After sending the message, he closed the private chat.

Looking up, he found Cai Lin and Su Qing staring at him with an indescribable expression.

"What's wrong?" Huang Tang asked innocently.

Cai Lin took a deep breath, "Doesn't your conscience hurt for deceiving him like that?"

Su Qing nodded, "If he finds out you're the one who took his supplies, he might just crawl through the internet to kill you."

Huang Tang shrugged, "What did I deceive him about? It was all consensual!"

Cai Lin: "..."

Su Qing: "..."

Jiang Jing'an suddenly jumped over and hugged Huang Tang's neck, "Brother Huang Tang! You're so bad! I love it!"

As she spoke, she gave Huang Tang a peck on the cheek.

Not only was Huang Tang momentarily stunned, but the other women also had a change in their expressions.

No one expected that while they were still hesitating, Jiang Jing'an had already taken a big step forward!

Cai Lin watched this scene, her expression extremely complicated.

She thought of her own [Hehuan System]...

If this continued, wouldn't she become the third wheel?

No way!

Cai Lin secretly made up her mind, for survival, she had to win over Huang Tang before Jiang Jing'an.

No matter what others thought, she couldn't be the third wheel!

"Everything is for survival, I'm not just after a man..."

Cai Lin sneaked a glance at Huang Tang among the group of women, her face turning redder.

The other women also had their own thoughts, because not only Cai Lin, they each had a hidden system...

Since they were all going to become Huang Tang's women sooner or later, shouldn't they act first?

They couldn't let Jiang Jing'an keep taking the lead!

Huang Tang was unaware of the little calculations in the women's hearts. He closed the World Channel and took out the Bronze Treasure Chest he found at the meat processing plant from the System Space.

The yellow iron chest lay quietly on the ground, its surface glistening with a faint metallic sheen.

"Opening it now?" Jiang Jing'an leaned over.

"Yeah." Huang Tang nodded, "Even without the [Good Luck Comes] card, let's try our luck."

He took a deep breath and opened the treasure chest.

A flash of golden light.

[Acquired: Three-Story Villa Blueprint ×1]

Huang Tang was stunned.

The women were also stunned.

Then.

"Ahhhhhhh!!!"

The screams nearly lifted the roof.

"A blueprint! It's a blueprint!"

"The one we needed the most!"

"Huang Tang, you're so lucky!!!"

Huang Tang also laughed, holding the blueprint, feeling a huge weight lifted from his heart.

With the blueprint, and enough materials.

He immediately opened the homeowner panel.

[Current House: Simple Two-Story Wooden House]

[Upgrade Target: Sturdy Three-Story Villa]

[Upgrade?]

Huang Tang immediately clicked [Yes]!

A golden light rose from the entire house.

The whole wooden house began to shake violently, the wooden planks disappearing one by one, replaced by solid brick walls.

The foundation dug deeper, the floors rose higher, and the original simple wooden structure was completely replaced.

The women screamed as they steadied themselves, watching everything around them change.

The first floor rose, the second floor widened, and the third floor appeared out of thin air.

Windows appeared, stairs formed, and the roof was sealed.

A few minutes later, the shaking stopped.

The golden light faded.

They were now standing inside a brand new Three-Story Small Western-style Building.

The walls were smoothed with cement, the floors poured with concrete, and the stairs were solid brick structures.

Although there was no decoration, just a bare shell, compared to the previous wooden house, it was a world of difference.

The area expanded from one hundred square meters to three hundred square meters!

"This..." Bai Tao from the finance department murmured, "Is this our house?"

"Three-Story Small Western-style Building..." Someone touched the wall, eyes red.

"From a thatched hut, to a wooden house, to a small Western-style building..."

"We survived..."

The women hugged each other, crying and laughing.

Huang Tang stood aside, watching this scene, a sense of accomplishment welling up inside him.

Just then, a loud mechanical voice sounded again:

Find the original at " pa𝑤read.com ".

