[007] Upgraded Again
Gu Weiwei felt a slight, fleeting trace of regret in her heart, but she was still pretty happy overall.
At the very least, as long as the apartment had a deterrent force, her comfortable days would be more stable and peaceful.
Besides, who wouldn’t love earning more points!
Especially since points represented her ability to live a good life.
Shortly after, her eyes involuntarily drifted across the items in the Doomsday Landlady System’s Mall.
Speaking of which, because she currently possessed two systems, she had deliberately researched the offerings provided by both system malls.
After comparing them, Gu Weiwei discovered that although there was overlap in basic goods—such as daily living supplies like food and water—their core positioning was entirely different.
The Apocalypse Game System Mall offered all kinds of weapons, defensive gear, and combat equipment.
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The Doomsday Landlady System Mall, on the other hand, featured various types of infrastructure, different categories of buildings, roads, warehouses, streetlights, green belts, and so on.
Evidently, the Doomsday Landlady System Mall leaned much more toward business management and operation. As such, many items inside were food stalls, snack shops, and culinary stores of every imaginable variety.
Today, Gu Weiwei had eaten nothing but bread and water.
The combination was far too bland, so much so that she was currently craving all kinds of street snacks.
Since she couldn’t actually eat them right now, she could only satisfy her cravings by eyeing the delicious food in the Mall, while simultaneously familiarizing herself with the products inside the Doomsday Landlady System Mall so she could deploy them when needed to earn points as quickly as possible.
Once she had a general idea of everything, Gu Weiwei returned to the main interface.
Her eyes locked onto the word “Upgrade.”
The apartment was ready to upgrade again!
[Hosted 152 tenants, condition met]
[Deduct 20 Points to upgrade Level 1 Apartment to Level 2 Apartment?]
“Yes.”
[Doomsday Apartment upgraded to Level 2 Apartment. Can unlock 30 additional rooms. Simultaneously, the control range has expanded from 10 meters to 20 meters.]
Looking at the 30 unlockable rooms, Gu Weiwei immediately unlocked them all and put them up for rent on the board.
The very moment they were posted, many players in the lobby noticed right away.
“More rooms were released!”
“Holy crap! So sudden?”
“The way this apartment releases rooms has zero pattern to it at all—10 rooms at a time, then 30 rooms all of a sudden. The time interval isn’t consistent either!”
“Who says there’s no pattern! Maybe it’s whenever the current rooms get completely filled up!”
“As if there’s any worry about rooms not getting filled up? The moment they drop, a huge crowd rushes to snatch them!”
“Ah, but it’s nighttime right now! If we check in now, wouldn’t we be wasting points?”
“You’d be much more convincing if you weren’t actively standing in line right now.”
“Anyway, I think the pattern definitely has to do with tenant numbers.”
“That makes sense—it’s an apartment building after all! If there are performance targets, they’d definitely be tied to the number of tenants.”
“Does this mean this place can keep upgrading?”
“It’s definitely upgrading step by step, otherwise why would rooms be released batch by batch!”
“…”
The players chimed in one after another in discussion. Of course, while their mouths were busy talking, everyone moved fast with their hands—once they secured a spot in line, they firmly held their position.
Whenever anyone tried to cut in line, they were collectively driven away by the united crowd.
Beds don’t come easy—grab them while you can, people!
In just a short while, the 30 rooms released by Gu Weiwei were swept clean in one go, bringing in an income of 1,050 points.
By this time, Gu Weiwei had already returned to her room.
When she saw the countdown on the screen tick down to start with 28 days, her operational income breakdown popped up:
[Wealth (Points): 1,635]
[Product Cost: -200 Points]
[Ad Fee: -5 Points]
[Operational Cost: -50 Points]
[Purchased Items: -16 Points]
[Sales Income: +324 Points]
[Room Booking Income: +1,482 Points]
Earning this much income on the very first day was a truly delightful surprise for Gu Weiwei.
