For breakfast, Chen Yu ultimately opted for steak with some organic vegetables and milk, his culinary attempt ending in failure.

Because Lin Lele couldn't cook, she completely lost faith in Chen Yu's culinary skills, so she could only make do with a few slices of bread and some milk.

Although Chen Yu had explained the misunderstanding to her, she still harbored resentment towards him, thinking about the nausea that had spread in her mouth just now.

Over the next few days, Chen Yu spent a peaceful and comfortable time in the post-apocalyptic bunker.

Every day, besides sleeping and eating, I watch TV series and play games. Occasionally, I'll go to the gym to exercise.

When it comes to food, besides steak, there are other dishes that don't require much cooking skill.

That's hot pot. He collected a lot of miscellaneous things in his other-dimensional space, including all kinds of hot pot bases.

This stuff just needs to be boiled, then you can put all sorts of ingredients in to blanch them, and the taste won't be too bad.

This allows him to occasionally use it to improve his monotonous diet.

While enjoying hot pot with Lin Lele on the observation deck, they looked out at the howling snow through the giant bulletproof glass window, which was quite a unique experience.

However, whenever he thought of those two lonely and forlorn figures in the wind and snow of his past life, his heart was still filled with endless melancholy.

In his previous life, in the extreme cold of the apocalypse, faced with injustice and inhumanity, he chose to follow the crowd and selfishly survive.

Since he has the means in this life, he should do something. After all, what's the point if he's the only one left in the world, or just a small group of people?

If humans have lost even their basic humanity, is this still the world he wants to see?

He decided to build a vast and harmonious base, a post-apocalyptic utopia capable of resisting external threats and ensuring the basic needs of its residents, a true "spark" of civilization.

However, having experienced the apocalypse, Chen Yu knew the complexity and fragility of human nature. He understood how difficult it would be to achieve this grand goal, and that if he was not careful, he would be devoured by it.

These things can't be rushed; we can only wait for the right opportunity and proceed gradually.

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In the blink of an eye, Chen Yu had spent seven comfortable and leisurely days in the post-apocalyptic bunker. The time had come to the 11th day of the extreme cold of the post-apocalyptic world. The outside temperature had dropped to more than 60 degrees below zero, and the snow covering the ground was as deep as 5 meters.

Apart from the howling wind, everything was frozen in this silence.

Chen Yu knew he couldn't continue living such a comfortable life. It was alright for a short time, but it would become monotonous and boring in the long run. As the saying goes, "One is born in hardship and dies in comfort," especially in this extremely cold and apocalyptic environment. He needed more stimulation and challenges to keep himself alert and energetic.

In this natural disaster, he only had an initial advantage over others.

The post-apocalyptic bunkers and firearms he currently possesses might be considered precious resources in the eyes of ordinary people, easily crushed, but for those forces with powerful backgrounds, they are not insurmountable obstacles.

To survive in the apocalypse and realize his envisioned ambitions, he must continuously improve the resources at his disposal.

In terms of weaponry, although his extradimensional space contains high-end equipment such as F-35Bs customized by the Merica XX Military Industry Group, these are, after all, customized. Others also have them, and even more than he does.

Take Zhongyang Garrison Command as an example. Although it is just a small garrison command, its high-end equipment is no worse than his.

However, their equipment was not designed for combat in extremely low-temperature environments, which is why it cannot be used temporarily at the beginning of this extremely cold apocalypse.

However, given enough time, they will surely optimize its performance, at which point he will have no advantage in this area.

Moreover, they possess a complete combat system and ample manpower, far surpassing his current meager resources.

Even with Li Zheng and others, he only has a dozen or so men at his disposal. No matter how many weapons and equipment he has, they won't be of much use. As for the 36 prisoners he received recently, he is not yet comfortable using them.

There are probably hundreds of forces like the Zhongyang Garrison Command in the Great Xia alone. If he is complacent and self-satisfied, he will only be at the mercy of others in the future!

Fortunately, for the time being, his relationship with the Zhongyang Garrison Command is quite good, so at least in the short term, he shouldn't have to worry about threats from them.

This is the golden period for his development, and he must seize this opportunity to consolidate his advantages while actively expanding into new resources.

Although Chen Yu may seem to be lying around idly in the post-apocalyptic bunker these past few days, he has actually been thinking about and planning his future.

The extreme cold and apocalypse have lasted for 11 days, and many people have been trapped in dire straits, with almost everyone struggling in one place.

Now that he's out and about, he not only has access to a vast amount of high-quality resources to "save," but it's also the perfect opportunity for him to win people's hearts.

His base needs manpower, a large number of manpower.

Maintaining the base's vitality requires people, and preventing other forces from coveting it also requires people.

Moreover, if human civilization wants to continue in this apocalypse, the only hope is to achieve a major technological breakthrough and use advanced technology to improve the extremely cold post-apocalyptic environment. This also requires a large number of scientific researchers.

Take Chen Yu’s planned “artificial sun” project as an example. If he cannot solve the problems of the resources and talents required for research and development that Lin Hong, the chief scientist of Tianyu Group, provided him a while ago, are you suggesting that Lin Hong and his team make a fusion reactor by hand?

Chen Yu knew that realizing a grand project like the "artificial sun" required not only top-notch scientific research talent but also a large number of basic staff and resources. Therefore, he decided to take immediate action, starting by recruiting survivors and collecting necessary supplies and information.

He decided to set off in the next few days to carry out "rescue protection" of various resources and talents in different places.

However, before leaving, he still planned to investigate any unstable factors within his territory, in order to prevent his home from being raided when he returned.

He wasn't worried about others seizing his doomsday bunker, but rather about the employees of Tianyu Group being persecuted while he was away.

After all, all employees and their families of Tianyu Group received a large amount of supplies from the group before the natural disaster. These people are considered to be in relatively good condition in the apocalypse and are likely to become easy prey for other forces or survivors.

Most of these employees are scientific research or technical talents, which are valuable resources in this apocalyptic world, so Chen Yu naturally takes them very seriously.