The group's round trip took only a morning. The sun was shining brightly in the shelter, and the soldiers worked methodically according to their orders. Everything seemed to be in good order.

Wu Qing took a breath of fresh air, and the gloom in her heart caused by Huo Family Village was swept away.

Back at the shelter, the four of them happily began dividing the spoils.

The Village of Doubt is a rare-level dungeon. In addition, the four of them killed a large number of zombies on this trip. After sharing the experience from the main quest, each of them leveled up. Zhang Shi even got a huge amount of experience, one and a half levels.

In addition, the system also rewarded a rare item, which is perfect for a shelter that is in a rapid development stage.

[Spirit Gathering Array Diagram (Purple): A divine artifact that can gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth; its effects are enhanced when used in conjunction with certain items.]

Zhang Shi suddenly remembered the Spirit Gathering Array Plate he had obtained from the ruins. It seemed that these two magical treasures were meant to be used together, and with their complementary strengths, they should be able to unleash considerable power.

Zhang Shi took out the array diagram and array plate and placed them in the center of the fortress. Sure enough, the spiritual energy gathered in the shelter became significantly more concentrated, and everyone felt refreshed, as if they were about to be reborn.

Zhang Shi discovered that a buff had appeared on the shelter interface, which increased the constitution attribute of friendly units by 20% and was permanent.

Ge Dalong carefully read the detailed information of the two magical artifacts and asked in confusion.

"These two items are described as divine artifacts, but why are they only classified as rare?"

"Perhaps its level dropped because it's been sitting there for too long?"

Zhang Shi and Zhao Feng did not notice this detail; they only confirmed that the Spirit Gathering Array Plate had been a rare item from the moment they obtained it.

Seeing that the Spirit Gathering Array was effective, Ge Dalong did not delve into the matter further.

With the completion of the Village of Doubts dungeon, Zhang Shi also successfully completed the second job change quest. After submitting the quest, Zhang Shi, after several days of hard work, finally succeeded in changing his job to Shadow Warrior.

The Shadow Warrior's attribute growth leans towards strength and agility, which is not too different from Zhang Shi's attribute allocation direction.

After changing jobs, you get a skill called "Shadow," which doubles the stamina consumption and generates a shadow to perform some actions in your place. The duration of the shadow increases as the survivor's level increases.

Zhang Shi tried it out and found that he could only maintain the shadow for 2 seconds, while the skill's cooldown time was as high as 60 seconds.

However, this shadow is like a second body, capable of performing various actions at will. The shadow's strength and speed are no different from the main body, giving Zhang Shi more room to maneuver in battle.

Zhang Shi specifically tested it out and found that his shadow could also interact with his skills. Zhang Shi could remotely control his shadow to perform Shadow Step and activate Triple Strike for offense, while his main body could still launch sneak attacks from a safe distance, greatly increasing the margin for error in combat.

Zhao Feng became interested and tried attacking the shadow. He found that the shadow was like a spirit in a dungeon; attacks in its physical form were ineffective. Only energy or elemental attacks could affect the shadow.

Despite not receiving any class change rewards, Zhang Shi was extremely satisfied with the characteristics of this rare class. Moreover, he was only half a bar of experience away from level 20. Once he reached level 20, he could unlock another class skill. Zhang Shi was now eagerly anticipating the Blood Moon Zombie Tide that night, wishing he could dive into the horde and charge into battle.

After calming down, Zhang Shi remembered that his animal friends were still in the White Tiger Space, so he quickly released the three little ones.

The little white tiger looked like it hadn't woken up yet, yawning and shaking its head, seemingly quite comfortable lying inside.

As if sensing the presence of the white tiger cub, a tiger's roar echoed from the depths of the dense forest. Zhang Shi recognized that it must be the adult tiger calling for the cub.

Sure enough, upon hearing the tiger's roar, Little Tiger immediately perked up and trotted towards the outside of the shelter, turning back as he ran, seemingly saying goodbye to everyone.

It was during this turn of his head that Xiao Hu caught sight of Zhang Shi in front of him. He immediately became serious, turned back, and ran towards Zhang Shi, unleashing a flurry of blows.

Although it didn't have any real offensive power, Dali still pushed Zhang Shi back repeatedly, somewhat puzzled by Xiaohu's behavior.

Seeing Zhang Shi's puzzled look, Xiao Hu stopped and then spoke with Pi Pi. After a moment, Pi Pi seemed to understand Xiao Hu's meaning, stood up, and started tugging at Zhang Shi's skirt armor.

It took Zhang Shi a moment to process what Pipi meant, and he quickly looked at his system inventory. Upon seeing it, Zhang Shi's face immediately fell.

In one of the backpack's compartments, the porcelain pot containing Grandpa An's spirit sat quietly, inconspicuous, easily overlooked even if glanced at.

Zhang Shi was filled with disbelief. He couldn't imagine how he could have forgotten Uncle An's existence. Instinctively, he put the porcelain pot into his backpack and took it back to the wilderness. Most strangely, even his other companions didn't react at all, as if they had completely ignored Uncle An's presence.

Zhang Shi immediately took out a porcelain pot, placed Lao Duan on it, and cursed him sternly.

"Old Deng, I really underestimated your abilities. Show yourself now, or I'll really cut your urn in two."

The porcelain teapot seemed to be a dead object, showing no reaction whatsoever. Zhang Shi raised his hand to fulfill his promise, but was stopped by Ge Dalong.

"Don't make a move yet, I have a way to subdue him."

Subsequently, Ge Dalong sent the solution to the team channel to prevent An Ye from eavesdropping.

"Let's put him in our backpack for now. The rules of the system space are very powerful, and he can't cause any trouble. We can leave him there when we leave the next dungeon challenge and make him stay in prison for life."

Zhang Shi thought Ge Dalong's method was feasible. Just in case, he specially brought out an iron box to lock the porcelain pot inside before putting it into his system inventory.

Because subconsciously ignoring the fact that Master An was so strange, Zhang Shi specifically set up a memo on the system interface to remind himself of Master An's existence before he felt at ease.

With that matter settled and the little white tiger bid farewell, the shelter returned to its busy and productive work. The shelter was already quite crowded, unable to accommodate over a hundred people.

Zhang Shi did not intend to stop recruiting soldiers, but instead decided to expand the territory once again.

The first thing to do is to strengthen control over one's territory.

Zhang Shi specially gathered a team and personally led them on patrols, preparing to establish a fixed patrol route to firmly control the area near the shelter.

Along the way, we collected all kinds of resources we encountered, including basic resources like wood and stone.

As night approached, Zhang Shi thoroughly searched the area within a kilometer radius, dealing with any wild beasts he encountered, but he didn't see any of the ferocious and bloodthirsty zombies.

Unless one relies on system teleportation during every Blood Moon, such a large group of zombies could not appear out of thin air. Zhang Shi guessed that there must be a zombie nest nearby that accommodates the zombies, and it must be quite large.