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

Peng Jie poked her head out from the kitchen: "Dinner's ready! Oh, where's Su Qing?"

"She... has an upset stomach." Huang Tang said without changing his expression. "Let's eat first."

"Stomach upset?" Peng Jie asked, puzzled. "He was fine just now?"

"I'm probably just too tired," Huang Tang changed the subject. "What did you make today? It smells so good."

Peng Jie's attention was indeed diverted, and she said smugly, "Everyone's had a long day, so we need to nourish ourselves. Dinosaur stew, dinosaur rib soup, stir-fried wild vegetables, and grilled dinosaur meat skewers!"

"So many?" Liu Lingqing's eyes lit up.

"Absolutely!" Peng Jie served the dishes one by one, "plenty to go!"

The women were starving, so they all jumped up from the sofa and pounced on the group like hungry wolves.

Huang Tang picked up a piece of dinosaur meat and put it in his mouth. The meat was tender, the broth was rich, and it melted in his mouth.

"Peng Jie, your skills are getting better and better." He gave her a thumbs up.

Peng Jie smiled shyly: "No, it's all thanks to my talent as a chef."

The women devoured the food in no time, and the table was soon empty.

……

After finishing his meal, Huang Tang called Bai Tao aside.

"Let's begin."

Bai Tao took a deep breath, squatted down, and placed her hands on the treasure chest.

Today's synthesis attempts: three.

Huang Tang took out nine silver treasure chests from the system space and arranged them neatly on the ground.

It glittered silver, so bright it hurt the eyes.

White Peach activates her talent.

Three silver treasure chests slowly rose up, their surfaces gleaming with a dazzling silver light, and then began to merge.

Golden light shone forth.

A golden treasure chest appeared on the ground.

White Peach didn't stop; she continued synthesizing.

The second golden treasure chest!

The third golden treasure chest!

Three attempts, all successful!

Bai Tao wiped the sweat from her forehead and let out a long sigh: "All done."

Huang Tang checked the current inventory of treasure chests:

3 Golden Treasure Chests!

5 Silver Treasure Chests!

25 Bronze Treasure Chests!

49 wooden crates!

"Beautiful!" Huang Tang patted Bai Tao on the shoulder.

Bai Tao stood up, her legs were a little weak, and she had to hold onto the wall to steady herself.

Huang Tang helped her up: "Are you alright?"

"It's nothing... I was just too nervous and afraid the synthesis would fail."

Bai Tao blushed.

Huang Tang did not open the golden treasure chest immediately.

He only needs the blueprints for the eighteenth floor, so opening the golden treasure chest is not very meaningful.

But he had an even bolder plan.

Wait until tomorrow when the white peach count refreshes, then combine three gold treasure chests into one higher-quality treasure chest!

Platinum? Or diamond?

He didn't know, but he wanted to try!

Bai Tao's voice trembled after hearing his plan: "Use...use a golden treasure chest to synthesize it? Isn't that too risky? What if it fails?"

"It's okay if we fail," Huang Tang said. "We have plenty of treasure chests, a few more won't make a difference."

Bai Tao was still nervous, but seeing Huang Tang's resolute attitude, she did not object again.

"Well... I'll try it tomorrow."

Huang Tang said with a smile, "We have enough treasure chests now, but the three synthesis attempts a day are still too few."

Bai Tao lowered her head and remained silent.

She currently has a level three talent; she needs 100 happiness points to advance to level four!

Repeatedly watching the stars and sunrises can no longer generate new happiness.

We must unlock new ways to be happy!

But aside from entering the "anywhere door," they can't leave the building. Finding other scenes that could create a "happy moment" is just too difficult!

Moreover, this is not something that can be accomplished overnight.

Unless Huang Tang is with her 24 hours a day.

Bai Tao glanced at the group of women around her, who looked like wolves and tigers, and knew that this was simply impossible...

At this moment, Cai Lin walked over with a cup of tea in her hand and asked Huang Tang:

"The Anywhere Door isn't open yet today. Would you like to go and rest for a while?"

Huang Tang took the tea, took a sip, and did not answer immediately.

He's thinking about things.

