Chapter 42: Delivery

[Prompt: During your offline period, your zombie clone has obtained Small Stones * 27,812, Large Stones * 9,739, Coal * 6,284, and you have gained 92,821 Mining Experience Points.]

[Prompt: Your Mining skill has increased to LV: 9.]

[Prompt: Your Mining skill has reached the current maximum level. Please increase your character level as soon as possible to unlock higher levels for the Mining skill.]

Fang Heng pushed open the wooden door and saw small mountains of ore piled up outside.

"Not bad..."

However, he still needed to distinguish between ordinary stones and coal.

A zombie clone couldn't handle such high-difficulty work.

It seemed he would have to trouble Zhou Yi and Lu Yu.

Speaking of which, where were they? Why couldn't he see them? Could they have coincidentally gone offline to rest?

Fang Heng looked around.

In two days, players below LV: 5 would be able to enter the game by consuming Main God Points.

By then, there would certainly be guilds wanting to join this newly opened "server" to grab a piece of the pie.

His prison shelter would inevitably face even greater threats.

The sooner the Dark Knight Order mission was completed, the better.

Only powerful strength could guarantee the safety of the shelter.

According to his plan, he was going to take all the coal to the Doomsday Merchant today to exchange for points.

He needed to gather supplies as quickly as possible to complete the mission in the city tomorrow!

Having made up his mind, Fang Heng sent a message to Zhou Yi and began the process of sorting the coal.

...

More than an hour later, Fang Heng returned to the Doomsday Merchant's camp driving a modified motorcycle loaded with coal ore.

The NPC porters in the camp had long since recognized Fang Heng.

Seeing him enter the camp, they flocked over to help unload the cargo.

Wirtel's favorability had reached a certain level; he personally walked out of his hut to welcome him and even tossed Fang Heng a can of beer.

"Great, you've brought us more supplies again! It is truly my luck to have such a reliable friend like you in the apocalypse! Come, let's talk inside."

"Thanks."

Fang Heng reached out to take the beer and followed Wirtel into the hut.

He opened his task bar.

Task: Collect Coal Ore (Repeatable).

Task Description: The development of the Doomsday Merchant's camp requires a large amount of coal ore. Please collect some coal ore and bring it to the camp.

Task Reward: 600 Survival Points.

[Prompt: You submitted 300 coal ore to the Doomsday Merchant Wirtel, and you obtained 600 Survival Points.]

[Prompt: You have completed the task.]

[Prompt: Prompt: Your favorability with the Doomsday Merchant Wirtel has increased.]

[Prompt: You submitted 300 coal ore to the Doomsday Merchant Wirtel, and you obtained 600 Survival Points.]

[Prompt: You have completed the task]...

Fang Heng did a rough calculation.

One trip with the modified motorcycle could exchange for 2,400 Survival Points.

Because the roads in the forest were difficult to traverse, a round trip between the collection point and the Doomsday Merchant's camp took nearly 2 hours.

With a full 14 hours of daylight, he could only make 7 trips.

In a single day, he wouldn't even earn 20,000 Survival Points.

"The efficiency is a bit slow."

Fang Heng muttered and asked Wirtel.

"Wirtel, I have a large quantity of ore that I want to exchange for Survival Points, but it's a bit troublesome to transport them. Do you have any suggestions?"

"Oh? You have a lot of ore resources?"

Wirtel's eyes lit up upon hearing this.

He lowered his head in thought, then shook his head.

"Our camp does have a light truck, but unfortunately, the truck cannot be lent to outsiders. I don't have the authority to decide on this matter either."

"Is there no other way?"

Fang Heng was somewhat disappointed.

This meant he would have to waste another day.

"Well..."

"I happen to have a task here that I think you might be interested in. Why don't you listen first?"

"I have a batch of goods that need to be delivered to a friend living next to an abandoned factory. He is a very eccentric scientist who has refused to leave that godforsaken place since the zombie apocalypse broke out."

"Simply put, the time limit for this task is 24 hours. You can drive our camp's truck to deliver the goods. If you complete the task ahead of schedule..."

Wirtel winked at Fang Heng.

"Fang Heng, I think you understand what I mean, right?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Heng understood immediately.

As expected of Wirtel!

It wasn't in vain that I grinded so much favorability with you!

"Wirtel, thank you so much. This is a huge help."

"Hahaha, I haven't helped you with anything."

Wirtel made an "you know what I mean" expression.

"Remember, you must bring this truck back safely. The compensation for it is quite expensive."

"No problem."

[Prompt: You have triggered the commission of Doomsday Merchant Wirtel.]

Fang Heng opened his task bar.

Task Name: The Stubborn Survivor.

Task Difficulty: C+.

Task Description: Mr. Qiu is a scholar with an extremely eccentric temperament. Even after the apocalypse occurred, he chose to live alone in a villa closest to the abandoned chemical plant.

Task Requirements: Wirtel needs you to transport some supplies to Mr. Qiu. Please ensure the integrity of the supplies and deliver them within the specified time.

Time Limit: 24 hours.

Task Reward: 60 Survival Points.

Additional Note: If the truck is damaged during the execution of the task, your security deposit will be fully deducted, and you will need to pay additional Survival Points as compensation.

"Wirtel, I'll take this task."

Fang Heng accepted the task casually.

He could easily complete SSS-rank tasks, let alone a C+ difficulty task.

It was just a delivery.

Fang Heng didn't take it seriously at all.

[Prompt: You have accepted the task - The Stubborn Survivor.]

[Prompt: You have paid a security deposit of 2,000 Survival Points for the truck.]

"Alright, I'll have my men load the goods now. You can set off in ten minutes."

"No problem."

Fang Heng agreed, taking a moment to glance at the task objective location marked in his task bar.

It was far.

Roughly estimated, it would take two and a half hours to get there from the Doomsday Camp.

A round trip would take about five hours.

Walking out of Wirtel's hut, Fang Heng immediately saw a blue light truck parked at the edge of the camp.

Light Truck.

Length: 3.5 meters.

Payload: 2.8 tons.

Good heavens!

A truck with such a large capacity could transport all the coal mined last night in just one trip!

Fang Heng looked at it with envy.

He thought to himself that he would have to find a way to get a truck back to the prison when he had the chance; it would make transporting minerals much more convenient.

The NPC porters in the camp were busily loading wooden crates onto the large truck.

The crates were even labeled with "Fragile, Handle with Care."

"The fuel is topped up. Also, besides food and daily necessities, there are some special research materials in the crates."

"As I mentioned, Mr. Qiu is a scientist who has been conducting research related to zombies. These items were all requested by him."

"Be careful while driving. It would be a real headache if you tipped those crates over."

"No problem, I'm a very steady driver."

Fang Heng climbed into the driver's seat.

[Prompt: Detected that the player possesses ordinary driving skills. Would you like to consume 100 Survival Points to exchange for the skill - Driving?]

Fang Heng reached out and tapped "Confirm."

[Prompt: You have obtained the basic skill - Driving.]

Skill: Driving (LV: 1).

Skill Description: You can drive most automotive tools and reduce fuel consumption by 1%.

A skill that was better than nothing.

"Wirtel, see you tomorrow."

Fang Heng waved to Wirtel, said his goodbyes, and drove the large truck out of the Doomsday Camp.

(End of Chapter)