Global Wasteland: I Obtained A Top Tier Shelter

Hmm? What? Which zone?

Lin Yue opened the system panel and saw the announcement there.

[World Announcement, World Announcement!]

[Detected that a Survivor has unlocked the entire map of Underground Ruins Zone C2, detected that a Survivor has unlocked the entire map of Underground Ruins Zone C2!]

[This is the first time a Survivor has unlocked the map of this Underground Ruins sub-zone, and according to the rules, the system will award this Survivor with the first clearance reward!]

[This reward is: Platinum Treasure Chest x1!]

Zone C2?

Wait.

Previously, it seems like he went to a Zone C? What the heck is this Zone C2?

But, speaking of Zone C, wasn't it the Underground Ruins that had collapsed earlier...

Lin Yue frowned and stopped in his tracks.

The flashlight's beam illuminated ahead.

The suddenly appeared Platinum Treasure Chest was quite glaring, but Lin Yue could also feel that the stench ahead had already exceeded his tolerance range.

[You have obtained a Platinum Treasure Chest]

Having collected the chest, Lin Yue retreated back into Zone C2, where the smell was so unbearable that even wearing a gas mask did not help.

A way must be found to go back in.

Though he had already traversed this Underground Ruins Zone C2 fully, the area the passage led to Lin Yue had a slight, very slight idea.

Zone C2, where he could go to also had the smell of rotting corpses...

Seems like there's only one area left.

Zone C, which was previously destroyed by him with explosives, burying all beggars and Lizardmen inside due to the collapse in Zone C!

And this stench, undoubtedly, comes from the over a hundred Lizardmen inside, and who knows how many beggars' bodies.

Of course, there were also those few Turtle Crocodiles.

Lin Yue recalled the thrill of that time and felt quite emotional.

Back then his Exoskeleton was unusable due to damage, after entering Zone C, he was chased by a Turtle Crocodile, which the Lizardmen somehow had brought in; in a bid for survival, he used explosive measures, unexpectedly causing the cave to collapse due to the violent explosion.

Although that time he did escape into the Ice Lizard Cave and spared his life, he was trapped, nearly leading to disaster within the Underground Ruins.

Eventually, it was only because he and Bai worked hard on both sides to clear the rubble and collapsed passage, did he finally return to the Shelter!

He no longer wants to recall that time.

After all, it was a result caused by his mistake which provided him quite a few lessons.

However, he hasn't fully explored Zone C.

He had already reached the big room, but then the Lizardmen released some fast and thick-skinned Turtle Crocodiles, forcing him to leave the zone.

And after the cave collapsed, there was a special occurrence.

Since the cave collapsed due to his actions, all the Lizardmen and Turtle Crocodiles crushed inside exploded into treasure chests.

The drop rate was naturally one hundred percent; Lin Yue distinctly remembered: 128 Copper Treasure Chests, 3 Silver Treasure Chests, and 4 Golden Treasure Chests.

They should be now in the rock-sealed big room and the corridor.

Although he already has more than enough Copper Treasure Chests, to the extent of not wanting to open them, he would still like to retrieve the remaining Silver Treasure Chests and Golden Treasure Chests.

"How to get in? Could it be a matter of waiting until the smell dissipates?"

It isn't impossible to wait, but who knows if new Survivors might enter here afterward...

"Goo-awoo!" Just at this moment, Bai and Little Ice Lizards returned to his side, but this time, the Little Ice Lizards dived into the passage. Before long, the smell of decay inside was suddenly replaced by a cold breeze, substantially alleviating it.

Lin Yue understood; Little Ice Lizards noticed his intent to explore inside, hence they sprayed cold mist into the passage interior and deeper area.

"Thank you, little guys." Lin Yue went forward again and walked back.

To be safe, he lit a torch instead of continuing with the flashlight.

If the oxygen inside was extremely scarce, the torch would extinguish, which would allow him to immediately exit and not suffocate.

