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

This system appeared along with Chae Rim's awakened talent, but she never mentioned it.

Because the conditions for activating the system are very strict, requiring a moment when you are overwhelmed with happiness!

In a post-apocalyptic survival game, where you could face certain death at any moment, you're talking to me about happiness?

What a fuss!

But there is also a very simple and direct method, which is to talk to the homeowner...

But how could she possibly bring it up?

"Hey Huang Tang, can you sacrifice yourself and help me activate the system?"

She can't.

But looking at the clothes and food, and then at Jiang Jing'an embracing Huang Tang, she couldn't help but think again.

If... if I could also humble myself...

No!

She shook her head vigorously, trying to banish the thought.

She's the CEO! How could she think about something like that!

She's just overflowing with happiness! From now on, she'll just eat and sleep, sleep and eat, and not think about anything else! She refuses to believe she can't activate the system!

……

An hour later, everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, and their emotions had calmed down.

Huang Tang glanced at the system panel; the cooldown time for [Good Luck] had expired.

"Time to open the treasure chest," he said.

Everyone immediately gathered around.

Huang Tang took out two bronze treasure chests from the system space.

One was found by myself in the logistics warehouse, and the other was a reward announced to the entire server.

Two identical yellow iron boxes lay quietly on the ground.

Which one should we open first?

"You're the one."

Huang Tang first used the card "Good Luck".

A flash of golden light, and the treasure chest opened.

[Received: 1 Military Crossbows]

[Received: 100 bricks]

Huang Tang stared at the pile of red bricks, his expression freezing.

"Bricks?" he exclaimed incredulously. "Bricks in a bronze treasure chest? Are you kidding me!"

Jiang Jing'an quickly comforted him, "Maybe...maybe the bricks will help?"

Huang Tang picked up the crossbow and tested its feel.

This is good stuff.

Military crossbows have a range and power comparable to pistols, and they are silent.

The only downside is that it loads slowly.

Huang Tang looked at the second treasure chest.

"【Good Luck】, can you give me some support?!"

A flash of golden light.

[Received: Soft mattress x1]

[Received: Super Soldier Serum x1]

[Received: Durex x1]

[Received: 100 bricks]

The air suddenly became quiet.

The expressions on everyone's faces were absolutely priceless.

A soft mattress.

Durex.

Putting these two things together...it's really easy to make people think in the wrong way.

"This...how could such a thing exist!" Chae Rim's face turned bright red, and she grabbed the small box. "It has to be thrown away!"

"No!" Jiang Jing'an reacted quickly, snatching it away. "President Cai, what are you doing?"

Chae Rim glared at her: "What's the point of keeping something like this?"

"Of course we're saving them for later." Jiang Jing'an blinked, looking completely innocent. "We're in a post-apocalyptic world, so any supplies might be useful, right, Brother Huang Tang?"

She looked at Huang Tang.

Huang Tang coughed lightly, "Absolutely right!"

"Besides," Jiang Jing'an continued, her tone innocent, "just because you, President Cai, don't mean others don't need it."

"What if... I mean, what if someone needs it?"

Chae Rim's face turned pale then red, then red again.

How dare a mere receptionist make such a sarcastic remark about her?

If this were her previous company, she would have fired him long ago.

But now...

She took a deep breath and held back.

This is the end times; your former position and prestige are useless now.

"You..." She opened her mouth, but only managed to utter one sentence: "You can keep it."

Huang Tang watched this scene from the side, secretly marveling at it.

This Jiang Jing'an is quite formidable in combat.

He shook his head and picked up the vial of [Super Soldier Serum].

Super Soldier Serum

[Note: After injection, overall physical fitness can be improved. Strength, speed, endurance, and recovery ability are significantly enhanced.]

Huang Tang's eyes lit up.

"This thing..." He swallowed hard, "...is it like Captain America's?"

Huang Tang replied without hesitation, "To survive here, strength is the most important thing."

He opened the serum; the liquid inside glowed with a faint blue light.

With a determined effort, he plunged the needle into his arm.

Push it in.

Instantly, a surge of heat erupted from the injection site, spreading throughout the body along the blood vessels.

Huang Tang felt as if his body had been thrown into a furnace, with every cell burning.

"ah--!!!"

He couldn't help but shout it out.

The muscles begin to swell, tighten, tear, and regenerate.

He's growing taller.

175, 178, 180, 182, 185!

