"Then let him in," Xu Zhengyang said as he returned to his beach-themed bedroom. At the same time, he instructed Da Bai, "Just bring him here. Oh, and make sure he comes alone."
"Understood, Master," Da Bai replied.
...
Before the apocalypse, Lin Dayou had been the vice mayor of White City. When the apocalypse struck, Lin Dayou failed to adapt quickly, allowing Zhang Wei to seize the opportunity and become the mayor of the New White City Survivor Camp.
Zhang Wei was still wary of Lin Dayou. If it weren't for Zhang Wei's own missteps, which led to the entire upper echelon of New White City—handpicked by him—being wiped out by Xu Zhengyang, Lin Dayou would likely have remained marginalized until his entire family was driven out of the New White City Survivor Camp.
Because of this, Lin Dayou's feelings toward Xu Zhengyang were complex—a mix of admiration, fear, and gratitude.
Lin Dayou followed the combat robot controlled by Da Bai as they entered the shelter through the main gate. As soon as he stepped into the shelter's courtyard, the first thing that caught his eye was the nuclear power plant Xu Zhengyang had built.
Seeing the operational nuclear power plant, a hint of envy flashed in Lin Dayou's eyes. "A nuclear power plant... If only the New White City Survivor Camp could restore its power supply," he murmured.
As he spoke, Lin Dayou continued to follow Da Bai. Moments later, when he turned a corner and saw the Hyper-Space Teleportation Platform installed behind the nuclear power plant, he was left speechless, staring in awe.
"This..." Lin Dayou watched as the Hyper-Space Teleportation Platform continuously switched teleportation locations, with armed mining vehicles loaded with various ores coming and going. He stood there, stunned.
After a moment, Lin Dayou pinched himself to confirm he wasn't dreaming. This was real—Xu Zhengyang had truly mastered teleportation technology! Just then, the combat robot controlled by Da Bai turned back and impatiently said to Lin Dayou, "What's so fascinating about this? Are you coming to see my master or not?"
"Yes, yes, yes..." Lin Dayou snapped out of his daze and quickly jogged after the combat robot.
After seeing the Hyper-Space Teleportation Platform, Lin Dayou's reaction to the Prism Tower built at the center of the shelter was much more subdued. It wasn't until he followed the underground passage into the inner part of Xu Zhengyang's shelter that he exclaimed in shock, "Mr. Xu's shelter is entirely made of metal?"
"Of course," Da Bai replied matter-of-factly. "Didn't you see that?"
"This... this..." Lin Dayou stammered. After a long pause, he continued, "How much steel must have been used for this?"
"A lot, obviously," Da Bai casually responded.
Lin Dayou, having lost the ability to think, followed Da Bai in a daze until they arrived at Xu Zhengyang's bedroom. As he stepped onto the sandy beach, feeling the soft texture beneath his feet and inhaling the salty sea breeze, Lin Dayou couldn't help but mutter, "This is too extravagant..."
Just then, Lin Dayou suddenly remembered something and quickly asked Da Bai, "Why have I only seen robots along the way? Where are the other survivors?"
"Because Master is the only human here," Da Bai replied as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
"..." Lin Dayou fell silent, then followed Da Bai to the shade of the umbrella where Xu Zhengyang was seated.
Xu Zhengyang was enjoying the sea breeze on his recliner, manipulating a floating metal tray with chilled juice to hover in front of Lin Dayou. He asked, "Care for a drink? What brings you here specifically to see me?"
The series of shocks had left Lin Dayou somewhat numb. So, when he saw the floating metal tray in front of him, he didn't find it strange at all; instead, it felt like it was supposed to be that way. Mechanically, he picked up the chilled juice and said to Xu Zhengyang, "Last night, while I was looking through the data on the New White City survivor camp, I found something interesting. I thought you might be interested in it, so I brought it over."
As he spoke, Lin Dayou took a USB drive out of his pocket and handed it to Xu Zhengyang.
"What is it?" Xu Zhengyang asked curiously, taking the USB drive and handing it to Da Bai to read its contents.
"It's a special military base. According to the photos on the USB drive, there's a damaged UFO parked there," Da Bai explained, immediately extracting the information from the USB drive and sending the photos to Xu Zhengyang's contact lenses.
The moment Xu Zhengyang saw the UFO, a series of system subtitles appeared before his eyes: [Emergency Timed Mission: Gravity Self-Sustenance (In Progress)] [Mission Objective: Recover the alien UFO to the shelter] [Time Limit: 2 days 23 hours 59 minutes 54 seconds]
Seeing these system subtitles, Xu Zhengyang knew the information on Lin Dayou's USB drive was genuine! Without a second thought, he jumped up from his recliner and said to Lin Dayou, "The information you brought is indeed useful to me. What do you want in return? If I have it, we can discuss it!"
Lin Dayou breathed a sigh of relief and said directly, "Can you give me more combat robots? The armed forces of the New White City survivor camp have been completely wiped out. Without sufficient military deterrence in such a large camp, some lawless individuals might get restless."
Hearing this, Xu Zhengyang didn't hesitate and immediately agreed, "I'll send you a hundred of them right away, and they'll only take orders from you!"
With that, Xu Zhengyang dismissed Lin Dayou, saying, "I need to head out. Do you have anything else?"
"No, nothing," Lin Dayou quickly replied. "I also need to go back and handle some things. I'll contact you if anything comes up."
...
Ten minutes later, after Lin Dayou had driven away, Xu Zhengyang immediately asked Da Bai, "Da Bai, where is the location of that military base?"
"It's here, Master," Da Bai responded, projecting a navigation route onto Xu Zhengyang's contact lenses.
Without hesitation, Xu Zhengyang saw the navigation information and immediately piloted the Hurricane Light Multi-Function Mecha in shuttle mode, speeding towards the destination!
...
*This military base was located in the middle section of a mountain range, where a medium-sized reservoir had been built. Next to the reservoir, there was a basin surrounded by mountains. At the end of the reservoir stood a hydroelectric power station; within the basin, not only was the military base constructed, but the idle land had also been cultivated into fertile fields. When the wind blew, waves of wheat rippled across the fields.
This area has already been occupied by survivors.
As soon as Xu Zhengyang hovered his Hurricane Light Multi-Function Mecha above the basin, he received a communication request from within the basin.
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