Ji Xian retorted defiantly, "What does their attack on City 1062 have to do with me, Ji Xian?"

Lingling said seriously, "We are less than 100 kilometers away from City 1062. It's only a matter of time before they find us."

Ji Xian naturally understood, but what could he do?

The enemy has both manpower and weaponry, while Ji Xian has nothing.

Besides being able to travel to the real world every day to buy food, eat and drink, and just wait to die, what else can you do?

Wait a minute, food? Eat?

Food is the most important thing for people, and the world's biggest shortage is food.

Ji Xian had a plan forming in his mind.

Lingling continued, "If you hadn't killed that clone leader back then, with his influence, leading a thousand clones, he could have dealt some blows to the forces in the fishing port."

She had also planned to have Ji Xian subdue those thousand clones, but she never expected that Ji Xian would kill their leader.

If the leader is a madman and bloodthirsty man, the other clones will also become mad; if the leader is an idiot, the clones will also become dull.

In Lingling's eyes, the idiot was naturally Ji Xian. Just look at him now. Ji Xian put slave collars on those thousand clones, and they all obediently went to guard the secret base shelter. If Ji Xian were to command them to attack the army in the fishing port, although they would obey and attack, they would definitely not be as lethal as the clone leader leading the troops.

Ji Xian said, "I've thought of another way instead of using these clones."

"What method?"

"Borrowing troops."

Zero Zero: "?"

Ji Xian said, "We have no soldiers, no weapons, but we have food. With food, why should we be afraid of not having anyone to do the work for us?"

Lingling immediately understood.

She only calculated her own forces and had no understanding of human schemes.

Ji Xian said, "Send me the location of the city closest to city number 1062 that has a certain number of troops."

Lingling didn't seem to do anything, but a satellite map had already been transmitted to Ji Xian's bracelet.

Lingling said, "I've sent you the map, and I've marked the settlements that match your criteria. What are you planning to do next?"

Although Lingling had already guessed what Ji Xian was going to do, she still asked him.

"Of course, we should negotiate with them to send troops to help protect City 1062, and I can provide them with food in return."

As Ji Xian spoke, he opened the map on his bracelet and began to look it up.

There are two towns with military forces closest to city number 1062.

One is City 1055, and the other is a settlement called Gasoline Town.

Looking at the names of the two places, Ji Xian asked, "I've wanted to ask this for a long time: why are some of these cities named with numbers while others are named with Chinese characters? Is there a reason for this?"

Lingling said, "After the apocalypse, no communication providers will set up signal base stations. If you want to communicate with the outside world, you can only set up signal equipment in your city or settlement. You can then use these signal devices to connect with nearby devices that have a signal, and use these nearby devices as stepping stones to connect with more devices, forming a network with a wide coverage area. The number of times a town or settlement joins the network will be used to name that town or settlement."

Ji Xian suddenly realized: "So, City 1055 is the 1055th town to join the world network. What about Gasoline Town? Why doesn't it have a number?"

Zero Zero said helplessly, "Do you even need to ask? If there's no serial number, it means it hasn't joined the global network."

"Uh, uh..." Ji Xian couldn't understand how a gathering place that hadn't even joined the World Network could have enough troops.

Ji Xian voiced the question that had been lingering in his mind.

Lingling said, "The leader of this settlement is unwilling to join the global network. The strength of a place cannot be judged by these methods. The main thing to look at is its economic strength. With a strong economy, it will attract bandits to plunder. In order to prevent plunder, more of the economy will be used for military equipment."

"City 1055 has a factory that refines nutrients, and Gasoline Town has equipment for oil extraction and a factory for refining gasoline. With the support of these two major resources, it is natural that more funds will be invested in military equipment."

"If you need to borrow troops, these two places are the best places."

Lingling gave Ji Xian a thorough explanation and analysis, and Ji Xian immediately understood.

Despite having a plan, Ji Xian still looked preoccupied.

Thinking the problems in the real world were solved, they didn't expect that returning to the post-apocalyptic world would bring even more trouble.

When Xia Luoxue returned in the evening, she immediately noticed that Ji Xian seemed preoccupied.

Xia Luoxue asked considerately, and Ji Xian naturally did not hide anything.

Charlotte said she would work harder to urge the clones to speed up the construction process and strive to build their ideal home as soon as possible.

Ji Xian was touched, but still said, "There's no need for that." He didn't want to be a capitalist who exploited labor. "It's still the same as before. I can handle this."

After dinner, Ji Xian took some time to travel to the real world to check on Ji Wangyou.

He left Ji Wangyou and her tutor some money so they could take care of their own food.

Leaving the real world was still a bit difficult. Ji Wangyou hadn't seen Ji Xian all day, so she naturally clung to him. Ji Xian had to coax her to sleep before returning to the apocalyptic world.

Back in the post-apocalyptic world, Yiyi reappeared, and it was time to lull her to sleep again.

Ji Xian covered his head, feeling utterly exasperated by these people.

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