[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-global-wasteland-i-obtained-a-top-tier-shelter":3,"chapter-global-wasteland-i-obtained-a-top-tier-shelter-global-wasteland-i-obtained-a-top-tier-shelter-chapter-8":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Global Wasteland: I Obtained A Top Tier Shelter",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1350127,1789,"Chapter 8: Hard Currency? What’s a Stone!","global-wasteland-i-obtained-a-top-tier-shelter-chapter-8",8,"\u003Cp>The breeze lifted Lin Yue's hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the roof of the shelter, his figure was solitary and silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the highest point he could climb in this desert, he glanced around, missing no corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the desolate and barren desert, with exposed yellow earth and sparse clumps of wild grass, almost filled his entire view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From time to time, some slowly moving black dots appeared intermittently among the sagebrush, and Lin Yue conservatively estimated that they were at least several hundred meters away from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the scorching sun, the temperature was continuously rising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After drinking the last sip of water from the bottle, Lin Yue came down from the ladder and jumped to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Storing the ladder in his inventory, he felt a bit of doubt in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why, in such a vast area, was there no trace of a second shelter?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humans are social animals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially in such a bizarre and eerie survival game, people looked for all the past solace in groups, filling the void that refused to stay empty in their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Lin Yue didn't want a random encounter with anyone, he still wished to find some signs of his kind in this doomsday-like survival game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, from the beginning till now, for more than a day, he has only encountered the over nine thousand people in the group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This survival game was full of countless mysteries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You could chop trees to turn them into wood, or without lifting a finger, replace walls and roofs with timber.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, relying on imagination, you could craft a ladder out of wood and then obtain the blueprint for the wooden ladder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back inside the wooden cabin, Lin Yue closed the door and exhaled a breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shelter was currently the safest place he could find.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting on the edge of the bed, he pondered a question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exactly how vast is this world?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the survival manual, a total population of 7.8 billion was transferred to this Otherworld.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Excluding the elderly, children, and others with low survival abilities, the total should be about one-third. Lin Yue remembered seeing a number: when dividing Earth's land area equally, each person would get about 45 acres.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this world placed individuals according to that average, then each person would have about 130 acres.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Roughly the size of 14 football fields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the area he saw from the rooftop exceeded this number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that this place is even larger than Earth?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or, during assignment, wasn't the population distribution equal, and was he merely unlucky, being placed further away from his neighbors?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yue felt this question needed answers from the group members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening the group panel, Lin Yue suddenly noticed that the total number in the top right corner had drastically decreased!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>8907!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within a short time, a thousand people had already died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was the speed fast?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before encountering the giant locust, Lin Yue might have thought it was exceedingly fast, even absurdly so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, he no longer felt that way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yesterday's experience taught him how terrifying mutated creatures were.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bodily fluid of small bugs could corrode a shoe sole, what would a large bug do?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if it wasn't a mindless bug, but a mutated beast or bird instead?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No food or water seemed visible in the wilderness; they only appeared in treasure boxes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To find water and food, everyone thought of defeating mutated creatures for treasure boxes, but the drop rate was astoundingly low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the massive loss of stamina, the onslaught of fatigue, thirst, and hunger, how many fell in battle against the mutated creatures?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although for now, no overly dangerous mutated creatures had appeared, maybe this was the \"beginner's benefit\" at the start of the survival game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, not just that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The abundance of dung behind houses suggested that those mutated creatures would approach the shelter they wouldn't during the day, at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night was the most dangerous time before the disaster arrived, and those who hadn't fortified their straw huts suffered cruel punishment at night, perhaps severely injured, perhaps erased entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yue surveyed the entire shelter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both the roof and walls, as well as the main door, were crafted from solid wood, much sturdier than the previous straw huts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But honestly, it wasn't as sturdy as imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the huge locust was trapped inside yesterday, its impact had the wooden house shaking continually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A large bug could do this much; what if a stronger animal came? What if it wasn't alone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling those black dots in the distance, Lin Yue suddenly felt that the shelter was not very secure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If wood won't do, then... how about stone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening the trade mall, Lin Yue browsed around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were quite a few sellers, though significantly fewer than those selling wood and dry grass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yue searched around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were roughly over three thousand messages for selling wood, about 1900 for iron blocks, but only over seven hundred for stone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A simple comparison told Lin Yue that stone was scarcer than the other two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, saying it's scarce isn't accurate either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The amount of stone mined should be considerable, but those who mined it almost universally used it to upgrade their shelters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A stone shelter was much more solid and sturdy than a wooden one, and upon seeing the upgrade option to a stone shelter on their crafting panels, most people wouldn't hesitate to choose it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, besides water being a hard currency, stone too was a hard currency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the exchange rate between the two...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Water was naturally more valuable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Seller: Lin Yue]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Auction Item: 300 ml pure water]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Required: Stone]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Seller's Note: Auction, you know the drill.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is Lin Yue's third time selling water, right...? Combined, it's 700 ml now? Comparing with others just kills me! I have to gulp down even a drop of water!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, that big shot hasn't spoken at all, how did he get the water?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Humans facing a collective disaster, still hiding things now, simply inhumane!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The shelter must be near a river or lake. Hey, those who've bought the water, tell us, was the water murky or clean?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Reporting, I traded last time, and Farmer's Three Punches is a bit sweet, definitely not from a river or lake.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speaking of which, where did the person who found that green water go? I remember she sold a bit?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't ask, her avatar's already gray, she's long gone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm begging, life's too hard, Lin Yue big shot, spare me some water!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Delicate and gentle, easily pushed; I used to have hundreds sending rockets in my stream, Lin Yue darling, maybe consider? I only want the water.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The group was still lively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with envy, slander, desperate pleas, and temptations from many, Lin Yue just silently lurked, unfazed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what you say, endless questions and doubts would follow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, if he revealed his secret, he could also receive neverending exploitation until he died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before truly living comfortably, he saw no reason to concern himself with others' survival.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who knew whom, anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>",1180,"2026-06-05T20:40:27.439Z",1,"novelbin.me","b5ad2d3bbc03844ee0fb388c2bd5a6b6165a7478cdbf5a039f082192406417f1","global-wasteland-i-obtained-a-top-tier-shelter-chapter-9","global-wasteland-i-obtained-a-top-tier-shelter-chapter-7",884,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fglobal-wasteland-i-obtained-a-top-tier-shelter-cover.jpg"]