After agreeing on the next plan, Xiao Lou asked several men to go downstairs to help move the supplies, while the girls helped Ye Qi count the data. Everyone worked together and quickly moved a truckload of supplies into the room on the third floor and stored them separately.
There were over 20 cases of Mineral Water, 12 cases of milk, 8 cases of Chocolate, 18 cases of instant noodles, and countless bags of dried fruit and snacks. Even commonly used medicines were packed into two large boxes...
Ye Qi, who was temporarily in charge of the supplies, couldn't help but exclaim, "These supplies are enough to open a supermarket!"
Everyone was busy organizing supplies, and by evening everyone was tired, so Xiao Lou gathered everyone together to prepare dinner.
According to the rules, if you want to eat something, you have to ask Ye Qi for it and register it. This also makes it easier to keep track of the remaining stock.
Bearded Uncle leaned over and said, "Xiao Ye, could I take two cans of meat? I love meat, but I didn't dare buy any before to save money."
Ye Qi nodded: "Of course, register and take whatever you want. Don't be wasteful, just take what you can finish!"
The girl next to me excitedly asked, "Can I have a can of pear? I haven't had any fruit for days..."
Someone came over and said, "Xiao Ye, give me a bottle of Coke to cool down, hehe."
Ye Qi was spinning like a little top, constantly finding food for everyone in different rooms, distributing food, registering supplies, and running around busily, just like a volunteer visiting the elderly in the community.
Seeing this, Xiao Lou couldn't help but chuckle: "Xiao Ye is really clever."
Shao Qingge squinted at Ye Qi, who was busy running around, and said, "If we distribute the supplies centrally, we can definitely make a lot of money if we can sell the remaining supplies successfully. What price do you plan to sell them at? If we sell them on the seventh day, the market price should be 128 times."
"..." CEO Shao is always thinking about making money. Xiao Lou said, "128 times is too exaggerated. The citizens may not be able to afford such a high price. Three times is about right. Let's take our profits and sell as much as we can."
Items from Secret Room World cannot be taken out, but money can. Therefore, it would be best to exchange these supplies for cash. After the Financial Crisis a few days ago, Challengers are almost penniless. Local residents may still have some savings, but we need to prevent them from rushing in and looting. So, we need to come up with a foolproof plan for how to sell them.
The fourth day passed peacefully.
As darkness fell, Xiao Lou went downstairs to check on Boss Zhang and said, "Boss, we've decided to go back to Shanshui B&B. Where did you hide the money you collected for our accommodation?"
The boss, starving and already incapacitated, said dejectedly, "It's hidden in the safe in the basement. I have the key to the basement." He looked up at Xiao Lou pleadingly, "I'll give you all the money, can you please let me go?"
Xiao Lou said, "Not for now."
It's uncertain whether the owner of this shady shop has accomplices, so we can't release people until everyone passes through.
Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou used their teleportation cards to return to Shanshui B&B, only to find it deserted. The body that Boss Zhang had hidden in the basement had begun to rot and stink, and a strong stench could be smelled as soon as the door was opened.
Yu Hanjiang covered his mouth and nose with the back of his hand and quickly searched the basement with the help of a flashlight. Sure enough, he found a black safe. He put his ear close to the safe and gently tapped it with his knuckles to make sure there were no traps or anything like that inside. Only then did he carry the safe out of the house and return to the Construction Site with Xiao Lou.
Xiao Lou presented the safe to the owner and smiled, "Making money is perfectly reasonable for a business, but you shouldn't be running a shady business and bullying us outsiders. We've already taken double the room rate you charged us before, no objections, right?"
The boss nodded vigorously: "No objection... It's all yours, all yours!"
I'm really scared of Xiao Lou. Don't let his gentle smile and easygoing manner fool you; if you dare mess with him, he'll absolutely crush you with a smile. The shopkeeper glanced nervously at Xiao Lou: "Could you give me some food? I'm starving."
Xiao Lou said calmly, "Don't worry, you haven't eaten for a day, you won't starve to death."
The boss was internally devastated.
Xiao Lou opened the safe, counted the coins, and took them upstairs to distribute to everyone: "You've got your accommodation fees back."
Everyone was stunned: "Holy crap, can we really get our accommodation fees back?!" "Oh my god, so much money, is that for real?" " Brother Xiao is amazing, he actually managed to get the money back..."
