After returning to the hotel.
Xu Zhengyang found that the neighboring city had been awakened from its slumber by the brilliant fireworks.
Even though it was now the early hours of the morning.
The streets were still bustling with people, everywhere were citizens who had just thrown on clothes, not even having time to wash up.
These fireworks were set off by Xu Zhengyang, so he naturally had no need to join in the festivities.
Thus, after rushing back to his hotel, Xu Zhengyang first had Da Bai help him book a return flight.
He then changed his clothes and took out the secondary power awakening syringe from his Dimensional Space Pocket.
[You have used the [Secondary Power Awakening Syringe] on yourself.]
[Your stamina attribute has been increased to 10 points.]
[You have acquired the skill [Rebound].]
Seeing the series of system prompts appear before him, Xu Zhengyang was very satisfied, and immediately looked down to check the detailed attributes of these two skills: [Rebound: If your strength check is lower than your enemy's when they hit you with a melee attack, they will suffer rebound damage.]
After reading the description of this skill, Xu Zhengyang translated it into words he could understand, "It's just like the Thorns Aura in Warcraft."
Having said that.
Xu Zhengyang took a shower in the bathroom, then lay down on the bed to rest, while waiting for his flight...
*The next day.
As soon as Xu Zhengyang landed, he discovered that in just two days since he left the country, the customs at the international airport in Bai City had suddenly changed dramatically!
Just like during the pandemic years, all the customs entrances were set up with tents.
To return to the country.
The first thing that needed to be done was to have a blood test; only with a clean bill of health would one be allowed to enter!
"It's getting stricter and stricter..." Xu Zhengyang thought while standing in line.
...
Just after exiting the airport, Xu Zhengyang hailed a taxi, preparing to return to the shelter.
However, after the driver stopped, he did not unlock the car door but instead lowered the window a crack and pointed to the QR code stuck to the window, saying, "Scan it first!"
"This scene feels a bit familiar..." Xu Zhengyang had just undergone a blood test at customs, so his code was fine.
Once inside the car.
Xu Zhengyang curiously asked the taxi driver, "Hey, I just went out for two days, why has it suddenly become so strict?"
"Isn't it because of that damn Blood Plague Virus?" the taxi driver replied angrily.
It was clear.
This taxi driver had been holding in his grievances for a long time, so as soon as Xu Zhengyang asked him, he opened up, complaining, "It's bad enough that we have to scan codes everywhere.
After all, none of us want to get infected with the virus, we can all understand that.
But starting yesterday, even to buy some food, you have to download the Bai City app, bind your whole family with real names, and go through facial verification just to qualify to buy groceries!
And that's not all.
The key is that every verification lasts for three days, and once you finish the food in three days, you have to verify again and buy three more days' worth of supplies!"
"This..."
Xu Zhengyang was taken aback and said, "Is it really that serious?"
"Absolutely!"
The taxi driver replied with frustration, "Now I have to get a blood test every day before I can drive, and I have to pay thirty bucks for the test myself, it's driving me crazy!
Fortunately, my dad planted some wheat last year, so when it warms up a bit.
I'll take my wife and kids back to my hometown! It looks like schools are going to start online classes again anyway, at least back home I can eat fresh vegetables that we grew ourselves!"
"That's true."
Xu Zhengyang nodded in agreement while starting to search online for the changes over the past two days.
...
Previously.
Due to information control, although most people had heard of the Blood Plague, as long as there were no deaths around them.
In this high-pressure life, not many took it seriously, continuing to go about their own business.
After all, no matter how scary zombies are, they can only kill if they bite someone.
And people.
Always need to eat.
But now.
With the authorities starting to take clear preventive measures, panic began to spread in cities like Bai City, which had previously experienced zombies.
In the vast Bai City.
On his way back to the shelter, Xu Zhengyang hardly saw any pedestrians!
Looking at the tightly closed shops and malls outside the car window, Xu Zhengyang felt a bit relieved, saying, "Fortunately, I pre-ordered a large batch of building materials.
Otherwise, if I couldn't get the materials, I probably wouldn't be able to complete the fourth phase of the shelter's expansion."
*After returning to the shelter.
Xu Zhengyang immediately asked Da Bai, "Da Bai, how many A-01 General Purpose Robots have we made now?
How many A-01 General Purpose Robots can our mechanical factory produce in a day?"
Da Bai immediately replied, "We currently have twelve A-01 General Purpose Robots.
Based on the current production speed, we can produce ten A-01 General Purpose Robots each day."
Xu Zhengyang, without a second thought, said, "Let these general-purpose robots start production one after another.
We can get the cement production line of our shelter up and running first, and once we have enough manpower, we can gradually start the other production lines!"
"Understood, Master," Da Bai responded.
Xu Zhengyang nodded in agreement.
Then he immediately took out various small mine seeds he had previously obtained from his Dimensional Space Pocket and planted them in the pre-reserved mining spaces!
After finishing all this.
Just as Xu Zhengyang was about to take a break, Da Bai suddenly said to him, "Master, Li Juncheng is looking for you."
"Li Juncheng?"
Xu Zhengyang was taken aback, "I didn't leave him any contact information, how did he find me?"
"He has been shouting your name loudly from his car every hour since yesterday," Da Bai said, and then sent Xu Zhengyang a video from the car's perspective.
"Pretty clever."
Seeing this, Xu Zhengyang smiled, then continued to ask Da Bai, "Does he have something to discuss?"
Da Bai then sent a series of chat records to Xu Zhengyang's contact lenses, explaining, "Li Juncheng has a retired powerful person's grandson who just returned from Europe and unfortunately got infected with the Blood Plague Virus.
So Li Juncheng is being pressured by the powerful person to contact you."
"Just think of a way to zap that old man," Xu Zhengyang said dismissively to Da Bai.
Although Xu Zhengyang's shelter was undergoing the fourth phase of expansion and he had nothing to do at the moment.
But treating the powerful person's illness was definitely not on his list of considerations.
Just as Xu Zhengyang was preparing to take a bath and rest well, Da Bai continued, "But Master.
That powerful person said he is willing to exchange these things for your Blood Plague vaccine."
As Da Bai spoke.
He sent several photos to Xu Zhengyang's contact lenses: "H32 High Manganese Special Steel Material Ratio and Smelting Method," "D104 Special Rubber Material Ratio and Production Process," "Fourth Generation High-Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Nuclear Power Plant Design Plan"...
(End of Chapter)