Survival in the neighborhood: Give me a piece of bread every day

【02: 59】

【02: 58】

【02...】

This upgrade will take three minutes.

"It seems the underlying logic is that the higher the level, the longer the upgrade time is required."

As he thought about it, Chen An also showed an expectant expression.

A level three door must be very sturdy, right?

He felt insecure because he saw that other residents possessed strong aggressive tendencies.

That's why they couldn't wait to upgrade the room doors.

Defending against monsters is one aspect.

More importantly, it is for defense against humans.

So he spent nearly a hundred dollars' worth of bread to buy 5 units of iron blocks and a dozen units of wood, and then exchanged them with Jiang Lai for 5 gold coins, thus gathering enough resources to upgrade the door to level three.

After this upgrade, all he had left in his inventory were a pitiful 8 units of wood and over 98,000 loaves of bread.

"It's a pity we couldn't acquire any glass, otherwise we could have upgraded the windows too."

Chen An looked at the wooden window.

A breeze was blowing into the room, making it a bit chilly.

Moreover, it was always dark outside, which made him feel very insecure.

My own little nest isn't safe enough!

The source of the gold coins is easy to find.

Jiang Lai should still have some left.

The problem is that glass is hard to find.

at the same time.

The countdown on the door ended, and then a layer of white light enveloped it.

The light quickly faded, revealing a layer of hard iron on the originally heavy wooden door.

The overall safety factor of the door appears to have increased significantly.

Chen An opened the panel directly to view it.

[Sturdy iron gate]

[Level: 3]

[Durability: 25/25]

[Can be broken down into: 16 wood blocks, 5 iron blocks]

Upgrade Requirements: 10 Gold Coins, 15 Iron Blocks

[Introduction: I'm incredibly hard now! I can shield my master from all danger! My master can close their eyes with peace of mind when they sleep!]

Level 3 iron door, durability 25.

Even if you let Smiling Nightmare crash into things all day, it probably won't lose any durability, right?

Even if the enhanced Smiling Nightmare is activated tomorrow, it is highly unlikely that it will be able to cause much damage to his door.

This is finally satisfying!

Chen An felt that the small room immediately gave him a sense of security.

I can finally get a good night's sleep tonight.

"However, the requirements for the next upgrade are a bit too high."

Chen An looked at the new demands.

10 gold coins.

Even Jiang Lai couldn't raise that much money.

15 units of iron blocks are not too difficult to collect.

Because most residents cannot even upgrade to a second-grade wooden door, the current demand for iron blocks is not high.

So Chen An comfortably lay on the soft recliner and began browsing the trading platform, searching for iron blocks.

"This platform isn't smart at all; it doesn't even have search or categorization functions..."

Chen An scrolled down through the accumulated transaction information while complaining.

Because there's no categorization function, you have to slowly search for the supplies you want.

Not only is it a waste of time, but it also makes it easy to miss out on what you need.

However, this world doesn't have much entertainment anyway, so there's plenty of time to do these kinds of trivial things.

Chen An spent several hours browsing the trading platform before finally collecting 15 iron blocks.

They paid the price of 150 loaves of bread and 5 units of timber.

"I only need 10 more gold coins now. Once I have those, I can upgrade my iron gate to level 4. I wonder how many Laughing Demons will have to break down my door then?"

Chen Anmei stretched and then took a sip of water.

There's not much water left, so we need to conserve it.

He discovered that the scarcest food resource on the trading platform was fresh water.

There are almost no transactions.

After browsing the chat channels for another hour and collecting some miscellaneous information, Chen An drifted off to his first dream in the Eternal Night World while reclining on the chair.

He was able to sleep peacefully.

But the other residents have absolutely no desire to sleep.

The sound of residents chatting could be heard from time to time in the stairwell.

Occasionally, this was accompanied by a few arguments.

Because of limited resources, disagreements and conflicts arose among the teams led by Xu Bo.

The current conflict is relatively minor; people are just arguing and haven't actually started fighting.

"Brother Xu, our team still has eight people, not enough to upgrade the doors to level two. How about we go to other floors and see if we can find any wood?"

Wang Zhiwei suggested.

Their team has more than 20 members, most of whom have combat-related talents, so they are very short of supplies.

As for buying timber... I can't afford it.

too expensive.

Xu Bo hesitated, looking towards the dark stairwell.

"Let's go down to the stairwell and check it out first. If there's an opportunity, we'll go down and grab some resources. If not, we'll retreat. Our team will be two people per room, which will ensure that everyone upgrades to level two doors and we can get through tomorrow safely."

Xu Bo said.

This is currently the most resource-efficient and reliable method.

Otherwise, we really won't be able to gather enough timber.

Since most of the empty rooms in the building don't have doors, they naturally can't be decomposed into wood.

This means that at least one-third of the residents on this floor are unable to upgrade to a second-level door using the resources available on this floor.

This is also the root cause of the conflicts between their various teams.

Limited resources led to conflict.

On the other side of the corridor.

The other teams also gathered together to discuss their methods.

The door must be raised to level two by the next day.

Otherwise, the enhanced Smiling Nightmare would definitely break through the door directly.

Then you're doomed.

At the same time.

Room 009538.

Jiang Lai has already upgraded the door to level two.

Then, looking at the upgrade requirements for level three, she couldn't help but frown.

Upgrade Requirements: 5 Gold Coins, 5 Iron Blocks

"I spent 1 gold coin to buy wood to repair the door, and traded 5 gold coins with Chen An. Now I only have 6 gold coins left, which is not enough to trade iron blocks, and I won't be able to get the compound interest tomorrow... I really missed a chance to develop."

Jiang Lai sighed.

But you can't not spend these gold coins.

If she hadn't bought wood to repair the door, her first-floor door would have been smashed open.

"I just hope the shop doesn't refresh with food items tomorrow, otherwise the price of my bread will definitely go up, and then I can exchange it for more gold coins and start earning interest..."

Thinking this way.

Jiang Lai was also a little tired after standing all day.

She wanted to rest.

The empty room contained only a small wooden table, which was neither suitable for sitting nor lying down.

I had no choice but to make do on the cold floor.

"It's a pity my big, soft bed isn't here, otherwise I would definitely have slept in it to my heart's content!"

Lying on the ground, Jiang Lai began to reminisce about the wonderful life before she time-traveled.

I wish this were all a nightmare.

I hope that when I open my eyes tomorrow, I can go back to my own big bedroom.

"So hard, so cold..."

Jiang Lai lay on the ground, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep at all.

Now, let alone a king-size bed.

Even just giving her one of those cushioned recliners like the one in Chen An's room would be nice.

At least it won't be so hard or so cold.

Jiang Lai couldn't bear to spend any more gold coins on random things, so she could only make do and go to sleep.

"I really hope I don't get any food tomorrow..."

Holding this thought in mind.

Exhausted, Jiang Lai also fell asleep.