Apocalypse: I Have A Multiplier System - Chapter 44

Chapter 44: Chapter 44: Shut Down

“I will answer you only if you tell me, what type of help you want.”

Though Su Jiyai didn’t answer his question, Lin Hao felt slightly relieved.

Connecting the dots he realized, there are 90% chance that Su Jiyai didn’t belong to any institute.

However, this 90% was still not enough…

“I want you to leave me at a safe place…a place where those researchers or institutes can’t reach.”

Su Jiyai didn’t rush to answer him and asked the system in her mind,

“Can the residential area fight against those…shady institutes.”

[Please wait for a few minutes host. Let me evaluate the level of the opponent.

Analyzing…Detecting the presence of an unknown system…

Danger detected! The…Zzo…zzrl…zzd. Doom]

The system suddenly shut down.

Su Jiyai panicked for a moment.

However she forced herself to calm down and dodged the question,

“You are acting as if…there is indeed a place that can’t be reached by those researchers.”

Lin Hao pursued his lips.

This was an expected answer…

If there was truly such a place he wouldn’t have taken help from Su Jiyai.

“However I can temporarily keep you with me…”

Before Su Jiyai could completely her words, Lin Hao said in a slightly hurried tone,

“I am going to sleep, don’t wake me up. And don’t try to do anything funny! I am telling you, I will kill if you hand me over to that institute!”

Whoosh.

The moment Lin Hao completed his words, his body slumped on the seat and his eyes closed.

His aura too turned mild.

Su Jiyai’s heart suddenly throbbed uneasily and she rubbed her chest.

“What is happening…” Su Jiyai muttered. “Why are you feeling anxious Jiyai? Calm down!”

With Lin Hao fainting and the system going offline, Su Jiyai could only put a stop to her journey.

The system was her ultimate layer of protection.

Even if she was exercising the past few days, her physical condition was inferior to what she had before.

Until and unless she recovers her strength she can’t stay outside for a long while.

Thankfully, the return journey wasn’t hectic.

As she entered through the backdoor, Su Jiyai became worried.

What should she do about Lin Hao?

Drop him in one of the rooms? What if he attacks the tenants?

Take him to her underground room? Won’t that be risky and expose her hideout?

However, the mere thought of Lin Hao being attacked made Su Jiyai grit her.

At last, defeated by her heart, Su Jiyai took Lin Hao to her underground room.

Su Jiyai opened the backdoor to take Lin Hao out. Thinking of Su Jiyai’s lean figure, Su Jiyai thought, it would be easy for her to lift him, but…

Lin Hao was too light! Did the institute perhaps, not feed him properly?

Su Jiyai shook her head.

What was she thinking? She only likes one man! Qin Feng! And should care about only him!

With ease, Su Jiyai carried Lin Hao to the guest bedroom and dropped him in the guest bedroom.

Suddenly Su Jiyai realized a crucial problem.

Will the electric fence be disabled since the system is not responding to her?

Su Jiyai tested the functions and realized everything was working fine. Except she couldn’t access the restock function at all.

She even can’t buy any food.

This put Su Jiyai in a crisis.

If the food is not restocked and provided on time, won’t the tenants start to doubt the authenticity?

Su Jiyai suddenly remembered the newbie package given by the system.

There should be some left right?

Just as Su Jiyai was considering checking on the remaining stock, she heard the familiar mechanical voice.

[I’m back host.]

Su Jiyai was thrilled. She didn’t know if it was her illusion but the system’s voice sounded more energetic this time.

“Where were you? What happened? Why did you suddenly turn it off? Did someone attack you?”

[Host, I was updating myself. I was trying to access the enemy’s strength and suddenly someone attacked me. So I updated myself and fought back.]

“Ah? Who attacked you?” Su Jiyai asked with surprise.

Can someone still attack the system?

[Host, due to the confidentiality issues I can’t tell for the time being. However, once you level up I can disclose the information.]

“I can level by accumulating experience points right?”

[Yes, host.]

“Once I level, what will change?”

[Host You can expand the land, buy hybrid seeds, some other technologies, and luxurious items. However, there won’t be many technologies. The biggest benefit you can gain from leveling up is…you can de-evolve the crystal cores and instead of just food you can retrieve bigger items like a refrigerator etc. I am a multiplier system, I can multiply things as long as there is one copy of the item or a crystal core to de-evolve.]

Su Jiyai’s eyes brightened,

“So as long as I give you a copy of one item, you can multiply it?”

[Yes host. However, for now, I can only do multiple things obtained by dimension hunting. Till you level up to level 5, I can’t multiply the things obtained from this world.]

Su Jiyai’s shoulder slumped down, she asked in a sad voice,

“How many experience points do I require to level up to level 5?”

[Just 1 billion experience points.]

“What?” Su Jiyai felt her ears ringing.

This system was so inhuman! 1 billion experience points, how can she obtain such a monstrous amount of experience points when she can only get 1000 experience points by completing regular tasks?

“System, are there any quicker ways to accumulate experience points aside from the regular tasks I’ve been doing?” she inquired

[Host by completing the special quest, and taking in more tenants, you can increase your experience points quickly. There are more ways too, however, for the time being, they are locked.]

“Okay!” Su Jiyai sighed. “Oh right! Can you at least tell me whether I can keep Lin Hao or not?”

[Host, that depends on your own strength. As long as you become more powerful there should be no problem in keeping him.]

“Good.” Su Jiyai was relieved.

[Ding! To avoid any danger, Lin Hao is teleported into room no. 6.]

“Huh? But I was the one-”

[Host, you can’t bring anyone into the underground base. This is the last layer of security for you.]

Su Jiyai pursued her lips.

Though the system was very good to her, there were certain things that the system absolutely wouldn’t compromise on…

“Okay. Also, I want to ask something. Since you went in update I wasn’t able to access any function related to the food…”

[I am sorry for the inconvenience. I will turn on the food restock function immediately. You should be able to access it now. I will also modify the permission so that you can access it even though I am updating and can’t reply to you temporarily.]

“Thanks, system,” Su Jiyai said, relieved. She immediately checked the stock and confirmed that the function was active again.

She started restocking the food supplies, ensuring there was enough for everyone.

…..

Dong Junhua decided to stay while Fei Bao returned to the base.

The first thing that he was to ask his mother and sister to pack up.

His sister Fei Ling was instantly worried and asked in a concerned voice,

“Brother…what happened? Did you not collect enough zombie crystals this month? Don’t worry I have saved up quite a bit, you can use them.”

“No need, we are shifting.” Fei Bao announced.

“Ah? Why?” Fei Bao’s mother asked with surprise.

“Mom, I have found a better place, and the amenities there are good too.” Fei Bao explained.

Fei Bao’s neighbor Aunt Mu instantly laughed,

“Haha! Say Bao, are you not planning to leave your mother and sister in the middle of nowhere since they are a burden?”

Fei Bao’s mother was instantly displeased, however, a hint of doubt appeared in her heart. It wasn’t uncommon for sons to leave their parents to die.

Fei Bao’s mother shook her head.

What was she thinking?

Her son was honest! He will never do such a thing

Fei Bao being the honest person he was, answered,

“Aunt Mu I have indeed found a place much better than the current house. It just happens that my lease has ended and the landlord has again increased the rent unreasonably so I have decided to shift to a place where we can have a better living environment. You and Uncle Wu should consider moving too. It’s not safe here.”

Aunt Mu scoffed clearly not believing,

“A better place? Can there be any other better place than this base?”

Fei Ling paused. Indeed there was hardly any place that could be as better as the base they were living in!

Though the food price is too much, and the rent is too much too, at least they have a place to live and food to eat.