Huang Zhaoxiang stood next to Qingfeng, Luo Jian, who had already broken through to level two.

He was still in shock and hadn't quite come to his senses.

In Huang Zhao's mental perception, the level-three energy crystal he had just given to Luo Jian was still in his hand.

'How can you be so oblivious?'

Huang Zhao was not so polite to Luo Jian.

He held out his hand, gesturing for him to hand over the crystal.

"Give it to me!"

He suddenly realized what was happening and reluctantly handed the energy crystal back to Huang Zhao.

"Now what do you think of this reward...?"

Are you worthy?

Huang Zhao said to Luo Jian, who had already come to his senses.

I sensed that the energy in this level-three fire-elemental energy crystal had decreased by 125 points.

After deducting the three level-zero energy crystals awarded yesterday, and absorbing the level-three crystals, Luo Jian broke through to level two and absorbed an additional 8 points of energy.

Huang Zhao calculated that Luo Jian's talent level was 7, the same as Qing Feng's.

He absorbed a total of 25 points of energy, but the energy that dissipated was four times the amount he absorbed!

'As punishment, it will all fall on you.'

A total of 1.44 times 125, equals 180 points!

Although Luo Jian's rebuttal at the training ground entrance was an attempt to gain better resources for himself after realizing his own shortcomings.

However, this also made Huang Zhao very unhappy.

A gentleman takes immediate action when it comes to revenge!

Unaware that Luo Jian had already saddled himself with a huge debt that was now a massive burden for him.

At this moment, he said to Huang Zhao with an excited expression:

"They're a perfect match, a perfect match!"

"Thank you for your guidance, City Lord. I will certainly strive to contribute to Dawn City!"

After absorbing the advanced crystal, Leng Jing suddenly felt the same way as Qing Feng.

What was that zero-level energy crystal we absorbed before?

Even dogs won't smoke it!

Dog: I feel offended.

Luo Jian was very grateful to Huang Zhao for providing him with resources and nurturing him, and bowed, saying:

"I'm sorry, City Lord, I was greedy just now."

Huang Zhao nodded almost imperceptibly, ignoring Luo Jian's flattery, and said to Qing Feng, who also had a pleased expression:

"This will be your exclusive forging room from now on."

Qingfeng is the leader of the forging team, and currently there is only one team member, Luo Jian.

The team leader can assign tasks to other team members. If any member disobeys, please report it to me.

Although it wasn't explicitly stated how the feedback would be handled, Luo Jian felt a deep chill creep over him.

A sense of despair washed over him: 'Have I become a regular employee again?'

But if you don't regret your actions and don't fight for yourself, you'll be just an ordinary group member for the rest of your life!

Huang Zhao continued:

"I have authorized the forging team to access the AI's resources and review all publicly available weapon design data from before the apocalypse."

We now need to prioritize crafting 300 daggers, and these daggers should be engraved with the mark I just sent to your terminal.

Did you understand?

"Understood, Lord City Lord!"

"Mission accomplished!"

Looking at the brand-new mechanical equipment in the forging room, Qingfeng felt his blood boiling.

This is the job I'm most interested in!

I had no choice but to work as a construction worker to make a living.

Qingfeng thought of his ex-girlfriend, whose nickname was 'Wanchai Ferry Pier'.

'Luckily we separated early...'

With a sigh, he stopped thinking about it and said to Huang Zhao with great excitement:

"Thank you, City Lord!"

I will certainly live up to your expectations!

Long weapons are one of the best choices for killing zombies.

However, at this moment, the zombies outside were still dumbfounded, facing members of Dawn City who were at least level one.

Even a brick would suffice; offensive weapons are not the most urgent need at the moment.

Therefore, Huang Zhao planned to forge a dagger first, so that members going out on missions could easily dig out the crystals from the back of zombies' heads.

Then they focused on making alloy spears and distributing them to the other members.

Although for dealing with low-level zombies, full-body alloy armor is the best equipment.

However, the armor is too complex to make and basically requires custom-made, so it is not possible to equip all members of Dawn City with it at the moment.

Huang Zhao planned to wait until he reached the third level of Qingfeng, when he could manipulate his supernatural abilities to make certain changes to the properties of metal.

Then, Qingfeng was instructed to create a set of equipment for each of the hunting team captains who went out on missions, as a benefit to incentivize the other members.

Because shaping alloys using special energy is a very energy-intensive process.

Huang Zhao handed 500 level-zero energy crystals to Qingfeng, instructing him to absorb them to replenish his energy after his supernatural power was depleted.

If you run out of crystals, you can apply for them at the terminal and withdraw them directly at the crystal exchange point.

Although Huang Zhao had never used crystals to replenish his supernatural abilities, there were still so many crystals.

For Qingfeng, who is only at level two, this should be more than enough as an energy supplement.

As for whether Qingfeng will directly absorb the level zero energy crystal to increase his level?

Huang Zhao did not have this worry.

I wonder how many weapons Qingfeng can forge before reaching level three.

Two level-two metal-type ability users and 300 alloy daggers should be finished quickly, right?

After instructing them to notify him immediately once the Qingfeng Dagger was forged, Huang Zhao and Qin Yi left the training ground and returned to the shelter.

Although there was still one thing to deal with, Huang Zhao no longer wanted to go there in person.

Besides metal-based abilities, plant-based abilities are also the most needed ability type in Dawn City at this time.

Those with plant-based abilities can start cultivating edible mutant plants, and the food produced can effectively replenish the energy of superhumans.

Xu Qilan is currently the only plant-based ability user in Dawn City.

Huang Zhao originally intended to communicate with her personally about cultivating plant seeds.

In the greenhouse on the east side, there are seeds of various edible crops that Chen Run had prepared before the apocalypse.

Plant-type ability users need to use their abilities to cultivate and improve the seeds to adapt them to the soil and environment of the post-apocalyptic world.

Only after successful cultivation can the plant be planted and grown normally, producing the mutated plant that Huang Zhao was hoping to eat.

Moreover, plant-based superpowers only begin to show significant effects after breaking through to level four.

First, let her train her superpowers and use them to cultivate crop seeds.

This is a process that requires perseverance, and only large survivor bases have the resources to cultivate plant-based ability users in this way.

Huang Zhao left a message for Brother Jie on the terminal:

Contact Xu Qilan, who has awakened her plant-based superpowers, and send her to the greenhouse to cultivate crop seeds.

As for the resource support and energy crystals to replenish her supernatural abilities, Huang Zhao instructed Brother Jie that he could withdraw them directly from the crystal exchange point.

Huang Zhao had already left the level-three fire-element energy crystal that Luo Jian had just absorbed at the exchange point.

'Once we kill all the high-level zombies at the special marked points today, the shortage of high-level crystals will be alleviated.'

After leaving a message for Brother Jie, Huang Zhao went to the roof of the shelter alone.