Chapter 896: Bound to the Birth System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 897 Global Evolution (57)

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Protagonist:

Shen Yao

The interior of the technologized building was full of a technological feel; the technology here had advanced greatly compared to before the apocalypse, and most of it was created thanks to the appearance of ability users, using items such as crystal cores.

The laboratory's daily work was not only to serve ability users; more importantly, they wanted to rely on technological means to fight for survival opportunities for all of humanity.

This building was the laboratory's latest technological product, but it was not humanity's end. Shen Yao had heard that other shelters had more advanced methods, and even mechanical suits and robots capable of attacking mutated creatures had appeared. However, compared to the agility of ability users, the developed machinery was rather clumsy, could not keep up with the speed of mutated creatures, and most of them ended up being the ones attacked.

Several people entered the building, first swiping their cards to enter the corridor beside it, then taking the elevator to the fiftieth floor.

This place was very much like those apartment residential buildings, completely different from residential buildings; there were especially many rooms in the corridor, and the people inside were also quite crowded.

Actually being able to live here indirectly showed one's background and ability in the official circles; ordinary people could only line up behind, and even more could only wait until other buildings were constructed before they could move in.

The room assigned to Shen Yao's family was 5011; after exiting the elevator door and walking a bit inside was their residence. There were many rooms around, and it was very noisy.

Tap tap

The room door had no key; it used personal identity cards as proof. This also had a downside: if the identity card was snatched by someone else, the house might not be secure, or the things inside could be stolen.

"The officials have already researched other means, it's just that time is urgent and they cannot be implemented yet," Shen Chengning explained. She had also heard some from Shen Chengyi's mouth, but as for the specific situation, it was unknown.

But it must be better than the current certified situation. The treatment at the New Shelter could not compare to the Old Shelter. People coming over, facing survival pressure, no one knew what they could do.

"Ignore them. Let's tidy up the room first."

Shen Chengyu pointed to the empty living room and the luggage bags placed in the living room. Shen Chengyi had not returned yet; presumably there were other matters that needed handling.

The room area was not large: two rooms, one living room, one bathroom. However, the living room could be simply remodeled into a bedroom; at that time, only a partition in the middle would be needed.

"Leave it to me. We'll directly build a flower wall," Shen Chengning said, eager to try. Who made her a wood-type ability user? The vines she released, combined with some seeds, could easily create several flower walls that could be stored for a long time.

Because this was an ability user's ability product, it would not go out of control as long as ability was replenished.

To be honest, the appearance of ability users really allowed humanity to quickly establish a foothold in this apocalypse. Although the evolution of ability users required external force to push it, and compared to those mutated creatures they had many shortcomings, it was precisely because humanity had ability users that they could survive in the apocalypse. The successful migration of so many people was also thanks to the contributions of the ability users.

An emerald green wall appeared in the living room, and with the help of the living room wall climbing, in just a moment, the original living room became two enclosed rooms.

There was a small path in the middle leading to the balcony. This was specially left by Shen Chengning so that light could pass through, instead of the room being pitch black and relying only on the light bulb above.

Shen Yao nodded in satisfaction. "Not bad. Take the things out and arrange them."

This made four rooms. The four of them did not have to crowd together to live, and the kitchen could also store some daily necessities. Anything extra could be put into space storage. Unexpectedly, they would not live here often for a long time to come. The New Shelter had a hundred things awaiting reconstruction, and the missions on the ability users were extremely arduous.

After hearing this, Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning cheered. Each chose a room, then threw their own things inside.

The living room room that liked flower walls and had the walls arranged particularly beautifully was assigned to Shen Chengning. Shen Yao chose to buy another flower wall room. The remaining two normal rooms were one each for Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengyi, who had not returned. The things in Shen Chengyi's room needed to be added by the person himself, while the other normal wardrobes were the responsibility of Shen Yao to send out from space storage.

Soon, all the luggage on the ground was emptied. At the same time, the four empty rooms were filled with the bits and pieces of their life when they lived in the Old Shelter.

