[003] The Apartment Upgraded
Inside the Doomsday Apartment.
Before any guests arrived, Gu Weiwei went straight to the Single Room.
The Single Room wasn’t much different from a standard king room in a hotel; it even came fully equipped with home appliances.
Just as Gu Weiwei excitedly prepared to take a nice bath, she discovered that the water and electricity allocation included with the room was fixed. Anything beyond that quota had to be purchased, eliminating the possibility of tenants wasting resources right at the source.
Fortunately, because she was in the Single Room, the water provided was enough for a quick rinse.
After a quick wash, Gu Weiwei washed her clothes as well and spent 1 point in the Mall to buy a fresh outfit to change into.
Compared to food, the prices of clothes and everyday supplies in the Doomsday Landlady System’s Mall were surprisingly low.
After showering, Gu Weiwei lay flat on the big bed in her room. With the comfortable room temperature and a mattress that was neither too soft nor too firm, she drifted off to sleep.
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She slept until an unknown time later, when a voice suddenly sounded in her mind.
[Advertisement broadcast completed. A total of over 700 players received the notification. Host, please prepare to welcome guests.]
Hearing this, Gu Weiwei immediately shivered and sat right up from the bed.
Looking at the synchronized information on the screen, Gu Weiwei quickly cleared her head.
Over 700 players… did it only send the message to nearby players?
Still, that was no small number. As long as these players came and each bought just a single bottle of water, she could earn hundreds of points!
She hoped as many players would come as possible!
After all, players equaled a wonderful life of coasting by!
Besides, players could also survive much better thanks to the Doomsday Apartment—a win-win situation!
Not long after Gu Weiwei freshened up and returned to the lobby, the glass main doors of the Doomsday Apartment moved as a figure pushed the door open and walked in.
The visitor was none other than Yu Siyu.
When she entered the Doomsday Apartment, she felt a slight tinge of anxiety in her heart.
The promotional message had sounded so good, but seeing a name related to the Apocalypse Game, it was hard for her not to remain vigilant.
Of course, her primary goal was to inspect the Doomsday Apartment’s situation to see if she could find any breakthroughs.
To her surprise, upon entering, she discovered someone was already inside.
“Hello, welcome!” Gu Weiwei waved toward Yu Siyu.
Facing such a bright smile, it was hard for Yu Siyu to harbor any malice. She instinctively replied, “Hello.”
After speaking, she broke into a dry cough due to dehydration, her lips cracked and peeling.
Having rushed about in the scorching heat for so long, Yu Siyu was truly exhausted and parched right now.
Along the way, she had naturally taken drinks from the water she had bought, but she hadn’t dared to drink too much, only taking small sips.
Later, while searching for the Doomsday Apartment’s location, she had even forgotten to drink entirely.
Now her throat felt incredibly tight, yet she didn’t dare pull water out of her backpack right in front of a stranger.
Gu Weiwei had already noticed her disheveled state and said directly, “Do you need water? It’s sold over at the vending machine.”
Following the direction Gu Weiwei pointed, Yu Siyu nodded and walked over, spotting the vending machine at a glance.
Whether this place could reliably supply water was a critical point.
Walking up to the vending machine, Yu Siyu immediately noticed that there were only three types of products stocked inside.
So few?
However, seeing that water only cost 2 points, Yu Siyu’s eyes lit up—it was more than half off compared to the Apocalypse Game’s official mall!
How conscientious!
Yu Siyu bought a bottle without hesitation.
After retrieving it, she chugged it down eagerly.
After drinking half the bottle to quench her thirst, she set it down, still wanting more.
In this moment, she had indulged in a small luxury.
Of course, there was another important reason: she hoped that by buying this bottle of water, she could strike up a conversation with Gu Weiwei.
After all, Gu Weiwei was clearly associated with this Doomsday Apartment.
“Is there a purchase limit on water?” Yu Siyu immediately asked Gu Weiwei.
Upon hearing this, Gu Weiwei replied directly, “No purchase limits!”
As long as you have enough points, you can buy as much as you want.
“Will there be more products available later?”
“The items in the Doomsday Apartment should gradually increase over time.”
“Are you the boss of the Doomsday Apartment?” Yu Siyu continued to ask, her expression thoughtful. This was the first official game NPC she had encountered!
“Yes,” Gu Weiwei nodded.
“What rules are there in the Doomsday Apartment? Can I stay here continuous without checking in?” Yu Siyu hurriedly inquired.
