Chapter 8 – Saintly Compassion, Insults, and Announcements

The facts further confirmed that the value of the N Card far exceeded Su Yan's expectations.

With Jing's foresight, they had previously gathered a large amount of usable scrap materials. Now, with the experienced hunter Old Chen constructing, and the labor of Wang Dachui and Xiao Hu, two N Card servants, assisting.

In less than an hour, several simple yet deadly traps were set up in a ruined area of the street.

To be honest, Su Yan couldn't see anything special about this place, but the servants all felt it was a natural trap zone.

So what else was there to say?

Let's do it!

Modern young people have many shortcomings, but they are particularly receptive to advice.

Let the professionals handle professional matters.

As for me?

I'll just lie down.

The team didn't wait long. Su Yan only walked back and forth for about ten minutes before he saw black smoke starting to emerge from several corners of the area.

In the black mist, one zombie after another emerged, clearly more numerous than before.

"Roar!!"

Their movements were still swift, and as soon as they appeared, they roared and charged straight towards Su Yan!

Their target was clear!

They completely ignored the servants; the zombies only had eyes for Su Yan.

Su Yan didn't dodge, watching from a distance as the zombies fell one by one into the intricate traps, their bodies shattered, struggling in vain, and then having their heads smashed by the prepared servants.

Not a bit of inner qi was consumed, not an ounce of effort exerted.

Just watching, then collecting a large amount of Blood Coins.

Too easy!

"Hmph."

Su Yan's long black hair fluttered as he snorted coldly, "All my preparations were in vain."

He absorbed the combat lore from the Legendary Card, watching the servants repair the traps and build new ones.

Jing was skillfully coordinating among the crowd, her voice calm and composed, dividing the servants into two groups.

One group repaired the traps, while the other continued to gather more usable materials along the way.

And the only thing Su Yan had to do was stroll back and forth, much like a foreman observing the construction progress on a site.

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"Does this count as being a boss? My people do the work, and I just enjoy... but there's still something lacking."

Su Yan watched the servants busily working, sighing with regret, "I still have to walk, still have to be threatened by the racewalk warnings, it's still not quite right."

No choice, let's give [Survival] some face!

With nothing else to do.

Su Yan counted his Blood Coins, currently remaining: 732 points.

Not enough for a ten-pull, but enough for a few draws.

"Let's draw some food to be safe, other card types aren't urgent for now."

Su Yan wasn't worried at all; the efficiency of his servants in farming Blood Coins was already showing promise, so he didn't need to worry about future Blood Coin needs.

Even if the number of monsters in this street area exceeded the scale of the servants' traps due to the refresh progression mechanism, they could just move to another place.

With such a long road, how could I lack Blood Coins?

Su Yan opened the Sacrificial Altar and chose the [Supply Type] card pool in the blood-red glow.

"Draw seven, test the waters."

Su Yan's fingers slid gracefully, investing 700 Blood Coins into it.

As the Blood Coins turned into strands of blood light and dissipated into the depths of the altar, the altar twisted and rotated, and cards burst forth from the red mist, surrounding Su Yan.

A total of seven cards, each adorned with intricate patterns of various supplies.

Su Yan reached out, tallying each one into his account.

......

[Standard Military Ration]: Basic Card (N)

[Card Description]: A sealed green soft pack containing 12 high-calorie compressed energy bars, each providing a grown man with 5 hours of basic metabolic energy; poor taste, but extremely durable.

[Card Durability]: Supply Type Card, durability returns to zero once used up.

[Card Shelf Life]: Unique to Food Cards; this card will expire in 300 days and become inedible.

......

[Purified Water Barrel]: Basic Card (N)

[Card Description]: A 20-liter blue drinking water barrel, perfectly sealed. Pure water, no pollution.

[Card Durability]: Supply Type Card, durability returns to zero once used up.

[Card Shelf Life]: This card will expire in 300 days and become inedible.

......

[Assorted Fruit Cans]: Basic Card (N)

[Card Description]: A set of three cans of assorted fruit (yellow peach, pineapple, mixed fruit), providing necessary vitamins and sugars for the body, improving diet.

[Card Durability]: Supply Type Card, durability returns to zero once used up.

[Card Shelf Life]: This card will expire in 300 days and become inedible.

......

The remaining four cards are [Multifunctional Survival Toolkit (N)], [First Aid Bandages and Disinfection Kit (N)], [Windproof Waterproof Fire-starting Device (N)], [Loadbearer's Foldable Pack (R)].

"Seven cards, only one R, the drop rate is really low."

Su Yan shook his head, taking out the only R Card to examine it in detail.

[Loadbearer's Foldable Pack]: Fine Card (R).

[Card Description]: A tactical backpack with "Spatial Adaptation" effect, made of durable material, waterproof and wear-resistant.

[Card Effect]: Spatial Adaptation - When items are placed inside, the backpack fabric adapts to the item's mass, allowing the backpack to carry up to 300 kilograms of material (with the weight effect being one-tenth).

"A spatial ring?"

Su Yan chuckled, this thing was too typical.

The 300-kilogram capacity might not seem like much, but theoretically, it could hold quite a lot.

Especially since it uses weight as the basis for capacity, meaning it can hold more lightweight supplies, significantly reducing logistical transport pressure.

Among these seven Supply Cards, food and water only accounted for 3 cards, not even half.

"Judging by this gacha outcome, relying solely on gacha to provide food isn't frequent enough."

