Chapter 907: Bound to the Birth System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 908 Global Evolution (68)

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Protagonist:

Shen Yao

Shen Yao's clothes had long since been changed into thick fabric, and she wore a mask on her face to prevent it from being blown open by the wind.

Shen Yao's place in line was in the center, with groups of people both ahead and behind, but the staff's efficiency was still very fast; only the person at the very front was moving bit by bit as instructed by the staff.

The special points obtained were quickly exchanged for enough food, among which rice, flour, and grain oil that could fill the belly were the most, while vegetables and fruits as non-essentials were bought last.

Shen Yao's position moved forward bit by bit until the people ahead had completely cleared out.

She handed over the identity card pinched in her hand, and before she could say anything, she saw the special points amount on the identity card change significantly.

This was the wage remuneration they should have received. And because the West Planting Field had a bountiful harvest, besides necessary wages, they also had dividends.

The staff pointed to several bags full of food in front of them and asked Shen Yao for her choice.

Generally speaking, most people would exchange for rice and white flour with the highest yield, while a minority would choose other foods; potatoes and sweet potatoes were not planted in the West Planting Field, so if they wanted them, they could only trade privately with personnel from other planting fields.

Hmm.

Put that way, it's quite troublesome.

Shen Yao pointed to the rice and white flour, intending to exchange her entire share for these two categories; although these were all raw foods that needed steaming and cooking after taking them back, these things were also very durable and easy to store, and compared to other oils and fruits and vegetables, they were obviously more cost-effective.

The staff unsurprisingly recorded it in the work log until Shen Yao took back her identity card and left.

The maximum amount of rice and white flour Shen Yao could get had been tied up in bags in advance and placed to one side; the staff offered two solutions for the cake—one was for Shen Yao to rely on herself to transport several hundred jin of rice and white flour back, and the other was to wait for the staff to deliver to her door, but the latter required Shen Yao to pay a delivery fee.

Shen Yao:...

Shen Yao swiped her card again, "Deliver it," it was just a few special points anyway, and she still had to go to the mall to buy other things.

Turning around and leaving the place where wages were distributed, Shen Yao walked toward the mall not far away; it was still much the same as before, but the five-story small building had no deterrent power at all in front of high-rise office buildings that were dozens of stories tall.

Shen Yao looked at the crowds larger than before and thought to herself that stockpiling supplies before winter arrived was probably everyone's consensus.

Shen Chengyi had already transferred points to Shen Yao in advance; not only that, this person had also exchanged the remuneration they obtained into living supplies in advance, and had official staff spend several days delivering them to the residence.

Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning were not as thorough as Shen Chengyi; they still planned to help buy things when they returned, but point transfers were still available, because the two of them had earned a lot from missions recently, and both had stayed in the wilderness for a long time without places to spend money, so Shen Yao buying things was actually helping them stock up.

First she took the elevator to the second floor, where all kinds of clothes and fabrics were sold.

If you wanted to save points, make clothes yourself; if you wanted to be more relaxed, just buy clothes directly.

Shen Yao naturally belonged to the part that bought clothes; she raised her hand and picked out many clothes suitable for their colors and styles, and took them directly to the counter to check out.

There were more people here than at the place where wages were distributed, and most were young girls; their clothes might not be very new, but their speed of buying things made Shen Yao feel ashamed.

Originally she thought she had taken enough, but compared with these people, well, she still had plenty of room for improvement.

"Aiya, I heard there are new products produced by the laboratory in the shops ahead."

"The material of protective suits is outrageously expensive; you really want to buy?"

"Why not buy? It's my own earned money; if I don't spend it, am I supposed to wait for others to inherit it?"

"..."

At this time, who knows when one might kick the bucket; if there are relatives in the family, then all relics will be inherited by family members; if there are no relatives in the family, all relics will be inherited by the official; in short, when a person dies, they have nothing, which has caused many young people to develop a habit of spending money lavishly.

It's not that they don't want to accumulate points, but they worry that after painstakingly saving and being frugal, in the end everything will benefit others, while they themselves won't have enjoyed anything from beginning to end.

Such examples are not uncommon in the shelter, including those middle-aged and elderly women who originally were like Second Sister managing the household; they know this feeling best—how many people give everything for family and children, only to die, and the men in the family belong to others, and their own children become poor little things.

