I Am a Good Person

"Even if you became a permanent free resident in a Base City, it would still be impossible to eat food this pure and delicious."

"The earth changed completely long ago. Although the nutrient supplements we eat every day can sustain a day's activities, compared with this delicious food, the taste filled with radiation and mutation... I already feel sick."

"This lord doesn't seem like a cruel person, and he has food like this to eat... So what if we become his slaves? We'll live better than the permanent free residents in the city!"

"He must be a very powerful Gene Evolver. Otherwise, he wouldn't have the leisure to use such an antique for entertainment, nor could he produce such precious Pollution-Free Food... I don't even dare imagine how advanced the potions he uses must be."

"I can't believe there are still uncontaminated things in this world. Didn't the previous nuclear crisis mutate and alter every substance on the planet?"

"Maybe a cutting-edge laboratory developed a new technology and made some additional breakthrough..."

"Do you think that lord might be monitoring this kind of Brainwave Communication we're using... My respected master."

"My respected master..."

The intense communication in their minds could not affect their eating. Chang Yanyan and Yu Dong stood on the rooftop, frantically chewing the food in their meal boxes. The fresh food filled their every taste bud, giving them both a blissful feeling so intense that they wanted to cry.

It made them unable to stop scenes of warmth from before the Apocalyptic World from surfacing in their minds.

"Wuu~"

Chang Yanyan's tears really did spill out. She hurriedly wiped them away so her contaminated tears would not fall into the food, then sobbed as she wolfed down the meal before her.

Nor was it only her. Even Yu Dong, a man, was choking up slightly. In the dusk, the two of them kept shoveling down the fast food Li Yang had bought from a roadside stall. Apart from their occasional sobs, only the sounds of them eating and breathing remained.

A single boxed meal took them only five minutes to finish completely. At the end, the two of them stuck out their tongues and licked every last drop of sauce dry before reluctantly putting the meal boxes away. Their eyes, filled with emotion and longing, gazed at the things before them, then turned toward the camera above with deep gratitude.

Li Yang, inside the Gold Shop, wore a strange expression.

Why was it that after enslaving them, he now felt a bizarre sense of justice?

I enslaved them for their own good?

So, I'm a good person?

"Bring this drone back, and prepare to sell this kind of Pollution-Free Food through the Base Network you mentioned."

"Also, collect more technological data and make backup copies. When I need them, I'll notify you."

Gene evolution's allure to people was undoubtedly immense, especially to Li Yang. However, before he could obtain gene evolution, he first had to confirm that the Genetic Potion could be used. Therefore, he had to sell food through them in exchange for money and purchase equipment.

But what was the most important resource in a technological Apocalyptic World?

Knowledge.

The Exoskeleton Armors made by the two slaves themselves had already surpassed the limits of Earth's technology. Then, in other fields, there were surely many areas far beyond Earth as well.

If he had the two slaves gather all the knowledge they could collect, even if he brought only a tiny bit of it to Earth, wouldn't his life in the Real World become completely carefree?

Take this inconspicuous Model One Battery, for example... Such a small battery could support such a powerful Exoskeleton Armor for a hundred hours. If he brought it to Earth, it would certainly set off an energy revolution.

What kind of storm would that cause then...

Of course... before he became strong enough, Li Yang did not plan to act rashly. After all, he did not want to toil away only to make a wedding dress for someone else and become another person's moneybag.

"All right, my respected master!"

After eating, the two slaves answered respectfully. They had no doubts whatsoever about Li Yang's instructions, and their attitudes had undergone a complete one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn. If something like favorability existed, their values had probably already exploded...

"Go."

Li Yang shook his head and spoke. He then landed the drone on the rooftop and stopped its flight, though the video surveillance and speaker remained on.

Through the still-active surveillance, he watched the two slaves pick up the drone and skillfully leave the rooftop with the food he had sent over using the agricultural drone. They continued forward until they finally stopped at a location roughly five kilometers away in a straight line from the position shown on Li Yang's map.

Once they arrived, the two respectfully placed the drone on a table behind the door of a concealed residence. Perhaps for safety, they had not chosen one of the spacious rooms. Instead, they lived in a dim basement.

The room seemed to have been remodeled. Its area was not small, and it contained many things whose functions Li Yang could more or less guess at through inference and deduction.

After returning to the room, the two placed the food Li Yang had given them beside something resembling a button. Immediately afterward, waves of chill wrapped around all the food, keeping it fresh.

This should be a high-tech version of a refrigerator...

The woman then walked over to a reclining sofa that looked extremely comfortable. As she closed her eyes, a sphere beside her ear began to shine...

This should be something similar to a computer?

It isn't too far away, at least...

Li Yang looked carefully and found that he could not make heads or tails of many things in the room, so he gave up on continuing to observe. He then glanced at the distance shown by the positioning system beside him and muttered inwardly.

The many functions he had specially ordered before had apparently not gone to waste...

After finishing all this, Li Yang temporarily shut off the screen. He then looked around and confirmed that the two bottles of Genetic Potion hidden away were unharmed. With a thought, he disappeared from the Gold Shop.

The matter here had temporarily come to an end. Next, he had to deal with things in the Real World.

Heyang City, suburban residence.

Li Yang's figure appeared out of thin air on the second floor. He looked around, and when he saw that everything was as usual, he let out a breath.

His gaze fell on the Exoskeleton Armor to one side. After hesitating, he still felt it was inappropriate to leave it there. After thinking it over, he reached out and lifted it.

The weight of two hundred pounds was somewhat heavy for Li Yang, but it remained within what he could bear. His five years of squats had not been for nothing. He carried it downstairs, opened the trunk of his car at the entrance, and placed it directly inside.

The car trembled slightly. He then closed the trunk, walked to the driver's seat, started the car, and drove toward the villa where he lived.

As he drove, Li Yang also began mulling over how to prepare for matters in the Apocalyptic World.

"I wonder how much Pollution-Free Food can sell for. If the price is high enough, perhaps I won't need a company or anything..."

The idea of opening a grain and cooking-oil company flashed through Li Yang's mind, leaving him somewhat hesitant. If he opened a company, it would be easy to attract attention.

As he thought, he still decided to first buy a few bags of rice and flour privately and test them out.

If the results were good, perhaps he could satisfy his current needs without so much trouble.

If he needed more, it would not be too late to register a company then...