Of course, Gu Weiwei’s eyes involuntarily rested on the operational cost figure.
It had stated this morning that the operational cost was 10 points, yet the final settlement came out to 50 points.
It seemed operational costs were directly tied to the number of rooms! And they would only get higher and higher!
However, judging by the current situation, as long as the Doomsday Apartment maintained its advantage in the game zone, there would be no shortage of income.
After roughly organizing her control panel, she restocked water, bread, and instant noodles back up to 200 units each. After all, the products currently in the Doomsday Apartment weren’t particularly competitive within the game zone; if it weren’t for securing that 6-hour stay time, many players probably wouldn’t buy them at all.
Thinking of her now-plentiful point balance, Gu Weiwei wondered if she could do some reverse hoarding. Using a small number of points, the supplies she could acquire would definitely be more abundant and tastier than those in the Doomsday Landlady System Mall.
Aside from satisfying her own appetite, she had also thought of another possibility:
That was the fact that this game zone still had physical supplies available for scavenging. What if the next game zone didn’t allow for scavenging supplies?
In that case, wouldn’t the low-cost goods she purchased from this game zone yield massive point returns if resold in other game zones?
Expanding her thinking even further:
This game zone featured an Extreme Heat disaster, so wouldn’t there also be an Extreme Cold disaster? Warmth-preserving supplies that were common in this game zone would become life-saving emergency goods in a cold disaster zone!
Ordinary players only had 10 inventory slots, whereas she commanded an entire Doomsday Apartment. Stockpiling supplies would be a walk in the park for her, wouldn’t it?
A plan gradually took shape inside Gu Weiwei’s mind.
Unknowingly, as time ticked away, Gu Weiwei slowly drifted off into dreamland.
Unlike her peaceful sleep, countless people tossed and turned, unable to sleep that night.
Early the next morning, just as the sky was barely breaking dawn, many players packed up their things and headed out of the apartment.
After all, night and early morning were relatively cooler outside compared to daytime. They only had 6 hours of stay time to utilize each day—if they didn’t budget it carefully, surviving would be tough!
At this moment, these “tourists” who only had temporary visitor status were filled with envy and jealousy toward the players who had managed to snag beds.
By spending just a few more points, those tenants could enjoy 24-hour protection inside the apartment alongside a comfortable living environment.
Details about the condition of the Octuple Rooms had already been leaked by others:
Although they were eight-person shared rooms, each bed was roughly one meter wide, everyone had an individual storage locker, and the room was even equipped with a private bathroom and a balcony!
A living situation like this would probably have been considered crude before the Apocalypse Game descended.
However, in the current game zone, it was practically a god-tier existence.
Yet the moment they stepped beyond the apartment’s perimeter, many people instantly sensed that something was wrong.
Hot! Extremely hot!
The sun hadn’t even fully risen at this hour—how could it possibly be this scorching?
“Isn’t this even hotter than high noon yesterday?”
“I feel it too.”
“I’m already sweating.”
“It’s only just past three in the morning!”
“Right, this is supposed to be the coolest time of day.”
“The main issue is that it’s already this hot while it’s still pitch dark out—how hot is it going to get once daytime hits?!”
“The scariest part is that this is only day two of the game.”
“Is this game even giving us a way to live?!”
“…”
When those last few sentences came out, the atmosphere on the scene fell into total silence.
Everyone had already realized the severity of the situation.
At this moment, many felt their throats turn dry and scratchy, their thirst growing even more intense.
News of the rising temperatures spread through the apartment in an instant.
After hearing the news, players grouped up in silent determination and headed out the door.
They had to figure out ways to hoard more supplies! Otherwise, they would definitely not survive a full month!
By the time the sky grew fully light, everyone across the entire apartment was discussing this topic.
Gu Weiwei naturally found out as well.
She instinctively opened the forum to take a look.
