Building a skyscraper to survive, all the female colleagues in the company begged me to carry them.

The world channel was filled with lamentations.

Chae Rim looked at Huang Tang, then at Gu Nianxi.

"Steal the energy core...blow up the bank..."

"They're not talking about you, are they?"

Huang Tang awkwardly touched his nose and nodded.

Chae Rim took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and then opened them again.

"Luckily, no one knows it was you guys who did it! Otherwise, you would have become the enemy of all the players."

Huang Tang shrugged: "I didn't expect the chain reaction to be so big. We can only... make those players suffer."

Just then, a system notification sounded throughout the entire building, louder than ever before:

[Congratulations to player "Huang Tang" for completing the hidden achievement: Single-handedly paralyzing a futuristic city, blowing up a bank vault, and triggering a city-wide riot!]

[In light of your shameless and utterly inhumane actions, a special title has been unlocked: "Future Master Thief"!]

[Future Thief's Exclusive Ability 1: The amount of supplies and treasure chests obtained after entering any of the Anywhere Doors is doubled!]

[Future Thief's Exclusive Ability Two: Each day, he can randomly select one player and steal one item from their system space.]

[Please continue to uphold your "inhuman" style and create even greater glories!]

Huang Tang's lips twitched as he looked at the text on the system panel.

Is this a compliment or an insult?

Cai Lin rolled her eyes at him: "Even the system thinks your behavior is too immoral."

"But these two abilities are insane!" Huang Tang was increasingly delighted as he looked at them. "Double the resources and treasure chests? From now on, when we enter the Anywhere Door, while others get one treasure chest, I'll get two."

"Wouldn't that be incredibly awesome?"

"There's another ability: to steal items from one player every day..."

Jiang Jing'an leaned closer, her eyes sparkling, "Brother Huang Tang, try it! Whose did you steal it from?"

Huang Tang opened the [Future Thief] ability interface and clicked [Random Selection].

A roulette wheel appeared before my eyes, scrolling with the IDs of countless players.

The roulette wheel stopped.

Selected player: Xiao Zhenwei

Huang Tang paused for a moment, then laughed.

"Isn't this too much of a coincidence?"

The women also came over to look, and they all burst out laughing.

"Xiao Zhenwei? That man the magic mirror said is more handsome than Huang Tang?"

"Great choice! Brilliant choice!"

"If I chose someone else, I would feel a little guilty. But with him, I feel absolutely no!"

Huang Tang opened Xiao Zhenwei's system space.

The supplies inside made him raise an eyebrow slightly.

This guy is pretty rich!

Although it's nowhere near as good as him, it's enough to crush most players.

There are over 800 survival coins!

The materials are piled up in tens of thousands of units!

There are also several golden treasure chests.

"You can only steal one item."

You can only steal one survival coin and one unit of materials, which is too uneconomical!

Huang Tang scrolled down.

Then he saw...

A platinum treasure chest?!

A platinum treasure chest lay quietly in a corner of Xiao Zhenwei's system space.

"You're the one."

Huang Tang clicked on "Steal".

The next second, the platinum treasure chest disappeared from Xiao Zhenwei's system space and appeared in Huang Tang's system space.

The women were stunned.

"You... stole it?" Su Qing couldn't believe it.

"Without a trace, it's impossible to defend against." Jiang Jing'an clicked her tongue in amazement. "This ability is simply monstrous."

"When Xiao Zhenwei discovers that his hard-earned Platinum Treasure Chest has vanished," Cai Lin laughed, "he'll probably be cursing on the world channel for three days and three nights."

The women burst into laughter.

Huang Tang closed the system panel, feeling great.

……

After laughing, Huang Tang realized something very embarrassing.

"We have the blueprints for the 25-story building and the primary power energy core, but we haven't gathered enough materials yet."

This was the first time he had encountered a situation where "the blueprints were available, but the materials were insufficient."

Previously, we would wait for the blueprints once we had enough materials; now it's the other way around.

"The future city wasn't originally my domain," Huang Tang consoled himself. "I essentially stole the blueprints from other players. Otherwise, to get the blueprints for level 25, I'd have to wait until the next Anywhere Door."

