Chapter 44 – Upgrading the Supply Crate

This was a Chinese-style retro pedestrian street.

The characters for Chinatown could still faintly be seen on the street’s archway.

According to the radar, the Supply Crate was within a hundred-meter radius of this area.

Fortunately, this being a Chinese-style street with low-rise buildings greatly narrowed down his search area.

Xiao Wuwang observed from a relatively taller building for quite some time—the number of Zombies in this area was indeed high.

If he didn’t have a way to lure them away, he truly wouldn’t have the courage to search for the Supply Crate here.

After understanding the terrain, Xiao Wuwang quickly formulated a plan.

Not far away was a public square. Placing the electromagnetic wave device there would likely attract the vast majority of the surrounding Zombies, allowing him to search here undisturbed afterward.

Upon reaching the square, he found a relatively hidden and elevated corner, carefully taking out the electromagnetic wave device.

Then, following what Marcus had previously explained, he gently flipped the switch on the device.

After activation, only one diode flashed briefly before the device fell silent again.

However, he knew many electromagnetic wave frequencies were invisible and imperceptible to human senses.

Not daring to delay, he quickly distanced himself from the public square.

Sure enough, during his escape, he encountered many Zombies gathering toward the square.

Along the way, Xiao Wuwang intentionally revealed himself briefly. Upon seeing a human, the Zombies didn’t frantically charge as they had before. They merely paused, glanced at him a few times, and then continued toward the public square.

This proved that, for the Zombies, the electromagnetic waves were even more attractive than a living human!

This gave Xiao Wuwang even more confidence.

Returning to the pedestrian street, after about twenty minutes, the surrounding Zombies were mostly lured away, and he could finally descend to search for the Supply Crate.

Without the hindrance of Zombies, Xiao Wuwang soon found the Supply Crate without issue.

It was located inside a restaurant.

After securing the Supply Crate, with nearly two hours still remaining, he naturally wouldn’t waste this opportunity to scavenge for supplies.

It didn’t take long for another pleasant surprise: he discovered a gang hideout. In a basement within this hideout, he seized a batch of firearms!

After thorough looting, his total haul included: 20 Colt M1911 pistols, 5 Desert Eagle pistols, 10 Uzi Submachine Guns, 8 MP5 Submachine Guns, 5 AKM assault rifles, 20 M4A1 assault rifles, 10 M870 shotguns, 5 M1011 shotguns, 2 R93 sniper rifles, 1 Barrett sniper rifle, and over 10,000 rounds of various ammunition.

Additionally, there were: 5 crates of grenades, totaling 480; 2 M203 grenade launchers along with 20 matching 40mm grenades.

Truly a country with free access to firearms—looting a gang Encampment yielded more than raiding a police station!

This was an utterly unexpected windfall.

Selling this batch of firearms could earn him a substantial amount of Infinite Coins!

Perhaps the Artisan Workbench could be unveiled ahead of schedule!

Xiao Wuwang instantly felt the weight on his shoulders lighten considerably.

After looting the gang hideout, there was still plenty of time left, but his intuition told him this Station Site likely held little else of significant value. Thus, he directly rode his motorcycle back to the station.

After hastily preparing and eating lunch, Xiao Wuwang took a hot shower and comfortably lay down on the sofa. It was then that the system voice sounded, announcing that Depart Station time had arrived.

Without any input from Xiao Wuwang, Lao Tie automatically started the train.

Meanwhile, he leisurely took stock of the gains from this Platform.

The harvest from this Platform could be said to have once again exceeded his expectations.

A large batch of firearms, nearly a hundred barrels of gasoline and diesel, two Evolution Potions and an Evolution Potion recipe, a Supply Crate, 50 Infinite Coins, plus 208 Mechanical Parts and 192 Electronic Components.

Any one of these items was enough to make others envious.

He first appraised the batch of firearms.

Then, he picked out the Common Level guns and directly listed them on the Trading House.

However, when he listed the guns, he noticed that many Level 0 firearms were already posted.

It seemed quite a few people had made significant gains during this round of Platforms.

Looking at the prices, the cost of Level 0 guns today had dropped considerably compared to the previous day.

Xiao Wuwang compared the prices and, to sell these guns quickly, set a slightly lower price.

