Natural Disasters Strikes: I stockpiled like crazy! - Chapter 53

Chapter 53: Game Lobby
[In the game lobby, you won’t have to worry about what’s happening in the outside world as this space will not be affected in any way.]

[In the same manner, no one will be able to know what’s happening inside this space or come here unless you gave them permission.]

[This game lobby is upgradeable and you can increase the space inside or designed the lobby according to your preference.]

[When the upgrades reached a certain point you’ll be able to unlock more Game Lobby perks but the system is forbidden to disclose them for the mean time.]

As Nanzhi listened more to the system’s explanation, she marvelled about the convenience of the Game Lobby!

A personal space!

It means she used it for cooking, resting, hiding, and for other strategic reasons!

Nanzhi became more excited about it. Although it’s only at the size of a container room at the moment but the system said that she can upgrade it!

But way before she can even be happy and started decorating the room, the system kicked her out of the Game Lobby.

[Your Game Lobby access time is up!]

“What do you mean?” Nanzhi coldly asked. Is this system playing with her?

[You only have limited access time per day: 2 minutes.]

Nanzhi’s enthusiasm plummeted. Are you kidding me?

She suppressed her urge to scold the system and asked, “How to increase the time?”

[You can use survival points and beast spars, as well as jades, the higher the quality the better.]

Nanzhi’s eyes lit up at the last part. She remembered the gifts Lin Weihao gave her before. Some of them were jades crafted into bangles, earrings, and necklace.

They were stored in her inventory.

She brought them out.

Lin Weihao, I will compensate you another way.

The jades in her hand disappeared.

The system asked her if she wanted to increase the space or the time.

Nanzhi chose the second option and the time in the game lobby increased to 58 minutes!

Nanzhi only kept a green jade ring, a jade dragon brand watch with exquisite craftsmanship and had her named carved on them and a box with a key that had the numbers 2104 engraved on it.

Nanzhi set aside the matter of the key first.

She deeply pondered as she doesn’t know about the system’s evaluation, “Does the time the jades can exchange is far higher than the survival points and beasts spars?”

[No. Higher tier beast spars is still the ones that gives the most time, followed by survival points, which is 1 point to 10 seconds, while jades are at the bottom. Coincidentally, the jades you possessed are of the highest quality.]

Her current survival points are only 44. If converted to time the increase will only be 7.3 minutes. She didn’t touch it.

As for the beast spars, it’s impossible at the moment.

Nanzhi realized that upgrading the Game Lobby is more difficult that she anticipated.

Nevertheless, she was not the type to be easily discourage by this.

The only problem was how to search for jades. The flood might have already destroyed the places that sells or processed them.

Her option at the moment is the vault of the banks. Surely, there might be some hidden among the gold bars and yuan bills? Or search in those high-rise buildings too?

Since she had game lobby time for the day, Nanzhi hopped in the Game Lobby and started replenishing her stock of cooked food.

The time was very tight, she was only able to cook fried rice, oyster sauce chicken and pepper steak stir-fry.

To save time in the next access, Nanzhi reminded herself to prepare the ingredients beforehand.

After the time was up, she examined the key. This one was tightly hiding under the watch’s box making her notice it a little late when she was searching for jade.

But why would Lin Weihao give her a key?

Nanzhi thought of a possible reason.

It can’t be?!

She exited her unit and tried to insert the key on Unit 2104 and it opened!

The entire unit was actually filled with supplies to the brim!

She can understand jades, watch and properties but why supplies?!

Unless….

A certain thought circulated in Nanzhi’s head.

Lin Weihao, could it be…you too?

….

With the sun hanging high above the sky, the degree of devastation could be seen from an aerial view point.

Third quarter of the city was submerged, only the tall buildings had survived. Billions worths of infrastructure were destroyed.

It is estimated that the number of deaths in just Pearl City alone had reached to thousands but this is nothing compared to the other cities like the Jade City which is a catch-basin area.

The casualties are estimated to be more than a hundred thousand.

The other countries were no exception.

One could only wonder how the humans will be able to recover from this tragedy.

Two days passed and the water had already decreased to the fifth floor.

The residents of the Empire Building possessing radios came to know the news of the survivors’ settlements and discussed among themselves on how to go there.

Because of this, a rare peaceful atmosphere circulated in the building.

Auntie Yang also came to her door and invited her to join them in going to the military base once the flood completely receded. She will be providing the supplies along the way.

But Nanzhi had other plans and rejected her offer.

Auntie Yang was more persistent this time but Nanzhi had already decided. It made the middle-aged woman very sad.

It took another one and a half day for the flood to recede.

Survivors thought they could go to the settlements immediately but the roads were blocked by debris.

One couldn’t avoid getting hurt in the process of cleaning up.

The worst of all were the bloated bodies.

Those faint hearted couldn’t endure it and vomited on the spot.

“Bleurgh!”

On the other hand, Nanzhi plugged her nose with cotton balls soaked in perfume and covered her face with several layers of disinfected masks, wore protective gloves, ankle boots, tightly wrapped her legs with newspaper and tape before she snuck to back of the building and climbed the wall.