Chapter 377

She opened the system store and searched for a long time, finally spotting the icon for a new-style fireplace.

The fireplaces in the Sunward Base were all built from bricks, connected to the houses and impossible to move.

But the fireplaces in the store could be installed independently. As long as ventilation ducts were used properly, they could fully supply residents of the other two bases.

After all, the Kyoto and North Tomb Bases were located in the north.

Although the walls of the various buildings within the bases weren’t as thick as those in the Sunward Base, they could barely withstand the fierce cold wind and blizzards.

Add to that the gentle warmth radiating from the fireplaces, and hopefully more people could survive this extreme cold.

Fireplaces were warmer and more useful than braziers.

Lin Qianhuan looked at the marked price of the fireplace and rubbed her eyes in disbelief.

“One crystal core? Isn’t this practically a free giveaway?”

She had installed this type of fireplace in the villas where her older brothers lived, and the original price was 1000 level-one crystal cores!

She had been prepared to grit her teeth and buy a batch of fireplaces, but who would have thought that one fireplace could be bought for only one level-one crystal core!

[This extreme cold is extraordinary. Fireplaces can save more human lives, so the price has been temporarily reduced. The original price will be restored after the extreme cold passes.]

Lin Qianhuan felt her eyes light up, and the pressure on her instantly lessened.

In this way, the Kyoto and North Tomb Bases could completely afford the price of purchasing fireplaces.

Naturally, there was no need to worry about the suffering of the lower-level survivors.

She wrapped herself in her cold-proof clothing, walked to the window, and looked into the distance. The entire world was covered in snow, roads were blocked, and houses and trees were crushed.

Buying fireplaces was naturally a trivial matter. Compared to this, how to transport this batch of life-saving supplies to the Kyoto and North Tomb Bases was the biggest problem.

Lin Qianhuan pondered for a moment, then called out to the system in her mind.

“The previous teleportation array was drawn during the lucky draw. I’ve looked through the system store, and the array is not listed on the shelves for sale. Is there any way to get a teleportation array?”

After all, the situation outside was too bad, and apart from the teleportation array, she had no way to transport these fireplaces.

[A limited-time mission is now issued: Clean up the Salvation Society’s spies within the Sunward Base, limited to three days.]

[Mission reward: Teleportation Array × 3.]

Lin Qianhuan’s lips curled slightly. It was like someone offering a pillow just as she was getting sleepy.

She was just about to get rid of Zhao Zhuqing. After completing the mission, she could also get the teleportation array. It could be called killing two birds with one stone.

“Don’t worry, I guarantee I’ll complete the mission.”

Her smile was bright, and she slightly ground her back teeth, clearly impatient.

Previously, Lin Qianhuan had guessed whether the force behind Zhao Zhuqing was the Salvation Society.

Now, the mission issued by the system just confirmed this point.

Zhao Zhuqing was indeed taken away by the Salvation Society.

Chunqing had also mentioned that the Salvation Society had a shortage of dual-ability users and wanted to take her back to fill the ranks.

It seemed that the dual-ability experimental subject in the Salvation Society’s base was Zhao Zhuqing.

Thinking of this, Lin Qianhuan turned around and sat back on the sofa, starting to purchase various elixirs and weapons from the system store.

Zhao Zhuqing must have suffered inhumane experimental modifications and torture during his time in the Salvation Society.

This guy was no longer what he used to be. She must not underestimate him. She must go all out and make thorough preparations.

After all, it wasn’t just her who wanted to kill him.

He also wanted to take her life in this opportunity.

A war was about to break out, and it was all about who was more skilled.

Lin Qianhuan swiped her finger across the virtual screen of the system store, and the communicator on the table suddenly began to ring.

Looking down, it was a call from Yi Zhonglin.

As soon as she answered, she heard his smiling voice from the other side: “Lin Qianhuan, Yi Long and Yi Chongde have contacted me. They said they can help me get rid of you. As long as you die, they will promise me the position of base leader of the Sunward Base.”

Lin Qianhuan wasn’t surprised, tapping her finger lightly on the table: “They are quick. But that’s right, Zhao Zhuqing should already be impatient to take my life, right?”

She chuckled: “How did you answer?”

Yi Zhonglin said bluntly: “I said I’d consider it and didn’t agree immediately.”

“Well done. If you had agreed to their proposal without hesitation, these people would have suspected you instead.”

Yi Zhonglin nodded and said hesitantly: “But there’s one thing I find strange. Yi Chongde seems to have been guiding me to say certain things, from beginning to end. I don’t know what he wants to do. Is he afraid I’ll go back on my word and wants me to give him a promise? But that’s not right. Who doesn’t know that the most worthless thing in the apocalypse is the so-called promise?”

Hearing this, Lin Qianhuan frowned slightly, suddenly thinking of something, and hurriedly asked.

“What did he want to guide you to say?”

Yi Zhonglin replied: “Probably things like ‘I guarantee I will kill Lin Qianhuan’, ‘I guarantee I will never betray you’, ‘I guarantee I will not reveal any details of this cooperation to the outside world’?”

Lin Qianhuan’s heart suddenly jumped: “You didn’t say it, did you?”

“Of course not. Although promises are worthless, these trash are not worthy of my promise.”

Hearing this, Lin Qianhuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“That’s good.”

Hearing the strangeness in her words, Yi Zhonglin asked with some doubt: “What’s wrong? You seem very nervous.”

Lin Qianhuan took a sip of warm water to moisten her throat: “It’s not that Yi Chongde doesn’t have abilities. I suspect his ability is ‘promise’.”

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