Chapter 78: Chapter 78: First Place in the Rankings Again, New System Rewards!"Wha... What? How is this possible?!"

    Late at night, after the second update of the rankings, Du Ping widened his eyes and stared at the rankings, completely unable to believe what he saw.

    "Why, why is he first again? Why!"

    Du Ping angrily pounded the table, his hair a tangled mess, sparking a madness that made everyone else in the shelter remain silent.

    1. Lin Yue 2195 points

    2. Du Ping (and others) 1425 points

    3. Victor (and others) 1005 points

    4. Decrogen (and others) 988 points

    ...

    Eliot frowned at the leaderboard on the panel, also somewhat unable to accept it.

    He turned to look at the remaining ten people, each face carrying an expression of disbelief.

    The Survivor Coalition consisting of twelve survivors can’t even catch up to Lin Yue?

    Even the coalition has ranked third and fourth, but still cannot shake Lin Yue’s dominance!

    What kind of joke is this!

    "How, how did he manage to increase by 1100 points in just seven days?!" Du Ping’s trembling finger, touching the leg of his glasses, clicked to view Lin Yue’s detailed scoring situation.

    [Survivor: Lin Yue]

    [Comprehensive Score: 2195]

    [Shelter Score: 1350]

    [Resource Score: 495]

    [Shelter Population Bonus: 0]

    [Disaster Resistance Bonus: 350]

    However, after seeing the system’s actual score, they couldn’t help but take in a cold breath!

    Both the shelter score and disaster resistance bonus far exceeded theirs!

    Although the resource score wasn’t much different from theirs, it’s important to know that since the last scoring, other than having a few new additions, they have been continuously collecting various resources.

    They’ve even persisted in gathering various items from the Secret Realm.

    With the combined efforts of twelve people, they had finally raised their score to 1425.

    But upon seeing Lin Yue’s score, no one could remain seated.

    "This time there’s no short video to let people know how his shelter really is...," Eliot shook his head helplessly.

    Du Ping took a deep breath, his expression still unpleasant: "Against someone with superior skills, twelve people still can’t compare to one! Unbelievable!"

    "Du, I understand how you feel. Indeed, because this time the system suddenly said it would randomly air drop supplies to the first place, everyone wants that thing, but this Lin is truly beyond common reasoning, just calm down..."

    Du Ping slammed the door open and walked out without a word.

    The others looked at Eliot, whose words had just been interrupted, wanting to hear what he had to say.

    Eliot watched Du Ping leave and, for some reason, regretted teaming up with such a person.

    Yet for survival, he, including the remaining ten people, had no choice but to do so.

    In this extremely harsh Otherworld, those who survive alone will die more quickly, and forming groups is the ultimate way out.

    From the rankings, it can already be seen that this is a major trend, even a truth.

    The more people, the higher the efficiency, the better the quality of survival, and even on the rankings, they can lead far ahead over individual survivors.

    But there happens to be an exception.

    Lin Yue, with scores far surpassing the second place, which is the coalition of twelve people, seems to be mocking this truth.

    Eliot doesn’t know what others think, but within this group, and even among all the remaining humanity, there wouldn’t be another person who could achieve such a feat.

    "Everyone rest, after dawn everyone needs to go outside and fix that thing, if they don’t want to be killed by an earthquake!"

    ...

    Morning, in the desert.

    [The Thirteenth Day of the Apocalypse]

    [Your shelter is more robust than before, meeting the substantial earthquake resistance needs, and the vast area allows you to spread out more freely, survival points +710]

    [Are you a squirrel, stockpiling so much water and food? You can’t eat that much, trust me! Survival points +302]

    [Opening lots of treasure boxes makes your hands go soft, your sense of happiness keeps increasing, don’t complain about having too many treasure boxes, really, others’ tears of envy are about to flow. Survival points +62]

    [You have many materials, but without using them, they’re just materials. Survival points +392]

    [Your pet has further grown, becoming your capable assistant, survival points +93]

    [You’ve acquired a large number of relics from the Secret Realm, survival points +96]

    [You even spent a night in the Secret Realm without a scratch, survival points +170]

    [The walls are quite nice, but haven’t reached the best yet, survival points +185]

    [Killed the wandering survivor attacking the shelter, your combat skills are quite good, survival points +30]

    [Own a greenhouse, grew vegetables, marching towards self-sufficiency, survival points +65]

    ...

    [Daily Survival Points Settlement Success: Survival Points +2195]

    [Remaining Survival Points from Yesterday: 2185]

    [Total Survival Points: 4380]

    "Could someone explain what it’s like to have too many survival points to spend?"

    Lin Yue increasingly feels like he has a kind of anxiety disorder, one that worsens as time goes on.

    Survival points are calculated daily, accumulating every day, but Lin Yue hasn’t really found a way to spend them all at once.

    He’s quite anxious.

    The Survival Points Mall, a place to massively consume survival points, while offering enough items, doesn’t actually have many "modern" things if you look closely.

    Most are items that match the current level of development, designed to make survivors live a bit better, leaving Lin Yue less impressed.

    Whether it’s seeds, shelter design maps, or water or food, they’re all restricted within this range.

    At most, there are some items like "Universal Upgrade Design Map," but really not many.

    Lin Yue got out of bed and closed the system panel.

    He started doing push-ups on the ground, then moved on to squats.

    After more than ten days of survival training, his muscle lines gradually became defined and his strength increased.

    Though still far from those fitness gurus, in this apocalyptic world, it’s enough for him to support a day’s activities.

    After warming up a bit, Lin Yue wiped his face with a towel, glanced at Bai, who was still asleep with a bit of sour bamboo near his mouth, climbed a ladder, and pushed open the glass window on the roof.

    After confirming there were no mutant creatures outside, Lin Yue climbed out.

    He greeted the new morning on the roof.

    However, he felt like he had forgotten something important but couldn’t recall it.

    In more than ten hours, this disaster will strike, which is the most important thing currently.

    There should be nothing to worry about inside the shelter.

    With an area of 13 cubic meters, he can store most of the shelter’s items within it, and with the overall shelter made earthquake resistant, the house won’t collapse from it.

    At least regarding the shelter aspect, he doesn’t need to worry anymore.

    But such a shelter isn’t enough for him to sleep soundly within.

    A gentle breeze blew over the exposed red soil of the desert and the sparse grass.

    From time to time, the sounds of wild beasts growling and howling echoed.

    This is the daily routine of the desert, a routine Lin Yue has grown accustomed to.

    Holding the sighting scope, he scanned the surroundings, finally looking towards the Secret Realm Gate in the small grove.

    Once surrounded by thick stone walls, the Ancient Secret Realm Gate was no longer visible there.

    Lastly, he found the location of the Secret Realm Gate this time was right behind his house!

    Well, this thing sure knows how to pick a spot.

    Could it possibly refresh inside the shelter one day, or maybe half inside and half outside?

    Lin Yue came down from the house to the back of the shelter and looked at the wooden door wrapped in green bricks and entwined with ancient vines in front of him.

    However, this time, he had no intention to push the door open and peek inside. S~ea??h the n?velFire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    The state of this Secret Realm had no relation to him whatsoever.

    Compared to this, there are more things he could do.

    For instance...

    Hmm? What’s that in the sky?

    In the blue sky, a white parachute tied to something was slowly descending.

    Lin Yue held up the sighting scope and aimed at the thing, scrutinizing it.

    "Is it... a box?"

    ...

    Sorry for the late first Chapter, but this Chapter has 2500 words, is that considered a bit longer?

    Thank you for all the support and encouragement! Please continue reading, I’d like to get better recommendations next week o(╥﹏╥)o