"But we're on the 18th floor now, so there's no rush." ​​He clapped his hands. "Once I sell those extra blueprints, the materials will come right away, right?"

Cai Lin nodded: "Blueprints are a hard currency, there's no worry about them selling."

Huang Tang then took out the nuclear fusion blueprints, glanced at the materials list, and was completely dumbfounded.

"This... we don't need to think about it for now." He put the blueprints away. "I've never even heard of the materials that are needed."

However, the materials for automatic machine gun blueprints and laser cannon blueprints are more affordable.

Automatic machine gun: 100 steel, 5 infrared sensors, 10 precision gears, 20 circuit boards.

Laser Cannon: 200 steel, 2 energy focusing mirrors, 5 superconducting coils, 50 circuit boards.

These materials are all in Huang Tang's system space.

"make!"

Without saying a word, Huang Tang immediately began construction outside the building.

Ten minutes later, ten automatic machine guns and ten laser cannons were neatly arranged on the exterior walls and roof of the building, their silvery muzzles pointing towards the sky, gleaming coldly in the sunlight.

The women ran out to see, and they were all incredibly excited.

"With these, will we still be afraid of merfolk during night raids?" Su Qing clapped her hands.

Huang Tang nodded: "Although it may not be able to block them all, it should relieve a lot of pressure."

Then he pressed the start button for the laser cannon.

no response.

He pressed it again.

Still no response.

Huang Tang was stunned for a moment, then the system prompted:

The laser cannon needs to be upgraded to a 25-story building and connected to a level-one power core to be activated.

"So now..." he pointed to the laser cannons, "just for show?"

"What a waste of your happiness!" Su Qing pouted.

"It's not all bad news," Huang Tang comforted him. "Once we reach the 25th floor, they'll be ready to use. Then we'll let the merfolk experience the effects of lasers."

Huang Tang then took out the blueprints for the energy shield.

Materials required: 1 primary power energy core, 5 energy focusing mirrors, 10 superconducting coils, and 20 nanomaterials.

He has all the other materials, but the energy core... he has two of them.

"Should we use up the extra cores?" Huang Tang hesitated.

But if you sell them, you can get a lot of materials in return.

After all, most players don't have this item right now, and it's a must-have for upgrading a 25-story building!

It's very valuable!

Cai Lin walked over and said seriously, "The blueprints can be sold, and the materials can be found again."

"But your safety is the most important thing. Use the core to make an energy shield."

The women all nodded in agreement.

"Mr. Cai is right."

"Your life is worth more than anything else."

Huang Tang thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay."

He chose "manufacturing".

The energy focusing mirror, superconducting coil, and nanomaterials disappeared from the system space and merged with a blue crystal.

A flash of light appeared, and a silver bracelet appeared in Huang Tang's hand.

[Obtained: Energy Shield (Portable) x1]

[Effect: Forms a strong energy barrier around the body, lasting for 30 minutes.]

It can withstand bullets and melee weapon attacks, but cannot completely withstand heavy firepower such as bombs and artillery shells.

[Charging time: 3 hours.]

Huang Tang put on the bracelet and pressed the start button.

A layer of pale blue light spread out from the bracelet, enveloping his entire body like a transparent suit of armor.

"nice."

Jiang Jing'an's evaluation.

"Practical," Chae Rim added.

Huang Tang tried poking the light film with his fingernail, but it didn't budge.

He picked up the cup on the table and tapped it gently. The light film flickered slightly but remained stable.

"With this, even if I'm surrounded again, I can leave calmly."

He turned off the shield and clapped his hands.

"A very fruitful day. Peng Jie, have a treat for everyone!"

"Okay!"

Peng Jie peeked out from the kitchen.

At the dining table, everyone sat together, and the table was covered with steaming dishes.

Ruan Wenyan and Ruan Wei sat next to Huang Tang, looking at the dishes on the table, then at Huang Tang, their eyes filled with complicated emotions.

In just one day, Huang Tang harvested more supplies than they had ever dared to imagine before.

They realized more and more that following Huang Tang's path was the right thing to do!