Private Shelter

But when they stepped inside, they all breathed a sigh of relief!

Most shared rooms housed eight people, while a few housed six.

Just like the old school dorms, there were bunk beds with desks underneath, along with small lockers for storage.

Everything looked neat and orderly, not crowded at all.

"Phew, that scared me to death. I thought it would be one huge communal bunkroom!"

"Isn't this just like when we were in school? What's the big deal?"

"It's already the apocalypse. Don't set your standards so high."

After seeing the rooms, everyone was overjoyed.

The current living conditions were not bad.

Perhaps there would be other ways to earn Points in the future, allowing them to move into double rooms or even single rooms.

Life was full of hope!

The group here was registering their rooms.

Meanwhile, Li Chen had already returned to the monitoring room.

Through the screens, he observed the situation inside the shelter.

"Noah, report the registration status."

"Yes, Host."

"At present, 5,688 people have completed work registration. Among them are 30 researchers and 300 registered members of the Combat Team."

The rest naturally worked in services, technical fields, and similar jobs.

Li Chen looked over the data, somewhat surprised.

He had thought that after what they had experienced today, these people would be terrified of zombies.

He had not expected that 300 people would still be willing to join the Combat Team!

For Li Chen,

although the incubation chambers could produce Android Warriors,

they all required energy cores.

Therefore, directly replenishing part of the force from among the survivors was the most suitable option!

Just as Li Chen was preparing to arrange the next tasks,

the phone in his pocket suddenly rang.

"The vast horizon is my love..."

Looking down,

he saw that it was the phone Li Chen had used before the apocalypse.

The caller was unexpectedly Li Chen's class monitor—Yang Wei.

"Li Chen, where are you now?"

The moment the call connected, Yang Wei's blunt voice came through.

"I'm in a shelter," Li Chen replied calmly.

"Hehe, I heard there's some virus outbreak over in Donghai City, right?"

"My dad and I went traveling. We only heard about it after coming back. How's the situation over there?"

Yang Wei continued asking.

Yang Wei was a rich second-generation heir. His family was in real estate.

Before the apocalypse, Yang Wei had relied on his family's wealth to throw his weight around in class.

Even the teachers did not dare provoke him lightly!

Li Chen frowned but said nothing.

When he received no answer, Yang Wei continued on his own. "My dad built a Private Shelter in Donghai a long time ago."

"I notified everyone in the group that they could come here for shelter. You were the only one who didn't reply."

Ever since returning from rebirth,

Li Chen had been fully occupied with figuring out how to stockpile supplies and save people.

He had not looked at his phone at all.

Hearing Yang Wei's words,

Li Chen opened the class group chat.

He saw that yesterday, not long after the virus outbreak began, Yang Wei had sent a message.

"There's a Private Shelter next to my house. Anyone who wants to come, get over there quickly."

Below it were countless classmates flattering him.

"As expected of Wei Ge! Is this the power of money?! I love it!"

"Reporting to Wei Ge, the Class Beauty has brought us into the shelter. We're waiting for Wei Ge to return and take command!"

"Yeah, yeah, most of the class is already here. What about Li Chen and the others? Why haven't they said anything? Are they dead?"

"Who cares? That kid's just an idiot who pisses Wei Ge off all day. Does he even have the nerve to enter Wei Ge's shelter?"

"Exactly. Last time, Li Chen even tried to compete with Wei Ge over a woman. He really overestimated himself!"

"Oh, don't say that about Li Chen. We're all classmates. It's so dangerous outside right now. Can anyone contact him? He needs to hide somewhere quickly!"

Li Chen and Yang Wei had some old grievances.

Back then, Yang Wei had taken a liking to the School Beauty.

But the School Beauty disliked Yang Wei's behavior and ignored him completely.

Instead, she showed Li Chen concern and affection.

As a result, Yang Wei disliked Li Chen at every turn and constantly opposed him.

Now, many classmates were cursing Li Chen to death just to curry favor with Yang Wei.

"Do you think the School Beauty has anywhere to hide right now? It's full of man-eating monsters outside!"

"Hehe, what does that have to do with us? That bitch didn't know what was good for her. If she hadn't rejected Wei Ge, she'd be living with him right now."

These people making sarcastic remarks

had mostly moved into Yang Wei's shelter before the virus outbreak by sucking up to him.

They had been eating and drinking well the whole time.

They had never even seen a zombie.

So they had no burden at all saying such things.

"Enough, stop it. Isn't it normal for classmates to have a few disagreements? Why curse someone like that?"

"My parents... both died in this disaster! You should be praying that everyone you know survives!"

"Same here. I'm hiding at home right now and don't even dare go outside. How can you be so vicious?"

Some classmates who had not entered the shelter

saw those messages and came forward to try to stop them.

Li Chen scrolled through the messages, his expression darkening.

"Li Chen, why aren't you talking? Gone mute?"

"I kindly invited you to my family's Private Shelter. Don't be ungrateful."

After throwing out those words, Yang Wei hung up.

He was no kindhearted person.

He had made this call partly to see whether Li Chen was still alive.

The other reason was to lure Li Chen into his own shelter.

It was already the apocalypse.

Before the apocalypse, Yang Wei had been constrained by laws and regulations, so there was nothing he could do to Li Chen.

But now, as long as he got Li Chen onto his own territory,

couldn't he do whatever he wanted to him?

Li Chen had dared compete with Yang Wei for a woman. He was simply courting death!

Yang Wei did not truly like the School Beauty that much.

His private life was extremely chaotic. Every reasonably attractive woman at school had an unclear relationship with him.

The Class Beauty was even just a tool for warming Yang Wei's bed!

The reason he hated Li Chen was purely because Yang Wei had always been domineering and tyrannical.

He simply could not tolerate anyone defying him!

Li Chen looked at the disconnected call, the corners of his lips curling slightly.

"A Private Shelter? Hehe."

He set his phone aside.

Li Chen looked up and continued questioning Noah. "How is the global infection situation now?"

Noah immediately projected a world map.

The green areas had not been infected.

Only that tiny patch of Iceland remained.

Meanwhile, every developing country had turned dark red!

That indicated the most severe infections.

Next were the developed countries, marked in light red.

But all those colors were gradually deepening.

Natural disasters and human calamities!

Even if some countries immediately locked down their cities and temporarily stopped the virus from spreading,

it was foreseeable that this would not accomplish much!

Because the virus was not only transmitted through saliva and blood. It could possibly spread through water sources!

It might even drift through the air.

Even if an entire city's residents were forbidden from running around,

there was no guarantee that a water source somewhere would not become contaminated.

Once zombies broke out, it would practically be a citywide massacre.

Humanity's fate was grim!