Chapter 18: Drainage System

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

It would be good enough if one could protect themselves in this apocalypse.

Lorne fiddled with the old radio in his room and found that there was still no signal. He did not know when the government channel would be restored.

“Do I need to upgrade this radio? Maybe I can upgrade it to something more advanced. For example, a radio with a phone and computer function.”

Lorne suddenly had an idea.

The thought was uncontrollable. Lorne could not wait to implement it.

After gathering his gaze on the radio, an upgrade message appeared in front of Lorne.

[Broken radio]

Upgrade plan 1: Upgrade the material and strengthen the radio’s signal function. Requires 10 points.

Upgrade plan 2: Upgrade the radio material and add a networking function. Requires 15 points.

Seeing the two upgrade plans, Lorne generously chose them both. Then, the radio distorted, and after it returned to normal, its appearance changed.

The metal outer shell shone with dazzling light and there were a few new buttons on the side of the radio. They seemed to be used to connect to the internet and adjust the signal frequency.

Then, he focused on the newly upgraded radio.

[A slightly stronger radio]

Note: The newly upgraded outer shell can allow you to go out and smash people. The other functions are the same.

Upgrade plan 1: Upgrade the system’s materials and make the radio signal more stable.

Upgrade plan 2: Upgrade the structure of the system and change the appearance of the radio, allowing the radio to have a touch function.

When Lorne saw the upgrade plans given by the system, he thought for a moment and realized that it was a phone.

Thinking that he could play with his phone happily in the future, Lorne’s heart could not help but burn.

He directly and happily chose the upgrade plan 2. After the radio went through a round of distortion, the second upgrade was completed.

The entire radio looked like a small-sized television, but this one had a touchscreen. Lorne tested the radio, which had been upgraded twice.

Although there was no internet now, he had the touch screen, and the system had installed some standalone games on the radio.

Lorne could not stop playing. Only when the radio ran out of battery did he realize that he had been playing for so long. He then stopped and charged the radio.

Lorne did not have the desire to think about anything else for the time being. After resting on the sofa for a while, he decided to go to the R&D Center to exchange for some bullets to practice shooting.

Time passed slowly. Lorne’s diary clearly recorded his boring days.

September 1: Whitey seems to be recovering quickly. It can now walk with both feet. What a cute little thing.

September 2: It’s a boring day. I can only practice shooting at the R & D Center.

September 3: Shooting practice. My M4A1 aiming seems to be more accurate. I even hit 10 points today.

September 4: Shooting practice. Whitey’s injuries are completely healed. This is too amazing. I envy it for having such a good body.

September 5: The air outside seems to have become colder today. This should be the prelude to the Ice Age.

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The past few days had been very boring for Lorne, but he did not want to leave the shelter now. He planned to stay in the shelter until the Ice Age arrived.

It was raining outside the shelter, and Lorne could hear the rain even from his room.

The rain would probably last for a long time. Lorne wondered if he should strengthen his drainage system. Otherwise, the water might drown his entire residence when he got out.

Lorne looked at the monitoring system on the other side of the door. The camera above was already being washed by the rain. It would probably cover the entire door in a while.

If he did not upgrade the drainage system, he would probably end up at the bottom of the lake soon.

“System, if I want my residence to not be flooded by this storm, do you have a good upgrade plan?” Lorned asked the system in his mind.

“The system can dig a huge cave beside the shelter and connect a few water pipes to the shelter. This way, the host’s residence will not be flooded.”

The system gave such a plan in Lorne’s mind

“How many points does it need?” Lorne had thought that the system would give him a very high-tech solution, but it was so simple and crude. But he liked it.

[Upgrading the drainage system requires 80 points] The system sent a notification in Lorne’s mind.

“System, isn’t this a little too expensive!” Although Lorne had saved up quite a number of points over the past few days, his heart ached when he saw the price mentioned by the system.

“Can it be cheaper?” Lorne asked shamelessly.

“The host can reduce the cost by 20 points by installing the water pipes near the house yourself,” the system replied in Lorne’s mind.

“Sure, no problem.” When Lorne heard that he could reduce his points, he immediately agreed.

After strengthening the drainage system, there were still many places that needed to be upgraded. Because of the Ice Age, there would be many things that needed to be upgraded, so it was best to save as many points as possible.

“Then let’s start upgrading,” Lorne said to the system.

“As you command, Host.”

“Upgrade completed.” After ten minutes, the system’s voice sounded in Lorne’s mind.

“So fast? I didn’t hear anything.”

He was really surprised. After all, digging a cave was a huge project. There should be some commotion, right? However, he did not hear a single sound.

“System, what pipes do I need to connect?”

“Host, you just need to walk outside the shelter and connect the leaking tubes to the shelter.”

Hearing the system’s reply, Lorne quickly looked at the monitoring device at the door and saw that there were indeed a few white pipes outside the door. There were also a few connectors not far away.

He only needed to move these pipes to various points near his shelter and connect them properly to drain the water.

Then it was time to get ready to go.

Just as he opened the door to the shelter, the rainwater that was accumulating outside rushed to Lorne’s feet.

Rain flowed through the gap in the door into the shelter stairs. Seeing this, Lorne quickly closed the door.

After closing the door, Lorne began to move the water pipes. It was a little difficult to move the water pipe in the rain, but it was still manageable for him.

After an hour or so, Lorne successfully connected a few pipes and arranged some protective measures.

After doing all this, Lorne was going to return to the shelter to observe the drainage situation and see if it was as simple as the system had said.