This Is Precious Food

"Ring, ring..."

"Hello?"

"Yang, dear, I heard from your uncle that you bought a villa in Heyang? And an Audi? What's going on? You didn't tell your dad and me."

"Oh, that. I was planning to tell you when I came back in a few days. I've been working on a project recently, found a new way to make money, and earned a bit. It's only enough for a downtown apartment in Linhai City, but in Heyang, it goes a lot further, so I bought a villa..."

"There are a lot of important things I need to finalize here, so I don't dare to relax too much. I'm thinking once things are stable here, I'll come back and tell you. Please don't let Dad do any strenuous work these next few days..."

The bright headlights of the car shone on the dark road, like a fierce beast moving forward on the path.

Just after hanging up Chen Qian's call, the phone rang again. It was his mother, asking about the post Li Yang had put on his Moments earlier. Li Yang chuckled and explained to her, while also thinking about how to arrange things for his parents next.

Although his parents knew how to use smartphones, they only knew the most basic operations and couldn't understand things like Moments. The reason they knew about his Moments was because relatives had called and told them.

However... things in the Apocalyptic World had initially yielded good results, enough for him to confidently return and settle his parents down in the short term.

After hanging up the phone, Li Yang looked at the road illuminated by the headlights and thought to himself.

He wouldn't proceed to the next stage of exploration in the Apocalyptic World until the gene testing equipment arrived. To get this equipment, he first needed to earn enough 'Base Currency.' This should be a new universal currency under the current system of the Apocalyptic World, named directly after the new way of gathering like Base City.

And in that case... he would have to trade food.

In the technologically advanced Apocalyptic World, all he could do was trade food.

He would keep doing it until the yield met his needs.

Li Yang looked at the bag of rice, bag of flour, and sack of vegetables in the trunk and pondered.

These things might not be enough for them to eat for three months, but he had to consider their status.

As Li Yang's slaves, their property, even they themselves belonged to Li Yang. As for any trading, it was originally Li Yang's own.

Therefore, how much food he gave them didn't depend on what they traded with Li Yang; it all depended on his whim.

In other words, he was the master, and he could do whatever he wanted.

Of course, for the sake of that woman, Li Yang didn't mind using the form of a trade. After all, that man was his slave, but that woman wasn't.

I need to find a way to make her wear a Slave Collar too.

Li Yang's thoughts stirred. The car, with its headlights on, drove into the entrance of a suburban house in the dim night.

Li Yang closed the car door, got out, opened the house door, and carried the food from the car inside one by one. He then locked the door from the inside and took the newly bought detector upstairs to the second and third floors to check the radiation levels.

Zero.

Li Yang's eyes flickered. He brought the new equipment from Earth and checked if any of his things here had been moved. Seeing that everything was as it was, he breathed a sigh of relief. He then picked up the large bag of packed food, put the detector in his pocket, and with a bag of rice in his other hand, his body flickered back to the Apocalyptic World.

"Phew~"

Looking at the sky of the Apocalyptic World, which was also entering dusk, Li Yang let out a breath. He glanced at the video feed from the first drone. The man, Yu Dong, and the woman, Chang Yanyan, were still on the rooftop. He nodded in satisfaction, fastened the rice, flour, and eight portions of fast food onto the agricultural drone, then controlled it to fly up, heading towards the target rooftop in the twilight.

"Buzz..."

The sound of the drone's rotor blades was very loud as it flew. Amidst the buzzing of the rotating blades, it flew all the way to the top of the building, which was a full two kilometers away.

Li Yang set the drone to automatically fly along its historical trajectory, then took out the new radiation detector and took a random reading around him.

The radiation level soared.

As expected.

Li Yang's eyes flickered. He then scanned the Exoskeleton Armor again; it still contained radiation. He dropped the remote control, and with the exoskeleton, his body flashed back into the suburban house, where he scanned it again.

Radiation level zero.

Returning to the Apocalyptic World again, the radiation detector scanned.

There was radiation.

"Phew~"

Having confirmed this, the smile on Li Yang's lips widened, and he instantly felt a sense of security wash over him.

The World Gate really had a purifying effect!

Since that's the case, I can explore this world with peace of mind.

Li Yang smiled, then looked at the drone controller. It had just arrived, so he sat in the chair and watched the monitoring screen.

"They're here, they're here! That Lord didn't break his promise; the things were really delivered!"

"Great! Looks like it's not our time to die yet."

On the rooftop, the slave man Yu Dong's Exoskeleton Armor seemed to have been repaired, and he was standing up. The toolbox on the ground had also been put away. The two of them stood by the rooftop railing, their faces full of excitement as they watched the approaching drone, their gaze fixed on the food on it.

Living itself has a strong pull.

Li Yang looked at their reactions, a smile playing on his lips. He controlled the agricultural drone to descend slowly and land in front of them.

"Open the top box. Inside is prepared food. I don't think anyone can refuse its aroma."

"You don't need to open all of them, just two boxes."

"This is your reward, enough for you to eat for a while. I think you understand the value of uncontaminated food. At the same time, I hope you two give me the sincerity and loyalty that I deserve."

Li Yang watched the scene on the screen and spoke unhurriedly. After his voice fell, the two people on the rooftop followed the instructions and untied the things bound to the drone one by one. Following Li Yang's instructions, they took off the eight boxes of fast food and opened two of them.

Instantly, the aroma of food meticulously crafted in a time of peace flooded their taste buds. These people from the Apocalyptic World, who had only ever eaten flavorless nutritional bars extracted from unspeakable ingredients, froze. Then, they quickly reacted, using a radiation detector to check the radiation levels on the food. Upon confirming it was zero, their breathing became heavy.

The woman, Chang Yanyan, pursed her lips, gritted her teeth, and controlled her mechanical Exoskeleton Armor to run off. After a while, she returned, a Slave Collar identical to Yu Dong's now clearly visible around her neck. She then respectfully tied the controller onto the drone.

"Looks like you're both sensible. Go ahead and enjoy this delicious meal first."

Li Yang watched all of this with a smile. Once the controller was secured on the drone, he immediately piloted the agricultural drone back, his unhurried voice transmitted through the first drone.

The man and the woman immediately picked up the food before them with delight, wolfing it down and savoring this taste they hadn't experienced in over a decade. As they ate, tears even welled up in their eyes.

It's time for another name change. This time it's:

Two Worlds: I Am Homelander!