Apocalyptic Survival Base

Upon realizing, Anthony immediately used the key to open the door. "Ding! Post-apocalyptic survival base activated." "Please name the base, Host." "Let's call it Dawn."

Anthony thought for a moment. In this second chance at life, he wanted the future to be filled with the dawn of hope. "Congratulations, Host, for successfully naming the base. Dawn Base is now open." "Congratulations, Host, for obtaining a storage space of 1000 cubic meters within the base (time is frozen within this space, and stored items can be permanently preserved)."

"Level 1 Spiritual Pool within the base, with a capacity of 1 cubic meter (can be used for body enhancement and vegetation irrigation, consuming 0.5 energy points per cubic meter)."

"Level 1 Cultivation Room within the base, covering one acre (can be used for genetically modified crop cultivation, consuming 1 energy point per acre per day)."

"Level 1 Energy Conversion Room within the base (can convert all things into energy points)."

"Level 1 Gym within the base (consumes 0.5 energy points per session)."

"Level 1 Dormitory within the base (consumes 0.1 energy points per use)."

"One vial of Level 1 Gene Enhancement Potion (enhances physical attributes)."

"One free renovation of the base."

Listening to the successive prompts, Anthony couldn't help but open the system panel to check his own physical attributes.

Host: Anthony

Gender: Male

Age: 23

Intelligence: 1 (normal human: 1)

Strength: 2 (normal human: 1)

Agility: 0.8 (normal human: 1)

Mental Power: 0.6 (normal human: 1)

Overall Combat Power: 4.4

Energy Points: 0"

"This is my body data?" Anthony couldn't help but smirk. But he could also understand that after three years of shuttling between two cities, it was difficult for his body not to break down.

Exiting the system panel, a mechanical voice sounded again. "Do you want to initiate the first renovation of the base?"

"Renovate!" Anthony nodded without hesitation. In the post-apocalyptic world, his home, with its concrete walls and ordinary steel door, couldn't withstand the impact of zombies. The glass windows and security mesh hadn't been replaced for over a decade and were already damaged and rusty.

All of these needed an upgrade. "The renovation will take six hours, during which the system will be unresponsive. Please wait patiently, Host." With the voice fading away, the system entered a dormant state. That's fine! Anthony looked at the faint halo emanating from inside the house. After arranging his luggage, he headed straight out to the local farmer's market.

Step one in the apocalypse: procure supplies. The local farmer's market was a large wholesale market in the city of Linxian, where most supermarkets in the city came to restock. Soon enough, Anthony found a rice and grain shop. "Boss, I want to buy rice," he said. The boss, a middle-aged man, glanced at him lazily from his reclining chair and replied without raising his head, "What kind do you want?"

"What kind is better?" Anthony, not quite knowledgeable about the market, asked directly.

"For foreign rice, there's Thai fragrant rice, and for domestic rice, there's Wuchang fragrant rice," the boss answered.

"Let's go with the domestic rice. I want a hundred tons," Anthony said without hesitation.

"How much?" The boss immediately sat up, looking at Anthony with surprise, thinking he had misheard.

"100 tons," Anthony calmly replied.

The middle-aged boss swallowed and said, "Young man, do you know how much 100 tons is?"

"You tell me," Anthony asked the boss.

"Have a sip of water first, let me calculate." The boss immediately got up, handed a bottle of mineral water to Anthony, and then picked up a calculator to start doing the math. Soon, the boss raised the calculator and said, "According to the wholesale price, one kilogram of rice is 1.8 yuan. A hundred tons is 200,000 kilograms, which comes to 360,000 yuan. Are you sure?"

"Yes," Anthony answered.

"Well, wait a moment then. I don't currently have that much stock in my shop. I'll contact the manufacturer, and they can deliver it tonight."

"Okay," Anthony readily agreed.

After exchanging contact information and the delivery address, Anthony paid half of the deposit, recorded a video as evidence, and proceeded to the next shop.

