More than twenty minutes later.

Li Tianyi slowly woke up, quickly scanned his surroundings, and only rushed back after confirming that there was no danger.

As soon as she saw the anxious Isabelle, she rushed to her side, "Brother Tian, ​​you're finally here! I was so worried!"

"Don't worry, I'm fine!" Li Tianyi didn't want her to worry, so he kept smiling. "Where are the others?"

"They're all in the courtyard of the wooden house!"

"Let's go take a look!"

The two entered the courtyard and found it crowded with people, making it difficult to even walk in.

Li Tianyi frowned slightly, thinking to himself, "A hundred or so people are too difficult to control on the road. I need to think of a way to keep them in line!"

Solutions kept flashing through my mind.

Suddenly, his gaze fixed on Feng Tianlei and the other two, his brows instantly relaxed, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.

"Mengzi, come here for a second!"

"Coming right away!"

Mengzi immediately pushed through the crowd, came up to him, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Tian, ​​what's wrong?"

"I want to ask you, would you like to come with me to a safe shelter?"

"Just me?" Mengzi looked troubled and glanced at the others.

“Of course, everyone!” Li Tianyi patted his shoulder and sighed. “There are so many people right now. If no one can keep them in check, things will get out of hand!”

Mengzi frowned even more deeply. "I can control most young people, but I'm afraid I can't control the elderly, the weak, women, and children!"

"How much can you control a young man?" Li Tianyi stared intently at him.

"About fifty people!"

"That makes things easier!" Li Tianyi turned around and called over Feng Tianlei and the other two. "From now on, the three of you will each lead twenty-four men and serve as platoon leaders for the new recruits!"

The three looked bewildered. "Thank you for your kindness, but we have to rush back to Hurricane City to report back, so we can't go to the Great Peak Mountain Shelter with you!"

"Are the old squad leader all gone?" Li Tianyi had them completely under his control, thinking to himself, "Once you're at the shelter, I have plenty of ways to keep you here, hehe!"

"But?" The three of them were in a dilemma.

Li Tianyi smiled faintly, took out his communicator, and dialed 314.147, "Ghost-Fear calling Eagle's Nest, Ghost-Fear..."

"Received, received!" Quan Shengli's excited voice came through.

"Wolf in sheep's clothing!"

Half a minute later.

"Where the hell have you been? You've made us worry to death!" Luo Shan cursed.

Li Tianyi ignored them, gestured to the three of them, and said with a smile, "Alpha Wolf, listen to who they are!"

"Old squad leader, Feng Tianlei reporting for duty!"

"Lü Feng reporting!"

"Hua Wencheng reporting!"

Luo Shan's mind went blank for a moment. These people were among his closest comrades-in-arms. Hearing their voices again made his nose sting, his eyes redden, and his voice choke.

Several old comrades chatted, one after another.

Li Tianyi stepped aside and sent a message to Quan Shengli: Brother-in-law, I don't care what method you use, you have to get these three into the shelter.

Upon seeing the message, Luo Shan was both amused and exasperated. He quickly contacted his old comrade-in-arms, Long Zhan, by phone and explained the situation.

"Damn it!" Long Zhan cursed with a laugh, "You son of a bitch, your phone call never means anything good. Those three are my precious darlings, I'm not giving them to them!"

"Everyone says that since you, Long Zhan, became a brigade commander, you've become ruthless. Now I've seen it for myself. You're not going to pay me back!" Luo Shan pretended to be furious and slammed down the phone.

"Your temper has grown quite a bit in the years I haven't seen you!" Long Zhan's lips twitched. "Looks like I'll have to find three new Snow Leopard Commando squad leaders. Sigh!"

Luo Shan immediately beamed with joy, "Thank you, Brigade Commander! Shanzi salutes you!"

"Damn it, get lost! I get annoyed just hearing your voice!" Long Zhanzhen felt a pang of regret, but thinking that they were having a hard time too, he smiled and hung up the phone.

All five people heard the conversation between the two clearly.

Li Tianyi suppressed the urge to burst out laughing, "Do you have any more questions now?"

"Obey orders!"

"Mengzi, immediately allocate manpower, and remember: break up any cliques!"

"yes!"

About ten minutes later, three platoons of new recruits appeared.

Li Tianyi finally breathed a sigh of relief and instructed Hua Wencheng to protect the elderly, women, and children as they hurried toward the shelter...

With elderly people and children present, the procession moved very slowly.

Fortunately, the arrangements were very thorough, and no one complained.

After walking for almost a day, they finally emerged from Yunwu Mountain, where Ma Youshan and his convoy had been waiting for them for a long time.

The truck sped all the way back safely.

"Uncle Ma, please arrange their accommodation. I have some things to attend to!" Li Tianyi's wound had reopened, and he wanted to take care of it.

"good!"

They had just left when Luo Shan rushed over with Luo Ying. The four old comrades embraced each other and wept uncontrollably...

As the new recruits experienced this atmosphere, they gradually developed a sense of belonging and slowly integrated into the large group.

One day later.

Li Tianyi's injuries had completely healed, and he immediately took his sister, Luo Shan, and a group of women to his father's grave to offer a sacrifice with Diao Nanmin's dog head.

The brother and sister embraced and wept bitterly...

After this incident, everyone's pent-up hatred was released, and they immediately began to deal with the new recruits.

All the senior officials of the outer shelter gathered in the council chamber, with an elderly man wearing gold-rimmed glasses sitting next to them.

"Assign the next tasks!"

Everyone stood ramrod straight.

"Let's announce the appointments for the new recruits first. Wolf is the company commander, Mengzi is the deputy company commander, and Uncle Dong is the political instructor!" Li Tianyi turned to Ma Youshan. "Their training volume has increased recently, and their rations have been doubled!"

"yes!"

"With the increase in population, the task of searching for supplies becomes more difficult. The next task for the new battalion is to collect as many supplies as possible!"

Also, the recruit training program remains unchanged: two months of intensive training!

"We guarantee to complete the mission!" Luo Shan and the others saluted.

Li Tianyi returned the salute. "Meeting adjourned, Uncle Ma, wait a moment!"

After everyone left, Li Tianyi pointed to the map of the shelter and asked, "Uncle Ma, I've acquired two more small smelters and an arms factory. Where should we put them?"

Ma Youshan did not answer, but carefully examined the map.

A few minutes later, he said, "Place small smelters in the northeast and due east. The arsenal is of utmost importance; I suggest placing it in the due north. It's very close to the inner shelter gate, so it can provide immediate support in case of an emergency!"

"Do as you say!"

Li Tianyi left the conference room and ran wildly toward the marked location.

Soon after, three small factories appeared in the outer shelter, where robots controlled computers and machine tools to produce large quantities of steel and ammunition.

With this batch of materials, the outer shelter's defenses have increased several times over.

Li Tianyi and the others stood on the city wall, looking at the outer shelter built of steel, and couldn't stop smiling.

"You're really something, kid, tsk tsk tsk!"

"Awesome!"

Everyone gave a thumbs up.

Li Tianyi nodded slightly with a smile, but his gaze drifted towards Taoyuan Village. "Have the children all been settled?"

"You don't even need to tell me that!" Ma Youshan rolled his eyes at him, a hint of helplessness flashing across his face. "Recently, the recruit training camp has been taking away too much meat, and the kids' nutrition is a bit monotonous. We need to find a way to solve this as soon as possible!"

"Leave it to me!"

Li Tianyi stepped down from the city wall and ran wildly into the depths of the mountains...