The male supporting character was actually myself.

The host is right!

No, no, we absolutely cannot let the main system's review department get involved; and we certainly can't drive the script team crazy. It seems that to achieve a comeback under the protagonist's halo, we need to proceed gradually and not rush things…

“But you can go with him next time, mainly to check what kind of character Chen Luoqi is.” Jiang Chen scribbled on the paper, considering the room renovation, and said slowly, “The script only shows him showing off and getting humiliated after he becomes rich. We don’t know anything about Chen Luoqi yet.”

It's understandable for a simple-minded person to suddenly become rich; but if their character is questionable, then we need to consider changing the way we cooperate.

The fluffy little dumpling twitched its ears smugly, "Don't worry, host, I'll bring a camera and film the whole thing! Even if he keeps some dirty things to himself, he'll definitely show them through little tricks and incidents."

After working through the night to complete the modification plan, Jiang Chen hugged the fluffy ball and fell asleep peacefully. The Horcruxes hovered and circulated throughout the shelter, monitoring any suspicious movements at any time.

The next morning, after everyone in the shelter had eaten breakfast, he took a box of various canned goods and bread and asked Guan Xiaoyue and Zhang Yan to go to Liuli City to exchange them for supplies.

The main items are energy sources, weapons and vehicles, as well as equipment needed to expand shelters.

“These things are in high demand. Should we send them to the auction house or go directly to the big manufacturers?” Guan Xiaoyue put on her armor, slung the basket over her shoulder, and asked, “Sister Yan, you’ve been in Liuli City for a long time and know it better. You decide.”

Since the other party was being polite, Zhang Yan couldn't appear stingy. After having eaten two large chicken legs and several bowls of congee with preserved egg and lean pork for breakfast, Zhang Yan glanced at the supplies in the basket, subconsciously licked his lips, and replied, "Those are all delicious foods, we can't afford to waste a single bit. We must exchange them for even more supplies!"

Forget about auctions; they're a mixed bag, and middlemen make a profit, so we'll just lose out.

How about this...

She raised an eyebrow and whispered something in Guan Xiaoyue's ear. Upon hearing this, Guan Xiaoyue smiled and said, "No problem. As long as it can help our shelter get more supplies, I don't mind playing along with you."

Jiang Chen watched as the two fiery women, who were temporarily on the same side, discussed leading the team away before locking the shelter door and beginning the renovation plan.

He wants to provide the protagonist with an absolutely safe "safe house" that no one but himself can access.

So, in the midst of all the busyness, two days flew by.

"Host, you deliberately arranged for the Wild Wolf Gang to go to Liuli City. Now, only you and I are left in the shelter and we can fight back. Meow, I'm suddenly so nervous!" The fluffy ball was shaking with nervousness early in the morning. "I found a lot of props. I wonder which ones you want to use, Host?"

Chapter Fourteen: Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!

The content is being typed and will be available in 10-30 minutes. If you still cannot access the content, please click on the feedback button in the upper right corner and we will address it as soon as possible!

Chapter Fourteen: Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!

"We probably won't need the props anymore," Jiang Chen said casually as he patrolled the perimeter of the shelter with his soul weapon. "The story is that I led the Wild Wolf Gang in a defense battle, suffering more than half of our casualties before managing to save the shelter and leave it to the protagonist."

The members of the Wild Wolf Gang aren't in the shelter at all; they're all in Liuli City. What role do they have there?

"Maybe... if they can't even gather enough people for a single emotionally charged scene, the scriptwriting team will start revising the script again."

Fluffy dumpling: ⊙(?◇?)？

Meow meow meow?

Is breaking the deadlock really that simple?

As long as we send people out, a war won't break out?

The little white cat was a bit confused for a moment, scratching its ears as if it had overheated its CPU, causing its eyes to roll into black circles.

"Well... let's wait and see if the script will be updated. I wish it could be that easy to break the deadlock. All this fighting and killing makes me feel uneasy..." It thought for a long time but couldn't figure it out, so it gave up thinking about such a complicated matter and instead hopped into the secret room to visit the renovated special room for the main character.

As noon approached, Jiang Chen was resting with his eyes closed on a recliner when he heard the first-person perspective of the soul weapon in his consciousness, causing him to frown slightly.

Sure enough, the well-equipped and formidable Raider Alliance is approaching!

They clearly took this attack very seriously, or rather, the scriptwriters went to great lengths to kill themselves off and make room for the protagonist. The Raiders Alliance deployed dozens of self-modified, rather cool-looking motorcycles, along with a wide variety of weapons (but no).

"Boss, it's just ahead! That nameless shelter isn't far from the Dark Pine Forest. Apart from that not-so-high mountain, it's flat and easy to spot." The scout in charge of intelligence led the way, his face under his helmet unusually excited.

