Travel through famine years and awaken a post-apocalyptic survival system.

[Ding, do you want to consume materials to build a shelter?]

"yes!"

[House discovered. Should we merge it? Merging reduces material consumption.]

"no!"

[Please select the construction type: Above-ground shelter/Underground refuge?]

"Underground shelter."

As he made his choice, the phantom image of a house appeared before him.

After thinking about it for a long time, I placed the main door in the corner.

"boom!"

As it was confirmed, the ground in the corner began to melt, revealing a downward staircase with a wooden door lying across it.

Zhao Qingsong stood at the entrance of the passage and looked down.

It was pitch black inside.

"Damn it, is the power out?"

With a flick of his wrist, a flashlight appeared in his hand. After hesitating for a moment, he went downstairs anyway.

However, a hidden card was used before going down.

For him, nothing has changed.

They walked downstairs with the lights on.

Upon arriving at the basement, Zhao Qingsong finally got a clear view of the shelter's condition.

The entire room is about 50 square meters, with a full wooden structure, much like a wooden floor, and the overall style is minimalist.

"Damn! It seems like only minimalist style can describe it!"

Can we not describe it like that?

There was no furniture at all; it was completely empty, not even a bed to sleep in.

It feels a bit creepy.

However, there was an old-fashioned light bulb on the roof.

There are switches and sockets on the wall.

I tried opening it.

[Ding, low energy. Replenish gasoline/diesel?]

Zhao Qingsong remembered that he still had 1L of gasoline in his space, so he chose to replenish it.

[Ding, Current capacity: 1/100L]

"Does that mean this thing can store 100 liters of gasoline?"

Zhao Qingsong muttered something to himself and then turned on the light.

The warm yellow light illuminated the shelter.

Zhao Qingsong glanced around.

Actually, he was still a little disappointed, feeling that this thing was too rudimentary, but thinking that it could be upgraded, he wasn't so disappointed.

More and more features will definitely be added in the future.

Upon checking again, the shelter now has an attribute panel.

[Shelter: LV.1]

【Durability: 100】

Upgrade Materials: Level 2 Shelter Building Blueprint *1, Wood *200, Stone *100.

It can be upgraded, but I don't know what the effect will be after the upgrade.

He doesn't care whether the house is good or not now; he can upgrade it later.

He has a few things on his mind right now.

First, there's the issue of breathing. If the door is closed, will I suffocate in this room?

But thinking about it, since underground shelters can be generated automatically, it's probably unlikely that it will happen.

Another issue is security.

He felt that if others dug down, they would likely find his shelter.

This made him frown.

Fortunately, the shelter is right under his house, so barring any unforeseen circumstances, no one will come to dig up his house.

It seems that if I find a good opportunity in the future, I should find a more stable place.

Ideally, it should be integrated into the mountains so that it can't be dug out.

Pulling myself back to reality, I remembered that there was still a worktable in my backpack that hadn't been installed.

With that in mind, I opened my backpack.

The iron blocks I had from the previous quests were just enough.

Once a location is determined, construction can begin immediately.

A workbench, two meters long and one meter wide, appeared next to his room. The workbench looked like a machine tool, gleaming with a cold light.

工具台（LV.1）：用于製作、修理、升级装备或物品。（升级所需材料：模块升级卡*1，木材*20，铁块*100、铜*30）

Zhao Qingsong began to curiously explore the products he could make.

He grinned when he saw what was inside.

Whatever you're missing, you'll get!

Just now you were saying there was nothing in the house!

There are quite a few things that can be made in this space.

First, there are various weapons:

Wooden swords, bows and arrows, stone axes, daggers, axes, long knives...

There are many different kinds, but most of them are ordinary products.

It can also be used to make wooden spoons, wooden buckets, wooden beds, desks, cabinets...

These are just ordinary things.

Besides these, there are also tools, but the types of tools are all ordinary, and many high-end items are grayed out, making it impossible to tell what they are.

