoying."
"No, no need to thank me... it's what I should do..."
After filling the slots, Gu Pingsheng handed her two bottles of water. She took the water, blushing, and returned to her seat.
Looking at Xiaoying, who looked very similar to Xiaofang, Gu Pingsheng wondered, "Could Liu Xiaoying also like me?"
Forget it, maybe Liu Xiaoying is just shy.
And why am I even thinking about whether others like me? It's not like I can ask directly in front of everyone.
That would be too awkward.
Gu Pingsheng opened the Trading Market.
The Trading Market was also divided by region, and only drivers could trade in the market, regular players didn't have this privilege.
In Region 6's Trading Market, there were probably only about 2,000 drivers...
Gu Pingsheng posted three purchase requests, seeking ordinary-grade wood, leather, and energy cores.
As for the resources he had, they included iron ingots, food resources, and water resources.
After posting, he waited for other drivers to contact him.
Soon, after handling everything, Gu Pingsheng closed the door, and all the female students sat back in their seats.
Gu Pingsheng glanced at the time; it was now 11 a.m.
The bus started moving, and from the back, the sound of packaging being torn open kept coming.
It was almost noon, and many female students were hungry, so they started eating. The bus was filled with the aroma of various snacks.
Gu Pingsheng's appetite was also piqued.
Li Ruoyao noticed and got up to come to Gu Pingsheng's side, "Pingsheng, do you need me to help you?"
Gu Pingsheng had intended to stop the bus.
But Li Ruoyao seemed to be offering to feed him.