“Hey, Boss Su, it’s only a little past five. Why are you out so early? Did you finish up?”

In the parking lot, Zhou Yue was sitting in the car, browsing the game panel to pass the time.

Hearing a knock on the window, he turned around and looked over curiously.

“I’d say we’ve got about half of it sorted out.”

“The other parts will take another two days to manufacture, right? I’ll bring the materials over tomorrow.”

Once he was in the car, Su Mo mumbled a few vague words, trying to brush the subject aside.

He had not yet decided whether to allocate fifty thousand points from Zizai Liang Lane to buy materials.

Alternatively, he could obtain researcher status by answering the questions, and then receive the materials directly.

There were two paths. He needed to go back and think them over carefully before deciding.

“All right, shall I take you straight to Mulberry Field Town?”

“Wouldn’t that be putting you out?”

“It’s fine. Manager Yan specifically instructed me to be your personal driver today,” Zhou Yue said with a nonchalant smile, patting the steering wheel.

The energy car was a high-performance model made by Baoyu Heavy Industry, and all wear and tear was borne by the factory.

Doing favors was a personal matter, but this was a favor he, as the driver, had to do.

Any sensible person could figure out which was more important.

“Okay. My sister is still shopping in the northern part of the city. Would it be all right to pick her up?”

“No problem, no problem. It’s on the way.”

Zhou Yue started the car and drove out of the parking lot, heading back the way they had come.

After wandering around for half a day, Su Mo felt a little tired, so he simply closed his eyes to rest.

After a while, they picked up Huang Xiaojuan, who was already waiting at the mall entrance.

Even though a private car was faster, it was already past eight in the evening when they got back to Mulberry Field Town.

“Xiao Zhou, thank you for your help.”

Since he already knew the address, Zhou Yue was extremely thoughtful and parked the car right in front of the gate.

Carrying the large and small bags Huang Xiaojuan had bought, the two got out of the car. Home was only a step away.

“Boss Su, I’ll head back now. If you need a car again, just send someone to find me.”

“This is my business card.”

Zhou Yue handed a business card through the car window, smiled, started the engine and slowly drove away.

Su Mo watched until the taillights had completely disappeared before he came back to himself and looked at the pile of odds and ends Huang Xiaojuan had bought, still sitting on the ground.

“Wow, you bought so many pots and pans! Let me see.”

“These three big bags are all seasonings? Are you opening a restaurant?”

“Hehe, it’s a secret. You’ll find out later, Brother Zong!” With her secret discovered, Huang Xiaojuan clutched her spice packets, quickly opened the courtyard gate and fled inside.

“This girl...” Su Mo shook his head as he watched Huang Xiaojuan’s lively figure disappear into the room, then looked at Wang Qian, who was waiting eagerly in the courtyard next door.

“Youzong, how was your trip to the city today?”

“It was fine. I went to the Academy of Sciences and saw a lot of things I had only heard about before. Hope City really is much more prosperous than Mulberry Field Town,” Su Mo answered sincerely.

“Mulberry Field Town? How can Mulberry Field Town compare to the city?” A hint of amusement rose in Wang Qian’s eyes.

“Still, the cost of living in the city is much higher than in Mulberry Field Town. At our current level of development, we’re still far from truly prosperous.”

“That’s true. Life in town is quite comfortable.”

While gathering the clutter from the ground and putting it away in the storage room, he chatted idly with Wang Qian.

Su Mo did not hold back, and the two talked for a while about the development of Hope City.

After everything was inside, Wang Qian smiled, made an excuse and tactfully took his leave.

The two exchanged a fist-and-palm salute across the wall.

Su Mo turned and walked toward the main house, opened the door and sat down inside.

A powerful, prosperous territory could indeed improve the happiness of ordinary people.

Conversely, the pressure on those who shouldered that responsibility would be magnified many times over.

On the way back he had still been struggling over which method to use.

But now, Su Mo had made his decision.

They had come into this world and stayed for only a year, yet it was like a seed of civilization they had left in the deep sea.

He decided to leave something behind for this world, as much as he could.

“The Pillar of Creation structure used on the Sun-chaser Battle Armor shouldn’t be too difficult to adapt to buildings.”

“Furthermore, I can make several more versions.”

“Start with a single-strand main structure and two auxiliary structures to reach the minimum of three hundred times and obtain researcher status.”

“Once the armor is finally finished and I’m about to leave, I’ll hand over the complete version to them!”

With that settled, he pulled over a desk lamp, took several large sheets of white paper from under the desk and began to sketch in earnest.

During this time he had become thoroughly familiar with the structure of the Pillar of Creation.

He would not claim to have mastered it completely, but he could freely rearrange its various attributes and modify it.

Making a simplified version really was not difficult at all.

Around three in the morning, the overall structure on the white paper became clear.

Looking at the sky outside and thinking that he would have to go to the Academy of Sciences again tomorrow, Su Mo decided not to stay up any longer.

He quickly got into bed and fell into a deep sleep.

Nothing more happened that night.

At seven in the morning, a ray of sunlight shone straight into the courtyard, bringing warmth.

Su Mo slowly opened his eyes and first glanced at Oreo, who had come back at some point and was sleeping at the foot of the bed.

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