Chapter 31: Want to die? Then go on your way

We can't let Sexy Little Wildcat stay in the shelter all the time, can we?

Unless he becomes a Licking Dog and supports Sexy Little Wildcat.

Otherwise, she simply couldn't survive.

But is Lin Yifan a Licking Dog?

Of course not.

So he simply pretended to be clueless and sent a blunt message:

"Don't worry so much; as they say, after a great disaster comes good fortune. Since you managed to escape this calamity, you'll surely have smooth sailing ahead and will never meet him again."

"But I'm still really scared!" That's not the answer Sexy Little Wildcat wanted.

Her eyes rolled about, and she deliberately sent a message in a coquettish tone:

"Yifan big brother, I'm naturally delicate and easy to push over; having escaped this disaster, it seems I've used up all my luck."

"You don't know, today I plucked up courage, ignored danger to go look for supplies, but found nothing."

"Now I'm starving to the point of my intestines twisting, yet I have no food; my shelter hasn't even been upgraded to level two, and now it's getting more dilapidated—a gust of wind makes the whole shelter shake, as if it could collapse at any moment."

"I really don't know how to go on living! It's too hard! Really too hard!"

"Yifan big brother, I actually came to say goodbye to you; this world really isn't suitable for me—every minute here feels like torture to me, so this afternoon I actually planned to end my own life!"

"I just wanted to say goodbye to you, brother, so I held on until now; now that I've said my farewells, brother, I'm leaving! Take care! Farewell!"

Lin Yifan watched Sexy Little Wildcat's stream of melodrama, his mouth twitching.

If it were someone else, he might actually worry a bit.

But would Sexy Little Wildcat really give up like that?

Absolutely impossible.

As for why Lin Yifan is so certain, it's because a list of names keeps appearing on the light screen before him.

And this list is, up to now, the district's list of those who have upgraded their shelters to level two.

This is a small privilege Lin Yifan gained as the first in the district to upgrade his shelter to level two, allowing him to view the list of everyone in the district who has upgraded their shelter to level two.

Before, he hadn't noticed it at all, only just now discovering that his achievement of being first in the district actually came with this privilege.

Although this power isn't much use, it's just to get a rough idea of who the top-tier personnel in the district are.

He said he wanted to form his own team, so this privilege is indeed useful.

But he's already made up his mind to go the lone wolf route, so for him this privilege is utterly useless.

And on this list, Sexy Little Wildcat appears conspicuously.

You should know, the total number of names on this list is at most four or five thousand.

Compared to the current population of the whole district, that ratio reaches 20:1.

This woman being able to get into the first tier means she absolutely isn't a slacker.

Either she hides formidable strength, or she has great tactics, able to sweet-talk many Licking Dogs into working for her.

If this were peaceful times, such tactics would indeed deserve condemnation and wouldn't be fit for the table.

But in this Survival Realm where one could die at any moment, as long as one can stay alive, any means counts as strength.

Sexy Little Wildcat's reason for putting on this act with Lin Yifan is simply to treat him like a fish in a pond, wanting to exploit his sympathy to gain a little advantage.

Lin Yifan wouldn't look down on her methods, but the precondition is that they not be used on him.

Now that she's used them on him, he's not being polite anymore and sends a blunt message:

"Then you go on your way—I won't see you off!"

At this moment, Sexy Little Wildcat sitting beside the campfire was chewing on a steamed bun sent by Licking Dog #1, drinking hot water sent by Licking Dog #2, and eating wild fruit jam sent by Licking Dog #3, feeling thoroughly pleased with herself.

The Licking Dogs she now has have already reached number 107.

Lin Yifan is the 108th Licking Dog she selected, because 108 is Sexy Little Wildcat's lucky number, so she chose to label this big shot with that number.

And she's always been confident in her tricks for flirting with men, so she never imagined that Lin Yifan wouldn't fall for her act.

Seeing the message Lin Yifan sent her, she was completely dumbfounded.

She had already planned that, once she got Lin Yifan in her hands, she would go ask him for meat to eat.

As a result, Big Ear Melon Seed directly gave her a resounding slap.

But how could she possibly just give up like that?

"Sexy Little Wildcat" immediately perked up, preparing for the next round of feigning weakness.

However, when she had painstakingly written a little essay and sent it to Lin Yifan,

she suddenly discovered that she had actually been blocked!

That's right—Lin Yifan, after sending that 'go on your way' message, directly blocked her!

He simply doesn't have the time to argue with such a time-management master.

And he certainly won't bother to care how much of a blow his clean, decisive operation dealt to 'Sexy Little Wildcat'.

At this moment he, while drinking hot water, was also grinding up 【Strong Insecticide】.

With only two days left before the mosquito swarm erupts, he must produce as much Strong Mosquito Repellent as possible in the shortest time to reap the greatest profit.

After grinding for a full half hour, Lin Yifan had already placed fifty-odd Medicine Sticks in front of him.

And this only consumed one-tenth of the medicinal ingredients.

But Lin Yifan temporarily didn't want to grind anymore, so he directly put the 【Strong Mosquito Repellent】 up on the Auction House to exchange for Basic Supplies.

Especially Primary Pig Iron, which is what he's most lacking right now.

So, this batch of his Strong Mosquito Repellent is mainly being traded for Primary Pig Iron.

Part of it, however, is being used to exchange for the Blueprint of a Level Three Shelter, since he previously wasn't in a hurry to upgrade his shelter.

But after seeing the list, he couldn't help but become anxious.

Since he was the first to upgrade to a level‑2 Shelter, he gained the right to view that list.

If someone else upgrades to level‑3 first, that right would belong to them.

And he doesn't want to expose himself to others' view, so the best way is to get ahead and upgrade to a level‑3 Shelter first.

That way he not only keeps the right to view the list, but might also earn some extra reward.

Upgrading from level 1 to level 2 yields a Green Treasure Chest as a reward, so the reward for going from level 2 to level 3 will definitely be one tier higher than a Green Treasure Chest.

The Blue Treasure Chest he opened earlier has already let Lin Yifan taste the benefits.

So, tonight he must upgrade his Shelter to level 3.

Worried that others might not notice, he prepared to go to the chat channel and advertise his notice.

However, when he opened the chat channel, a message left him bewildered.