[002] Apartment Advertisement
Along with the sound, a virtual screen forced its way open right before Gu Weiwei, bossily shoving the Apocalypse Game’s player panel off into the corner.
Domineering enough! She liked it!
“System?” Gu Weiwei called out.
After a long pause with no response, Gu Weiwei focused her gaze on the newly appeared virtual screen in front of her.
A model was currently displayed on the screen.
Looking at the model, Gu Weiwei instantly recognized it.
This was her building in the city center! Had it actually been brought into the game world with her?
[Host, please follow the instructions to proceed to the location of the building.]
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The next moment, large red arrows began to appear on the screen, guiding Gu Weiwei.
Naturally, Gu Weiwei followed them.
A short while later, in a nearby block, she spotted a familiar building.
[Activate building?]
“Yes.”
[Please name the property.]
“Doomsday Apartment.”
Apocalypse Game, Doomsday Landlady System, Doomsday Apartment.
Might as well stick with the full doomsday package!
Following Gu Weiwei’s words, a shiny new sign appeared on the building before her.
Letting out a soft sigh, Gu Weiwei walked straight into the house.
At a glance, she discovered that while the exterior looked completely identical, the interior had changed.
After all, she hadn’t let the space on the 1st floor go to waste before; she had set up several rooms ready to rent out. Now, those rooms were gone, leaving behind only an empty main lobby.
At this point, the panel shifted from a mere model into a model paired with data.
[Building: Doomsday Apartment (Upgradable)]
[Level: Level 0]
[Owner: Gu Weiwei]
[Description: Within the building’s perimeter, the owner holds absolute control and immunity to all damage.]
[Wealth (Points): 100]
[Mall: Open, items available for purchase]
[Facilities: 0]
[Tenants: 0]
The moment she saw “immunity to all damage,” her spirits instantly lifted.
This meant she could continue to coast through life as a lazy landlady!
Heh, safe housing in the Apocalypse Game, check!
As long as she managed this apartment well, her lifestyle wouldn’t change one bit!
[Building activated. Newbie Gift Pack obtained!]
[Newbie Gift Pack: Apartment Sign *1, Front Desk *1, Lounge Area *1, Public Restroom *1, Vending Machine 1, Rooms 10.]
The moment the gift pack appeared, the lobby layout was displayed on the apartment map before Gu Weiwei, with every item already placed in an initial location.
Seeing that the placements were very reasonable, Gu Weiwei didn’t bother changing them and confirmed immediately.
Upon confirmation, in the blink of an eye, the apartment lobby instantly took on a formal look.
Next, she walked straight up to the front desk. She wanted to see how this apartment was supposed to be run.
The front desk was already equipped with a computer, and behind it was a large light screen meant for display projections.
Right now, the number of rooms shown on the computer reached 100, but they were all locked, except for 10 that were labeled as unlockable.
Evidently, the upper limit of this apartment was 100 rooms—far more than the original building had!
Currently, there were 10 rooms available. Increasing the room count later on had conditions attached: the apartment needed to be upgraded.
For instance, the apartment was currently at Level 0, so it only had 10 rooms. But if it were upgraded to Level 1, another 10 rooms could be unlocked.
Upgrading to a Level 1 Apartment required two conditions:
[Condition 1: Host 10 tenants]
[Condition 2: 10 Points]
Gu Weiwei glanced at it and kept reading down.
[Facilities: 6]
[1. Apartment Sign (Increases tenant attraction)]
[2. Front Desk (Provides room information to tenants)]
[3. Lounge Area (Increases tenant satisfaction)]
[4. Public Restroom (Convenience for tenants)]
[5. Vending Machine (Requires stock)]
[6. Rooms (Requires unlocking)]
Checking the facilities, Gu Weiwei found that three of them required action.
Front Desk: [Please specify manager: 1. Owner Gu Weiwei; 2. Hire staff; 3. Autonomous operation]
Vending Machine: [Please open the Mall to stock products]
Rooms: [Please determine room types and pricing]
Gu Weiwei operated the system without hesitation.
For the front desk operator, Gu Weiwei skipped the first two options and chose autonomous operation without a second thought.
[Autonomous Front Desk Operation confirmed.]
Next was the Mall.
After tapping into it, an array of goods appeared on the screen. Purchasing items used the Apocalypse Game’s points; the two systems shared the currency.
Water: 1 point.
Bread: 1 point.
Instant Noodles: 2 points.
Potato Chips: 2 points.
Chocolate: 2 points.
…
They were basically all neatly packaged goods.
Currently, there were 20 product slots in total.
Checking her point balance, Gu Weiwei selected three items directly: water, bread, and instant noodles.
10 bottles of water for 10 points.
10 loaves of bread for 10 points.
10 packs of instant noodles for 20 points.
Once purchased, she doubled the price and listed them right away.
Doubling for profit—more than enough!
After listing the items, Gu Weiwei saw the three new products instantly appear in the vending machine. As long as she didn’t change them, the vending machine would automatically restock itself in the future.
Lastly came the rooms.
When selecting from the unlockable rooms, five room types appeared: Single Room, Double Room, Quad Room, Octuple Room, and Family Room.
Gu Weiwei observed that under the unlockable status, no points were required to unlock them. In other words, for the initial 10 rooms, she didn’t need to spend extra points.
However, unlocking additional rooms later on would require the corresponding points.
Without hesitation, Gu Weiwei unlocked one Single Room and nine Octuple Rooms.
There were 100,000 players in this game zone! Plus, it was early in the game; if prices were too high, players definitely wouldn’t be willing to part with their money.
As for the Single Room, that was set aside for herself!
No matter how hard things got, she wouldn’t let herself suffer!
Not to mention, this was a zero-cost business anyway!
