The villa was divided into two floors.
The first floor was a spacious living room, with a view of leather sofas and a velvet carpet behind floor-to-ceiling windows.
The wine cabinet was filled with various famous wines, including baijiu, whiskey, red wine, and sake...
There was no type of wine that couldn't be found in the cabinet.
A few empty cans of beef were scattered on the floor.
Zhang Chen and Xiaobai were on the second floor, opening the star-studded glass skylight.
They were enjoying the moonlight while eating hot pot.
The table was laden with thinly sliced meats of all kinds, as well as various meatballs, and even seafood like prawns and scallops?!
Xiaobai was excitedly picking up a slice of wagyu beef and putting it into her mouth, her face full of happiness.
Ah, this...
Zhao Longchuan couldn't help but swallow. He then looked resentfully at Dong Tiejun.
It was all Dong Tiejun's fault. He was the one who said Zhang Chen might be short on supplies.
That's why Zhao Longchuan rushed over to offer help.
But instead of offering help, he ended up eating a belly full of jealousy!
Dong Tiejun smiled obsequiously and shrugged, implying that he hadn't expected this scene either.
Because when he met Xiaobai and Er Pang, these two guys were indeed starving.
Xiaobai had even ripped open a vending machine with her bare hands to find something to eat.
All along, it was Dong Tiejun who had been helping Xiaobai.
As Xiaobai was Zhang Chen's daughter, if Zhang Chen's supplies were really abundant, would he let his daughter starve?!
Who could have predicted this outcome...
Dong Tiejun looked at the empty beef cans on the floor and found an excuse for himself. He pointed at the empty cans and said, "At least... we can occasionally eat this kind of beef can!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Er Pang happily trotting down the stairs with a box of beef can in its mouth, its steps light and brisk.
Then it lay down by the floor-to-ceiling window, skillfully opened the can with its teeth, and began to eat the meat ravenously...
Seeing this, the three of them were petrified on the spot!
Dong Tiejun wished he could slap himself, but there was no need. His face was already hurting badly.
This was what they called Zhang Chen being short on supplies?!
The canned meat that he could only eat on holidays was now Er Pang's staple food for Zhang Chen!
What was even more exaggerated was that Er Pang could eat six cans of meat in one go...
He was eating worse than Er Pang...
Who am I? Where am I? Why did I come here?!
Zhao Longchuan finally understood why Zhang Chen wasn't very enthusiastic about the house he had meticulously designed.
At first, he thought Zhang Chen was just being humble...
Now it seemed that his container house was nothing more than a pigeon coop compared to a luxury villa!
Zhang Chen chose such a cheap place to stay overnight... it was to avoid stimulating everyone.
Who would have thought that Zhao Longchuan would come as a team in the middle of the night to seek stimulation!
"Well... Captain Zhao, I think we should leave before Zhang Chen finds us..." Jiang Chenchen said with a playful smile.
"Let's go, let's go!"
Zhao Longchuan quickly led the two of them back, their faces flushed with embarrassment.
As they neared the living area, Zhao Longchuan said sternly, "No one is to say a word about what happened tonight!"
Dong Tiejun and Jiang Chenchen nodded simultaneously.
They thought to themselves: Who would voluntarily talk about such a humiliating event? Especially the scene of Er Pang eating canned food... it was truly a blow to their self-esteem...
Meanwhile, Zhang Chen was happily eating hot pot.
It was a鴛鴦 pot, half spicy broth and half mushroom broth.
He originally thought Xiaobai couldn't eat spicy food.
But it turned out she ate everything, like a starving ghost.
After the meal, Xiaobai and Er Pang went downstairs to play.
Zhang Chen sat on the balcony alone and recounted his supplies.
Currently, he had [Energy Gathering Crystal Core]*24 + 300 [Energy Gathering Crystal Core] obtained upon waking, [Energy Crystal Core]*251346, [Storage Ring Fragment]*6133, and all his talents were maxed out.
He had immediately learned the skill books and was left with a pile of design blueprints.
He decided to upgrade his ring first.
Upgrade Ring!
Ding! Current Storage Ring is Level 6. To upgrade to Level 7 Ring, you need:
Storage Ring Fragment 6133/1500, Energy Crystal Core 251346/5000 points!
Upgrade conditions met!
Do you wish to proceed with the upgrade immediately?
Yes!
Ding! You have lost [Storage Ring Fragment]*1500, [Energy Crystal Core]*5000!
Congratulations! Your [Storage Ring] has been upgraded from Level 6 to Level 7!
Storage space expanded from 120 to 144 slots!
The third vehicle storage slot is now open!
Ding! Current Storage Ring is Level 7. To upgrade to Level 8 Ring, you need:
Storage Ring Fragment 4633/4500, Energy Crystal Core 246346/20000 points!
Upgrade conditions met!
Do you wish to proceed with the upgrade immediately?
Yes!
Ding! You have lost [Storage Ring Fragment]*4500, [Energy Crystal Core]*20000!
Congratulations! Your [Storage Ring] has been upgraded from Level 7 to Level 8!
Storage space expanded from 144 to 168 slots!
[Space Farm] unlocked!
[Space Farm]: Fertile land immune to pollution. Current area is 1 mu. Crops planted in the Space Farm will naturally grow and mature as time passes outside the space!
Upgrading the Storage Ring from Level 8 to Level 9 requires [Storage Ring Fragment]*10000, [Energy Gathering Crystal Core]*200!
Level 9 Storage Ring will unlock [Portable Manor]!
Upon seeing the [Space Farm], a thought flashed through Zhang Chen's mind.
He had previously seen a prompt stating that 30 days after the apocalypse began, plants and insects, as well as other creatures, would also mutate.
Now, combined with the 1 mu of pollution-immune land provided by the storage space, after the suppression weakened on the thirtieth day, ordinary land would definitely be polluted and no longer able to grow any crops.
That would be the true beginning of the food crisis!
He had to stock up on as much food as possible now!
Zhang Chen opened the Space Farm.
In an instant, it was like entering another world.
There was 1 mu of tilled farmland.
Mist surrounded it, making it impossible to traverse.
Zhang Chen planted some [Crunchy Fruit], [Sand Coconut], and [Meat Potato] respectively.
Then he applied fertilizer.
Now, Zhang Chen had an abundance of [Mutated Fertilizer].
The fertilizer obtained from these few waves of zombie hordes was enough to feed Er Pang and its many subordinates for hundreds of thousands of rounds.
Synthesized [Rapid Fertilizer]: Shortens crop cycle by 180 days!
The maturity cycle of [Meat Potato] is 120 days, [Sand Coconut] is 100 days, and [Crunchy Fruit] is 180 days!
He also applied [Rapid Fertilizer].
Instantly, the maturity time for all crops became 24 hours!
No matter how much fertilizer was added, crops would take at least a full day to mature.
This meant he could only harvest once a day!
While Zhang Chen was working in the farm, his body was stationary in the villa, and the time in the farm flowed the same as the time outside.
When Zhang Chen regained his senses, it was just past midnight!
At this moment, a line of prompts appeared on the operation interface:
Ding! Day 24 of the Apocalypse. Food suppression is lifted. The stronger the individual, the greater their demand for food!
As soon as this prompt ended, Zhang Chen suddenly felt... hungry again...