Shen Yao agreed with these girls' remarks in her heart; as long as it doesn't involve matters of principle, buying what should be bought and spending what should be spent is the correct way of life.

She reached out and took several warm but not bulky clothes from the wardrobe beside her, hugging them in her arms, and Shen Yao followed the queuing crowd forward, spending more than twice the usual time, buying two to three times the quantity of clothes for her family.

These clothes were all very suitable for going out; even considering the pressure of surviving in the wilderness, some clothes were especially durable, and ordinary mutated creatures couldn't scratch the surface.

After finishing shopping at the store, Shen Yao did not go to the neighboring shop the girls mentioned.

With strength linked to the laboratory, perhaps behind it was the laboratory's industry; there were not many places to shop in the whole shelter, and this small building of no more than five stories could be said to be the most well-connected place in the shelter; being able to open a shop here probably meant one could act tyrannically in the shelter.

Although Shen Yao rarely had time to walk around in the shelter, most of her time was either going out to earn points or hiding at home to rest, but she would also hear gossip about the shelter from the system's mouth.

The disadvantages of the original old shelter were all present here, while the advantages of the old shelter did not exist here; even to some extent, the sense of oppression here was more obvious than in the old shelter; most people chose to adapt and compromise, gradually turning into a vicious cycle, but these things were all hidden in the shadows, hard to be exposed under the sunlight.

Knock knock knock.

The neighboring shop didn't have so many people; the reason was that the clothes here cost dozens of times more than next door.

Shen Yao's identity card was not lacking in points; like someone coming to buy ordinary items, Shen Yao raised her hand and chose several types of the latest clothes produced by the laboratory, causing the points on her identity card to decrease by a large portion.

The responsible shop assistant rarely saw such a wealthy customer; not only did she spend money without blinking, she also didn't make things difficult for them; she was truly a rare big customer.

Clothes, shoes, matching hats, gloves, and other jewelry.

Shen Yao bought whatever she thought was useful; as for not enough on the identity card, she shook people on the spot to transfer points to her; anyway, with so many points, not spending them would be a loss.

Shen Yao went on a shopping spree on the second floor; when she came out, both her hands had no free space.

Helpless, she could only return to the residence in advance, and by the way move the rice and white flour placed at the doorway into the house; she didn't expect the official staff's efficiency to be so high.

Clothes were distributed according to the number of four people, then she put them into their respective rooms; next, Shen Yao left the residence again to go to the mall; she still had to go to the third, fourth, and fifth floors and the supermarket on the first floor for shopping.

Everything that could be bought was bought back; the points on her identity card had been swiped clean by her several times; finally, if it weren't for Shen Chengyi's support, directly transferring points with many zeros over, she probably wouldn't have been able to buy everything completely.

The rooms at home were not enough; quite a few could only be sent by Shen Yao into the space.

Shen Yao looked at the items piled up in the hallway and corridor and said that if there was an opportunity, she could change to another residence; it was said that above the fiftieth floor of this building, the living area would become larger and larger.

Originally, with Shen Chengyi's ability, she could have switched long ago; it was just that Shen Yao was reluctant to move, finding it troublesome; now she had to consider it—only with a larger area could more things be placed; otherwise, there would be less and less room in the space, so how could they still smuggle things from the wilderness?

With the wage settlement, the weather became colder and colder; after such a big shopping spree, Shen Yao began her journey of not stepping out of the main gate or the second gate.

Only when Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning returned early did Shen Yao notice that the weather in the wilderness had already dropped below zero, with temperature changes more obvious than at this time last year.

Shen Chengyu rubbed her arms, "The official has suspended mission releases this year, saying the cold wave is stronger than imagined; only a few specific missions have dedicated personnel in charge, and others cannot take them."

Shen Chengning knew more than Shen Chengyu; after all, compared to Second Sister's simple straightforwardness, Shen Chengning considered more issues.

The Officials arranged it this way because they were frightened by the heavy casualties from last year and the Old Shelter; although they had plenty of people, they couldn't afford such waste, and besides, the Shelter's main duty was to guard its safety and maintain internal order—as for the outside situation, unless it became truly dire, they wouldn't interfere.

