A single-player post-apocalyptic game, but with an all-female teammate mod.

Without hesitation, he bought them all with a wave of his hand.

These stockings are advertised as recyclable, but more often they are disposable.

As you have more teammates, the energy expenditure will continue to increase.

You can't go wrong by buying as much as you can.

After Aono figured out how to use the shop, he started teaching Dudu.

The methods of using the shops and manufacturing rooms are largely the same.

The only difference is that the manufacturing station has been replaced with a counter.

The manufacturing room is supposed to manufacture items, but it doesn't have any machines or tools at all; everything is done on the workbench operating system panel.

The same applies to the store; there are no shop assistants or display cases, and everything is operated on the system panel at the counter.

After purchasing items with gold coins, the items will appear directly on the counter.

Similar to clothing, you can also customize the size according to your own needs.

While this eliminates the fun of shopping and selecting items, it certainly saves a lot of trouble.

In addition, the store can also sell unwanted materials and items.

But Aono completely overlooked this point.

Based on his years of gaming experience, the system store usually cuts the cost of items by half.

Moreover, many basic materials are actually in short supply.

Don't be fooled by how much there is now; it's only now.

Each subsequent building upgrade requires an exponentially higher amount of basic materials.

Dudu quickly learned how to operate the machine, and then the two of them began to shop to their hearts' content in the store.

This is different from the workbench in the manufacturing room.

The workbench can only be used by one person at a time, and only one item can be created at a time.

The store doesn't have this restriction.

About half an hour later, after almost emptying the store, Aono left with Dudu, completely satisfied.

"Brother Qingye, is it really necessary to buy so many?"

Everyday items are very cheap, generally costing no more than 10 gold coins.

But no matter how cheap it is, it can't compete with large quantities.

It cost over a thousand gold coins in one go, which is equivalent to the earnings from clearing mycelium zombies for a whole day.

"They are all necessities; you have to buy them sooner or later."

Aono smiled and gave a simple explanation to Dudu, who knew nothing about games.

"Furthermore, I also want to see when the store's items are refreshed, that is, when it will be restocked."

"So that's how it is."

Dudu stopped worrying and started examining the new clothes she was wearing.

The beautiful girl with long orange-red hair has changed into a sexy outfit of sleeveless hot pants.

Those long, straight, snow-white legs were also encased in a pair of black stockings carefully selected by Aono.

She wore black stockings and pink and white sneakers, looking every bit the sexy and sporty young woman.

This outfit is very revealing, and therefore very suitable for activities.

This is one of the reasons why she chose this set.

Anyway, no one else is watching except Aono, so I don't care about the level of exposure.

The most important thing is to make it convenient for activities.

There were no changing rooms in the store, so the girl naturally changed in front of Aono.

Dudu is still a little shy, but really only a little.

After all, Aono not only looked at it, but also kissed and touched it.

Watching a beautiful girl undress is arousing, but watching her put on clothes one by one is also surprisingly exciting.

Aono can attest to this with his already rock-hard best friend.

After shopping, Aono took Dudu with her, and the two of them explored all the newly unlocked features together.

The dormitory is to the east of the store, and the canteen is to the west.

If there's no need to increase Thunder General's trust level tonight, Aono will definitely take Dudu to the dormitory first.

Now, the situation is reversed, with the dormitory being placed last.

Just like in a shop, the cafeteria only has one cashier counter for ordering food.

The first-class canteen only offers a few of the simplest dishes.

The egg fried rice that Qingye and Dudu had been eating for several days was prominently featured.

The result is that even the simplest fried rice, without any bonuses, costs 1 gold coin.

Currently, the only purpose of this cafeteria is to help Dudu get a job.

After the young chef entered the cafeteria, a system notification was triggered, indicating that after joining the company, she could utilize her talent and abilities, with a chance to add buffs to the dishes.

Additionally, for each dish sold, you'll receive a 10% commission in gold coins and 10 experience points.

Just like in the shop, upgrading will unlock higher-level dishes.

The gold coin bonus and experience gained will also increase based on the dish's level.

However, Dudu must stay in the cafeteria to trigger this effect.

Clearly, this is the correct way to approach support roles.

Unfortunately, Aono does not currently intend to use this correct method.