By now, she had realized that this Doomsday Guesthouse was a magical place. Once inside, the scorching heatwave outside seemed to have nothing to do with this space.
She felt that perhaps this was a safe zone designated by the Apocalypse Game.
“As for rules, there are none for now. However, non-tenant visitors can only stay inside the apartment for up to 6 hours per day,” Gu Weiwei stated directly.
This rule came built-in with the Doomsday Landlady System, and Gu Weiwei completely understood it. After all, only by doing this could it entice players to rent rooms while also protecting the interests of the tenants.
Yu Siyu wasn’t surprised; hearing “6 hours,” she actually thought it was quite generous.
At least during critical emergencies, there would be a safe haven.
“Is this place managed automatically?” Yu Siyu kept asking.
“Yes, everything is automated. If you want to book a room, you can register over at the front desk.”
Hearing this, Yu Siyu immediately went to check out the front desk. The desk computer faced outward toward them, displaying the currently available housing options and the price required for each room.
Seeing that a Single Room cost 10 points, Yu Siyu couldn’t help but click her tongue slightly.
This was a bit too expensive. With the 100 points in their hands, even without eating or drinking, they wouldn’t be able to stay for even half a month.
However, when her eyes caught the Octuple Room, they instantly lit up.
An Octuple Room cost 32 points, which averaged out to just 4 points a night per bed! For a full month, that would only be around 120 points. As long as she made good use of the 6-hour visitor rule, she could easily get through the month—she would only need to work hard to prepare a month’s worth of required water and supplies.
However… as large as this apartment was, there were surprisingly only 9 available rooms, which could accommodate 72 people in total.
Yet there were 100,000 players in this entire zone!
Realizing how tight the spots were, Yu Siyu couldn’t help asking, “Will there be more rooms later?”
“Yes, but this building only holds 100 rooms total,” Gu Weiwei said directly.
Either way, she advised Yu Siyu to book a room early.
As the environment grew increasingly dangerous, getting a room wouldn’t be easy!
Just then, there was movement at the entrance again as several people surged in from the outside.
Seeing this, Yu Siyu operated the front desk screen without hesitation, securing a bed for herself in an Octuple Room.
The moment it was booked, a room card was ejected from a machine at the front desk.
Yu Siyu quickly pocketed it.
Meanwhile, the crowd that entered felt that the temperature inside was significantly lower than outside, and every one of them grew a bit excited.
“So comfortable! What a stark contrast to the outside!”
“Yeah! I feel like it’s getting hotter and hotter out there. Compared to when we arrived this morning, it’s definitely risen by over ten degrees.”
“This must be the game’s safe zone.”
“I knew it! There’s no way the game wouldn’t leave us a single way to live.”
“I wonder if the water and food here are expensive?”
“Look, there’s someone over there.”
“…”
Discussing among themselves, their gazes turned toward Gu Weiwei and Yu Siyu, and they enthusiastically walked over.
“Are you two players as well?” Zhang Jingze, the leader of the group, asked first.
“I’m a player,” Yu Siyu replied, then lowered her voice to add, “She’s an NPC—the boss of this apartment building.”
NPC?
When Yu Siyu spoke those words out loud, Gu Weiwei realized Yu Siyu had misunderstood her identity—no wonder she had been so respectful just now!
A hint of slyness flashed deep in her eyes.
She hadn’t originally planned on this, but looking at it now, pretending to be an NPC seemed like a great choice.
At any rate, with the Doomsday Apartment around, she wouldn’t need to step outside.
Thinking this, she spoke up to the newly arrived Zhang Jingze and his group: “Hello, welcome to the Doomsday Apartment.”
“Regarding the Doomsday Apartment… is it convenient to tell us more?” Zhang Jingze asked Gu Weiwei directly.
“Regarding everything about the apartment, you’ll need to explore it yourselves,” Gu Weiwei stated directly. She was too lazy to host them personally; otherwise, if she had to introduce the place to every single person who walked in, how much breath would she waste?
Hearing this, Zhang Jingze and the others showed understanding.
It seemed games were usually played this way! Information had to be gathered by oneself.
Looking at their expressions, Gu Weiwei couldn’t help but pause for a second.
People’s internal headcanons are truly terrifying!
Still, she liked it!
Immediately after, Zhang Jingze’s group began exploring the entire apartment.
Only after a long while did they gather together again.