Xiao Lou laughed and said, "The boss's shady business was detrimental to us from the start, so it's perfectly reasonable for us to take back his safe when we go back to Shanshui B&B. What do you all think?"
Everyone almost agreed wholeheartedly.
After getting their accommodation fees back, everyone listened to Xiao Lou even more obediently. Several girls looked at Xiao Lou with admiration, and one of them leaned over and whispered, "Brother, are you guys short of people? I promise I'll be obedient, can you take me with you...?"
Yu Hanjiang frowned unhappily and said, "It's getting dark. Everyone else is sleeping in their rooms on the third floor. We'll go downstairs to keep watch."
After saying that, he turned around and took Xiao Lou away, leaving the remaining Challengers looking at each other in bewilderment.
Downstairs, the two continued to sleep in the truck's cargo compartment.
As the surroundings quieted down, Yu Hanjiang immediately felt much more at peace.
He turned to look at Xiao Lou and whispered, "Although there are no members of the mysterious organization among these people, leading so many through the pass is still risky. What if some of them are key figures?"
They're always causing trouble, and might even affect us.
Xiao Lou said, " Captain Yu, don't worry, I have an even more reliable plan."
Meeting the faint smile in his clear eyes, Yu Hanjiang was taken aback: "What plan?"
Xiao Lou asked, " Captain Yu, do you remember the card you were rewarded for completing Spades 2: Secret Chamber?"
Yu Hanjiang suddenly realized: " Zombie Virus? You want to use this to deal with the prisoner team tomorrow night?"
" The cards in Secret Room World are actually quite versatile. The [ Nine Palaces Grid ] card I got in Diamond 2 can help someone like me with weak combat skills to clear Spade 2; the [ Zombie Virus ] card I got in Spade 2 can of course be used in Spade 3 to deal with a large number of prisoners."
Xiao Lou took out two A cards from the card holder and said, " The Zombie Virus can make the prisoner team move abnormally slow. If we get the effective vaccine in advance, we won't be affected by the virus."
Yu Hanjiang: "......"
Professor Xiao was the clever one.
He hadn't even thought of using Spade 2's reward card to deal with Spade 3's thugs.
Yu Hanjiang's initial idea was to set up a sniper rifle on the rooftop and snipe prisoners one by one. However, he only had ten bullets, which he couldn't use up if there were too many prisoners.
Xiao Lou's method is better. Let the prisoners be infected with the Zombie Virus, making them slow down. Then everyone can quickly kill them with traps and tools, and finally control the spread of the virus, preventing it from affecting innocent civilians. It's a win-win situation.
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Spade 3, secret room, day 5.
Prices skyrocketed to a terrifying 32 times the normal level, supermarkets ran out of stock, all businesses, factories, and organizations shut down, train tickets to leave the city were sold out long ago, and radicals who couldn't get tickets simply sabotaged the railway, preventing trains from leaving City A. Buses and cars stopped running, and drivers went on strike.
The entire city was completely paralyzed.
As expected, the prisoners escaped from the prison. They committed arson, murder, and looting in the streets, burning the pedestrian street to ashes and smashing all the shops on both sides of the street. On the street, an elderly couple in their sixties, who had just gone out to deliver some food to their son and daughter-in-law, were brutally beaten... and the two elderly people were beaten to death.
The criminal gang was armed with various long knives and guns/weapons stolen from the police station. The civilians were unable to resist and fled in all directions. The screams and cries were like a living hell!
Yu Hanjiang watched this scene with eyes blazing with rage, wishing he could immediately line up these beasts and shoot them!
The city is not safe at all; the factory is their last stronghold.
Yu Hanjiang couldn't save the entire city by himself. Upon receiving a concerned text message from Xiao Lou, he immediately turned back and went to the Construction Site to make preparations.
Around 4 p.m., a couple of Challengers suddenly showed up at the door.
It was the couple whose supplies were stolen the next day. After the theft, they left Shanshui B&B and survived for two days on the few bottles of milk they had left in their backpacks. They looked like wilted eggplants, walking listlessly, with chapped lips, pale faces, and stumbling steps, supporting each other as they moved forward step by step. The girl's arm was still bleeding, clearly injured.
The curly-haired girl on the third floor, who was in charge of monitoring, immediately said to Ye Qi, "Xiao Ye, there are two people walking towards the Construction Site from the northeast. They are the couple from the guesthouse."
The telescope sign has a long monitoring distance, and the image displayed on the screen is very clear and can be zoomed in for viewing.
