Life in the North: An Apocalyptic LitRPG (The System Apocalypse Book 1) by Tao Wong

Author:Tao Wong
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Published: 2017-07-02T06:00:00+00:00

In the evening, when the others have broken off to do their own thing, I join Lana in washing the dishes. She has her hair in a bun, in a tight blouse and jeans, bright evening sunlight highlighting her hair and cute button nose. For a moment, I just admire her from the side before I forcefully remind myself of an earlier promise.

“Lana, can you tell me about the town?” I begin.

“Huh?” Lana turns to me, puzzled by the generic question. I quickly clarify, “How are the people? The microloan programs? What’s the City Council managing to do and what are they failing at?”

“Oh… not asking for much are you,” she smiles at me before handing me another plate to dry. “I really miss dishwashers you know. Where do we start? Things are getting… better. People are moving around more, focusing on what they can do. Even if it’s nothing more than taking apart a door and putting up again, now that they know they can level and do something to improve themselves, it’s helping. We’ve got a few people working as lumberjacks, fishers, carpenters. All of that. We still don’t have enough guards and things are still dangerous, but people are I guess, getting used to the world.

“The loans are working well, we’re getting more and more of the hunters to sell the materials to us. Profits are abysmal, but the training is more important. Once they level their Skills up and produce better quality items, the amount we’ll make will improve. A few of the workers have even reported getting specific quests, pieces that they need to make.

“The Council… well, they’re organising the guards and the food. Until your announcement, they were really focused on the food situation so they had the farmers organised at the parks and the garden. Now, I think they’re looking at the housing situation more closely and are trying to work out who is still alive and what buildings to buy next.

“The problem at the end of the day is money, John. Credits. No one has enough and as much as people want to help, there’s only so much they are willing to give.”

She falls silent, the spiel coming to an end. The bright, bubbly personality is gone, the worried sister and citizen making a showing. “We just don’t have enough, not for everyone. Those that don’t hunt are rationed, those that do get double portions and often supplement with the Credits they earn from looting. That makes everyone else angry, especially the Citizens who don’t have a class that automatically gives them a way to earn Credits. Teachers, doctors, scholars - those classes can level their skills but they are dependent on an economy that we just don’t have. Worst, we’ve got people who are still in shock and people are still disappearing. The hunters report a few bodies every day in the river…”

Lana has stopped washing, her hands clutched around a plate. I hesitate before closing a hand around hers, squeezing it and she looks up at me, unshed tears in her eyes, “I don’t know how you do it.

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