Don't Think You Can Do Whatever You Want Just Because You Have Food!

Shen Jin placed the Diamond pickaxe on the Enchanting Table.

The floating Enchanting Book directly above it suddenly flipped open to a blank page.

Words gradually appeared:

杩炰贡镰佽兘鑳界湅镍5 World Coins

鎺ヤ笅﹀暒锛.4 World Coins

娌堣繘鍏跺疄鎯宠鍟嗗╁拰鏉10 World Coins

∑(っ°Д°;)っ

Shen Jin said, "Wabi baboo???"

"What the hell is with all this garbled text!!! That's too much!"

Shen Jin realized that the Enchanting content was written in characters no human could recognize.

That was an old Minecraft tradition. He hadn't expected it to be this damn annoying even after becoming reality.

"Anyway, the most expensive one should have the best Enchanting attributes, right?"

Shen Jin hadn't used Enchanting much in the game. He usually went straight for drills and jetpacks. Who had time to mess around with vanilla enchantments?

"I currently have 20 World Coins. The next stage of unlocking the mod requires 30 World Coins, so I should climb the tech tree first. Enchanting can wait; there aren't many places to use it right now."

He had a Diamond pickaxe for mining and an energy-enhanced Iron Sword for killing Zombies. He didn't urgently need Enchanting tools to open up the situation.

Shen Jin looked toward the system interface. Sure enough, a new mission had appeared.

Ding~ New Mission

Mission: Build a miniature human settlement

Requirement: Take in 30 survivors and have them settle within your territory for seven days without leaving

Mission Reward: 20 World Coins; unlock the "Daily Missions" module

Current Progress: 4/30

Mission Description: To survive better in the apocalypse, you need to develop your own forces. Go take in the survivors suffering outside!

Shen Jin immediately frowned.

"Tap, tap, tap~"

His fingers rhythmically tapped against the glass tabletop, producing crisp sounds.

After a long while,

"System, will there be any punishment if I don't do this mission?"

"."

Only silence answered Shen Jin.

Ever since he had obtained the system, it had never once spoken to him.

Those systems in novels that constantly spouted nonsense were complete lies!

He didn't know why the system wanted him to complete these missions, nor did he know who issued the rewards behind them.

Although Shen Jin often secretly rejoiced over obtaining the system,

he always felt that it was a trap.

The answer to that trap lay within these missions.

This was the system's only interaction with him.

"Kill Zombies—claim territory—kill Evolved Zombies—build a Gathering Place—?"

The mission progression was clear, and everything was within his capabilities.

"Could the system's goal be... to keep me from peacefully being a useless slob? Does it insist on making me stir up trouble everywhere?"

Especially this mission. It actually wanted Shen Jin to bring thirty people of unknown backgrounds into the Gathering Place.

"Good grief! System, you really aren't afraid of being exposed, are you? But I am! Who knows if some protagonist like Long Aotian will show up and casually crush me to death?"

Shen Jin felt that the system was mysteriously optimistic. What made it think he could take other people in?

As if he were humanity's savior.

"But... the system only said to take them in. It didn't specify how I had to treat them. If that's the case..."

Three days passed.

Shen Jin still spent every day teasing his little niece and Shang Qian before heading out to sweep through places and gather supplies.

He had just cleaned out a foreign-trade clothing factory and acquired quite a few winter clothes.

Li Moxiao and Shang Qian each picked out quite a few of the fashionable styles.

Shen Jin had also opened up two rooms underground for the two of them and installed ventilation and electrical facilities.

That was all ridiculously easy for Shen Jin. Especially now that he had a Combustion Generator, he didn't mind wasting electricity at all.

There were several huge warehouses full of coal. Burn away!

Shen Jin believed that no matter how safe it was outside, it could never be safer than underground.

The main thing was that others thought you were on the first floor while they were on the third floor, only for you to actually be underground.

It was great!

To guard against nonexistent enemies attacking, Shen Jin also made arrangements in many different areas.

November 11th.

Shen Jin didn't go out today.

He was going to take the Gene Optimization Serum 1.0!

After observing Yang Ao's body for three days and finding no adverse reactions, Shen Jin was finally reassured.

Yang Ao's skills had improved more and more over the past two days. Although he was still extremely respectful toward Shen Jin, that slight feeling of being beyond his control made Shen Jin uncomfortable.

