"Enhanced Recipe?"
Xu Zhengyang's heart stirred upon seeing the reward.
He currently had an enhanced recipe for honey beef patties, and as long as he kept eating them for thirty days, his physical strength limit would increase a bit.
So when Xu Zhengyang saw that the Clear Heart Beef Soup was also an enhanced recipe, he immediately guessed, "This Clear Heart Beef Soup must be a food that permanently increases Mental Strength limits!"
As he spoke, he instructed his two Engineering Robots to clear out a 25-square-meter space on the second underground level.
He then eagerly called Li Xiaojun from the computer city to order various equipment for building the media room.
Just as Xu Zhengyang hung up the phone, he heard Da Bai (Big White) warn him through the voice software, "Master, there are two strangers approaching the gate of the lumber factory!"
Xu Zhengyang was taken aback and quickly went to check the surveillance monitor.
At the entrance of his lumber factory stood two punks, both dressed in punk-style leather jackets and riding a motorcycle.
They clearly looked like they were doing better than the previous three.
Although Xu Zhengyang didn't know much about motorcycles, just by looking at their exaggerated designs, he could tell that these bikes were not cheap.
After getting off their motorcycle, the two punks huddled together and whispered a few words.
Then one of them pulled a 10-liter water jug from the back of his motorcycle.
Xu Zhengyang glanced at the water jug and noticed that the liquid inside those bottles was actually light yellow! "Gasoline!!"
Xu Zhengyang instantly realized what was happening and cursed as he rushed out of the shelter!
*Outside the shelter.
The two punks were preparing to smash open the lumber factory's gate with a hammer and wreak havoc inside.
Suddenly, with a creak, the old iron gate of the lumber factory was pulled open from the inside by Xu Zhengyang.
For a moment, the two punks and Xu Zhengyang stared at each other, a strange silence hanging in the air.
Finally, the punk holding the hammer couldn't help but kick the one carrying the gasoline beside him.
He angrily shouted, "Didn't you say the power was out and it was too cold for anyone to stay here?
Then who is this guy?"
"I..."
The punk with the gasoline also had a ghostly expression; he didn't expect Xu Zhengyang to still be in this empty factory! There wasn't a single shadow around, wasn't he afraid? "Get him!"
Seeing that things had escalated, the leading punk charged at Xu Zhengyang with the hammer in hand.
As he charged, he shouted at Xu Zhengyang, "You bastard, starting today, I'll come here every day! If you don't move out,
I'll beat you up every time I see you, until you're dead!"
The punk with the gasoline, seeing his leader charge in, was also unwilling to back down. He dropped the gasoline and rushed forward, spewing foul language! Total Concentration!
Xu Zhengyang instantly entered a time-slow state! He drew his gun.
Fire!
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
After two shots, Xu Zhengyang exited the time-slow state.
The two punks, who had just been roaring and threatening, were now clutching their right legs, rolling on the ground in pain!
"You... you have a gun?!" the leading punk said in disbelief.
Xu Zhengyang couldn't be bothered to argue with him and got straight to the point, "Who sent you?"
"I'm not..."
Before the leading punk could finish his sentence, Xu Zhengyang fired a shot that pierced through the forehead of the punk next to him.
Then Xu Zhengyang turned the gun towards his head and said, "I'll ask you one last time, who sent you here?
If you don't know or don't want to say, then you can join him."
"…"
The leading punk was dumbfounded.
He thought he was already quite fierce.
But compared to Xu Zhengyang's ruthlessness, he felt like a well-behaved child in kindergarten! The leading punk took pride in thinking of himself as a tough guy, a villain.
So when he encountered someone even more ruthless than himself, his mental defenses crumbled instantly.
Thus, he didn't dare to hide anything.
Like a bamboo tube pouring out beans, he confessed to Xu Zhengyang, "It's Chen Bo from Green Soil.
He asked me to teach you a lesson to scare you, so you'd move out of here sooner."
"Oh."
Xu Zhengyang nodded, "Is that all?"
"Just him!"
The punk nodded eagerly, then took out a stack of hundred-yuan bills from his pocket, saying, "He gave me ten thousand.
He said there would be another thirty thousand if I succeeded."
"Do you know the three who came before?" Xu Zhengyang asked.
"Did they come before?"
The punk was taken aback, "I thought they wouldn't dare, and ran back..."
Halfway through his sentence, the punk suddenly realized something.
He looked at Xu Zhengyang in terror, and an inexplicable strength surged within him as he cried out and tried to flee!
"Bang."
With a gunshot, the lumber factory returned to silence.
Xu Zhengyang skillfully cleaned up the scene and used Detection to ensure there were no remaining clues.
Xu Zhengyang's gaze turned cold as he looked towards North Road and said in a chilling voice, "Looks like it's time to do something!"
*The next day.
After finishing his daily tasks, Xu Zhengyang received a personal delivery from Li Xiaojun from the computer city.
Xu Zhengyang, who always settled transactions promptly, was a breath of fresh air in society.
Li Xiaojun practically treated Xu Zhengyang like a father!
An hour later.
Bai Xiaojun directed the workers to unload the goods, and after receiving his payment, he happily bid farewell to Xu Zhengyang, "Boss Xu, if you need anything in the future, just let me know!
I'll make sure to deliver it to you right away!"
"Definitely, definitely." Xu Zhengyang exchanged pleasantries with Bai Xiaojun and waved him off.
*Moving and Installing.
The soft decoration of the media room was much simpler than that of the Vertical Farm.
All that was needed was to lay down carpets, arrange the sofas, and move in and connect various equipment.
With the help of Engineering Robots and Da Bai (Big White) as the household manager,
in just half an hour, Xu Zhengyang's media room was completed, and he received the system notification: [Main Quest: Media Room (Completed)]
[Reward: [Enhanced Recipe: Clear Heart Beef Soup]]
[Enhanced Recipe: Clear Heart Beef Soup]
[Effect: Permanently increases mental limit by 1 point after consuming continuously for thirty days]
(Note: The effect of special food can only be activated once) [Evaluation: Calm and Peaceful.]
After seeing the attributes of the Clear Heart Beef Soup, Xu Zhengyang immediately instructed Da Bai (Big White) to cook for him.
He then opened the task list to check the latest main quest:
[Main Quest: Bomb (In Progress)]
[In the apocalypse, large-scale destructive weapons are also essential; you need to collect/manufacture 10 bombs with a power of at least 1 kilogram of TNT]
[Task Objective: 0/10]
[Task Reward: QA-3 Military Combat Suit]
(End of Chapter)