Apocalypse: I Built a Supreme Shelter One Year in Advance

Three hours later.

Xu Zhengyang followed a delivery van back to his family's lumber factory.

Rice, flour, cooking oil, vegetables, fruits, canned meat...

Whatever Xu Zhengyang could see, he bought it all! After the delivery workers unloaded everything in the yard and Xu Zhengyang sent them off, he began moving these items into the shelter's storage himself.

Fortunately, Xu Zhengyang had the Dimensional Space Pocket, a miraculous item.

So moving things around didn't take much effort at all.

In just an hour, Xu Zhengyang filled the entire storage with the food he had bought! With food at home, he felt secure.

Looking at the shelves in the storage packed full of various foods, Xu Zhengyang was filled with a sense of safety and accomplishment! After finishing up in the storage, Xu Zhengyang thought for a moment and then went back outside, using his engineering robot to pile the earth from the yard at the entrance of the shelter, covering it up.

In the end, Xu Zhengyang left only a small opening for one person to enter, maximizing the concealment of the shelter's existence.

After completing his tasks, even though Xu Zhengyang's physical strength and mental state had been enhanced, he still felt exhausted.

So he took a shower in the shelter and went straight to rest.

*The next day.

While Xu Zhengyang was sleeping, he was once again awakened by the delivery guy from Jingdong.

The guy responsible for delivering to Xu Zhengyang was the same one who had brought him the radio last time.

After Xu Zhengyang signed for the delivery, the Jingdong guy looked puzzled and said, "Is there something going on recently? These generators and radios have been piled up in the warehouse for years without anyone wanting them.

Why are so many people interested in them all of a sudden?"

Xu Zhengyang was initially anxious to return to the shelter to complete his main quest.

But upon hearing the Jingdong guy's words, he was intrigued and quickly asked, "Are many people buying these things recently?"

"Of course."

The Jingdong guy replied, "I really don't understand what those rich people are thinking.

Spending a fortune on things they might never use in their lifetime, they must have too much money to burn."

As soon as the Jingdong guy finished speaking, he realized he had misspoken and quickly added, "I'm not talking about you, Mr. Xu.

You own a factory.

Buying a generator is to ensure normal production in case of emergencies, haha…"

Xu Zhengyang nodded thoughtfully, "I see…"

The upper-class elites must know more than someone like Xu Zhengyang, a lower-class citizen.

Since they were starting to prepare for the apocalypse, did that mean the bioweapon crisis mentioned by the system was already showing signs somewhere in the world?

Just then, the Jingdong guy got into his small truck and waved goodbye to Xu Zhengyang, "Alright, you get back to work, I'm off."

"Yeah, goodbye."

After sending off the Jingdong guy, Xu Zhengyang emerged from his thoughts.

So what if there were signs of a bioweapon crisis? As long as this news didn't spread widely and cause mass social panic, it wouldn't affect Xu Zhengyang's ability to gather various resources to build his shelter in a stable social environment!

Having thought this through, Xu Zhengyang smiled lightly and immediately stored the generator he had just bought into his Dimensional Space Pocket, bringing it into the shelter.

[Main Quest: Electricity (Completed)]

[Reward: Strength Enhancement Potion]

As the system notifications appeared one after another, a tube of orange potion appeared in Xu Zhengyang's hand:

[Strength Enhancement Potion]

[Effect: Permanently increases strength attribute by 1 point upon use]

This was already the third time Xu Zhengyang had received a strengthening potion, so after getting it, he directly twisted off the cap and drank it all in one go!

Through Detection, he saw that his strength had indeed increased a bit, and Xu Zhengyang nodded in satisfaction before immediately opening his task list:

[Main Quest: Source of Life]

[Water is the source of life; whether for production or daily living, you need to store enough water in the shelter.]

[Task Objective: Dig a well with a water output of no less than 10 tons/day and install a water purification device in the shelter.]

[Task Reward: Intelligence Enhancement Potion]

After reading the task description, Xu Zhengyang smiled and said, "After electricity comes water; the system is quite comprehensive in its considerations."

Digging a well was not difficult for Xu Zhengyang.

He just needed to operate the engineering robot to drill straight down.

As for reinforcing the well walls, Xu Zhengyang only needed to buy some cement and rebar, and the engineering robot would take care of everything.

And for the water purification equipment, it was easy to find; he just needed to go to the building materials city, where there were all kinds of water purifiers available!

After figuring out how to complete the task, Xu Zhengyang was about to head to the building materials city in Baicheng when he noticed Chen Yong driving his old, battle-worn pickup truck to the lumber factory.

"Just in time you're here!"

Chen Yong got out of the car and took out a finely crafted wooden box from his pocket, handing it to Xu Zhengyang, "Ah Zheng, thanks to you, my uncle's small company has been able to keep going.

You've made it big now.

I don't have much to repay you with, but this thing, even if you don't need it, your boss should find it useful."

"What's inside?"

Xu Zhengyang asked curiously as he took the wooden box.

But Chen Yong mysteriously replied, "Don't ask what this is, and even if you do, I won't tell you.

You just need to give it to your boss.

I'm sure your boss will recognize it!"

"…"

He didn't expect that what he had said to Chen Yong yesterday would be returned word for word today.

Chen Yong and Xu Zhengyang's father were not only comrades but also had decades of friendship.

Xu Zhengyang knew that Chen Yong wouldn't harm him, so he accepted the wooden box and said, "Got it, Uncle.

If the boss asks me, I'll say I found it, and I won't let you be put in a difficult position!"

"Haha!"

Chen Yong patted Xu Zhengyang's shoulder with satisfaction, then got back into his pickup truck and waved goodbye, "I still have some work to do, so I'll head off now. If you run into any difficulties later, feel free to call me!"

"Take care, Uncle Chen!"

Xu Zhengyang waved goodbye to Chen Yong.

*Steel-reinforced concrete water purifiers could be bought anytime, so there was no rush.

Not long after Chen Yong left, Xu Zhengyang curiously opened the wooden box that Chen Yong had given him.

Inside the box was a green jade plaque inlaid with gold; even if Xu Zhengyang didn't understand, he could tell at a glance that it was an antique.

"Alright, this is indeed something that big shots might like." Xu Zhengyang said with a smirk.

In Baicheng, it was common to dig up ancient tombs while doing construction work.

Chen Yong had worked in Baicheng for a lifetime, so it was not surprising that he had some good items at home.

Xu Zhengyang wasn't particularly interested in antiques.

But when he subconsciously used Detection on the jade plaque in his hand, he was instantly dumbfounded!

(End of Chapter)