ARBW Chapter 02

The first recharge of six yuan comes with a starter gift pack.

With ten 688s, he reached VIP8, and each VIP level has its own gift pack.

Pei Yuhuai reached VIP8 in one go, which meant he had a total of eight VIP gift packs.

Adding the starter gift pack, he had nine gift packs in his game backpack.

He opened the starter gift pack first, which contained a pack of cookies, a loaf of bread, a piece of chocolate, and two bottles of mineral water.

The VIP1 gift pack yielded two red bean buns, a bag of milk toast (five slices), and a box of milk cream biscuits.

The VIP2 gift pack gave him a box of egg tarts, two boxes of pure milk, a bottle of cola, and a piece of Black Forest cake.

The VIP3 gift pack included a serving of pineapple chicken popcorn, a serving of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, two steamed buns, and five bottles of mineral water.

The VIP4 gift pack contained a serving of mixed grain milk buns (six pieces), a bottle of freshly squeezed watermelon juice, a serving of fried chicken, and an ice cream.

The VIP5 gift pack consisted of two youtiao (fried dough sticks), a serving of plain congee, a serving of pan-fried buns, a serving of pot stickers, and a serving of Oreo banana sushi.

The first five were all food and water, and it wasn’t until VIP6 that he opened something different.

VIP6 yielded a silenced pistol and a solar-powered electric baton.

VIP7 gave him a box of cold medicine, a box of essential oil, a bottle of vitamin C, and a box of band-aids.

VIP8 was a floral gift pack, which included a bouquet of fiery red roses (nine flowers), a bouquet of Earl Grey tea roses (eleven flowers), a toy bear (20 cm), and a smartwatch.

These were the items he received from the gift packs; as for the other packs, he hadn’t reached the required levels yet. He wasn’t sure if the game was fun, so he didn’t continue to mindlessly recharge.

After opening these gift packs, he finally had time to check out the items in the game store.

The game store had everything, giving him the feeling of browsing a certain online marketplace.

Because it not only had food and water, but also various clothing, medical supplies, survival items, and weapons.

He first bought the two most expensive outfits for his character.

One outfit cost 388, so two outfits totaled 776.

One outfit was a black sports suit, and the other was a white formal suit.

Pei Yuhuai put on the white formal suit, thinking that this game might involve fighting in a post-apocalyptic world, so for safety, he bought several weapons from the weapons page.

Previously, he already had a gun and an electric baton. He bought a dagger and a submachine gun.

Weapons were relatively expensive in the store; a submachine gun cost three thousand. For a mobile game, three thousand for a gun was indeed a bit pricey.

However, Pei Yuhuai was not short on money, so he didn’t feel it was too expensive and didn’t hesitate when buying.

After that, he bought a lot of other items, mostly food, water, and clothing.

He had read the game’s introduction; it was a romance simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

The town was the game’s beginner village, and there were many new maps outside.

Since it was a single-player game, it meant he was the only living person, while the rest were various NPCs.

The game had a high degree of freedom, and all NPCs could interact with him.

He could pursue them or kill them.

To pursue them, he could increase their affection through chatting and giving gifts.

When the affection reached twenty, he could hold hands; at fifty, he could kiss or hug; at eighty, he could start a relationship.

Once in a relationship, there would be more intimate interactions, such as kissing, hugging, going to bed, and even having children together.

When the affection reached one hundred, he could get married and become a formal partner.

Both male and female NPCs could get pregnant; to make a male NPC pregnant, he could buy pregnancy beads. After a male NPC took the pregnancy bead, he would have a chance of getting pregnant when they went to bed together.

In addition to positive interactions, there were also negative ones. For example, if he encountered an annoying NPC, he could hit them, insult them, or even kill them.

In this game, killing was not a crime, but it would give the game character negative buffs.

Killing too many people could lead to the character going insane or self-harming.

So while playing the game, he still needed to make careful choices.

Having understood the game rules, Pei Yuhuai set off with a large amount of supplies to wander around the town.

To familiarize himself with how to interact with NPCs, he gave gifts to anyone he saw along the way.

As long as he clicked on an NPC with his phone, a row of options would appear above them.

There were many options: the first was greeting, the second was chatting, the third was giving gifts, the fourth was teasing, and the fifth was mocking…

With an affection level of zero, he couldn’t perform intimate actions. Only when the affection increased would other options appear in the interactions.

