"Actually, mutated beast meat isn't entirely inedible, but it requires the assistance of survivors with awakened trait-type ability - animal affinity."

It is possible to control mutated beasts using supernatural abilities, inducing them to reproduce offspring that meet human tastes.

Huang Zhao's tone was filled with obvious regret, clearly indicating that he still longed for the mutated beast meat he had cultivated.

“I see. I will pay close attention to members who have awakened this ability, and I will notify you immediately if I find any.”

Brother Jie thought that after the meat was used up before the apocalypse, he would have to say goodbye to meat. He didn't expect there to be other solutions, so he started to take it seriously.

Leaving that topic aside, Huang Zhao began to learn about other information about Dawn City.

"Give me a report on the current progress in Dawn City. I'll be setting off tomorrow morning."

"Yes, Lord City Lord."

It is now July 22, 2032, the ninth day since the apocalypse began.

With the survivors rescued today, the population of Dawn City has now exceeded three thousand.

Among them, 250 members have awakened their special abilities, and they are mostly new members who awakened their abilities during the welcoming ceremony.

A small number of people awakened their abilities in the last few days. The overall awakening rate of ability users in Dawn City is about 10%.

Captain Qin is currently distributing benefits to the new members; the proportion of newly awakened survivors with special abilities has not yet been tallied.

Huang Zhao listened to the data and felt it was normal. It was only the ninth day, and the proportion would gradually increase later.

Is the awakening rate around 10%?

Remember to reassure the other survivors who haven't awakened their abilities yet. Ability awakening has no set pattern; they'll all awaken eventually.

Two and a half years into the apocalypse, when the zombies had largely reached level four, the ratio of superhumans to ordinary evolved beings was approximately 7:3, and most survivors had already awakened their superhuman abilities.

The proportion of awakened individuals will increase as time goes on, marking a true era of nationwide awakening.

“Go on.”

Huang Zhao gestured for Brother Jie to continue his report and listened attentively.

"Currently, we are still following the tone you set, with all members divided into six categories of teams."

They each choose to take on different tasks to earn points, and only a small number of members serve within the city.

The hunting team, search and rescue team, and reconnaissance team are all doing well so far. With Miss Alice around, everyone's enthusiasm for going out of the city to carry out missions has increased significantly.

Today is the fourth day of the family visit team's mission. Currently, a total of 15 teams have been formed.

As Brother Jie spoke, the AI ​​displayed various situations in Dawn City on a huge screen, allowing Huang Zhao to understand the current situation more intuitively.

Brother Jie was explaining things to him from the side.

"There are 129 teams, totaling 774 people, that are out on missions, accounting for about 30% of the total population of Shuguang City."

Nearly half of the family visit requests from members within a 50-kilometer radius of Dawn City have been fulfilled, but newly joined members are increasing their needs.

Brother Jie also praised Huang Zhao's sudden move to form a family visit team and provide free services to members who joined Dawn City.

Although only a handful of people successfully brought their loved ones home, compared to the hundreds in demand, the survival rate was pitifully low.

But no one would give up this opportunity to confirm the safety of their family and relatives.

The survivors, grieving the loss of their families, began to regard Dawn City as their true home after the apocalypse.

Huang Zhao's move was a stroke of genius, greatly enhancing the cohesion of Dawn City.

After expressing his feelings, Brother Jie continued:

"Even knowing that the chances of their family members surviving are very low, the number of people making requests continues to increase, and the task of the family visit team may become even more arduous."

Upon hearing this, Huang Zhao answered without hesitation:

"Then let's add more people!"

Furthermore, since the visiting team needs to travel to relatively distant areas for their missions, safety is paramount; ensuring their own safety is the most important thing.

"City Lord, don't worry. The members of the visiting team are at least level two evolved beings."

Even 10 kilometers away from Dawn City, one can still ensure their own safety.

Many of the new members in Dawn City joined because they heard about it through the outreach team's promotional efforts.

"Then reward them! Distribute the rewards to them as usual for rescuing survivors."

Compared to the gains of winning over the members of Dawn City, the expenditure of a few points is negligible.

Huang Zhao will continue this mission and may even expand the search area.

Expand Dawn City's influence outwards, letting more survivors know of Dawn City's existence and then encouraging them to join.

Thinking of this, Huang Zhao suddenly remembered something.

"Among the rescued survivors, are there any experts in electronic communications who have joined the team?"

Currently, the communication range of Shuguang City is only 50 kilometers, which is still too small.

Brother Jie had been paying close attention to Huang Zhao's previous request, and therefore immediately replied:

"There aren't any yet, but there are a lot of so-called experts in health, economics, and real estate. After the apocalypse, they'll be talking complete rubbish, so I've dismissed them all."

Through their question-and-answer session, Huang Zhao gained a comprehensive understanding of the development of Dawn City.

Construction of the outer city is in full swing, requiring the construction of a city wall with a total length of nearly 10 kilometers, which will enclose the entire 4-square-kilometer Fusen Country Park.

The plan is to first build a 3-meter-high city wall prototype to prevent wandering zombies from entering the park and hindering the construction of the outer city of Dawn City.

Nearly a thousand people were involved in the construction, and with sufficient building materials, it is expected to be completed in less than half a month.

With the increase in the number of survivors in Dawn City and the improvement in the strength of earth-type ability users, this speed can be increased even more.

The city walls were gradually raised after the entire park was enclosed.

Build an invincible city that can withstand hordes of hundreds of thousands or even millions of zombies!

This is not impossible. High-level earth-elemental ability users can build a magnificent city overnight!

A city wall built with only a single type of superpower is not very meaningful.

If any zombie or mutated beast that also possesses earth-based abilities attacks, it will be immediately destroyed by the earth.

What can be created overnight can also be destroyed overnight.

However, human wisdom is boundless, and there is a set of architectural methods for the apocalypse.

The city walls were constructed by a team of metal and earth elemental ability users who extracted building materials containing both elemental energies.

Then, the city walls are reinforced by a user with the awakened special ability - Enchanting.

When a powerful enemy attacks, it can effectively defend against the supernatural attacks of the besieging enemy.

This gives the defenders enough time to react, preventing the city walls from being breached in an instant and rendering them useless.

'well...

It's a special type of ability!

Thinking of this, Huang Zhao sighed again.