[Global Announcement!]

[Congratulations to player "Huang Tang" for being the first homeowner to upgrade their house to a Three-Story Small Western-style Building!]

[Special announcement, unlocking new feature: House Renovation!]

[House Renovation: Homeowners can personalize the interior of their house, including room layout, functional zoning, and decoration style. Materials required for renovation depend on the content.]

[Hope all players continue to strive, the flood never stops, and neither does building!]

The World Channel exploded again.

[Damn??? Three-Story Small Western-style Building?!]

[I just finished building a wooden house, and someone already has a Three-Story Small Western-style Building?]

[We're all players, why is the gap widening?!]

[Huang Tang, please take me with you! I'm a cute girl, can unlock any position!]

[Upstairs, are you sure you're a cute girl? Post a photo!]

[Get lost!]

Huang Tang looked at the "can unlock any position" comment, not yet reacting, when the twenty-four women behind him shouted in unison:

"Not needed!!!"

The voice was so loud, it startled Huang Tang.

He turned around and saw the twenty-four women staring at the World Channel, their eyes full of vigilance.

"What..." he started to say.

"Huang Tang is ours!" someone declared.

"Yeah, outsiders don't even think about it!"

"That so-called cute girl, let her stay wherever it's cool!"

Huang Tang: "..."

He just glanced at it!

Huang Tang shook his head, opened the homeowner panel, and found the newly unlocked [House Renovation] feature.

A three-dimensional model appeared, exactly the model of this Three-Story Small Western-style Building.

He could adjust the layout with his mind.

"What should we change?" he asked.

"Bedrooms!" Jiang Jing'an was the first to raise her hand, "I want a bedroom!"

"Yeah, we can't keep sleeping on the floor!"

Huang Tang nodded and began to operate.

Three floors, each one hundred square meters.

But the first floor was already flooded, the second floor wasn't safe either, so the only viable option was the third floor.

Ideally, he could partition out a dozen small rooms.

But the problem was, there weren't enough materials!

He only had a little over a hundred units of wood left, and most of the steel and cement had just been used up.

In the end, he used the remaining wood to partition out a dozen small wooden rooms on the third floor.

Each room was only a few square meters, just enough to fit a mattress and a few personal items.

The partitions were thin wooden boards, offering no soundproofing at all; you could hear a pin drop in the next room.

Aside from Huang Tang, everyone else had to share a room with another person.

[Renovation complete, consumed wood ×107]

[Current remaining wood: 50]

Huang Tang looked at the thin wooden walls, thinking, if he wanted to do something in the future, these walls might as well not exist.

But now wasn't the time to think about that...

"You can allocate the rooms among yourselves, go pick one." he said.

The women cheered and began to rush for the rooms.

Jiang Jing'an managed to grab the room next to Huang Tang's, then poked her head out and winked at him, "Brother Huang Tang, we're neighbors."

Su Qing was a step slower, only managing to grab the room opposite Jiang Jing'an, stomping her feet in frustration.

Cai Lin stood in the hallway, watching these women fight over a wooden partition, feeling a bit dazed.

A few days ago, they were still company white-collars, each with their own apartment, living a refined life.

Now, a ten-square-meter wooden partition could make them so happy.

This was the apocalypse.

She pushed open the door to her room, finding it empty and small.

As simple as it could be.

Yet, she felt inexplicably at ease.

At least, there was a place to stay.

At least, they were alive!

At dinner time, Huang Tang took out the meat he brought back from Zombie City and had a colleague with the [Chef] talent prepare a sumptuous dinner.

Braised pork, stewed beef, meatball soup...

All meat.

The women ate with oil dripping from their mouths, their happiness overflowing.

"This life is better than ordering takeout before!" someone sighed.

"Exactly, even though the house is small, with meat to eat, what more could you want?"

Huang Tang listened to their chatter, but he had no appetite.

He was thinking about the next house upgrade.

He wanted to rest, but stopping meant death!