[Room 0208 - Sunny]: I do not have any silver coins, but I have this to trade. I am certain that what those people have is not as valuable as this. [Survival Guide - Zombie Raid]
Rover frowned, his gaze fixed on the line of text that the System had bolded, which was clearly displayed before his eyes.
If it were just a picture, he might still doubt it, but the item name was highlighted in red by the System, and as long as he pointed at that line with his thoughts, a piece of paper with its information concealed appeared.
That meant it was truly an item recognized by the System.
'A survival guide, I did not expect something like this to exist.' Rover thought to himself. He decided to tell Nanoe about it.
Nanoe thought for a while, then said, "If it is genuine, we will definitely make quite a profit."
"Why?" Rover asked. Although he was thinking the same as Nanoe and wanted to trade with Sunny, he still wanted to hear more of her thoughts.
Nanoe explained, "You said you can upgrade the room door without needing materials, right?"
"Right." Rover said, using only half the truth to explain his ability to her. "I can upgrade everything, but what it becomes is random. Besides, in order to upgrade, I need…"
He did not finish his sentence and simply pointed his index finger at Nanoe.
Even though this was his own secret, he could not keep hiding it forever; what he did was too obvious, so he could only cut away fifty percent of the truth.
Besides, saying that upgrading required women was not wrong either. On top of that, he said it so that Nanoe would clearly understand that later on he would gather more people into his harem.
Nanoe snorted with laughter, then forced herself to calm down and said, "Then we should just trade with him. In this world, the most important things are information and the way this world operates."
"If we grasp those things clearly, we can clear this game, or at the very least survive in this world."
"Anyway, even after he gets the door upgrade blueprint, he will still have to gather enough materials before he can actually perform the upgrade. We have accurate information, he has the blueprint but still has to gather materials, so we are still many steps ahead of him."
After hearing this, Rover nodded and immediately carried out the trade with Sunny. The trading process was very simple: he only needed to choose the trade function, then place the items inside, and once both sides confirmed, the items would automatically be transferred to the other party.
There was no need to meet face to face, and cheating was impossible.
Rover saw the goatskin sheet appear in his hand. Instead of reading the words on it, an information panel popped up in front of him.
….
Survival Guide - Zombie Raid
Restriction: Phase 1
(1) The activity time of the zombies is at least 2 hours and at most 12 hours, depending on the resistance put up by the Survivors. The stronger the Survivors fight back, the longer the zombies will remain active and the stronger they will become.
(2) Even if the main door is opened, as long as its durability remains, no one and no monster can enter the room. However, when the door is opened, the wall of air that replaces it will cause the door's durability to decrease faster.
(3) When daylight comes, the zombies will stop moving, return to the fog, and enter an energy-saving state in preparation for the next raid.
(4) Killing zombies or other Survivors will drop items or Game currency. However, during the "rest" phase, if you kill someone you will receive a "Blood Mark" corresponding to each person you kill.
The more "Blood Marks" you accumulate, the more monsters will gather around your room.
(5) The more zombies you kill, the more the remaining zombies will fear you and not dare to attack your room.
(6) Do not foolishly step into the fog. You will die, no, it will be even worse than death.
Have fun surviving, kekeke…
[Note: This guide cannot be upgraded, torn, or destroyed.]
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Having finished reading, Rover took a deep breath, feeling that this amount of information was worth at least ten times more than the Main Door Upgrade Blueprint.
Once he finished, he immediately shared this information with Nanoe.
Although she was a "Tenant", she still had a System like everyone else; she simply could not resist his orders and had no authority over this room.
After reading it, Nanoe's face lit up with a bright smile. "Rover, this information is really useful. It means that just hiding inside the room is not the best way."
"The best way to clear this game is to both fight back and at the same time hold this door."
"Exactly." Rover nodded and said, "Right now, we don't need to worry too much, because the zombies seem to be ignoring our room."
Hearing that, Nanoe rubbed her chin, frowned, and said, "But that also creates a disadvantage. Killing zombies can drop items and silver coins. If no zombies come here, how are we supposed to kill them?"
"If we go outside, it's too dangerous, because at that point the 'hidden buff' will no longer be effective, and the zombies will definitely attack you."
Rover also found that very reasonable, but right after that, he smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have a gun. I can wipe out the zombies around this place."
Nanoe gave a slight nod and said, "It's been over an hour since the zombies appeared, but more than a hundred people have already died. If…"
Suddenly, Nanoe cut off what she was about to say, leaving Rover confused.
Her expression carried a trace of worry, but in the end she still spoke. "If there's someone watching us, seeing these results, what do you think that person would do?"
"Hm?!" Rover was startled, then thought seriously for a moment before saying, "I would lower the difficulty, or give everyone some time to adapt."
"Exactly," Nanoe said. "We're like ants being put inside a glass tank. The one who put us in here is watching us struggle to survive as a form of entertainment."
"If survival becomes too hard for us, that person will definitely reduce the difficulty and give us more help."
After hearing that, Rover drew in a deep breath, feeling a chill in his heart. Just what kind of terrifying existence could drag four hundred people into such a bizarre place and even control zombies to attack them?
A God?
Or some mysterious organization?
Rover did not know. He only knew that what he needed to do right now was simply to survive.
He let out a sigh, opened the [Repair] interface, started buying more bullets, and said, "Nanoe, keep watch behind me. I'm going hunting."
Nanoe spoke up immediately. "Wait. Rover, instead of hunting, we have another way to make money."
"Hm?! You mean…"
Nanoe smiled and pointed at the sheet of paper in his hand.
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"Hahahaha… Goddamn it! I really am the main character of this world." Sunny burst out laughing when he received the Door Upgrade Blueprint.
[Required materials: 30 units of wood, 100 silver coins]
"Hahaha…" Sunny laughed loudly. "When I opened the Starter Pack, I got 40 units of wood and 10 units of iron. As for silver coins, hehehe… I just need to kill a few more zombies."
"I, Sunny, am the main character of this world. Hahahaha…"
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While Sunny was laughing happily, in another room, a beautiful woman frowned when she saw Rover's message.
Earlier, when she saw Rover announcing the sale of the Main Door Upgrade Blueprint, she had poured all of her assets into trying to buy it, only to receive a single reply: 'Sold!'
The girl sighed, her eyes drifting to the wooden door whose durability was down to just 4 points, and she felt a wave of despair in her heart.
"Am I really going to die here?"
She muttered to herself.
"No. I will definitely survive. I don't believe he's the only one who has a Main Door Upgrade Blueprint."
Just as she was about to close the chat interface, a new message from Rover sparked a flicker of hope in her.
She took a deep breath, then opened the chat window again. But what appeared before her was not another message about selling the Main Door Upgrade Blueprint, but a different message from Rover.
[Room 2705 - Rover]: I've already sold the Door Upgrade Blueprint, but I have some useful information. Do you want to see it?
She felt a bit impatient and wanted to close the interface, but at that moment, a line of text made her eyes widen.
[Survival Guide - Zombie Raid]