Starting with a Spaceship in an Apocalyptic World
Chapter 48: Detecting survivors: 299

Chapter 48: Detecting survivors: 299

"Supreme Commander, Qin Haoran...", Gu Mingyue then explained that Qin Haoran was one of the people who were together with Luo Bingxue.

She then began to recount what had happened during the day, especially about the arrival of the first lodgers.

It turns out that Qin Haoran, somehow, managed to convince them to exchange their remaining energetic cores for money.

Furthermore, he even started a small business, offering commissions to those who brought more people willing to sell their cores.

Since the Qin Group is huge and well-known—with many of the newcomers being employees or having some connection to the company—many accepted the exchange without a second thought.

Luo Yang was speechless.

We are in the middle of the apocalypse, and money is worthless.

Did these people not think about that, or was Qin Haoran’s persuasion really that good?

Even more so because everyone who entered the ship today was undoubtedly courageous people.

Not only did they face zombies, but they also took the risk of entering an unknown ship.

But soon, Luo Yang shook his head... courage was not the same as intelligence.

In reality, this was more recklessness.

Or rather, greed!

They probably believed that the army would eliminate the zombies and that this was a unique opportunity to get rich when everything returned to normal.

"So, what should we do?" Gu Mingyue looked at Luo Yang.

She was indignant because Luo Yang had been generous with Qin Haoran and his family, even offering seven days of free stay on the spaceship.

They were supposed to feel honored.

But instead, they took advantage of the situation, understood how everything worked, and started profiting at the expense of other survivors.

"Do something? Why would I do something?" Luo Yang smiled and pressed the elevator button to go up to his office.

What Qin Haoran did did not break any ship rules. He did not threaten anyone nor force the exchange.

In fact, he even handed out promissory notes to the people.

It was a completely voluntary negotiation!

There will always be foolish people, and Luo Yang had more important things to deal with.

Besides, in the end, both Qin Haoran and the others would eventually exchange the energetic cores for credits, which would inevitably end up in Luo Yang’s hands.

So why should he worry?

But this conversation reminded him of something else, and he asked Gu Mingyue.

"How many people arrived on the spaceship today?"

It was already nighttime, and most of those who had decided to come had probably already arrived.

After all, once night fell, the chances of more survivors risking their lives to reach Qinsu Park were much lower.

So, Luo Yang wanted to know how many survival points he would earn today!

"Supreme Commander, a total of 294 survivors entered the ship today, and 1,179 energetic cores were obtained!" Gu Mingyue reported respectfully.

294 survivors?

Upon hearing this number, a look of disappointment appeared on Luo Yang’s face.

That only meant 2,940 survival points, not even enough for three attempts at the system’s lottery!

Of course... he still had 100 points saved, which completed that amount.

While he was thinking, the elevator had already reached its destination, and Luo Yang was about to step out when he suddenly realized something.

"Wait... 1,179 energetic cores???" Luo Yang exclaimed.

If each person rented a survivor-class room, the total should have been 882 energetic cores.

Unless...

"Supreme Commander, that is because a supreme-class room was also rented!" Gu Mingyue confirmed his suspicion.

Upon hearing this, Luo Yang, who was about to leave the elevator, stopped immediately and stepped back inside, pressing the button for the sixth floor without hesitation.

The supreme-class floor!

It was undeniable that, at that moment, he was incredibly curious.

After all... a supreme-class room cost 900 credits.

Who, on the tenth day of the apocalypse, could afford that?

Besides, it had only been 12 hours since he had announced that energetic cores could be exchanged for shelter!

That person was definitely an evolutionary!

However, this assumption only served to disappoint him.

Upon reaching the sixth floor of the spaceship, he did find this person, but it was just an ordinary human, who was terrified upon seeing him.

Even Gu Mingyue thought he was just pretending.

But Luo Yang, who possessed the Eye of Truth, knew that he had not awakened any talent.

Thus, even if he were a combat expert and had really killed a hundred zombies alone, that was not enough to attract Luo Yang’s attention.

Not to mention that his main suspicion was something else: this man had probably been sent by someone to test the waters of the spaceship.

After losing interest, Luo Yang quickly returned to his residence on the top floor and had dinner with his siblings before going to his room.

Soon, time passed...

23:59:58

23:59:59

00:00

[Ding! The fourth day has been completed! Detecting survivors: 299]

[Since there are two hundred and ninety-nine survivors on the spaceship, 2,990 survival points will be granted.]

[Hidden Achievement: No People, No Society – Congratulations to the host for having more than 100 survivors in his shelter. Reward: 500 survival points.]

[Hidden Achievement: Caring for the Future – Now that the spaceship has doctors, common diseases are no longer a problem. Congratulations to the host for thinking about the well-being of the survivors in his shelter. Reward: 20 ordinary people.]

The first thing Luo Yang focused on was the two hidden achievements.

"Not bad!"

After all, this was just an unexpected bonus.

The main thing was the survival points he had received today: 2,990!

Wait... wasn’t it 2,940?

Luo Yang frowned.

But soon, he remembered that there had already been five survivors on the spaceship before.

"This means that no one really arrived on the spaceship after Gu Mingyue’s report."

"It seems like no one dares to go out at night!"

Luo Yang confirmed that his assumption was correct.

But then, he thought about the reason why there were fewer than 300 survivors willing to board the spaceship and couldn’t help but smile bitterly.