The kitchen and bathroom were not forgotten in the decoration either. Especially the kitchen; there was also a small compartment inside, which simply stored rice and flour from space storage. A refrigerator was also taken out. The whole building did not lack electricity, and some home appliances could be used, but the price was more expensive than the Old Shelter. Shen Yao had once silently calculated in her heart. According to this ratio, their living costs in the New Shelter would be about double that of the Old Shelter.

About double. This was not a good phenomenon. The survival cost of the New Shelter was high. For people like them, it did not have much influence, but for other ordinary people, it was fatal. After migrating here with great hardship, would they starve to death because of high consumption? Who would believe that if it was said out loud.

The kitchen was soon filled with some food. They were all items brought back from the Old Shelter. Although the taste was not good when eaten, they were very filling.

Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning each came out of their rooms. They still had to go to the Official Office next.

"Go."

Shen Yao shook the communication device in her hand, indicating that the two should contact in time if there was anything. Now that they had moved into this building, Shen Yao's safety was greatly guaranteed. Shen Chengyi and the others going out to be busy could also rest assured a lot more.

Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning made two sounds of assent. Then they opened the room door and quickly went downstairs.

Shen Yao walked to the balcony. Several pots of plants that Shen Chengyu had just catalyzed were placed here. Beautiful flowers of different colors were blooming on them, and the air carried a faint fragrance.

Shen Yao leaned on the balcony. Looking down through the window, people were like little ants, working diligently.

The system appeared out of nowhere again. "Host, the environment of the entire New Shelter is not as good as the old one."

This was the conclusion it reached after groping around here. Because the New Shelter had nothing; it could be said that except for the site, everything needed construction.

"Yes, even though there are many shortcomings, they still have to migrate. It shows how terrifying the danger the Old Shelter faced was." The officials had the idea of considering the overall situation. Otherwise, they could abandon ordinary people and run away by themselves. Even on the road, they had secretly speculated about the officials' behavior. But in the end, it could only prove that they were measuring a gentleman's belly with their own petty heart. The officials still had a bottom line. Even if they could not take care of everyone, they would do their best to be thorough.

The system sighed, then cheerfully talked about some gossip it had seen. They were all trivial matters. It was just that right now this place was like a large powder keg. Once everything piled up, it would explode.

"... Anyway, it's very troublesome. The officials currently cannot think of a foolproof plan. They still plan to handle it conservatively."

"Normal. The losses of ability users are already enough." If they continued to be consumed, would they still want to live? The wilderness mission last year had already taught the officials to be cautious. They simply could not support the consequences of two more times.

The system could also understand the meaning in Shen Yao's words. After all, it had experienced far more worlds than Shen Yao. Shen Yao was just one of its hosts. And if it were not for Shen Yao's strong ability to stabilize things, the two of them could not have partnered until now.

Leaving the balcony, Shen Yao simply went to the bathroom to wash up briefly. Long-term rushing would cause mental fatigue. Shen Yao had not rested well during this period. Now seeing that there was nothing at home, she simply changed into home clothes, lay on the bed, closed her eyes, and fell asleep.

After waking up from a nap, it was already evening. She turned on the room light and went to the kitchen to simply prepare food. Messages had already come on the communication device. Shen Chengyi and the three others all said they could not come back these days. The official missions were urgent and heavy. All official personnel had to work overtime and were busy. There was no time to rest at all.

Shen Yao picked up the communication device and replied with a couple of sentences. Then she sat at the dining table and finished the food.

She heard noisy voices outside the door. It should be in the corridor. Because the walls of the whole building had very good sound insulation, if it were not for Shen Yao's strong mental ability, she would not have noticed.

Shen Yao was not curious why they were arguing. It was nothing more than problems with housing and food. Right now, this was a problem for the entire New Shelter. Everyone would consider it.

"Host, they are fighting over the benefits they got. Really strange. Isn't it good to live together?"

Although the room was not large, just like Shen Chengning said, cutting it out was no problem. If an ability user's ability was inconvenient, they could ask other ability users for help. This was just a very small matter. The people living in this building all had ability users. Otherwise, they could not move in at all.

"Who would be willing to share the benefits if they could enjoy them alone?" Shen Yao took the bowls and chopsticks to the kitchen to wash them. She also did not forget to make the food for tomorrow morning in advance and put it into space storage.

