Chapter 136: The Prophet’s Message, Trouble at the Sixth Shelter!
Looking at the temperature outside, Su Ning was reluctant to move.
In the past, whenever the weather turned cold, Su Ning would stay curled up under her blankets. Unless it was something extremely important, she wouldn’t get out of bed. She could lie there for hours in the cozy warmth.
“Such wonderful days are hard to come by now.”
She glanced out the window. Although the snow had stopped, the temperature had become even colder.
At that moment, Su Ning opened the communication channel again.
The communication channel had become the largest and most gossip-filled information hub.
Not only did it have updates about the 24 shelters in Great Xia, but it also included info from other countries.
However, Su Ning rarely paid attention to foreign affairs.
She was barely surviving herself—how could she care about others?
But today was different. A citizen from a small country was actually calling for help in the channel:
[Can someone save our people? The extreme cold has destroyed our entire nation! We’ve always been in a tropical climate. We could handle extreme heat, but this cold is unlivable! We have no materials to resist it!]
But this plea was like a stone thrown into the sea—no one responded.
People were already struggling to save their own nations. They simply couldn’t afford to help others.
“Hmm?”
As she scrolled through the messages, Su Ning was surprised by one particular post:
[A new prophecy from the Prophet: The extreme cold disaster won’t last much longer,
but future disasters will be even more terrifying. The next survival game will require all players to enter the same instance world— a vast ocean! Everyone, please prepare in advance and survive well. May you gain plentiful rewards.]
Su Ning read the message carefully.
“This Prophet ability is seriously overpowered. I wonder if they can predict even more.”
But what really caught her attention was the second part:
“All players will enter the same world in the next instance.”
This immediately made her think of the 『Corpse Hell』 instance. That one also had everyone enter together, and there had been a kill mission— completing it earned her a planting space.
“I wonder if there will be a kill mission this time too? And if so, what kind of reward will it give?”
Although Su Ning wanted good rewards, she also had to start preparing in advance.
“A vast ocean means we’ll have to survive on or in water. I’d better prepare the right gear.”
Su Ning began preparing survival tools.
She wasn’t even sure if she had a life jacket, so she planned to check in the 『Corpse Hell』 instance for one later.
With that in mind, Su Ning began taking action, though she didn’t rush—she was preparing while handling other tasks.
First, she entered her planting space and went to Huahua.
Huahua’s current job was to devour zombie corpses and condense Zombie Fruits, but Su Ning gave it a break today for a change of taste.
She threw in Wang Qian’s corpse from her scavenger backpack.
“Her talent and skills were pretty decent. Hopefully this makes a strong skill fruit!”
Wang Qian’s Universal Medicine talent had huge potential in Su Ning’s eyes.
Since condensing the skill fruit would take some time, Su Ning moved on to other tasks.
She started organizing her backpack.
Inside were still many Hearts of Mist. These allowed creatures that consumed them to become Mist-type monsters, but Su Ning definitely didn’t want that for herself or her allies.
Then a lightbulb went off in her head—
“If I can’t use them, maybe the useless zombies in the 『Corpse Hell』 instance can!”
She had already begun building a home base in the instance and planted Mist Flowers around it to create fog. Having Mist monsters in the fog was just good tactics.
“That’s a good idea. I wonder what kind of monster a zombie will become after eating a Heart of Mist?”
Su Ning became curious and decided to test it soon in the instance.
Most other players in 『Corpse Hell』 had already been teleported out when their mission time ended—Li Ming’s group had also returned to reality.
Su Ning thought back to the two mysterious people she had killed.
Now that she had what they wanted, she wasn’t sure if others would come after her.
“I really have to keep getting stronger. Otherwise, I’ll just be at the mercy of others.”
Crisis after crisis loomed ahead. Su Ning had no choice but to accelerate her growth.
“People need food to stay strong. Can’t skip meals!”
So while growing stronger, she also needed to eat well.
Su Ning told #4 to start cooking.
Today #4 made pancakes, although due to limited seasoning, they were quite plain.
Still, Su Ning didn’t complain—who in the apocalypse had the luxury to be picky?
Eating the hot pancake with canned meat, she found it quite delicious.
Then she looked at the canned meat, and then at the Meat Chickens in her farm.
“Still too little variety in meat. Should I stew a chicken? Or catch new animals from an instance?”
Meat Chicken: Murderous intent detected?!
Startled, the chicken laid dozens of eggs in a panic to save itself.
Steelsteel’s Record:
Entry #1 – Meat Chicken laid 21 eggs today. Mission perfectly accomplished!
Su Ning’s food needs had grown a lot.
Ever since awakening more talents and going through more instances, her appetite rivaled a professional eating champion.
“I need to expand meat production. One type of livestock won’t cut it.”
She also thought about how the next instance would be ocean-based—
that meant seafood would likely be abundant.
So she began planning to raise aquatic creatures too.
Everything was now moving in an orderly, intense pace.
Su Ning no longer had the free time she once did.
She was now fully engaged in preparation.
Meanwhile, in the Sixth Shelter, a crisis was unfolding!
The hospital—once meant to treat pregnant women and the sick— had turned into a living hell.
Zhang Xing stood trembling, staring at the horrific scene.
Dozens of pregnant women had died.
The cause?
Their stomachs had been torn open—and the children inside…
No, not children.
They were horrifying killing machines.
“What the hell is going on?!”
Suddenly—hisssss!
A black shadow zipped across Zhang Xing’s field of vision.
It lunged at him, but Zhang Xing reacted quickly, firing an Air Cannon and hitting the shadow squarely.
It was knocked away but didn’t take much damage.
It hit the ground hard and got back up moments later, running off.
Zhang Xing finally saw it clearly—it looked like a hound, with a protruding spine and a razor-sharp tail that could pierce steel with ease.
“This… this reminds me of the Man-Eater monsters we defeated before!”
Zhang Xing’s face darkened.
“The mastermind behind the Man-Eaters… has infiltrated the Sixth Shelter!”
And far away—
Aaaaaahhh!
(SFX screams echo in the background)
