Searching for Gene Optimization Serum

In the morning, Shen Jin looked with satisfaction at Shang Qian preparing breakfast. Her perky buttocks were turned towards him and Li Moxiao, trembling slightly.

Because of a phone call the previous night, Li Moxiao and Shang Qian, women who had initially been at odds, suddenly became familiar with each other.

The two of them spent the entire night watching romance movies on the iPad Shen Jin had given them.

Shen Jin, watching from behind the camera, saw them laughing heartily.

Ah, Shang Qian was blooming, while Li Moxiao was, at best, a bud just beginning to open.

Then he couldn't help but sigh, wondering when he would finally get a proper girlfriend.

How was his college first love doing now?

Had she sagged?

Had she developed corpse spots?

Had she evolved moss?

After finishing breakfast, Shen Jin went out from the second floor onto the rooftop.

"1000 square meters of territory... a bit troublesome. A square plot with sides of 33 meters, covering the area of five large villas."

Shen Jin's current location was north of the Harbor District in Q City, precisely in the northeast of Q City's most prosperous downtown area.

This was also why he had been living here with peace of mind.

If he were in the downtown area, the constantly roaming zombies would likely fill his traps every day.

To the north of his villa were scattered villas and land for farming. A few kilometers further was 'Huangnan Village'.

To the west was a dense urban village. People who couldn't afford housing in the city or were looking for cheaper options would settle here temporarily.

To the east, due to convenient transportation, were various factories and smaller residential communities. Wanyu Group and 'Kind Auntie' were both located here.

The south was very interesting!

Almost all the greatest wealth Shen Jin had acquired so far came from scavenging in the south.

Adjacent to it was a foreign trade company, its warehouses filled with export goods. Warehouses of many other companies were also located here.

This was because, further south, there was a train station with both freight and passenger transport, making transportation very convenient.

And about 6 kilometers south was Q City's largest port!

This was also why various manufacturers placed their warehouses in this area; transportation was convenient, both by land and by water.

However, after the apocalypse, everything in these warehouses and the port now belonged to Shen Jin.

Good heavens! It had exhausted Shen Jin at the time.

"What are you looking at? Why don't I see Sun Can? Do you dislike the food I made?"

Although Shang Qian wanted to maintain a cool demeanor, a hint of fawning could not be missed in her tone.

Shen Jin felt a pang of emotion. She was the dream girl of all the male colleagues in the company back then, the object of many nocturnal fantasies.

Now, just to survive, she had to adopt such a posture.

"He left yesterday. Didn't you hear his screams? Haha~"

Shen Jin recalled how even Sun Can, a powerful ability user, had suffered under his meticulously laid traps, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of pride.

The reason humans could defeat animals wasn't muscle, but brains!

"This..." Shang Qian looked at Shen Jin's smug expression and suddenly thought of some idioms:

"Hiss... Facing the male head-on, male on top of male, a bottomless pit of desire!"

"Huh? Why are you suddenly reciting idioms?"

"Oh, oh. It's nothing. If he left, he left. He probably just went to... clear his head and will come back."

Shen Jin neither agreed nor disagreed.

"Oh, right. Since you're up here, if you wanted to build a 1000 square meter base in the apocalypse, which surrounding areas would you cordon off?"

The mission rewards were generous, so Shen Jin decided to tackle this next.

Of course, according to his own wishes, he would definitely cordon off the northern area, the vast farming land and scattered houses where there were fewer zombies and people.

"1000 square meters? Are you planning to expand the gathering place? I think it would be best to look to the east. Just cordon off a factory, and that would be enough. Plus, factories have dormitories and various living facilities. If the zombies could be cleared out, it would be the best gathering place!"

Shang Qian didn't know if Shen Jin was testing her or if he genuinely intended to expand, so she stated her thoughts first.

"To the east? There are many zombies there..."

"But the profit is the highest! Take this fertilizer company across the street to the east, for example. The factory area is large, definitely over 1000 square meters of floor space, and it has its own walls, factory buildings, and dormitories. The surrounding roads are all-connected, making it very convenient to go to the seaside or the railway. The living facilities inside are complete, and there might even be a backup power system."

Shen Jin thought about it. Although he had the ability to build matchbox-like structures, they lacked various living facilities, which would be very inconvenient if people were to live there in the future.

If he used his ability frequently, he would quickly be discovered by those with ulterior motives.

It would be better to occupy a factory and solve the problem once and for all.

"Okay! Then let's go cordon off 1000 square meters of land in the northern farming area!"

Shang Qian: "???"

"Are you just blowing smoke right now?"

Shen Jin looked at Shang Qian, who looked angry but dared not speak, and chuckled, "I never said I was going to take anyone in."

"Then why are you marking out such a large territory? Keeping it as an heirloom?"

Shen Jin smiled and remained silent.

The system told him to mark out his own territory; it didn't force him to take anyone in.

Shen Jin figured he could just build some walls around it and be done with it. At worst, it could be the backyard for his villa later, for planting things and such.

Claiming land meant clearing out zombies, so Shen Jin decided not to rush.

"A craftsman must first sharpen his tools if he wishes to do his work well."

Regular zombies posed little threat to his Blockify Ability.

But evolved zombies were a different story; they could likely ambush and kill him before he could react.

"Alright, you keep Li Moxiao company. I'm going out for a bit. Make your own food. And be mindful of what you use."

"Uh..." Shang Qian hesitated.

"Go on," Shen Jin prompted.

"But... Li Moxiao alone eats as much as at least three people."

Shen Jin's forehead broke out in a sweat. Did he just adopt a Taotie?!

"Tell her to eat less vegetables and more rice and steamed buns!"

Shen Jin found Yang Ao in the underground room. He was going to search for the 'Gene Optimization Serum 1.0'!

Without certainty, Shen Jin wouldn't risk using blood crystals to unlock abilities, nor would he put himself in extremely dangerous situations to try and unlock his gene lock.

But he still wanted to get stronger.

It was like some girls before the apocalypse – they were afraid of pain but wanted pleasure.

His only option was to take medicine.

"Let's go. Take me to your father's research lab. The serum is one dose per person."

Shen Jin ultimately decided this division was appropriate. Even an emperor needed someone to test his food!

With his net worth in the hundreds of millions, could he casually take a serum of unknown origin?

Although Yang Ao had been cooperative last time, he couldn't be too careful.

Upon learning that Shen Jin was going to the laboratory, Yang Ao became incredibly excited!

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"We should have gone long ago! With your Earth-based Ability, it'll be incredibly simple. After drinking the serum, I'm not saying you'll become Superman, but at least Captain America."

"Here, let's go."

Shen Jin tossed Yang Ao a backpack containing enough food and water for them to eat for three days, along with a map of Q City.

"Alright, Brother Jin! If we find it successfully this time, will there be roast chicken again?"

"No."

Seeing Yang Ao's disappointed expression, Shen Jin's lips curved upwards:

"Isn't a braised pig's trotter more delicious?"

Yang Ao: (Sigh)