"Greed is never satisfied. It will only benefit others." The system said such people were short-sighted and lacked foresight. Sooner or later, they would pay the price for today's matters.

"Do you know how many ordinary people and ability users died on this migration road?"

Who did not know they needed foresight? But when they could not even see the hope of living, even people with foresight would despair.

What the system said could not be said to be without reason. It could only be said that it was not suitable for the current environment.

The system did not know how many people died, but the high-level officials must know. The system could explore the truth by itself. However, hearing Shen Yao say this now, the system felt that even without investigating, it could guess that not a few people died in this migration.

Although the destination had been reached, the situation at the destination was worse than imagined. This made people who had survived and experienced an evolution rain, even though they had regained some confidence, still could not fully believe in the officials' abilities.

What did it mean? It meant people lacked a sense of security and felt they might not live long. At this time, they would not consider the overall situation and foresight. Because they simply could not wait until that time.

Once the topic of Person and System was settled, Shen Yao's rest period began. Staying in her room without going out carried no risk, and Shen Chengyi and the others would not be returning for the time being, so no matter how noisy the people outside were, they could not affect her. Shen Yao simply used the site to practice her abilities.

Simple release and recovery caused no side effects other than making herself look rather disheveled. Shen Yao did not step out of her room for three consecutive days. During that time, people did come knocking to socialize, but Shen Yao would not cooperate, and there was nothing they could do—the sturdy gate could not be smashed open without an Identity Card.

Shen Yao refused to come out and cooperate, and the others could do nothing but ignore them. Still, these people had nothing better to do with their mouths and could whisper about Shen Yao even at such a time, but such people were ultimately in the minority; most were more willing to focus their attention elsewhere.

When Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning returned, they were not only in a disheveled state but had also sustained not-small injuries to their arms.

Although they had received bandage treatment before returning and their wounds had not worsened, looking at their condition, they still seemed somewhat listless.

Shen Yao took out the food they loved to eat and asked what was happening outside.

To injure Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning meant either Shen Chengyi was not present, or Shen Chengyi could not attend to them. But regardless, it all indicated problems at the New Shelter, because unless there was an unavoidable reason, Shen Chengyi would not let Shen Chengyu and the others leave her side.

"The Officials are clearing that forest; Big Sister and the others are the Main Force squad."

Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning were only responsible for support, yet even so they were injured by elusive Mutant Creatures. They were able to return only because Big Sister helped them out; among them, the unlucky ones were already lying in the Hospital.

Speaking of this, Shen Chengyu continued to sigh. "The Laboratory suspects it is the negative effect of that Evolution Rain. Excessive nutrition underground gave Mutant Creatures the opportunity to evolve, and they are stronger than before."

The Officials have already found ways to deal with them, but since the situation of Official Ability Users is not very good, relying on just a few people makes it very difficult to effectively control them.

Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning's injuries this time had nothing to do with their capabilities; they simply could not win the fight.

"Rest for a few days?" Not dwelling on the injury issue—this was something that should have been considered before joining the Officials. One cannot take the benefits when things are good and then have not the slightest thought of contributing when effort is needed.

"Two days."

Shen Chengning made a gesture. This was the longest time; others returned to the team after about half a day to continue working.

"Rest well at home, don't think too much." Shen Yao stood up and stewed some Mutant Creature meat for the two of them as a supplement. Anyway, there were plenty of Mutant Wild Chickens and Mutant Rabbits in her space; cutting off a small piece was enough for them to eat.

After comfortably staying at home for two days, once the two days passed, Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning went out to work.

During this period, Shen Chengyi did not return, except for occasionally sending a few messages home to prove she was safe and had no trouble.

Once again, only Shen Yao remained at home. Although bored, she did not leave.

"Fortunately, Host did not go out; outside is in complete Internal Chaos. Those people actually dared to confront the Officials." The Officials are now handling things from multiple angles with overtime work. Just watching, the System felt tired, let alone the decision-makers in the midst of it—they were pressured to the point of Breathing difficulty.

"It will be fine in a few days." As long as something develops in a good direction in some aspect, the Officials can free up means to deal with the crowd causing trouble.

Shen Yao was not worried that the New Shelter would have trouble in the short term. She worried that in long-term development, even after moving here, they could not withstand one Evolution after another.