Wasteland for All: I Can Infinitely Upgrade My Vault

The total amount of loot piled up in front of us is:

[Worn-out iron pipe rifle] x5

Rough Double-Barreled Shotguns x3

Crude Bullets x117

[Cut Boning Knife] x11

Wearable Studded Leather Armor x8

[Dirty Bandages] x15

[Complete hyena skin] x1

Hemp rope x6

[Mutated Meat Jerky] x15

7 Camping Water Bottles

Wear-out entrenching tool x4

[Rough Repair Tools] x1

[Simple marching backpack] x3

Simple marching tents x2

[Rune] x95

And finally, a slightly more valuable item: [Morphine Injector] x1. Using it instantly restores 1 health point, and then slowly restores 4 health points over the next half hour.

This was quite valuable, so Zhongli put it and the lockpicking tool into his personal storage backpack. Everyone has a 100-slot storage backpack that can hold 100 items. Large items like firearms and leather armor cannot be stacked, while smaller items like bullets, bandages, and lockpicking tools occupy one slot for 30 units.

However, if you have a marching backpack, you can put smaller items in it first, and then put the marching backpack into your storage backpack, which only takes up one slot. The downside is that it's very inconvenient to check your supplies. If you have a bad memory, you might accidentally sell some valuable items that you put in your backpack, which is a huge loss for any junk collector.

Most of these items were to be stored in the warehouse for later sale, so Zhongli had Duanban pack them all into his marching backpack and carry them away.

Then he tossed a [worn-out iron pipe rifle] to Wu. Although the accuracy of this gun was -1, at least its rate of fire was much faster than that of a crossbow, and it had a decent degree of accuracy within 20 meters, which could improve his combat effectiveness.

While Zhongli finished sorting out the spoils, Wu and Hongluan had already beheaded all the scavengers. Cutting the arteries would cause a human to bleed to death in just a few seconds to a minute. By beheading all the corpses, the blood flowed even faster, and the scarlet, viscous blood filled the broken oil drums.

The human body contains approximately 4.8 liters of blood, but the blood volume increases proportionally when the life force is high. These thirteen people actually produced nearly 100 liters of fresh blood, which is two-thirds of a standard oil drum.

Zhong Li tried to calm himself down and adapt to the bloody and dark style of the wasteland: "Once we've collected enough blood, let's hurry back to the camp. Hong Luan, you go back and protect the Holy Maiden first. The three of us will carry the iron barrel back."

The shelter wasn't far from here; after all, the map only showed a total distance of three kilometers. Hongluan ran at full speed with her military backpack and returned to Yewei's side in just over four minutes.

Zhongli, carrying the blood buckets, was a bit slow, but he still returned to the shelter in just thirty minutes. By then, Hongluan had already set up a military tent next to the Holy Maiden, sheltering Yewei inside.

Zhong Li lifted the tent flap and went inside, finding Shi Tou digging a hole next to him with an entrenching tool. He asked in surprise, "Shi Tou, what are you doing? Are you going to bury the Holy Maiden?"

Hongluan had removed her full-face helmet, revealing her handsome and youthful face, though it was filled with a cold and indifferent aura. Hearing Zhongli's words, she remained standing to the side, arms crossed, expressionless.

Stone scratched the back of his head sheepishly and said, "Hongluan asked me to do this, I don't know why."

Why did you start digging? You're really naive. And you've already dug this deep.

At this moment, Ye Wei supported herself with her hands and struggled to sit up, gently bringing her legs together, and said softly, "My lady, you've returned safely. I'm sorry for your hard work and the risks you faced."

Zhong Li immediately squatted down in front of her, supporting her arm, and said, "Your injuries are so serious, you can just lie down, why are you getting up?"

Ye Wei raised her exquisite face, her eyes like cool, clear springs, her demeanor elegant and noble: "My lady, even in my last moments before death, I do not wish to be a cripple."

Zhong Li immediately loosened his support slightly, then looked at the short plank beside him carrying a shovel of thick, scarlet blood, and asked, "Holy Maiden, what should we do?"

At this moment, Hongluan, who had remained expressionless, spoke up: "Put it in the pit!"

Put it in the pit?

Zhong Li looked at Ye Wei, thinking that she would have to be bathed in blood.

Ye Wei calmly said, "My current power still needs to come into contact with blood to slow the spread of the crimson cracks."

Upon receiving Ye Wei's confirmation, Wu and Duanban immediately lifted the iron bucket and placed it in the sandpit, while Shitou caught it below. They then placed the iron bucket securely at the bottom of the pit and buried it with yellow sand until it reached the same height as the iron bucket, forming a circular pool of blood.

Ye Wei bent down with difficulty, her beautiful brows furrowing slightly in pain, but she didn't utter a sound. She continued to slowly take off her bow-tie stilettos, revealing her fair and slender, sculpted jade feet. Each toe was round and soft, and her delicate skin seemed to radiate a soft glow.

Seeing those perfect jade feet, Zhong Li understood why some people are foot fetishists.

As a pair of perfectly white, almost glowing feet plunged into the horribly thick and viscous blood, Zhong Li could clearly feel that the frail body of the girl in front of him, whose life was nearing its end, gained a new strength.

Ye Wei immediately clasped her hands together, raised them to her beautifully curved chest, and quietly closed her eyes. Her long, black eyelashes gently touched each other, and her exquisite face revealed a sense of focus and devotion.

[Ding! You have received the Dark Prayer Blessing - Dark Knight, lasting 24 hours.]

[Dark Knight: What makes us extraordinary is not our descent into shadow, nor our rise with the light, but the endless struggle between the two. This is the essence of greatness. We are tested, we do not crumble, we will never fall! Health +3, Defense +2, Combat Power +1, Gain Special Rule: Vengeful Flames (Instantly counterattack when attacked)]

After releasing the prayer, Ye Wei's complexion, which had just recovered somewhat, paled a bit again, but she smiled gently and said, "My lady, my current recovery only allows me to do two things for you: pray for a basic blessing for you, and if you return to the tent injured, I can use my life force to heal your injuries."

"However, if there is more blood, I think I can summon another red dragon knight for you soon."

Zhong Li's eyes widened. You call this the most basic blessing? With this blessing, Hong Luan is the God of War of the Wasteland! And as long as the blood is brought back, a second Red Dragon Knight will soon join the party!

Zhong Li instantly felt confident about her future life.