"Bang!"

His clothes were stretched to burst open, and fragments flew everywhere.

When everything calmed down, Huang Tang stood in front of everyone, and the feeling he gave off was completely different.

He is 185 cm tall, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist. His eight-pack abs are clearly visible, and each muscle is well-defined.

Her skin had a healthy glow, and she looked... like a model who had stepped off a magazine cover.

"hiss--"

Someone gasped in shock.

All the women were stunned.

then.

Several hands covered their eyes at the same time.

But the gaps between their fingers were wide open.

Huang Tang felt the power surging through his body, as if his two kidneys were equipped with perpetual motion machines, possessing inexhaustible strength.

"This feeling..." he grinned, "is amazing."

Then he noticed that everyone was looking at him.

Huang Tang straightened his back. "We're strong enough, feel free to look around!"

"Alright, stop being so smug and hurry up and put your clothes on."

Cai Lin was speechless at Huang Tang's constant flexing of muscles and other displays of...

How can you be so shameless!

Huang Tang took out a new set of clothes from the system space and put them on.

Several women let out a disappointed sigh.

"Alright, there will be other opportunities to watch it later."

Huang Tang coughed lightly, opened the host panel, and changed the subject, "Let me see what the next level needs."

[Current House: Simple Two-Story Wooden House]

[Upgrade Goal: A sturdy three-story house]

[Upgrade Requirements: 200 bricks, 100 steel, 50 wood, 10 cement, 1 three-story house blueprint]

Huang Tang was stunned.

Then I looked at the two hundred bricks in the system space.

Now I finally understand why I kept getting bricks from treasure chests.

You've misunderstood the system!

"But where do we get the steel, cement, and blueprints?"

Especially since the Anywhere Door is now closed!

The floodwaters will rise another meter tomorrow.

Not upgrading your house means you're not far from death!

Late at night.

Inside the two-story wooden house, the breathing of twenty-five people rose and fell.

The problem is, there's only one mattress.

The soft mattress that came out of the bronze treasure chest couldn't possibly fit twenty-five people, no matter how spacious it was.

"How will you sleep?" Bai Tao asked, echoing everyone's unspoken question.

Everyone looked at each other.

Jiang Jing'an's eyes darted around, and she spoke first: "I think the people who contributed to the resource search today should sleep on mattresses. The rest of us should sleep on the floor."

As she spoke, she naturally sat down on the mattress and patted the spot next to her: "Brother Huang Tang, you're definitely going to sleep on the mattress, right? You unpacked so many packages today, you worked the hardest."

Before Huang Tang could speak, Jiang Jing'an had already pulled him over.

"Come on, come on, over here."

Huang Tang: "..."

Fine.

The other women exchanged glances, but upon reflection, it made sense. Huang Tang, Jiang Jing'an, and Cai Lin had risked their lives to enter the Anywhere Door and brought back so many supplies; it seemed reasonable for them to sleep on mattresses.

Chae Rim stood to the side, her expression complex.

Based on her contributions, she should also sleep on a mattress.

But Jiang Jing'an had already pulled Huang Tang to her side. If she were to move closer as well... wouldn't that be the same as sleeping next to Huang Tang with Jiang Jing'an?

She bit her lip and finally sat down on the edge of the mattress, a person's distance away from the person in the middle.

Jiang Jing'an glanced at her with a smile, said nothing, and simply moved a little closer to Huang Tang.

The others started looking for places to sleep on the floor.

Fortunately, the two-story wooden house is large enough, 100 square meters, which is enough for about 20 people to spread out.

Su Qing spread a blanket on the floor, lay down, but kept her eyes fixed on Jiang Jing'an's back on the mattress, clenching her molars.

The lights went out.

In the darkness, only the sound of water outside the window and the occasional eerie hissing from afar could be heard.

Huang Tang lay on the mattress, with Jiang Jing'an on his left, a little space on his right, and Cai Lin on his right.

Jiang Jing'an's arm was draped over him, her breathing even, as if she had already fallen asleep.

It has a warm touch and a faint fragrance.

Huang Tang swallowed hard, trying to think of something else.

Where will we find steel and cement tomorrow...?

And what are blueprints?

Just then, a cold, mechanical voice exploded in everyone's minds.

[System Warning!]

[Monster night raid is imminent! 60 seconds to go!]

[Players, prepare to defend against the monster invasion! If the house is breached, all players will be eliminated!]