That's a super fat sheep!

If I can successfully slaughter them, the commission from selling the supplies to the cannery alone will be enough to supply me with nutritional supplements for two years! If I can also find some canned goods or other stockpiles, I'll be rolling in money!

"If this job goes through, give Lao Liu a 10% cut!" The leader drove his motorcycle like a wild dog, speeding across the wilderness. He casually shot a Deathclaw scavenging for food in the distance and then laughed, "Your intelligence is very timely. We've figured it out. That shelter was built by a guy named Jiang Chen who came out of Shelter 078."

Everyone knows that those who come out of 078 are all rich and powerful!

Unfortunately, that guy only has one and a half vagrants under his command, and I heard he's even ties with the Wild Wolves Gang. Pshaw~ How could that rabble possibly be a match for us?

This time, it's our turn to make a fortune!

The cannery didn't even bother to raid his hideout, leaving us the chance to fleece them! Hahaha, if this shelter weren't so conspicuous and uninhabitable, I'd really like to take it for myself.

The other members, hearing their leader's words through the communicator in his helmet, hurriedly replied, "Boss, this lousy place of his is nowhere near as comfortable as our old hideout! After we've looted it, let's just tear down everything we can and upgrade our safe house!"

"Yeah, yeah, it's still more reassuring to stay in our own safe house. Who the hell would be so foolish as to trespass on the Raiders' Alliance's territory?"

"I heard that the people Jiang Chen sent out made the deal using canned meat—pure canned meat from before the disaster! They're really going all out!"

"I heard they also auctioned off a can of fruit!"

"Speaking of food, this morning I heard from a scavenger from Liuli City that a shelter supervisor got a fresh fruit on the black market! Fresh, the kind that's crunchy when you bite into it!"

"Holy crap! Really? Right now, artificially cultivated vegetables only come in a few low-yield varieties, and those are only specially supplied to the regulators in Liuli City. Fresh fruit? Where did they get that stuff?"

"He's probably just bragging!"

"Not necessarily. I've also heard that there are a lot of good stuff circulating on the black market lately, like those self-heating rice dishes from before the disaster, which even have meat inside when you open them! Apparently, they were sold for a high price as soon as they appeared. I wonder who was so lucky."

"Stop talking nonsense about food! We're almost there, so let's get our act together and pull off a big heist! Once we've slaughtered this fat sheep and found the canned meat, everyone who makes a big contribution will get a share!" The leader, seeing the conversation veer off course, hurriedly gave a pre-battle pep talk, waving his gun and shouting, "Raze the shelter to the ground, and all the spoils are ours!"

"Raze the shelter to the ground, take all the spoils..."

Before the subordinates could shout in unison to boost morale, the motorcycle speeding at the front suddenly went out of control.

"Dangdang!"

With a loud crash, the large, rugged motorcycle crashed to the ground, sparks flying and lightning flashing.

The two raiders in self-assembled armor on the vehicle fell to the ground, rolled twice, and lay flat without even struggling.

"Holy crap? They can still fall on such a flat road, what a bunch of trash!" Before the leader could finish speaking, the convoy, whose speed had already involuntarily decreased, began to fall and lie flat one after another.

The desolate wilderness, shrouded in the blazing sunlight and with the air slightly distorted, was filled with the chaotic sounds of giant motorcycles crashing together. Strangely, despite the public communication channels being turned on, the subordinates' voices could not be heard, not even the screams of alarm when they fell!

"Alert..." The leader only heard his deputy's brief, urgent shout over the communicator before he fell, and then there was no more sound.

"What happened? Holy crap! What's going on with you guys?!" Everything happened so suddenly. One second they were dreaming about how they would celebrate after slaughtering the fat sheep, and the next second they were attacked?

The problem is, where exactly is the enemy? He still hasn't seen them!

Two motorcycles collided and burst into flames, but the subordinates lying on the ground didn't move at all. They couldn't be so fragile that they would die from just one fall!

The leader suddenly felt a chill run down his spine and was immediately terrified.

It seems we're being watched by something terrible!

As the leader of the raiders, he and his men had plundered, burned, and killed countless times over the years, making him ruthless and a seasoned veteran with a unique combat awareness. It felt like facing a mutated cobra for the first time; a moment's carelessness could result in being struck by a perfectly concealed enemy!

"Damn it!" the raider leader cursed under his breath, turning around in his most prized vehicle to try and escape.

However, Jiang Chen, who was more than ten miles away, saw this scene clearly through his soul weapon. The corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and the dazzling light that flashed in the sunlight on the distant "battlefield" disappeared in an instant.

