Survival Queen of the Frozen Wastes novel Chapter 451

Chapter 451 The Vending Machine

Chapter 451 The Vending Machine

Riley furrowed her brows.

She had Ketchup pull out the pre–prepared cold resistance potions and distribute them.

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The squad members quickly followed suit. Once the potion hit their stomachs, the rookies‘ shivering bodies finally began to warm

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“Don’t stray too far, stick close to the person in front of you! I’ll take point! Anyone with an Explorer’s Torch, light it up to maintain body heat, and keep your eyes peeled for anything moving!” Riley barked her orders decisively, holding the magical map she had traded from BigMountain.

Pushing deeper into the blizzard in this kind of weather carried a massive risk of a total wipeout, even for a maxed–out, all–rounder like her. Plus, once it got dark, Riley couldn’t be sure what new monsters might spawn.

The squad turned around and retraced their steps, following the shallow tracks their sleds had carved into the snow.

The tracks were being buried by the blizzard at a terrifying speed.

As the team trudged through the snow, a survivor in the middle of the formation suddenly pointed at a snowdrift ahead and yelled, “Boss! There’s something glowing over there!”

Through the endless white, a faint blue–green light flickered weakly.

“Let’s check it out. Stay alert.”

Looking at the light, Riley felt a strong sense of déjà vu.

The squad approached cautiously. After brushing away the thick snow, an automated vending machine was revealed.

Behind the transparent glass display, rows of brightly colored snack bags were lined up neatly.

“Whoa! A vending machine?” Bruce’s eyes practically popped out of his head.

Riley stepped forward. This was the second time she had run into one of these.

The first time was near the Great Rift; it vanished right after she bought something, and then she ran into Joseph and his group shortly after.

Riley tapped to open the vending machine’s exchange list:

Crispy Shrimp Crackers (Tomato Flavor) x 1 bag: Requires 1 unit of Coal

Thick–Cut Potato Chips (Sea Salt) x 1 bag: Requires 1 unit of Coal

Cheese Corn Puffs x 1 box: Requires 2 units of Coal

Coke (Room Temperature) x 1 bottle: Requires 0.5 units of Coal

Riley skimmed the prices. They were several times more expensive than the last time she saw one.

The system’s absolute scumbag profiteer nature was perfectly reflected in this inflation.

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Chapter 451 The Vending Machine

for the average survivor, trading precious coal for junk food was an unimaginably extravagant luxury.

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“Line up and buy what you want,” Riley turned and told the squad. Even though her own snack stash was running low, she figured she’d let the others buy first.

Hearing this, the squad members immediately lined up with excitement.

Someone bought shrimp crackers; another gritted their teeth and bought a Coke. Despite shivering from the cold, everyone who got a snack had a look of genuine, unfiltered joy on their faces, In this hopeless world, the psychological comfort of tasting real junk food couldn’t be measured by raw materials.

Soon, the dozen or so squad members finished their purchases and stepped aside.

The vending machine was still over half full.

Riley stepped up and directly opened her Inventory.

If a normal player calculated “cost–effectiveness,” Riley’s current thought process was simply “I’ll take it all.”

Her fingers flew across the exchange panel, completely ignoring the prices and maxing out the quantity sliders for everything.

Beep beep beep-

Consumed 200 Coal. Obtained: Crispy Shrimp Crackers x 200

Consumed 300 Coal. Obtained: Thick–Cut Potato Chips x 200

Consumed 200 Coal. Obtained: Coke x 400

Under the utterly dumbfounded stares of her squad, the snacks behind the glass display were wiped clean in an instant, as if a tornado had sucked them up. Hundreds of bags of snacks were shoved into Riley’s Inventory like they were garbage.

As the final chocolate bar was purchased, a line of red text flashed across the vending machine’s screen: “Inventory empty. Commencing equipment retrieval…”

Clack! Clack! Clack!

Accompanied by the ear–piercing screech of twisting metal, the massive vending machine folded and compressed itself in seconds, eventually turning into a streak of light that vanished into the blizzard.

Watching the magical vending machine disappear, everyone looked at each other and burst out laughing.

With the little detour over, the squad continued their march against the blizzard.

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