This is the third year that humanity has moved to life in underground shelters.

The nuclear war three years ago leveled almost the entire surface of the planet, and less than a third of the people managed to enter the shelter and survive under the heavy protection of reinforced concrete.

However, the Underground Vault was originally only a decade old, but the number of people pouring into it far exceeded the maximum number of people it was designed for, so according to the calculations of the scientists and the Vault's main controller, all the resources of the Underground Vault would be depleted in five years at the latest.

Although each shelter has an ecological circulation system, it is only a drop in the bucket for the huge daily consumption of the people in the shelter.

……

Qi Lin looked at the coffin-like game cabin in front of him, and couldn't help but fall into a deep pain.

"It is said that the game pods of those rich people are not like this, they are advanced, and they have more than three chances to resurrect." On the other game cabin placed side by side, there was a teenager wearing a dirty down jacket, and on the left chest, he could barely see a LOGO of Bo Hedeng, Qi Lin vaguely remembered that this seemed to be a very famous brand before the war.

"The mastermind said that if there is a shortage of materials, the slums can only be settled like this, and if you earn enough wealth in the game, you can exchange it with real materials."

Qi Lin said as he flipped through a similar manual that was distributed with the game cabin.

"Hey, do you believe that? In the previous promotional video, it was also said that it is not a dream for the poor to want to live in the rich area of the shelter, but in fact? Maybe the local tyrants will have a newbie gift package as soon as they enter the game, and we-" The young man in the down jacket said with some indignation.

The slums of the Vault are very different from the rich ones, and if you want to compare them, one is probably a dark tunnel similar to the one in the movie tunnel warfare, and the other is a luxurious underground villa full of technology, with its own pool, beach and artificial sun.

Qi Lin: "Xiao Lei, do you remember the vulgar advertisement of a web game before the end of the world?" ”

Xiao Lei: "Huh? ”

Qi Lin slowly tore open a bag of man-made synthetic food, poured the white paste similar to melt fertilizer soap into his bowl, and then said: "It's the beginning of a dog, a knife, and all the equipment depends on picking up ......."

"I'm going? Are you eating too much synthetic food and your brain has been assimilated? Also, where did the dog come from? ”

Qi Lin pointed to the young man who was still sitting on the "coffin" with the spoon in his hand.

"Looking for a fight!"

……

Before the time set by the mastermind came, the two teenagers still obediently lay down in the "coffin".

"Wasteland Survival Code", a fully immersive game developed to train excellent humans who can survive on the wasteland, this game is said to be made to completely simulate the environment on the ground, in order to allow these people living underground to adapt to life on the ground through the game, and prepare for the return of humans to the surface in the future.

However, the game designers have set an almost cruel rule, each player only has three free resurrection opportunities after entering the game, and once the resurrection opportunities are used up and then dies, it means that the player is an unqualified "eliminator".

The culminators will be completely deprived of food, water, daily necessities, electricity, and even oxygen by the Vault Mastermind.

In other words, a complete death in the game is equivalent to a death in reality.

If someone refuses to enter the game, they will be banished by the mastermind. The so-called banishment is to be thrown directly to the ground to play the live-action version of the "Wasteland Survival Code".

In the underworld, where the boundaries of the state have been completely blurred, the intelligent mastermind who controls all the shelters is a symbol of supreme power.

And what defines a person's dignity in the last days is the authority and wealth he has on the side of the mastermind.

Social classes exist at all times, even in the last days.

……

At 12:00:00 p.m. on April 1, 2041, on this day known as "April Fool's Day" before the end of the world, the "Wasteland Survival Code" officially began.

"The player's biometric information has been identified, is it time to enter the game?" In the darkness, Qi Lin only heard a cold synthetic female voice suddenly sounding in his ears.

"Yes."

The darkness slowly faded, and Qi Lin found himself in a sealed cuboid room, with only a table on top of which were three metal boxes.

"Hello, you are the 9527th player who has access to the game world, do you want to choose a new name for yourself." Synthetic female voices echo through the room.

“9527？ Such a coincidence? Qi Lin was a little surprised, as an old movie lover, he clearly understood the particularity of this serial number, maybe no one in the wasteland would care about such a series of prosaic numbers, but at least it can also be a souvenir for the kind of life that was gone before.

"No, that's it."

"Player 9527, as a reward for the first 10,000 players who access the game, will have the right to choose one of the three treasure chests as a starting item."

"And this perk?" Qi Lin was stunned, the mastermind limited everyone to enter the game within twenty-four hours after the game started at the latest, and he was suddenly a little glad that he chose to log in to the game in the first place.

The three metal boxes were lying quietly on the table, from the outside, there was no difference at all, Qi Lin casually pointed to the middle one, and said, "I choose this." ”

The other two boxes immediately disappeared out of thin air, and the remaining box slowly lifted the lid in a sound of precise gears.

"Congratulations, you have obtained the item [Swiss Army Knife]."

Qi Lin took the gadget more than ten centimeters long and inlaid with red and white trademarks from the box, and as soon as he focused his attention on it, a line of dense small characters appeared in his mind.

"[Swiss Army Knife], a green quality item, has daggers, knives, scissors, flat-edged knives, can openers, screwdrivers, tweezers, saws, pliers, grinding stones, awls, hooks, ballpoint pens, compasses and so on dozens of functions, is a must-have for home travel, killing people and goods."

The Swiss Army Knife that Qi Lin got was obviously the largest among the various models, and it was also the most versatile, and it was heavy to hold in his hand.

Before the war, Swiss Army knives cost hundreds of dollars a piece, and in underground shelters, even if they are knockoffs, the price of such multi-purpose knives has been inflated on the black market, and ordinary people living in slums cannot afford to use them.

"Pretty good luck." Qi Lin didn't know what was in the other two treasure chests, but for now, the Swiss Army Knife was obviously a good choice.

Living in the wasteland, adaptability is paramount, and the Swiss Army Knife, which has dozens of functions, can certainly bring much more help than those with a single function.

"After sixty seconds you will be transported to a random safe location in the game, and your Wasteland Survival Code will be officially activated, so have fun!"

"Sixty ......"

"Fifty-Nine ......"

"Fifty-Eight ......"

……

"Zero ......!"