The apocalypse begins with a dungeon game.

Fortunately, the gashapon coins were returned.

Holding a bunch of gashapon coins, Li Can adjusted the perspective of his transformed body in his consciousness space, and finally saw a newly appeared "shop" opposite the gashapon machine.

Although it's called a shopping mall, it's actually more like the shelves of an old-fashioned convenience store.

At this moment, the wooden trapezoidal shelves are separated by wide wooden planks.

Most of the spaces are unused sales areas, so it seems like they'll be adding new items here later.

Only an empty capsule toy sample is placed at the very top, the oval-shaped capsule toy being displayed from all angles on a small tray that rotates 360 degrees automatically.

Below the tray is a paper label that states the price of the empty capsule toy: 10 points of near-death value.

Li Can was actually quite excited to hear that the upgraded capsule toy shells now allow users to assemble the models inside themselves.

Previously, you could only collect puppets, but now the gameplay has become increasingly diverse.

Does that mean I'll be able to put real-world items into it and carry them around, making it much more convenient for things like moving locations or entering dungeons?

"Isn't this just like a portable storage space? But mine is a little different. Let's give it a try."

Instead of using his near-death value to buy something at the transaction window on the shelf, Li Can inserted a gold coin to test the waters in the real world first.

With a mix of trepidation and excitement, the next second, he saw a green woven plastic bag filled with empty gashapon shells appear at the trading point.

"It seems the exchange rate between the near-death value and the gacha coins hasn't changed, which is good."

Li Can separated himself from the consciousness space, and placed the woven bag full of empty gashapon shells in front of him in the real world.

Considering that there are new and unknown dungeons to explore later, I don't know when I'll be able to return.

Li Can first decided to load some items that could enhance his strength.

Among them, the first to be affected are the buckets of crystal cores around us.

He twisted open the empty eggshell, positioning the two open halves facing the crystal cores. With a thought, he "whooshed" the entire bucket of light green crystal cores into it.

"Let's try releasing it again."

Li Can tried it several more times and found that he could control it freely, which made him feel more at ease.

If this thing were to turn into a money-devouring beast like the Pixiu, it wouldn't be good if it could only devour but not produce anything. However, for now, everything is under control.

While Li Can was busy studying the effects of the updated gashapon machine, the puppets were also being controlled by him to return towards the first base one after another.

As the night passed, dawn broke and a glimmer of light appeared in the sky.

His last stop was the storage room behind the secret door. After exchanging a large number of empty gashapon capsules, he packed away a lot of food, clothing, shelter, firearms, and bombs from the warehouse to make sure he had enough before stopping.

"Not bad, not bad."

After a busy day, Li Can was very satisfied with the bountiful harvest she had made.

The various categorized gashapon capsules that accumulated in his consciousness space were all supplies that he had gradually added.

Secondly, the scale of the puppets has also expanded, and their number is now close to one thousand.

Of these, over seven hundred puppets have generated benefits for him, successfully upgrading him from beginner to advanced levels. Including some that he has used and consumed, he can now save about three hundred gacha coins.

The storage of crystal cores mainly consists of those left over from the base's past; there are very few newly harvested crystal cores on our side.

But that's not important.

Li Can stayed up all night, and dark circles gradually appeared under her eyes.

By the time he finished all that, it was already fully light.

"Good morning, humans. Today is the [number]th day since the apocalypse began..." Luanma Yun lay in the detection chamber, feeling refreshed after a nap. Upon seeing Li Can, he immediately began reciting his old lines.

Compared to the spirits of Yi Ren and Yun, Li Can's complexion was rather poor.

"Good morning." He yawned, not thinking anything of it, and directly took out a few crystal cores from the gashapon he had assembled and absorbed them.

A few seconds later, I was completely back to normal.

Li Can remarked with a touch of amusement, "I never imagined that one day humanity would evolve to lose sleep and enter a 24-hour battle, and this is how it all began."

He scattered the puppets throughout the courtyard of the First Base, each holding a cleaning tool. Li Can allowed them to use their mental powers to do their own thing, giving the First Base a general cleaning.

The other zombies that occasionally wandered out of the base were all directly recruited by Li Can, and some were even absorbed directly.

The base was clean and tidy after being tidied up. Li Can walked through it alone without worrying too much about any unexpected dangers.

He reinforced and renovated all the areas where possible, including the front door, side door, and back door.

Currently, the only people who can move freely inside the space are his own puppets and the random cloud that follows him like a ghost.

The safety factor is very high.

Li Can sat on a wooden chair by the corridor, the morning breeze constantly sweeping through his messy hair.

He kept refreshing the forum with his phone.

After a brief exchange with the officials, he had been busy exploring the base and his gashapon machine, and only then did he have some spare time to see how things were going on Earth.

He took out a can of ham from his consciousness space, and while scooping it into his mouth with a spoon, he browsed the new messages.

It's the same old post I wrote. Looking down from the top, the comments are completely polarized.

[Post #791:] The original poster hasn't posted any new messages or updated the thread for so long, it seems they've already contacted the official channels. Everyone, get ready, I think things are about to change again...

[792nd floor:] I don't care, whether I live or die is fine, but if everyone decides to prepare to fight against or end the apocalypse, I won't object.

[793rd Floor:] Have you heard? Someone actually used that measuring ball to conduct an experiment. Just like the original poster said, a vortex gate really disappeared. There's a video link to prove it. You can go check it out if you're interested.

As Li Can ate, the aroma of ham filled his taste buds. To be fair, although this stuff has a long shelf life, it still tastes pretty good.

He tapped his finger and jumped to the linked video post.

In the video, a man with a slicked-back hairstyle who looks like a gang leader stands in front of the camera holding a measuring ball, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth and a somewhat disdainful expression.

"Family members, I believe you have all seen that viral post. I, Wang Defa, am selfless and have a spared measurement ball in my hand. Let's try it out and see if it can really change the situation of the apocalypse..."

The man took a deep drag on his tobacco, squinted, and dropped a light green pellet into it.

In the video, the vortex dissipated at a speed visible to the naked eye, just like Li Can had seen it the first time.

Seeing all this, he was no longer surprised.

What Li Can was more curious about was what the general public thought after learning the truth.

And what preparations the authorities have made there.

"Holy crap, family, did you see that? That guy isn't a liar, he's actually telling the truth!" Wang Defa exclaimed in an exaggerated tone in the video.