July 20th.
The incessant rain blanketed the Taihang Mountains. The sky, thick with dark clouds, resembled a giant beast, and flashes of lightning split the heavens, followed by deafening thunder.
Shen Ping leaned against the window of an abandoned building, chatting with Li Yuewei via his Space Watch. "Honey, I'll be back as soon as the rain stops. How's the baby? Not getting a cold, are they?"
Li Yuewei replied, "Don't worry about home. Your parents are taking care of everything, and we have regular checkups at the hospital. They're doing great. But you, out there in the Wilderness Zone, I can't help but worry. Let me know when you're coming back, and I'll pick you up at the train station."
"Alright, judging by this rain, it looks like it'll keep going for a while."
He ended the communication.
With nothing else to do, he decided to go downstairs and practice his knife skills.
Evening.
The distant roars of beasts and gunfire echoed through the air. Shen Ping used his binoculars to observe. A team of warriors was taking advantage of the rain to hunt high-level Beast Generals. The warriors who dared to venture this deep were all quite strong. He stayed hidden in the building, not because he was afraid of the team, but because he didn't want to cause any unnecessary trouble.
The next morning.
The rain had stopped.
He packed up quickly and started heading back the way he came. As he approached the Military Supply Base, he messaged his wife, asking her to notify the Zheng Family to arrange the material handover.
Around noon.
Li Yuewei and her secretary, Lin Jing, saw Shen Ping, fully armed, with a conspicuously bulging combat backpack.
"Did you eat at the Military Supply Base?"
"No, just ate some compressed biscuits."
Shen Ping grinned.
Li Yuewei gently wiped the dust from Shen Ping's face with a tissue, her expression full of concern. "Let's go, back to the company. Let's eat first."
The company didn't originally have a cafeteria. But after their recent expansion, they rented a building next door, and the restaurant was on the second floor. Shen Ping was indeed hungry; he wouldn't carry too much food into the Wilderness Zone, mostly just compressed biscuits and high-calorie items.
He wolfed down his food.
Li Yuewei watched from the side, peeling an egg. "Eat slowly, no one's going to take it from you."
He had just finished eating.
People from the Zheng Corporation arrived.
"Mr. Shen, these are the documents for the transfer of shares and the villa from the previous contract. I apologize for the delay; things have been hectic lately."
Shen Ping took the materials and handed them to the company's legal counsel. After confirming that everything was in order, he accompanied the people from the Zheng Corporation to the warehouse.
After an appraisal,
it was confirmed that the materials were from a mid-level lord-class monster. The head of the Zheng Corporation's team smiled. "My father is in Kyoto Base City. He just called me and said he hopes our Zheng Family and Pingwei Materials Company can continue to cooperate."
Shen Ping extended his hand and shook hands with the Zheng Family's young master. "Of course."
After the Zheng Corporation's people left,
Li Yuewei snorted, "They're such sly foxes. If we hadn't provided the monster materials, they would definitely have kept delaying the contract procedures."
"It's business. Profit comes first; it's normal."
Shen Ping didn't pay much attention to the small matter, instructing Secretary Lin, "Go to the government and complete the procedures as soon as possible."
"Yes, General Manager Shen."
Secretary Lin Jing was very efficient. She finished all the procedures in the afternoon. Of course, it wouldn't have been so fast for an ordinary person, but Pingwei Materials Company had a partnership with the military, and the base city government naturally wouldn't deliberately delay things.
On the way back to the residential area in the evening.
Li Yuewei said, "Honey, I heard that there's a medicine in America called the Water of Life, which can regenerate severed limbs. It costs a lot of money. The company's funds plus what you've saved from the Wilderness Zone these past two or three years amount to over ten billion. Let's not touch this money for now, and wait until we've saved enough to buy the Water of Life."
"Also, the Lishui District Villa given by the Zheng Family is quite valuable, and we can't live there anyway. Let's sell it."
Shen Ping didn't expect his wife to still be concerned about this. He was touched and smiled, "Honey, there's no need to be like this. We should spend the money when we need to, no need to save. As for my severed arm, besides the Water of Life, there are other ways to regrow it. After October, I'll go abroad with that senior, and maybe I can find herbs to restore my arm."
Going abroad was something he had planned long ago.
During the Great Nirvana Era, many martial artists rose rapidly. Like Hong, the world's number one strongest, and Thunder God, the second strongest, both grew to surpass the level of War God within a few years, and they relied on ancient ruins and treasures like the Spirit of Plants and Trees. Although so many years had passed, and global resources had almost been divided up, there were still undiscovered places.
Therefore, using the excuse of going abroad to create an opportunity to "coincidentally" discover the Spirit of Plants and Trees or some ruins is perfectly feasible.
"Are there any other methods?"
Li Yuewei was taken aback. She didn't know much about this, and the only reason she knew about the Water of Life was because of the growing reputation of Pingwei Materials Company.
"Yes."
Shen Ping said seriously.
Seeing this,
Li Yuewei didn't say anything more, but she made up her mind to save money for her husband.
Back home.
Shen Ping took a deep breath, suppressing the stray thoughts, and opened the virtual interface.
A line of text indeed appeared on it.
[Your family has established a foothold in Central China Base City, your industry has flourished, and you are taking a firm and powerful step towards prosperity.]
[Rewards: Space Watch, one Wood Ya Crystal, three portions of Spirit of Plants and Trees]
[Additional reward: One Gene Potion production formula (improved version, without any side effects)]
Upon seeing the rewards.
He was first stunned, then became excited.
He hadn't expected this time's rewards to be so generous, not only including a Wood Ya Crystal but also a Space Watch. This was a very rare item. With it, he wouldn't have to worry about wasting beast soldier-level materials when hunting Monsters in the Wilderness Zone in the future.
Besides that.
There was even an additional reward.
This made Shen Ping overjoyed.
A Gene Potion production recipe, and one without side effects! If he could utilize it well, the Shen Family would definitely be able to quickly rise to the ranks of the major corporations. He knew that the core family corporations of the HR Alliance were able to dominate the economy primarily because they had formed an industrial monopoly in areas like Space Watches and other fields.
A solid step... It seems this is a higher family prosperity evaluation than a big step.
His gaze was fixed on the text in the virtual frame.
He suppressed his excitement and began to think carefully. Each family prosperity evaluation was crucial; only by understanding the underlying rules could he improve step by step.
The industry's explosive growth should be when the company's profits reach the tens of billions level, but the foundation laid earlier is probably the main reason for this evaluation. Could it be the Lishui District Villa?
Shen Ping thought things over and felt his guess was likely correct. After all, for a family to develop steadily, it definitely needed a foundation. This was the core of perpetuation and inheritance. The value of the Nanyuan District Villa was far less than the Lishui District Villa, which was essentially a small estate.
"Honey, dinner's ready."
"Coming."
He put away his thoughts.
He went downstairs to eat. After finishing his meal, he didn't cultivate. Instead, he took a shower early and snuggled into bed. Having received such a generous reward today, he was incredibly excited and wanted to have some fun with his wife.
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