Wasteland: I Awakened A Plant System - Chapter 128: Shalini’s Trap
Chapter 128: Shalini’s Trap
After waking up, he grabbed some food made by Soohia and then went to look towards his harvest of the Zombie Ruin.
“First, various types of metal.” He started separating based on their types in the warehouse first.
It’s worth mentioning that his warehouse was also nearly full, mainly because meat from different animals couldn’t be stacked in a single warehouse slot.
Food alone consumed over a dozen slots in the warehouse, plus the various building materials he already possessed.
His already limited storage space immediately became even more strained.
He decided to trade the food, after keeping himself and Sophia for a month. He also decided to give some to his henchmen.
He also decided to build a cold storage in the future, specifically for storing small quantities of rare food, which wouldn’t take up too much space.”
Currently, all basic supplies were stored, and next were the spoils from this trip.
“Virus Serum…” This Epic-level item was a supply contained in a small briefcase. He gently opened it, revealing three light-blue vials and a syringe. He has previously two syringes and four light-blue vials, but after giving one to Alex, this all he has left.
Both items were primarily made of glass, with silver-white metal embedded in their frames.
He already knew the effects of the Virus Serum, but seeing this item, Vikram’s mood was very complex.
The good news was that he had precious supplies that could prevent zombie infection.
The bad news was that the appearance of this item surely meant that zombies would inevitably become part of the natural disaster.
This was far more dangerous than simple weather changes; at least extreme cold and heat disasters wouldn’t knock on your door, but zombies would.
“Zombies, huh…” On the sofa, Vikram’s eyes were unfocused as he muttered the word.
Snapping out of it, he patted his face, “No matter what, I’m someone who has faced Zombie King Split King . What are mere zombies?”
The Legendary-level item from the ruin’s treasure chest was on his parking harbour and one was in his inventory.
He hadn’t forgotten; there was still a purple-gold treasure chest dropped by the Zombie Leader.
From his backpack, he took out an unopened box.
Judging by the chest’s purple main body with golden patterns, this was another purple-gold quality box.
Slowly opening it, four items appeared before his eyes.
[High-Energy Electric Drill: Purple, Epic-quality digging tool, powerful functionality while being extremely power-efficient, suitable for gopher Survivors.]
[Tungsten Steel Hammer: Purple, Zombie Leader’s weapon. When wielding this weapon, strength is slightly increased. Swinging the weapon has a very small chance to trigger a critical strike.]
[Virus Serum x2: Purple, a serum that inhibits the spread of the zombie virus in the body, can be used within one hour of infection.]
[Winter Coat: Blue, a warm piece of cold-weather clothing with good insulation.]
Looking at the few resources that appeared, Vikram’s heart sank. It was also a Purple Gold Treasure Chest, but this time the resources seemed somewhat useless.
Not only were there no gold-level items, but there was even a blue-quality item among them, just to make up the numbers.
Not to mention the Tungsten Steel Hammer; Vikram got angry when he saw it appear again.
He had already taken this weapon, but after killing the Zombie Leader, the weapon surprisingly disappeared from his backpack along with it.
Now, it appeared from the box again. Vikram couldn’t help but feel that this reward was meant to fool him.
“Has its size shrunk?” Holding the Tungsten Steel Hammer in his hand, compared to the colossal size it had when the Zombie Leader used it, the Tungsten Steel Hammer was now perfectly suited for his grip.
But still he felt it was useless, since he directly didn’t battle, it may be worth trading.
Looking at the other items, among the four, the only one Vikram hadn’t seen before was the Epic-level drill.
But still, it didn’t need it, with the many Plants Sprout having, he didn’t worry about drilling, still he kept it for future uses.
[High-Energy Drill: Extremely efficient at excavating various types of stone. Special ability: The power consumption generated by this drill’s excavation is extremely low.]
The Epic-level drill was about half a person’s height, and its heavy texture and reflective metal drill head hinted at its extraordinary excavation efficiency.
However, he wasn’t in the mood to study these things further. And he didn’t even go outside to check the things.
He just wasted the whole day while resting, eating and doing exercise with Sophia, before falling asleep.
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Today was January 4th.
It was the third week since the extreme cold disaster arrived. The temperature had dropped to minus 40 degrees Celsius.
Unlike the freezing outdoor weather, the atmosphere in the small group was tense.
