NOVEL WEB Chapter 9: Chapter 9: System Shop Upgrade
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"It's already collected successfully?"
Zhao Yan was a little disbelieving. It was too easy. But then, Zhao Yan reconsidered. She was a widow who had been alone for years, and he had helped her today, plus she had confided some of her worries to him over drinks. Under these various circumstances, it was quite normal for her Favorability to increase quickly.
However, Zhao Yan was still annoyed by that sudden phone call. If it hadn't been for that call, Zhao Yan might have been able to progress even further. Picking up his phone, he saw it was the property manager, Ma Xiaojun. Zhao Yan was about to call him back to ask what was up when the phone rang again. Ma Xiaojun was calling again.
He pressed the answer button, and Ma Xiaojun's furious roar erupted from the phone.
"Old Man Zhao, what's wrong with you? How dare you hit a resident?"
Zhao Yan frowned, holding the phone away from his ear as Ma Xiaojun's shouting continued. "That Old Lady Dong was trying to steal from someone. I just stopped her. How is that wrong?"
"It wasn't your stuff being stolen, so what's it to you?! Now she's filed a complaint, and you don't need to come to work tomorrow. You're fired!"
Hearing Ma Xiaojun say he was fired, Zhao Yan didn't bother arguing. Anyway, the apocalypse was coming soon, and quitting this lousy job was fine.
"Then pay me my wages tomorrow." Even though money would be useless when the apocalypse came, he had worked for it, and he deserved his pay.
"Wages? You still want wages? Your wages are going to Old Lady Dong as compensation for her medical bills."
"Oh, and you're moving out of the apartment the property provided you tomorrow, got that?"
Zhao Yan heard Ma Xiaojun say this and stopped talking, hanging up the phone immediately. He knew his small salary was definitely unrecoverable, and he couldn't be bothered to waste any more breath.
Returning to the small apartment provided by the property, Zhao Yan prepared to pack his belongings and move into Wang Ziying's rented apartment overnight. Looking around the room, Zhao Yan realized he didn't have much to move. The original owner's clothes were old and dated, and Zhao Yan didn't want them. As for other items, Wang Ziying's apartment was already furnished and well-equipped.
In the end, Zhao Yan only took his bedding and the cold-weather suit he bought at the mall, then left the small apartment provided by the property.
Arriving at Wang Ziying's apartment on the 15th floor of Building 10, Zhao Yan's moving commotion alerted Lin Qing'er, who lived across the hall. Lin Qing'er opened her door and was surprised to see Zhao Yan moving things into the apartment.
"Old Zhao, what's all this?" Lin Qing'er asked, walking over to Zhao Yan.
"I rented this apartment. Moving in today," Zhao Yan replied with a chuckle.
"Oh? You're renting here?" Lin Qing'er looked at Zhao Yan meaningfully.
"This place is bigger, more comfortable to live in, and more convenient," Zhao Yan said, smiling as he raised an eyebrow at Lin Qing'er. Of course, Zhao Yan wouldn't directly tell Lin Qing'er about the apocalypse now. After the apocalypse descended, with his shelter ready, he could always bring Lin Qing'er over.
"You're impossible!" Lin Qing'er playfully chided, looking at Zhao Yan's grinning face. She then came over to help Zhao Yan move his things into the apartment.
Wang Ziying's apartment was already renovated, and all the facilities were quite complete. With Lin Qing'er's help, Zhao Yan quickly got the apartment settled. And, as luck would have it, Lin Qing'er naturally resumed guiding Zhao Yan's workout session.
It was still push-ups and sit-ups. Overhead presses, bench presses, lateral raises—all sorts of strength training. Today, they even added pull-ups as a new exercise.
The night passed.
Waking up, Zhao Yan first signed in. Two points were in hand. Adding the 1 point from his previous sign-in and the 5 bonus points, Zhao Yan now had a total of 8 points. After hesitating for a moment, Zhao Yan decided to save these 8 points for now. He'd wait one more day, gather 10 points, and then first exchange for the Primary Shelter Modification Module.
Next, Zhao Yan checked Lin Qing'er's Favorability, which had already reached 58%. If he worked harder and interacted with her more, he believed it would quickly reach 100%. Then, he would gain an additional 1 point from daily sign-ins.
"Open Wang Ziying's attribute panel." After checking Lin Qing'er's, Zhao Yan decided to look at Wang Ziying's.
[Wang Ziying, Sex: Female, Age: 28 (Lifespan: ? years)]
[Overall Strength: ? rank]
[Strength: ? points]
[Agility: ? points]
[Constitution: ? points]
[Spirit: ? points]
[Lifespan: ? points]
[Favorability: 32%]
[Abilities: None]
Unexpectedly, Wang Ziying's Favorability had increased by two points even after Zhao Yan left. It seemed Wang Ziying's impression of Zhao Yan was quite good.
After another uneventful day passed, after completing his sign-in, Zhao Yan had accumulated 10 points. He immediately opened the System Shop. After spending 10 points, a small black box appeared in the System Shop's storage space.
However, Zhao Yan wasn't in a hurry to examine the Primary Shelter Modification Module. Because just now, after spending 10 points in the System Shop, the System announced a System Shop upgrade. Zhao Yan opened the System Shop interface, eager to see what new changes the upgraded shop held.
[System Shop Level 2. (Requires 100 points to upgrade to next level)]
[Random Food 1 ton / 2 points, Random Daily Necessities 500 kg / 2 points, Clean Water 10 tons / 2 points, Super Compressed Energy Pack (Small) / 10 points.]
[Intermediate Shelter Modification Module / 100 points (Unique).]
[System Shop includes a 100,000 cubic meter storage space. Items acquired from the System Shop will directly appear here, and the Host can also store items in the storage space.]
Zhao Yan's heart swelled with joy at the changes in the upgraded System Shop. Everything else aside, the expanded System Storage Space that could also store items was enough to send Zhao Yan into ecstasy. Since he could now put items into it, a new idea began to form in Zhao Yan's mind.