“Eat, eat, eat! All you know how to do is eat!”
Song Leyi suddenly turned around and screamed furiously.
“What else can you useless people do besides beg for food?! Next time zombies come, I’ll throw all of you outside to feed them!”
Wang Tingting trembled in fear and immediately fell silent.
The other girls inside the cave lowered their heads quietly as well.
At that moment—
Song Leyi’s private chat suddenly flashed.
Annoyed, she opened the message, prepared to curse at whoever it was.
But the moment she saw the sender—
She froze.
【Boss Huang (Shelter No.088)】
Three days ago, she had accidentally added this so-called “big shot” through the regional communication channel.
According to him, he controlled a shelter of over thirty people.
He had spawned in a city area and established himself using an abandoned department store.
His shelter possessed abundant resources and multiple superpowered users.
A genuine powerhouse.
Someone capable of completely changing the fate of their shelter.
The message was direct.
“Hey, little beauty. Heard your place has a lot of girls?”
“Need food?”
…
Meanwhile, inside Lin Mao’s shelter…
Li Ruyue cautiously peeked into the cave.
Only after confirming Lin Mao had noticed her did she slowly walk inside.
In her hands was a bowl of steaming rice covered in braised beef noodle broth.
Beside it sat a simple vegetable soup made from dehydrated vegetable packets.
“I was worried you might get tired of instant noodles,” she said softly.
“So I tried making it differently for you.”
Lin Mao nodded approvingly.
Braised beef noodles were delicious—
But no matter how good something tasted, eating it every single day would eventually become unbearable.
As for the dry vegetables…
They tasted awful.
But Lin Mao hadn’t eaten real vegetables from the old world in days.
Right now, even this simple meal nearly moved him to tears.
After eating his fill, Lin Mao leaned comfortably against the bed.
This—
This was how humans were supposed to live.
Compared to the miserable survival he had endured after transmigrating, today felt like heaven.
Li Ruyue felt the same.
Yesterday, she had still been trapped inside a filthy cave, starving and terrified.
Now she lives in a clean shelter with hot food and soup.
The contrast was almost unreal.
Thinking about the terrible conditions in the old shelter, she secretly felt relieved.
Thankfully…
She had chosen to walk out that day.
But then another thought suddenly crossed her mind.
There was only one bed in the room.
Did that mean…
The three of them would sleep together tonight?
The moment she imagined it, Li Ruyue immediately lowered her head.
Her face turned bright red.
Only then did Lin Mao realize she was still standing there awkwardly.
She had already changed into the camouflage uniform he gave her earlier.
Although it was slightly oversized, tying it tightly with grass rope solved the problem.
“Why are you still standing there?” Lin Mao asked casually.
Li Ruyue hesitated for several seconds before replying in a tiny voice.
“The girls in the shelter said…”
“If you follow you… then you’d have to sleep with you…”
“So… so we…”
Her voice became quieter and quieter until the last few words were practically inaudible.
Lin Mao stared blankly for two seconds.
Then he rubbed his forehead speechlessly.
At this moment—
He had completely lost all expectations for those so-called “little princesses” back in the shelter.
If he truly wanted to force women into anything—
Would he really bother exhausting himself building shelters and gathering resources like this?
What a joke.
“Ruyue! Hurry up and help me!”
Wen Rou’s excited voice suddenly sounded from outside the cave.
Li Ruyue looked like she had just been saved from disaster.
“I-I’m coming!”
She practically ran outside.
“What do you need help with?” she asked quickly.
“Bathing, obviously!” Wen Rou replied excitedly while carrying a large wooden bucket.
“Didn’t you notice the huge wooden tub inside the restroom?”
“If we fill it with hot water, we can finally take a bath!”
Li Ruyue froze.
“Together?”
The steam practically rose from her head.
In the end, Wen Rou forcibly dragged her away to gather firewood.
…
Meanwhile, inside the cave—
Lin Mao reopened the system interface and found Song Leyi’s private chat window again.
Then he casually took another photo.
This time, it showed Li Ruyue’s freshly prepared rice bowl and vegetable soup.
A half-open bottle of mineral water was deliberately placed beside it.
Even the upgraded shelter interior was included in the background.
Click.
Send.
【Message Failed: The recipient has blocked you.】
Lin Mao raised an eyebrow.
“Oh?”
“She blocked me?”
Well—
That wasn’t his fault.
After all, they were classmates.
In a few days, he would personally visit the shelter again and let everyone witness the difference between their lives.
…
Inside the old shelter…
“Mr. Huang, can you really provide us with food?”
Song Leyi deliberately softened her voice to sound sweeter.
“There are thirty-one girls here. Everyone is very obedient.”
A hoarse male voice came through the communication channel.
It carried an oily, unpleasant laugh.
“Relax, Miss Song.”
“I, Old Huang, am someone important in the regional channel.”
“If I say I’ll provide supplies, then I will.”
“We’re already on the way.”
“Don’t worry.”
The communication ended.
Song Leyi looked toward the cave entrance.
By the third day of the Blood Moon—
She had completely reached her limit.
The disgusting fruit paste.
The damp compressed biscuits.
The zombies wandering outside.
She hated everything about this world.
So in the end—
She simply decided to package everyone together and sell them to Boss Huang.
“ROOOOAR!!!”
A sharp scream suddenly echoed overhead.
All the girls inside the cave raised their heads in terror.
A figure was descending rapidly from the sky.
It was a yellow-haired man with wings growing from his back.
He wore a leather jacket and landed smoothly outside the cave.
The moment he touched the ground, his greedy eyes immediately swept across all the girls inside.
“Boss! Everything’s good over here!”
“This is the place!”
The yellow-haired man shouted toward the sky.
Moments later—
A hot air balloon slowly descended from above.
An old, short man climbed down while smoking a cigar.
“This spawn location really is nice,” he sighed while looking around.
“Way better than the shithole we came from.”
Then his gaze landed on Song Leyi.
“You’re Miss Song?”
Song Leyi forced herself forward nervously.
“You’re Mr. Huang? I’m Song Leyi.”
“Mhm.”
Boss Huang walked directly up to her and suddenly grabbed her chin.
“Not bad. Pretty enough.”
Then he grinned.
“I heard there’s some rich brat around here with superpowers?”
Song Leyi stiffened slightly before nodding.
Only now did she begin realizing something felt wrong.
“Hahaha, don’t be nervous, Miss Song.”
Boss Huang patted her shoulder while laughing loudly.
“I’ve always been very gentle with women.”
“That brat?”
“We’ll deal with him.”
“As for your little friends…”
“We’ll deal with them too.”
…
The next morning…
Lin Mao sat before a crude wooden desk he had built himself.
His fingers moved rapidly across the translucent system interface.
As time passed and more regions became explored, trading within the communication channels became increasingly active.
“Ten pounds of mutated wild boar meat! Trading for medicine!”
“Can any boss save me? I’m trapped in a tree!”
“Girls be careful! Recently scammers have been using fake edited photos to trick supplies!”
Lin Mao’s gaze suddenly stopped on a particular trade message.
【Seasoning bundle + one box of pickled vegetables. Trading for antibiotics.】
The sender’s ID was:
Old Chen Vinegar
The profile picture was a crude clay vinegar jar.