He opened the homeowner panel to check what was needed for the next upgrade.
[Current House: Five-story Luxury Villa]
[Upgrade Target: Eight-story Building]
[Required Materials: Eight-story Building Blueprint ×1, Steel ×2000, Concrete ×5000, Bricks ×3000, Glass ×500, Wood ×500]
A quick look at will leave you more fulfilled.
Huang Tang's eyes lit up.
An Eight-story Building!
With the flood rising a meter a day, an eight-story building could last for several days!
Even if the harvest was small for a day or two, the house wouldn't be submerged!
He was determined to get this Eight-story Building!
He looked at the materials in his hand:
Steel ×1250, Concrete ×2940, Bricks ×1480, Glass ×290, Wood ×382.
Not too far off!
With food trades, it was entirely possible to gather everything!
In high spirits, Huang Tang took out two Velociraptor corpses from the System Space.
"Peng Jie," he called.
A girl with a ponytail walked over.
Peng Jie, the company's administrator, had the talent of [Chef].
"Huang Tang, what's up?"
Huang Tang pointed at the two Velociraptors: "Help me process this dinosaur meat, divide it into small portions. Tonight, we're having a dinosaur feast."
Peng Jie's eyes lit up: "Sure!"
Her talent activated, and the two Velociraptors automatically disassembled into neat slabs, chunks, and shreds of meat, all neatly arranged.
Huang Tang smiled and said to the women, "Dinosaur meat can enhance physical strength, so eat more later. Let's aim for everyone to have the power to protect themselves in the future."
As soon as he finished speaking, someone started joking:
"Enhance physical strength? Which aspect exactly? That aspect too?"
"My chest is too small, can it get bigger?"
Huang Tang was speechless: "Well... probably not."
Someone else asked, "Can it make my legs longer?"
Huang Tang was exasperated: "Any longer and you'll be a blue steel shadow! Dinosaur meat can only enhance strength, speed, and physical fitness, not make you prettier!"
The women laughed heartily.
Huang Tang realized that his female colleagues had started to tease him.
Peng Jie got busy in the kitchen, with others helping out.
Soon, plates of dinosaur meat were served.
Grilled dinosaur steak, stewed dinosaur meat, dinosaur meatball soup, pan-fried dinosaur meat...
The aroma was mouthwatering.
"Let's eat!"
Everyone gathered around, eating heartily.
"Mmm... it's so delicious!"
"Better than beef!"
"Peng Jie, your cooking is amazing, you could totally open a big restaurant!"
Peng Jie was a bit embarrassed by the compliments: "Actually, my cooking is average, it's mostly the [Chef] talent and the delicious dinosaur meat. If I could upgrade in the future..."
She stopped mid-sentence because everyone was looking at her.
Peng Jie blushed and shook her head: "It's nothing, really!"
Huang Tang looked at her suspiciously: "Can your talent upgrade?"
"No!"
Peng Jie immediately denied, shaking her head like a rattle.
Huang Tang glanced at her, then at the others' subtle expressions, feeling something was off.
It seemed like there was a secret among these women?
But he couldn't be bothered to ask more.
After all, they wouldn't harm him.
After dinner, Huang Tang had a sudden idea.
He took a photo of the dining table.
A table full of dinosaur meat, paired with red wine, with the night view outside the floor-to-ceiling window as the background.
Then, accidentally, he posted it on the World Channel.
He added a line:
[Huang Tang: Tonight's dinner was quite good.]
The World Channel was silent for three seconds.
Then it exploded.
[?????]
[Meat?! So much meat!!!]
[What's that in the background? A pool? Does the boss have a pool?!]
[Did you notice, there's a circle of legs! Long and slender white legs!]
[Boss, are you surviving or vacationing?!]
[I'm still gnawing on expired compressed biscuits, and you're living in a villa with a pool, eating meat and drinking wine?!]
[Comparisons are odious!]
Huang Tang looked at these replies, chuckled, and posted another message:
[Huang Tang: This isn't ordinary meat, it's dinosaur meat. Eating it can enhance physical strength. In this game, you all know what enhancing physical strength means. There's not much meat, if you want to trade, PM me with materials.]
This time, even more people went crazy.
[Enhance physical strength? Doesn't that mean getting stronger?!]
[Boss, I want it! I have steel!]
[I have concrete! Can I trade for ten pounds of meat?!]
[I have a pretty sister, can I trade for a pound?!]
[Post a picture of your sister!]
Private messages flooded in.
Huang Tang went through them one by one, picking those with more materials.
Deal!
Concrete ×100 for three pounds of dinosaur meat.
Deal!
Bricks ×80 for two pounds of dinosaur meat.
Deal!
...
He welcomed any material.
In just one hour, a tenth of the dinosaur meat was traded, and the materials in the System Space increased significantly.
"36 dinosaurs were too few," Huang Tang regretted, "If I could go again, I'd definitely become a wholesaler."
At this moment, a familiar private message popped up.
[Meng Changjun]: Boss! Are you there? I also want to trade for some dinosaur meat!
Huang Tang smiled.
The fish took the bait.
[Huang Tang]: Sure.
[Meng Changjun]: Steel ×80, Concrete ×150, Bricks ×60! Trade them all!
Huang Tang thought for a moment and replied:
[Huang Tang]: Last time, your materials helped me out a lot, so this time, no need to trade. I'll give you ten pounds of dinosaur meat as a thank you.
[Meng Changjun]: !!!
[Meng Changjun]: Boss! How can I accept this?!
[Huang Tang]: Don't be polite, we're all brothers here.
At this moment, in a Three-story Small Western-style Building.
A young man took off his glasses, wiping tears from his face.
Then he turned to his brothers behind him and said, "See, this is a good person!! My forever big brother!"
"From today onwards, if you see or hear anyone dare to slander 'Huang Tang', beat them up for me!"
All the brothers said in unison: "Yes, boss!"
The other side was silent for a few seconds.
Then, Meng Changjun's reply came, filled with excitement:
[Meng Changjun]: Boss! From today on, you're my sworn brother! If you need anything in the future, just say the word! I'll go through fire and water, and if I frown, I'm not human!
Huang Tang looked at the message, a slight smile on his lips.
This was exactly the effect he wanted.
Giving away some food he couldn't finish in exchange for a loyal "little brother" was worth it.
Moreover, this little brother had other uses...
[Huang Tang]: By the way, what map did you enter today?
The reason he was getting closer to [Meng Changjun] was to extract information about other map resource points from him.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be chatting with a man every day for no reason.
[Meng Changjun]: Don't mention it, today I entered [Fairy Tale World], it's a nightmare!