Getting Work

Those with suspected scratch or bite wounds

were all sent to wait on the other side.

Next came identity verification.

Before the apocalypse arrived, Noah had already infiltrated the Dragon Nation's resident information system.

Now, the Android Warriors only needed to gently sweep each person's face with a scanner.

That person's information would automatically appear on the Holographic Projection.

Including their name, address, workplace, and so on.

"What skills are you good at?"

They patiently asked everyone the same question.

"I-I-I... I can repair cars."

The dark-skinned man looked somewhat nervous.

His rough, large hand could not help scratching his head.

"Mm. Next."

With a slight nod, they indicated for the man to wait to the side.

With Noah's assistance, registration went quickly.

The eight lines soon dwindled until only the last one remained.

Beep, beep, beep—

Just as the logistics staff picked up the scanner and swept it across Baldy's face,

the scanner let out a piercing alarm!

"Chen Zhigang, thirty-six years old, male, resident of Da Liu Village."

"Imprisoned for murder, sentence incomplete, fugitive at large."

"Repeat: Chen Zhigang..."

The cold electronic voice repeated the announcement three times!

In an instant, the Android Warriors surrounded Baldy.

The pitch-black gun barrels were aimed at Baldy's head.

"It wasn't me!"

"The system must have made a mistake! I'm just an ordinary teacher!"

Baldy shrank back in terror, continuously retreating.

A cold gun barrel pressed against Baldy's back.

He hurriedly turned around in fright.

Li Chen noticed the commotion and walked over.

"Noah cannot be wrong."

As Li Chen's words fell,

a disturbance immediately broke out among the crowd.

"He looks so refined. How could he be a fugitive?"

"There must be some mistake. I saw with my own eyes that he was rescued from a kindergarten."

Most people remained silent.

But a small number chose to believe Baldy.

Hearing people speak up for him, Baldy was immediately overjoyed.

He hurriedly said,

"Yes, yes, yes, I really am a kindergarten teacher."

"There must have been a mistake!"

Looking at Baldy's trembling appearance,

he did not look like a fugitive at all.

But Li Chen merely gave a cold laugh.

Noah was a product of a Level 3 Civilization and would never make such a low-level mistake.

He immediately ordered, "Combat Team, heed my command. Execute the fugitive on the spot."

Without giving anyone a chance to speak.

Rat-a-tat—

Several gunshots rang out.

A bloody hole appeared in Baldy's forehead.

His eyes wide open, he fell into a pool of blood.

"Gasp..."

All the survivors present could not help sucking in a cold breath!

They had all been intimidated by Li Chen's iron-fisted methods.

Only then did everyone realize

that Li Chen's ruthlessness exceeded all imagination.

If this had been before the apocalypse,

Li Chen would have been condemned by everyone for executing Baldy without even interrogating him.

But this was the apocalypse!

"Everyone, this Baldy wasn't a teacher at our kindergarten."

A young woman stepped forward and tried to explain.

She and Baldy had been rescued from the same kindergarten.

"Then why was he inside your kindergarten?"

Someone asked.

The female teacher explained, "After the virus broke out, he suddenly ran in and said he wanted to borrow the place to hide."

Hearing this, Li Chen's gaze darkened.

It was still only the early stages of the apocalypse, and the survivors present still retained their kindness.

So they had not considered the other possibility.

But Li Chen had lived through the darkest days of his previous life and knew Baldy's intentions very well.

When the apocalypse arrived, the first problem they would face was a shortage of supplies.

Baldy had hidden inside the kindergarten.

Most likely, he had wanted to use an entire kindergarten full of children...

However, Li Chen did not say any of this aloud.

With the female teacher's explanation, everyone finally understood.

So Baldy really had been a fugitive!

Yet they still developed a sense of awe toward Li Chen.

After the incident with Baldy,

the remaining registration work went much more smoothly.

No one dared cause trouble again!

Once everyone's information had been organized, they led the crowd further inside.

Passing through a long corridor,

they saw a bottomless atrium standing before them.

Its walls were densely packed with elevators.

Quite a few survivors immediately cried out in amazement. "This..."

Ever since entering the shelter, they had felt as though they were dreaming!

Everything that could only be seen in science fiction movies

had now truly appeared before their eyes!

"This kind of steel behemoth... isn't something an ordinary person could build."

"When was this shelter constructed? Something this massive couldn't possibly have been built without making any noise."

"I'm a Donghai City local, and I've never heard of this place."

Countless survivors marveled at the shelter!

At the same time, a sense of security welled up within them.

The shelter was buried deep underground, and everything in sight was forged from Heavy Metal.

Zombies could not get in at all!

And Li Chen had so many well-trained combat personnel under his command.

No matter how they looked at it, this place was safe.

As everyone marveled, the administrator began the introduction.

"The place we are currently in is the seventh floor of the shelter."

"Floors seven through twenty are for human habitation, divided into single rooms, double rooms, and shared rooms."

"Other than the residential areas, unauthorized personnel are forbidden from entering the other floors."

Hearing this introduction, everyone exchanged glances.

One bold person spoke up and asked, "What are the requirements for staying in a single room?"

The administrator did not answer immediately.

Instead, he raised a hand and had everyone continue the tour first.

"Besides the bedrooms, each residential floor has two major functional areas: a cafeteria and an entertainment room."

"We are now in the cafeteria on the seventh floor."

As his words fell,

the survivors stared at the highly futuristic cafeteria decor and were immediately stunned.

A shelter, as the name implied, was meant to escape disaster.

Having food and a place to sleep was already good enough.

Yet this Star-Level Shelter had exceeded everyone's imagination!

According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs,

this place not only met humanity's basic needs for safety and survival,

it could even satisfy people's spiritual and entertainment needs!

"Mom, am I in heaven..."

"I feel like I'm dreaming. I'm not sure, so I'll pinch my thigh first."

"Ow! Why did you pinch my thigh?!"

As the survivors looked at the facilities inside the shelter, they all grew excited.

The administrator looked over the crowd.

Only then did he clear his throat and slowly say, "All right, now let's talk about the rules."

"The shelter's supplies are limited, so everything must be exchanged with Points."

The moment those words were spoken, the entire hall fell silent.

"Including most facilities in the entertainment area, all can be exchanged for use with Points."

"The food supplied each day comes in three tiers: Simple Meals, Exquisite Meals, and Luxury Meals."

"The cheapest Simple Meal only fills your stomach and can be exchanged for one hundred Points. An Exquisite Meal costs one thousand Points. A Luxury Meal costs five thousand Points."