That was also why Shen Jin had been acting separately from Yang Ao these past few days.

Shen Jin carried a huge pile of food into Li Moxiao's room.

It was a room filled with the atmosphere of a young girl.

A Fluorescent Lamp, a specialty of the basic Industrial Mod, had been installed, giving the room an appropriate level of brightness.

After installing a ventilating fan at ground level, the underground space remained warm, while the air was fresh and pleasant.

It was only while decorating the room that Shen Jin, who loved scavenging, realized just how many good things he had.

The bed went without saying. It was a pure wool bed produced by the system.

Wide, soft, and comfortable!

He had also set out various dolls, figurines, and a PS4!

An otaku gamer girl's room was complete.

At that moment, Li Moxiao, who was playing on the PS4, noticed Shen Jin entering with bags full of food.

Her eyes suddenly lit up!

"Wow! No way, no way? Even an iron tree blooms on Singles' Day?"

Shen Jin grimaced. "What kind of thing is that to say? It's not like I've been starving you! Rice and noodles—which one haven't I let you eat your fill of?"

Li Moxiao said quietly, "Vegetables."

Fine, Shen Jin admitted that aside from that one time when he had gone crazy and brought out steaks for Li Moxiao to eat her fill,

he had later secretly told Shang Qian to conserve meat and vegetables, especially limiting Li Moxiao's portions.

"Ah, forget that. I'm here for something important today. I'll lock the door first, so don't make any noise."

Shen Jin locked the door from the inside and began taking out food, placing it all on the table.

Li Moxiao blushed.

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"W-What are you trying to do?! Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you have food!"

As she spoke without the slightest confidence, Li Moxiao thought about what she was about to face.

I'm only sixteen!

Hentai!

Then, looking at the table full of staple foods and snacks, sorrow rose in her heart.

Tears of disappointment flowed from the corners of her mouth.

Shen Jin felt that drinking the Gene Optimization Serum was still somewhat dangerous. During that period, he would need to eat large amounts of food, his body would undergo changes, and his mobility would be impaired.

To guard against an attack from nowhere, Shen Jin decided to pull a switcheroo.

He would secretly take the serum in Li Moxiao's room and have her watch over him. If anything went wrong and he fainted, she would care for him until he woke up.

In the end, Shen Jin still trusted his biological little niece more, despite having no blood relation to her.

"I'll get really hot later and need to take off some clothes. If you don't want to watch, just turn your head away. No matter what you see later, don't scream. Don't let anyone know I'm in your room."

Shen Jin felt that he had explained everything clearly.

Li Moxiao's face turned even redder, and her small hands pinched several red marks into her long, fair legs.

She hadn't expected Shen Jin to be so direct today. Before this, he had always talked about being some kind of belt contestant.

But now...

He was making her look at something so embarrassing, while forbidding her to scream or let anyone know.

"Now? Isn't this too fast...?"

Shen Jin took off his coat and pulled out the Gene Optimization Serum from his bag. Hearing that, he felt rather confused.

"Fast? I've been observing things for several days already. There shouldn't be any problem, right? No more stalling. Today's the day!"

Li Moxiao's face had once been somewhat puffy from malnutrition, but now her delicate oval face was clearly visible.

Her skin, tight, tender, and fair in the way unique to a young girl, seemed as though it had been set ablaze.

The blush had spread all the way to her neck and earlobes.

Li Moxiao's mind was a mess. Although she had guessed that this day would come sooner or later,

ever since she had heard Shen Jin slap her three times while she was unconscious, then tightly hold her head against his chest,

she had known that she might have fallen for someone.

This person was a little stingy, a little cowardly, and even a huge hentai!

But beneath his calm yet goofy exterior, he hid the kindest heart in the whole world.

Still, it was happening now...

"I'm a little nervous. I'll eat some snacks first..." Li Moxiao grabbed a packet of Cute Duo and stuffed it into her mouth.

"You're not the one taking the serum, so why are you nervous? Just lie on the bed and watch me for a while."

"Ah!? You're taking medicine too?"

Li Moxiao was stunned!

"I'm so nervous..."

Shen Jin gulped down the serum. Looking at Li Moxiao's bashful, fidgeting appearance, he was utterly baffled.

"It's not like you're the one getting your genes modified. What the hell are you nervous about?"

"Huh? Modifying... genes???"

Aaaah! Your little niece is acting cute and asking for votes and tips!