The next day.
After getting up, Xu Zhengyang first made himself a honey-glazed beef pie, then went to the gym to burn off the calories for the day.
It was only then that Li Xiaojun called, saying he had delivered everything to the entrance of the lumber factory.
After checking the goods and settling the payment, Xu Zhengyang realized that the money he earned from gambling on stones was almost running out.
After sending Li Xiaojun off, Xu Zhengyang looked at his remaining balance of sixty thousand yuan and couldn't help but say, "After this task is done, I'll have to make another trip to the jade trading market to withdraw some money."
With that said, Xu Zhengyang began working, personally setting up surveillance around the shelter!
The internet industry had developed for so many years that the current surveillance equipment was completely foolproof to install—one power line for electricity and one network cable for signal transmission. Then, just connect the network cable behind the camera to the main surveillance unit.
Because of this, even though it was Xu Zhengyang's first time dealing with surveillance installation, he managed it with ease.
A few days ago, the power supply bureau had just cut off industrial electricity for this large area in the northern suburbs. Because of this, having these ready-made power poles and wires saved Xu Zhengyang a lot of trouble.
Xu Zhengyang only needed to install the surveillance cameras on the poles at various intersections and run the wires along the existing poles.
In just one whole day, Xu Zhengyang successfully completed the installation of surveillance around the shelter!
Returning to the shelter, Xu Zhengyang gathered all the network cables and connected them to the main surveillance unit. Then, following the instructions in the manual, he assigned an independent IP address to each surveillance camera.
After finishing all this, fifty surveillance feeds appeared on the monitor of the main unit! At the same time, Xu Zhengyang received a system notification: [Main Quest: Preventive Measures (Completed)]
[Reward: [Skill Card · Malice Perception]]
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[Skill Card · Malice Perception]
[Effect: You can sense all intelligent beings' malice towards you; each point of Mental Strength increases your perception range by 10 meters.]
[Evaluation: Knowing people's faces and hearts!]
Xu Zhengyang's mental attribute was now 5.2 points, which meant that if someone intended to harm him within 52 meters, he would be able to sense it immediately! This skill, not to mention in an apocalyptic world, would be a rare and powerful ability even in a time of peace!
After using the skill card to acquire a new skill, Xu Zhengyang opened the task list to check the latest main quest:
[Main Quest: Warehouse Upgrade (In Progress)]
[In the apocalypse, abundant supplies can give you enough confidence. You need to upgrade your warehouse to better preserve the various supplies you have desperately collected!]
[Task Objective: Build a cold storage room to preserve the food and medicine you have collected (minimum area of 100 square meters required)]
[Task Reward: [Building Effect · Suppression]]
"Building a cold storage room..." Xu Zhengyang nodded.
This task wasn't difficult. The equipment for a cold storage room was easy to buy; it just required money.
A 100-square-meter cold storage room would consume about 50-80 kilowatt-hours of electricity per day, which was completely within Xu Zhengyang's capacity to handle.
But it was getting late, and Xu Zhengyang was tired after a long day, so after reading the task details, he went to take a shower and sleep.
The next day.
Xu Zhengyang got up and, as usual, made himself a honey-glazed beef pie, then went to the gym to complete today's tasks.
After that, he went to the bathroom to wash off the sweat, then drove to the building materials market in Baicheng.
In the building materials market, there was a store called Xinfu.
The boss of this store, Luo Xinf, was a middle-aged man in his forties, short, balding, with a big belly, somewhat resembling the actor Zeng Zhiwei.
Seeing Xu Zhengyang inquiring, Luo Xinf poured him a cup of tea and asked, "There are many plans for cold storage. It depends on your budget and how large an area you want to build..."
With so many stores in the building materials market capable of making cold storage, Xu Zhengyang came here because this was the only person in the large market who had no malice towards him.
Since he was a good person, Xu Zhengyang didn't want to run around anymore. He waved his hand and said to Luo Xinf, "I want a cold storage room of one hundred square meters, with the best cooling effect and the most energy-efficient!"
Luo Xinf smiled wryly at Xu Zhengyang and explained, "We are honest people and wouldn't dare to deceive you. Cold storage, scientifically speaking, is essentially an equivalent exchange! If you want good cooling, you can't avoid high electricity consumption; if you want to save electricity, the cooling effect will inevitably be compromised. So, in these two aspects, you really need to make a decision: do you want to save electricity or prioritize cooling effect?"
Xu Zhengyang had rarely encountered such an honest boss in his life. Since you can't have both fish and bear's paw, he ultimately decided to prioritize effectiveness, saying, "Then I'll go for the best cooling effect."
In the shelter, as long as both Engineering Robots weren't operating simultaneously, Xu Zhengyang had more than enough electricity! If, with the development of the shelter, electricity became insufficient in the future, he could always get some solar panels to expand his photovoltaic power generation capacity!
"If you want the best cooling effect for the cold storage, I have three brands available," Luo Xinf said, detailing the prices, energy efficiency ratios, and after-sales service of the three brands.
After hearing the details, Xu Zhengyang chose the one with the best performance.
Once everything was agreed upon and the contract was signed, Xu Zhengyang transferred fifty thousand yuan to Luo Xinf as a deposit on the spot.
Then, Xu Zhengyang said to the middle-aged man, "Please expedite the delivery, Boss!"
As he spoke, Xu Zhengyang handed Luo Xinf a business card and said, "Just deliver the goods here. Once they arrive, I'll pay the remaining balance immediately!"
Luo Xinf was taken aback and asked, "Don't we need to install it?"
Xu Zhengyang had two Engineering Robots. Installing the cold storage was just a matter of assembling the panels, hanging the indoor and outdoor units, laying the connecting pipes, insulating the pipes, installing the drainage pipes, setting up the wiring, and installing the control system.
This little work was nothing for Xu Zhengyang's two future robots.
Moreover, Xu Zhengyang didn't want anyone entering his shelter, so he directly refused, saying, "No need for installation; I have my own arrangements. Just deliver the goods as soon as possible."
After a moment of thought, Luo Xinf replied, "The quote I gave you earlier included the installation fee. Since you don't need me to install it, I can reduce the quote by six thousand. Let's re-sign the contract."
As he spoke, Luo Xinf really went to the computer to modify and print the contract again.
He truly was a good person!
This skill of sensing malice was indeed very useful!
(End of Chapter)