"Clang, clang, clang!"
He swung the iron hammer, driving nails into the wooden boards.
Looking at the chicken coop taking shape before him, Hunter wiped the sweat from his forehead, the smile in his eyes impossible to conceal.
"This is great!"
A week ago, he had sensed that he was likely being targeted by a certain assassin organization.
So, Hunter decided to temporarily leave Los Angeles.
He wanted to get away from Slater, Tali, and Maggie, taking the danger with him.
It just so happened that a while ago, he had purchased a small farm covering two hundred and ninety-seven acres.
It was located in Pomona City, about fifty or sixty kilometers away from Los Angeles.
Hunter considered that his farm had over a hundred acres of woodland.
So he decided to lure those assassins—who had been secretly watching him and were likely still looking for an opportunity to assassinate him—
All into his farm, and then take the chance to deal with them.
At the very least, Hunter wanted to give that assassin organization a harsh lesson.
He would beat them so hard they'd feel the pain and become terrified.
Then they wouldn't dare keep their eyes on him anymore.
To this end, during the past week,
Aside from a few rare trips back to Los Angeles and going to downtown Pomona to purchase building materials,
Hunter spent most of his time here at the farm.
With his private space, it seemed as if he had no preparation at all.
In reality, Hunter had already prepared enough weapons and equipment to deal with an entire squad.
He was just waiting for that assassin organization to be unable to resist sending more people to their deaths.
While waiting for them to show up, Hunter didn't stay idle.
Or rather, he didn't want to waste this precious time before the storm and continued to work hard to improve his Strength.
With the proficiency system as his cheat, Hunter had activated many skills over the past three months.
Among them were quite a few professional skills related to daily life.
For example, Carpentry, plumbing, and electrical work were all relatively common and practical skills.
Over the past three months, because Hunter had put most of his energy into other skills related to combat and survival,
He hadn't specifically focused on improving these types of skills.
He had only spent a little time and effort to upgrade them to Lv1 or Lv2.
After that, Hunter had set them aside for the time being.
Because of the proficiency system, the rewards Hunter received from upgrading each skill were actually the same.
Ever since he arrived at this farm, which Hunter hadn't had time to name yet,
He had completed all the chores by himself over the past week.
From simple tasks like clearing weeds and repelling snakes and insects, to repairing the old house left by the previous owner, and buying lumber to build new sheds and structures.
He updated the plumbing and electricity, prepared to dig reservoirs and irrigation channels, and improved the roads within the farm.
Hunter didn't hire a single person; he did everything with his own hands.
The reason he went through all this trouble
Was to take the opportunity to activate more new skills and raise the levels of some previously activated ones.
Hard work naturally deserves a reward.
Everything went exactly as Hunter had imagined.
During his busy week on the farm, doing the work of an entire team by himself,
Although he exhausted himself to death—even with a physical constitution three times that of an average adult male, he clearly felt fatigued—
He received the rewards he wanted for his efforts.
In one week, Hunter successively activated thirteen new skills.
Eight of them were new skills related to architecture and construction, three were related to farm operation, management, and maintenance, and one was Livestock Breeding.
At the same time, several skills he had previously activated also received two to three levels of improvement during this week.
After such a busy week, Hunter relied on his hands-on work to constantly grind experience points for various skills.
By now, he had gained a total of twenty-seven free attribute points.
Not only did the size of his private space increase significantly again,
But his overall Strength also saw a considerable boost.
With a thought, the system's light wall, which only Hunter could see, appeared before him.
Hunter looked and saw that the attribute list on it had taken on its current form.
[Host: Hunter.]
[Lifespan: 18/72.]
[intelligence: 40.]
[Strength: 38.]
[agility: 37.]
[constitution: 37.]
[endurance: 37.]
[Unassigned Attribute Points: 0.]
...private space: 165 cubic meters... Among all of Hunter's skills, the Reproduction Skill currently had the highest level.
Although it was still Lv5, perhaps because he had frequently moved among a group of women recently, radiating male pheromones,
His Reproduction Skill, while still Lv5,
Was less than a hundred experience points away from reaching Lv6.
Hunter had a bit of obsessive-compulsive disorder; every time he called up the system light wall these past few days,
And saw that the Reproduction Skill on the attribute list was just a tiny bit away from Lv6,
He always wanted to find an opportunity to go to Los Angeles or Pomona City to have a fated encounter with some beautiful lady.
He wanted to upgrade it to Lv6 as soon as possible, lest he feel uneasy every time he saw this skill about to level up on the system light wall.
Hunter would always feel a bit uncomfortable.
It had been a while since he activated this skill.
As the experience points for this skill accumulated, Hunter gradually figured out some rules for upgrading it.
It seemed that in the process of exploring world harmony with those beautiful ladies,
The experience points gained when not using birth control were far higher than when using it.
And every time Hunter met a generous and beautiful new lady and deepened their friendship,
The experience points gained were more than when solidifying knowledge and learning with old friends.
"Hmm?!"
While browsing the system light wall in front of him, Hunter suddenly felt a strong sense of unease.
He immediately snapped out of it and calmly walked a few steps.
The dangerous sensation, as if someone were aiming a gun at his head, finally faded slightly.
"Hmph!"
"Finally can't hold back anymore?"
Over the past week or so, Hunter had felt himself being watched.
The number of people secretly spying on him was not small... 0
With the continuous increase of his intelligence attribute, especially after it exceeded thirty,
Hunter had gained amazing enhancements in wisdom, memory, and other aspects.
At the same time, he vaguely felt that his brain seemed to be undergoing some kind of transformation that he couldn't quite explain yet.
For instance, now, as long as someone nearby paid attention to Hunter for a few extra moments, he could vaguely sense it.
And the feeling he just had wasn't the first time he'd experienced it over the past week.
Whenever that sense of danger appeared, Hunter could be absolutely certain.
There was more than one gun in the shadows aimed at him.
As long as he showed any sign of being distracted, making the hidden observers feel the time was right,
Hunter had no doubt the other party would immediately pull the trigger.
They would send sniper rifle bullets flying toward his chest and head.
"Good, I'm almost unable to hold back too."
During his week-plus stay at the farm, although he could daily
Constantly increase the experience points of his various skills by doing all kinds of farm work personally,
After a long time of doing such tedious work,
Even Hunter was starting to feel a bit tired.
He now desperately craved a slaughter to deal with those hidden observers and,
At the same time, vent the pressure he had accumulated during this period.
"I hope tonight, everything can come to an end."
Thinking this, Hunter picked up another wooden board and continued his busy work.
There was still some time before nightfall.
He figured those professional assassins would likely choose the night, or wait until he showed signs of fatigue, to make their move.
Therefore, Hunter had to do a bit more work.
Only then would this act look more convincing..
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