"Hiss, a massive downpour?"

Song Xizheng exclaimed in surprise, then looked at the sky outside. "How about we stop here for today? Anyway, a massive downpour is coming soon, and no one will come to the mall."

"Let’s go back. If this torrential rain continues for too long, we won’t be able to make it back to the Shelter."

Most of their belongings were in the Shelter. Although there were plenty of items available in the mall, it was not as safe as the Shelter.

Compared to staying in the mall, Lin Yun naturally preferred to return to the Shelter.

Song Xizheng took a raincoat from his backpack and put it on. He hesitated for a moment before looking at Lin Yun.

"Do you need me to take you?"

"It’s fine. I can manage on my own."

Lin Yun knew that he had no intention of finding out the location of her Shelter, but she didn’t need him to escort her either.

Song Xizheng scratched his head awkwardly. "Then I’ll be going. You should hurry back too. There might be some danger in this weather."

Lin Yun nodded, and Song Xizheng left with peace of mind.

His Shelter and Lin Yun’s were located in opposite directions.

After Song Xizheng had been placed into this world, he had immediately run away the moment the protective shield disappeared in the square. He hadn’t randomly chosen a place to bind his Shelter, either. Instead, he had carefully selected a location and made sure it was safe enough before binding himself to it.

After binding, he hadn’t rested. He cleared out all the zombies from top to bottom and sealed off all the doors on the floors above and below, leaving no opportunity for anyone to enter his floor. Only the entrance he used to come and go remained accessible.

After confirming that Song Xizheng was no longer visible, Lin Yun waved behind her.

Tuantuan immediately rushed over happily from her hiding place.

Lin Yun put the two little ones into a backpack, put on a raincoat, and headed toward the Shelter.

The rain was heavy, and the large raindrops stung whenever they hit her skin.

Although Lin Yun had put on a raincoat, the rain was so heavy that her clothes underneath soon became soaked as well. She couldn’t help feeling helpless. She hadn’t expected the rain to become so heavy so suddenly.

However, she didn’t let her guard down because of the rain. She circled the area twice before heading toward the back door of the flower shop.

Lin Yun occasionally encountered a few zombies along the way and naturally dealt with them swiftly with the stick in her hand.

After entering through the back door, Lin Yun instructed the two guards to keep watch while she hid in a corner of the passageway to change out of her dripping clothes and clean up the traces of rainwater on the ground before cautiously returning to the Shelter.

Although it was unlikely that anyone would be outside in this kind of weather, it was always better to be cautious.

The two little ones were soaked as well, so Lin Yun quickly went into the bathroom and took a hot shower before thoroughly washing them.

Sang Biao sprawled across the bed, looking utterly miserable as his fur was blown all over the place.

He had never had to take so many baths when he was a stray cat!

Lin Yun rolled her eyes again. This little kitten was just too proud and arrogant. She wondered who had been purring so loudly while she was scrubbing him.

After taking care of the two little ones, Lin Yun suddenly had an idea.

It was raining outside, which was the perfect opportunity to collect water.

She had quite a few containers, and if she took advantage of the backpack bug, she could fit all of them into a single slot!

Even if the rainwater couldn’t be used directly, she could simply spend five points and have the System purify it.

Lin Yun immediately got to work.

She went down to the basement and brought up all the large containers, then huffed and puffed as she climbed the stairs of the building where the flower shop was located.

She had considered collecting rainwater from the Shelter’s window, but it would have been too slow, and the Shelter couldn’t accommodate that much water. So she simply decided to go to the rooftop.

As for the stairway entrance, Lin Yun had already closed the door so that zombies couldn’t get in unless they were human.

She closed the security doors on every floor and had Ghost Vine break off some of its vines to secure them tightly. If someone wanted to enter, Ghost Vine could simply control the vines and open the doors.

After climbing all the way to the rooftop, Lin Yun patted her calves.

She had finally made it.

The wind and rain outside were fierce, and Lin Yun had no intention of going outside again after just taking a bath. So she decided to make use of Ghost Vine instead.

Ghost Vine placed the containers outside and collected rainwater until each one was full before bringing them back inside.

Lin Yun, ever resourceful, took some unwanted vines from Ghost Vine, tied them together around a container, and then put the whole thing into her backpack.

Backpack: Damn it, who’s the kind soul exploiting this bug?

Lin Yun didn’t care. If she could exploit a bug, she would definitely exploit it.

After filling the final batch of containers with water, Lin Yun patted her bottom and went downstairs with Ghost Vine, which was still eager to play outside.

Ghost Vine really loved rainy days. Since there was nothing on the rooftop, it happily wandered all over the place while collecting rainwater.

Back at the Shelter, Lin Yun began sorting through her backpack again.

She had brought back quite a few shelves from the supermarket.

But this also meant that she had much less space available, which gave Lin Yun a real headache.

"System, isn’t there any other way to unlock the courtyard?"

[Yes. You’ll be rewarded with the courtyard after you complete the survival mission in this world and return to the transit station.]

Upon hearing this, Lin Yun immediately deflated.

Well, both options required her to wait.

Since she had to wait anyway, Lin Yun simply decided to ignore the matter. She spent five points to have the System move all the vegetable pots into the temporary space, then began sorting through the spoils she had plundered from the supermarket.

Lin Yun sold almost all the unused appliances, kitchen utensils, and other odds and ends to the System, but the prices weren’t particularly high.

People nowadays preferred food that could be eaten directly, and few were willing to spend points on things they didn’t need.

Only survivors with strong abilities and plenty of points would consider buying electrical appliances and other such items.

Lin Yun didn’t care.

After all, she had removed the packaging from everything she thought she could use, kept two of each item, and placed them on the shelves.

She used vines to tie three or four shelves together to take advantage of the backpack bug, labeled them, and then put them into her backpack.

The backpack bug was really too convenient.

After this trip to the supermarket, Lin Yun’s acquisition points had reached their maximum, and she still had quite a few items in her backpack.

"System, I’m serious. Can’t you really increase my acquisition points cap?"

[...Not really.]

Lin Yun sighed again, but she didn’t insist.

After all, the System was only a subsystem under the Main System and didn’t actually have much authority.

After spending the entire afternoon sorting and organizing everything, Lin Yun finally relaxed.

But then her stomach began to protest.

Lin Yun suddenly realized that she hadn’t eaten lunch.

She had been so busy that she had completely forgotten about it. No wonder her stomach was protesting so loudly.

She took out the snail rice noodles and started cooking.

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