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

After closing the world chat channel, Huang Tang opened the system panel to check the upgrade requirements for the next stage.

[Current building: 25 floors]

Next upgrade: Floor 32

【所需材料：32层楼房图纸×1、一级电力能源核心×2、钢材×12000、混凝土×18000、砖块×15000、玻璃×5000、木材×5000】

Huang Tang frowned.

The quantity of materials has increased again.

But what bothered him even more was that this time, two Level 1 power energy cores were needed!

Fortunately, I just opened a treasure chest and got one, so the pressure isn't too great!

Just then, a system notification sounded.

[System notification: The Anywhere Door will open in ten minutes!]

[Time limit for this exploration: 8 hours!]

【Players, please prepare yourselves!】

The women stirred.

"Eight hours? That's much longer than last time!"

"Who's going in this time?"

Huang Tang looked around at the women, his gaze settling on Cai Lin.

"President Cai, please come in with me today. Gu Nianxi was tired yesterday, let her rest for a day."

Chae Rim nodded: "Okay."

Although the women also wanted to go, they knew their fighting strength was limited, so they did not fight over it.

Ten minutes later, the Anywhere Door opened in the center of the living room, flashing white light.

Huang Tang and Cai Lin walked in side by side.

A flash of white light.

Huang Tang opened his eyes and froze.

Before me stood a towering skyscraper, its glass curtain wall reflecting the blinding sunlight.

In the air, countless flying cars sped overhead.

The elevated train weaves between buildings, emitting a low hum.

On the streets, local residents were scattered in twos and threes, their eyes vacant.

This isn't... the futuristic city he visited yesterday?!

Huang Tang recognized the landmark building not far away: the administrative center!

He just stole all the blueprints there yesterday!

"Could this be...?"

Chae Rim had guessed it too.

"That's right!" Huang Tang laughed, "It's the futuristic city I told you about yesterday!"

"Yesterday, Gu Nianxi and I smuggled ourselves in from the junkyard. Today, the Anywhere Door opened right inside."

Cai Lin's eyes lit up: "Wouldn't that be a piece of cake? Just get the blueprints and core components again?"

Huang Tang nodded with a smile:

"The system is pretty good to me. It knows I was too pressed for time yesterday and didn't have time to properly search the city, only taking the most important things!"

"I have eight hours today, and I'm going to... ransack the place!"

Looking at the wicked smile on Huang Tang's face, Cai Lin could already imagine the fate of this city...

Moreover, if other players come in this time, they're probably in big trouble too!

Huang Tang was about to take Cai Lin to the municipal center to get the blueprints when the system notification suddenly blared, a hundred times sharper than usual:

[Warning! Warning! Player "Huang Tang"...Identity verified...Future master thief! Five-star wanted criminal!]

[You have been placed on the city's "permanent wanted list"! Your arrival will trigger a city-wide manhunt!]

All security forces are activated! All defense systems are online!

Best of luck.

Huang Tang's smile froze on his face.

"What the hell?"

Before he could react, he heard a piercing alarm sound in the distance.

"Waaaaah...waaaah...waaaah..."

At the end of the street, countless red lights flickered.

Patrol drones swarmed in from all directions like bees, and robot police rushed out from every alley, armed with stun guns and riot shields.

Further away, a helicopter rose from behind a tall building, its searchlights locking onto the two people.

There were no warnings, no announcements.

Open fire immediately.

"Da da da da da—"

Bullets rained down like a storm.

Huang Tang pulled Cai Lin to the ground and they rolled behind a flying car.

Bullets struck the car, sending sparks flying.

"What's going on?!" Chae Rim was startled.

This isn't the script they just envisioned!

"The situation has changed!"

Huang Tang smiled wryly, "The system just notified me that I've been permanently blacklisted by this futuristic city as a five-star wanted criminal. The entire city will mobilize all its resources to arrest us..."

"ha?!"

Chae Rim was stunned.

If you knew that, she wouldn't have come in!

Huang Tang was speechless. "All I did was steal a few blueprints, two cores, and blow up a bank vault! Was it really worth it?!"

Chae Rim: "..."

How could you possibly say such a thing!

She peeked out and exclaimed, "There are more and more robot police outside! And helicopters are here too!"

Huang Tang gritted his teeth and made a decisive decision: "Let's retreat! We're not going through this Anywhere Door!"

The two immediately retreated towards the location of the Anywhere Door.

As soon as I got close, the system notification sounded again:

[Note: Due to your egregious behavior in this city, the Anywhere Door has been locked.]

[Remaining unlock time: 7 hours and 30 minutes.]

Huang Tang almost cursed.

"Do we really have to go this far?!"

"What's wrong?" Chae Rim asked.

"The Anywhere Door is closed! It won't open again for seven hours!"

Chae Rim took a deep breath, wondering whether she or Hwang Tang was the one who was cursed with bad luck.

At this point, the only option is to run!

Huang Tang pulled Cai Lin along and ran wildly through the streets.

Behind them, robotic police officers were in hot pursuit, patrol drones hovered overhead, and helicopters used searchlights to pinpoint their location.

Bullets whizzed past my ears and hit the walls, the ground, and the car.

The two turned into a small alley, which led to a dead end.

Huang Tang cursed, turned around, and found that the robot police had already blocked the alley entrance.

"We can't escape now, what should we do?" Chae Rim became anxious.

Huang Tang glanced at her and suddenly smiled.

"Who said that?"

With a wave of his hand, a tank crashed into the alley with a loud bang, its tracks crushing the ground.

"Get on the bus!"

Since we can't escape, then we won't run!

The tank hatch opened, and Huang Tang first stuffed Cai Lin inside before jumping in himself.

The heavy armor blocked out most of the gunfire from outside.

Huang Tang sat in the driver's seat, gripped the control lever, and stepped on the accelerator.

The tank roared and charged out of the alley, smashing into two flying cars parked on the side of the road.

The robot police's bullets struck the armor, clanging and tinkling like rain.

"Hold on tight!"

Huang Tang suddenly turned, and the tank swerved, knocking down a row of robot police officers.

Chae Rim was thrown about, only managing to stay upright by grabbing onto the handrail.

"Can you drive a tank?!"

"Absolutely!"

Huang Tang answered confidently.

The tanks drove onto the main road, followed by dozens of police cars.

Overhead, the helicopter broadcast a message over a loudspeaker: "Stop! Stop immediately!"

Huang Tang ignored him and instead stepped on the gas, causing the tank to accelerate forward.

Ahead was a row of roadblocks, and robot police officers had set up riot shields.

Huang Tang sneered and aimed the cannon at the roadblock.

"boom--!"

A shell blasted the roadblock into the sky, and the robot police scattered like building blocks.

The tanks rolled over the ruins and continued charging forward.

Cai Lin looked out the observation window and saw that the street was in a mess.

Overturned cars, blown-up roadblocks, and crushed robot police officers.

Helicopters hovered overhead, their searchlight beams following them like ghosts.

"A perfectly good futuristic city," she murmured, "and you've turned it into 'Sin City.'"

Huang Tang laughed heartily: "You know what, it really does look like it!"