Even if Dudu gets a 10% commission, buying a dish at the cafeteria is still much more expensive than cooking it yourself.

Moreover, having to come all the way to the cafeteria is far less efficient than having the cooks prepare the meals in the kitchen.

The manufacturing room is located behind the cafeteria.

The two went in for a quick look, and after confirming that nothing had changed, they came out.

Continuing in that direction, we soon arrived at the warehouse.

There's not much to say about the warehouse; it's just a large backpack.

The level 1 warehouse is even smaller than Aono's modded backpack.

But it can hold quite a lot of things.

Aono immediately cleaned up his backpack.

All the accumulated materials and props, including some newly purchased daily necessities, were put into the warehouse.

His personal backpack became much cleaner instantly, with many empty compartments.

After leaving the warehouse, the two went to the training room.

Pushing open the door, a different view finally appeared.

Unlike the other buildings, the training room's interior space is much larger than it appears from the outside.

Inside was an incredibly spacious dojo.

The floor is made of wood, and there is a large, elegantly written character for "martial arts" on the wall.

There is nothing else besides that.

Just when Aono thought this was simply a place to provide daily exercise, a system notification popped up in front of him.

Currently, no martial artists have joined, so training cannot begin.

Looking at the prompt in front of him and recalling what happened in the cafeteria, Aono basically understood what was going on.

The training ground must have martial artists on staff in order to be truly effective.

As for whether "martial artist" is a profession or a general term...

If it's a general term, what are the rules for determining it?

These are things that will require trying gradually in the future.

Anyway, it's already confirmed that neither his captain profession nor Dudu's chef profession are martial artists.

After leaving the training room dojo, the two arrived at their final stop.

The first-class dormitory only has two rooms.

The furnishings inside are all the same: classic bunk beds, eight-person dorm rooms.

Fortunately, it has a private bathroom.

In a post-apocalyptic world, this living environment is already considered quite good, but it is definitely far inferior to the captain's cabin in Aono.

"Dudu, you can sleep here tonight."

"Ah."

The young cook nodded. The dormitory environment was not as good as the captain's cabin in Qingye, but it was much better than sleeping on the floor in the kitchen.

After spending time together, the two have developed a very good understanding of each other.

Tonight, Aono will definitely be increasing Raiden General's trust level, so she will naturally have to stay in the dormitory first.

"It's so good that you understand."

Seeing that Dudu agreed so readily, Qingye felt relieved and swallowed back all the explanations he had prepared.

However, people are always greedy, especially men driven by desire.

Watching the beautiful girl making the bed, Aono tentatively said, "Dudu, if you don't mind, you can continue sleeping together. The bed is bigger now..."

27. Striving to increase trust level...

“I understand, but that doesn’t mean I don’t mind.”

Dudu stopped what she was doing, rolled her beautiful blue eyes, and said irritably, "On the contrary, I actually mind a lot."

"Fine……"

Aono shrugged, unable to offer any advice.

Having come to this world, even a fool would think that he couldn't possibly have only one partner.

Leaving aside the fact that he would take in every beautiful woman he met after she came back to life, he would at least have his way with every female NPC.

Aono understood this, and so did Dudu.

Understanding is one thing, but accepting it still takes time.

Actually, Dudu's reaction was already considered good, considering that she lived in the late Qing Dynasty.

The emperor also had three palaces, six courtyards, and seventy-two concubines.

Men with even a little money and power usually have three wives and four concubines.

Therefore, she readily accepted Aono's actions in increasing the trust level of the Thunder General.

I still felt a little uncomfortable, let alone the thought of sleeping together under the same blanket.

If it were a modern, independent, and sharp-tongued beauty like Yukinoshita Hirano or Kasumi Hiroko, they would have already vented their anger by mocking and belittling Aono.

After helping to tidy up the dormitory and leaving dinner, towels, water cups, and other daily necessities, Aono returned to the captain's cabin alone.

He strolled slowly toward the captain's cabin, subconsciously looking up to admire the long-lost night view.

The night, filtered through the protective shield, was deep and pitch black, as always, without a single star.

Like a piece of opaque black velvet cloth hung from the sky.

Aono suddenly paused.