"It's foreseeable that each user's food and drink issues will be the biggest drain on Blood Coins."

"In the process of survival, one cannot abandon the exploration of the roads along the way."

Su Yan murmured, this was almost an obvious fact.

The path of survival allows the strong to gain more Blood Coins through the refresh mechanism, but trying to snowball into greater strength with these Blood Coins is likely not easy.

Daily food and drink are a stable expense, and medicine for injuries and illnesses is randomly obtained, any oversight can still lead to severe consequences.

The larger the team you maintain, the greater the Blood Coin consumption.

The smaller the team, the lower the risk resistance.

How to choose depends entirely on the individual.

The most crucial point is that the drop rate of high-level cards from the Sacrificial Altar is absurdly low!

Su Yan put away the cards, then manifested the backpack card in his hand, handing it to the servants to collect supplies.

While doing these tasks, Su Yan didn't forget to closely monitor the Chat Channel, which was something all surviving users were doing.

Observing the situation of others to compare with his own, to determine whether optimization and adjustments were needed.

At the same time, a large number of users would post requests for help in the Chat Channel, hoping someone could help them overcome some difficulties.

But no one extended a helping hand, everyone was like a clay idol, offering verbal guidance was already a great kindness.

Sure enough.

Su Yan had only watched for a while when he noticed a user named [Lin Wan] appearing again.

Since Su Yan had followed her, her messages were highlighted, and she was currently advising a coward trapped in the Starting Zone.

Most others were indifferent to this, no one would help others without reason, and some users even mocked, "Oh, the saint is here again."

Lin Wan didn't respond, ignoring the sarcasm, only providing answers and information summaries to those in need.

"What was this person's identity in peacetime? So compassionate?"

Su Yan tilted his head, watching for a moment, suddenly noticing that while Lin Wan was advising others, she occasionally posted requests to purchase supplies.

She needed a wide range of supplies, including food, tools, and medicine.

Other users also posted a lot of similar trade information, constantly refreshing the screen over these few hours, each user's gacha results and categories were different, so their needs naturally varied.

There were only two ways to trade: Blood Coins or bartering, relying on mutual communication and negotiation.

Lin Wan's prices were lower than others, and her purchase requests were mostly ignored.

"Buying medicine, is the saint injured?"

User [Luo Jiu] suddenly appeared, tagging Lin Wan: "@Lin Wan, how about teaming up with me? I just drew some supplies, I can give them to you."

Lin Wan: "No need for teaming up, what type of supplies do you have? How many Blood Coins?"

Luo Jiu smirked: "No need for money, team up with me, let me have some fun, I've never been with a saint before."

Chen Mo: "Hey, speaking of this, I'm suddenly not sleepy, can I queue up? I also have some supplies I can't use for now."

Lin Wan: "Get lost!"

Luo Jiu: "Oh come on, why so reserved, we're all going to die, who cares about chastity? There are plenty here who sell themselves, everyone gets what they need."

He was speaking the truth, within these few hours, some girls had already realized the advantages they still had.

If the start wasn't good, using their bodies to exchange for the protection of the strong was also a way to break the deadlock.

This fully utilized the racewalk team-up mechanism, as for being confined... if you can't even survive independently, these issues wouldn't be a concern.

And among the users frequently active in the Chat Channel, familiar names like Luo Jiu were mostly those who had a smooth start.

They were the lucky few, at least possessing rare (SR) cards, able to quickly gain a foothold in the Death Racewalk, and often the targets of female users' advances.

From Su Yan's own observations, this Luo Jiu had already teamed up with several different female users within a few hours.

The process often didn't exceed half an hour, as for the purpose of teaming up... men all understood, many openly expressed envy for Luo Jiu's substantial resources, making him proud for quite a while.

Lin Wan remained silent to his invitation, disappearing from view.

Luo Jiu, unable to persuade her, sneered and mocked: "This woman is really pretending to be pure! Just look at the price you're offering for supplies, how low can it get? Clearly, your strength is lacking, yet you're pretending to be a white lotus!"

"You might survive today, but that doesn't mean you'll survive tomorrow. Let me tell you, in the apocalypse, the first to die are saints like you!"

"If you don't agree now, in a few days, the price won't be the same!"

Seeing Lin Wan not responding, Luo Jiu became even more arrogant: "Those people you're helping, they're all trash, won't survive a few days. Look at the ones you've helped, how many are still around?"

"In my opinion, they've already fed the zombies, stupid saint."

"With that energy, you might as well serve me, you could get more supplies and live a few more days."

Luo Jiu was getting more and more excited, and others were watching the drama unfold, no one offering help.

Occasionally, one or two users who had been helped by Lin Wan spoke up, only to be immediately threatened by Luo Jiu: "Say that again? Do you believe I'll invite you to team up for a racewalk right now! If you don't agree, I'll pay for a Forced Team-Up!"

With these words, no one dared to speak up.

Luo Jiu was clearly not weak, which is why he was so arrogant, and at this stage, no one really dared to team up with him.

The mechanism provided a team-up feature, but it didn't guarantee personal safety, this had been confirmed by the users.

No one spoke up, and Luo Jiu became even more rampant, his insults growing more vile.

Just at this moment.

A golden notification message appeared, attracting everyone's attention.

[Announcement: User "Su Yan" in this area has gifted user "Lin Wan": First Aid Bandages and Disinfection Kit Card x1.]

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