12 Colt M1911 pistols, priced at 5 Infinite Coins each.

4 Desert Eagle pistols, priced at 6 Infinite Coins each.

8 Uzi Submachine Guns, priced at 6 Infinite Coins each.

7 MP5 Submachine Guns, priced at 8 Infinite Coins each.

4 AKM and 15 M4A1 automatic rifles, all priced at 10 Infinite Coins each.

7 M870 shotguns and 5 M1011 shotguns, both priced at 6 Infinite Coins each.

Two R93 sniper rifles, priced at 12 Infinite Coins each.

Ammunition was not included and had to be purchased separately. For all except shotguns, bullets were uniformly priced at 1 Infinite Coin for 30 rounds, while shotgun shells were priced at 1 Infinite Coin for 10 rounds.

He also listed 8,000 rounds of ammunition.

Calculating it out, even if all these firearms and ammunition sold, he would only have around 750 Infinite Coins.

That was still quite a bit short of 1,000.

So, he upgraded all the Level 0 Excellent firearms to Level 1 and listed them at a higher price.

6 Colt M1911 pistols (modified), priced at 8 Infinite Coins each.

1 Desert Eagle pistol (modified), priced at 10 Infinite Coins.

2 Uzi Submachine Guns (modified), priced at 10 Infinite Coins each.

1 MP5 Submachine Gun (modified), priced at 12 Infinite Coins.

4 M4A1 automatic rifles (modified), priced at 15 Infinite Coins each.

2 M870 shotguns (modified), priced at 8 Infinite Coins each.

If this batch of firearms sold out, he would have over 900 Infinite Coins.

Activating the Artisan Workbench was not far off!

After some thought, Xiao Wuwang decided to sell some diesel and gasoline.

Gasoline and diesel were in high demand recently, but in the near future, as train Levels increased and everyone had more powerful transportation Items, the demand for gasoline and diesel would decrease.

A 100-liter barrel of oil was uniformly priced at 2 Infinite Coins.

This way, he kept only 10 barrels of gasoline and 5 barrels of diesel. Selling the rest would bring in another 162 Infinite Coins.

Even after activating the Artisan Workbench, he would have a surplus.

After setting up the trading information, he posted an advertisement in the group as usual, then ignored the group messages and started browsing the Trading House.

What he hoped for most was to find an Intelligent Chip.

Unfortunately, fate had other plans. After searching through the Trading House, he couldn’t find a single Intelligent Chip.

Nowadays, people were becoming increasingly shrewd, and rare items like this were no longer easily offered up.

Exiting the system, Xiao Wuwang turned his gaze to the Level 3 Supply Crate.

He had already tested it earlier—with his current strength, upgrading it to Level 4 wouldn’t damage his foundation!

Of course, the Fatigue Points required would undoubtedly be substantial. To be safe, it was best to wait until his Fatigue Points were fully restored before proceeding with the upgrade.

A little over an hour later, Xiao Wuwang’s Fatigue Points finally returned to their maximum.

Inside the Living Carriage.

The Supply Crate was placed before Xiao Wuwang.

—Upgrade!

As his Talent activated, Xiao Wuwang’s body went limp. A wave of exhaustion suddenly washed over him, accompanied by bouts of dizziness.

This was due to the sudden, excessive consumption of Fatigue Points.

Finally, the Supply Crate was successfully upgraded. Xiao Wuwang checked his Personal Panel—his previously full Fatigue Points had sharply dropped to 18!

A total of 82 points had been consumed!

And this was under the condition that both of his Base Attributes had already broken through the 20-point threshold. If his attributes were still at the level before he took the Evolution Potion, he would never have been able to upgrade a Level 3 item to Level 4.

Xiao Wuwang shook his head, trying to clear his mind, then refocused his gaze on the now Level 4 Supply Crate.

—Open!

Xiao Wuwang touched the Supply Crate, and its lid automatically sprang open.

First, he received the standard 60 Infinite Coins for a Level 4 Supply Crate.

Looking further inside, there were four more items placed within.

As the most important resource at the Station Site, the Supply Crate wasn’t necessarily better the more items it contained.

Often, the fewer the items, the more precious they were.

With great anticipation, Xiao Wuwang took out these four items one by one to appraise them.