Wasteland: I Awakened A Plant System

“That’s possible.” Vikram nodded, agreeing with Divya’s assessment.

He also started thinking about, this territory 2 has still not any defence.

But he didn’t care about the defence now, because in this wilderness, it’s reasonable for some creatures to suddenly wander nearby.

He scratched the back of his head; although something felt off, the detector showed no one nearby.

With no clues, Vikram had no choice but to bring his harvest into the territory.

Before that, the four who had returned from outside just experienced the function of the territory’s disinfection room.

First, they threw their equipment into the cleaning pool for automatic disinfection, then the four continued deeper.

The ultraviolet lights inside automatically turned on, and there was also a small screen above, showing the disinfection progress.

This thing is quite advanced, the disinfection quickly finished, and Vikram sighed in admiration.

Currently, the zombies outside don’t seem like a huge threat, but if scratched by even one zombie, without an antidote, one can only wait for death.

But with this disinfection room, all will be solved easily.

Who knew if zombie blood would get on him during a fight? It would be truly unfair if he got infected because it touched a wound.

“Phew, I’m exhausted.” As soon as she returned to the room, Anjali sprawled out on the living room sofa, muttering about how tired she was.

One of her legs was once again propped up high, a very ungraceful pose that inevitably earned her another lecture from Divya.

“What did you do to be tired? We didn’t even have to work when we went out, and we didn’t even have to walk ourselves. How can you say it’s that exaggerated?”

“Hmph, I helped repel a Survivor today, I was much busier than you, you lay-flat winner.

You…”

Rendered speechless by the retort, Divya immediately rushed forward and started to ’handle’ Anjali.

The two had just returned to the territory and immediately entered ’bickering mode’.

And quickly, the verbal sparring turned into a physical scuffle, wrestling on the not-so-large sofa.

Vikram was already used to this and even found it quite interesting.

Anyway, they were best friends, just some playful banter, they wouldn’t genuinely get angry.

No one would find anything amiss with that.

“Alright, stop messing around. We have a ton of supplies to sort from today, no time to play with you, you little silly goose.”

Seeing that things were getting a bit out of hand, Divya stopped, her face flushed, and glared at Anjali.

“Hmph, if you can’t beat me, you can’t beat me. Why so many excuses?”

Ignoring Anjali’s renewed provocation, Divya was quite rational when it came to serious matters.

“Vikram, bring out all the supplies from today. I’ll take care of sorting them. You go and settle the fish we brought back.”

The daily warehouse storage was basically handled by Divya.

Vikram was very relieved about this; Divya was excellent with details.

Upon hearing this, he took out all the supplies from his bag, then carried the wooden bucket into the Shelter’s temporary chicken coop.

The sheep he brought home last time was also there with the goat, still tied outside the chicken coop, not yet properly taken care of.

Now the Shelter had a new group of members, a total of eight fish.

The fish pond that was created, could finally be put to use.

Looking at the fish in the bucket, Vikram remembered he hadn’t used the system to analyze what type of fish they were.

“Grass Carp: White, common grass carp, usually feeds on aquatic algae and weeds. Edible: Due to common quality, it has an earthy taste.”

“Silver Carp: White, common silver carp, usually feeds on plankton and organic debris. Edible: Due to common quality, it has an earthy taste.”

Are they all common quality freshwater fish? System, can’t these fish be improved in quality or anything?

Since he decided to raise them, Vikram naturally adhered to the principle of ’the higher the quality, the better’.

He personally liked to eat fish but particularly couldn’t stand the fishy smell of some fish.

[Ding, the host can improve the quality of the fish by feeding them high-grade fish feed.]

Hearing the system say this, he felt much more at ease. After all, raising fish, to put it plainly, was just icing on the cake, providing more types of food for his territory.

If the fishy smell couldn’t be resolved, then he felt it was better not to raise them; he wouldn’t die if he never ate fish in his life, anyway.

Now that he knew the quality issue could be resolved, another problem arose.

That is, the fish inside looked like they were on their last legs.

Even when Vikram stirred the water in the wooden bucket, one fish had already turned its belly up.

After putting them into the pond, he also purchased some decent quality feed from the trading market, and fed it to the fishes.

After doing all this, he didn’t forget to check the condition of the farmland before leaving.

Since the Water Mage and Earth Mage Druid started taking care of the farmland, a new batch of crops had been sown early.

This time, the main crops were seasonings like chili peppers, garlic, and scallions. Vegetables like Potato, tomato, ladyfinger, brinjal and many more.

Seeing that this batch of crops was also growing well, Vikram left satisfied.

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After finishing everything, Vikram returned to the living room, just as Divya had also finished organizing the materials harvested today.

Seeing Vikram arrive, she pulled him to the Shelter’s warehouse to check the accounts.

She took out an account book and a black pen, scribbling and drawing on the paper for a while before finally speaking, “The amount of materials harvested this time isn’t too much, mostly electrical appliances.”

“I’ve organized everything, take a look.” She handed over the account book.

Vikram scanned it, raising an eyebrow, “Why so many electrical appliances? Did you get all of these from the first floor of the villa?”

