Chapter 311 - 301: Big Sis Has Your Energy Stones Covered

Moira Lynch was speechless at Kai York’s words. ’So *this* is what you’re so excited about?’

’Could you be a little more ambitious?’

Once downstairs, Moira Lynch picked up the instruction manual lying to the side and skimmed through it.

Domestic model robot.

No wonder Kai York had said what he did.

Just then, Shane Rhodes, who was standing nearby, spoke with a regretful tone. "This robot is great and all, but it came with too few energy stones. It’s not enough at all. In the System Mall, a single energy stone sells for five thousand Gold Coins."

He let out a heavy sigh as he said this.

Even though he had just won a hundred thousand Gold Coins, he couldn’t afford to spend them like this.

Besides, a single energy stone could last for a month under normal use.

Sounds like a long time, right?

But the key part of that sentence isn’t "one month"—it’s "normal use."

So-called "normal use" meant just turning the robot on and having it do some simple household chores.

"Let me see what kind of energy stone it is."

The manual had a picture of the energy stone. Moira Lynch found it incredibly familiar but couldn’t be certain.

After Shane Rhodes took out the so-called energy stone, Moira Lynch patted his shoulder and said, "Use them as much as you want. I’ll take care of your energy stones."

The thing Shane Rhodes had produced was a transparent, blue, thumb-sized disc.

After a scan from Patience, she confirmed it was a product made by melting down and reprocessing scraps of an energy core. The energy inside was pitifully low.

Moreover, Shane Rhodes’s robot didn’t need these so-called energy stones at all. Just stuffing a fragment of an energy core inside would let it run for a very long time, using any function he desired.

As soon as she spoke, the three men turned to look at her.

"Moira, did you strike it rich?" Kai York asked.

"I didn’t strike it rich." Moira Lynch pushed Kai York’s face aside, then held up the energy core in her hand. "Does this look familiar?"

"The material of this thing seems to be the same as the energy stone Boss has," Hugh Finch said.

"Be more confident. Drop the ’seems like,’" said Moira Lynch. "The one in Shane’s hand is just a low-quality version. This is what it originally looked like."

After Moira Lynch’s explanation, the three of them understood the difference.

It was like the difference between ditch water and honey.

Drinking one would not only provide no benefits but also likely cause an upset stomach. The other was nutritious—a holy grail for beauty and skincare.

"This is so valuable. We should trade it with the base for something. The extreme cold is coming soon, so we could have them send more supplies. The energy stones I have should last for a while," Shane Rhodes said in all seriousness.

Hearing this, Moira Lynch just waved her hand. "It’s fine. I brought back a lot of these."

As she spoke, Moira Lynch took out all the Space Buttons on her person.

The three men’s eyes widened as they stared at her in shock.

"Moira, don’t tell me all of these are full of them!"

"Of course not."

Moira Lynch picked out two one-cubic-meter Space Buttons and said, "These contain things I bought in the game. The rest are."

The three of them were already stunned into silence. Although they had also brought back quite a lot of things—Shane Rhodes had even brought back a robot and a hundred thousand Gold Coins—they felt like they paled in comparison to Moira Lynch.

"What do you plan to do with so many energy cores?" Hugh Finch asked.

Moira Lynch thought for a moment and said, "Same as always. Trade a portion to the base for supplies and keep a portion for ourselves."

"Alright, you decide which ones to keep, and leave the rest to us. By the way, is there anything you want?" Shane Rhodes asked.

Moira Lynch thought about it, but there wasn’t really anything she wanted. "Ask them if they have any popsicles," she said.

"Popsicles? The extreme cold is about to hit. Why would you eat popsicles?" Kai York said, sounding a little disapproving. "Besides, don’t you have a lot of Ice Cool Grass?"

"I just suddenly have a craving for one. You get tired of eating Ice Cool Grass all the time," Moira Lynch said, her tone defiant despite her weak reasoning.

"Fine, I’ll ask for you, but whether they have any is another matter," Shane Rhodes said honestly.

After all, the first apocalypse was extreme heat. Under those conditions, something like popsicles probably ceased to exist long ago.

Moira Lynch just had a sudden craving. Even if the base didn’t have any, she could make them herself. She was the one with Ice Finger, after all.

’Speaking of which, if the next apocalypse is extreme cold, wouldn’t that be my comfort zone?’

All the blessings she had received before could finally be put to use.

Since it was nighttime, Shane Rhodes and the others didn’t act immediately.

As for Moira Lynch, she only symbolically took some of the chipped energy cores.

The energy cores in the Space Buttons were all of the second and third types. Except for the one she had initially taken out, she had stored all the complete energy cores in her personal space.

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Meanwhile, with the exception of the new players, most of the veteran players rushed to SoySauceDrunkard’s [Don’t Miss It] shop the moment the game ended.

It was common knowledge that the [Don’t Miss It] shop only restocked at six in the morning every day.

But there was one exception: the fifth floor.

The fifth floor was where the Healing Pods and Hibernation Pods were located. To allow players to use them at any time, the fifth floor was open 24/7.

In fact, Moira Lynch’s shop was originally open 24/7, but the items inside would be snatched up at lightning speed the moment they were listed. Helpless, she could only close up shop early.

At this moment, the fifth floor was already packed, and many more were queuing outside with tickets.

The next day, as soon as the time came, almost everyone rushed into SoySauceDrunkard’s [Don’t Miss It] shop.

Even if they had no money, it was still good to take a look and broaden their horizons.

Besides, it wasn’t like there were no freebies to be had.

The area that specialized in selling Medicine had ten daily slots for free physical examinations, which were said to be exceptionally accurate.

Furthermore, after the examination, corresponding Medicine would be recommended.

It was said that after securing an examination slot, one didn’t need to queue to buy Medicine, and a purchase was one hundred percent guaranteed.

But the prerequisite was that the Medicine you bought had to be the one that corresponded to your body’s treatment needs.

"So many blind boxes! How many did SoySauceDrunkard buy?"

"They even have spaceship blind boxes! In the last mission, I was the one packing these things. If you collect enough, you can assemble a complete spaceship."

"It’s a scam. The parts inside are definitely not a full set. You’ll never be able to complete it."

"So are you buying one or not?"

"I don’t have any money, what’s there to buy? Besides, look at that price. Is that something an ordinary person like me can afford?"

For these spaceship blind boxes, each one contained only a single part. They couldn’t even afford one, let alone collect enough to assemble a complete spaceship.