Chapter 473: Level 6
Chapter 473: Chapter 473: Level 6
Inside Tomorrow Base.
Felix Finch led Nina Jacobs to the underground warehouse.
"We’ve managed to recover some supplies these past few days, but with more and more survivors arriving, it won’t be enough in the long run."
Felix Finch said as they walked.
"But there’s good news, too. Everyone thinks our base is much better than Lornwood Base. More and more people are paying for housing with Crystal Cores, and many are even paying several years of rent upfront."
"And then there are our base’s Water Cards. Basically, everyone has one now."
Cordelia reported from the side.
She was now the head of the base’s finance department, a position Nina Jacobs had encouraged her to take before she left.
She was responsible for tallying and managing the base’s Crystal Cores.
Although Tomorrow Base had only been established for a month, it had already collected a significant number of Crystal Cores.
Besides the booming housing business, the widespread adoption of Water Cards was another major success.
The base currently had only a few dozen Water Element Superpower Users, so they couldn’t provide an unlimited water supply. However, ensuring a supply of three liters of water per person per day wasn’t a problem.
And this supply only required each person to purchase a Water Card for 30 regular Crystal Cores per month.
That was equivalent to one Crystal Core per day.
Compared to Lornwood Base’s monopoly on water, Tomorrow Base was basically selling water for dirt cheap.
"Good. Keep pushing forward with these operations. Is the construction of new housing in the base going smoothly?"
Nina Jacobs asked.
With the constant influx of survivors, housing within the base was bound to become a major issue.
Based on her experience building a base in her past life, if she let things go unchecked, conflicts would inevitably erupt among the crowded survivors. That’s why even though there were still spare rooms, she was constantly pushing for more construction.
"It’s going well enough. We don’t lack manpower, but we’re still racing to gather building materials."
Felix Finch replied.
They needed a huge amount of construction materials, but because of the ongoing conflict between the two bases, he had ordered his people to pause their collection efforts.
"It’ll be over soon. Anselm Hughes won’t be able to wait much longer. Also, be careful of people inside the base for the next few days."
Nina Jacobs warned.
Anselm Hughes must have made thorough preparations for this attack. It was unlikely he would launch a reckless, direct assault, so they needed to pay extra attention to security within the base.
"Everyone who enters the base has been registered, and Mr. Ainsworth has already covered the main roads with surveillance cameras."
Felix Finch was also worried about saboteurs. Although their current technology didn’t allow for real-time monitoring, someone reviewed the footage every four hours.
If any suspicious individuals were found, the base’s security team would immediately handle it.
"Okay. About the supplies I mentioned earlier, a friend of mine will be coming to trade with the base in the next couple of days. All you need to do is prepare the Crystal Cores."
Nina Jacobs changed the subject so abruptly that both of them were caught off guard for a moment. ’Nina’s friend?’
"You can trade with her without any worries. She’s one of my people. Just use as many Crystal Cores as the base has."
Nina Jacobs said.
"I understand. Does she have a lot of supplies?"
Felix Finch couldn’t help but ask.
...
Even though Nina Jacobs had warned Felix Finch about the supply trade beforehand, he was still stunned for a long time when he met Claire Warner and saw the list of supplies she presented.
"Just select the supplies you need and fill in the quantities. I’ll provide the items according to the list."
Claire Warner told him.
"Okay, Miss Warner. Please wait a moment."
Felix Finch didn’t ask any unnecessary questions, simply because he knew Claire Warner was one of Nina Jacobs’s people.
Nina Jacobs felt a bit helpless herself.
The System determined that only by trading the supplies in her storage for Crystal Cores would she gain System Experience.
As the founder of Tomorrow Base, she could have just taken the base’s Crystal Cores directly, but that wouldn’t constitute a trade, and she wouldn’t gain any experience.
Therefore, Claire Warner and Tomorrow Base had to conduct a proper trade.
Because it was a secret transaction, Felix Finch took Claire Warner to the underground warehouse alone.
"Miss Warner, you..."
Before Felix Finch could finish, he saw Claire Warner looking down at the list and pulling out supplies, box by box, bag by bag.
Seeing this, Felix Finch didn’t disturb her any further and just waited quietly to the side.
"Go and prepare the Crystal Cores. I need an hour."
Claire Warner said.
"Okay."
The Crystal Cores hadn’t been handed over yet, so Felix Finch wasn’t worried.
But an hour later, when he returned to the warehouse where Claire Warner was, he was completely stunned by the sight before him.
The once-empty warehouse was now filled with supplies stacked to the ceiling. As he walked further in, he saw there were even more.
It looked like there were enough supplies here to last the current Tomorrow Base for a whole year!
"Are the Crystal Cores ready?"
Claire Warner asked as she walked out.
"They’re ready. I’ll take you there, Miss Warner."
Felix Finch said quickly.
Looking at the piles of Crystal Cores on the ground, Nina Jacobs began to collect them with intense focus.
With every bag of Crystal Cores she collected, the System’s "The Doomsday Supplier" title would trigger.
Seeing her System Experience bar jump by half in an instant, Nina Jacobs collected the Crystal Cores even faster.
Watching this scene unfold, Felix Finch understood why Nina Jacobs had specifically insisted on a secret trade.
If outsiders knew about this kind of supply source, it would undoubtedly attract all sorts of unnecessary disasters.
’But could these supplies be...’
After Claire Warner left, Felix Finch looked at the packaging on the supplies in the warehouse, and a look of incredible, pleasant surprise appeared on his face.
"These are supplies from Lornwood Base?!"
He had heard that Anselm Hughes had lost a lot of supplies and had been wondering who could have stolen them.
But these neatly arranged goods were clearly from Lornwood itself!
Combined with such a massive quantity, the answer was obvious.
It was Nina Jacobs who had Claire Warner take all of Lornwood Base’s remaining supplies!
When Nina Jacobs returned to her residence an hour later, Wayne Warner was doting on Lexy, feeding it cat food.
She bent down and petted Lexy. "I haven’t seen you in a few days. It looks like you’ve grown a little bigger."
MEOW—
Lexy nestled against Nina Jacobs’s leg and rubbed against it.
"Be good. I’ll play with you later."
Nina Jacobs was in a good mood. She couldn’t wait to get back to her room.
After that last trade, her System had jumped straight to Level 6!
’This was an experience unlike any other.’
She had just traded a massive amount of supplies, far more than ever before.
Nina Jacobs closed her door and began to take stock of the items her Level 6 System had given her.
Just like in her previous life, the Level 6 System came with an additional Skill: Instant Detonation.
Instant Detonation: Can detonate any building under 200 square meters, including Safe Houses.
This was the Skill she had used at the very end in her previous life, a life where her System had ultimately stopped at Level 6.
"If I can reach Level 7 here, then this whole journey will have been worth it."
Nina Jacobs continued to take inventory of the other new items in her storage space:
One Fifth Superpower Card, five Second Superpower Cards, 500 Superpower Recovery Potions, 300 Healing Potions, 20 Invisibility Potions (1 Hour), and two Safe House Skins.
The System’s storage space had expanded to 160 square meters.
"A fifth Superpower..."
Nina Jacobs tapped on the Superpower card.
She had been observing the strengths of various elemental Superpower Users recently and had decided to awaken a new Superpower for herself—the Wind Element Superpower.
Especially after encountering that Intermediate Wind Zombie the day before, she felt this Invisible Superpower was a better fit for her.