Chu Guang, male, is 26 years old. His parents divorced when he was young, and he grew up with his grandfather.

The second year after he was admitted to college, his grandfather passed away, leaving him alone.

Fortunately, I was born in a peaceful era, so I was able to complete my studies while working part-time. After graduation, I found a job in sales. Due to my excellent work performance, I was deeply appreciated by my boss, and it didn't take long for me to be promoted from a new employee to a supervisor.

He had survived the most difficult days, and just when Chu Guang was optimistic that he would finally be able to live a comfortable life for a few days, God just didn't follow the rules.

And this time, fate played a big joke on him.

About five months ago.

Chu Guang still remembers that he was negotiating a 20 million contract with a client at that time. The boss was enjoying himself and drank too much at the wine table, so he accidentally fell down.

When he came back to his senses, he was already lying in the wilderness.

Moreover, this is no ordinary wilderness.

After walking for two miles, he didn't see a single person, but he was almost eaten by a big dog with two heads.

Thanks to that beast with two heads.

Chu Guang was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. As soon as the sweat broke out, he immediately woke up from the wine, turned around and ran away.

Perhaps because the two heads were too heavy and they ran uncoordinated, the dog chased him for a while but failed to catch up, and then gave up after squealing twice.

Chu Guang didn't dare to go back without seeing the beast, and he didn't know where to go.

Only then did he realize that his wallet and cell phone were gone, and even his clothes had been replaced by a blue jacket he picked up from somewhere.

I found a small puddle and looked down in the moonlight. Oh my god, not only did I change my clothes, but I also changed my head!

I don’t know which guy with some mental illness knocked him out, changed his face, and threw him into this ghost place with no clue of where to go.

While Chu Guang was wandering around the wilderness without a care in the world, the smoke from the distant kitchen attracted his attention.

Looking back now, Chu Guang is still a little scared.

At that time, he was preoccupied with calling the police and ran towards the wisp of people desperately. After thinking about it, it was a good thing that he came across a serious settlement of survivors.

If it were those murderous predators, or cannibals, mutant tribes, etc., they would have been stewed in the pot.

Maybe even the leather shoes are cooked!

After contacting the survivors living here, Chu Guang learned from bits and pieces of clues that this was no longer the country of China, or even the earth he was familiar with!

In this parallel world, the war two hundred years ago destroyed all the achievements of civilization, leaving only a devastated wasteland and survivors lingering on the wasteland.

And now, it is the year 2340.

It is also the 211th year since the beginning of 2129, when human civilization entered the Wasteland Era!

Confused.

Shock.

Indescribable fear.

Fortunately, Chu Guang's ability to accept things was quite strong. After surviving the initial period, he gradually began to adapt to life here.

He lived hard in the wasteland for five months, eating one meal every day, and having to fight with mutant creatures and predators with malicious intentions.

Just when Chu Guang pessimistically thought that this would be the end of his life, everything took a turn for the worse a few hours ago.

In the remains of an abandoned sanatorium, he discovered the entrance to Vault No. 404.

To be precise, it was not Chu Guang who found it, but the facility called "Shelter 404" that found Chu Guang.

The voice that sounded in his head guided him here.

And when Chu Guang approached the sanatorium, he suddenly discovered that this was the place where he had just woken up in this world!

If I hadn't been running around, or if the sky had been a little brighter, I might have found this place!

In any case, the "plug-in" that was delayed for five months finally arrived.

At the same time, a brand new job was also placed in front of him.

It was as if this refuge had been prepared for him and had been waiting for him for a long time.

From the moment he stepped into the door of the shelter, his identity changed from a scavenger to the sole resident and manager of Vault 404.

And his job is only one thing.

That is to use the Internet on earth to guide - or to fool a group of creatures called "players" to come to this world to work for him.

Yes, the black technology in this shelter can not only connect to the Internet of the parallel world Earth, it even has its own "official website"!

Players who reserve the game will automatically receive a number and be registered in the [Shelter Resident Directory] of the administrator system.

As the manager, Chu Guang can choose a specific number to issue "game qualifications".

The system will deliver the game helmet to the player's hands through a special method. The player only needs to put on the helmet and connect to the training cabin in the shelter to wake up as a clone.

Very user-friendly.

It’s also very convenient!

Although there would be no punishment for going on strike, the reward for completing the task was something Chu Guang could not refuse no matter what.

Like that bulletproof vest.

After struggling to survive in the wasteland for five months, he knew very well how important this life-saving gadget was.

In addition, the points rewarded by tasks are also good things, and can be redeemed for a reward called "Blind Box" on the [Manager Allowance] page.

Purchasing a junior blind box requires 1 bonus point, an intermediate blind box requires 10 points, and an advanced blind box requires 100 points.

According to the explanation of the [Manager Allowance] function of the "Vault 404 Manager System", the types and quantities of things drawn from the blind box are variable, but there will be some, which means there is no such thing as "Thank you for your patronage".

Different levels of blind boxes determine the guaranteed rewards.

For example, the elementary blind box can give you food supplies at the very least, the intermediate blind box can give you medicine at a guaranteed price, and the advanced blind box can give you weapons.

As for whether the junior blind box can give out the prizes of the intermediate blind box, it is not written in the system description, but even if it does, the probability is estimated to be low.

Just when Chu Guang was wondering whether to use all the 5 points in his hand to open the primary blind box, or to save up 100 points to draw a weapon, the "wastebasket" squatting in the corner spoke again.

"Master, the new task has been updated in your administrator's log. Please check it in time."

"I know." Chu Guang replied impatiently.

Oh shit.

Who is the master?

Rolling his eyes at the corner, Chu Guang put aside the matter of drawing the blind box for the time being, and silently thought about the manager system in his mind.

Soon, a light blue holographic screen was projected on his retina.

——Manager’s log——

[Mission: The activation conditions for Shelter 404 have been met. The first batch of "contained objects" has been confirmed to be delivered. It is required to ensure that at least one player logs in to the game.

Type: Mainline.

Reward: Active Substance Extractor.

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[Task: Prepare a generator with a power greater than 10kw.

Type: branch line.

Reward: 100 bonus points.

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I go?

100 bonus points?!

After reading the tasks updated in the administrator's log, Chu Guang's eyes straightened.

But what concerned him more was the reward from the main mission.

"Active substance extractor...what is this thing used for?"

Xiao Qi replied.

"Active substances are raw materials for making clones. As for how to use them, there should be instructions or something like that, right?"

As an AI assistant, Xiaoqi actually doesn't know much information.

At present, Chu Guang's permissions can only reach the B1 floor of the shelter, and permissions on other floors need to be unlocked through the main mission.

By the way, if you forcibly destroy the wall structure of the shelter and try to illegally invade other floors, the power facilities and air exchange facilities of the shelter will be interrupted.

The "shelter system" loaded into his brain had already informed him of this when he first entered the shelter.

But even without this reminder, Chu Guang felt that he probably wouldn't be able to do something stupid like tearing down his family.

joke.

If this place is demolished, where will he live in the future?

Moreover, it is not that easy to dismantle this kind of shelter that "gathers the power of pre-war technology and is designed to withstand strategic nuclear strikes."

Not to mention nuclear bombs, he doesn't even have a gun.

"Okay, I probably understand."

In other words, active substances are similar to "resurrection coins", which are resources that players need to consume to re-synthesize clones.
To be continued...