Come Find Me in the Command Room

"Yes!"

Xu Ruoxi took the order and left.

Although the soldiers of the Resident Combat Team made mistakes this time, it cannot be denied that they sacrificed for the shelter!

At this moment, their hearts must not be chilled.

While Xu Ruoxi went to make arrangements, Li Chen called Jiang Tiancai and his group to the command room.

Sitting in his exclusive chair, Li Chen looked at Jiang Tiancai and said, "Please have a seat, everyone, no need to be polite."

After a fierce battle, Jiang Tiancai and the others looked a bit disheveled.

They exchanged glances and sat down opposite Li Chen.

"Would you mind introducing yourselves?" Li Chen didn't mind and asked with a faint smile.

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

The scratched soldier was killed without hesitation!

So none of them dared to lie.

One by one, they revealed their origins.

Just as Noah had found out, they were all from the West City Shelter.

Because of the food shortage at the West City Shelter, they had started raising weaker women, elderly, and children as food.

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

Before the apocalypse, Jiang Tiancai was a well-known doctor.

He simply couldn't stand the actions of the West City Shelter.

So he took some people with similar ideas and rescued some of the "Two-Legged Sheep" who were being treated as food.

They ran eastward all the way!

However, they didn't expect to encounter a Zombie Horde halfway.

Fortunately, Jiang Tiancai and his group were not pushovers.

They fought and retreated, holding out until Xu Ruoxi arrived.

Li Chen looked at Jiang Tiancai with appreciation, crossing his hands.

"I'm very impressed with your combat capabilities. What are your plans next?"

Jiang Tiancai and his group were quite capable.

They had a doctor, a nurse, and even an explosives expert.

After all, in the West City Shelter, those who were useless had already become "Two-Legged Sheep."

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

But he wanted Jiang Tiancai to propose it himself!

At the negotiating table, whoever revealed their objective first would be at a disadvantage.

Li Chen would not allow anyone to make exorbitant demands in front of him!

"Commander, we've left the West City Shelter and have nowhere else to go."

"We were wondering if the Star-Level Shelter is still recruiting? Perhaps we could contribute something!"

Jiang Tiancai understood Li Chen's intentions.

But he had no resentment whatsoever.

Given the conditions of the Star-Level Shelter,

there were plenty of talented individuals crying and scrambling to join.

They were just lucky to have been saved by Li Chen; otherwise, they might not even have had this opportunity.

Li Chen nodded with satisfaction. "Then I'll congratulate everyone first."

"The Star-Level Shelter's doors are always open for talented individuals."

Saying this, Li Chen sent a message to the administrator.

He said to Jiang Tiancai and the others, "Don't worry, working at the Star-Level Shelter offers generous rewards."

"Someone will take you to register shortly."

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

They had thought that with the strength of the Star-Level Shelter,

they would be expected to work for free!

When the administrator arrived,

after registering Jiang Tiancai and the others, he handed them a Smart Bracelet and briefly introduced the job positions within the Star-Level Shelter, as well as the points exchange system.

"What? One Energy Core can be exchanged for a hundred points?"

Jiang Tiancai was ecstatic upon hearing this news!

Because the Star-Level Shelter had opened its doors to the outside world for exchanging Energy Cores for supplies.

So even the West City Shelter was constantly collecting Energy Cores.

It was just that the price was very steep.

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

However, in a Star-Level Shelter, it could be exchanged for 100 points!

Jiang Tiancai still had quite a few Energy Cores in his hands.

He immediately took them all out to exchange.

While Jiang Tiancai and the others were busy choosing jobs and learning the rules of the Star-Level Shelter, Li Chen was in the command room.

He was lost in thought, staring at the surveillance footage!

Usually, it took a thousand Elementary Zombies to evolve into one Tier 2 Zombie.

Evolved zombies rarely gathered together.

They all acted alone.

But this time, there were as many as eight Tier 2 Zombies.

This indicated that the evolution of the zombies was very likely artificially caused, which was why they were so concentrated.

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

"See if there are any more Tier 2 Zombies appearing."

Li Chen said calmly.

"Yes!"

Ten seconds later.

Noah replied, "Currently observed by surveillance, there are 20 Tier 2 Zombies in Donghai City."

"And the geographical locations between each one are relatively far apart."

Upon hearing this, Li Chen couldn't help but laugh in anger.

There were only 20 zombies in the entire Donghai City.

But this time, as many as 8 appeared at once!

He wouldn't believe it wasn't man-made.

"Can you detect where those few Tier 2 Zombies just now came from?" Li Chen asked coldly.

"Searching..."

"Sorry, unable to track."

Noah replied.

Although Li Chen had ordered people to set up surveillance equipment throughout Donghai City, it was impossible to monitor every single corner.

At most, they could observe 60%.

It seems the person pulling the strings is hidden among the 40% that haven't been brought under control yet!

"Okay."

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

These were taken from the eight Tier 2 Zombies.

Elementary Zombie Energy Cores are transparent.

Tier 2 Zombie Energy Cores are light green.

They contain more energy!

Ding! Detected that the Commander possesses Tier 2 Energy Cores. Exchange?

A notification sound immediately rang out in Li Chen's mind.

"Exchange them."

Ding! Congratulations, Commander, the exchange was successful! You have gained 8000 Elementary Energy Cores!

One Tier 2 Energy Core is equivalent to 1000 Elementary Energy Cores.

Li Chen hadn't expected the ratio to be so high.

If he didn't currently lack individuals capable of defeating Tier 2 Zombies among his subordinates, Li Chen would have already organized a team specifically to hunt Tier 2 Zombies!

"Wait, that's not right. How could I forget about Xu Ruoxi!"

Li Chen slapped his head and stood up abruptly.

Since binding Xu Ruoxi, Li Chen hadn't upgraded her attributes yet.

Just in time, the Resident Combat Team would be sent out to hunt Zombies over the next few days.

Li Chen decided to upgrade Xu Ruoxi now!

He called up 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 glanced at it. There was still some evolution energy left.

The Android warriors and the Resident Combat Team had killed quite a few Zombies over the past few days.

Enough for Xu Ruoxi to evolve.

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

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

But who knew, the upgrade button was gray!

[Cannot evolve! Hint: Requires contact between the Commander and the bound person.]

Li Chen opened his smart bracelet speechlessly.

He sent Xu Ruoxi a message: "Come to the command room to find me."