Wasteland: I Awakened A Plant System

“Hiss!” As soon as these words came out, Vikram immediately gasped.

The previous incident where the Survival Platform’s crafting interface consumed materials had virtually no impact on him, which led him to never take it very seriously.

Now, with the other party saying this, it instantly reminded Vikram.

“Crafting can be replaced by the system, but what about the other three functions?” He murmured to himself.

Putting himself in that situation, he suddenly realized that none of the remaining three functions were unimportant.

The most critical thing was that if this really happened, it seemed he had no way to stop it.

These words hit the Survivors in the group like a deep-sea bomb, stirring up waves in their hearts.

[Kashif Ali: In short, this is why I gathered you all together.]

[Kashif Ali: The group urgently needs to grow stronger now for better survival in the future.]

[Kashif Ali: I don’t know what specific changes will happen in the Wasteland World later. For now, we can only unite as quickly as possible within a limited time to better withstand future natural and man-made disasters.]

After listening to Kashif Ali’s explanation, there were no more doubts in the group.

If it was truly as he said, and all the functions of the Survival Platform were to become inoperable, then whether their group chat could even be used would be an issue. Who would care about having a few more members?

[Kashif Ali: I’ve said all I need to say. Now, what to do specifically is up to you.]

[Kashif Ali: If there are any developments later, I will still provide them to everyone for free. I hope friends in the group who have their own insider information won’t be stingy either.]

[Kashif Ali: Who knows, it might save your lives.]

With that, Kashif Ali’s avatar immediately turned gray, clearly indicating he had gone offline.

No sooner had Kashif Ali left than the co-admin finally popped up.

[Director Aditya: Everyone has heard Kashif’s words. These new members are new allies for better survival in the future, and I hope everyone can be a little tolerant.]

[Director Aditya: As for the newly joined friends, the group rules are in the announcement, so I don’t need to say more. I hope you will abide by them.]

[Director Aditya: Finally, I want to say that Kashif’s words were very clear. I hope everyone considers whether they can survive without using the Survival Platform.]

[Director Aditya: If not, then you’re going to be very busy these next few days.]

After these few sentences, Director Aditya also went offline, seemingly in a hurry.

The Survivors who had made it this far were not fools; everyone naturally realized the seriousness of the situation.

These newcomers had only just joined, some hadn’t even had a chance to say hello, before they all went offline one after another.

Seeing this, Vikram naturally didn’t plan to stay in the group either and closed the group chat.

“Vikram, what do we do now? If the Survival Platform is gone, won’t we have to manually build all these territories and such?” Anjali said, with her eyelids cast down, looking dejected.

“And will your pay-to-win version of the Survival Platform also be affected?”

Saying this, as if remembering something, she added, “Hehe, it’s fine. Even if your pay-to-win version of the Survival Platform is gone, Vikram, I won’t dislike you.”

“Anyway, the territory in this mountain is enough for us to live in. We have water and vegetables, so we won’t starve to death.”

“At that time, we’ll just lie flat in the territory; whatever natural disasters happen outside won’t affect us.”

“Looking at it this way, it doesn’t seem as terrifying as Kashif Ali said.” Anjali, who had been gloomy a second ago, immediately reverted to her usual silly self after thinking it through, comforting herself.

Vikram only chuckled at her words. Anjali’s naive thoughts were quite cute, but he couldn’t take them seriously.

If he only wanted to survive the natural disasters, he wouldn’t have gone to such great lengths to build an underground territory.

In fact, the impact of this natural disaster, the black fog, was nothing in front of the Storm Mage Sprout.

From his experience in Cameron Town, he already knew what types of zombies could appear.

A single Apex Zombie was enough to destroy the Savage Wolf Shelter.

And if Super Zombies like the Physician Attendant appeared, then even he couldn’t guarantee that any shelter would be able to stop them.

As for the Zombie Split King, one of whose hands was still inside him, if zombies like him ever appeared, then there would only be destruction.

So, for Vikram, it wasn’t just about survival, he wanted to rule.

He already had the Savage Wolf Shelter under his control, and next was the Brown Wood Shelter.

Why did he target the Brown Wood Shelter?

Because many of its top-level members had died in the Hospital Ruin, making it a perfect opportunity for him.

But there was still time.

Sophia, on the other hand, clearly had an opinion on Anjali’s viewpoint and immediately spoke up, “It’s too early to talk about lying flat. Even if we can’t completely prevent things from happening, we can at least do something to reduce losses.”

