Yu Yuan Shelter.

After once again confirming that the warning traps set at the sewer ladder entrance and exit were secure, Yu Yuan finally returned inside the shelter.

He immediately unequipped Mie Mie and fed it some green grass. Mie Mie began eating voraciously, clearly starving.

Yu Yuan took off his equipped armor, lit some firewood in the fireplace, and put on a pot of water to heat.

The time had now reached 6:10 AM on the tenth day in the wasteland.

First, he collected the resource materials from the Resource Recycling Trash Can—today it was a bundle of wire and tape—then placed new trash into the can and closed the lid.

After piling the tonight's loot from the Magician's Ring onto the floor, he finally went into the bathroom for a quick wash.

After a night of combat, his body was covered in gunpowder smoke and dust, all of which washed away as black water flowing down the drain with the help of shampoo and body wash.

When he stepped out of the bathroom, much of the fatigue from his entire body seemed to have dissipated. The only imperfection was probably the lack of hot water.

He made himself a packet of soy milk powder and paired it with biscuits for breakfast before getting down to serious business.

Opening the Virtual Panel—Fate Cards, a prompt message immediately appeared.

[Fate Card—Pebble-tier Conquest Card successfully eliminated, Fate Points +1]

[Detected that the conquest target has valuable options. Initiate plunder? Consumes 1 Fate Point]

Three blood-red options also appeared below.

"Valuable options again!!!"

Yu Yuan looked at the light screen in pleasant surprise. The last time valuable options appeared was when he eliminated the Slaughter Card. The Lock Picking skill had been a great help afterward, and he wondered what options were available this time.

As the three options appeared, Yu Yuan's gaze immediately locked onto the first option, and he unconsciously sat up a bit straighter.

"It's actually a Vacant Room!!"

Yu Yuan was somewhat astonished. He only glanced briefly at the latter two options before immediately skipping over them and directly selecting the first option.

[Fate Points -1, Obtained: Vacant Room (Excellent)]

As the Fate Points were deducted, a land deed appeared in Yu Yuan's hand.

[Vacant Room]

Quality: Pebble

Introduction: Can construct a Safe House in a location outside the shelter.

"Safe House!"

Now Yu Yuan was truly unable to stay calm.

He immediately entered the Warehouse and took out the Rare Treasure: Starry Sky Mirror.

The Starry Sky Mirror could construct a Rare Treasure building, with the conditions being 50,000 survival points and one Vacant Room.

Since the Vacant Room could construct a Safe House, didn't that mean the Rare Treasure building constructed by the Starry Sky Mirror could be used as a Safe House?

His Virtual Light Screen had already pulled up the construction requirements for the shelter facility—Escape Passage: Escape Key ×1, Safe House ×1~3, Locked Door ×1.

Now he had the Safe House, and a Locked Door would be easy to find. He only needed to find the final [Escape Key] to construct this Escape Passage.

Yu Yuan's gaze turned toward the pile of supplies collected from the Blood-Hand Gang.

But just as he prepared to check the supplies, the Fate Cards page changed again, causing Yu Yuan to feel a trace of surprise.

"What's going on! Wasn't it already over? And I didn't choose a new Fate's Gift either!"

Under Yu Yuan's watchful eyes.

The wooden box containing the Fate Cards began to shake, and the lid opened slightly. Streams of light emerged from the void and drilled into the wooden box.

These streams of light came in four colors: gold, silver, bronze, and earthy yellow.

When the streams of light disappeared, the wooden box closed again.

A line of text subsequently appeared on the light screen.

[Slaughter, Debauchery, Luxury, and Conquest cards each broken once. Newbie tutorial concluded, Free Mode activated!]

Gulp....

Looking at the text on the light screen, Yu Yuan couldn't help but swallow hard.

"Does this mean the Fate Card tasks I experienced before were just the newbie tutorial mode?"

No way!

Among the four Fate Card elimination tasks, aside from Slaughter being somewhat simpler, which of the other three wasn't completed with heart-pounding fear and trepidation?

To complete the tasks, he constantly took great risks between Black Shield Police Station, Rainstorm Prison, and Burning Fortress, trying every possible way to obtain supplies, weapons, and equipment.

Either facing the Giant Mutant Rat head-on, or forcefully dismantling the Blood-Hand Gang.

And now he was being told that everything before was just newbie tutorial tasks. Yu Yuan's heart instantly became unsettled.

If the newbie tutorial was already this outrageous, what would the so-called Free Mode be like?

Overthinking was useless. Yu Yuan quickly analyzed the possible impacts of the Fate Cards on him.

"Just now, four colored streams of light entered the wooden box, which means the Fate Card levels are likely these four. The lowest is Pebble, followed by Bronze, Silver, Gold..."

Yu Yuan strained to recall the scene of the streaming lights.

"Thankfully! The proportion of gold and silver among the streams just now wasn't high. The highest proportion was still the earthy yellow, meaning Pebble cards..."

This discovery slightly eased Yu Yuan's emotions.

Now there were only twenty days left until the Newbie Protection Period ended. After twenty days, he would face invasion by Veteran Players, which was his biggest current crisis.

Additionally, there was that Wasteland Battle Royale that could make even the top hundred players turn pale, which was another crisis. Although Yu Yuan couldn't obtain detailed information about this matter, from the fragmented comments of veteran players, he could tell it was extremely dangerous, and it was highly likely that he would encounter the Wasteland Battle Royale after the newbie protection period ended.

These crises forced Yu Yuan to seize every opportunity to enhance his strength, and he absolutely could not miss the assistance brought by Fate's Gift, including the rewards from completing Fate Cards.

Yu Yuan let out a long breath, trying hard to expel the unease and anxiety from his mind.

Finally, he lit a Marlboro, and under the influence of nicotine, his mood gradually calmed somewhat.

Mie Mie curiously glanced at Yu Yuan, not understanding why he had suddenly become so solemn.

And Yu Yuan's thinking returned to rationality and calmness.

He understood that the enhancement of the Fate Cards was also a good thing for him. The Fate's Gifts he obtained before and the rewards from completing Fate Cards were all Pebble-tier quality.

Now that the difficulty had increased, it meant he had the possibility of obtaining higher quality rewards.

At the thought of possibly obtaining Bronze quality, or even Silver and Gold quality rewards, a trace of anticipation couldn't help but arise in Yu Yuan's heart.

"All gifts from fate have their price secretly marked in advance!" The maxim of the Fate Cards flashed through his mind.

Since he had already chosen to accept fate's gifts, and you get what you pay for—this principle... Yu Yuan understood very well!

There's no turning back once the arrow is released. Since he was already on this path... he might as well keep going....

Thinking this, Yu Yuan's eyes became extremely sharp and resolute.

He only hoped now that he wouldn't be so unlucky as to draw a high-level Fate Card right from the start, and that he would be given some time to develop.

Everything would depend on the next time he drew a Fate Card...

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by lotustale.com