In less than a minute, he had already used the Horcrux to clean up the battlefield.

Any potentially useful vehicles, armor, weapons, etc., were stored in the space, leaving only nearly a hundred corpses dressed in various tattered clothes on the wasteland.

"As expected, the level of control is getting more and more refined." Jiang Chen raised his right hand and carefully examined the obedient soul weapon wrapped around his wrist and fingers.

After using 98% of it to mend the heavens, he kept only a small portion of the essence with him. Sure enough, after entering the virtual world, the soul weapon was slowly growing again.

I wonder if there are any bugs or a girl waiting and searching for herself in this wasteland world...

"Host!" Just as he was stunned, the fluffy little dumpling rushed in with an arrogant gait, looking at him with admiration. "As expected of the host I chose, you broke the script team's plan so easily, hahaha... The script has really started updating! You're amazing! Mua!"

The Raiders' Alliance launched an attack, but were wiped out before even getting close to the shelter. I wonder what kind of patch they'll come up with to kill themselves in the next update.

Jiang Chen really wanted to have a serious talk with the script team. If you want the protagonist to have a blast, showing off and getting humiliated, just arrange things however you want. Why do you have to kill off the best supporting actor? Wouldn't it be better for everyone to coexist peacefully and achieve a win-win situation?

For two days in a row, Chen Luoqi did nothing but lie in his small rented room playing games, dreaming of getting rich, eating and drinking well, and sleeping soundly without any pressure.

Such a idyllic life was naturally not enough for the chosen one. He fantasized about living in a mansion, driving luxury cars, keeping a bunch of beauties, and having a wild time. But every time he woke up and opened his eyes, he saw a dark ceiling and a small, messy rental room. Chen Luoqi felt frustrated from the bottom of his heart.

Especially his landlady, who always dresses up in a flamboyant way and flaunts her huge breasts in front of him, no matter how he tries to flirt with her, she won't take the bait. She must think he doesn't have enough money!

After spending these past two days, I only have three thousand yuan left, which is really not much...

"I'll go check it out now. Hopefully he's found something good!" Chen Luoqi looked at the meager balance in his mobile banking account, took out his fully charged box, took a deep breath, and pressed the button.

It was still suffocating darkness.

Chen Luoqi, who was already used to it, took out his phone, turned on the flashlight, and looked around. He immediately felt that something was wrong!

The room has been renovated again?

The doors have all disappeared, and the entire room is held together with some kind of gray metal, leaving not a single gap! Holy crap! Doesn't this mean... there won't be enough oxygen?

Do we have to bring our own oxygen cylinders next time?

The disinfection device was even more concealed, and along with the communication equipment, it was installed high on the ceiling and welded tightly together with dense iron bars as thick as a finger.

Damn it, what does he think he is? A walking virus source?

"Duang! Duangduang!" Chen Luoqi vented all his dissatisfaction on the metal wall.

Sensing someone's presence, a camera in an inconspicuous corner started operating and pointed at him, while the overhead light turned on, making him squint slightly.

The screen in Jiang Chen's room displayed the scene inside the closed room. He casually pressed a button on the wall, and disinfectant spray once again filled the entire space.

“You’ve come at just the right time. I just went to resell those supplies this morning. To be honest, the quality was really bad, and only some places that hire refugees were willing to take them. I inquired about the gold, and most of the pre-disaster ruins in the vicinity were almost ransacked by scavengers in the past. If you want to get more gold, you have to go deep into the heartland, and the danger level will increase dramatically.”

Jiang Chen's indifferent voice came from the speaker, "Fortunately, it wasn't a complete loss. I used up half an energy source of ammunition to find a gold bar in the ruins."

bullion?!

Chen Luoqi, who had only heard of it but never seen it in person, was immediately thrilled. It was a gold bar! Even if there was only one…

He pursed his lips, thinking to himself, "Where did you even find this, you idiot? One bar is far too few! Shouldn't gold bars be sold in piles at jewelry stores and banks?"

Seeing the disappointment on the other person's face, Jiang Chen patiently explained, "What I found is genuine gold bars, the kind that banks issued before the disaster. Not gold jewelry; you can usually only find them in bank ruins."

I found it in a box in the VIP lounge. To get a large amount of gold bars, you would need access to the pre-disaster bank's underground vault. Once that place is closed, it's extremely difficult to open. After all, gold was a crucial strategic resource before a disaster, and it wasn't something anyone could just break into.

Moreover, most banks do not store large amounts of gold.

Back then, even cash was settled daily and then transported by armored truck to a more secure vault for safekeeping; how much more so would gold?

The simple science explanation was a revelation to Chen Luoqi!