I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 96 - 95 Concerns About Heating

Chen Xin was unsure whether Li Wensheng had exchanged for diesel, but after making one more oxygen generator, his materials finally ran out. The remaining six group members who needed an oxygen generator would only be able to get one after he obtained new supplies from Qin Lan.

Knowing this, the other six group members naturally couldn’t hold back. In such a situation, waiting even one more day could increase their chances of encountering danger.

But gathering materials was not an easy task.

Among the materials Chen Xin needed to make the oxygen generator, glass was the easiest to obtain. After all, if one didn’t mind broken glass, it was everywhere now.

As for pipes, it wasn’t too difficult either. By dismantling apartments where no one lived, it was possible to gather enough of them.

However, vacuum pumps and grow lights were much harder to collect. Two group members had spare grow lights, but no one had extra vacuum pumps.

So despite the urgency, apart from the "doctor" who was quick to get an oxygen generator, Li Wensheng, and two other group members, the remaining six would still have to wait until next month. fɾēewebnσveℓ.com

After delivering four oxygen generators and with the benefits from Mo Qingyan’s place, Chen Xin gained a total of 600 survival points, and a daily increase of 16 survival points.

Currently, Chen Xin could earn 18+16 survival points each day, with monthly income already exceeding a thousand points.

This was a rapid increase compared to when Chen Xin first got the system, where his monthly income barely exceeded 300 points.

This also made Chen Xin understand the system’s method of acquiring daily survival points.

One method was the current one he used — improving his shelter’s survival conditions.

The other was helping others to improve their survival conditions.

Each method had its pros and cons; the latter wasn’t necessarily better than the former. However, one approach might bring survival points more slowly, while the other could be faster but riskier.

After all, amid the apocalyptic disaster, the darkness in people’s hearts could grow. Helping others might indeed aid them, but it could also harm oneself, and finding the right balance was crucial.

Therefore, appropriately helping others to gain more survival points, while also building a safer and more comfortable shelter for oneself, was a suitable approach as long as one’s own safety was ensured.

Finally having some surplus at hand, Chen Xin couldn’t hold back his desire to upgrade and upgraded the kitchen.

The kitchen was a place that Chen Xin had considered upgrading since he received the system. Originally a place for an induction cooker and cookware, after the upgrade by Chen Xin, it became a formal stove setup, with a row of cabinets added to the walls, finally looking like something proper.

However, upgrading the kitchen didn’t bring Chen Xin any new daily survival points.

This was not too hard to understand. After all, even if the kitchen was upgraded, Chen Xin still ate the same things every day.

Only if he could obtain more food ingredients and use the kitchen to cook elaborate and delicious meals would it count as an improvement in survival conditions.

As for the medical room, because it still lacked some materials, Chen Xin could only wait for Qin Lan to deliver the supplies and materials needed this month to upgrade it.

Otherwise, he would have to spend ten times the survival points to upgrade it.

While this wasn’t impossible, Chen Xin still adhered to the principle of saving wherever possible.

Besides upgrading the medical room, he also needed to upgrade the power system, which was a major aspect.

After all, the power system in Chen Xin’s plan also needed to connect to a biogas fuel cell, and to have biogas, he would first need to set up a biogas digester.

A biogas digester certainly couldn’t be dug on site; it could only be obtained by upgrading the algae oxygen generator along with the fuel cell. Chen Xin had to reserve this survival point for this purpose.

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Qin Lan’s delivery time was quite punctual. Although in the apocalypse, no one cared much about time and date anymore, Qin Lan still delivered the supplies Chen Xin needed regularly at the beginning of each month.

"Ah Xin, your front door is quite well done!" Qin Lan couldn’t help but praise the shelter’s door and entrance, which had completely changed since her last visit.

Hearing Qin Lan mention this, Chen Xin couldn’t help but feel a jolt of anxiety. This was the first time he had exposed something upgraded by the system in front of someone else, and it made him a bit nervous.

So he casually asked Qin Lan, "Ah Lan, do you think it’s good?"

"Of course it’s good. For you to manage this all by yourself, it’s already impressive. An average construction team might not achieve this," Qin Lan seemed unaware of any irregularity and instead praised Chen Xin’s craftsmanship: "I knew you were handy when we were together, but I didn’t expect you to have such skills."

"There never was a chance to show it before, right?" Chen Xin could only respond with a smile at this time.

Through Qin Lan’s reaction, Chen Xin seemed to understand what the system’s concept of information state blurriness meant.

For instance, regarding the shelter door, normally Qin Lan would immediately recognize that it wasn’t something Chen Xin could accomplish, but the information state concept blurriness from the system made Qin Lan believe it was Chen Xin’s work.

This information state concept blurriness was something Chen Xin found hard to comprehend in terms of technological tier, but it didn’t stop him from understanding its effects.

Simply put, it makes everything appear reasonable, not arousing suspicion.

Others would believe the shelter’s upgrades were Chen Xin’s own renovations, and new items would be seen as his own creations or something he bought; in short, it all seemed logical.

Chen Xin didn’t know if this qualified as a Halo of reduced intelligence. After all, the current degree only rationalized the emergence of various items without lowering intelligence.

Chen Xin didn’t ponder over the issue any further and quickly put it behind him.

After moving the supplies Qin Lan brought into the shelter, Chen Xin still invited her to sit down and have a drink.

Qin Lan didn’t refuse. After sitting on the sofa in the living room and taking a look around, she suddenly asked Chen Xin, who was pouring her water: "Ah Xin, do you have any heating equipment prepared?"

"Heating equipment? Yes, I have an electric heater and an electric blanket for sleeping at night, that should be enough." When Qin Lan asked about the heating equipment, Chen Xin was a bit surprised but still replied: "I’m inside the mountain. The shelter’s walls were insulated during construction, so the temperature doesn’t drop too low, and the electric heater is enough for regular use."

"Your shelter is so big, with only one electric heater, it can only warm one area, and the overall rooms are still cold, right? Also, you’re growing vegetables in the greenhouse; the temperature in the greenhouse can’t be too low!" Qin Lan was still somewhat concerned after hearing Chen Xin’s explanation.

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