After unlocking them, Gu Weiwei set the prices according to the lowest rate allowed by the system.
[Room Type: Single Room]
[Unit Price: 10 Points]
[Vacancies: 0]
[Room Type: Octuple Room]
[Unit Price: 32 Points]
[Vacancies: 9]
Once the rooms were unlocked, information about vacancy immediately appeared on the front desk computer and was projected onto the screen behind it.
[Detected that Doomsday Apartment meets business qualifications. Begin operations?]
Gu Weiwei gave a firm “Yes.”
[Doomsday Apartment has begun operations. Current daily operational cost is 10 Points, settled daily after 0:00.]
[Spend 5 Points to run advertisements to players?]
Seeing the operational cost, Gu Weiwei was caught off guard.
This system was a major point-eater too!
Fortunately, she hadn’t spent all her points.
However, as long as she had customers, earning 10 points a day should be fairly easy.
Take water for example: she had just compared prices, and a bottle of water in the player mall cost a whopping 5 points! The Landlady System’s Mall was vastly cheaper.
As for running ads, it was a absolute necessity!
She had to let players know that such an apartment existed before she could make money!
It just so happened she didn’t feel like going outside to solicit customers anyway.
Gu Weiwei chose “Yes” again without hesitation.
[Advertisement being broadcasted, please wait…]
Compared to Gu Weiwei, who had obtained an apartment, a territory, and a clear goal, most people were still in a state of shock and panic over the sudden shift in their world.
The environment around them was unfamiliar, the people were unfamiliar… everything was unfamiliar.
Only the content displayed on the screen before their eyes formally told them that they weren’t dreaming: their world had truly been gamified!
They had become players constantly teetering on the edge of life and death.
After realizing this, those with strong psychological resilience quickly adapted and began preparing to hoard supplies.
After all, in an apocalyptic world, anyone knew that resources were of the utmost importance.
Players in the Extreme Heat world hoarded water and food.
Players in the Extreme Cold world hoarded warm clothing and food.
Players in the Zombie world searched for weapons and safe zones.
…
They were all struggling just to stay alive.
As for those who couldn’t adapt to the environment, those who did nothing but curse, or those in vulnerable groups—they were met with the oppression of the game and the abuse of others. If they couldn’t endure it, the only thing awaiting them was death.
Because the rules had changed.
The survival of the fittest had become the prevailing norm ever since the Apocalypse Game descended.
And Yu Siyu was one of the earliest people to grasp these “new rules.”
Before the world was gamified by the apocalypse, she had loved reading apocalyptic web novels. She just had never expected that reality would actually see such a day come to pass.
Right at the beginning, she noticed someone parading down the street holding up a sign about the Apocalypse Game, so she quickly went over to join them.
However, once everyone met up and realized the current situation of this game zone, someone actually suggested going to steal things from NPCs.
She knew very well that when facing threats to survival, most people would make choices that favored themselves—that was beyond reproach.
What she feared, however, was that once this floodgate opened, those who targeted NPCs might turn around in the future and target fellow players who also held points.
Therefore, she took the opportunity to leave the group and quietly found a part-time job at a nearby small diner.
If she couldn’t join them, she could only stay away and keep a low profile.
After 3 hours of grueling work, she earned 60 yuan.
“Pull out your payment QR code, I’ll pay you,” the boss lady said with a smile, clearly satisfied with Yu Siyu’s work capacity.
“You can just give me cash,” Yu Siyu urged quickly.
While the boss lady went to get the money, she continued, “Do you still need help for the dinner rush?”
“No need, we’re closing up to rest,” the boss lady shook her head. Looking at Yu Siyu, she lowered her voice to warn her, “Our suppliers can’t deliver goods anymore. Little girl, remember to quickly stock up on more water and food!”
“Thank you,” Yu Siyu took the money and expressed her thanks.
At that moment, she had an illusion that the NPC beside her felt like a real flesh-and-blood person. The NPCs in this game were so damn intelligent!
When Yu Siyu took the money to a nearby convenience store to buy water, the price of water in the shop had already surged.
“A bottle of water costs 10 yuan now,” the clerk warned quickly, seeing Yu Siyu head straight for the water.
Hearing this, Yu Siyu took 5 bottles of water directly and used the rest of her money to buy cheap, bulk biscuits.
At the same time, the clerk’s store was receiving countless electronic orders, and he began hustling around in a hurry.
Watching this scene, a surge of tension couldn’t help but rise in Yu Siyu’s heart.
Moving forward, buying supplies would become harder and harder.
Like this, could she really clear the game? If not… perhaps the only thing waiting for her was death.
A faint, self-deprecating smile touched the corners of Yu Siyu’s lips.
Perhaps death was a release?
Just as Yu Siyu was mocking herself, she felt the screen in front of her flash as a new message suddenly popped up.
[Doomsday Apartment Grand Opening!]
[Doomsday Apartment is officially open for business! Providing room and board, available for rent starting from 1 day. Guaranteed protection of tenants’ personal safety within the apartment.]
[Location: XXX]
[Note: The currency spent inside Doomsday Apartment is Points]
This message flashed continuously on the screen like a virus invasion, lasting for 30 seconds before finally disappearing. However, the content displayed on it became deeply burned into Yu Siyu’s mind.
Doomsday Apartment?
Was it related to the Apocalypse Game?
Finally, her eyes locked onto words like room and board and safety.
For those two points alone, she had to go check it out!
Shortly after, Yu Siyu rushed over according to the address provided.
And a scene like this didn’t just happen to Yu Siyu—players within a certain radius of the Doomsday Apartment all received the announcement. Upon receiving the message, most set aside their current plans and made a run toward the Doomsday Apartment.