Apocalypse: I Built a Supreme Shelter One Year in Advance

Baicheng is located in the northwest.

In October, the only staple that can be planted here is wheat.

Yesterday, when Xu Zhengyang went to the agricultural supply station, he not only purchased materials needed to build a vegetable greenhouse but also bought a tray of well-grown wheat seedlings.

So after clearing the land in the yard, Xu Zhengyang immediately planted the wheat seedlings in the ground, then fertilized and watered them.

After finishing all this, looking at the lush green crops in the yard, Xu Zhengyang felt a great sense of accomplishment.

Soon after, the system notification arrived as expected, appearing before Xu Zhengyang's eyes:

[You have completed the main quest: [Land Reclamation]]

[You have gained the skill: [Gardening]]

As the system message flooded the screen, Xu Zhengyang felt a rush of excitement as a series of gardening knowledge, such as seedling cultivation, grafting, pollination, and soilless cultivation, surged into his mind! After digesting the knowledge in his mind, Xu Zhengyang smiled and said, "Now I don't need to search online for strategies to grow vegetables and grains."

*After saying that, Xu Zhengyang immediately opened his task list to check the new main quest: [Main Quest]

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[Shelter] (In Progress)...

[Main Quest: Shelter]

[It's just a red brick house, unable to withstand the tide of corpses, nor can it block the radiation from a nuclear explosion...

You have initially gained the ability to establish a foothold in the wasteland.

But this is far from enough.

You now need to start from scratch and build your true shelter!]

[Quest Objective: Build an underground shelter]

(Note: Minimum construction depth of 10 meters underground; total area not less than 200 square meters; height not less than 5 meters) [Quest Reward: Mental Enhancement Potion]

"Mental Enhancement Potion?"

Xu Zhengyang felt a surge of joy upon seeing this quest reward. He had previously used the Detection skill to check his attributes and was wondering if they could be improved.

Now the system's reward clearly told him that his attributes could indeed be enhanced! Xu Zhengyang said excitedly, "According to the details of the first main quest for the safe house, the first disaster the world will face in a year is a biochemical crisis.

I was still considering what means I would use to survive the zombie virus.

Now it seems that as long as I complete more main quests and obtain something like the Physical Enhancement Potion to strengthen myself, even if I get infected with the zombie virus, my immune system will be able to eliminate it all!"

After the excitement, Xu Zhengyang immediately took out the remote control for his GX-1 Engineering Robot and pointed it at the engineering robot not far away, saying, "I'm counting on you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Zhengyang projected part of his consciousness into the robot and began to operate it himself!

"Creak creak—"

With Xu Zhengyang's manipulation, the four mechanical arms of the engineering robot began to twist and merge.

In the end, the four mechanical arms of the engineering robot combined into a drilling machine!

"Start!"

With Xu Zhengyang's excited shout, the drill of the engineering robot began to spin at high speed, then tilted down at a forty-five-degree angle and slowly started moving!

"Thud thud thud…"

As the drill turned, the soil in the yard was easily broken apart like butter and sprayed out of the hole, forming a small mound outside.

In just a short while, the engineering robot had drilled a hole over three meters in diameter and was continuing to go deeper!

The engineering robot had powerful capabilities, able to drill down about a meter in just two to three minutes! However, such powerful energy consumption was also quite alarming.

Fortunately, Xu Zhengyang's family's lumber factory had previously used industrial cables to power various large woodworking machines, all with 60A high-power wires.

Although the engineering robot was a piece of future technology, it could also be compatible with the power protocols of the twenty-first century.

So Xu Zhengyang simply connected a cable to the back of the engineering robot, solving its power issue.

As the engineering robot continued to dig deeper, Xu Zhengyang roughly calculated.

Based on the current drilling speed and the time needed to clear the soil, he estimated that at most by the end of the night, he would be able to excavate enough space underground to complete the main quest for the shelter!

Thus, Xu Zhengyang didn't bother to rest, immediately downing a bottle of Red Bull, and then fully focused on operating the engineering robot to start working! *The next day.

Xu Zhengyang operated the engineering robot, which transformed into a bulldozer, and after moving the last scoop of soil from the tunnel and piling it into a small mound in the corner of the yard, the long-awaited system message appeared before Xu Zhengyang:

[Main Quest: Shelter (Completed)]

[You have received the reward: [Mental Enhancement Potion]]

With the appearance of the system message, a bottle glowing with blue light appeared in Xu Zhengyang's palm! Mental Enhancement Potion!

Xu Zhengyang had stayed up all night for this! So he immediately used his Detection skill to check the specific attributes of the Mental Enhancement Potion: [Mental Enhancement Potion]

[Consumable]

[Effect: Permanently increases mental power by 1 point upon consumption]

[Evaluation: Refreshing and invigorating, never fatigued!]

After reading the attributes, Xu Zhengyang wasted no time and immediately twisted open the cap of the Mental Enhancement Potion and drank it all in one go!

The taste of the Mental Enhancement Potion was hard to describe.

After finishing it, Xu Zhengyang felt refreshed, and the fatigue from staying up all night vanished without a trace! He quickly looked down to check his attributes.

Sure enough!

His mental power had increased from the original 1.2 to 2.2.

Not only that, but the description of the Detection skill also changed to [You can check the detailed attributes of mental checks below 2.2].

"Great, great!"

Xu Zhengyang nodded in satisfaction, then opened his task list to check the new main quest: [Main Quest]

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[Reinforcement] (In Progress)...

[Time-Limited Side Quest]

[Renovation] (In Progress) "Another time-limited side quest!" Xu Zhengyang exclaimed excitedly.

The last time-limited side quest rewarded him with the powerful GX-1 Engineering Robot, so he couldn't wait to click on the details of both tasks to see what rewards this time would bring him! [Main Quest: Reinforcement]

[You have excavated the outline of the shelter, but this is far from enough!]

[Quest Objective: Use reinforced concrete to strengthen your shelter]

[Quest Reward: Dimensional Pocket Upgrade Device]

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[Time-Limited Side Quest: Renovation]

[A shelter without functional zoning is no different from a wild den; you still need to process your shelter in depth!]

[Quest Time Limit: 29 days 23 hours 59 minutes 56 seconds]

[Quest Objective: Functionally zone the shelter and build a bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, and storage room]

(Note: All functional zones must not be less than 25 square meters and must have their core components) [Quest Reward: Shelter Control Center]

"Shelter Control Center?"

Although Xu Zhengyang didn't know what this Shelter Control Center was, given the difficulty of this task, it surely wouldn't be anything bad!