The system was set three years in advance, but the universal deities still hadn't arrived.

Chapter 22 Third-Order Water Deity
I could hear the system notifications that kept ringing in my ears.

Zeng Shen was overjoyed.

"Why didn't I think of that last night?"

"I can take the city bus and quickly travel around the whole city, triggering the areas where I can get the first survival points once."

"It's only been about twenty minutes."

“I triggered two areas where there were third-tier gods, and one area occupied by intelligent races.”

"Another three thousand survival points have been added to my account in one go, enough for another ten-pull!"

Zeng Shen smiled, his heart filled with joy, preparing to do a ten-pull gacha tonight.

After all, the largest building in Jinhai City, the Trade Building, is not far ahead.

The trade building occupies a huge area and is over a hundred stories high.

The first, second, and third floors are the trade area, the fourth and fifth floors are the dining area, the sixth, seventh, and eighth floors are the entertainment area, and the floors above, in addition to residential buildings, are home to many large, medium, and small enterprises, private institutions, or foreign companies that have set up branches of their companies or units in this building.

[Warning! Warning! The host is about to intrude into the Trade Building. Dozens of deities roam within, including a fourth-tier deity with his followers who has long occupied this place. Given the host's strength, if discovered by these deities, the host may be captured and enslaved. Please leave immediately.]

As soon as Zeng Shen drove his car toward the entrance to the parking space on the basement level of the Trade Building, he heard an urgent warning sound in his ear.

There are dozens of deities living inside the building.

He wasn't surprised.

After all, the Trade Building is so large that the people who can operate here are basically the city's elites and talents.

These people, with their intelligence and skills, are indeed much more likely to survive the catastrophe to three years later than ordinary people.

After finding a parking space in the above-ground parking lot and parking the car.

Zeng Shen picked up the backpack containing the jadeite rough stones and slung it over his shoulder. Li Yuqing took his arm, and the two of them took the elevator straight to the twentieth floor of the Trade Building.

There was a ding.

The elevator doors opened.

As Zeng Shenggang and Li Yuqing stepped out of the elevator, a familiar, urgent voice quickly echoed in his mind.

Simultaneously.

A virtual panel, reddish-purple in color and visible only to him, suddenly appeared in front of him, vibrating wildly.

[Warning! Warning! A third-tier water deity is currently stationed on this floor. With your current strength, if discovered, you may be enslaved and stripped of your divine energy. Please escape immediately.]

"There's actually a third-tier deity here? Which room is this deity in?"

Zeng Shen paused for a moment, stopped walking, and scanned the corridors on both sides of the floor.

There are ten different companies and organizations on the twentieth floor of this trade building.

Zeng Shen knew that it wouldn't be easy for him to find that deity from these units.

So he quickly went with the flow and walked with Li Yuqing to the left and right along the corridor, heading straight for the innermost unit.

As Li Yuqing walked, she said, "My uncle's name is Shi Mingqiang. He made his fortune by designing jewelry for people in his early years. Now he also does some jade and gemstone business. Room 2020 at the very back is his jewelry design company."

“Then your uncle is considered to have started from scratch,” Zeng Shen said casually.

Li Yuqing nodded and said, "If we exclude the millions my dad invested in him in the early years, I guess we could say he started from scratch."

“Oh,” Zeng Shen chuckled, “it seems my future father-in-law is even richer than I imagined.”

Upon hearing this, Li Yuqing stopped and looked at him, then paused for a moment before asking, "Does my husband want to know?"

"Do not want to."

Zeng Shen smiled without thinking much, put his arm around Li Yuqing's soft waist, and walked towards room 2020.

In truth, Zeng Shen didn't care at all how rich his father-in-law, whom he had never met, was.

This was not because he knew that the apocalyptic catastrophe would occur a year later.

Rather, it's his attitude towards money that he prefers to stay home, grow fruits and vegetables, raise animals like chickens, ducks, and geese, and live a leisurely rural life, rather than indulging in extravagance and luxury.

If you're short of money, then be frugal and work hard to make the most of the present.

Therefore, Zeng Shen has always maintained a "take it or leave it" attitude towards money, and is not overly obsessed with it.

Of course, Zeng Shen's plan to exchange jade for money this time was not actually to go and live a pastoral life of growing fruits and vegetables.

Instead, they wanted to leverage the power of money to quickly gain more survival points while it still had any effect, thereby improving their own strength.

