Survival in an apartment, starting with a stroke of luck on a plane

Lin Yu continued browsing.

He saw someone selling bread for 0.5 coins and someone selling clean drinking water (1 liter) for 0.2 coins.

These items are much cheaper in the system store, so the vendor is obviously trying to rip off newcomers who haven't been to the system store yet.

Even more outrageous, Lin Yu actually saw some newcomers fall for the scam and buy quite a lot of things.

It can only be said that there are indeed quite a few people who are easily fooled.

"Hey bro, new face?" Just as Lin Yu was marveling at the place, a voice came from the side.

Lin Yu turned his head and saw a young man with a scar on his face but a warm smile. He didn't have many items on his stall.

"Come and see? I've got some freshly baked 'good stuff' here!"

The scarred young man mysteriously took out a small wooden box and opened it a crack.

Inside were several dark, bean-sized pellets. Lin Yu glanced at them; they were a type of item called a "low-quality smoke bomb."

Effect: Creates a small patch of choking smoke that lasts for 30 seconds, obscuring vision (making it impossible to distinguish friend from foe).

Price: 1 game coin / 2 tokens.

Lin Yu's heart stirred.

This stuff really works well, and Lin Yu had just looked around and didn't see anyone else selling similar items, so he asked, "How many of these do you have?"

"Ten in total. My stuff sells really well. I wouldn't have called you if I didn't like you, young man," the scarred youth said with a grin.

"I'll take them all." Lin Yu thought for a moment and didn't haggle.

"Deal!" The scarred youth said decisively, handing the wooden box to Lin Yu.

After putting away the smokescreen, Lin Yu's assets shrank to 27.

Lin Yu wandered around the area again, but ultimately didn't buy anything else. He only spent 2 game coins to buy 20 electronic components, feeling that he would need these materials to manufacture electrical appliances in the future.

He had originally intended to buy steel ingots, but found that no one was selling them here, which puzzled him. Could it be that steel ingots were some kind of rare material?

However, there was nothing he could do about it. Feeling that he didn't need anything, Lin Yu left the trading area and headed to the enhancement area.

Soon, Lin Yu arrived at the Enhancement Zone, which was similar to the Commercial Zone, with only one large system store.

Lin Yu went inside and did some research before figuring out what the enhancement area was for.

Just as he had expected, the enhancement zone was used to improve players' strength. Players could spend game currency and certain special materials here to enhance their equipment.

According to the shop's explanation, black iron-level equipment can be enhanced once, bronze-level three times, silver-level five times, and gold-level ten times. After that, there are no more enhancement levels. The enhancement shop in the beginner area can only enhance gold-level equipment up to that.

However, Lin Yu was very curious about what level of equipment his [Yan Shuangying's Dual Pistols] were.

However, he wasn't foolish enough to try it directly. After all, who knows what might happen? If the game system detected a problem with his equipment and blacklisted it, he would suffer a huge loss.

Lin Yu thought about it and decided to try out how effective this equipment enhancement really was.

So they arrived at the enhancement machine.

The so-called enhancement machine is actually a thing similar to an automatic ticket vending machine. When Lin Yu walks in front of it, it will automatically generate a black curtain to cover Lin Yu and prevent outsiders from seeing Lin Yu's enhancement status.

Please place the equipment you wish to upgrade in the scanning area.

Soon, a line of text appeared on the electronic screen of the intensifier.

Lin Yu thought for a moment, then took off his bronze-level [long-distance running shoes] and placed them on the shelf.

[Scan complete. Bronze-level equipment: long-distance running shoes. First upgrade requires 2 game coins. Success rate is 100%. Would you like to upgrade?]

"Holy crap! There's actually a success rate!"

Seeing the text displayed on the screen, Lin Yu felt as if he had returned to the days when he played the game "Drug Powder".

"Fortunately, the first success rate is 100%."

Seeing that the success rate was 100%, Lin Yu was finally relieved and chose to confirm the enhancement.

His luck wasn't very good back then; whenever the success rate was low, he would just turn around and leave.

As Lin Yu inserted two game coins, the text on the screen changed into a progress bar.

[Beep~ Enhancement successful. Please retrieve your equipment.]

Ten seconds later, the screen showed that the enhancement was complete, and Lin Yu picked up the running shoes to check them.

[Running shoes for long distances +1]:

Category: Armor

Grade: Bronze

Durability: 50/50

Effect: Agility +2, Constitution +2

Skill: Long-distance running (Stamina consumption during continuous running -12%)

Description: With this, you can really outrun a horse.

Hmm... My constitution attribute has improved a bit, and my stamina consumption has decreased by 2%, which seems pretty good.

Lin Yu thought about it. The enhancement zone can only enhance equipment, not skills or increase attributes. If he can't find a way to obtain higher quality equipment, skills, blueprints, or items during his seven-day vacation, it might be a good choice to use all his game currency for enhancement.

Of course, we can't do that now, lest we find a suitable channel later but don't have the game currency.

Anyway, Lin Yu isn't in a hurry right now, since he has a seven-day holiday and can take his time looking for something.

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After leaving the enhancement zone, Lin Yu decided to check out the "entertainment zone" marked in the manual.

Passing through apartment buildings, a magnificent complex of buildings soon came into view, a stark contrast to the ordinary buildings in other parts of the community.

A grand entrance hall, flowing neon lights, and a faint fragrance and indistinct music drifting in the air.

As soon as you step through the magnificent stained-glass door, two rows of handsome men and women in uniform bow in unison, their faces bearing perfectly appropriate professional smiles.

"Welcome to the entertainment area, esteemed player." A tall, beautiful woman with a bright and lovely face stepped forward gracefully, her voice sweet.

The overly enthusiastic atmosphere made Lin Yu feel somewhat uncomfortable. He frowned and asked, "You... are you also players?"

The beautiful woman's smile remained unchanged, and her tone was gentle: "No, we are waiters assigned by the system, specially arranged to serve brave warriors like you who have successfully returned."

She turned slightly to the side and made an elegant "please" gesture: "Would you like me to introduce you to the attractions in the entertainment area?"

Lin Yu nodded, but a chill ran through him.

The way these "people" look in their eyes, their tone of voice, and even the feel of their skin are exactly the same as real people.

How exactly did the system do that?

Well, Lin Yu quickly figured it out. If he could create a game like this, then creating some human NPCs wouldn't be a difficult task.

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