Having absorbed so much crystal energy at once, Ye Lei was utterly exhausted and fell into a deep sleep the moment his head hit the pillow. That night, although he lacked the goddess's company, he slept exceptionally soundly and sweetly.

Perhaps it was because of the complexity and chaos of what he had experienced today, or perhaps because this adventure was too thrilling. Of course, there was another important reason: he had to chat with the goddess every night. Even with 500 attribute points, he would find it hard to keep up after a while!

The next morning, just as the whole family was sitting around the dining table, enjoying the delicious breakfast that Xu Jiao had carefully prepared, Ye Lei was about to announce his plan to everyone.

Suddenly, a series of urgent sounds came from the walkie-talkie.

"Ye Lei, Ye Lei, are you there?"

It was Zhou Binhui's voice, and it sounded a little impatient.

Chen Xueer quickly took the walkie-talkie from the coffee table and handed it to Ye Lei.

"Speak, what is it?"

Ye Lei took a sip of porridge and said.

"Oh no! Oh no! Someone else is coming!"

Who is it?

"This time they're really something, they're soldiers!"

"What? Soldiers? Did they say what they were going to do?"

Ye Lei knew this day would come sooner or later, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.

"No, they introduced themselves as the shelter's guard team. They were very polite and courteous, as if they had come specifically to visit you!"

"Oh! Have they come in?"

"I had no choice. They seemed very polite on the surface, but I couldn't resist the authority of soldiers. I'm already inside!"

"Okay, I understand!"

After putting down the walkie-talkie, Ye Lei still didn't know the purpose of the soldiers' arrival. However, he heard from Zhou Binhui that they were just the shelter's guard team, not that major, which might make things easier!

"Xia Yuhe, you come with me. The rest of you go to the monitoring room and follow my orders."

Ye Lei quickly made a plan; he didn't want soldiers to enter his shelter.

"yes"

Everyone immediately stood up, ready to face the most formidable soldiers.

Ye Lei led Xia Yuhe out of the shelter. He needed to store the defensive wall and shooting tower into his spatial storage; otherwise, if the soldiers saw such professional equipment, there would likely be endless trouble.

Just as he finished tidying up, he saw two military off-road vehicles driving up from the foot of the mountain.

"Xia Yuhe, when I talk to him later, you can directly access his mind and listen to his true thoughts. Tell me anytime. Don't worry, he's an ordinary human and won't be able to sense it."

This was also Ye Lei's purpose in bringing Xia Yuhe out. Those soldiers who seemed polite and courteous on the surface always made him uneasy. Such smiling tigers were the most difficult to deal with.

"Okay, Brother Lei, I understand!"

Xia Yuhe was ready; two SUVs were already parked in front of them.

Five soldiers got out of the car. The one in the lead was clearly a lieutenant, while the other four were ordinary soldiers carrying submachine guns and following behind him.

Hello everyone!

The lieutenant greeted Ye Lei warmly.

"Hello"

Ye Lei responded with a nonchalant remark.

"I'd heard long ago that a shelter had been built on the hill behind Tomato University, but I thought it was just a rumor. Seeing it today, it's all true. It looks really nice!"

The lieutenant glanced at the shelter behind Ye Lei and said.

"May I ask who you are?"

Ye Lei didn't want to talk to him about the shelter and changed the subject.

"Oh, hello, I'm the deputy captain of the security team at the stadium shelter. My surname is Liu. You must be the owner of this shelter!"

"Vice Captain Liu, hello. My name is Ye Lei, and I am the owner of this place. May I ask what your purpose is in bringing so many people here?"

Ye Lei needed to overwhelm his opponent with his presence first.

"Oh, please don't overthink it. We're here to ask you for a favor."

Deputy Captain Liu still had a big smile on his face.

"Brother Lei, what he was really thinking was, 'Don't be so arrogant, kid!'"

Xia Yuhe said quietly.

"Who doesn't know how powerful your military is? You actually need to ask a regular citizen like me for a favor!"

Ye Lei wanted to see what the other party's true purpose was.

"Oh, I see. Well, it's the apocalypse now, so our common goal is to do everything we can to survive!"

"Brother Lei, what he's thinking is, 'We've already found out everything about you!'"

Xia Yuhe whispered.

"So what exactly do you want to do?"

Ye Lei didn't have time for pleasantries.

"Here's the thing, a group of flying zombies recently arrived at the shelter. Led by an enormous vulture, they've been repeatedly attacking the survivors, catching us completely off guard. So we'd like to ask for your help!"

Deputy Captain Liu said he was inviting them, but his meaning was clear: they had to go.

"Oh, a problem that even your army can't solve, I, Ye, am also helpless about!"

Although Ye Lei accepted the mission to slaughter vultures, he did not want to be used by the soldiers.

"You must have a way, otherwise I wouldn't have come all the way here to find you!"

"What's in it for me?"

"Benefits? Don't you know what benefits you want?"

"That depends on what benefits you can offer me."

"Brother Lei, he was thinking to himself, 'You kid, I'm already doing you a favor by troubling you to come to my door in person, and you still want more benefits.'"

After Xia Yuhe finished speaking, Ye Lei smiled slightly, thinking to himself: These soldiers really have no good intentions. They want to gain something for nothing. Then I'll be their cannon fodder.

"For now, we have everything you need, provided you can solve this problem!"

Deputy Captain Liu always appeared to be very polite.

"I want crystal cores, do you have any?"

Ye Lei also knew that since the other party was able to come, they must have already figured out his background.

"Sure, how many do you want?"

"5,000 ordinary zombies, 1,000 zombie general crystal cores, and 100 zombie king crystal cores will suffice!"

Ye Lei hoped the other party would back down.

"You're joking. So far, there haven't even been 100 zombie kings discovered. Even if you killed them all, it wouldn't be enough for you!"

"I'm so glad I said this," said Deputy Captain Liu with a smile.

"Brother Lei, he was thinking to himself, 'Kid, he's got quite the big mouth!'"

Xia Yuhe said softly.

"Since that's the case, there's nothing I can do. Please leave now, and I won't see you off any further!"

Ye Lei turned around to leave. He had no intention of accepting the rewards; he knew the principle that one is obligated to accept gifts.

"Wait, 5,000 ordinary zombie crystal cores, that's no problem for us."

When Deputy Captain Liu saw that Ye Lei was about to leave, he quickly called him back, saying that if he didn't invite him back, he wouldn't be able to complete the mission.

"Oh, Deputy Captain Liu, this involves 5,000 crystal cores. Can you make that decision?"

"this……"

"Why don't you go back first? I'll be visiting you soon anyway. Once you've discussed it, I want to see the crystal core first!"

"Fine, you wait!"

After finishing his speech, Deputy Captain Liu turned around, got into his car, turned it around, and drove away.