7: Chapter 7: I'm V50, let's see my strength!

The flames had no temperature at all; instead, they carried a hint of chill.

After a brief burn, they vanished completely.

"What a miraculous ability!"

Jiang Wanwan curiously fiddled with the miniature lottery machine in her hands.

Is this the event card worth 100 stardust?

Lin Xiao examined the item in Wanwan's hands.

The reason he didn't give all the stardust at the beginning was just to test the waters first.

Going all-in right from the start was not a wise move.

He wasn't the protagonist of an overpowered novel, after all!

"Wanwan, try it and see what you can draw."

Jiang Wanwan nodded and tried pulling the lever on the lottery machine, which was the size of a matchstick.

Accompanied by a pleasant "ding-a-ling" sound.

The three parallel reels immediately began to spin rapidly, with various numbers and strange symbols flashing blurrily across their surfaces.

Under their expectant gazes, the reels stopped one by one.

Finally, the central windows of the three reels locked onto the exact same pattern.

A green box with a knife and fork symbol!

"I got it!"

Jiang Wanwan cheered with joy.

She reached out and tapped the air a few times, then took a small army-green box out of her backpack.

Lin Xiao looked at the box, and the item information unfolded before his eyes:

【Emergency Food Combo: Contains Self-heating Rice * 8, Compressed Biscuits * 10, Canned Beef * 4】

"Yay, we have food!"

They got a box of food supplies on the very first draw?

This was a pleasant surprise for Lin Xiao.

He looked at the lottery machine with burning eyes: "Continue!"

Jiang Wanwan rubbed her fingers and pulled the lever again.

Unfortunately, she didn't win this time.

The three reels landed on a golden item, but quickly, the third reel rolled forward one more notch.

"There's one more chance. Xiao Lin, you try!" She handed the lottery machine over.

Lin Xiao nodded and pulled the lever for the third time, but still got nothing.

After the attempts were exhausted, the lottery machine turned into white flames and vanished into thin air.

"What a pity..." Jiang Wanwan felt a bit discouraged.

"It's already quite good!"

Although they only drew one item, Lin Xiao was still very happy.

Because he had originally planned to trade the remaining stardust and materials for some food.

Now, not only did he not have to figure out how to trade, but he also didn't have to worry about food for the next few days.

Wanwan only had 1 point of Luck, yet in the first round of the game, she drew a bucket of drinking water and a box of food.

Could it be that she triggered the newbie protection period!

Why don't veteran players have such perks?

Sigh, how unfair!

Although he thought this in his heart, Lin Xiao still praised her: "It has to be my Wanwan. If there's another chance to draw next time, I'll leave it entirely to you!"

"My luck has always been great!" Jiang Wanwan lifted her chin, revealing a proud little expression.

"When does the event card refresh?" Lin Xiao carried the box of food to the bed on the other side, then asked with a smile, "It won't be like me, where I have to rely on exercise to reduce the cooldown, right?"

"No way..." Jiang Wanwan poked him in the lower back, "I can draw a card every time a round of monsters is about to arrive."

"That's interesting!"

Lin Xiao nodded, while tearing open the seal of the food box and taking out two bags of self-heating rice.

"You haven't really eaten anything all afternoon, right? Wait a few minutes, I'll have it ready for you immediately!"

The two of them had boarded the bullet train after six in the evening.

Because the food inside the high-speed railway station was ridiculously expensive, the two of them had only eaten a little something, and after boarding, they couldn't bear to buy the boxed meals from the dining car.

Lin Xiao had originally planned to take Jiang Wanwan for a good tour around Shanghai after getting off the train the next day.

But in the end, everything changed.

It had been six or seven hours since they boarded, and even for someone like Lin Xiao who wasn't sensitive to hunger, his stomach was starting to growl, not to mention a girl like Wanwan.

Thinking of this, he took out another can of beef.

