You have received an invitation to become a resident of the Space-Time Shelter.
Please carefully read and familiarize yourself with the rules of this Shelter:
If you agree to the following rules, please say "I agree," and you will be transmitted to the Shelter.
Note that the owner of the Space-Time Shelter is its King and absolute ruler.
[As a Shelter resident, you have the right to]:
- Have a place to live
- Obtain food
- Receive protection
[You are prohibited from]:
- Touching the boss's belongings
- Engaging in conflicts with other survivors
- Damaging the Shelter
- Terminating the contract
[You need to]:
- Obey all orders given by the boss
[Other matters]:
- This contract can be changed at any time.
- Without the boss's permission, you cannot leave the Shelter.
[If you agree to all terms of this contract, you will be automatically transmitted to the Space-Time Shelter]
"Say 'I agree,' little sister." After reading the contract, Chen Youyou softly said to her sister.
The sisters successively uttered that sentence of decisive significance.
As soon as the words were spoken, they were instantly transmitted to the Shelter, located in an open space not far from the potato field.
Moments later, Lin Yi also appeared beside them.
"This is..." Chen Youyou asked in confusion, unable to stop herself.
"This is the Space-Time Shelter I created. Here, there is no threat from zombies, clean water sources, and plenty of food. But to survive, you need to work hard."
While speaking, Lin Yi pointed to the fields in front of them.
"I can work! Definitely! As long as it keeps my sister from hunger, I'll do anything you ask!" Chen Youyou eagerly assured.
"What's your name?"
"I'm Chen Youyou, and this is my sister, Chen Lingling." Chen Youyou responded, pulling the little girl beside her to the front.
"Alright, Chen Youyou, I'm Lin Yi, but from now on, you should call me boss."
Lin Yi looked at the somewhat desolate Shelter, laughing as he continued to speak: "You are the first batch of residents here, but soon others will join."
In his mind flashed the scene of a hundred "slaves" sweating and working hard in the fields, involuntarily laughing like a child.
At this moment, the system's notification sounded:
Congratulations, you have completed the "New Faces" task, and have received a reward: the Shelter earned 10 Experience Points and 100 Coins.
"You must be hungry, let's go eat." Lin Yi looked at the system panel, feeling particularly pleased.
He led the sisters to the cellar.
The cellar was chillingly cold, causing Chen Youyou and Chen Lingling to rub their hands together.
But as soon as they saw hundreds of pounds of potatoes piled up like a mountain in the cellar, fierce hope ignited in their hearts.
So much food! They will no longer have to go hungry!
Lin Yi casually took some potatoes, washed them by the spring, then cooked them on an open flame with their skins.
The sisters had not tasted such food for too long.
Initially, they were a bit shy, each holding half a potato, nibbling slowly.
After finishing what they had, they claimed to be full.
However, upon hearing Lin Yi encouraging them to eat freely, within just five minutes, Chen Youyou had already picked up the seventh potato, still devouring it ravenously.
Lin Yi was very satisfied with this, after all, people who can eat usually can endure hardships and have strength to work.
After a hearty meal, Lin Yi led the sisters to the edge of the potato planting field.
"This is a special field where potatoes only take three days to mature." Lin Yi introduced.
"Three days!?" Chen Youyou was astonished, hardly believing potatoes could mature so quickly.
But suddenly she realized she was not in the real world.
Moreover, Lin Yi is a powerful Professional, having such magical abilities seemed unsurprising, so she quickly accepted it.
"This batch of potatoes can be harvested in two days. Your task is to weed the fields and, when the potatoes are mature, you are responsible for digging them out." Lin Yi said, handing the potato planting manual to Chen Youyou.
"After harvesting, follow the instructions in the manual to plant more potatoes in the field, understand?"
"Understood, boss! Rest assured and leave it to me!" Chen Youyou excitedly responded loudly.
Harvesting potatoes from such a small plot of land every three days and planting them hardly seemed difficult work.
At that moment, she felt as if she were in a dream, not only having a safe home, a stable food source but also not burdensome work tasks.
And all of this was thanks to the man in front of her!
"Don't be too happy too soon, crops mature quickly, and naturally spoil quickly too. You have only 24 hours to complete the harvest, typically this small plot can yield 900 pounds..."
"Wow! That's a lot?"
Although Chen Youyou did not know how much a square plot of land normally yields, to be safe, she decided to express surprise.
After all, this man in front of her decides the fate of herself and her sister.
She must work hard to please him, so he is satisfied, ensuring the sisters can live better here.
"You can first pile the harvested potatoes here, I'll find time to put them in the cellar." Lin Yi explained expressionlessly.
Now he somewhat considered himself a boss, and based on experience, he felt it necessary to maintain a certain distance with subordinates.
Thus it maintains his authority while making it easier to manage them.
"It's okay, I can..." Chen Youyou hurriedly spoke.
She worried the boss might think she's lazy, needing him to personally transport the crops would certainly make him look down on her, so she must find ways to increase her value in the boss's eyes.
Lin Yi made a gesture, directly interrupting her.
He first pointed to the pile of potatoes in front, then waved his hand lightly, the potatoes instantly disappeared, and upon reappearing were neatly stacked in the cellar.
"I am the ruler here." Lin Yi meaningfully reminded Chen Youyou, then took her to the laptop.
"Try clicking the mouse a couple of times."
Chen Youyou sat at the table, but as soon as she touched the mouse or keyboard, a message popped on the screen: "Access Denied."
Seeing this scene, Lin Yi felt assured.
This laptop is the key tool to controlling the Shelter, evidently, only he has access permissions.
"From now on, without my permission, neither you nor the little girl are allowed to touch anything on this table."
Lin Yi said, pointing to a pile of miscellaneous items not far away, where smartphones, clothes, furniture, electronic products, and various other items were stacked.
These were collected in advance for gaining Experience Points, but until now he hadn't had time to organize them.
"If you feel bored, you can find some toys to pass the time from there. Anyway, settle down first, I have to go out to work."
"Alright..." Chen Youyou blinked.
Lin Yi focused his mind, and his figure instantly appeared in the real world.
The residents of the building had united to turn the apartment building into a small fortress.
The doors and windows were tightly sealed with metal, and even armed guards were closely monitoring the surrounding area at the windows.
Lin Yi silently noted this location, then proceeded to the next apartment building.
The aim of this outing was to thoroughly loot every place he could find for resources to accumulate more Experience Points for the Shelter.
Now the Shelter was beginning to show value, but Lin Yi's ambitions went far beyond this.
With continuous looting, Lin Yi gradually distanced himself from the Louvre, encountering more and more zombies along the way.
Once, he even saw an advanced mutant zombie leading a group of minions, frantically hunting a group of refugees.
The scene was like a bloody slaughter, unbearable to watch.
During the journey, he also noticed many apartment building roofs hung with bedsheets inscribed with "SOS," clearly people trapped inside issuing distress signals.
Lin Yi even saw a clever child.
The child used a rope to pull the door to create noise to attract zombies, and when zombies approached upstairs, he slid from the fifth-floor using another rope.
Unfortunately, he evidently overestimated his arm strength, failing to endure and crashing down when he reached the third floor...
Initially, seeing these scenes Lin Yi felt touched, but gradually, he became numb.
He directly entered a residential building with relatively few zombies, focusing on earning Experience Points.
Only to see him wielding his sword, assassinating, movements flowing smoothly, and in just a few strokes, six zombies were felled by his sword.
With several short "System Notification" sounds, he harvested six Experience Points and seven Coins.
"Ding dong!"
The crisp notification suddenly rang—"Your Shelter has Levelled Up."