However, in the weapons section, pistols and bullets can actually be crafted.

A pistol requires an iron block, and bullets require a variety of materials: brass, saltpeter, charcoal, and sulfur.

He looked at the items and laughed, "I only have 100 bullets. It would be much more convenient if I could make them myself in the future. It's just that saltpeter and sulfur are hard to come by!"

He was curious about what could be unlocked by the level 2 workbench.

Hopefully, some other things can be unlocked.

Since he couldn't see it, he stopped looking, pulled his thoughts back, and began building something.

Desks, school desks, chairs, wooden beds.

I ordered several items in a row, and that's how I finally got all the basic necessities for my home.

I shook it with my hand.

Very sturdy.

The quality is actually quite good, much better than those things sold online in later generations. I bet even making a baby out of it wouldn't produce any sound.

After finishing, Zhao Qingsong clapped his hands.

This little room is now complete.

Whether or not we sleep here in the future depends on the situation. After all, this isn't the real apocalypse, and we don't necessarily have to live here.

I stretched and yawned.

Looking at the empty house and the snow in the yard, I decided to go and buy some things.

After all, he still needs to cook here.

In winter, it gets dark early; by six o'clock, it's already completely dark.

He locked the door to the house and the gate to the yard and walked toward the supply and marketing cooperative.

……

"We need to buy a cast iron pot for the house, and we're also missing a thermos."

"For boiling water normally, you still need a coal stove, and you also need to buy an aluminum kettle, otherwise the water boiled in the iron pot used for cooking will have a taste."

"I need to go to the coal station later and have them deliver some honeycomb briquettes and coal balls."

……

As he walked along the road, Zhao Qingsong was deep in thought.

It's dark now, but the streetlights near the steel plant are already on, and there are still quite a few pedestrians on the road.

After making a few inquiries, I decided to go to the coal station first.

So as not to get off work.

With the coal purchase permit in hand, they headed straight to the coal depot.

At this time, many people pulling carts returned to the coal station, indicating that it was almost time to close up shop, and some people came to register.

Zhao Qingsong followed behind, and after a while it was his turn.

"Sir! I need to buy coal. Could you please deliver some tomorrow?"

Place the coal purchase certificate on the table.

The other person, busy calculating something, asked without looking up, "What kind of coal do you want? Lump coal or honeycomb briquettes?"

"What's the price? How many can I buy?"

Zhao Qingsong was unaware of the current quota and the price, so he inquired about it.

Anyway, he knew that the coal ration was much lower than before.

Upon hearing this, the other person looked up, sized him up, and guessed that he was new.

快速简单地介绍了一下：「块煤30块5毛钱一吨，蜂窝煤34块钱一吨，不过现在块煤定量只有250斤或者选择175斤蜂窝煤。」

Zhao Qingsong thought for a moment and realized that firewood could be used for the stove.

So they chose honeycomb briquettes.

「蜂窝煤175斤是70块，2块9毛8。」

"Okay, please deliver it to my home. The address is... Just leave the coal briquettes under the eaves in the yard."

I paid the money and gave them my address.

The man took the money, then asked in confusion, "Was that the house of Gao Dazhi from the security department? You got that house?"

"Yes, that's right!"

Zhao Qingsong didn't explain much.

The man didn't ask any further questions, registered his information, and said, "Okay, I'll deliver it to you tomorrow morning."

"Okay, thanks!"

He thanked them and then left the coal station.

……

After Zhao Qingsong came out, he went straight to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things to take back.

I saw a man walking towards me.

Upon seeing the other person, Zhao Qingsong hesitated whether to greet them.

Xu Qiang, that seems to be the name.

This is someone from the department. I met him at the meeting today. I don't know if it would be appropriate not to say hello now that we've bumped into each other.

However, the other person didn't seem to recognize him, since it was getting dark and he was wearing a scarf.

I think I'll pass.

The two passed each other by.

Zhao Qingsong stopped and looked at Xu Qiang's back with a puzzled expression.