This system appeared when Cai Lin awakened her talent, but she never mentioned it.

How could she say it?

"Hey Huang Tang, how about we sleep together and get stronger?"

She couldn't do it.

But as she looked at those clothes, the food, and then at Jiang Jing'an holding Huang Tang, she couldn't help but think.

If... if she could just lower her pride...

No!

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

She was the CEO! How could she think of such things!

But that thought, like a weed, kept growing back every time she pushed it down.

...

An hour later, everyone was full and their emotions had stabilized.

Huang Tang glanced at the system panel, and the cooldown for [Good Luck Comes] was over.

"It's time to open the treasure chests," he said.

Everyone immediately gathered around.

Huang Tang took out two Bronze Treasure Chests from the System Space.

One was found in a logistics warehouse, and the other was a reward from a server-wide announcement.

Two identical yellow iron boxes lay quietly on the ground.

"Which one should we open first?"

"You go ahead."

Huang Tang first used the card [Good Luck Comes].

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

[Obtained: Military Crossbow ×1]

[Obtained: Bricks ×100]

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

"Bricks?" he said in disbelief, "Bricks from a Bronze Treasure Chest? Are you kidding me!"

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

Huang Tang picked up the crossbow and tested its feel.

This was a good item.

The Military Crossbow had a range and power comparable to a pistol, and it was silent.

The only downside was the slow reload time.

Huang Tang looked at the second treasure chest.

"[Good Luck Comes], give me some strength!"

A flash of golden light.

[Obtained: Soft Mattress ×1]

[Obtained: Super Soldier Serum ×1]

[Obtained: Durex ×1]

[Obtained: Bricks ×100]

The air suddenly became silent.

Everyone's expressions were priceless.

A soft mattress.

Durex.

These two items together... really made people think in a certain direction.

"How... how could there be such a thing!" Cai Lin's face turned red to her ears as she grabbed the small box, "We must throw it away!"

"Don't!" Jiang Jing'an quickly snatched it back, "President Cai, what are you doing?"

Cai Lin glared at her, "Why keep such a thing?"

"To use it, of course." Jiang Jing'an blinked innocently, "We're surviving in the apocalypse now, any resource could be useful, right, Brother Huang Tang?"

She looked at Huang Tang.

Huang Tang cleared his throat, absolutely right!

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

"What if... I'm just saying what if, someone needs it?"

Cai Lin's face turned blue then red, red then blue.

A mere receptionist daring to mock her like this?

If it were before, in the company, she would have fired such a person long ago.

But now...

She took a deep breath and held back.

Now it's the apocalypse, her previous position, her previous prestige, all useless.

"You..." She opened her mouth, but in the end, only managed to say, "You keep it."

Huang Tang watched this scene from the side, secretly amazed.

This Jiang Jing'an, her combat power is quite strong.

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

[Super Soldier Serum]

[Description: After injection, it can comprehensively enhance physical fitness. Strength, speed, endurance, and recovery ability are greatly enhanced.]

Huang Tang's eyes lit up.

"This thing..." he swallowed, "is it like Captain America?"

Without hesitation, Huang Tang said, "Survival here, strength is the most important."

He opened the serum, the liquid inside glowing a faint blue.

Gritting his teeth, he injected it into his arm.

As it pushed in, a surge of heat erupted from the injection site, spreading through his veins to his entire body.

Huang Tang felt like his body was thrown into a furnace, every cell burning.

"Ah—!!!"

He couldn't help but shout out.

Muscles began to swell, tighten, tear, and reorganize.

His height shot up.

175, 178, 180, 182, 185!

"Bang!"

His clothes burst apart, fragments flying everywhere.

When everything calmed down, Huang Tang stood before everyone, giving off a completely different vibe.

Standing at 185, broad shoulders, narrow waist, eight-pack abs clearly visible, each muscle defined.

His skin had a healthy glow, and he looked... like a model stepping off a magazine cover.

"Hiss—"

Someone drew a sharp breath.

All the women were stunned.

Then.

Several hands simultaneously covered their eyes.

But the gaps between their fingers were wide open.

Huang Tang felt the power surging through his body, his kidneys like perpetual motion machines, with endless energy.

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

Then he noticed everyone was looking at him.

He looked down.

Not only was his upper body bare.

He was completely naked below.

Huang Tang straightened his back, confident in his strength, let them look!

"Alright, stop showing off, put some clothes on."

Cai Lin was speechless at Huang Tang's display of muscles and more.

How could he be so shameless!

Huang Tang pulled out a new set of clothes from the System Space and put them on.

Several women let out disappointed sighs.

"Alright, there'll be more chances to see in the future."

Huang Tang cleared his throat, changing the subject by opening the homeowner panel, "Let me see what the next level requires."

[Current House: Simple Two-Story Wooden House]

[Upgrade Goal: Sturdy Three-Story Villa]

[Upgrade Requirements: Bricks ×200, Steel ×100, Wood ×50, Cement ×10, Three-Story Villa Blueprint ×1]

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Huang Tang was stunned.

Then he looked at the two hundred bricks in the System Space.

Finally understood why bricks kept coming out of the treasure chests.

Misjudged the system.

"But where to get steel, cement, blueprints?"

Especially since the Any Door has closed!

And the flood will rise another meter tomorrow.

Not upgrading the house means being close to death!

Night deepened.

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

The problem was, there was only one mattress.

The [Soft Mattress] from the Bronze Treasure Chest, no matter how spacious, couldn't fit twenty-five people.

"How do we sleep?" Bai Tao voiced everyone's concern.

Everyone looked at each other.

Jiang Jing'an's eyes twinkled, and she spoke first, "I think those who contributed to gathering resources today should sleep on the mattress. The rest can sleep on the floor."

As she spoke, she naturally sat on the mattress and patted the spot beside her, "Brother Huang Tang, you should definitely sleep on the mattress, right? You worked the hardest today, unpacking so many deliveries."

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

"Come, come, this way."

Huang Tang: "..."

Alright then.

The other women exchanged glances, but on reflection, it made sense. Today, Huang Tang, Jiang Jing'an, and Cai Lin risked going through the Any Door, bringing back so many supplies. It seemed reasonable for them to sleep on the mattress.

Cai Lin stood nearby, her expression complex.

By contribution, she should also sleep on the mattress.

But Jiang Jing'an had already pulled Huang Tang close. If she went over too... wouldn't that mean sleeping next to Huang Tang with Jiang Jing'an?

She bit her lip and finally sat at the edge of the mattress, leaving a person's space between them.

Jiang Jing'an smiled at her but said nothing, just snuggled a bit closer to Huang Tang.

The others began finding spots to lay out on the floor.

Fortunately, the two-story wooden house was spacious enough, a hundred square meters, just enough for twenty-something people to spread out.

Su Qing laid a blanket on the floor and lay down, but her eyes remained fixed on Jiang Jing'an's back on the mattress, her molars clenched tight.

The lights went out.

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

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

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

The warm touch carried a faint fragrance.

Huang Tang swallowed, trying to think of something else.

Where to find steel and cement tomorrow...

And what exactly is the blueprint?

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

[System Warning!]

[Monster Night Raid is about to begin! Countdown 60 seconds!]

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