"Are the survivors trying to escape to my side?"
Xu Zhengyang felt a bit of a headache upon hearing this, but then he thought it made sense.
Before the apocalypse, there was no one in the northern suburbs, and naturally, there wouldn't be any zombies here after the apocalypse.
Once the survivors realized this, they would certainly think of escaping here to hide.
At that moment, Da Bai said to Xu Zhengyang, "Master, the Prism Tower has been completed!"
"Oh?"
Xu Zhengyang's heart stirred upon hearing this, and he immediately went to the ground.
The Prism Tower was quite tall.
At the top of the Prism Tower were large rectangular mirrors on all eight sides.
The Energy Beam of the Prism Tower was emitted from here!
"Biu!"
"Biu!"
...
Xu Zhengyang immediately controlled the Prism Tower to attack the surrounding ruins, testing the power of the Prism Tower! The radius was centered on the Prism Tower, within a five-kilometer radius.
Whether it was red bricks and black tiles, steel and concrete, or abandoned machinery...
None of these could withstand the attack of the Energy Beam from the Prism Tower! Under the illumination of the Energy Beam, everything blocking its path was nothing but a paper tiger; no matter what it was, it was completely pierced through!
"Good, good."
Seeing the power of the Prism Tower, Xu Zhengyang nodded in satisfaction.
Then Xu Zhengyang instructed Da Bai, "Since the Prism Tower of the shelter has been built, it wouldn't hurt to provide some limited assistance to the survivors in Baicheng."
That said, Xu Zhengyang understood the principle of 'a grain of kindness can lead to a grain of enmity.'
So Xu Zhengyang asked Da Bai, "What is the effective range of the M2 Browning heavy machine gun operated by the universal robot on the lookout tower?"
"Please wait a moment, Master, I will test it right away."
As soon as Da Bai finished speaking, Xu Zhengyang heard a series of "da da da" gunfire sounds coming from the lookout tower.
After a moment, Da Bai replied to Xu Zhengyang, "Although the maximum range of the M2 Browning heavy machine gun can reach 2500 meters, due to objective factors such as temperature, humidity, and wind speed, even if the universal robot can always maintain the best shooting condition, it can only guarantee absolute precision shooting within 1500 meters."
"1500 meters, huh."
Xu Zhengyang nodded upon hearing this, then said to Da Bai, "If the survivors escape near the shelter, tell them that the area within fifteen hundred meters of the shelter's walls is an absolute no-go zone, and anyone daring to enter will be killed without mercy! However, from fifteen hundred meters to five thousand meters, I allow them to hide from zombies here."
"Of course. Just right, our resource recovery center hasn't been activated yet. If these survivors can collect various abandoned metals, you can exchange the surplus food produced in the agricultural area with them."
"Understood, Master," Da Bai replied.
Xu Zhengyang had already run back and forth to Jiang Province and was feeling a bit tired.
So after instructing Da Bai on how to handle the survivors, he took a bath and then returned to his bedroom to rest.
...
The next morning.
As soon as Xu Zhengyang opened his eyes, a series of system subtitles appeared before him: [Main Quest: Rubber (Completed)]
[Reward: Secondary Agility Awakening Injection]
...
[Secondary Agility Awakening Injection]
[Effect: Using it will raise your agility attribute to 10 points and immediately grant you an Awakening Skill.]
Xu Zhengyang had already used the awakening injection four times.
So after receiving the quest reward, he directly injected it into his vein.
[You have used the [Secondary Agility Awakening Injection]]
[Your agility attribute has been raised to 10 points]
[You have gained the skill [Dynamic Vision]]
[You have gained the skill [Blur]]
Seeing the series of system subtitles in front of him, Xu Zhengyang looked down to check the detailed attributes of these two skills: [Advanced Dynamic Vision: Your ability to capture, decompose, and perceive moving target images has been significantly enhanced.]
[Blur: Your movements are more agile, making it harder for enemies' ranged attacks to hit you.]
Compared to Blur, Xu Zhengyang was more satisfied with the Advanced Dynamic Vision skill!
Previously, when Xu Zhengyang piloted the FPV drone form of the Hurricane multifunctional light mecha, he had to slow down during low-altitude flights.
Otherwise, at the speed of the FPV drone, Xu Zhengyang's eyes couldn't keep up with the changes in the environment.
He would inevitably crash into various low-altitude obstacles.
But now, with the Advanced Dynamic Vision skill, even if Xu Zhengyang didn't slow down, he could maneuver the FPV drone with ease, performing various extreme flight maneuvers like a flying master! "This is great!"
Feeling the changes within himself, Xu Zhengyang nodded in satisfaction.
Then he opened his task list to check the latest main quest:
[Main Quest: Rubber Processing Plant (In Progress)]
[You need to build a rubber processing plant within the shelter to process various rubber products that meet your needs.]
[Task Objective: Build a rubber processing plant (the area of the rubber processing plant must be no less than 2000 square meters).]
[Task Reward: Shelter Control Center Fusion Device.]
This task wasn't difficult.
What Xu Zhengyang cared about more was the reward for this task, the Shelter Control Center Fusion Device!
"What is this useful for?"
Xu Zhengyang was very much looking forward to the surprise this task would bring upon completion, so he immediately said to Da Bai, "Da Bai, set aside a 2000 square meter factory space in the industrial area for me! Then check where there are rubber processing plants nearby!"
"Understood, Master."
As soon as Da Bai finished speaking, the Engineering Robot began to move! Soon after, Da Bai sent a route navigation to Xu Zhengyang's contact lenses, saying, "Master, there is a newly built rubber factory here; you just need to bring their equipment back."
After that, Da Bai said to Xu Zhengyang, "Master, I overestimated the speed of societal collapse yesterday. As of now, while satellite communications are still functioning normally, the ground servers have shut down due to power outages. Currently, 89% of the global internet is offline, and I can no longer provide you with instant assistance everywhere like before."
"It's fine."
Xu Zhengyang had anticipated this moment long ago, so he said to Da Bai, "Since there is no one monitoring now, hack into some satellites to ensure we can communicate synchronously when I go out."
"That's not difficult, Master."
Before Da Bai finished speaking, it had already hacked into some satellites that were still functioning normally and transformed them into dedicated communication satellites for the shelter!
"Is this considered inheriting the legacy of human civilization?"
After the apocalypse arrived, this was the first time Xu Zhengyang did something even more enjoyable than before the apocalypse! So he couldn't help but exclaim, "The sea is wide for fish to leap, the sky is high for birds to fly!"
(End of Chapter)