I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 93 - 92: Medical Room and Doomsday Menu

"Mom, go inside first, it’s cold outside!" The "doctor’s" face froze for a moment, and he hurriedly pushed his mother back indoors.

After pushing his mother away, the "doctor" said to Xie Chang, "Xiao Xie, my mom is just like that. She means no harm, don’t take it to heart!"

Clearly, the "doctor" did not treat Xie Chang as someone who just ate and lived in their house.

Faced with other people’s family matters, Chen Xin did not comment but simply picked up the medical kit the "doctor" exchanged with him. He explained the usage of the oxygen generator to the "doctor", glanced at Xie Chang, and then turned to his car to leave.

On the road home, Chen Xin reflected on the attitude of the "doctor’s" mother towards Xie Chang and felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

Even though the attitude of the "doctor’s" mother towards Xie Chang seemed to be a commonplace norm even before the apocalypse, Chen Xin felt it was wrong.

Because it lacked the most basic respect between people.

In the apocalypse, perhaps everyone struggles to survive; some may do selfish things to ensure they live, which is understandable.

But Chen Xin always felt that even while safeguarding one’s own survival at the expense of others’ interests or lives, one should maintain the most basic respect for others.

The reason why humans are called humans is because we have humanity and morals, which are also our biggest distinguishing traits from beasts.

If people cannot be called humans, then what difference is there between them and animals?

Moreover, even animals do not amuse themselves by bullying, abusing, or insulting their kind.

This is something only humans do after losing the moral baseline and the most basic respect for others.

Chen Xin did not intend to judge the "doctor’s" mother on her attitude towards Xie Chang, but he never hoped to encounter a person who did not understand respect for others.

Fortunately, the "doctor’s" mother lives in their own family’s shelter; otherwise, if it were an official shelter, her attitude would inevitably cause trouble.

In those post-apocalyptic scenarios depicted in movies, she might very well be among the first to die.

Chen Xin shook his head, as if realizing that cursing someone with death wasn’t good, so he stopped thinking about it and pressed the gas pedal, intending to quickly return home and try to see if the doctor’s medical kit could upgrade to a medical room.

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The city roads seemed to have been cleared by someone, not all roads were clear, but at least the main roads were passable.

Chen Xin drove fast and soon returned to his shelter.

After a bit of tidying up, Chen Xin carried the exchanged medical kit back to the living room, found his medical box and first aid kit, and put all three together.

Looking at the three medical supplies he had gathered, Chen Xin thought for a moment and then decided to bring over a chair.

If upgraded to a medical room, the level of upgrade certainly wouldn’t be high right now, but there should at least be a place to sit down and deal with injuries or provide treatment.

Once everything was ready, Chen Xin hesitated a moment but still placed everything in a corner of the living room, planning to connect the medical room to the living room rather than moving it to the empty garage.

He planned to turn that space into a workshop for making equipment or other things.

After all, when it comes to building something like Power Armor or Mecha in the future, it would definitely require space, even though it’s still far-fetched for Chen Xin at the moment.

With everything prepared, Chen Xin called out the system upgrade interface.

"Simple Medical Treatment Room"

"Upgrade Plan 1: Expand medical treatment room space, add surgical chairs, upgrade surgical instruments, add sterile space, bacteria reproduction rate -10%, survival points required for upgrade 1000"

"Upgrade Plan 2: Expand medical treatment room space, add testing equipment, add a medicine storage cabinet, medicine storage time +10%, survival points required for upgrade 1100"

Seeing the upgrade plans provided by the system, Chen Xin finally felt at ease.

He had been worried that even with the medical kit provided by the "doctor," the system might not consider it enough to set up a medical room, and he wouldn’t know what to do.

If that were the case, he would have to go to the "doctor" again or get more medical supplies via Qin Lan.

Though it wouldn’t be very troublesome, Chen Xin didn’t like any kind of hassle.

Fortunately, the system now provided a satisfactory result; he just needed to complete the upgrade.

Chen Xin didn’t rush to upgrade, as upgrading the medical treatment room would require some materials in addition to merely using survival points.

There were some things he didn’t have yet, which he planned to exchange for with Qin Lan later.

Anyway, he already had the frequency of the communications channel from the special police unit so he could contact Qin Lan directly without needing Mo Qingyan to relay messages.

The possible outcome of upgrading the medical room made Chen Xin feel very pleased, and since it was lunchtime, he decided to eat something nice today.

He took out a can of canned pork from the storeroom, along with some shelter food given by Qin Lan. After thinking it over, he added a box of luncheon meat and a cabbage.

Since he decided to eat a bit better, adding another dish wouldn’t count as extravagant.

However, when leaving the storeroom, Chen Xin glanced at the beer and cola he had found from outside, hesitated a bit, but ultimately decided not to touch them.

In this post-apocalyptic situation, the production of wine and drinks might take a long time to recover, and what’s available is mostly what was stored before the disaster; using some means having less left.

Just like the cola and beer Chen Xin discovered, brewing beer requires wheat, and now to use wheat for brewing beer would be an extremely luxurious affair.

While cola might be produced again, it would probably become like a high-end luxury item.

So, the cola and beer he found are things Chen Xin wouldn’t easily indulge in before they expire.

Unless something happens that makes him happy enough, he might consider opening one to celebrate.

He opened the can of pork, poured the stewed, tender meat and congealed fat into a pot and placed it on the induction cooker to heat. Meanwhile, he cleaned the cabbage and chopped it together with the luncheon meat, planning to stir-fry them.

When the juices in the pot started to bubble, Chen Xin poured the meat and juices back into the can.

As for the leftover oil and a bit of juice in the pot, Chen Xin didn’t pour it out or clean it but instead put it back on the induction cooker, then added the cabbage and luncheon meat to the pot and started stirring.

Given the scarcity of resources in the apocalyptic world, things like oil and salt should be saved where possible, since even at Qin Lan’s place, it’s hard to exchange for seasoning like oil and salt.

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