#Today’s temp is 45°C, one degree higher than yesterday’s peak—and it’s still morning! Is this giving us any chance to live?#
#Have you checked the player panel? A check-in page was added! Checking in on day 2 grants 1 point—hurry up and check in!#
#Recruiting players: Covers 2 meals a day, extra supply kit included#
#…#
After a quick browse, Gu Weiwei had already gathered the information she wanted.
Instinctively glancing at her own player interface, sure enough, she spotted a [Check-in] tab right behind her point balance.
After clicking it, a notification popped up:
[Congratulations, Player. You have successfully survived for 1 day and received 1 Point.]
1 point was better than nothing for Gu Weiwei, but for ordinary players, it represented a brand-new ray of hope.
“God! We can actually check in, and checking in gives 1 point!”
“Where is it?”
“Right behind the point total!”
“If we can get 1 point a day, that’s an extra 30 points over a month—that means I can afford to stay in the Doomsday Apartment for a full month!”
“Oh right! And it definitely won’t just be 1 point every day either.”
“Now even fewer people will vacate their rooms! Will we still have a chance to get a room?”
“I bet absolutely nobody is going to check out. Instead of wishing for someone to leave, we’d better hope the Doomsday Apartment unlocks new rooms real soon.”
“True that!”
“50 rooms aren’t nearly enough to go around right now!”
“…”
All the players trusted the safety of the Doomsday Apartment completely.
For them, having a safe foothold was paramount.
After all, as things stood right now, supplies were relatively easy to look for, but safe shelters were hard to find.
As they chatted, the gazes of many people involuntarily drifted onto Gu Weiwei.
Eventually, someone plucked up the courage to ask Gu Weiwei directly:
“Boss, when will new rooms be unlocked?”
Hearing this, Gu Weiwei replied directly, “Maybe some more rooms can be released today.”
Ever since the apartment upgraded to Level 2 last night, the conditions to upgrade to Level 3 had been revealed:
[Condition 1: Host 500 tenants]
[Condition 2: 50 Points]
[Condition 3: Buildings 2 (Currently possess Doomsday Apartment 1)]
It was precisely this third condition that confirmed a suspicion for Gu Weiwei: the Doomsday Landlady System preferred for her to continuously expand her scale.
The future of the Doomsday Apartment might not be limited to just a single 100-room building.
Regarding this point, no matter how lazy she was, she could only move to the beat of the Doomsday Landlady System’s drum.
After all, the Doomsday Landlady System was her current “bread and butter”!
She was currently searching through the Mall for a suitable second building.
Once she found one, she would upgrade immediately and open up more rooms.
Hearing Gu Weiwei say this, the players were instantly overjoyed!
They had to snatch a room no matter what!
However, thinking of the endless stream of competitors, quite a few players felt anxious again.
They wanted to ask for a specific timeframe, but remembering Gu Weiwei’s use of the word “maybe,” they swallowed their words right back down.
When it would actually upgrade was probably something even Boss Gu Weiwei herself didn’t know for sure!
Forget it, forget it—leave it to fate!
Considering their current situation, most players ultimately couldn’t afford to just sit around and wait inside the apartment.
After all, their points were already set to be spent on the Doomsday Apartment to secure a safe shelter for themselves. That meant the daily supplies they would need moving forward had to be accumulated through their own hard work outside.
Most importantly, they had realized a stark reality:
The game zone they were currently in was merely a Beginner Realm. If even a Beginner Realm was already this grueling, who knew how terrifying the future Intermediate and Advanced realms would be!
So during their time in this Beginner Realm, they didn’t just need to plan for one month’s worth of supplies—they had to plan for the future as well.
The next moment, the players dispersed all at once, heading out of the Doomsday Apartment in groups.
In the blink of an eye, the entire Doomsday Apartment quieted down significantly.
As for Gu Weiwei, she calmly watched the players set off toward their “life and death” battlefield, before placing the task of acquiring a new building and stockpiling supplies right onto her own agenda.