As soon as Yun Xiaoxiao finished speaking, the familiar self-service shopping machine appeared before her.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Currently, she only had 78 points.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Was there a connection between space upgrades and the shopping machine?<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yun Xiaoxiao''s eyes shed with confusion, then narrowed in surprise.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
This shopping machine... seemed a bit different.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Below the screen disying the points, there was an additional circr hole.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
It was about the size of two fists.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
And in the bottom right corner of therge product interface screen, there was a new option for base upgrades.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
[Host, please click on base upgrade.]<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yun Xiaoxiao casually tapped it.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The interface immediately changed.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Several numbers appeared on therge screen.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
From one to five, with three dots after the five.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
[Please click on each number to learn detailed information about base upgrades.]<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yun Xiaoxiao poked the number one.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Immediately, the words ''Water, Electricity, Gas'' popped up on the screen.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Below was a line of smaller text:<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Upgrade points of 10,000 will automatically connect water, electricity, and gas to the base, with permanent supply and no need for manual maintenance.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yun Xiaoxiao: !!<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Isn''t this exactly what the base needs most right now?!<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Although she had a generator, who knew when it might break down.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Besides, it consumed oil.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Oil was so scarce now.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Without gas, relying solely on electricity for cooking wasn''t a long-term solution.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
As for water, they were currently relying on what the chubby uncle provided.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
It was fine for cooking, but if everyone needed to wash up, doundry, etc., relying on just the chubby uncle wasn''t realistic.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
If water, electricity, and gas could really be automatically connected, with permanent supply and no need for maintenance, that would be amazing!<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
However...<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"What do these upgrade points mean? Are they the same as the points disyed on the shopping machine?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
If so, relying solely on the points converted from everyone''s daily intimacy towards her, it would take forever to umte 10,000 points.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
[Not entirely.]<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Exin more clearly."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
[These upgrade points include two parts. One part cane from your previous intimacy points, while the other part can be exchanged for zombie crystals.]<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
[Do you see the hole below the points screen? Just insert the crystals there, and they will be exchanged for corresponding points. The points received depend on the level of the crystal.]<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
[A level one crystal is worth one point, and so on, with a level ten crystal worth ten points.]<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"So if I put my crystals into this hole, it means I lose them?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
[No, after exchanging for points, they will automatically fall into the collection box at the bottom of the shopping machine. You can take them back.]<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
That wasn''t bad.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
However, in that case...<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Couldn''t she just put those crystals back into the hole and repeatedly exchange them for points?<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Just as Yun Xiaoxiao was thinking this, Little Di''s leisurely and slightly disdainful voice rang out.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
[Host, each crystal will be marked once it enters the calction box. It cannot be reused.]<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
[Trying to take advantage and cheat is not eptable...]<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"I was just thinking about it!"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Oh~"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
This ''oh'' was extremely perfunctory.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yun Xiaoxiao: ......<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Can the points exchanged from zombie crystals be used to buy things from the shopping machine?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
[No, they can''t~]<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
What an infuriating tone!<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Little Di, dare you to appear for just one second?" Yun Xiaoxiao cracked her knuckles.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
[Goodbye, Host.]<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yun Xiaoxiao: ......<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
After calling out twice with no response, Yun Xiaoxiao decided to ignore it.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
She washed the crystals she had collected with spirit spring water, then unceremoniously dumped them all into the hole.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Soon, below the original intimacy points, the words ''Exchange Points'' appeared.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
After these words was a string of numbers: 1029.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
In other words, she now had a total of 1107 points.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
To get water, electricity, and gas, she still needed over eight thousand points.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
This task was long and arduous.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Curiously, she clicked on the other numbers.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Each reward excited her like a three-year-old child.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
But when she saw the required points, she immediately deted.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
So poor!<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Can''t afford it!<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Afterwards, Yun Xiaoxiao pondered while making evolution liquid.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
How could she umte points faster?<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Suddenly, a glint of cunning shed in her eyes.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
She needed crystals, but relying on just the few of them, even if they exhausted themselves killing zombies every day, how many could they kill?<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
But what if people brought these crystals to her?<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
To make everyone willingly bring crystals to her, she needed something more attractive to offer in return.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yun Xiaoxiao''s eyes rolled, and she had an idea in mind.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
With a n in mind, she generously used her intimacy points to purchase two bottles of level three evolution liquid.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Her Wood Element was already at level three, but her Ice Element Ability was only at mid-level two.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
After consuming the two bottles of evolution liquid, she could clearly sense the rapid expansion of her Ice Element Ability, finally breaking through the level three barrier.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
She also exercised her physical abilities in the space for a long time.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
She went to check on the vegetables and fruits nted by Big White.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Many vegetables were already ripe, picked by Big White and neatly ced in baskets.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
As for the fruit trees, they wereden with fruit.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Too much to eat, way too much.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yun Xiaoxiao picked a yellow orange, peeled it, and tried a segment.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Her face immediately contorted.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
So sour!<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
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In the dead of night.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
A roar like that of a fierce beast suddenly erupted from a room on the first floor.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Lu Chen and the others, who were in the midst of sleep, all sat up abruptly and headed downstairs.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Yun Xiaoxiao, hearing the sound, quickly left her space.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Everyone gradually arrived downstairs.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"What''s going on, he couldn''t be mutating now, could he?"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Nie Yizhou frowned at the tightly closed door.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Mu Yang, who also lived on the first floor, shook his head.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Not sure, but the sound seems unusual."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Why don''t we just open it and see?" Xiao Feng said directly.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Everyone looked at the door simultaneously.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
They were all prepared, poised for action.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
If Ling Jing had mutated and tried to attack them, they would give him a proper ''wee''.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Lu Chen, Yun Xiaoxiao, Xiao Feng, and Mu Yang stood directly opposite the door.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Nie Yizhou gave them a meaningful look, then pulled the door open.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Everyone was on high alert, but the expected scene of Ling Jing turning into a vicious zombie and lunging at them didn''t materialize.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
There was only silence...<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Mu Yang turned on the room light and saw Ling Jing lying on the bed, staring nkly at the ceiling.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
His face showed no zombie characteristics, and his body was still bound by vines.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Everyone exchanged nces, looking at each other, not knowing what to make of the situation.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Ling Jing hadn''t turned into a zombie and had woken up, which was generally good news.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
But...<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
His current state seemed a bit off.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Nie Yizhou waved his hand in front of Ling Jing''s eyes, but Ling Jing''s pupils didn''t blink or show any reaction.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Could it be that he''s be an idiot?" Nie Yizhou''s mouth twitched.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"You''re the idiot."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Suddenly, Ling Jing spoke.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Nie Yizhou: ......<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"Hey, Ling Jing, that''s enough. Yelling in the middle of the night, waking us up is one thing, but now you''re insulting me."<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
This is really too much to bear!<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Nie Yizhou spoke indignantly, but Ling Jing remained unmoved.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
The group exchanged nces again, all feeling that Ling Jing was acting strange.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
They originally wanted to ask Mr. and Mrs. Zhong Mingsheng toe and take a look, but it waste at night, and it would be inconsiderate to wake the elderly couple.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
They decided to take Ling Jing for a check-up first thing in the morning.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
Just as they were about to turn and leave, an innocent voice came from behind.<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0
"I''m hungry~"<span ss="css-1gz1n0z"><span ss="bg css-i073lf"><span ss="num css-0">0