Divya, who usually spoke very little in the group, now had an unusually impolite tone, revealing her current mood.
While Vikram was still sound asleep, a situation concerning Divya and Anjali’s safety was happening.
[Divya: Shalini, what exactly do you mean? You’ve been trying every possible way to get our Shelter’s coordinates.]
[Divya: You couldn’t get what you wanted from me, so you even went to Anju to try and coax information out of her.]
Inside the two best friends’ Shelter, Divya’s brows were tightly furrowed, while Anjali kept her head down, looking as if she had done something wrong.
“Divya, could Vikram be mistaken? Savage Wolf Shelter might not be as terrifying as you imagine?” Anjali picked at her nails, speaking in a low voice.
“Shut up. We might have to start wandering around, and you’re still thinking so naively.” Divya was truly angry today, not at Anjali, but at Shalini’s relentless actions.
It turned out that ever since Vikram told Divya the truth about Savage Wolf Shelter, an incredulous Divya had been struggling with whether to tell Anjali that Shalini was not a good person.
After all, Shalini and Anjali had the best relationship in the group. Even Divya, upon hearing that Shalini was problematic, had processed it alone for a long time. She was afraid of upsetting Anju, which was why she had delayed saying anything.
It wasn’t until this morning that Divya, after much deliberation, finally decided to tell Anjali the truth about Shalini and her Shelter.
Anjali, compared to Shalini, still believed her good friend Divya’s words and immediately accepted them as true.
The situation reaching this point should have been a happy one, but Anjali’s next words hit like a punch to her face, leaving Divya stunned into silence.
According to Anjali, Shalini had chatted with her the previous night, and the two had first talked about many random things.
But in the end, as the conversation was about to conclude, Shalini casually asked a question.
“Anju, do you have the coordinates of a water source? My Shelter has been short on water recently, and we’re almost out of drinking water.”
“Our boss at the Shelter wants us to inquire about the location of water sources to prepare for the future.”
Anjali was initially a bit reluctant to reveal it. After all, water sources were very precious; what kind of person would just tell others?
“Our boss said that if we can’t find a water source, we might have to kick some members out of the Shelter. Anju, can you help me?”
However, with just this simple plea for sympathy, Anjali’s reservations were broken.
In her mind, her little sister’s safety was far more important than a small water source, and she resolutely reported the location of the water source near her Shelter.
Afterward, she thoughtfully gave her a bucket of already-filled spring water.
When the full story of the chat reached Divya’s ears, combined with the information Vikram had gathered about Savage Wolf Shelter,
Divya immediately felt like the sky was tearing apart. The words between the lines of that conversation clearly indicated that their Shelter’s location was already known.
Even if they made the best-case assumption that Savage Wolf Shelter wasn’t as outrageous as Vikram described, this Shelter, known to many Savage Wolf Shelter members, could no longer be stayed in.
Divya looked at the Shelter she had painstakingly built, step by step, her eyes filled with a lost expression.
Her hands were still in the group chat, constantly questioning Shalini about the purpose of doing this.
[Divya: Anju trusted you so much, and this is how you treat her?]
[Shalini: Divya, don’t say that. I just asked for water source coordinates, I didn’t do anything to Anju.]
Shalini knew she was in the wrong and wasn’t angered by Divya’s taunts, only speaking in a calm tone.
[Divya: Didn’t do anything? I think Savage Wolf Shelter should already be on its way here, right?]
Divya was certain that Savage Wolf Shelter had gotten the information last night, and to prevent them from reacting, they were likely already close to their Shelter.
[Shalini: Besides, since your Shelter’s location is already known, wouldn’t it be good to just bring you into Savage Wolf Shelter?]
[Divya: Good? How is it good? To go there and be tools for the scumbags of your Savage Wolf Shelter to vent their desires?]
Shalini fell silent. Faced with this truth, she was momentarily at a loss for how to retort.
“How did Divya find out about our Shelter’s information?” On the long bench, Shalini crossed her legs and asked the man beside her.
“I don’t know, Big Sister. Not many people know about these things in our Shelter, besides the other two big Shelters.”
“Unless Divya has an informant from Brown Wood Shelter or Aurora Shelter.”
“Impossible. If they had such great abilities, would they still be content to stay in a small private Shelter?” Shalini rubbed her forehead, deep in thought.
[Shalini: Vikram told you?]
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