Chapter 148 Shortage of Supplies, A Cruel Choice

Inside Dormitory 404 on the 4th floor.

"Yuwan."

Su Meier and Li Xinran walked over, Su Meier holding a list.

"The resource statistics are out."

Li Xinran took over the conversation, surprisingly without her usual sarcasm.

"There are 96,131 units of Wood material left, 49,456 units of Iron Material, and 82,319 units of Stone Material..."

"It looks like a lot, but if we have to distribute it to the dormitories on all ten floors..."

She paused, "It's completely insufficient."

"The amount each Dormitory would receive would be ridiculously small. Perhaps we need to make some trade-offs."

"Of course, I think it's more appropriate to keep these materials for our own survival."

Su Meier also spoke up: "The main materials... have already been sold in large quantities. We've been accelerating sales, so our stock isn't high..."

Jiang Yuwan didn't speak, just looked at her Dormitory's door.

[thorn vine door · Durability: 39/200]

In just a few minutes, the durability had dropped a large chunk again.

The zombies outside were too strong and numerous, and their attack frequency was terrifyingly high.

"Upgrade."

She gritted her teeth and made the decision.

[Ding! Consume Wood material*400, Iron Material*200 to upgrade to Level 5 fine · Lv.5 thorn vine door?]

"Yes."

A green light flashed again, and the door's durability was instantly restored to full.

[thorn vine door]

[Level: 5]

[Quality: fine]

[Defense: 120]

[Durability: 300/300]

[Special Effect: 'Thorn Reflection' — When this door receives a melee physical attack, it will reflect 15% of the damage back to the attacker.]

[Upgrade Path: Consume Wood material*800, Iron Material*400, Alloy*100 to upgrade to Level 6 fine · Lv.6 Iron Thorn Door]

The moment she saw the upgrade path, Jiang Yuwan's heart sank to the bottom.

Alloy.

They didn't have any Alloy at all.

This meant that this door could no longer be upgraded.

"What's wrong?"

Su Meier noticed her expression was off and asked with concern.

"It can't be upgraded anymore."

Jiang Yuwan's voice was calm, but the women in the Dormitory could all hear the suppressed despair.

"It requires Alloy material, which we don't have."

"Then... then what should we do?"

Liu Qiaofei's voice was trembling.

"We can only keep repairing the durability."

Jiang Yuwan took a deep breath, "But at this rate of material consumption... I don't know if we can hold out until Su Ze returns. And do we still plan to distribute materials to the other players?"

A brief silence fell over the Dormitory.

Jiang Yuwan was caught in a dilemma.

Should she release the resources, even though it wouldn't help much, or keep them all to ensure their own Dormitory's absolute safety?

"Sister Yuwan."

Qiao Yunge suddenly spoke, "Do you think this current situation is because of that LV5 Zombie that's about to be born?"

"Could it be commanding the zombies outside to attack?"

Jiang Yuwan was taken aback.

The possibility... was very high.

"If that's the case..."

Su Meier's eyes lit up, "Then wouldn't the crisis be resolved if we just kill that LV5 Zombie?"

Jiang Yuwan shook her head.

"I'm not sure, but even if that's true, we can't do it."

"LV4 Zombies were already scary enough, and an LV5... besides Su Ze, I'm afraid no one is a match for it."

"What if we have explosives?"

Qiao Yunge suddenly said, "Sufficient explosives should be able to pose a threat to it, right?"

"explosives?"

Jiang Yuwan frowned, "Where would we get explosives?"

Qiao Yunge hesitated for a moment before saying, "Su Ze has some! And the quantity isn't too small!"

All the women in the Dormitory were stunned.

"Su Ze... has explosives?"

Their eyes widened.

Jiang Yuwan's cold face frowned: "Even if he does, did he leave any explosives for you?"

"Yunge, do you have explosives on you? Or does anyone else?"

"No one does." Qiao Yunge shook her head.

"Su Ze probably wouldn't give them to anyone, but Su Ze also had Chen Xueming make them. I saw that today's resource trades should have yielded the raw materials; Su Ze hasn't had time to take them yet. If we have Chen Xueming make them right now, it might still be in time."

"That LV5 Zombie might also enter the Dormitory building. That would be our chance."

"At the very least, we can use explosives to kill some zombies..."

Jiang Yuwan was surprised but then nodded.

"Let's try. We can't just sit and wait for death."

She immediately opened the private chat panel.

"Yunge, tell Meier what materials are needed. Meier, go take out the raw materials for making explosives and trade them to Chen Xueming immediately."

"Okay!"

Su Meier immediately sprang into action.

A few minutes later, the materials were sent to Chen Xueming through the trade channel.

[Private Chat · Jiang Yuwan: Chen Xueming, manufacture explosives immediately, the more the better.]

[Private Chat · Chen Xueming: Understood! I'll do it as quickly as possible!]

After finishing the private chat with Chen Xueming, Jiang Yuwan stared at the material list in her hand, silent for a few seconds.

She knew very well that this small amount of materials was not enough.

But she couldn't just do nothing.

"Meier, divide the materials into twelve portions." She spoke, her voice eerily calm. "Two for us, and trade the other ten to the ten great leaders."

Su Meier was stunned for a moment.

"Yuwan, if we do that..."

"I know." Jiang Yuwan interrupted her. "We can only save some of them. They will understand."

She had no choice.

Materials had recently been cleared out at low prices, and the inventory was nearly empty.

The copper coins earned were all in Su Ze's hands.

Soon, ten portions of materials were sent to the ten great leaders through the trade channel.

Along with many weapons of ordinary quality.

These were the only things for them to protect themselves with if their doors were forced open in the end.

[Private Chat · Wang Meng: Received... Thank you, Ms. Jiang.]

[Private Chat · Xu Feng: Materials received, but this amount...]

[Private Chat · Qiao Yunfeng: Ms. Jiang, I understand.]

[Private Chat...]

The leaders' replies were all very brief.

They could all see that this small amount of materials was simply not enough.

The leaders' replies were all very brief.

They could all see that this small amount of materials was simply not enough.

In Room 333 on the 3rd floor, Wang Meng looked at the materials in his hand, his face looking extremely grim.

"Brother Meng, what should we do?" Jiang Haiqing's voice came through the private chat, filled with obvious panic.

"I'll trade some to you guys who followed me first. Don't tell the others." Wang Meng gritted his teeth.

He made a decision.

It wasn't that he was selfish, but he knew very well that if these materials were distributed to everyone, no one would be saved.

Better to keep them and at least save a few confidants.

On other floors, the leaders were also making choices.

Some chose to keep all the materials for their own use.

Some chose to distribute them to a few dormitories they had good relations with.

But no matter what they chose, it didn't change the fact—the majority of players were being abandoned.

And the players were unaware of this cruel reality.

First Floor.

With support from other floors, the First Floor players led by Zhuang Qianhao temporarily held off the first wave of the assault.

But it was only temporary.

The zombies outside were still flooding in frantically.

Dense and seemingly endless, many zombies were pushed and shoved up to the Second Floor...

[2nd Floor-224-Lao Jingjing: Help! The zombie tide has reached the Second Floor!!]

[2nd Floor-284-Mei Yunbing: I just traded my materials to the First Floor! Now it's our turn, who's going to save us?!]

[2nd Floor-201-Zhao Xiaogang: Quick! Who has materials! Trade them to me! Hurry!! My door is about to be destroyed!!]