[004] Such a Good Thing
[Hosted 17 tenants, condition met]
[Deduct 10 Points to upgrade Level 0 Apartment to Level 1 Apartment?]
“Yes,” Gu Weiwei responded.
[Doomsday Apartment upgraded to Level 1 Apartment. Can unlock 10 additional rooms. Simultaneously, the control range has expanded from 1 meter to 10 meters.]
For the new rooms, she chose the Octuple Rooms just like before to maximize capacity, while turning her full attention to the control range.
Gu Weiwei quickly determined that the control range referred to the perimeter area outside the Doomsday Apartment.
It can actually grow bigger?
At that moment, a thought flashed across Gu Weiwei’s mind.
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Did this mean the apartment wasn’t just a simple building, but acted more like a territory or a domain, where surrounding land could be absorbed into the apartment as it developed?
Gu Weiwei quickly suppressed the thought.
That was all for the future—why overthink it? Take it one step at a time.
She just needed to focus on guarding her own small piece of turf.
During this time, players continued to enter the Doomsday Apartment one after another, all coming to confirm the existence of the place.
After verifying it, most made the same choice as Zhang Jingze and Yu Siyu: whether solo or in teams, they left the Doomsday Apartment to go out and scavenge for supplies, planning to return at night.
Gu Weiwei watched players come and go throughout the apartment, while she herself permanently took up residence in the lounge area, becoming a permanent fixture inside the Doomsday Apartment.
Looking at the dust-covered, exhausted players, Gu Weiwei once again counted herself lucky for binding the Doomsday Landlady System—otherwise, she would have had to venture outside as well.
However, as more and more players began frequenting the place, Gu Weiwei’s presence became a target for a portion of them.
“This Doomsday Apartment belongs to that NPC over there.”
“I heard from other players that she’s the first NPC with an official identity.”
“No wonder this NPC is different from the others—she doesn’t have to worry about the drought weather at all.”
“Do you guys think… we can plunder this NPC’s Doomsday Apartment? Games in the past allowed that! If we successfully take it over, won’t we be the ones enjoying life inside the Doomsday Apartment?”
“Anyway, trying doesn’t cost us anything!”
“…”
As people spoke, quite a few individuals instantly grew tempted.
After all, compared to their grueling work under the scorching high temperatures to stock up on supplies, Gu Weiwei—this NPC—looked completely clean, relaxed, and refreshed, stirring up envy, jealousy, and hatred.
People aren’t afraid of having nothing; they’re afraid of others having what they lack.
After experiencing such a massive catastrophe, some people’s minds had already turned twisted.
Exchanging a few glances, several people quietly drew their weapons and slowly closed in on Gu Weiwei.
Gu Weiwei hadn’t noticed them, but she had a cheat.
[Malice detected within the Doomsday Apartment’s perimeter. Expel?]
When this voice suddenly popped up in her mind, Gu Weiwei froze for a moment.
Turning around, she saw several people heading straight for her with weapons in hand.
“What are you trying to do?” Gu Weiwei stood up and demanded directly. Glancing around the room, her brows knit together involuntarily.
What bothered her wasn’t just these people trying to make a move, but also those nearby who clearly saw what was happening yet chose to stand by and watch.
It was only day one—had human nature already become this warped?
Gu Weiwei quickly understood why.
Because she herself was assumed to be an NPC, she had been labeled as “part of the system” in the Apocalypse Game. In their eyes, she was no longer considered a human being.
This line of thinking only amplified their greed.
Once she realized this, Gu Weiwei didn’t need an answer from them—she simply gave a quiet “Yes” in her mind.
Seeing that Gu Weiwei had spotted them, these players decided to go all out and finish her off.
Yet the moment they moved, they suddenly felt as though their bodies were restrained by an invisible force.
The next second, they were hurled straight out of the Doomsday Apartment.
This scene was witnessed by many players present, and the way they looked at Gu Weiwei completely changed.
As expected of an NPC who could command a safe zone—her abilities were terrifyingly powerful!
In an instant, the sneaky little schemes of many players vanished into thin air.
Noticing the shift in their eyes, Gu Weiwei casually sat back down on the sofa.
[Malicious incident occurred inside the apartment. Rule trigger activated. Please formulate apartment rules.]
Hearing this, Gu Weiwei was surprised and asked in her mind, “Can you formulate them?”
[No response from Owner. Rules auto-generating.]
[Rule 1: The Owner holds absolute ownership of the Doomsday Apartment and has the right to expel any tenant.]
[Rule 2: Players who attack the Owner will be blacklisted and, if necessary, killed outright.]
[Rule 3: Within the Doomsday Apartment, all actions endangering others’ personal safety or damaging others’ interests—including harassment, intimidation, extortion, violence, robbery, etc.—are strictly prohibited. Violators will be blacklisted and have corresponding points deducted.]
[Rule 4: To be continued.]
Auto-generating?
Gu Weiwei felt this “auto” feature was exceptionally smart!
She didn’t bother overthinking it either.
Thinking too much gave her a headache.
All she needed to know was that, for now, she was the sole beneficiary of it all.
To be able to lie back and coast under these conditions—what a blissful thing!
Lazy people have lazy luck; the ancients truly didn’t deceive me!
However, Gu Weiwei—who had just put on a show of authority—had no idea that the existence of the Doomsday Apartment was causing a massive uproar outside.
At this time, after Zhang Jingze and his team left the Doomsday Apartment, they split into several groups to look for part-time work.
As for Zhang Jingze himself, he went to a telecom service center and bought a smartphone.
