Starting from the office buildings we kept passing through

Chapter 72 Planning

During dinner, Chen Hao came out of his personal office.

He had been meditating in his office for two hours, increasing his mana cap by two points. His mana on his personal panel now stood at 332 points.

After Chen Hao appeared, Gao Jie naturally took Chen Hao's lunchbox and filled it with a full bowl of meat porridge, plus three meat patties.

It was delivered to Chen Hao.

Chen Hao had gotten used to being served like this, so he naturally reached out and took the lunchbox and started eating.

Just as they had taken a few bites, Chen Zhong came over.

"My lord, this is our spoils this time."

Dozens of cards were placed in a bag and handed to Chen Hao.

"Gao Jie, could you hold this for me?"

"Okay, Brother Chen."

Upon hearing this, Gao Jie was taken aback at first, then a look of joy appeared on her pretty face, and she quickly took the bag full of cards from Chen Zhong's hand.

"Chen Zhong, have you eaten?"

Chen Hao asked.

"Not yet," Chen Zhong shook his head.

"Let's go eat, don't stay by my side."

"And you, Liu Bai, go have dinner with Chen Zhong."

"Yes, my lord."

Liu Bai, who had been following Chen Hao ever since he appeared, immediately responded and then followed Chen Zhong.

This kid used to follow his father, he was one of his father's personal guards, and he followed the other side every day.

Even after being summoned by Chen Hao, he maintained this habit.

After Chen Zhong left, Qin Feng ran over again.

Qin Feng came over with his rice bowl in his hand, eating while reporting the situation to Chen Hao.

There are two scenarios. One is the renovation plan for the 18th floor.

Chen Hao plans to divide the 18th floor into three areas: an activity area, a rest area, and a training area.

The activity area is where we cook and chat; the rest area is where we sleep; and the training area is where the team members practice and also where we store our weapons.

With the blacksmith shop operating around the clock and materials not being scarce for the time being, we've accumulated quite a few weapons in the past two days.

Chen Hao planned to have a weapon rack set up and put the weapons on it.

These weapons serve two purposes: firstly, they can be used to exchange for cards with other players, and secondly, they can be used to replace the broken weapons of the team members.

The second is that people often appear in front of the 18th floor, pleading and begging to join them.

But Qin Feng didn't have that authority; he could only report to Chen Hao.

Are there many people?

Chen Hao asked calmly.

"Quite a lot."

"How much is 'a lot'? Give me a rough estimate."

"There must be at least a hundred people."

"Who are these people?"

"They're all young men and young women who want to do business with us."

When the topic of transactions came up, Qin Feng paused for a moment.

"What kind of deal?"

"This," Qin Feng glanced at Gao Jie beside him, organized his thoughts, and said, "It's like we give them food, and they sleep with us."

Upon hearing this, Chen Hao showed no surprise, while Gao Jie spat lightly but said nothing.

"It's not that we can't bring some people in."

Chen Hao thought about it carefully: "Here's what I'll do: I'll give you ten spots, and you can choose ten young and strong people."

"Let them be reserve members first. If they perform well, they will be promoted to full members; if they don't perform well, they will be dismissed."

"Okay, I understand."

Upon hearing this, Qin Feng nodded quickly.

Qin Feng then left.

"Brother Chen, I feel that meeting you is the luckiest thing that has ever happened to me."

Suddenly, Gao Jie looked at Chen Hao with eyes full of admiration and said...

"Oh, why do you say that?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Hao looked at Gao Jie and asked with a smile.

"Look, when I was almost eaten by wolves, you saved me from their jaws like a god descending to earth."

"They also brought me into the team, ensuring I never had to worry about food or drink."

"Without you, I might already be eaten by wolves."

"Even if I hadn't met that wolf, if I hadn't met you right away and been accepted by you, I'm afraid my fate wouldn't be so good now."

She didn't continue, but both Chen Hao and she knew what the bad consequences would be.

They were either captured by some powerful figure and made sex slaves, or they were forced to exchange their bodies for food, just like other women.

Both are possible.

First they were kidnapped, then discarded after they were bored with them, and then they could only sell their bodies to get food.

And such things have gradually begun to appear in this building.

Chen Hao is not a judge, so naturally he cannot take the initiative to intervene in such matters.

But if it happened right in front of him, he wouldn't hesitate to show kindness and intervene.

"Foolish woman."

"There are no 'what ifs' in this world."

Chen Hao smiled, his voice firm.

Looking at Chen Hao's smile, filled with admiration for his noble character, she couldn't help but smile along with him.

Not long after Chen Hao finished eating, Gao Jie quickly cleared away the dishes for him.

Everyone else cleaned up their own dishes, but Chen Hao was the only one who received this treatment.

But no one said anything; in fact, they all wanted to rush to clean up after Chen Hao.

In the corner, there is a special bucket for washing dishes. People put their bowls in it to wash, and then put them back where they usually leave them to air dry.

After everyone has finished washing the dishes, someone will pour the dirty water from the bucket down through the window.

Chen Hao opened the bag of cards and found that in addition to the white cards, there were five blue cards inside.

Chen Hao took out the five blue cards and glanced at them casually.

Three resource cards and two equipment cards.

The resource cards are Iron Card, Lizard Card, and Water Card.

The equipment cards are sword cards and bow cards.

[One-Star Equipment Card (Blue) - Steel Longsword: Forged from refined steel, it is hard, sharp, and has an armor-piercing effect. It can be used three times a day.]

[One-Star Equipment Card (Blue) - Black Python Bow: Crafted from ironwood and black python sinew, comes with a quiver of 20 arrows, and has a hit rate effect. Once activated, this arrow will hit the target 100% of the time. Can be used three times a day.]

"That's quite interesting."

Chen Hao looked at the hit effect and stroked his chin.

It's just that the quality is a bit low. If it were purple, Chen Hao would immediately replace his Purple Tiger Bow.

The blue-quality bow could not withstand Chen Hao's strength.

Even when the bow is fully drawn, the arrows fired are only of average power. Even if they hit the target 100% of the time, they cannot inflict damage on those leader-level creatures.

Next, Chen Hao counted the number of white cards; there were fifty-three, with water cards making up the majority.

For Chen Hao, this was actually a good thing.

This way, he will have more cards available for conversion.

After Chen Hao put all the cards into his body, another person approached him.

"Brother Chen."

The person who came was Luo Hai. He rubbed his hands together and walked up to Chen Hao somewhat embarrassedly.

Judging from her appearance, it seems that she went through a mental struggle before hesitatingly coming over.

"Is there something you need?"

"Well, I'd like to ask you for a favor, Brother Chen."

"Go ahead and say it."

"I've acquired a boxing technique, but unfortunately I don't have any boxing gloves. I'd like to ask Brother Chen if you have any boxing glove cards here."

"no."

Chen Hao didn't think much of it and shook his head directly.

"I see," Luo Hai said, immediately disappointed.

"But I have an Iron Claw Card, see if you can use it."

Chen Hao took out a blue card, which, when used, would grant him a pair of refined steel claws.

Luo Hai carefully accepted it, and was immediately overjoyed.

"Yes, that's great!"

"This is even better than boxing gloves."

In terms of lethality, even the best gauntlets cannot match the sharp claws.

"Thank you so much, Brother Chen, I really don't know how to thank you enough."

Luo Hai felt ashamed and dared not look at Chen Hao.

But Chen Hao waved his hand and said, "If you like it, that's fine. As for thanks, no need for anything else, just do your job well."

"Brother Chen, don't worry, I've never slacked off."

Luo Hai assured him.

"I trust you."