At this moment.
Da Bai suddenly reminded Xu Zhengyang, "By the way, Master. Last night, according to your arrangement, I placed those survivors in an area 1500 meters away from the shelter. After dealing with a few unruly troublemakers, the vast majority had no objections to your arrangements. However, there is a person named Chen Yabo among the crowd who has been stirring up trouble, leading a small group to cause a ruckus, trying to fight for greater rights."
As Da Bai spoke, he projected a photo of Chen Yabo onto Xu Zhengyang's contact lenses. At the same time, a video of Chen Yabo instigating trouble last night played on another screen.
"Heh."
Seeing this, Xu Zhengyang sneered coldly and disdainfully said, "Unaware of his own mortality!"
Xu Zhengyang was about to head out to collect equipment from the rubber processing plant. It was just right. He could eliminate this ignorant waste at the same time, to prevent him from causing chaos among the people!
...
According to Da Bai's statistics, there were currently 263 survivors outside the shelter. Since Xu Zhengyang had demolished all the buildings around the shelter yesterday, the group of survivors who escaped had no place to shield themselves from the wind and rain, and could only make do on the ruins. Fortunately, it wasn't too cold in Baicheng in October, and it hadn't rained last night. So, the survivors didn't suffer too much.
Just after eight in the morning, Chen Yabo stood on a high point among the ruins, passionately rallying all the survivors, calling for them to unite and fight for their rightful rights...
"Creek—"
But when Xu Zhengyang opened the shelter door and stepped out, the previously fervent Chen Yabo suddenly froze, staring blankly at Xu Zhengyang at the shelter's entrance.
"Hello."
Xu Zhengyang approached Chen Yabo and said, "You seem to have been quite happy causing a ruckus since last night, huh?"
Chen Yabo was startled by the words. He quickly hid among the crowd and deliberately shouted at Xu Zhengyang, "We just want to survive, is that a crime?"
"Did I not provide you with a place to stand?" Xu Zhengyang asked, puzzled. "Who dealt with the zombies last night?"
"With great power comes great responsibility!" Chen Yabo began to incite others, trying to turn Xu Zhengyang against all the survivors. But just as he was about to speak, there was a loud "bang," and a blood hole appeared in the center of Chen Yabo's forehead! Da Bai had been monitoring the situation in real-time last night. So, Xu Zhengyang was fully aware of who shared Chen Yabo's mindset!
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang..."
With another ten gunshots, Xu Zhengyang immediately executed all those with ill intentions!
As he spoke, Xu Zhengyang raised his right hand! Immediately after, he manipulated the Prism Tower to activate eight mirrors that fired eight Energy Beams. A charred warning line was burned into the ground 1500 meters from the shelter! After completing this, Xu Zhengyang addressed the remaining trembling people, "I can offer you some help, ensuring that the zombies won't attack you. The condition is that you must stay 1500 meters away from the walls of my shelter. Anyone who dares to step into this forbidden zone will be killed without mercy!"
After saying this, Xu Zhengyang added, "I also allow you to build houses on the ruins to shield yourselves from the wind and rain. However, the height of the houses must not exceed 2.5 meters. If anyone wants to exchange for some food, fruits, and vegetables here, you only need to collect various scrap metals. I will leave a robot here that will display real-time prices and accept your trade requests 24 hours a day."
After finishing his words, Xu Zhengyang did not linger. He returned to the shelter and immediately transformed the Hurricane Light Multi-Function Mecha into shuttle mode. Then he took off to collect various equipment needed for the rubber processing plant!...
The Blood Plague had just fully erupted. Therefore, the zombies had caused very limited damage to various mechanical devices. Because of this, although the rubber processing plant had suffered some damage, the core equipment had not been too affected. Moreover, with Da Bai around, even if these devices were damaged, Xu Zhengyang could repair them!
...
The next day.
Xu Zhengyang made multiple trips between the rubber processing plant and the shelter, finally bringing back all the equipment to reinstall. Once everything was completed, a series of system subtitles appeared before Xu Zhengyang: [Main Quest: Rubber Processing Plant (Completed)]
[Reward: Shelter Control Center Fusion Device]
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[Shelter Control Center Fusion Device]
[Effect: After use, you will merge with the shelter, becoming one!]
(Prerequisite for use: Must possess the Mechanical Heart/Psychic Heart/Blood Heart to use the Control Center Fusion Device)
(Warning: You must use the fusion device at the Shelter Control Center!) As the system subtitles appeared, a silver light sphere appeared in Xu Zhengyang's hand. After looking at the details of the Shelter Control Center Fusion Device, Xu Zhengyang wondered, "Psychic Heart? Blood Heart? What are those?"
The system would not answer Xu Zhengyang's questions. So, he didn't think too much about it. After arriving at the Shelter Control Center, he followed the instructions and directly pressed the fusion device against his chest!
In the next moment! Xu Zhengyang's heart and the Shelter Control Center simultaneously erupted with blue and white light!
Immediately after, these lights danced in the air, intertwining, and ultimately merging into one! At the same time, Xu Zhengyang felt a jolt in his spirit! Then, a familiar sensation surged in his heart, and Xu Zhengyang felt as if the entire shelter had instantly become part of his body!
"This wonderful feeling..."
Xu Zhengyang suddenly realized and activated, "Isn't this the dream I had when I obtained the Mechanical Heart?"
When Xu Zhengyang obtained the Mechanical Heart, he dreamed of becoming an omnipotent, infinitely large mechanical celestial body! In the dream, although that celestial body was infinitely large, Xu Zhengyang's "gaze" could observe every corner of his body; he could also manipulate every mechanical component on the celestial body at will, transforming it into the shape he needed, doing whatever he wanted!
And now, Xu Zhengyang had already possessed the same ability as in the dream!
Xu Zhengyang had previously thought about how he could gradually become that god-like existence that used stars as fuel in his dream. But now, after using the Shelter Control Center Fusion Device, he finally had a clue on how to achieve this! "So..."
Xu Zhengyang felt an overwhelming excitement at this thought, unable to contain himself, "All I need to do next is to mechanize my shelter, gradually transforming it into a mechanical fortress, right?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Zhengyang immediately frowned and said, "But my shelter is already this big, how much metal will it take to complete the transformation?"