A special floor

[Ding-dong! Elevator ascending. Please hold on.]

Humm...

Perhaps because the elevator had reached level 4, Lin Feng felt no discomfort at all as it moved this time.

Or perhaps he had already gotten used to it.

After pressing the door-open button, Lin Feng looked at the world of swirling yellow sand and slowly walked into it.

First, he completed the task assigned by the system, burying two bottles of water in the sand.

"Beep. Task completed. Rewards issued. Please check them, host."

After completing the system task, Lin Feng took out the two goats again.

The little Velociraptor that had followed him out was clearly visiting the desert for the first time.

It looked around and ran all over the place, burying itself in the sand in no time.

"Rawr!!"

"Rawr!"

Lin Feng: ...

"Stay put and stop running around. I'm busy here."

After hauling the little Velociraptor out of the sand, Lin Feng went back to processing the goats.

Honestly, it was his first time cutting up a carcass, and he really had no idea where to start. Fortunately, he had seen pigs being slaughtered before.

The first step was to drain the blood.

Goat blood was edible, but he didn't have a container big enough to hold it, so he would just let it drain away.

Blood gushed out as soon as he slit its throat, and within a few minutes, it had slowly drained dry.

Next came cutting open the belly and taking out the organs one by one. Lin Feng tossed the messy intestines and stomach straight to the Velociraptor. Luckily, it wasn't picky. Despite the indescribable smell, it still ate with relish.

After finishing, it looked expectantly at Lin Feng again.

Soon, Lin Feng found several fist-sized chunks of goat fat near the internal organs. There were also organs like the heart, liver, and lungs. These could be eaten after a quick wash, so Lin Feng didn't throw them all to the little Velociraptor.

After obtaining the fat, Lin Feng cut up the whole goat, finally finishing the job.

With the experience from the first goat, Lin Feng processed the second much faster. In the end, he had everything cut up and packed into the cowhide backpack with five minutes left before the doors closed.

Back in the elevator, Lin Feng let out a relieved breath.

"Now I can finally render some fat."

Lin Feng quickly poured some water into the pot on the induction cooker, then added the chopped goat fat.

Without spices like Sichuan peppercorns or star anise, the rendered fat would definitely have a strong smell, but he couldn't worry about that now.

Half an hour later, the contents of the pot began bubbling and boiling.

Now he just had to cook off the water.

Lin Feng didn't know whether he was doing it right. It was just something he had learned from watching videos before.

He didn't ask much of it, anyway. As long as it was edible, that was enough.

Soon, an aroma mingled with a faint burnt smell spread through the elevator. Fortunately, it had a vent. If this had still been the level 1 elevator, Lin Feng reckoned he would already have started coughing.

After keeping at it for another ten minutes or so, Lin Feng felt he couldn't cook it any longer...

"That's weird. All the steps were right, so why does it feel like it's about to fucking burn?"

Lin Feng spoke in bewilderment, completely unaware that he had set the heat to maximum.

"Beep. Honored host, you can try turning the heat down to its lowest setting."

"Uh..."

Lin Feng glanced at the indicator set to maximum heat, feeling a little embarrassed, then turned it down and continued rendering the fat.

Finally, after more than an hour, a large bowl of freshly rendered goat fat was ready.

He poured the fat into a food tin he had cleaned beforehand, and the job was done.

Now he could finally cook himself a proper meal.

Before long, a bowl of all-natural stir-fried goat meat was ready. Although it tasted only of the ingredients themselves, Lin Feng still found it much better than canned food.

He polished it off in no time. Besides the pot of goat meat, Lin Feng also ate his last piece of bread.

Only after using the toilet did Lin Feng start exercising.

The lousy toilet had no water, so he had to flush it himself. He also had to empty the wooden bucket underneath once it filled up. Honestly, Lin Feng thought it was a pain in the ass.

Although no foul smell escaped, whenever Lin Feng ate and remembered that there was a bucket of shit right beside him, he felt sick.

He wondered when the elevator would get a separate toilet compartment, or whether he could build one himself once it grew larger.

At six that evening, after drinking some water, Lin Feng lay down on his bed right on schedule to rest and prepare for the new floor at midnight.

"Beep. Host, you are about to enter a challenge floor. You will play the role of a robber and rob a bank with your accomplices, then leave the bank alive. Please prepare yourself. Any item on this floor may be taken away."

"Beep. Random task triggered. Host, kill five enemies with headshots. Reward: Basic Firearms Proficiency."

Lin Feng instantly woke from his sleep.

"What the hell?"

Rob a bank?

Lin Feng carefully considered the information revealed by the system. Any item on this floor could be taken away. The money in the bank would certainly be useless to him, but besides money, banks also held small amounts of gold.

He could take the gold with him. Upgrading the elevator happened to require gold, too.

He had just been wondering where to get some gold, and now the problem was solved.

[Ding-dong! Elevator descending. Please hold on.]

Soon, it was midnight.

The elevator started moving as usual.

This time, its doors opened automatically, revealing a motionless street before Lin Feng. The moment he stepped inside, the cars on the street began moving.

"Hey! Put your mask on. I don't want those FIB guys putting me on their wanted list because of you."

While Lin Feng stood there dazed, a man in a gray suit pulled a black robber's mask over his head.

"Okay, let's go over the plan. Old Cui and Lin will blow open the underground vault door. Lester Crest and I will control the hostages. Once the alarm goes off, the hacker should be able to buy us three minutes. Factoring in how fast the cops move, we should have ten minutes to loot the vault."

"Relax. This is just a small-town bank. It'll be easy to rob. Okay, guys, let's get out."

Click!

The man in the suit who had been speaking racked his gun, then got straight out of the vehicle.

There were four people in the vehicle, and the man in the suit was clearly the leader. After getting out, the four of them strolled into the bank. Once they approached the counter, they immediately drew their weapons.

Bang!

"Let me see your hands!"

Just then, a security guard approached with his gun raised, but before he could speak, the man in the suit shot him in the head.

"Stick to the plan."