At the reception desk of room 2020, a young woman who looked like a recent graduate, dressed in a smart uniform, immediately stood up and said, "Hello, do you have..." as soon as Zeng Shen and Li Yuqing entered.

"I am Li Yuqing."

"Oh, you're Ms. Li Yuqing. Our CEO, Mr. Shi, is waiting for you in the innermost office. You can just go in," the receptionist said.

"OK, thanks."

Li Yuqing replied politely, then took Zeng Shen's hand, and the two walked inside.

There are many offices in the jewelry design company.

Li Yuqing seems to have been here quite a few times.

As they passed each office, he would quietly introduce it to Zeng Shen: "This is the design department; they designed all the jewelry my mother wears. This is the finance department, and this is the sales department..."

soon.

As Zeng Shen was being introduced by Li Yuqing, he arrived at the door of a room labeled "General Manager's Office." Li Yuqing knocked lightly twice, and a middle-aged man's voice came from inside.

"Enter."

Li Yuqing pushed open the door and went in. Zeng Shen was about to slowly follow her in when a hurried voice suddenly rang in his ears.

[Danger! Danger! The host is about to encounter a third-tier water-elemental deity who is staying in this area. Please leave immediately.]

"Huh? Could that third-tier water deity be Li Yuqing's uncle?"

Hearing the system's sudden notification, Zeng Shen was taken aback.

Immediately, he looked into the office.

At this moment, in this office, which is even larger than his living room, besides the middle-aged man in the office chair, there is also a woman dressed as a beautiful young woman.

This beautiful young woman had a delicate and charming face, and her full and proud cleavage was tightly wrapped in a white shirt. Over the shirt, she wore a smart women's suit jacket, and under the suit jacket was a leg-hugging skirt. Underneath the skirt, her long and beautiful legs were wrapped in a sexy and alluring set of black stockings, making her look incredibly tempting.

After only a brief glance at the beautiful young woman, Zeng Shen turned his gaze to an exquisite box placed in front of her.

The box contained a fist-sized stone, with a cut made in one corner, revealing a hint of emerald green.

Li Yuqing walked into the office and called out to the middle-aged man sitting in the office chair, "Uncle Shi, did I disturb you?"

"No, Xiaoqing, please sit on the sofa over there for a while and have something to eat. Uncle Shi and this lady can chat for a bit longer," the middle-aged man said, gesturing for Li Yuqing to sit on the sofa.

"it is good."

Li Yuqing nodded, pulled Zeng Shen, who was standing at the door, inside, and sat down on the sofa.

There were many cashews that Li Yuqing loved to eat on the sofa, as if they were prepared especially for her.

After Li Yuqing sat down, she didn't stand on ceremony. She picked up two packets of cashews, one for herself and one for Zeng Shen, and gently said to him:

"That's my uncle, Shi Mingqiang, he's so good to me."

Zeng Shen nodded, his gaze lingering briefly on Shi Mingqiang for a second before turning to the stones in the young woman's box, listening curiously to their conversation.

The young woman in front of Shi Mingqiang glanced at Zeng Shen and Li Yuqing, then, seemingly unconcerned about their presence, addressed Shi Mingqiang:

"Mr. Shi, if you still want to cooperate, then your company can peel, develop, design, and auction this jadeite rough stone in my hand that contains imperial jadeite. But you have to sign a 30 million risk agreement with me, otherwise I will go upstairs to find your mortal enemy."

“Ms. Liu, I know your company is in dire need of working capital right now. I can sign a risk agreement with you, but we can only sign it after the jadeite rough stones in your hands have been peeled and revalued.”

Shi Mingqiang's voice was steady and powerful. He paused for a moment before continuing:

"And you know that too."

"It is inaccurate to predict the amount of imperial jadeite contained in this rough stone based solely on a small scratch without thoroughly peeling it off."

"If it's only this small scratch that's showing, then the maximum profit from the entire development will only be ten million, not thirty million. In that case, wouldn't I have to subsidize you twenty million?"

Shi Mingqiang spoke slowly.

The beautiful young woman closed the box, stood up, and said, "In that case, let's talk another day."

"You're welcome to come anytime," Shi Mingqiang said, standing up.

Upon hearing this, the young woman turned and walked out of the office.

He kicked his leg and went to the 21st floor.

[The host is incredibly fortunate to have shared a room with a third-tier water deity unharmed, gaining +1000 survival points.]

(End of this chapter)