I Want to Stay Here

Though the old foxes craved weapons,

they knew their limits.

The numbers they gave were just right, never crossing the line.

After everyone had stated their amounts, they looked at Li Chen's empty hands and asked uncertainly,

"Mr. Li, aren't you going to write it down?"

Li Chen shook his head and said, "Noah, did you record it?"

Noah's voice immediately rang out.

"Recorded: Liu Neng, 120 M416s and 300 boxes of ammunition; Yang Chengyi, 200 AK-103s and 600 boxes of ammunition; Zhao Feilong, 120 broadswords..."

Amid everyone's astonished stares, Li Chen continued, "Send the list to the Logistics Team. Have them pack everything immediately."

"Yes."

Noah answered at once.

President Liu's mouth fell open. After a long moment, he said, "Artificial Intelligence!"

Li Chen nodded, unsurprised. "Let's go. President Liu, you wanted medicine too, right?"

"Yes, yes."

President Liu and the others followed behind Li Chen, feeling as if they were walking on air.

The Star-Level Shelter was truly filthy rich!

Not only did it have abundant supplies, it even dared to let them buy on credit.

After extending them credit for weapons, it was now doing the same for medicine.

As President Liu looked at Li Chen's back, a question surfaced in his mind.

Wasn't Li Chen afraid they would refuse to pay?

But as soon as the question arose, President Liu answered it himself.

Refuse to pay? Would they dare?

Not only did the Star-Level Shelter possess countless weapons, its combat personnel were all elite.

Calling such combat strength capable of sweeping through Donghai City would have been an understatement.

Besides, they would need to exchange for even more supplies from Li Chen in the future.

Bullets, medicine, food.

They were basically already dependent on Li Chen.

Whoever dared to refuse payment would surely be attacked by everyone else!

The medicine was stored on another floor.

They took the elevator to the storage room.

The lights came on.

The storage room was divided into two sections.

The outer section contained medicines that could be bought on the market.

From cold medicine to anesthetics, it had everything.

The inner section was a cold storage room containing rare medicines!

"My god..."

President Liu could not help but gasp in amazement.

And these were not even all of the Star-Level Shelter's reserves.

Because on their way here, President Liu and the others had seen

countless identical doors!

Open any one of them,

and there would be mountains of supplies inside.

President Liu immediately requested twenty boxes each of cold medicine and fever reducers, along with fifty boxes of anti-inflammatory medicine.

As for the rest,

President Liu wanted them, but when he thought about having to repay them with Energy Cores later,

he immediately kept quiet.

Medicine was far more expensive than firearms.

After all, everyone got sick.

In an environment like the apocalypse, if there were no guns, they could still use kitchen knives.

But without medicine, they could only wait for death.

By the time everyone emerged from the storage area,

the Logistics Team had already packed the supplies they needed into separate boxes.

They were placed right on the platform!

Once the platform rose, Yang Chengyi and the others could take the boxes away directly.

"Safe travels, everyone. I'll be waiting for your good news."

Li Chen curled his lips into a meaningful smile.

Yang Chengyi and the others immediately pounded their chests and promised once more.

"Don't worry. Once I hunt zombies and obtain supplies, I'll bring them over right away!"

"Hahaha, Mr. Li, just wait for our good news."

Just as everyone was about to get into their vehicles and leave,

the two classmates following Yang Wei suddenly spoke up.

"Li Chen, I want to stay here. Is that okay?"

The speaker was a boy with a face full of acne.

He had previously been Yang Wei's most loyal lackey.

The acne-faced boy had mustered all his courage before saying those words.

After he spoke, the other girl also looked at Li Chen expectantly.

They had seen the conditions at the Star-Level Shelter.

Not only were supplies plentiful, its military strength was formidable.

Living inside was as blissful as entering the Garden of Eden!

Yang Wei's expression changed.

He felt as sickened as if he had swallowed a fly.

Those two were truly ungrateful wretches!

If he had not kindly taken them in, they would probably be in some zombie's belly by now.

If this had been his own shelter, Yang Wei would have exploded already.

But this was the Star-Level Shelter, someone else's territory.

To maintain his image, Yang Wei could only say to Li Chen with an ugly expression, "Yes, why not let them stay?"

"We're all classmates. We should be helping each other."

Li Chen's gaze swept over Yang Wei before finally settling on the acne-faced boy. His lips curved slightly upward.

These two were really interesting.

Did they think he collected trash and would take in just anyone?

"Of course you can, but you have to submit an application. You can only stay if you meet the requirements."

"If your application isn't approved, there's nothing I can do. After all, I manage such a large shelter. I can't show favoritism."

Upon hearing those words, the acne-faced boy's expression changed.

Nonsense!

If he could pass the application, why would he have swallowed his pride and asked?

The acne-faced boy had thought that, no matter what, he was Li Chen's classmate.

Maybe Li Chen would make an exception and let him stay.

Then, relying on his status as Li Chen's classmate, wouldn't he be able to strut around the Star-Level Shelter as he pleased?

But Li Chen's two sentences shattered his hopes.

The acne-faced boy immediately flushed red and said resentfully, "The Star-Level Shelter's requirements are so harsh. How many people can even pass?"

Li Chen called Noah over with a smile.

"How many residents does the shelter have now?"

"Reporting to the commander, a total of survivors have registered and moved in."

Noah's mechanical voice came through.

Li Chen shrugged at the acne-faced boy. "Hear that? At least more than fifty thousand people meet the requirements now."

Although Li Chen said nothing else, his eyes had already made his meaning clear.

The Star-Level Shelter did not take in trash!

The acne-faced boy was so furious he nearly went mad.

But when he recalled Li Chen's cold-blooded ruthlessness earlier, he forcibly restrained himself.

Seeing this, Yang Wei immediately tried to smooth things over. "It's fine. A base as large as the Star-Level Shelter should have some requirements."

"You should come back with me. We bought weapons now, so we have the ability to protect ourselves."

Those words gave the acne-faced boy and the other girl a way out.

The two immediately spoke in sarcastic tones.

"Brother Wei is the loyal one, unlike certain people. Heh heh!"

"I knew I hadn't misjudged him. If it weren't for Brother Wei, we'd still be out there killing zombies. I was just acting on impulse earlier!"

Those words reached Yang Wei's ears.

They made him frown in disgust.

It was as if a toad had crawled onto the top of his foot.

But Yang Wei did not show anything. He merely led the two classmates to stand at the very back of the group.

"Alright, then we'll be leaving first."

Yang Chengyi brought the supplies and his people

onto the platform and waved at Li Chen.

After they took the weapons and got into the Off-Road Vehicle,

the acne-faced boy and the other girl finally began cursing.

They vented everything they had not dared to say earlier in one go.

"Li Chen really is a piece of trash. Now that he's successful, he looks down on people!"

"Exactly. Look at how pleased with himself he is. I'd like to see what he can make of himself in this apocalypse without the support of his old classmates!"