CH 2: Shelter 404
Chu Guang, male, age 26. When he was young, his parents divorced, and he was raised by his grandfather.
In his first year of college, his grandfather passed away, leaving him all alone.
Luckily, he was born in a time of peace and managed to get through his studies by working part-time jobs. After graduation, he found a sales job. Due to his outstanding performance, he was quickly promoted from a newbie to a supervisor.
Just when he thought he could finally enjoy some stability, life took an unexpected turn.
About five months ago, Chu Guang was negotiating a 20 million yuan contract with a client. His boss was in high spirits, thus Chu Guan drank a bit too much at the table and passed out.
When Chu Guang came to his senses, he found himself lying in a desolate wilderness.
This was no ordinary wilderness. After walking for a while without seeing anyone, he almost got eaten by a two-headed dog.
That scare sobered him up quickly, and he ran for his life.
The dog, perhaps due to its uncoordinated two heads, couldn’t catch up and eventually gave up after a few howls.
With no sign of the creature, Chu Guang didn’t dare to stay put.
He soon realized that his wallet and phone were gone, and he was wearing an unfamiliar blue jacket. When he found a small puddle and looked at his reflection in the moonlight, he saw that not only his clothes were changed, but his face was also different!
Whoever knocked him out and switched his face had left him in this godforsaken place. While wandering aimlessly, he spotted smoke rising in the distance, and, thinking of finding help, he ran towards it. Looking back, he was lucky to find a proper survivor settlement rather than hostile raiders or cannibals.
From the survivors, Chu Guang learned that he was no longer on Earth as he knew it. This parallel world was ravaged by war two centuries ago, leaving a wasteland where remnants of humanity struggled to survive.
The current year was 2340, 211 years into the Wasteland Era after civilization’s downfall in 2129.
Despite the shock and fear, Chu Guang gradually adapted to life in this new world over the next five months, surviving on barely enough resources and fending off mutants and raiders.
Just when he resigned himself to this grim fate, a discovery changed everything.
He stumbled upon the entrance to Vault 404 in the ruins of an old nursing home.
To be exact, Chu Guang didn’t find it, it seemed to have found him.
A sound in his head guided him to this shelter.
When he went closer towards the old nursing home, he realized this was the place where he first got up in this world!
If he didn't run around at the beginning, or if the sky was a little brighter, he might have found it on the first day!
anyway, the ‘cheat’ that was five months late finally arrived.
Upon entering, he instantly became its sole resident and manager.
His task was straightforward: use Earth’s internet to recruit—or rather, trick—a group of “players” to come to this world and work for him.
The vault’s advanced technology could connect to Earth’s internet and even had its own “official website.”
Players who reserved a slot would be assigned a number in the vault’s resident directory.
As the manager, Chu Guang could grant game access to specific users who registered. The system would then send a game helmet to the player, who, upon wearing it, would awaken in the vault’s cloning pod.
He was not forced to do the missions, but the rewards for completing missions were too enticing to ignore!
For instance, the bulletproof vest he had received was invaluable in the dangerous wasteland.
Struggling to live in the wasteland for 5 months were enough for him to know how useful this was.
He needed 1 bonus point to buy the primary blind box, 10 points for the intermediate blind box, and 100 points for the advanced blind box.
According to the explanation of the function of [Administrator Allowance] by the "Shelter 404 Administrator System", the type and quantity of the items drawn in the blind box vary, but he would still get something in the end, which meant that there was no such thing as "Thank you for your patronage" where he would not get anything.
Different levels of blind boxes determined the guaranteed rewards.
For example, the primary blind box could be used for food and supplies the last time, the intermediate blind box was guaranteed to get medicines, and the advanced blind box could get weapons.
As for whether the primary blind box could give out the prize of the intermediate blind box, it was not stated in the description of the system, but even if they could, the probability was estimated to be low.
Just as Chu Guang was pondering about whether all the 5 points in his hand should be used to open the primary blind box, or if he saved enough for 100 points to draw a weapon, the vault’s AI assistant, Little Seven, spoke up.
“manager, new missions have been updated in your manager’s log.”
“Got it,” Chu Guang replied impatiently in an annoyed tone.
‘Damn it, Am I the Manager here or are you?’
He checked the new tasks, which appeared as a holographic screen in his vision.
Manager’s Log
Mission: Ensure at least one player logs into the game.
Type: Main Mission.
Reward: Active Material Extractor.
Mission: Prepare a generator with a capacity greater than 10kW.
Type: Side Mission.
Reward: 100 reward points.
100 reward points?! Chu Guang’s eyes widened in disbelief. But what intrigued him more was the main mission’s reward.
“An active material extractor… what is that for?”
“It’s used to create clones,” Little Seven replied. “There should be an instruction manual or something.”
As an AI assistant, Little Seven didn’t have much more information.
Chu Guang’s current access only extended to the B1 level of the vault, with further levels requiring completion of main missions to unlock.
Not wanting to destroy the vault’s structure, which would cut off electricity and air circulation, Chu Guang knew better than to attempt breaking into other levels. The vault, designed to withstand even strategic nuclear strikes, was far beyond his means to break into.
Let alone Nuclear Stikes, He didn’t even have a pipe gun!
For now, Chu Guang’s priority was clear: fulfill the missions, gain rewards, and unlock the vault’s secrets.
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