“Unless you’re renting a room, you can only stay inside the apartment by making purchases. You can stay for up to 6 hours a day at most. If you don’t buy anything, you can only stay for ten minutes, no more than three times total.”
“Once you check in, you can stay inside the guesthouse continuously. Right now, we can buy beds for just 4 points.”
“There are only three types of goods right now, but luckily, the prices are cheaper than the game mall—especially a bottle of water, which only costs 2 points.”
“Also, the ad message mentioned guaranteeing tenant safety. It seems there are safety rules enforced within this area.”
As various implicit rules were pieced together, the players present felt a bit disappointed, yet also a bit relieved.
The disappointment came from the fact that, relying on their points alone, they simply couldn’t afford to stay inside the apartment indefinitely. They still needed to return to the game zone with its scorching heatwaves, unable to escape the need to scavenge for supplies.
The relief came from having the Doomsday Apartment as a foothold—they weren’t completely without support in the game zone. After all, the Doomsday Apartment was clearly a place where they could live with peace of mind.
“How on earth are we supposed to earn points? The game only gave us 100 points, yet expects us to stay in this game zone for a full month.”
“There are definitely hidden point rewards; it’s just that it’s only day one of the game, so we don’t know about them yet.”
“Game points can be transferred… what if it’s involuntary?”
“Since there’s no rule against it, that means the game allows players to plunder points from each other.”
That last sentence was spoken by a scholarly-looking guy wearing glasses in the team. He was simply drawing a deduction based on the existing conditions.
Right now, it was day one of the game, so everyone had sufficient points in hand.
However, if moving forward, everyone continuously spent their points just to survive… when their points ran out and they faced life-threatening danger, what would people do?
Every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost.
Realizing this, everyone present fell silent.
They knew very well that such a scenario was extremely likely to happen.
After all, even they couldn’t guarantee what kind of choices they would make when their own lives were threatened.
Eavesdropping from the side, Yu Siyu felt her heart sink slightly.
“How about we form a team together?” Zhang Jingze suggested directly. “At least with more people, those with ill intentions will think twice before acting.”
They had gathered in a spot some distance away from the Doomsday Apartment.
Before formally entering, they had been observing from afar and noticed that only players could see the Doomsday Apartment; NPCs didn’t notice it at all.
Later, seeing people nearby constantly staring at the Doomsday Apartment, they realized those were all players as well. As more and more gathered, they eventually ventured into the place together.
Coming together like this could be considered fate.
Zhang Jingze believed that as long as everyone united, with the help of the Doomsday Apartment, the success rate of overcoming this crisis would be very high.
“Okay, I agree.”
“I agree too.”
“…”
Most players agreed, while only a small portion remained silent and quietly backed out of the group.
Regarding this, Zhang Jingze didn’t react much—it was entirely voluntary anyway!
“I agree too,” Yu Siyu chimed in hurriedly. Previously, she had fought solo simply because she felt gathering together wasn’t necessarily safer than being alone. Seeing that this temporarily formed team seemed reasonably safe for now, she decided to join!
She still needed to hoard plenty of goods!
Immediately after, the group of people forming the new team began getting to know each other and formulating their future survival plans on the spot.
Watching this scene, Gu Weiwei’s expression turned slightly subtle.
Human adaptability was truly strong!
As for her, in order to avoid having to strive desperately like other players, she still needed to hold tightly onto the Doomsday Landlady System’s big golden thigh!
A short while later, after the group finished discussing, they decided to take advantage of the remaining daylight outside to head out together and see if they could hoard more supplies from outside.
Although things in the Doomsday Apartment were cheap, they still had to be bought using points after all.
Under conditions where they had the ability to acquire supplies from elsewhere, points should naturally be saved whenever possible.
As for booking rooms, some did while others didn’t.
Zhang Jingze booked one.
He had simply estimated the number of spots available and felt rooms would be in high demand.
If he could stay continuously, why choose the restricted 6-hour limit?
Besides, he felt that rooms in an Apocalypse Game safe zone might serve some major undisclosed purpose.
After Yu Siyu, Zhang Jingze, and their group left, the entire apartment fell quiet for a moment.
Gu Weiwei immediately checked her control panel.
[Wealth (Points): 175]
[Product Cost: -50 Points]
[Ad Fee: -5 Points]
[Purchased Items: -2 Points]
[Sales Income: +64 Points]
[Room Booking Income: +68 Points]
Finally, there was income coming in!
What’s more, it looked like the apartment was ready to be upgraded!