“Yes,” Divya nodded, “Most of them were scavenged from the kitchen.”

With a questioning look, he glanced at the list.

Aside from the previous television, this trip also yielded various miscellaneous electrical appliances like an electric iron, a toaster, and a clock.

Understanding the purpose of these appliances, Vikram suddenly realized.

These items all seemed to be electrical appliances, but in reality, they could only be considered dispensable materials.

Except for the television, which had some use, they wouldn’t play much of a role in Wasteland life, and thinking this, he felt it was reasonable.

However, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse; having something is better than nothing, so he had no reason to complain. He can also give them to his subordinates, to make them happy.

But when he moved his gaze downwards, he discovered something truly outrageous.

From that villa, they had actually managed to bring back a refrigerator.

Seeing the refrigerator, he started thinking about making some cold cellar or something like that.

Additionally, they had harvested a total of three light bulbs, one desk lamp, and two ceiling lamps.

Previously, when he entrusted them with searching for materials in the villa, Vikram initially thought they wouldn’t find many high-grade materials.

How could such good things happen to struggling Survivors in the Wasteland World?

Unexpectedly, he was immediately proven wrong; just one resource point could yield so many materials.

Vikram couldn’t imagine how rich he would become if he searched for other resource points in the future.

However, the sudden appearance of such resource points in the Wasteland World also sounded an alarm for Vikram.

Previously, most of the materials dropped by killing monsters were small items, so electrical appliances rarely appeared.

At most, two light bulbs would drop, which was already good.

Now, the emergence of these new resources meant that most survivors could also profit from them.

Harvesting ordinary electrical appliances was fine, as few shelters could afford electricity anyway.

But if they harvested powerful thermal weapons from new resource points, that would be tricky.

Vikram, who had already obtained a pistol in the ruins, knew this was not impossible.

He pondered whether he should get some sets of armor for his Shelter members to collect materials in the future.

Things like bulletproof vests and bulletproof helmets.

Coming back to his senses, he temporarily put those thoughts aside.

Judging from the environment in the villa earlier, it must have been abandoned for at least half a year.

Whether these electrical appliances could even work was a question, so instead of thinking so far ahead, it was better to test the materials they had obtained first.

He went to territory 2, where he had used the electric things, he ran an electric wire from the power distribution room and simply tested it.

He didn’t know until he tried, and Vikram realized his guess was indeed correct.

This iron, after being plugged in, showed no signs of working at all.

Looking at the electrical appliance he had painstakingly collected, a hint of disappointment flashed in Vikram’s eyes.

Divya, standing nearby, also noticed the problem and asked, “Is this appliance broken?”

He nodded, tossing the plugged-in iron to Divya.

He then took out the other electrical appliances from the warehouse and tested them one by one.

He found that, without exception, they all had the same problem; they couldn’t even connect to power.

Seeing that Divya, who was still examining the iron, hadn’t noticed, Vikram silently called out the system.

He scanned each electrical appliance with his gaze.

[Electric Iron: An electric iron with damaged internal electronic components, cannot be used normally.]

[Refrigerator: A refrigerator with damaged internal electronic components, cannot be used normally.]

After just scanning two appliances, Vikram clearly understood the reason for their unusable state.

He shook his head, knowing without guessing why.

He sighed, the Wasteland World was indeed still the same; even if slightly more high-tech materials appeared, it wouldn’t let Survivors use them easily.

However, this wasn’t the first or second time this had happened, and Vikram was already used to it.

Since the system could analyze it now, there must be a solution.

At most, it would just cost a little money.

“System, help me repair this refrigerator with Plant Essence.”

[Ding, responding to Host, Plant Essence do not have the function of repairing items.]

Unexpectedly, the usually almost omnipotent Plant Essence couldn’t be directly used.

Just as he was about to ask how to repair these items, the system’s voice continued to echo in his mind.

[If the Host needs to repair electrical appliances, you can purchase a one-time repair tool from the system, or build a territory-exclusive repair room.]

A whole bunch of unfamiliar terms popped up at once, and he was a bit confused.

Taking advantage of Divya’s momentary distraction while checking items, Vikram slipped into his room and then entered the system store.

Indeed, he found the one-time repair tool in the store, but as he was about to buy it, its price made his eyes widen.

“Are you kidding me? This thing costs 5000 Plant Essence for one??”

Because the system seemed stuck and hadn’t refreshed, he even tried restarting the system store.

However, the glowing 5000 Plant Essence price remained unchanged.

He reached out and clicked on the item’s description, and only then did Vikram understand why this item could sell for such a price.

[One-time Repair Tool: A universal repair tool that can repair any item, a one-time use item that disappears after use.]

That was it, such a brief description.

He thought he was seeing things, but upon careful consideration, he realized the terror of this item.

One must know that the system’s descriptions of items were always very precise.

And such a short description for this item was enough to indicate many problems.

“Repair any item?”

The electric iron was an item, the shoes he wore were also items; repairing these wasn’t worth 500 Plant Essence, but what if it was for repairing airplanes and cannons?

After all, the description said it could repair any item.

Expanding on that, if the territory were to be destroyed one day, could this item also repair it completely in one go?

[Ding,…]