60: Chapter 60 Silver Blind Box: Choose one of three! Choose B!

Su Xiaoqi's posture, facing the wall and gnawing on a bone, had not changed at all.

Jiang Yanxue finished laughing, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and got up to pour a glass of water.

As she passed by Su Xiaoqi, she casually patted her on the head.

"Stop gnawing on that, there's a tough battle ahead tomorrow."

Su Xiaoqi replied in a muffled voice, "I'm not hungry anymore."

Even though she had been eating like crazy just a moment ago.

Shen Wanbing didn't speak again; her gaze returned to the Radar panel, and after her fingers swept across a few data nodes, her brows suddenly furrowed slightly.

"Forty-seven kilometers behind us, six moving heat sources have appeared. They are traveling in formation, not fast, about sixty yards."

Jiang Yanxue's hand holding the water glass froze.

"Six?"

"The vehicle heat sources are small; they should be light modified vehicles. There are no signs of heavy weaponry."

Shen Wanbing paused for a moment, "Their direction of travel is exactly the same as ours."

Jiang Yanxue didn't respond. She lowered her eyes and rubbed her fingers against the hilt of the Shadow Instant-Kill Blade.

Shen Wanbing glanced at her one extra time.

Second floor.

Chen Chen sat up from the meditation bed.

Shen Wanxing was curled up beside him, her breathing long and steady, fast asleep.

The blanket only covered her waist, revealing a large expanse of fair shoulders and back; the red marks were particularly striking under the warm light.

He didn't rush to go down.

There were seven minutes left until midnight.

He leaned against the headboard, brought up the system panel, and went over today's earnings.

The vehicle reached Lv.12, and the four women's traits had fully evolved.

It was enough.

But it still wasn't enough.

On the level leaderboard, "Iron Wall" had Lv.8 behind his name, and Jiang Jiuyou had Lv.7.

These people's individual combat capabilities might not be as good as his, but they held organized armed forces in their hands.

No matter how strong an individual is, there comes a time when they have to sleep.

The time reached 23:59:58.

Chen Chen voluntarily closed his eyes.

Two seconds later.

His bones made a dense cracking sound.

His muscle fibers writhed violently under his skin, as if something was struggling to push outward.

The entire process lasted about fifteen seconds, accompanied by subtle joint popping sounds, and then stopped abruptly.

The system notification popped up right on time.

[ God-level talent "Physical Overlimit" daily settlement triggered! ]

[ constitution + 10! Current constitution: 83 ]

[ Agility + 5! Current Agility: 43 ]

83 points of constitution.

Chen Chen clenched his fist.

The feedback of strength from his palm was on an entirely different level compared to yesterday—when his fingers closed, the air was compressed, emitting a faint "pop" sound.

8.3 times the human baseline value.

With this number in District 069, there were no longer any human opponents of the same rank.

He rolled out of bed, scooped up the tactical vest scattered on the floor with one hand, put it on, and went down the folding ladder.

First floor.

Shen Wanbing was still sitting in the passenger seat, her fingers pressing against her necklace, her mental field maintaining a low-power background scan.

Sensing footsteps, she turned her head and glanced at Chen Chen's state.

She didn't ask about what happened on the second floor.

"Any situation?" Chen Chen walked over to her side.

"Forty-seven kilometers behind, six light vehicles are following."

Chen Chen raised an eyebrow and looked at Jiang Yanxue in the corner.

Jiang Yanxue was leaning against the sofa with her arms crossed, her dark red pupils meeting his gaze, saying nothing.

Chen Chen sat down in the driver's seat.

Just then—

In the bottom right corner of the system panel, a gold-rimmed icon began to pulse and flash.

Shen Wanbing's exclusive trait, Lv.5 [ All-Knowing Eye / Daily Supply Blind Box ], had reached its production time for today.

And—

This was the first production after the upgrade.

The first opportunity to trigger the "Directional Choice Blind Box".

Chen Chen touched the icon with his mind.

A dark golden hexahedral blind box condensed out of thin air in front of him, with dense silver inscriptions flowing across its surface.

The lid popped open automatically. No physical items fell out; instead, three pure white pillars of light shot out from the box, splitting into three independent virtual option panels that hovered over his retina.

[ Directional Choice Blind Box (Silver-grade minimum) — Please choose one of the following three options: ]

[ Option A: Silver-grade · Adaptive Nano Medical Pod Blueprint ]

Effect: Can build an integrated medical pod, treats physical trauma below moderate levels, includes mild mental pollution purification function.

[ Option B: Silver-grade · High-Frequency Energy Shield Generator ]

Effect: Adds an extra layer of independent energy shield to the vehicle, can withstand three direct hits below Tyrant-grade before shattering, automatically rebuilds after a 24-hour cooldown.

[ Option C: Silver-grade · Remote Communication Jamming Matrix ]

Effect: After activation, with the vehicle as the center, all non-allied communication signals within a radius of twenty kilometers will be forcibly suppressed, lasting for four hours, with a cooldown time of 48 hours.

Three silver-grade items.

Each one is a hard currency that can change the course of a battle.

Chen Chen didn't rush to choose.

"Come here, everyone."

He beckoned.

Shen Wanbing turned around from the passenger seat, Jiang Yanxue stood up, bracing herself on her knees, and Su Xiaoqi was still sitting facing the wall. Hearing the call, she dragged herself over, not daring to look at Chen Chen the whole time.

Chen Chen repeated the three options in the simplest language possible.

Of course, he didn't mention keywords like "trait" or "blind box".

The wording was very careful.

"The system gave me a random reward. Choose one of three. Which one do you think I should choose?"

Shen Wanbing spoke up first: "B."

Crisp and decisive, without half a second of hesitation.

"Reason?"

"Our firepower is enough, and the RV's defense is enough, but our fault tolerance for being passively beaten isn't enough."

Shen Wanbing spoke quickly, entering her most proficient analytical mode, "Just now when we went through the rift, if there had been a Tyrant-grade mixed in the zombie horde—even just one—the A-grade armor could take two hits, but for the third, we'd have to gamble on luck. A high-frequency shield is equivalent to having three extra lives."

"How about you?" Chen Chen looked at Jiang Yanxue.

"C."

"Explain."

Jiang Yanxue pulled the Shadow Instant-Kill Blade from her thigh and pointed the tip at Shen Wanbing's Radar panel.

"The six vehicles following us, if they are coming for me, the communication jamming can directly turn them blind. Guilds and conglomerates rely entirely on real-time communication for coordinated operations; cut off the signal, and even a hundred people will be nothing but scattered stragglers."

"Are you sure those six vehicles are coming for you?"

Jiang Yanxue didn't answer.

But she didn't deny it.

Chen Chen looked at Su Xiaoqi again.

Su Xiaoqi was squatting on the ground, hugging her knees with both arms, her head buried in the crook of her arms, with only two tufts of her pigtails sticking up.

"Su Xiaoqi."

"Huh?" She lifted her head abruptly, her face still red.

"Three items, which one do you choose?"

Su Xiaoqi blinked and thought very seriously for three seconds.

"Which one can turn into food?"

"...None of them."

"Ah." Su Xiaoqi buried her head back down, "Then whatever."

Chen Chen didn't hesitate any longer.

"B."

He chose the High-Frequency Energy Shield Generator.

Jiang Yanxue's analysis made sense, but communication jamming was a one-time, consumable tactical measure.

While the shield was a passive, continuous survival guarantee.

This Ghost Fortress was already the lifeline of his team.

You can never have too much protection for your lifeline.