Ye Qi used his mobile phone to report the message to Xiao Lou.
Yu Hanjiang looked at Xiao Lou's expression and whispered, "You want to take them in?"
Xiao Lou nodded: "It's the couple who got robbed the next day. We have so many supplies, adding two more people won't hurt. But we can't let them affect everyone's plans. I'll go talk to them, give them some food, and see if they have any cards that can help and if they'd like to join us."
Yu Hanjiang decisively followed him: "I'll go with you."
The two men stopped the couple, who mistook them for robbers and were terrified, covering their heads and crying, "Don't kill us... we really don't have anything valuable on us..."
Seeing their trembling faces, Xiao Lou knew they had clearly suffered a lot. He felt a pang of pity and said gently, "Don't be afraid, there's food at the Construction Site. This is the Challenger's temporary camp. As long as you're willing to follow orders, you're welcome to join the organization."
An organization? Both of them stared in surprise.
After arriving at the Construction Site with some skepticism, Ye Qi warmly offered them food such as mineral water, milk, bread, and chocolate. A girl who had seen them at the guesthouse before even came over to offer her some comfort and care, bandaged the bleeding girl's wound, and gave her some anti-inflammatory and fever-reducing medicine.
The couple, who had been starving for two days, broke down in tears in front of everyone.
The girl, starving and munching on bread, cried as she said, "I thought we were doomed... Thank you... Thank you everyone... I never expected there to be a Challenger organization... This is so wonderful..."
The man's eyes also reddened. He gulped down a bottle of Mineral Water and said, "We'll join! Just tell me what I can do, brother! But my girlfriend was stabbed by thugs. I barely managed to get her out of here. Could you let her rest for a while?"
Xiao Lou said, "No problem, Xiao Gao will take her upstairs to take a nap."
Only after his girlfriend was taken away did the man feel relieved and asked, "What are your plans?"
Xiao Lou asked him to take out a card, and he obediently took out his most powerful card, an "umbrella" that could open and enlarge tenfold to block all projectiles. This was a defensive card, and Xiao Lou let him...
He'll stay on the third floor tonight to protect the girl in charge of surveillance.
As darkness fell, everyone gathered together for dinner.
All the supplies were gathered together, and dinner was extremely lavish, with fruits, meats, and snacks all available.
The man, who had been starving for several days, wolfed down his food, and his face finally regained its color.
As it was getting dark, Xiao Lou gathered everyone together and said, "I need to count the number of people who have perfectly cleared Spade 2. Those who got the [Special Vaccine], please raise your hands."
Several hands were raised, including Shao Qingge's.
Xiao Lou did a rough calculation and said, "The number of vaccines is sufficient."
His gaze swept across the room, as if he were standing on a podium lecturing to students. His expression was calm, and his voice was even: "Most of those who escape from prison are death row inmates. They have no scruples and commit murder and arson in the city. Soon, they will find the Construction Site. We can't confront these desperate criminals head-on—we can only outsmart them."
He paused, then said, "After they enter the Construction Site, I'll try to release the [ Zombie Virus ] into their ranks. Those of you who have experienced Spade 2 should know that this virus greatly reduces their movement speed but enhances their attack capabilities."
One of the girls clearly remembered her unpleasant experience in Zombie Town, and her face turned pale as she trembled: "What... what if we get infected?" It was obvious that she hadn't received the effective vaccine card.
Xiao Lou looked at her and said gently, "Don't worry, the special vaccine can completely immunize you against the Zombie Virus."
A young man next to him slapped his thigh: "That's a great idea! We can get vaccinated and remain unaffected by the virus, while those lunatics get infected and turn into slow-moving zombies. Wouldn't that make the problem much easier?"
Those who hadn't received a vaccine card looked at the description of the special vaccine card that Challenger was holding up —complete immunity!
Everyone was finally relieved and unanimously agreed to Xiao Lou's suggestion.
This was indeed a clever strategy. A direct confrontation with the thugs was risky, as the people here weren't skilled in combat. But turning the thugs into slow-moving zombies—like reliving Spades 2: Secret Chamber —made everyone confident of victory!
Xiao Lou arranged for everyone to be injected with the special vaccine in batches, and then called a few people to redo the traps outside the Construction Site.
After completing the preparations, the sun slowly set below the horizon, and night gradually fell.
In the past, everyone was terrified every time it got dark, worried that supplies would be stolen or the guesthouse would be vandalized...
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