Looking at the zombies wandering outside, Shiro decided to search the house first.
Although he needed to unlock the Codex entry, he was not in a hurry.
They still did not know whether these monsters would respawn.
If he cleared them all out now, it would be the same as providing a safe environment for players who arrived later.
Those players might even become a threat to them.
On top of that, Shiro had not forgotten that he still needed to search for RV plug-ins and survival points.
Since every player had only just arrived in this world, their first refuel and water refill were free.
However, they would not be getting such generous benefits afterward.
They could only rely on the previously mentioned survival points for supplies, and Shiro and Shizuka were almost out of food as well.
Right now, resources took priority.
When he pushed open the door, dust fell from above, making Shiro and Shizuka cough a few times.
The house that came into view looked somewhat run-down, but the furniture was still arranged fairly neatly overall.
“Let’s check whether there are any hidden zombies first.
Once we confirm there’s no danger, we’ll start gathering supplies.” After thinking for a moment, Shiro decided to proceed carefully.
There were only a few zombies on the street, but judging from the houses he had seen at first glance, the numbers did not match up.
In that case, there were definitely still hidden dangers inside the buildings.
Shizuka’s combat ability was not strong, and even inside a house, she might not be able to beat a zombie.
Although Shizuka’s Saint Healer talent could dispel negative statuses from players, and the zombie virus probably would not affect her, that did not mean it could regrow a missing arm or leg.
Creak.
The door opened with a stiff, rusty sound, breaking the silence.
Immediately after came a familiar low growl.
“Looks like my luck isn’t bad.
The first blind box opened a zombie.” Shiro had Shizuka stay by the front door.
First, she could keep watch and see if any other players entered the resource zone, giving them advance warning.
Second, the room was not very spacious.
It looked like a secondary bedroom, and with one more person inside, Shiro would have trouble moving freely.
With one swing, Shiro broke the zombie’s leg and sent it crashing to the floor.
Then he raised the baseball bat and smashed it directly into the zombie’s head.
The zombie’s brain shattered with a dull crack.
Of course, some blood inevitably splattered onto the hem of Shiro’s pants.
Although he knew the zombie virus could only spread through bites, it was still unpleasant.
They discovered three more zombies in the other rooms.
Only after confirming there were no other dangers did Shiro let Shizuka come inside.
“I’ve cleared out all the zombies in the house.
We can safely gather supplies now.” “Mhm!
Shiro-kun, you’re amazing!
Come here, let Sensei give you a hug as a reward.” Shizuka pounced forward, trying to hug Shiro, but he raised a hand and stopped her.
“I just killed those zombies, so I’m a little dirty.” Seeing Shizuka’s puzzled gaze, Shiro explained softly.
“Ah!
You really are!
Then I won’t hug you.” After carefully looking at Shiro’s pants, Shizuka quickly put some distance between them.
She only had this one set of clothes, and it would be troublesome if they got dirty.
Shiro went into the kitchen first, intending to search for food.
They could stay in the resource zone for up to one month, and survival points could be figured out later.
Right now, food resources took priority.
The parking lot would not provide them with food, so they had to gather it themselves.
Besides, after eating bread for several days, Shiro had long since gotten sick of it.
[Obtained: Canned Tomatoes x5 (Shelf life: 5 months), Canned Beef x3 (Shelf life: 7 months), Clean Bottled Drinking Water x3, Sprouted Sweet Potato x1.] After rummaging through the kitchen and discarding anything that was obviously inedible, this was all that remained.
This amount of food was not enough for two people to last a week.
On top of that, their RV currently had no kitchen, which meant once they opened the cans, they had to eat them quickly, or they would spoil easily.
[Broken Refrigerator (Can be disassembled), Broken Range Hood (Can be disassembled), Broken Stove (Can be disassembled).] Aside from that, there were also three appliances that could be disassembled.
Disassembling was simple.
All he had to do was place his hand near them and connect his thoughts to the system, and the system would automatically break them down.
[Disassembly obtained: Steel x3.] After storing the supplies in his warehouse, Shiro headed toward the basement.
When he had been searching for zombies earlier, he had already done a rough check.
This house was quite large, with many rooms, and there was also a basement for storage.
There might be more usable supplies inside.
However, after entering the basement, Shiro was somewhat disappointed.
There were indeed quite a few things inside, but either because they had been left there for too long or because the system had generated them this way, most of them had already rotted.
They could no longer be used.
With no other choice, Shiro could only return to the house and continue searching other places.
After a while, the two had gathered about everything they could and returned to the front door to meet up.
This time, they obtained a total of twelve cans, including five vegetable cans and seven meat cans.
There were also five bottles of drinkable mineral water and five units of steel.
Aside from that, Shizuka had found an emergency survival kit.
It was a decent healing item, but unfortunately, it only had six durability points, meaning they could only use it six times.
“Looks like there’s nothing else in this house.
Let’s go check the next one.” After walking out of the house, Shiro was just about to head toward the next building and continue gathering supplies.
However, Shizuka’s words quickly drew his attention elsewhere.
“Um, Shiro-kun, should we go take a look over there?” In the distance, a house with a somewhat unique design stood silently in place.
It was surrounded by several buildings similar to the one they had just explored.
If they did not look carefully, it would be rather difficult to notice.
“That works.
That house is obviously different in style and size.
It might be some kind of special building, and there may be things inside that we urgently need.” Shiro did not hesitate.
The distant house was clearly different from the other buildings.
Whether it was a special building or not, the things inside would definitely be better than those in ordinary houses.
While the other players still had not arrived, he could search through that house first.
Taking Shizuka with him, Shiro rushed in that direction.
Along the way, he also cleared out the zombies he saw.
The four zombies he had killed inside the house had brought his Codex progress to 5/10.
He only needed five more to unlock the entry, and Shiro was rather looking forward to what kind of reward the Codex would give him.
Five zombies were not difficult to find.
They were just spread out rather far from one another.
But since there was only one street here, that was not a real problem.
It merely cost Shiro a bit of time.
As the tenth zombie died miserably under Shiro’s baseball bat, the originally black-and-white zombie entry in his mind finally turned to full color.