Precisely because the environment was so realistic, he believed information regarding the game zone would most likely concentrate on the internet.
After all, the internet was the ultimate hub of information.
The moment he got the phone, he opened the short-video app installed by the store clerk—definitely the most used app in this game zone.
Swiping through several videos, Zhang Jingze discovered that the remaining content on the app was all posted by local residents of F City.
After browsing through several clips in a row, his thumb paused on a video filmed at a highway entrance.
The car owner was parked on the highway; up ahead was a massive multi-vehicle pileup crash scene, and further beyond was shrouded in a dense, impenetrable fog, hiding the road ahead completely.
#A mind-boggling event occurred! F City and the outside world have been blocked off by a mysterious force!#
In the comments section, many people had already expressed confusion over this phenomenon, offering all kinds of guesses.
“What on earth is going on? I kept hearing that our F City was cut off from the outside. I thought it was just telecommunications, but I didn’t expect it to be physical reality too!”
“If we can’t get out, does that mean the outside can’t get in either?”
“What is the actual reason for this?”
“Can an official step in and explain? I’m getting really panicked!”
“I felt something was wrong a long time ago! The weather this year has been abnormal—it hasn’t rained in our city for two whole months! And in other places, floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tornadoes… all kinds of bizarre weather events have broken out.”
“The more you think about it, the scarier it gets!”
“Maybe they’re testing some kind of experiment! Trust the government, trust the nation.”
“…”
Seeing one of the comments, Zhang Jingze paused for a moment.
Other places experiencing floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tornadoes… in the future, could those places potentially become game zones as well?
These were all natural disasters—they were worth keeping in mind. Perhaps the next game zone would feature similar natural catastrophes?
After committing this detail to memory, Zhang Jingze kept scrolling down. Suddenly, the screen went black and displayed a notice stating that the video had been taken down.
As Zhang Jingze continued swiping, he realized that any video related to the topic was immediately taken down upon appearing. Only a few clickbait videos managed to temporarily survive, though sensitive words were still strictly censored in the comments sections—anyone typing them faced an immediate ban.
Exiting the short-video app, Zhang Jingze began browsing news across various online platforms. Almost none of them mentioned the incident directly, but Zhang Jingze still managed to uncover past news reports.
#Why hasn’t it rained in F City for two months? It’s due to local atmospheric circulation patterns.#
#Temperatures rising daily with no sign of dropping: Citizens advised to take precautions against heatstroke.#
#Government issues Red High Temperature Alert.#
#Diversion of Northern Water to the South: Large shipments of bottled water enter F City to supply residents’ daily needs.#
#…#
After searching all over the internet, Zhang Jingze let out a long breath.
He had still managed to gather useful information.
Directly searching for temperature records over the past two months, Zhang Jingze discovered a pattern:
In the first month, it increased at a rate of 0.1 degrees per day.
In the second month, it increased at a rate of 0.2 degrees per day.
Today happened to be the first day of the third month, with a current temperature of 40°C. If it continued increasing at a rate of 0.3 degrees per day, it would reach 49°C—still within a bearable range.
However, the exact numbers would depend on the coming days.
Having gained this insight, Zhang Jingze grew even more motivated.
He then manually typed in keywords to search directly.
When Zhang Jingze searched for “Apocalypse Game,” a related forum actually popped up.
To enter this forum, one had to answer a question first:
Where is the location of the Apocalypse Game?
Without hesitation, Zhang Jingze answered: “Blue Star.”
Upon answering, he successfully entered the forum.
With a quick refresh, he realized this forum had been built after the game’s launch by a computer tech expert specifically for Apocalypse Game players.
So far, there weren’t many players on it—only a few thousand—but the number was noticeably growing.
Evidently, after a full day of “development,” many people had acquired “resources” in hand and were naturally able to go online!
Right then, a post caught Zhang Jingze’s attention.
Not for any other reason, but because of four prominent words displayed in the post title: Doomsday Apartment.
He clicked into it without a second thought to read through.
#Doomsday Apartment: The Safe Zone of the Apocalypse Game#
— Got a forced ad from the Apocalypse Game this morning telling me to go to a Doomsday Apartment, claiming it guarantees absolute safety while providing room and board. So I went! I’ve already decided to book a long-term bed there. There’s water for showers and working electricity. Living like this is just as enjoyable as it was before the Apocalypse Game invaded!
After reading the main post, Zhang Jingze’s heart skipped a beat.
On the surface, this post praised the Doomsday Apartment, but in reality, it was setting it up for a fall.
Not a single player could read this post without getting tempted.
Scrolling down to check the comments:
“Is this real or fake?”
“Of course it’s real! I’m sure others received the ad too—step up and confirm it!”
“Why didn’t they send me the ad?”
“Drop the address?”
“Here’s the address: XXX”
“Awesome, heading over right away!”
“Heh, if there’s really such a great place, it’ll belong to me real soon.”
“…”
That final sentence was like tearing open a dangerous seam.
More and more people below shouted about heading over to take it.
After reading it all, Zhang Jingze hesitated in his mind.
Should he head back to inform Gu Weiwei, or join other players in trying to occupy the Doomsday Apartment?
A moment later, Zhang Jingze made his choice.
He chose to trust the Doomsday Apartment.
Handing the task of assembling their team over to Yu Siyu, Zhang Jingze headed straight back with his phone to find Gu Weiwei.
Listening to Zhang Jingze’s words, Gu Weiwei couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
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Was there really such a good thing?