Chapter 28: The Fortress's First Meeting

𝗜'𝗺 𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 10-20 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗞𝗼-𝗙𝗜. 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗺𝗲! 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘆𝗼𝘂!!

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Now, except for Ye Yu, who has attributes around 25, the other five have attributes above 20, far surpassing Chen Ruoxue and others.

All the team members are also overcoming their fear of zombies in the simulation training room, learning how to quickly kill zombies and protect themselves from harm.

The combat power of the entire fortress has increased more than three times compared to the first day of the apocalypse.

"Hey, boss, how did you train?"

After the apocalypse, the human body's original limits were broken, and Anna feels that the improvement she gains from hard training every day is more than in a week before the apocalypse.

Seeing Ye Zian in the training room, Anna hurriedly greeted him, patting Ye Zian's solid muscles and giving them a firm squeeze.

With a tone full of meaning, she said, "I really want to have a real fight with you."

Anna's bold words might sound provocative and tempting to outsiders, but after spending these days together, Ye Zian knows she just wants to spar with him in martial arts.

However, special combat isn't out of the question.

In the simulation training room, Anna discovered that she couldn't withstand a single strike from Ye Zian's replica.

In battle, she thought she caught a flaw in Ye Zian's moves but was defeated by Ye Zian's strong attributes.

Strength over technique; Ye Zian's high attributes compensate for his lack of skills, approaching the legendary mercenary king.

Although Huizi and the other three didn't speak, they thought the same.

Before the apocalypse, they could barely exchange a few moves with Ye Zian, but now Ye Zian's mere presence makes it hard for the four to contend.

Even so, the original balance among the five battle department captains has tipped, with Ye Yu steadily suppressing the other four, and even Liu Qinghuan, who was previously powerless, can now subtly pressure them.

During the day, Ye Yu acts normally, but Huizi secretly noticed that Ye Yu would sneak out of the dormitory at night to find Ye Zian.

The four speculate that Ye Yu might be undergoing special training.

Looking at Anna's exaggerated figure, as tall and strong as himself, Ye Zian thoughtfully said:

"There's a chance I'll guide you in training, but for now, I have to attend a meeting."

After a three-day trial run of the warehouse department's point exchange and four days of fortress operation, many initial issues have surfaced and urgently need resolution.

Zhao Wanrong also decided to gather all the residents in the cafeteria tonight to collect and organize everyone's suggestions to improve the fortress's systems.

Cafeteria.

Zhao Wanrong, dressed in a female uniform, walked to the front. Her narrow shirt accentuated her curvaceous figure, and the buttons seemed barely able to hold, making all the girls envious. With a mature aura, she attracted both men and women, causing even some girls to breathe a little faster.

Zhao Wanrong cleared her throat and calmly spoke:

"Does anyone have any reasonable suggestions for our communal life in the fortress over these days?"

After speaking, she scanned around to see the opinions of those present.

As soon as she finished speaking, many residents raised their hands.

The interactions over these days have brought everyone closer, and even the initial fear of Ye Zian has turned into admiration.

All residents have gone out to fight zombies and witnessed the outside world's devastation, leaving them only grateful to Ye Zian.

Though Ye Zian is decisive and ruthless, as long as you don't violate his orders, he's quite easy to get along with.

Especially since each team member's base salary has increased by 20, with a minimum daily income of 50 points, these are real benefits.

"You, go ahead."

Zhao Wanrong casually pointed to a girl in the front row.

The girl stood up shyly and said, "I think the search team could collect some clothes from the mall, even if we have to exchange them for points."

Ye Zian just noticed that the girl's clothing was quite thin for the cold January in Xia City.

It seems she didn't have enough clothes to change into, and luckily, aside from Ye Zian, all the others are women, so she managed to borrow a thin shirt to avoid being exposed.

This remark gained much approval, as many who temporarily came to the fortress didn't bring enough clothes to change into.

Even Zhao Wanrong had to reluctantly wear this ill-fitting shirt.

Ye Zian silently complained:

Who are you guarding against? Are clothes that important?

However, Ye Zian still insincerely said:

"Okay, I'll lead a team to solve this later. There's a mall not far away, and it should have plenty of clothes."

A few kilometers away, there is indeed a department store with many clothing shops.

Liu Qinghuan also spoke:

"And computers and other office supplies. These days, material statistics are all manually recorded, and having a computer would greatly improve efficiency."

Although most electronics were destroyed by the electronic storm, finding a few unopened computers in the mall should be no problem.

When over two hundred people are exchanging materials, the warehouse team has to scramble to find each resident's point status before deducting points, greatly affecting work efficiency.

Ye Zian thought for a moment, realizing Liu Qinghuan made a valid point.

It seems the search team's target for tomorrow is set: the mall not far away. Ye Zian signaled for quiet and said:

"Tomorrow, the search team's task is to follow me to the mall three kilometers away to collect materials. Any material requests should be reported to your group leaders after the meeting, and the leaders will compile them and pass them to me. Are there any other suggestions for the fortress?"

The room quieted as everyone pondered what materials to request from their leaders.

It was Zhao Wanrong who broke the silence, saying:

"I think we could consider accepting some survivors and also organize some people to cultivate a vegetable garden."

Although there's still plenty of vegetables stored by Ye Zian, they'll eventually run out, and recruiting survivors is also crucial for fortress development. The fortress spans a square kilometer but has only over two hundred residents.

Ye Zian nodded and said:

"I'll leave the vegetable garden cultivation to you, Zhao Wanrong. If necessary, you can establish a new department. The search team, when encountering survivors with skills during outings, can recruit them into the fortress, provided they are women."

This, of course, has Ye Zian's personal motives, but it's also for the safety of most people.

However, it reminded Ye Zian of a storyline briefly mentioned in the original book, where by the seventh day of the apocalypse, some people's talents begin to awaken, and Xia City University will experience a turmoil, with a large-scale conflict between male and female students. Ye Zian plans to lead the search team to Xia City University ahead of time and recruit some female students into the fortress.

Following were a few minor issues regarding the material exchange ratios, which Ye Zian had Liu Qinghuan record one by one for later discussion on price adjustments.

The meeting concluded with three main tasks.

First, Ye Zian will lead the search team to the mall three kilometers away tomorrow to collect materials. Second, Zhao Wanrong will lead the logistics team to cultivate land for planting vegetables. Third, the intelligence team will gather information on the route to Xia City University.

After the meeting, Ye Zian instructed the search team to rest early and gather at the city gate in the morning.

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𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁: '𝗕𝗼𝗴𝗱𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀𝗰𝘂' 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝘆 $5 𝗧𝗶𝗲𝗿.

𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁: '𝗝𝗰1202' 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝘆 $5 𝗧𝗶𝗲𝗿.

𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗼-𝗙𝗶 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 35+ 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲:

𝗞𝗼-𝗙𝗶.𝗰𝗼𝗺/𝗚𝗼𝗱𝗢𝗳𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