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

Boom boom boom!

There was a knock on the door.

Chen An saw through the peephole that the person knocking on the door was a girl wearing glasses.

It looks familiar.

It seems to be a female classmate.

The girl knocked on the door again, then glanced around instinctively before calling softly into the room, "Jiang Lai, hello, may I bother you for a moment?"

Jiang Lai, who was on the recliner, was taken aback.

Looking for me?

She walked over and peered through the peephole.

"Wang Ziyan? How come it's her?"

Jiang Lai muttered to herself.

Then he looked at Chen An

Chen An nodded, signaling her to speak.

Jiang Lai then spoke up, "Wang Ziyan, is there something you need?"

"Jiang Lai, this room really is yours?! I saw you go in just now and I thought I was seeing things."

Wang Ziyan asked in surprise.

Jiang Lai frowned.

Despite her caution, she was still noticed by someone she knew.

"Jiang Lai, you've already upgraded to level three room access on only the second day! That's amazing! Your talent must be incredible..."

Wang Ziyan was still praising him incessantly.

"So, is there something you need?"

Jiang Lai interrupted her directly.

Wang Ziyan hesitated for a moment, then said, "Um, Jiang Lai, could we share an apartment?"

"A roommate? You want to become my tenant?"

"Okay! Don't worry, Jiang Lai, I'll definitely be obedient!"

Wang Ziyan nodded quickly.

She also gave it a lot of thought.

This is a level three door.

Even if the Smiling Nightmare becomes stronger today, it will absolutely not be able to break through.

In addition, Jiang Lai is a girl like her, so sharing an apartment would be much safer.

Jiang Lai did not respond immediately, but instead looked at Chen An behind her.

Chen An hesitated for a moment, then whispered, "Just tell her you need to think about it, and also, let her show off her talent."

Jiang Lai nodded and replied towards the door, "I need to think about it. By the way, what is your talent?"

"Talent? I'll contact you through the room number and send you the talent information."

Wang Ziyan glanced around instinctively, not daring to open the system panel, seemingly worried about being seen.

"it is good."

After receiving Jiang Lai's reply, Wang Ziyan left.

then.

Jiang Lai looked at Chen An: "She should contact you."

Chen An nodded.

He was also checking out the room's comfort level at the same time.

Surprisingly, the comfort level actually increased after having another resident.

Room comfort rating: 9

The previous comfort level was 3.

With one more resident, the points were increased by 6.

One Jiang Lai is equivalent to two reclining chairs!

I just don't know if continuing to take in residents will increase the comfort level.

After thinking for a while, Chen An looked at Jiang Lai and instructed, "Open the trading platform now and see if anyone is selling gold coins. Trade them with bread, mineral water, and wood. Trade at least three gold coins first, and you can upgrade to level four doors today."

"If you have blueprints or items that you think you might need, you can trade them."

"it is good."

Jiang Lai nodded excitedly, immediately opened the panel, and started browsing the trading platform.

It owns more than 90,000 loaves of bread and more than 90,000 bottles of mineral water.

She has the confidence to sweep through the trading platform!

Chen An was also very satisfied to have a resident he could boss around.

This way he can save a lot of effort.

Jiang Lai also brought 7 gold coins.

And her talent for producing gold coins.

Even if you don't earn interest.

You can also get a fixed 1 gold coin every day, which is completely free.

"By the way, what's your method for upgrading your talent?"

Chen An suddenly looked at Jiang Lai.

"Just open my panel and take a look, no need to be polite with me."

As Jiang Lai responded, her eyes were fixed on the trading platform, scrolling down continuously.

Wow, there's so much stuff!

But most of them are miscellaneous items.

There are also people who deliberately place empty orders in hopes of getting something for nothing.

And some people even placed orders to play until GG...

This small trading platform has been used in incredibly creative ways.

But this also increases the difficulty of finding useful items.

Chen An then realized that he could directly access the resident panel.

He was too reserved.

then.

With a thought, he opened Jiang Lai's talent list to take a look.

[Compound Interest (lv1): You will receive 12 gold coins immediately. Every day thereafter, if you have more than 10 gold coins, you will receive an additional 2 gold coins in interest, increasing with your principal. If you have less than 10 gold coins, you will receive a guaranteed 1 gold coin per day.]

[Upgrade Requirements: 100 Gold Coins, 200 Interest Earned from Gold Coins, and completion of a designated task (Note: Completing the first two tasks will automatically trigger the designated task)]

"As expected, everyone's method of upgrading their talent is different."

Chen An seemed to be deep in thought.

Compared to his talent, Jiang Lai's talent has much lower upgrade requirements.

All you need is 100 gold coins, and you can earn 200 in interest.

Strictly speaking, earning 200% interest isn't even a requirement.

After all, even if she doesn't upgrade her talent, she still needs to use it to earn interest.

This goal can be achieved incidentally.

If we have enough gold coins, we can upgrade Jiang Lai's talent as well.

I wonder what changes will occur with compound interest at level two?

As he was thinking, Chen An saw a message pop up in the private chat interface.

You can specify a private chat by simply entering the room number.

I clicked on the private chat option.

Two messages popped up.

Room owner #009566: Hello Jiang Lai, my talent is called Dual Domination. It can only be used when two people are within three meters of each other, and the other person cannot actively reject the talent effect, otherwise it will fail.

Room owner #009566: My talent, once activated, can increase the speed and strength of two people simultaneously. I haven't tested the exact increase yet...

"There's actually such a useless talent?"

Chen An raised an eyebrow.

This kind of talent that requires two people to activate is really rubbish...

After all, everyone starts with one person per room.

Even if you can find someone to cooperate with and use your talent, you still have to guard against being betrayed.

"So it seems that not all talents can play a powerful role; there may be quite a few useless talents."

Chen An seemed to be deep in thought.

I just don't know if there are any duplicate talents?

It's highly likely.

Because when Chen An extracted the "Unrivaled" talent, he marked it as unique.

If there's no single talent listed, then there must be more than one.

After thinking for a while, Chen An replied to Wang Ziyan's message.

Room owner #009527: I need you to come to my room so we can talk.

Room owner #009566: Well... okay.

Roommate of room number 009527: Then come over now.

After sending the message, Chen An narrowed his eyes slightly.

He didn't trust Wang Ziyan based on just a few words of conversation.

Only after someone comes to his room and checks the panel to confirm that the talent is real can he believe it.

Whether or not to accept this resident is something that needs to be considered.

"Chen An, take a look at these blueprints and see if you want to buy them, but his asking price is a bit high."

Jiang Lai suddenly called out.

At the same time, information from the trading platform will be displayed.