Weihao felt ticklish when Nanzhi ran her fingers on his palm. His mind wandered to the scene in the living room at Nanzhi's place when he teased this fox. Enduring the burning sensation, he answered in the same method as Nanzhi.
The description given by Weihao perfectly matched the plant in the seed store, and to her great relief, Weihao's memory about the plant's location was still sharp.
'Yes.' How could he forget that place or that plant? It harmed Nanzhi. 'Do you want to go there?' he wrote in reply.
Nanzhi nodded and wrote on Weihao's palm, 'I need that plant.'
Weihao wrote with no hesitation, 'Okay. Just tell me when you plan to go. I'll arrange the trip.'
Although the virtual map had upgraded, the detection range for resource points was only ten kilometers. With Weihao's help, the rate of finding the plant would be higher.
Nanzhi didn't close the tab immediately and continued to scroll through the system store with her mind.
Suddenly, on the last page of the seed store category, she found another familiar plant in the store, but it was greyed out, which meant it was locked and couldn't be purchased yet.
She could only see the greyed image.
But it was enough to set her heart into a frantic pace.
Wasn't this the plant that got her killed in her previous life?
At that time, she had been separated from Baoyin while doing a mission. While escaping a pursuing horde, she found this alien plant inside a destroyed institution. During that time, alien plants had grown rampant and attacked people.
But this particular plant didn't attack people. Nanzhi was lucky.
Because her bag was torn while escaping, she had been left hungry and thirsty.
She saw that the plant had some fruits on its stem. Fearing it might be poisonous, she didn't touch it at first. But after days of hunger, she couldn't help it anymore.
Surprisingly, the moment she ate one of the fruits, she felt her hunger disappear and her stamina return.
Seeing that the plant was very beneficial, Nanzhi carefully dug out its roots so she could take it back to Baoyin.
But her luck didn't last long. Strangers wearing cloaks appeared, snatched the plant, and killed her.
Judging from the last words of those cloaked strangers, and from the fact that this plant was included in the seed store, the plant must have special value other than sating hunger and regaining stamina.
But because it was locked, she couldn't see the description.
'System, can I see the name and description of this plant just for a short time?'
[You need to level up to 80 before you can unlock the plant.]
Level 80?!
At Level 40, her experience bar was at 234,000. It would take a long time to reach Level 80.
Was there no room for negotiation?
[There isn't.]
Nanzhi had to give up for now.
The heat wave continued to reign havoc outside, and even when nightfall came, the sun still hung in the sky shining brightly. The survivors in the underground shelter prayed fervently for the disaster to end.
After what seemed like an eternity, morning came, and Nanzhi was greeted by a series of system notifications.
[Congratulations for surviving the third dungeon: Alien Beast Tide and Heat Wave]
[You are rewarded 2500 EXP, Function Card]
[Survival Points Balance: 390]
[Congratulations for clearing the dungeon with high ratings!]
[You have additional rewards: 2500 EXP, an upgrade card, and 100 extra survival points]
The third dungeon finally came to an end.
Nanzhi was surprised by the additional rewards. An upgrade card and extra survival points! System, thank you for being so generous!
In the midst of celebrating the rewards, Nanzhi's sharp hearing caught the sound of water tapping on the ground.
The survivors were stunned to see water slowly seeping into the underground shelter. In an instant, the shelter became moist and the temperature dropped.
Curious, some of them opened the hatch and were stunned by the scene outside. Instead of the harsh sun, dark clouds greeted them.
For the first time in a month, the sky rained.
Across the country, those who survived the heat wave slowly came out of their shelters, watching the rain fall.
"Look at the sky! It's raining! It's raining!"
"Oh, how I miss the rain. From now on, I'm not going to complain about it!"
"This is just perfect! I haven't taken a bath in a month!"
The plaza in the center of the base was soon filled with people bringing plastic containers to collect rainwater.
Children were also playing in the rain.
Boisterous laughter filled the community center.
Nanzhi and her group came out as well and looked at the sky.
"Finally! It's over!" Baoyin stretched her body. Sitting underground for so long had made her limbs stiff.
After being holed up in the underground shelter for so long, the six of them were very hungry and sleepy. Nanzhi filled the table with warm, delicious food.
In the center was a pot of warm chicken soup. With the heavy rain outside, the soup tasted especially good.
The six of them took big slurps, warming their bodies.
After breakfast, everyone took a nap. In the underground shelter, they hadn't been able to rest properly. The moment their heads touched the pillows, they all fell into deep sleep.
Nanzhi entered the Game Lobby to rest.
After resting enough, she used the function card.
[Since you are Level 40, the functions available for choosing increase to five]
[Current Functions Available: Guild, Well, Teleportation, Generator, and Contract System]
"Teleportation?" Nanzhi was startled.
The system explained the new functions.
[When it comes to teleportation, you can set a coordinate as a fixed point. Wherever you are in the world, you can teleport to that fixed point in an instant. At the basic level, the maximum number of people you can teleport is 20 (excluding the host). The cooldown is fixed at one month. Every time you upgrade, the number of permitted people will increase.]
"You don't charge spars for teleportation?" Nanzhi asked.
[There is no charge.]
This function was good. If they encountered a threatening situation, they could use it to escape. But currently, the Guild function benefited her more.
The next new function was a generator.
At the basic level, the generator function provided her with utility power for a maximum of three hours. The time increased with each upgrade.
Nanzhi looked at the last function—Contract System.