The first person Pei Yuhuai encountered was a child who looked to be around eight or nine years old. The child seemed frightened upon seeing him, instinctively lowering their head and shrinking back.

Seeing this, Pei Yuhuai didn’t think too much and clicked on the interaction with the child, selecting the third option to give a gift.

When he clicked to give a gift, his game backpack would automatically pop up, and he could offer any of the items inside.

Pei Yuhuai scanned his backpack and decided to give the child the box of milk cream biscuits.

The child was momentarily stunned, seemingly in disbelief, but instinctively accepted the gift.

After Pei Yuhuai walked away, the child hesitantly opened the biscuit box, confirming that the biscuits were indeed clean and not some disgusting perverted toy. Almost unable to hold back tears, the child thought to themselves, “I… met a really nice big brother today.”

After that, Pei Yuhuai gave a toy bear to a little girl, a bottle of cola to a middle-aged man, and a bag of milk toast to an aunt.

Then he approached the last girl he saw, who was pacing by the roadside, and offered her a pack of small bread.

The girl was Lin Mian’s roommate. After taking the small bread back, she immediately ate two pieces herself.

Once she confirmed the food was safe and it filled her stomach, she slowly regained some strength.

Letting out a slight sigh of relief, she took the bread to Lin Mian’s room.

All the doors in the town were left unlocked, which was to accommodate the peculiar preferences of the perverted Nobles.

For instance, during the quiet of the night, they might forcibly enter a room to violate its occupants.

The residents couldn’t block their doors; if they did, the guardians would come.

The guardians were mutants loyal to the Nobles, and sometimes they would imitate the Nobles in abusing the town’s residents.

They were even worse than the Nobles; if they were attracted, the sacrifices would not only be flesh but could also be their lives.

Lin Mian was the most beautiful Lower Class Person who had recently arrived in Scarlet Town. Many people lingered in his livestream, hoping to see him submit.

Unexpectedly, his temper was so tough; he had gone three days without food and still showed no signs of yielding.

Viewers in Lin Mian’s livestream suggested that the Nobles living in Scarlet Town should take advantage of the situation before he was too weak and force him.

Although many among them liked the idea of “js,” they still preferred a living person over a dead one.

They enjoyed watching the cold, beautiful person plead and cry beneath their ugly Noble bodies.

Since there was a major event planned for the night, when they saw the girl bringing bread to Lin Mian, many in the livestream didn’t try to stop her.

First, they wanted to see the show that night, so the person couldn’t really starve to death.

Secondly, the new “Noble” today was also a Noble, and without knowing his background, no one dared to criticize him.

Finally, according to the town’s rules, there was no prohibition against helping each other, so the girl’s act of saving someone was not against the rules.

Lin Mian had originally thought he was already dead, but unexpectedly, he was saved in the end.

Looking at the girl who was taking care of him, he didn’t feel happy; instead, he felt utterly powerless.

He wanted to tell her that she shouldn’t waste food to save him.

He didn’t want to live; even if she saved him now, he still had no intention of going on.

Because those people wouldn’t let him go, it was better to leave a lifeless body for them to toy with than to keep a living person for their amusement.

A corpse, when toyed with and harmed, wouldn’t feel pain or humiliation.

But a person was different; a person could feel pain, sadness, humiliation, and despair…

He didn’t want to live; he was just afraid to continue living.

As Lin Mian was lost in these thoughts, the girl saw that he had finally woken up and couldn’t help but support him to sit up while sharing the happy events of the day.

“Today, my luck was amazing! I met a very kind Noble gentleman who generously gave me a pack of small bread.”

As she spoke, seemingly worried that Lin Mian wouldn’t believe her, she brought out the small bread.

She patted the packaging of the small bread confidently and said to Lin Mian, “I think that Noble gentleman is great. Tomorrow, I will try to ask him for more food. Don’t worry, whether it’s you or me, we will live well.”

“And then?”

“What do you mean?”

The girl, rarely hearing Lin Mian speak, didn’t immediately react to what he meant.

Seeing her confusion, Lin Mian spoke again, “And then? Just stay here and continue to be toyed with? Is that meaningful?”

The girl was momentarily stunned by his words, then seemed to be persuading Lin Mian while also trying to convince herself.

“Of course… of course it has meaning! Only by living is there hope! As long as we can live…”