“For example, if the trading function is affected later, besides being able to trade offline, we should also stock up on market goods before then.”

“That way, we won’t find ourselves without a place to gather needed supplies when the time comes.”

Vikram smiled. This was also the first thought that popped into his mind when he heard Kashif Ali’s news.

The group members in the chat were so eager to leave just now; with a little thought, it was clear that they were most likely stocking up on market goods right now.

However, Vikram wasn’t in such a hurry. The news hadn’t spread yet, and the outside survivors hadn’t realized it.

Even if they went in to buy supplies first, they couldn’t buy everything out.

For him, listing the necessary supplies now was the top priority.

“That’s exactly what I was thinking. I wanted to discuss with you now what to stock up on.”

“I’ve already thought about the requirements for the stocked goods: they must be in high demand in the territory and difficult to obtain normally.”

“Things like metal don’t need to be considered. Unless something unexpected happens, there won’t be a shortage of that in the new resource points.”

Vikram, having visited the resource points twice, already had a good understanding of the metal quantities.

It’s important to know that the new resource points appearing in the Wasteland World are mostly modern buildings, and materials like metal within them would certainly not be scarce.

So, construction materials were the first things he ruled out.

The three listened to Vikram’s words and looked at him in agreement.

Only a few seconds passed before Anjali had an idea and raised her hand, indicating, “I know what to buy! Seeds are a must; they will definitely be hard to come by later.”

“That’s true.”

An entire area of his territory was dedicated to planting areas, and without seeds, it certainly wouldn’t work.

He recorded it, and before he could finish writing, Divya also voiced her thoughts.

“If there’s a demand and it’s hard to get, then energy like gasoline and diesel must also be stocked up.”

As soon as this idea was proposed, Vikram recorded it in his notebook without a second thought. But he knew, as soon as his Treehouse advanced or his system advanced.

Even a single electric thing will be removed from his territory, and all will be changed by the plants.

Just like how his territory 1 was.

After thinking all of these, what he could do now was to first enter the market and acquire the materials he needed to stockpile, so as to avoid the territory wanting things later and having nowhere to find them.

Returning to the living room, Vikram thought for a moment, then spoke, “Take out a portion of all the vegetables stockpiled in the warehouse as trade items.”

Vikram no longer used meat casually like before.

If they were to truly eat over a thousand kg of meat, four people could finish it in little over a year, so it couldn’t be wasted anymore.

Currently, the vegetables in the territory could basically satisfy their self-sufficiency, and using vegetables was definitely more reliable.

“The main trading targets this time are various energy sources like diesel, gasoline, and engine oil.”

“In addition, for seeds of various plants, prioritize buying those with short growth cycles, good taste, and nutrition, the more the better.”

“And then there’s various feed; if we start breeding later, this stuff can’t be lacking.”

“That’s all for now; you three help me keep an eye out and buy them.” These were pretty much all the materials Vikram could think of at the moment.

He asked the two female members to help with the work, and he himself was not idle, also opening the market.

He had done a lot of seed acquisition before, and he was already familiar with some market prices.

The seeds before were very cheap, and he still had some stockpiled in his warehouse for that reason.

But when he opened the market again this time, he found that the price of these seeds had more than doubled.

“Didn’t the sellers who priced randomly disappear a long time ago? Why is it still so much more expensive?”

The Wasteland World indeed no longer had reward treasure chests, but it had new resource points as a substitute, so logically, the price shouldn’t have risen so much.

Vikram scrolled through other goods, and the prices of some items were even lower than before.

Especially for furniture items like beds, tables, and chairs, their prices had dropped repeatedly, almost lower than the raw materials used to make them.

Frowning, Vikram casually added a Survivor seller who was selling seeds.

[Vikram: Brother, I plan to buy some seeds. Your price is a bit expensive, can it be cheaper?]

The other party saw the message and replied to Vikram instantly.

[Patrick: Buddy, you don’t know the market, do you? My price is already considered fair; it can’t get any cheaper.]

Vikram had compared many seed sellers before adding this person as a friend, so he knew the other party wasn’t lying.

[Vikram: I’m sincerely buying, and in large quantities. If you can make it cheaper, I’ll buy everything from you.]

[Vikram: And I want seeds for any crop, I’m not picky.]

His cultivated land had intelligent greenhouses, so he didn’t need to consider whether crops were easy or difficult to grow; he didn’t need to watch them anyway.

[Patrick: Is that true? I’m telling you, I even have watermelon and rice seeds here. Can you buy those too?]