Bab 26: Chapter 26: Warehouse Fire
Logan casually flipped through the booklet and found that it was a pictorial guide, with a small figure demonstrating various moves.
It resembled a martial arts manual.
Logan became intrigued and started reading from the beginning.
The more he read, the more serious and incredulous his expression became.
The movements in this booklet bore some resemblance to the "Resonance" technique he had been practicing!
This shocked Logan greatly!
He immediately jumped out of bed and began practicing the movements described in the booklet.
As he practiced, he realized that the movements did indeed share some similarities with "Resonance," but they were far more complex and challenging to master.
Fortunately, Logan already had experience from practicing "Resonance" in his previous life, and his body had been conditioned during this time, allowing him to barely execute the movements.
With each breath and movement, there seemed to be a mysterious rhythm hidden within.
After finishing the first set of movements, Logan was drenched in sweat, yet his breathing remained steady, and he felt completely refreshed and warm.
The effects were several times better than those of "Resonance"!
Although "Resonance" also warmed the body, the effect was not as pronounced.
Logan carefully picked up the dirty booklet again and looked at the cover.
The words "Health Preservation Technique" were clearly added later; the original title seemed to have been worn off.
This was definitely not an ordinary health book!
If Logan hadn't experienced the apocalypse, he might have thought this was just a cheap "martial arts manual" sold at street stalls.
But knowing the wonders of "Resonance" from the apocalypse, Logan was certain that this was a priceless manual!
When the mysterious substance appeared after the apocalypse, this technique would likely show its full potential!
At the same time, Logan was puzzled.
"Resonance" didn't appear until the sixth year of the apocalypse.
Moreover, it was said to have been developed jointly by scientists and martial artists.
Could the rumors be wrong? Or was the story about its origins just a cover spread by the official shelters?
Logan had a feeling that the emergence of "Resonance" was closely linked to this booklet!
Now that the booklet was in his hands, would it change the original future?
After pondering for a moment, Logan decided not to worry about it.
Even if the future did change, it wasn't something he needed to concern himself with right now.
Besides, he wasn't the only one who knew about this technique; the chubby Taoist knew it as well.
After a good night's sleep, Logan finished practicing the "Health Preservation Technique" and found that David Lin had already gathered workers at the old temple site early in the morning to start construction.
After breakfast, Logan also went to the site.
Two excavators were clearing the remnants of the old temple.
Logan found David Lin and handed him the design drawings he had created the previous night, explaining the key points.
David Lin patted his chest and said, "Got it, boss. I'll have an engineer refine the design. Also, about the well you mentioned—we actually found one buried in the ruins. The construction workers pointed it out to me just now."
Logan was a bit surprised.
This was an unexpected bonus.
In the following days, Logan stayed in South City, ordering various building materials and discussing the shelter design with engineers.
In his spare time, he practiced the "Health Preservation Technique," and within a few days, Logan felt that his physical strength had increased more than it had in the past ten days combined.
With Logan sparing no expense, the old temple ruins were completely cleared, replaced by a large, deep pit.
The basement of the shelter had been dug out, and construction was about to begin.
Everything was proceeding in an orderly fashion.
However, in the early hours of March 22nd, a phone call made Logan abandon his plans to continue overseeing the project in South City.
It was from the person guarding the warehouse, and the panicked voice on the other end said:
"Boss, the warehouse is on fire!!"
Logan frowned.
"How did the fire start? What about the goods?"
"I don't know! I was asleep and didn't hear anything. Somehow, the fire started! Luckily, I discovered it early, and only a small part of the goods were burned..."
Logan had to put his work there on hold and entrusted everything to David Lin.
Then he took the first flight back to Harbor City.
It was pouring rain in Harbor City.
As soon as Logan got off the plane and turned on his phone, he saw a dozen missed calls, all from the person guarding the warehouse.
Logan immediately called back, but no one answered.
Checking the weather in Harbor City over the past few days, he saw that it had been raining.
Since it was rainy, how did the fire start?
As soon as he arrived at the warehouse, he heard a loud voice coming from inside:
"Throw everything out of here!"
"You can't do that! My boss will be back soon!"
It was the warehouse guard's voice.
Logan saw a few people throwing boxes of goods outside.
It was raining heavily outside, and some of the goods couldn't be exposed to the rain.
If they got soaked, they might be ruined.
"What do you think you're doing?!"
Logan blocked the warehouse entrance, his cold gaze sweeping over the people who were carrying the boxes outside.
They were intimidated by Logan's aura and stopped in their tracks.
"What are you doing, huh?!"
A thin middle-aged man walked over. Logan saw him, but he didn't recognize the man.
"Who are you? Get out of the way!" the thin man snarled.
"Who are you? Who told you to touch my stuff?!"
Logan demanded coldly.
The warehouse guard, looking distressed, ran over to Logan and complained:
"Boss! You're finally back! I was directing people to unload the goods when these guys suddenly barged in and said the warehouse belongs to them now, and they're forcing us to move our stuff out. I couldn't stop them!"
The thin man gave Logan a knowing look, sizing him up:
"So, you're Logan, huh?"
Before Logan could respond, the thin man pointed at himself with his thumb:
"From today, this warehouse is rented to me. Kid, you set the landlord's warehouse on fire, so he doesn't want to rent it to you anymore. If you're smart, pack up your things and get out of here!"
The warehouse guard protested angrily:
"Even if we have to move, you should give us some time! I told you our boss would be back soon, but you wouldn't even wait and started throwing our things out! Is there any sense of reason here?!"
"That's your problem. The warehouse is mine now, and your stuff is in my way. What's wrong with me throwing it out?"
The thin man cleaned his ears, looking like he didn't care at all, which made the warehouse guard fume with anger.
It was clear as day that this was a targeted move.
Logan's eyes narrowed, a dangerous glint flashing in his long, narrow eyes.
"I have a contract, and the rent hasn't expired yet. Whether to rent it to me or not isn't up to you. Let the landlord come here with the breach of contract fee and talk to me.
Right now, I'm giving you one minute to get out of my place."
"Oh? You're quite the tough talker for a little punk. I was out on the streets while you were still sucking on a bottle! Get lost!"
The thin man, dismissing Logan like he would a stray cat or dog, reached out to push him aside.
But Logan grabbed the man's hand and twisted it forcefully!
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