25: The clever Su Yuran

【Guest Room 001: 1 Person】

【Passenger 001: Su Yuran】

【Age: 20 years old】

【Height: 173cm】

【Peak Type: C】

【Beauty: 95】

【Count: 1】

【Status: Not Pregnant】

【Overall Score: 93 (Meets task requirements)】

【Passenger 002: None】

Qin Lin looked at this data, somewhat speechless.

Age and height were normal.

What the hell was 'Peak Type'?

Qin Lin glanced at Su Yuran's chest.

C?

That seemed about right.

And a 'Beauty' score of 95?

The System was quite good at grading.

Count 1—this probably referred to the passenger count.

Thinking about the Peak Type from before, Qin Lin instantly understood the meaning of this count.

Overall score 93, meeting task requirements (≥90).

This meant that if he got Su Yuran pregnant and she gave birth, he would receive rewards.

But she wasn't pregnant yet.

Qin Lin closed the interface.

Although he wanted to upgrade the RV and obtain more resources as soon as possible,

it was still too early to think about this.

It had only been ten or so days since the Apocalypse began; survival was still the top priority.

Pregnancy meant at least ten months of limited mobility.

It meant needing a more stable base, more sufficient food, and safer medical conditions.

They had none of those.

So this task... would be set aside for now.

But if she happened to get pregnant in the next few days, there was nothing he could do about it.

In any case, the two of them hadn't taken any protective measures.

One could only say it was up to fate.

However, the passenger scanning function was useful.

If any new members joined in the future, he could quickly understand their basic situation.

"Mm..."

Su Yuran woke up, rubbing her eyes as she sat up.

"What time is it?"

Her voice was thick with sleepiness.

"A bit past seven," Qin Lin said.

Su Yuran let out a yawn and then noticed Qin Lin's expression.

"What's wrong?" she asked. "Did something happen?"

Qin Lin hesitated; he decided to hide the 'Many Children, Many Blessings' task for now.

At least, he couldn't tell her yet.

"Nothing, just thinking about things."

"By the way, the RV has a new scanning function for passengers. I just discovered it."

Qin Lin decided to tell her about this trivial matter.

"A scanning function?"

"Yeah."

Qin Lin gave her a rough explanation.

Then the two of them got up, washed, and made breakfast.

In the kitchen, Qin Lin used the induction cooker to boil some porridge.

He took the rice from the supermarket space and added some diced luncheon meat from a can.

The aroma filled the cabin; it was the scent that most resembled 'home' in the past ten days.

While eating, Su Yuran suddenly asked:

"Qin Lin, that scanning function... can it scan me?"

Qin Lin almost choked.

"You... want to be scanned?"

"I'm curious," Su Yuran said. "I want to see how the System evaluates me."

Qin Lin thought for a moment, opened the scan, and pointed it at Su Yuran.

A blue light swept over her.

The results popped up—this time, he shared the screen with Su Yuran.

As Su Yuran looked at the data on the interface, her face grew redder and redder.

"Age, height... these are normal."

She muttered under her breath.

"Peak Type C? What is this! And Beauty 95... the System is quite good at compliments."

When she saw 'Overall Score 93', her eyes lit up.

"My score is actually pretty high?"

Then she saw 'Meets task requirements'.

"What task is this? Does it have something to do with me?"

"Uh, I don't know about this either. The RV System didn't say. Maybe the time hasn't come yet."

Qin Lin bluffed her and closed the interface.

"Don't think too much about it."

"Tasks are tasks, and life is life. Our main goal right now is still survival and upgrading."

"What does that 'Count' mean then, and the 'Not Pregnant' part after it?"

As she said this, she seemed to have thought of something.

She looked at Qin Lin.

"That task couldn't be related to pregnancy, could it? Does it want me to get pregnant?"

Qin Lin was stunned. This girl was truly smart.

She could guess the System's task just from that simple information.

He continued to pretend he knew nothing.

Su Yuran didn't press him further, but she seemed to have her own thoughts.

After breakfast, Qin Lin began planning the day's actions.

Su Yuran nodded: "I'll listen to you."

The two of them packed their things and prepared to set off.

Before leaving, Qin Lin took a glance at the System interface.

【Task: Many Children, Many Blessings (Permanent)】

【Passenger: Su Yuran (Score 93, Not Pregnant)】

He closed the interface.

This task was like a seed planted in his heart.

He knew that one day, he would complete it.

But not now.

Now, survival was first.

Upgrading was first.

The vehicle started and drove out of the Auto Repair Shop.

At 7:23 AM, the RV left the Auto Repair Shop.

Qin Lin stopped the car at the intersection and took one last look at this temporary base that had sheltered them for over ten days.

The workshop doors were wide open, and the inside was empty, leaving behind only some useless scrap metal and tools.

Everything that needed to be taken had already been moved onto the vehicle.

Mainly those few barrels of diesel and spare parts.

"Will we... ever come back?" Su Yuran asked.

"Not necessarily."

Qin Lin turned the steering wheel, and the vehicle slowly entered the main road.

"We need to keep looking for crystal stone, which might mean going further away. And—"

He paused: "Staying in one place forever isn't safe. Even though this place is remote, someone will find it sooner or later. In the Apocalypse, fixed bases easily become targets."

Su Yuran nodded and looked out the window.

The streets were even more desolate than a few days ago.

The snow had already surpassed calf-height, and many low buildings only had the top half of their windows showing.

The vehicles by the roadside were completely covered in snow, looking like white mounds.

Occasionally, a human figure could be seen.

A person wrapped up like a rice dumpling was dragging a homemade sled with a few logs of firewood on it, trudging through the snow with great difficulty.

Two men were smashing the rolling shutter door of a Hardware Store, the sound of metal clashing carrying far in the silence.

An old man sat on the stone steps of his own front door, motionless, covered in snow, his life or death unknown.

Su Yuran looked away.

She was still adjusting.

Adjusting to this world that had become so unfamiliar, adjusting to the fact that life had become so cheap.

Qin Lin drove very slowly.

Partly because of the road conditions—the snow was too thick, and the tires could easily slip.

On the other hand, he was observing and memorizing.

He was drawing a 'temperature map' in his mind.

Science and Technology Park: average -45°C, dropping as low as -60°C near fragments.

Residential areas: -43°C to -46°C.

Main roads: around -44°C.

The temperature difference between each area was small, but if there was influence from a fragment, a cliff-like drop would occur.

Yesterday at the Artificial Lake, the sudden drop from -45°C to -62°C was a clear signal.

"Where are we going next?" Su Yuran asked.

Qin Lin thought for a bit: "Let's go back to the school and take a look."

"The school?" Su Yuran was stunned. "Why?"

"First, to see if there are any leftover supplies," Qin Lin said. "Second, the school is large and has many buildings; there might also be temperature anomalies there."

"That's fine. I can also take the opportunity to grab some of my things."

Su Yuran said; she had many useful things there, such as clothes.

This could also save the resources inside the RV.

But Qin Lin wanted to say that it had probably been looted clean long ago.

The vehicle turned and headed toward the University Town.

On the way, they passed a small supermarket.

The supermarket's door had been completely smashed, and the inside was pitch black.

Two corpses lay at the entrance, a man and a woman, with bloodstains on them; they had clearly died in a struggle.

Snow covered most of their bodies, leaving only stiff hands and parts of their faces exposed.

Su Yuran covered her mouth.

Qin Lin drove past expressionlessly.

Death had already become part of the daily scenery.

Qin Lin had experienced it for a year and didn't feel much anymore.

But Su Yuran still found it hard to process this suddenly changed world.