Little Ice Lizards followed by his feet, while he continuously monitored the burning state of the torch in his hand.

If there was the least bit of anything wrong, he would immediately turn back.

While adventure spirit is commendable, life is something one only has one of.

Stepping forward one foot at a time, Lin Yue continued exploring the passage exiting Zone C2.

However, it didn't take long before he saw the exit ahead, and the fire in his hand continued to burn steadily, without extinguishing.

The icy mist effectively covered some of the source of the stench, after entering the giant space, Lin Yue suddenly discovered a massive number of insects in a black swarm scurrying away!

Lin Yue accidentally stepped on some, quickly causing over ten Wooden Treasure Chests to pop out on the ground!

Good heavens, waiting here for me, huh?

Lin Yue collected the Wooden Treasure Chests, pointing the torch to the grayish-white stuff on the ground.

Remains… no, now it should be said, those are skeletons.

He opened the system panel, searching for the Underground Ruins regional map.

He confirmed once again, this is Zone C!

The Zone C sealed by rock due to collapse!

Just as expected.

Lin Yue walked to the skeleton closest to him.

From the extremely peculiar skull, it was easy to identify it as a Lizardman's skeleton, the struggling posture indicating its agony before death.

The one next to it was the same, a Lizardman.

The one adjacent wearing human clothing and having a human skull, naturally also...

Wait a second.

Where are my treasure chests?

Lin Yue suddenly felt a tingling sensation on his scalp!

The treasure chests?

The light spots of the Storage Space?

Lin Yue turned on the flashlight and swept around!

Nonetheless, the distinct light from the Copper Treasure Chests was nowhere to be seen among these remains!

No?

Impossible...

Yet having searched the entire space, there were only Lizardmen and beggar corpses, no treasure chests or light spots to be seen!

Where did they go? Lost?

"Judging from the types of treasure chests, excluding the three Golden Treasure Chests from the Turtle Crocodiles, there are 128 ordinary ones from Lizardmen, two captains, one priest; thus there ought to be 131 bodies."

Even though falling into some chaos, Lin Yue quickly began analyzing.

He counted the Lizardmen corpses one by one he found in this space and quickly noticed the total number of bodies considerably deviated from the previous figure.

"Only 104 bodies, with two holding torches, two clad in armor, the other donning black clothes, hence 102 Copper Treasure Chests, 1 Silver Treasure Chest, and 1 Golden Treasure Chest are missing."

Lin Yue was sure there were treasure chests here earlier, otherwise why would the count nearly match?

Thinking it through, he walked to the corner of this huge room.

He looked up towards what used to be a closed-off door, now completely filled with collapsed rocks.

Taking out the Diamond Iron Pickaxe, Lin Yue promptly swung it.

The gravel and big stones quickly turned into rubble upon his strikes, as he kept chiseling forward, making them into stone walls for support to fortify the cave wall, preventing it from totally caving in.

Soon, Lin Yue found what he was searching for.

A Lizardman's body.

Beside it, a Copper Treasure Chest!

Just as expected.

Lin Yue glanced back at the scene within the room and focused on carefully excavating forward again, simultaneously using stone walls for adequate protection and support against collapse.

It wasn't long before he completely excavated from this giant room to the spot near Turtle Crocodile's three bodies.

"27 Lizardmen bodies, 25 Copper Treasure Chests, 2 Silver Treasure Chests. And also the three Golden Treasure Chests from the three-headed Turtle Crocodile… These bodies combined with the 104 bodies within the giant room barely tally."

After clearing the passage, Lin Yue meticulously examined, discovering no new bodies or treasure chests.

The 27 newly found crates and 27 Lizardmen bodies confirmed something.

The number matched, raising a question.

Leaving aside the Storage Space light spots left by those beggar's bodies, where on earth did those 104 treasure chests go?

Could it be, someone took those treasure chests?