"Big Sister must be on the list; when we returned this time and handed over the mission, we saw that many missions located in Level 5 Zone had been singled out," originally these missions belonged exclusively to certain people, but now they had become a road to test one's own strength.

Anyway, Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning didn't have that ability; both were currently spinning around in Level 3 Zone, occasionally making a trip to Level 4 Zone to improve, as for the safer Level 2 Zone, if they went there they wouldn't be able to come back.

Shen Yao nodded, "Chengyi has discretion; there's no need to worry about her regarding missions."

At least the Officials couldn't pull tricks on missions without Shen Chengyi noticing; the maps of Level 5 Zone were all submitted by Shen Chengyi, and framing the Owner on the Owner's own turf was such a brainless thing that the Officials wouldn't do it.

Signaling the two to seize time to rest, this time they should be able to relax properly upon returning, and besides, Shen Yao had bought a lot of things; no matter how imposing she was outside, it couldn't change the heart of a young person.

Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning each returned to their Room, but shortly after, cheers came from inside the Room, obviously because the things Shen Yao bought were very satisfying to them.

Shaking her head with amusement, Shen Yao stood up and returned to her Room to rest.

When Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengyi returned, they had already eaten dinner outside, and Shen Yao herself had also passed the time for eating.

Neither side had any intention of going to the Kitchen to cook, so they just simply made do for one night, waiting until the next morning when they got up and sat at the Dining Table to eat a delicious Breakfast.

"Many corpses of mutated creatures were buried under the Planting Field."

As one of the developers of the Planting Field, Shen Chengyu knew best how the Planting Field came to be; clearing weeds around and reclaiming the Field was the least important step, more crucial was how to suppress the Field's energy while providing sufficient nutrition for the crops.

During that time, Shen Chengyu saw many mutated creature corpses, after being processed, thrown into the Planting Field, and the Planting Field was like a monster that constantly ate, until its belly was full before crops were planted.

The fragrance of rice grains accompanied energy flowing into the abdomen; Shen Chengyu narrowed her eyes, indicating that the two of them had been busy outside for so long and also had a certain grain quota; since the Planting Field's harvest was good, they would also use up these quotas in advance.

"This year's Winter will come early; the Officials estimate the time will be about four to five months," such a long time, most cats at home would definitely need enough food.

Shen Chengning contacted Shen Chengyi, who was still completing missions in the wild, through communication equipment, and then discovered that their three people's grain quotas actually had no upper limit (mainly Shen Chengyi).

"Then purchase according to the points on the Identity Card; besides grain, there are also fruits, vegetables, and durable non-staple food."

The Officials still had many good things in hand; with Shen Yao's identity she definitely couldn't buy them, but with Shen Chengyi's identity, as long as it wasn't blowing up the Shelter, she could basically pick whatever she wanted.

After eating Breakfast at Home, Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning went out to buy things.

Their ability-user identities were even more deserving than Shen Yao's; when buying rice, flour, grain, and oil, they didn't need Official Staff to help, but instead lifted them with one hand and left.

Running back and forth busy for almost one day, Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning successfully filled the originally tidy space with supplies again.

The Kitchen side couldn't fit anymore, so Shen Yao could only have them put them into the space; when Shen Chengyi returned they could choose a Residence that could be exchanged, and then specially vacate one House to store sundries.

Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning expressed understanding, but their two spaces didn't have much room either; after such a long time in the wild, even if they were again selfless and public-spirited, they had hoarded quite a bit of private money.

Similar to the green small fish and Energy Stone Shen Yao discovered from the Pond, Shen Chengyu and Shen Chengning also found mutated creatures very helpful to themselves; these things definitely wouldn't be handed over to the Officials for no reason, but were all secretly diverted for their own use.

Shen Chengyi returned during a Winter snow that covered the entire Shelter.

This person made a big commotion when appearing, because she didn't just walk in empty-handed, but relied on both hands to drag a mutated creature several meters high.

The Officials naturally didn't require Shen Chengyi to have the obligation to hand over loot, so Shen Chengyi chose to bring this mutated creature back to the Residence, keeping it for the family's daily meals.

Also because this mutated creature was too large, the place where they had lived for over a year was exchanged for a place on the 80th Floor, where the living area alone was larger by a circle, and the things bought before could be taken out from the space.