By Nominal Age

Everyone present

failed to apply successfully!

Noah gave only one reason for rejecting them: they did not meet the requirements!

Just moments ago, they had been brimming with confidence, thinking they were about to escape their misery.

Now, they were instantly dumbfounded.

"What the hell is going on? Is the Star-Level Shelter even still accepting people?"

One student could not help making a post on the forum.

Helpful residents immediately answered below.

"Our shelter calculates age by nominal age. Even if you're still a few months short by actual age, you're already considered an adult this year! Naturally, your application won't pass!"

Having received the answer,

the students all went numb.

What kind of bullshit rule was that?!

Yang Wei's eyes flickered at the sight.

He stood up. "I have something to take care of."

"Since none of you can get approved, stay here with me for now."

With that, Yang Wei headed up the narrow staircase.

Above the basement was the Yang family villa.

Quite a few bodyguards in black stood outside the walls.

Yang Wei went straight to the second floor of the villa.

There, he saw a middle-aged man in a dark purple suit standing by the window.

The table still held the remains of a meal.

This was Yang Wei's father, Yang Chengyi!

As a real estate tycoon, how could Yang Chengyi have settled for preparing only compressed biscuits?

There were also plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables.

There just were not many of them.

In his eyes, the refugees in the basement who depended on the Yang family were not qualified to eat them.

The good things naturally belonged to his own family!

Yang Wei had only eaten a meal of compressed biscuits with those people to build up his image.

"Dad, take a look at this."

Yang Wei handed over his phone.

The screen displayed the Star-Level Shelter forum.

Yang Chengyi was initially indifferent.

But after flipping through several posts, his expression turned grave!

"Dad, what faction do you think this shelter belongs to?"

Yang Wei was deeply worried.

The Star-Level Shelter appeared to have excellent conditions.

It was built entirely from Heavy Metal!

From the photos posted by shelter residents, the Star-Level Shelter looked enormous.

Even ordinary residents could casually eat hot meals.

That meant the shelter had abundant supplies!

When had Donghai City built such a massive shelter?

Yang Chengyi tapped his fingers against the table, his brow tightly furrowed.

"A Wei, gather our people."

"We'll go over and find out what they're really like."

After learning that the apocalypse was coming,

Yang Chengyi had made many preparations.

Having risen to the top of his industry before the apocalypse, Yang Chengyi was no small-minded man.

He did not merely want to build a place to take shelter.

Everything had originally been proceeding according to Yang Chengyi's plan.

But the appearance of the Star-Level Shelter had made Yang Chengyi feel threatened!

"Dad... do we really have to go?"

Yang Wei looked worried.

Monsters were everywhere outside now. He did not want to go out and get eaten.

Besides, Li Chen was part of the Star-Level Shelter and might even be an administrator.

He could not stand the thought that a classmate he had once looked down on had suddenly risen above him and was living better than he was!

Yang Chengyi glanced at Yang Wei.

He said calmly, "Doesn't the forum have an apocalypse guide?"

"Zombies move slowly during the day. As long as we're careful not to get surrounded, we should be fine."

Such a huge shelter was right next to them.

If Yang Chengyi did not go take a look, he would not be able to sleep at night!

"But, Dad, one of my classmates is an administrator inside the Star-Level Shelter."

Yang Wei finally voiced what was on his mind.

Yang Chengyi laughed when he heard that.

He patted Yang Wei on the shoulder. "Then that's even better. We lack water resources here. With that connection, we might even be able to get some supplies."

"A Wei, don't forget what I taught you. Those who accomplish great things do not fuss over trivialities!"

Yang Wei nodded with an ugly expression.

His fists clenched tightly.

He was supposed to ask Li Chen for supplies?

Just thinking about it felt humiliating!

But Yang Wei did not dare argue with his father.

Besides, he also wanted to see the situation for himself.

Maybe Li Chen was not an administrator at all!

Less than ten minutes later,

the bodyguards downstairs had assembled.

Apart from Yang Chengyi and his son,

they brought ten bodyguards and two classmates who wanted to watch the excitement.

All ten bodyguards were strong and sturdy, and they had followed Yang Chengyi even before the apocalypse.

They were trusted confidants.

They were all equipped with rifles and Hand Grenades.

They were fully armed.

The Off-Road Vehicles drove out of the garage.

The group got in and headed toward the address posted on the forum.

There were quite a few zombies along the way.

Some stood blankly by the roadside.

Hearing the commotion, they immediately rushed toward the Off-Road Vehicles with a wild, unrestrained gait.

However, Elementary Zombies moved slowly during the day.

They could not catch up with the modified Off-Road Vehicles at all.

Even if one or two lucky zombies occasionally managed to climb onto the vehicles,

the Yang family bodyguards would blow their heads off with a single shot!

"Stop!"

"Get out and check whether these zombies have crystal cores in their heads."

Yang Chengyi looked at the zombies whose heads had been blown apart and issued the order coldly.

Screech—

The two Off-Road Vehicles immediately slammed on the brakes.

Several bodyguards got out.

They used Swiss Army knives to pry open the heads of the dead zombies.

Before long, a transparent crystal, stained with blood, lay in their palms.

The inside of the crystal did not seem solid.

Something like oil sloshed around within it.

Although the outside of the crystal was covered in blood,

the blood could not stick to it at all.

With just a light shake, the sparkling crystal became clean.

"President Yang, this should be the crystal core you mentioned."

"Every zombie has one, hidden in the back of its head. But their colors seem to be different."

The lead bodyguard respectfully handed over the cleaned crystal core.

"There really are some?"

Yang Chengyi's pupils contracted.

They dug out all the zombies on the ground, leaving six crystal cores before him.

Most were transparent.

A few had faint red wisps floating inside.

Yang Chengyi examined the crystal cores as his mind raced.

In the Star-Level Shelter's announcement,

it only said that crystal cores could be exchanged with them for supplies and weapons.

But it never said what crystal cores were used for!

It was foreseeable that crystal cores must be extremely valuable.

Otherwise, the Star-Level Shelter would not exchange the most precious apocalypse resources for them.

Yang Chengyi's sense of crisis exploded at that moment.

He did not even know what crystal cores were for.

Yet the Star-Level Shelter had already begun purchasing them in large quantities.

Coupled with that apocalypse survival guide on the forum,

it showed that the person in charge of the Star-Level Shelter knew a great deal about this disaster.

Thinking of this, Yang Chengyi could not help glancing at Yang Wei.

Since the Star-Level Shelter had A Wei's classmate,

perhaps they could use that connection to learn how crystal cores were used.

That would be wonderful news indeed!

"Dad... why are you looking at me?"

When Yang Wei met Yang Chengyi's gaze, his whole body felt uneasy.

"Nothing."

"All personnel, immediately proceed at full speed to the Star-Level Shelter!"

"Unless necessary, ignore the zombies on the road."

As soon as Yang Chengyi finished speaking,

the two Off-Road Vehicles roared off once more.