Chapter 120 A Cold and Ruthless Woman

[Of course.] The system put its hands on its hips. Of all the systems, it was the most conscientious, okay?

[50 points deducted! Shelter upgrade begins!]

[Shelter upgrade successful! Shelter area increased by 5 square meters!]

"System! I’m going to start praising you! You gave me 5 square meters this time! Aren’t you that kind of person?"

Lin Yun never expected this upgrade to bring such a pleasant surprise. The shelter had suddenly become noticeably more spacious, and the extra five square meters gave her much more room to work with.

[The amount given for each shelter upgrade is different, but it will definitely be more than the last time,] the system explained.

Lin Yun suddenly understood. "So that’s how it is. But that’s not bad either."

After all, she had originally expected the upgrade to provide only a small amount of additional space. Getting five square meters at once was already quite generous in her opinion.

[Is the shelter renovation project underway now? Yes/No]

At this moment, another pop-up window appeared on her personal panel.

Renovation?

Lin Yun nodded again without hesitation.

The pop-up window changed instantly, and the panel displayed the floor plan of her current shelter.

The newly added five square meters had not yet been incorporated into the existing layout. After she finished remodeling the floor plan, the system would automatically adjust the interior space of the shelter according to her design.

Lin Yun studied the layout for a moment before moving her fingers across the panel.

She wanted to expand the bathroom to a 2x2-meter space, and to her surprise, she actually succeeded.

Behind the wall next to the bathroom was originally Lin Yunyou’s bed, and she had no intention of moving it somewhere else.

However, a three-meter bed was not particularly practical for the limited space available. After thinking about it, she made a small modification and planned to have Oni-ten install a wardrobe along the wall connected to the bathroom.

That way, the wardrobe could be used to store her clothes and bedding without taking up additional floor space.

She didn’t change the rest of the layout. Instead, she added the remaining extra space to the area opposite the bed.

After checking the layout one more time and making sure everything was arranged properly, Lin Yun clicked the submit button at the bottom-right corner of the panel.

Immediately afterward, a soft white light suddenly appeared in front of Lin Yun and the others.

The light spread through the shelter, covering the walls and floor in a gentle glow.

A moment later, the white light gradually dissipated, and the renovation was complete.

[Shelter renovation complete. Further modifications will require points.]

Lin Yun looked around curiously.

After the renovation was completed, a new window appeared on the right side of the shelter’s main entrance.

Lin Yun was surprised to discover that a new space had appeared inside the shelter, directly opposite the bathroom.

The new area had been separated from the rest of the shelter by glass doors. It was approximately 3x2 square meters in size, giving her a completely new usable area.

And right next to it, another new window had appeared.

The previous window connected directly to the backyard, which made it impossible for Lin Yun to properly see the outside world from inside the shelter. Because of that, the system had added a new window after the upgrade.

Lin Yun looked at the new space again and began thinking.

Could she use it as a kitchen?

The more she looked at it, the more suitable it seemed.

After calling the Ghost Vine, which had run into the yard, back inside, Lin Yun began tinkering with the kitchen again.

The Ghost Vine obediently came over and helped her with the work.

Half an hour later, the kitchen was finally perfectly arranged.

Well... almost perfectly arranged.

The entire kitchen was green.

Lin Yun stared at it for a moment.

The 5x6 layout was still missing a section, so Lin Yun had to spend another 50 points to fill it in.

After spending those additional points, the layout finally became complete.

Now it looked perfect.

Lin Yun spent the entire afternoon tinkering with her shelter.

Now that she had more space, she naturally had to rearrange all her belongings as well. After all, there were many things she had accumulated over time, and she had never really had enough room to organize everything properly.

So while Lin Yun was busy inside her shelter, Song Xizheng was having a completely different experience.

He had been trying to add Lin Yun as a friend for half the day.

But she still hadn’t accepted his request.

Song Xizheng became depressed.

Sister Lin!

Didn’t you promise to add me as a friend?

Why didn’t you accept my friend request?

By the time Lin Yun finally finished setting up the shelter, three hours had already passed.

She stretched slightly before lying down on the rattan bed with its soft mattress.

After getting comfortable, she opened her personal panel again.

Only then did she notice that there were many small red dots on the chat application.

Lin Yun hissed softly and quickly clicked on the application to see what was going on.

It was immediately obvious.

Song Xizheng had sent countless friend requests during that single afternoon.

And every request came with a note.

The first note read:

Sister Lin! This is Song Xizheng! Add me quickly!

The second note:

Sister Lin? Sister Lin, what are you doing?

The third note:

Sister Lin, you’re not going to change your mind and decide not to add me anymore, are you? Wow, that’s a great remedy!

...

And the last note was:

Sister Lin, you cold-hearted woman! I hate you!

Lin Yun stared at the screen.

