Global Wasteland: I Obtained A Top Tier Shelter

The handcrafted steel weapons glittered brilliantly under the sunlight.

Lin Yue picked up the steel spear. Its spearhead lacked the seamless precision produced by the system; uneven and with one side thin while the other thick, anyone could tell it was handcrafted at a glance.

Looking at the other weapons, they were similarly crafted. At first glance, they seemed similar to those produced by the system, but a closer inspection revealed the differences.

"Handcrafted... This person must have been a craftsman," Lin Yue glanced at the already somewhat decayed corpse.

The world is vast, and there are many survivors.

He only had a system that had a hundred percent chance to drop treasure chests, but in many aspects, he was far inferior to others.

Before the entire of humanity traversed to this Otherworld, he was just an ordinary office worker, still in the probationary period. If asked for skills, his resume might simply state, "Learns quickly, has strong comprehension, and is willing to study deeply."

Though these might sound like cliches people write when they can't think of outstanding traits, Lin Yue truly was that kind of person.

He could quickly learn and grasp key points in a short period and integrate the newly acquired skills through continuous practice, turning them into expertise.

Just like cooking, a skill for daily life, where he'd had some exposure since childhood, he mastered completely through trying after watching recipe videos and experimenting after gaining independence.

The meals he cooked might not be extraordinarily delicious, but the resemblance was high.

The initial motivation was simply a dislike for greasy takeout.

Handcrafting, or "making," piqued Lin Yue's interest greatly, yet he never had the opportunity.

The system didn't give him such an opportunity. Almost upon opening a case, he could obtain numerous schematics, and as long as he had enough materials, the system could produce them effortlessly and smoothly.

Even when he crafted a prototype using some materials, the system would immediately recognize it as a schematic, sparing him the tedious work.

While this proved exceedingly convenient, it indeed created a problem: one could fall into a dependency on this "automatic" process and lose the motivation to "learn," ultimately getting trapped in a vicious cycle.

This wasn't exclusive to him; all survivors faced the same scenario with the system.

But what if, suddenly, one day the system shut off its manufacturing function...

Relying heavily for survival on this feature, forgetting humanity's accumulated scientific knowledge across millions of years of evolution, what would happen?

It's a chilling thought.

Addiction to dependency.

He suddenly thought of a term.

When something convenient and constantly used suddenly disappears, people might go insane!

Given time, this condition could only worsen.

Without system assistance, how many people could survive?

If this were a disaster, it could easily be described as the greatest disaster ever.

"Perhaps many have realized this, hence these steel weapons," Lin Yue knew that some might not rely on the system as heavily as he did for manufacturing.

Finding materials, melting and decomposing them, and then manually forging them into weapons...

Indeed, this deeply attracted Lin Yue.

Who doesn't want to make things with their own hands?

Though this process consumes more time and energy, it truly reflects what "survival" should look like.

Instead of relying on the system as it is now.

Lin Yue looked at the person's gradually rotting face and understood much at that moment.

Perhaps it was time to reflect on the original approach thoroughly.

While the system offered conveniences, it shouldn't be wholly relied upon. It should be leveraged, not exploited by it.

Mental manipulation is the most fatal aspect.

The additional 4 cubic meters could still store some items, so Lin Yue looked toward the direction of the hotel he'd visited before.

The last time he was here, he collected many wine bottles but was almost ambushed by a raider group led by Korun. Moreover, a significant number of bugs crawled out of the hotel, and monster Winged Dragons lurked on the rooftop, waiting to attack—quite thrilling.

However, it was from that point the situation completely changed.

The wine inside became his hard currency, granting him several cubic meters of Storage Space and the Steel Repeating Crossbow, a weapon that helped him move past the beginner phase.

On the ground, the bones of monster Winged Dragons piled up against the wall, with two skeletons lying in front and back—one outside, the other collapsed before the hotel entrance—these were the remains of Korun and his companions.

They were suddenly attacked by those big bugs and didn't manage to hunt him down, directly ending up dead. In less than twenty days, they became part of Earth's abandoned bone pile.

"So, are those bugs still inside?"

Lin Yue took out the M19.

If he wanted to acquire the materials inside, the monsters would become obstacles.

If these bugs hidden somewhere weren't eliminated...

"Gawu!" Bai suddenly spread its wings and soared into the sky!

It quickly flew to the hotel's rooftop, and through a shattered window, it unleashed a massive blast of icy mist!

Lin Yue heard strange sounds, followed by a low rumbling inside the building.

Bai descended from the sky, carried him, and flew to a nearby tall tree.

Lin Yue understood, swapping the M19 for the Alloy Tactical Crossbow, drawing multiple crossbow arrows, and fitting one onto the tactical crossbow.

Quickly, a dark cloud appeared from inside the hotel, swarming out a large number of bugs!

Most bugs were similar in size to the ones he'd seen before, but some were larger, and lastly, a gigantic black bug, almost three meters long, resembling a giant beetle larva, charged out. Sou^rc^ed& di&re-ct+ly from& M&V.6L@EM&P6Y.R^.-

The massive bug was cloaked in a layer resembling hair, but Lin Yue noticed it wasn't hair; rather, tentacles similar to those on Tentacle Monsters!

The giant bug wasn't quick, but after struggling at the entrance, it broke a few glass panes, clumsily following the smaller bugs in another direction.

These bugs seemed unaware of Lin Yue and Bai, only retreating from the extreme cold air.

Shooting the leader first! Lin Yue identified the biggest one as the leader. Rather than letting them escape, he decided to kill the largest one!

The crossbow arrow in Lin Yue's hand shot out. Although it hit the giant bug's midsection, it barely penetrated.

"Quite tough!"

The bug noticed the attack, but its disgusting compound eyes couldn't spot Lin Yue in the tree, so it spun around in circles on the ground.

Lin Yue quickly resorted to a Burning Arrow, charging the electric stringer's energy fully. This arrow, capable of instantly transforming Secret Realm's monsters into fireballs, shot out and set the bug ablaze!