Following the same approach, Anthony purchased 30,000 kilograms of pork, 10,000 kilograms of beef, 5,000 kilograms each of chicken, duck, and fish, 100,000 eggs, a variety of vegetables, milk, and a sufficient amount of vegetable seeds, as well as all kinds of daily necessities and drinking water. It wasn't until he had completely spent 2 million yuan that Anthony returned by car.

It was now 6 o'clock in the afternoon. He had left at a little past 11 o'clock in the morning, and the base renovation was also completed by then. From the outside, it still looked like the same old house, with a deep red painted iron gate, gray cement walls, stainless steel security mesh, and ordinary frosted glass windows. "Is this it?" Anthony furrowed his brows slightly and took out the key to check the interior.

Just as he took a step forward, a mechanical voice sounded. "Scanning in progress, please do not leave." "Scanning complete, identity confirmed, please enter, Master." In less than half a second, the gate automatically slid into the side walls.

Upon entering, Anthony was stunned by the sight in front of him. He couldn't believe this was his original house. First of all, all the cement walls in the house had been replaced with waterproof and heat-insulating materials, with a thickness of one meter. The house's entrance gate had been replaced with half-meter thick tungsten steel. The lighting and other aspects had been adjusted to optimal settings, and one-way bulletproof glass had also been installed for viewing from the inside to the outside.

Regardless of floods or storms, the base defense cannot be breached. The original house had three bathrooms, one kitchen, six bedrooms, two living rooms, and a small courtyard, but the system modified it into three bedrooms.

The master bedroom where Anthony stayed had a Level 1 hibernation pod installed. Each time he entered the pod, it consumed 0.1 energy points, and resting for six hours would restore his physical attributes and heal minor injuries.

The remaining facilities were as follows: a Level 1 cultivation room, covering an acre of land, used to cultivate plants that didn't require Anthony's personal care. He only needed to sow the seeds, and the cultivation room would automatically grow the plants. They matured once every three months and were automatically harvested. It consumed 1 energy point and 2 cubic meters of spirit pool water daily.

There was a Level 1 spirit pool that could convert 0.5 energy points into 1 cubic meter of spirit pool liquid. The spirit pool liquid could be consumed to strengthen the body. Drinking it once would enhance physical attributes by 0.1, but it could only be consumed once a day. The spirit pool liquid could also be used for irrigating vegetation. When consumed, the vegetation provided a 0.1 increase in physical attributes.

There was a Level 1 gym where each hour of usage consumed 0.5 energy points and increased either physical strength or agility attributes by 0.1.

There was a Level 1 storage space with a total area of 1000 cubic meters where time stood still.

There was a Level 1 energy conversion room that connected to all the drainage and waste outlets in the rooms, converting garbage into energy points. The more valuable the item, the higher the energy point conversion. Apart from these facilities, the entire house was an independent unit that could be connected to an external power source or convert energy points into kinetic energy, thermal energy, electrical energy, etc. All the information about the base renovation was also transmitted into Anthony's brain.

"So, all these facilities depend on energy points for maintenance."

"Based on the consumption rate, approximately 3-4 energy points are needed per day."

"But currently, I have 0 energy points. How can I obtain them?" Anthony pondered and then glanced at the wall sockets in the living room. He had a sudden inspiration and asked the system, "Can electrical energy be converted into energy points?"

"Of course, one kilowatt-hour can be converted into 0.1 energy points, and the base can absorb 100 kilowatt-hours of electricity per day," the system replied.

"What about water? Can it be converted into energy?"

"Every ton of water can be converted into 0.1 energy points. Five tons of water can be collected daily through the tap water pipeline. Reminder to the host, there is an automatic water collection, purification, and storage device installed in the air above the base, which can be used at your discretion."

"very well!" Anthony felt a sense of joy. This way, before the apocalypse, he could obtain 30 energy points just from electrical energy. Unfortunately, after the apocalypse, the entire city experienced a power outage, so he only had three days to collect it. But at least he could convert all the discarded items in his house as well.

With these thoughts in mind, Anthony directly commanded, "System, collect all external materials and energy and convert them into energy points."

"Yes, host."

After resolving the energy points issue, Anthony couldn't wait to take out the genetic potions rewarded by the system. After all, in this damn apocalypse, only the strong could survive.