"God’s horse is cold and ruthless."

What exactly did he mean by calling her cold-hearted?

She had simply been busy organizing her shelter and hadn’t checked the personal panel.

While looking through the friend requests, Lin Yun unexpectedly discovered two other requests sandwiched between Song Xizheng’s countless messages.

They were from Chen Anna and Yao An’an.

Lin Yun accepted all three friend requests.

As soon as she accepted them, Anna Chen was the first to send her a message.

Chen Anna: "Oh, Lin Yun, are you done with your work? I wanted to add you last time, but I didn’t have time. I’ve finally added you this time."

Lin Yun replied, "That’s good. How did it go this time?"

Anna Chen: "Ugh, don’t even mention it. I almost died in the survival world this time. It was such a rip-off."

Anna Chen: "This time I went to a brothel survival world. It’s okay for men, but it’s extremely miserable for women. Once you’re thrown in, you have to hurry up and run out of the brothel, or you’ll become one of them."

Lin Yun’s eyes widened again.

There was actually a survival world involving brothels?

Could this be the special world the system had mentioned before?

She remembered that the system had previously talked about special survival worlds, but she had never expected one of them to be like this.

Before Lin Yun could ask any more questions, another message arrived.

Anna Chen: "Oh, I have something to do here. I’ll talk to you later."

Lin Yun looked at the message and then put the matter aside for the moment.

Just as Chen Anna’s message disappeared from the screen, Song Xizheng’s message popped up as well.

However, this time he wasn’t asking about the survival world.

He was there to complain to Lin Yunyou.

Song Xizheng: "Sister Lin, it wasn’t easy to add you as a friend, you know? All afternoon! I waited for you the whole afternoon!"

Lin Yun replied:

"...I was organizing the shelter and didn’t check my personal panel."

Song Xizheng: "Do you think I believe that? What good person doesn’t have a notification sound on their personal panel?"

Lin Yun blinked.

The notification sound...

It seemed she hadn’t turned it on.

After thinking about it for a moment, Lin Yun replied honestly.

Lin Yun: "I didn’t turn on the notification sound."

Song Xizheng: "..."

Song Xizheng: "Alright, I forgive you."

Song Xizheng: "By the way, where are you? Come out and have some fun! You should be able to stay at the transit station a little longer this time, right? I’ll take you out to have some fun!"

Lin Yun looked at the message and asked:

"How long can you stay at the transit station this time?"

Song Xizheng scratched his head, switched to another application to check, and then replied.

"15 days. What’s wrong?"

Lin Yun: "...Oh, I’m only doing this for three days. No time for fun :)"

Song Xizheng immediately replied:

"It’s okay, Sister Lin. We can release the world in advance. We can release it together later. Maybe we’ll even be assigned to the same world!"

Lin Yun thought about it for a moment before replying.

"Let’s have fun tomorrow. It’s time to eat now. I’m in the outer ring area."

Song Xizheng’s response arrived almost instantly.

"What?! Me too! Which building are you in? I’m in Building F, Zone 9."

Lin Yun hissed again.

She hadn’t seen any signs indicating the different buildings when she went outside last time.

Could it be that she had simply missed something?

Just as Lin Yun was wondering about it, the system’s voice sounded.

[You didn’t miss it. It’s just that the building numbers weren’t marked in your area last time, so it’s normal that you didn’t see them. You’re currently in Building F, Zone 9.]

Lin Yun nodded again.

So that’s what happened.

She then replied to Song Xizheng.

Song Xizheng: "Damn! Sister Lin, what a coincidence! Which floor are you on? I brought my own ingredients. Can I come over for a meal?"

In the previous world, Song Xizheng had been fortunate enough to eat Lin Yun’s cooking twice.

For someone who wasn’t very good at cooking himself, those two meals had been enough to make him almost cry from how delicious they were.

Naturally, after discovering that Lin Yun was also in the outer ring area this time, the first thing he thought of was eating another meal at her place.

Lin Yun looked at his message and replied:

"You even come here to eat while squatting by the door?"

Song Xizheng froze.

Only then did he realize that things were different now.

This time, they were in the Survival World Transit Station, where every survivor had their own shelter.

It was not as convenient to simply enter someone else’s shelter as it had been before.

Song Xizheng stared at the message for a moment, then scratched his head awkwardly.

He had completely forgotten about that.

Lin Yun also glanced toward the entrance of her newly renovated shelter.

With the extra space, the place was finally starting to feel more like a proper home.

The kitchen was ready, the furniture had been rearranged, and the backyard had already been organized.

For the first time since entering the transit station, Lin Yun felt that she had truly settled down.

As for whether Song Xizheng could come over for a meal...

That could be discussed tomorrow.

Fix inconsistent character names

Polish awkward translated phrasing

Strengthen the Chapter’s ending hook