At seven the next morning.
The Training Field on the first floor
was already packed with people.
These were all people who had passed the Resident Combat Team assessment and come to register.
The assessment included physical fitness, combat skills, and firearm use.
Only those who passed could qualify. Looking around, there were roughly ten thousand people.
Everyone wore delighted expressions.
Joining the Resident Combat Team meant a great deal to them.
This time, nearly every man in the Star-Level Shelter had submitted an application.
Yet only these ten thousand had been selected.
That proved their abilities were outstanding!
More importantly, the Resident Combat Team's Points were incredibly high.
They could earn as much as 6,000 a month, along with various allowances and commissions.
Who wouldn't be tempted by that?
Li Chen stepped into the Training Field.
All the chatter immediately fell silent.
Everyone turned their attention toward Li Chen.
"Mr. Li."
"Good morning, Mr. Li!"
Whenever he passed by, people greeted Li Chen.
Li Chen nodded slightly and looked toward Manager Five, who was handling the registrations.
He asked, "How is it going?"
"Reporting to the Commander, the Resident Combat Team has currently recruited 9,806 people. After assessment, all of them have physical fitness at D-rank or above."
Manager Five stood straight and answered respectfully.
For ease of distinction,
physical fitness was divided into four ranks, from A to D.
D-rank physical fitness was what a normal young adult man possessed.
Those in suboptimal health had already been excluded.
Li Chen nodded in satisfaction.
Combat skills and experience could be taught later.
But poor physical fitness could not be remedied overnight.
Through the android cultivation pods,
the maximum limit of 5,000 Android Warriors had already been raised.
Together with this nearly ten-thousand-strong Resident Combat Team,
the Star-Level Shelter now possessed a force of fifteen thousand!
Aside from the Android Warriors, the ten thousand members of the Resident Combat Team
were all young adult men.
Quite a few of them were retired soldiers!
The Star-Level Shelter now
could be considered one of the strongest forces in all of Donghai City.
"Reporting to the Commander, registration has been completed."
Manager Five gave a salute.
Li Chen glanced at the form.
As expected, Xu Ruoxi had received S-ranks in every assessment.
Only her physical fitness was slightly weaker, though it was still A-rank.
"Good. Since registration has been completed,"
"everyone will begin carrying out missions!"
"All personnel, arm yourselves immediately!"
At Li Chen's command,
the ten thousand people moved swiftly.
They immediately put on their Combat Uniforms.
The sight was truly spectacular.
The Resident Combat Team had the same equipment as the Android Warriors.
They all had goggles and infrared night-vision devices.
They were equipped with the most advanced weapons currently available in the Star-Level Shelter!
In less than a minute,
the entire Resident Combat Team had transformed.
Once everyone was fully equipped,
they all looked at Li Chen with expectant eyes.
The heat in their eyes gradually gathered into an intense light.
Once they put on that equipment, every cell in their bodies clamored for
battle!
Battle!
Li Chen naturally understood what they were thinking.
Smiling slightly, he said, "Next, there will be seven days of training."
"Today is the first day, so we'll use zombies for practice."
"The target is for each person to kill fifty zombies. Can you do it?"
More than ten thousand people
roared their answer in unison.
"YES!"
The sound was deafening!
"Move out!"
Li Chen nodded to the Android Warriors.
A squad of Android Warriors immediately took the lead.
The ten thousand members of the Resident Combat Team followed close behind!
Ding! Congratulations, Commander, on forming the Resident Guard. The Attribute Panel has been unlocked. Please proceed to view it.
The Attribute Panel?
Li Chen was pleasantly surprised.
He had previously learned of the Attribute Panel's existence from Noah.
Simply put, it could be used to improve individuals.
It could also modify those bound to it!
Its practicality was extremely high.
Without hesitation, Li Chen immediately said, "Open the Attribute Panel."
In an instant,
a transparent Holographic Screen appeared before Li Chen.
Only Li Chen could see this screen.
Star-Level Shelter System Host: Li Chen Strength: 6 Agility: 7 Constitution: 10 Spirit: 10 Intelligence: 9 Evolution Energy: Binding 1: None Binding 2: None Gene Evolution Count: 0
Li Chen looked at his panel and frowned slightly.
Before undergoing Gene Evolution,
the maximum value for an ordinary human was 10.
Although Li Chen's current stats could already crush the vast majority of people,
he was still somewhat dissatisfied.
They were clearly unbalanced!
Both his Strength and Agility were a little low.
Just as Li Chen was about to ask Noah,
a string of notifications suddenly rang out.
Ding! The Combat Team killed 1 Elementary Zombie and gained 1 point of Evolution Energy.
Ding! The Combat Team killed 1 Elementary Zombie and gained 1 point of Evolution Energy.
As the notifications continued to sound,
the Evolution Energy field on the panel kept rising as well.
Li Chen's lips curled upward slightly.
So this was how Evolution Energy was obtained!
As it happened, Li Chen was a bit of a perfectionist.
He found those low Strength and Agility values unpleasant to look at.
He immediately tapped upgrade.
Ding! 200 Evolution Energy used. Strength +1.
Ding! 200 Evolution Energy used. Strength +1.
Ding! 200 Evolution Energy used. Agility +1.
In just a short while,
Li Chen spent 1,600 Evolution Energy to raise all his attributes to 10.
Just as Li Chen was preparing to continue upgrading,
he suddenly noticed that the required amount had changed.
Ding! 2,000 Evolution Energy used. Strength +1.
Well, damn. It had increased tenfold just like that!
Li Chen immediately asked,
"Noah, how are these values calculated?"
"Reporting to the Commander, before level 10, each attribute point costs 200 Evolution Energy. From levels 10 to 20, each attribute point costs 2,000 Evolution Energy. From levels 20 to 30, each attribute point costs Evolution Energy."
Noah answered immediately.
Li Chen took a look. The remaining Evolution Energy was not enough to raise all his attributes to level 20.
So he decided to raise only his Strength and Agility to level 20 first.
Whoosh—
Li Chen felt a warm sensation spread throughout his body.
Immediately afterward, his limbs brimmed with strength!
His vision also became exceptionally sharp.
He could even clearly see the trajectories of dust drifting through the air.
At this point, only a little over four hundred Evolution Energy remained.
The upgrade buttons for Strength and Agility had also turned gray.
Li Chen tapped one experimentally.
A notification popped up instead.
Ding! Level limit reached. Proceed with Gene Evolution?
Because he did not have enough Evolution Energy right now,
he could not tap confirm.
Li Chen did not close the Attribute Panel immediately.
Instead, he carefully examined the detailed explanation.
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