145: I'm going to start building a dungeon.

The skyscraper built by Tian Ming was particularly conspicuous in the Shelter.

At over three hundred meters, it wasn't too tall, and its square shape left little to be said for its design.

“Shall we go in and take a look?”

Tian Ming’s tone was quite proud; he had literally built this building by hand.

The last time he built a skyscraper by hand was when he was playing Minecraft on his computer.

Who would have thought that now he could build a skyscraper all by himself?

Shen Yuan walked inside.

The building was bustling, with Architectural Expert Lu directing his subordinates to move renovation materials in.

Seeing Tian Ming arrive, Architectural Expert Lu quickly walked over and greeted him respectfully.

“Boss!”

Tian Ming nodded slightly, looked around the building, and asked, “Are the materials enough? Let me know if they’re not.”

“Currently, there’s enough for the heating pipes and electrical layout, but some large equipment is still missing,” Architectural Expert Lu said.

“Install the basics first, and give me a list of the missing items.

The priority is to ensure it’s habitable; other problems can be solved gradually,” Tian Ming said.

“Understood, Boss,” Architectural Expert Lu replied.

Afterward, Tian Ming led Shen Yuan into the building’s basement.

The basement was empty, and the air was stagnant; although ventilation ducts were pre-installed, the machinery and equipment had not yet arrived.

“What do you think of this area?” Tian Ming asked Shen Yuan as they walked.

Shen Yuan followed behind and nodded, “It’s pretty good.

This building has 5 underground levels.

Why did you reserve such a deep space?”

“It’s for the Underground City, and this basement is one of its entrances.

Our next task is to excavate the Underground City.

Once the building’s ventilation system is complete, we’ll start,” Tian Ming said.

Shen Yuan nodded, and the two arrived at the lowest level of the building’s basement, nearly 15 meters below ground.

This basement was surrounded by load-bearing piles.

On the wall near the east side, there was an entrance, shaped like a semi-circular archway.

This was the entrance Tian Ming had reserved for the Underground City.

The two walked in, but after only about 10 meters, a thick rock wall blocked their way.

Tian Ming looked at Shen Yuan and said, “Come on, show off your Ability.

The underground rock here is mainly granite, mostly calcium carbonate.

These elements are all within your control.

Try extracting elements from the rock formation ahead and see if you can refine pure calcium carbonate powder.”

Shen Yuan smiled and said, “Of course, no problem.”

With that, Shen Yuan extended her hand and placed it on the rock.

A white powder was extracted from the rock and slowly fell to the ground.

Tian Ming nodded with satisfaction.

Shen Yuan’s element control ability was much stronger than that of other Ability Users, and her extraction speed was also quite impressive.

Looking at the pile of white calcium carbonate powder on the ground, Tian Ming said to Shen Yuan, “Try again.

Can you extract the carbon from it?”

Shen Yuan directly extracted the carbon, which released oxygen.

Because there wasn't a single calcium ion that could combine with three oxygen atoms, the oxygen directly turned into oxygen gas.

The previous pile of calcium carbonate powder had already become pure calcium oxide, which was equivalent to producing a pile of quicklime.

In terms of speed, Shen Yuan’s control over element separation and combination was much slower than his own.

Tian Ming immediately understood.

Superpower Users might seem like gods to ordinary people, but in his eyes, they couldn’t cause much of a stir.

“Not bad, not bad, just much slower than me,” Tian Ming said with a smile.

Tian Ming waved his hand at the rock in front of them, and all the rocks disintegrated.

In an instant, all impurities were separated.

All the calcium carbonate inside the rocks had its carbon extracted, and the oxygen concentration in the air instantly became 100%.

If it were an ordinary person, they would certainly suffer from oxygen poisoning at such an oxygen concentration.

But now, both of them had Abilities, and their bodies were not comparable to ordinary people.

“Boss, even though we’re both Ability Users, your ability is so much stronger than mine.

Your efficiency is probably tens of thousands of times higher,” Shen Yuan said, her voice full of envy.

Tian Ming smiled and said, “Besides me, you’re the strongest.

What’s there to be dissatisfied with?

I’m planning to produce a batch of quicklime for use as paint and desiccant.

What do you think?”

Shen Yuan nodded slightly.

In fact, if all the earthwork from the Underground City were excavated, it could amount to millions of cubic meters.

These were all rocks, and various other elements.

There were too many elements in the Earth’s crust, including silicon, aluminum, carbon, oxygen, and many common metals.

Although they existed in the strata in compound forms, for Tian Ming, separating these elements was no problem at all.

He would try to utilize all this earthwork, turning iron elements from the soil into rebar for construction, and other useful materials.

Others, like carbon, could even be turned into fuel.

“Boss, when do we start building the Underground City?” Shen Yuan asked.

Tian Ming pondered for a moment and said, “We can start pretty much now.

I plan to move important things underground first, such as the scientific Laboratory, energy storage stations, and server rooms.”

Shen Yuan nodded and said, “Yes, that’s how it should be.

High-value items are safest underground.”

The two walked out of the building’s basement, and as soon as they reached the surface, Doggo’s call came through their earpieces.

“Boss, Boss, Doggo calling Boss.”

Being underground earlier, there was no signal, so Tian Ming hadn’t heard Doggo’s call.

“What’s wrong, Doggo?” Tian Ming asked.

“Boss, zombies are invading, and they’re huge, like tanks,” Doggo said, terrified.

“Don’t panic.

Wait for me to come and see,” Tian Ming said.

Heavy machine guns had already been deployed on the walls of the Shelter.

These defensive weapons were brought from Huaxin’s base and came with radar and automatic aiming.

Because the control system for the server room was still being set up, three armed observers were next to the heavy machine guns, providing coordinates for the weapon control panel, and performing remote control and reloading operations.

But the weapons on the wall had not opened fire.

The zombies were over a kilometer away, a bit too far for heavy machine guns.

Even if they hit, they might not inflict fatal damage on the mutated zombies.

Tian Ming and Shen Yuan rushed to the top of the wall, where Doggo and Qiu Wuhui also were.

Doggo held the drone’s returned footage, looking at the pitch-black zombies.

Rather than zombies, they were more like monsters.

The leading zombies were nearly five meters tall, and there were two such zombies in total.

They did not choose to attack but waited in place.

From a distance, the zombies within the city were all converging towards this area.

Tian Ming felt a bit embarrassed and said, “Are these guys gathering?”

October 14th, Underground City planning progress