Surviving the Apocalypse with my Multiplier System - Chapter 165

Chapter 165: Increased Prices…
At the Government Base

Today was the day the housing office had promised to be open, so Rayne and Julian loaded their backpacks with high-quality resources from her system and walked over to the housing office.

They tried to get there early so they could have first pick of the available units.

As they arrived at the housing office, they ran into Reginald, who had just finished purchasing electricity for his unit.

“Rayne, Julian,” he greeted politely.

“Good morning, Mr. Soto! Were you able to make your purchase?” asked Rayne cheerfully.

Reginald nodded. “Yes, thankfully there was no problem with that. We will move out today. Again, thank you for allowing us to stay in your home for so many days.”

“Not a problem! You guys are like family to me!” said Rayne, while Julian smiled.

After exchanging a few more words, Reginald went back to their apartment to prepare for the move, while Rayne and Julian walked over to the counter.

“Hello, how may I help you today?” asked the housing staff.

Rayne smiled. “Hello, we’re interested in renting a few more units.” She wanted to see if they could secure at least four rooms, and if they were in close proximity, that would be even better.

The housing staff member quickly pulled up the list of available units and showed them to Rayne and Julian.

Rayne looked at the list and was surprised to see that so many units were available! She scanned the long list and quickly asked about their locations.

After the housing staff member explained the locations, Rayne picked out the neighboring unit first so she wouldn’t have to undo all of her setup efforts.

The other units she chose were all three-bedroom units, which were spread out on different floors of a building near their building.

In total, she chose five rooms, all with electricity.

The housing staff member looked at Rayne with a surprised expression. “Are you sure you want all of these? I must add that the prices have gone up again.”

Rayne nodded. “Yes, please. I’d like all of these and with electricity. Let’s do a four-month deposit for now.”

The housing staff member couldn’t believe it and quickly calculated the cost for four three-bedroom units and one two-bedroom unit.

“That will be 5,050 points per month,” she said matter-of-factly.

Rayne was indeed surprised by how much the prices had gone up. If it was over 5,000 points, that meant the cost per unit was about 1,000 points a month!

She wasn’t sure what kind of job on base paid someone enough points to rent an apartment. It seemed like the officials of the base didn’t care much about the welfare of its residents.

Rayne pulled up her backpack and dumped the contents on the counter.

“Could you calculate how many points these items are worth?” asked Rayne.

The housing staff member’s eyes widened. She couldn’t believe the sight in front of her: cigars, medicines, hand warmers, canned meat, and clothing scattered across the counter.

“Oh, these shirts are made from nanofiber and are excellent at insulating heat,” said Rayne. She wanted to ensure the housing staff understood the value of the clothing.

After closely inspecting every item, the housing staff member began calculating the values of all of the items.

“The total for these items comes out to 18,500 points,” she finally said.

Rayne frowned. She felt that while the costs of items and housing went up, the value from selling continued to go down.

She wondered if the administrators saw this as a problem. Why weren’t they doing something to help the people?

Rayne finally took Julian’s backpack and dumped its contents on the table. “Here, it’s the exact same as the previous. Please inspect,” said Rayne.

Once again, the housing administrator closely inspected each item, and after verifying that the items were of similar quality and quantity, she nodded at Rayne.

“Yep, same total—18,500 points! Making the grand total 37,000 points,” she said.

Rayne nodded, and the transaction was completed. The housing administrator handed Rayne the keys to all five of the units she rented.

“Electricity should already be turned on. Please come back if you have any additional questions,” the housing staff smiled politely.

Rayne wasn’t in the mood to be overly friendly, especially after learning how the prices continued to skyrocket.

She simply waved and walked out with Julian, heading over to the first of the four remaining units she would need to furnish.

The building they arrived in front of was only a short walk down a ‘scenic’ path from the building where their apartment unit was.

“Not a bad location. It’s not as far back as ours, but still feels tucked away,” commented Julian.

The building was also overall larger, as all of the units here were three-bedroom. Rayne looked at the numbers on her keys and noticed that she had gotten all of the units on the left side of the building, one on each floor.

There were four floors in total, and only three units across, due to the size of each unit.

“Let’s start with the bottom floor and work our way up,” suggested Rayne. She walked over to the first unit and unlocked it with the given key.

The size of this unit was indeed a lot larger, about twice the size of what they had. The materials used were also of higher quality.

“They must have made this building for the wealthy. I can tell by just the stone they used for the countertops in the bathrooms that it’s a much more expensive material,” commented Rayne.

Julian looked around. “Did you want to move into one of these units?” he asked. He wanted to give Rayne the best of the best, even if it was a little over the top.

Rayne giggled. “No! I like our cozy place right now!”

Julian smiled. “Yes, I do too! It’s a good size for the two of us.”

They both quickly got to cleaning and disinfecting the entire interior before Rayne began her furnishing and decorating process.

“Hey, give me the keys to the other units so that I can start cleaning them while you do your thing here. It’ll speed up the process,” suggested Julian.

Since he didn’t have a magical system that could make infinite copies of things, he wouldn’t be much help to Rayne unless she needed help putting something together.

But since she had already made a copy of the bunk beds from the previous unit, he knew she would be fine on her own.

Rayne thanked him and handed over additional cleaning supplies that she placed in a bucket for him to carry upstairs.

Once she was alone, she rolled up her sleeves (figuratively) and got to work.