Come Find Me in the Command Room

"Yes!"

Xu Ruoxi accepted the order and left.

Although the Resident Combat Team's fighters had made mistakes this time,

there was no denying that they had sacrificed themselves for the shelter!

At a time like this, they could not let the fighters' hearts grow cold.

While Xu Ruoxi went to make arrangements,

Li Chen summoned Jiang Tiancai and his group to the Command Room.

Sitting in his designated chair,

Li Chen looked at Jiang Tiancai and said, "Please, have a seat. No need to stand on ceremony."

After a fierce battle,

Jiang Tiancai and the others all looked rather battered.

They exchanged glances and took seats across from Li Chen.

"Would it be convenient for you to introduce yourselves?" Li Chen asked with a faint smile, unconcerned.

Jiang Tiancai and the others had witnessed Li Chen's cold-blooded side.

He had killed the injured fighter the moment he was scratched!

So none of them dared to lie.

One by one, they explained their backgrounds.

Just as Noah had discovered, they had all come from West City Shelter.

Because West City Shelter was desperately short on food,

it had begun raising weaker women, elderly people, and children as food.

They called those people who were to be eaten "Two-Legged Sheep."

Before the apocalypse, Jiang Tiancai had been a renowned doctor.

He simply could not stand West City Shelter's actions.

So he gathered some people who shared his beliefs

and rescued several "Two-Legged Sheep" who had been treated as food.

Then they fled eastward at full speed!

But unexpectedly, they ran into a zombie horde midway.

Fortunately, Jiang Tiancai and his group were no pushovers.

They fought while retreating and held on until Xu Ruoxi arrived.

Li Chen looked at Jiang Tiancai appreciatively, his hands clasped together.

"I highly approve of your combat abilities. What are your plans from here on?"

Jiang Tiancai and his group were quite capable.

They had doctors, nurses, and even demolition experts.

After all, in West City Shelter, anyone without value had already become a "Two-Legged Sheep."

Naturally, Li Chen wanted to bring Jiang Tiancai and his group under his command.

But he wanted Jiang Tiancai to bring it up himself!

At the negotiating table, whoever revealed their purpose first lost the initiative.

Li Chen would not allow anyone to demand exorbitant prices in front of him!

"Commander, after leaving West City Shelter, we have nowhere else to go."

"We were wondering whether Star-Level Shelter is still recruiting people. Perhaps we can contribute something!"

Jiang Tiancai understood what Li Chen was thinking.

But he held no resentment toward him.

Given Star-Level Shelter's conditions,

there were countless talented people desperate to join.

They had merely happened to be saved by Li Chen. Otherwise, they might not even have had the chance.

Li Chen nodded in satisfaction. "Then congratulations to all of you in advance."

"Star-Level Shelter's doors will always be open to talented people."

As he spoke, Li Chen sent a message to the management staff.

Then he said to Jiang Tiancai and the others, "Don't worry. Working at Star-Level Shelter comes with generous rewards."

"Someone will take you to register shortly."

Jiang Tiancai and the others exchanged glances, joy appearing on their faces.

They had thought that, given Star-Level Shelter's strength,

it would make them work for nothing!

When the management staff arrived,

they registered Jiang Tiancai and the others, handed each of them a Smart Bracelet, and briefly introduced the jobs within Star-Level Shelter and the Points exchange system.

"What? One Energy Core can be exchanged for one hundred Points?"

Jiang Tiancai nearly went mad with joy upon hearing this!

Because Star-Level Shelter had opened its doors to exchanging Energy Cores for supplies,

even West City Shelter had been continuously collecting Energy Cores.

It was just that their prices were outrageously unfair.

One Energy Core could only be exchanged for half a pack of biscuits!

Yet at Star-Level Shelter, it could be exchanged for 100 Points!

Jiang Tiancai still had quite a few Energy Cores on him.

He immediately took them all out to exchange.

While Jiang Tiancai and the others busied themselves choosing jobs and learning Star-Level Shelter's Rules,

Li Chen remained in the Command Room,

lost in thought as he stared at the surveillance footage!

Normally, a thousand Elementary Zombies were needed before one Tier 2 Zombie could evolve.

Evolved zombies rarely gathered together.

They usually acted alone.

Yet this time, eight Tier 2 Zombies had appeared at once.

This indicated that the zombies' evolution was very likely man-made, which was why they had gathered so densely.

"Noah, scan all surveillance footage in Donghai City."

"See whether there are any more Tier 2 Zombies around."

Li Chen said calmly.

"Yes!"

Ten seconds later,

Noah replied, "According to current surveillance observations, there are 20 Tier 2 Zombies in Donghai City."

"Each one is relatively far from the others."

The moment Li Chen heard that, he laughed in anger.

There were only 20 such zombies in all of Donghai City.

Yet eight had appeared at once this time!

He would not believe it was not man-made.

"Can you determine where those Tier 2 Zombies from earlier came from?" Li Chen asked coldly.

"Searching..."

"Sorry, unable to trace them."

Noah answered.

Although Li Chen had ordered surveillance equipment placed throughout Donghai City,

it was impossible to monitor every corner.

At most, they could observe 60 percent.

It seemed that whoever was pulling strings behind the scenes was hiding within the uncontrolled 40 percent!

"Mm."

Li Chen lowered his head and looked at the eight Energy Cores in his hand.

They had been taken from the eight Tier 2 Zombies.

The Energy Cores of Elementary Zombies were transparent.

The Energy Cores of Tier 2 Zombies, on the other hand, were pale green.

They contained even more energy!

Ding! Detected that the commander possesses Tier 2 Energy Cores. Would you like to exchange them?

A notification suddenly sounded in Li Chen's mind.

"Exchange them."

Ding! Congratulations, Commander. Exchange successful. You have obtained 8,000 Primary Energy Cores!

One Tier 2 Energy Core was equivalent to 1,000 Primary Energy Cores.

Li Chen had not expected the ratio to be so high.

If he did not currently lack people capable of defeating Tier 2 Zombies,

he would have organized a team specifically to hunt them!

"Wait, no. How could I forget Xu Ruoxi!"

Li Chen suddenly slapped his forehead and stood up.

Ever since binding Xu Ruoxi, Li Chen had yet to improve her attributes.

It just so happened that, over the next few days, the Resident Combat Team would be sent out to hunt zombies.

Li Chen decided to upgrade Xu Ruoxi now!

He summoned the bound person's Attribute Panel.

Star-Level Shelter System

Bound Person 1: Xu Ruoxi

Strength: 5

Agility: 10

Constitution: 6

Spirit: 6

Intelligence: 7

Li Chen took a look. There was still Evolution Energy remaining.

Over the past few days, the artificial human soldiers and the Resident Combat Team had killed quite a few zombies.

There was enough to evolve Xu Ruoxi.

So Li Chen pressed the attribute upgrade button on Xu Ruoxi's Attribute Panel.

He had assumed it would be the same as when he upgraded himself.

But to his surprise, the upgrade button was grayed out!

Unable to evolve! Notice: The commander and the bound person must make contact.

Li Chen speechlessly opened his Smart Bracelet.

He sent Xu Ruoxi a message: "Come find me in the Command Room."