Just as he was about to open the packaging, Jiang Wanwan picked up one of the boxes of self-heating rice: "Xiao Lin, the situation is special now, so we should save food whenever possible."

"I don't eat much; a piece of compressed biscuit is enough for me."

She intended to put it back in the box, but Lin Xiao held her hand down and opened the outer packaging without another word.

"What kind of talk is that? With me here, are you still afraid of not having anything to eat?"

The self-heating rice was still in the process of heating up.

Jiang Wanwan stayed by the small table, staring intently at the steam gushing out with a "pfft, pfft" sound.

Her nose twitched, clearly showing she was hungry.

While waiting for it to heat up, Lin Xiao wasn't idle; he used materials to repair the territory facilities to withstand the upcoming new round of crisis.

【Wood * 27】 → 【16】

【Glass * 17】 → 【6】

【Side window and wall repairs completed】

Subsequently, he took out the stardust converter.

【Glass * 6】 → 【2】

【Waste Plastic * 3】 → 【1】

【Electronic Components * 1】 → 【0】

【stardust converter repairs completed】

After the repairs were finished, Lin Xiao tried injecting 100 stardust.

The glass tube in the very center of the machine was immediately filled with a black, viscous substance.

After pressing the start switch, the black substance began to rotate, but the speed was very slow.

【Capacity: 100 / 100 (Conversion complete in 24 hours)】

Just as he was tinkering with the converter, Jiang Wanwan leaned over.

"Xiao Lin, someone on the public channel is looking for you. Take a look quickly!"

Hearing this, Lin Xiao placed the machine on the bed to the side, then opened the chat channel and took a glance.

【05-05 Chen Pingan: Is anyone selling waste plastic and rubber? My kid is in urgent need of materials to repair things. Big shots who have some, private message me!】

【06-03 Long Tao: @Lin Xiao, brother, your strength is not bad. Come join my team.】

【06-03 Long Tao: My team lacks no resources, and everyone is distributed resources according to their work. If you perform well, you can get an extra portion of resources every day!】

【06-09 Wang Chenliang: We people in Carriage 6 are very united. If you come over, you won't have to risk your life killing zombies alone.】

【06-09 Yang Yu: Right, right, right, @Lin Xiao, our carriage doesn't have many empty beds. If you want to come, hurry up and private message Brother Tao.】

【05-05 Chen Pingan: Sounds just like the real thing. V me 50 stardust to see your strength.】

【06-03 Long Tao: I will gather all the people on the train who can fight together to form an elite team. Those interested can chat with me.】

...

"Hmm?"

"If I perform well, I get an extra portion of resources?"

Lin Xiao laughed after reading it.

Does he look like someone who lacks resources?

Moreover, to invite someone to join a team, they just shouted directly on the public channel without even a polite private message. Wasn't their attitude a bit too arrogant?

However, it wasn't hard to see from the trend in the chat channel that Long Tao had already become the person in charge of Carriage 6 and had a certain amount of prestige.

Uh... Long Tao, right?

Lin Xiao opened the leaderboard, wanting to see this person's background.

Oh, so he's ranked third!

With just this much strength, he still wants to form an elite team? Did this guy get beaten stupid by zombies?

Lin Xiao didn't directly retort, but instead simply sent a sentence on the public channel.

It was still four words.

【07-01 Lin Xiao: Who will be the boss?】

This question seemed very ordinary, but in reality, it was filled with mockery.

Especially for someone who thinks highly of themselves but lacks the strength, it was tantamount to being pointed at the nose and called, "What are you?"

【06-03 Long Tao: Of course it's me. Such a simple question, does it even need to be asked?】

The air in the channel instantly became filled with gunpowder.

Some people were speaking up for Long Tao, and others were following along with sarcasm and ridicule.

Lin Xiao didn't want to waste any more breath. After sending a sweating emoji, he closed the chat channel directly.

Arguing with this bunch of people, how could that be more important than eating!