Shocked, I'm the Favorites in the Survival Game - chapter 16

He didn’t mind, but Chu Yian minded very much.

“Driver, just drop me off at the nearest pharmacy.”

She had to make two thousand yuan last for thirty days under abnormal circumstances, so every penny counted.

Chu Yian arrived at the nearest pharmacy, spending twenty yuan on the taxi fare.

Once inside, she headed straight for the masks.

It was an infectious disease, after all-masks were a must.

Masks: five boxes, 200 pieces, 50 yuan;
Antibiotics: five boxes of Amoxicillin, five boxes of Cephalosporin, five boxes of Penicillin, all for fighting bacteria, totaling 325 yuan;
Fever reducers: twenty boxes, for strong fever reduction and preventing convulsions, totaling 300 yuan;
Medical protective suits: ten sets, totaling 320 yuan;
Medical gloves: fifty pairs, totaling 25 yuan.

Besides these three obvious items, Chu Yian also bought a can of amino acid powder for 278 yuan to boost her immunity.

Seeing her buy so much, the pharmacy gave her a 20% discount and rounded down the total. Even so, she spent a total of 1,000 yuan. Adding the taxi fare, the 2,000 yuan given by the game was instantly reduced to 980.

The game had just begun, and she’d already spent half her funds.

She hadn’t found a place to stay yet, and had no idea what she’d eat or drink for the next thirty days.

After paying, Chu Yian was stunned.

Why did she suddenly feel like she wouldn’t survive thirty days even without the flu?

Carrying her bags, Chu Yian struggled to the nearby public restroom. Taking advantage of the empty bathroom, she brought out her treasure chest.

The treasure chest’s “Create from Nothing” skill could be used once every three days.

Chu Yian rubbed her hands together and reached into the chest, which glowed with a faint white light. After a moment, her hand touched something cold.

It was… a baseball bat.

A transparent game screen popped up instantly.

[An ordinary baseball bat]
[Note: Will be reclaimed at the end of this round.]
[Item’s Voice: Soft aluminum material, you can buy one just like it for 120 yuan at the store. Essential for softball training, also a good self-defense item.]

Compared to the unlimited-ammo pistol she drew in the last game, a baseball bat wasn’t much of a prize.

Still, it was decent for self-defense.

Chu Yian put the medicines and the baseball bat into the treasure chest. No matter how she arranged the space, these items took up two-thirds of it.

After finishing, she sat on the toilet lid and pondered.

The three most important things right now: making money, finding a safe place to stay, and figuring out how to survive the next thirty days.

Actually, if she solved the first problem, the rest would fall into place.

Making money…

But where could she get money?

The conventional way: find a job. The advantage was feasibility, but the downside was increased risk from contact with people.

Unconventional methods… Chu Yian suddenly looked at the treasure chest in her hand, now shrunk to the size of a fist and heavy.

One hour later

She spent another “fortune” on a taxi and found a rare modern Pawnshop in the city.

Chu Yian plopped the heavy treasure chest onto the counter. “Boss, how much can you give me for this?”

The pure gold clinked, and the boss examined the embedded gems with a magnifying glass, reluctant to let go of the treasure. “Young lady, where did you get this? Are you pawning or selling?”

“None of your business where I got it.”

Chu Yian rolled up one pant leg and, after borrowing some makeup from the shop next door, gave herself a rebellious smoky eye look.
“I’m pawning this, my family has plenty of things like this,” said Chu Yian with a casual air.

The Pawnshop owner looked her up and down, thinking she didn’t seem like someone whose family had plenty-more like someone who’d stolen it from someone else.

This square box inlaid with pure gold and jewels… He weighed it in his hand, then named a price, “Twenty thousand yuan.”

The value of the gold alone on this box should have a zero added to the end of his offer.

The owner was ruthless.

“Deal!”

Chu Yian nodded decisively. Twenty thousand yuan for a month was more than enough.

But seeing how quickly she agreed, the owner felt he’d offered too much.

Still, twenty thousand yuan was barely a fraction of the box’s worth, and he didn’t want to risk revealing its true value. He quickly handed the money to Chu Yian, completed the sales contract, and then hurried her out.

Only after she was far away did he eagerly open his mouth and bite down on the gold block.

Couldn’t bite through?

The Pawnshop owner paused, then turned to grab a tool, trying to pry off the jewels from the box.

Couldn’t pry them off either?

Had the hunter finally been pecked in the eye by the eagle?

He set down the treasure chest and hurriedly opened his professional appraisal equipment to examine the item. But in a careless moment, as he turned away, the treasure chest vanished into thin air!

Where was the gold box?

The Pawnshop owner squatted on the ground searching for a long time. Where had such a large gold box gone?

Of course, it had returned to Chu Yian’s hands.

The treasure chest had two major rules: it could not be dropped, and it could not be destroyed.

It was practically the perfect tool for getting something for nothing.

Sorry, Pawnshop owner.

Chu Yian whispered in her heart.

In extraordinary times, to survive, she had to be the bad guy.

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Now that she had money in her bag, even Chu Yian’s posture as she walked became more upright.

She first found a local agent and looked for a new apartment complex that was remote and sparsely populated. She spent three thousand yuan to rent a standard one-bedroom unit; there were only three households on the floor, and besides her, the other two were unoccupied.

Quite satisfactory.

Chu Yian paid the rent, and after the agent and landlord left, she took everything out of the treasure chest.

Even during normal times on Blue Star, there had been several large-scale epidemics. As someone who had lived through such outbreaks, Chu Yian knew that a few medical supplies would never be enough.

She needed to prepare food, water, and daily necessities.

Chu Yian rested in the apartment for a while, then went to the nearest supermarket to stock up.

She carried back four large boxes of bottled water.

Bought some rice and noodles;

Fruits and snacks were also a must;

Meat, vegetables, and seasonings were definitely needed too;

Plus some easy-to-store items like compressed biscuits, instant noodles, instant rice, canned food, chocolate, and Snickers bars.

After buying food, she went to the household section for toilet paper, laundry detergent, toothpaste, toothbrushes, and other daily necessities.

It took three trips back and forth before Chu Yian finished moving everything.

The supermarket purchases cost 2,622 yuan.

Add the rent of 3,000 yuan, for a total of 5,622. She still had money left.

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Chu Yian silently calculated her expenses, then grabbed the last bag of food and headed back to her rental. Just outside the supermarket, she suddenly saw a shop selling doors and locks.

Chu Yian, who had been about to leave, paused and turned inside.

“Boss, how much does it cost to change the locks here? Can I add another security door?”