Zombie Apocalypse: Reborn With A Farming Space-Chapter 230: First Mission ( 4 )

Since the zombies inside the buildings were weak, Jin Xuyan said, "Everyone, form teams of five. Each group will be responsible for clearing zombies in one building. Ah Zhi and I will take the last one."

"Captain, what about the supplies? Should we collect them?" Xiao Qi asked.

Jin Xuyan shook his head and replied, "Since this area is part of Xun Che's base, we won't take the supplies. Just leave them for him. After we finish this mission, we will collect supplies from the commercial district."

Because of the urgent situation, they had only gathered supplies from the shopping mall. The rest of the commercial district was unexplored, and it would be a waste not to retrieve anything from there. So Jin Xuyan planned to return once the mission was completed.

After lunch and some rest, they divided into four teams and began clearing out the remaining buildings. By the time they were done, the sun was slanting toward the west.

At that moment, Jiao Lizhi and Jin Xuyan had already finished and were waiting for the others in the open field. She had taken out the cars and was sitting in the passenger seat, munching on spicy strips.

Thinking about the supplies and equipment she had collected earlier, she turned her head and asked, "Brother Yan, are you really not going to build a base?"

Jin Xuyan was checking the map when he heard this. Raising his head to look at his girlfriend, he asked, "Does Ah Zhi want me to build a base?"

Jiao Lizhi thought for a moment before shaking her head. "After seeing the condition of Xun Che's base, I know it's too troublesome to manage one. It's better not to build a base."

Hearing her words, Jin Xuyan chuckled and said, "Okay."

After a brief pause, Jiao Lizhi added, "Brother Yan, we have collected a lot of solar panels and generators. Should we give some to Captain Xun?"

Jin Xuyan thought for a moment before asking, "Do you want to help him build this base?"

"I don't really want to," she replied, "but if he is able to build a solid base, he might be able to save more people during the second rain."

"This way, fewer people will turn into zombies. And if there's a base in this city, maybe it won't become a zombie city," she added.

Both of them knew that in their past life, the reason so many zombie hordes had formed was because over 70% of survivors had turned into zombies during the second rain.

With that many zombies preying on the remaining humans, the human race had fallen to the bottom of the food chain.

Without manpower to build bases and without enough soldiers or ability-users to fight back, survival had become nearly impossible.

So, if she could help prevent Lin'an City from becoming a zombie city, it might increase humanity's chances of survival.

While she wasn't sure if this change would truly help, she wanted to try. The pain of dying in a zombie horde was too terrifying—and she didn't want to experience it again.

Jin Xuyan observed his girlfriend's expression closely. When he noticed the flash of pain in her eyes, he clenched his fists for a moment before reaching out to hold her hand.

As he interlocked their fingers, he said, "Ah Zhi, don't worry. Just do what you want to do. With me here, I won't let anyone hurt you again."

Feeling the warmth from his palm, Jiao Lizhi was pulled back from her thoughts. She looked at him and replied with a smile, "Okay."

Just as she finished her spicy strips, the rest of the members finally walked out of the apartment building. During the zombie clearing, they hadn't used their abilities and relied on their guns and blades as they worried about damaging the buildings.

Seeing their captain and sister-in-law already waiting, Zhang Yuan reported, "Captain, we have checked the complex. All clear."

Jin Xuyan nodded and said, "Old Zhang, Wen Mo, Wen Kai, go reinforce the wall around the complex."

"Understood," the three of them replied before heading to the opposite side of the complex.

Surrounding the apartment complex was a wall that had originally been built to separate the premises. However, it was only about one and a half meters tall, with a thickness of less than ten centimeters.

While that might have deterred trespassers during peaceful times, it was practically useless against zombies.

As the team's only earth-type ability-user, Zhang Yuan had to work harder to increase the height and thickness of the wall. When he ran out of energy, he absorbed crystal cores to recover.

While he repeated this cycle, the Wen brothers added metal barbs along the top of the wall and installed metal cones along its outer edge.

Each metal cone was forty centimeters long with a diameter of ten centimeters—thin, sharp, and deadly. Under the sunlight, the metal cones gleamed menacingly.

While the three of them worked like diligent honeybees, the rest of the Phantom team members began preparing dinner.

Since the sun was about to set, they planned to eat before heading back. With the wall reinforced, the area inside was now as safe as a base.

At the same time, Xun Che was busy supervising the cleanup of the houses designated as warehouses. In the morning, he had been tied up attending meetings with his team and recruiting people.

To build a functioning base, they didn't just need engineers. They also required medical professionals such as doctors, nurses, and pharmacists.

In addition, they needed researchers, administrative staff, chefs, laborers for heavy-duty work, and more. Just the task of recruiting people for the base required careful consideration.

On top of that, they still had to establish the rules for the point system and define how missions would be assigned. They also needed to form a guard team to maintain order and safety within the base. Laws and punishments had to be drafted and implemented.

Just handling these foundational matters had already taken up the entire day, with the team spending hours inside the meeting room.