This "Anywhere Door" project took seventy-two hours and yielded great results, but it also wasted a lot of time.

The floodwaters have already submerged the third floor, and some players who still live in three-story villas can only barely hold on to their rooftops.

They have a lot of time, but not too little either!

We need to hurry!

Huang Tang opened the system panel and decided to draw a card first.

The roulette wheel spins...

[Congratulations! You have received a One-Punch Man trial card!]

Duration: 10 minutes. Caution: Do not use this on Earth; otherwise, you will be responsible for the consequences.

[Cooldown time: 24 hours!]

Huang Tang's eyes lit up as he looked at the card's instructions.

Ten minutes, one punch to kill?

In the bald guy's lore, there's nothing that can't be solved with a single punch. If there is, it's a serious punch.

This card is absolutely unstoppable!

A bold idea popped into his head...

"President Cai," Huang Tang turned to Cai Lin, "I'd like to use the 'Anywhere Door Card' to swipe through Goblin Island again."

Chae Rim paused for a moment, then understood his intention.

Goblin Island offers the most treasure chests with the richest resources and materials.

The rewards from this one instance are equivalent to those from ten regular instances!

"Do you want to spend another three days reviewing it again?" Chae Rim asked.

"more than."

Huang Tang said, "I have a 'One-Punch Man' trial card. Ten minutes is enough for me to wipe out the Goblin King and all the shamans. The rest of the time, the entire island is our backyard."

He paused, then smiled: "Sunshine, beaches, coconut trees—don't you want to go on vacation?"

The women's eyes lit up when they heard the word "vacation".

"Really? We can go sunbathing?"

"I haven't seen the sun in so long!"

"The beach! I want to go to the beach!"

Huang Tang raised his hand to signal them to be quiet and continued, "Furthermore, after we kill the Goblin King, the Bell Keeper will reappear. We can then buy some more blueprints and resell them to the players."

Chae Rim was pleasantly surprised and immediately expressed her agreement, saying, "This plan can maximize the value of the Anywhere Door cards we have."

"But there's a problem."

Huang Tang said, "I only have forty-six survival coins right now. The blueprint for the 18th floor is definitely more expensive than the 13th floor, and I don't have enough money."

"So you want to make money first?" Chae Rim reacted quickly.

"right!"

Huang Tang laughed, "Don't I still have two extra 13-story blueprints? I'll sell them and get survival coins."

Cai Lin laughed too: "Besides, everyone on the server knows about your previous large-scale acquisition of Survival Coins. Those smart players who don't lack materials will definitely be secretly hoarding Survival Coins. Now is the time for you to reap the rewards from them."

Huang Tang: "Mr. Cai truly understands me!"

Without delay, Huang Tang immediately opened the world channel.

It was as bustling as a vegetable market inside.

[Help! The floodwaters have already reached the fourth floor! Is there anyone kind enough to lend me some supplies?]

[Wake up, upstairs! This is the apocalypse, not a charity.]

Good news: I managed to climb to the fifth floor before the floodwaters rose! Bad news: I'm now dirt poorer than a millionaire, what am I going to do now...?

[Hahaha, you're killing me with laughter upstairs!]

[We're both on the same rooftop, if the Anywhere Door doesn't open soon, I'm going to get eaten by sharks!!]

……

The situation for the others was even worse than Huang Tang had imagined.

These players, barely surviving on the roof of the three-story villa, are doomed if they don't make a huge profit inside the portal today!

However, a large number of players have reached the eighth floor after exploring the Anywhere Door over the past three days.

You must have gained a lot!

At this point, a female player named Hu Panxi spoke up:

[Comrades! We must hold out until the portal opens, no matter what! Experts have conducted rigorous calculations; whenever a player upgrades to a new floor, the probability of other players getting blueprints from treasure chests will greatly increase! The locations where materials spawn will also increase!]

In layman's terms, the game difficulty will decrease! So don't give up!

[Additionally! High-quality treasure chests are most likely to appear in the final boss's lair!]

Avoid challenging the big bosses unless absolutely necessary; monsters of that level are beyond the capabilities of small fry like us! Grab the treasure chest and run!

……