Chapter 104 Burying a Circle of Territory Stones
Day 49 of survival, 17:33:45 at night, temperature 14°C～21°C, zone 301, number of survivors 70232/100000.
In the dozen or so hours following the arrival of the eternal night disaster, nearly 10,000 people died.
Jiang Baiyue didn't leave the base; she spent the whole day exchanging resources and collecting information as much as possible.
She urgently recruited two more patrol teams to patrol in shifts 24 hours a day.
After arranging the staff at the base, she still felt uneasy as she watched the materials in the warehouse dwindle.
The quantity of medicines and food is still insufficient, and we must continue to produce and stockpile them.
Weapons... once the fighting starts, the consumption will definitely be considerable. No, the night monsters are not afraid of physical attacks, so we need to stockpile a lot of energy crystals.
She only has 1693 energy crystals in her warehouse, and the arrow towers and shields consume a certain number of them every day.
A ding sounded from the workbench, pulling Jiang Baiyue back to reality.
She collected the pile of territory stones from the workbench and led the mercenaries out of the base.
The alloy door looked very heavy, but it was easy to open from inside the base.
The orange-yellow flames shone through the alloy door, illuminating an area outside.
The ferocious zombies outside the door became even more excited, pounding on the protective shield with all their might, their sharp teeth grinding together as if they wanted to tear Jiang Baiyue's bones and flesh to pieces immediately.
Roar! ...
The protective shield was only 10 centimeters wide from the city wall, so the zombies were very close to Jiang Baiyue and the others.
The overwhelming stench and the loud, rapid clanging of teeth still filled her with fear.
Jiang Baiyue held up the torch to observe. The zombies were much larger than before, and a rough estimate put their height at over 2 meters.
If the city walls hadn't been raised after the upgrade, she estimated that these zombies could have easily jumped into her base.
The zombies were now all armed and wearing protective gear; they were no longer unarmed.
Mixed among the monsters were nocturnal creatures that resembled black rubber bands, their roars bewitching Jiang Baiyue.
Faced with such a group of monsters, without a protective shield, everyone in the base would have to stand on the city wall to defend themselves.
How long can they hold on?
With over 4,000 people, excluding children, the elderly, and those without mobility, can they sustain themselves for 10 days?
Calming herself, Jiang Baiyue checked her protective gear and headlamp again before leading the mercenaries along the city wall.
She buried the first territorial stone.
The monsters roared and retreated, and the sounds of chewing and clattering echoed in the darkness.
It works!
This greatly encouraged Jiang Baiyue. Without further hesitation, she buried a ring of territory stones along the city wall, successfully pushing the base's protective range outward by about 1 meter, creating a buffer zone.
Back at the base, she immediately issued a base mission to all the residents: clear out the monsters outside the city!
Without daring to rest for a moment, she led her mercenaries to the space rift at Space Station 3 after issuing the mission.
...
Xia Wenjing kept checking the messages in the chat area while sending messages to exchange for supplies.
There was nothing she could do. She had spent too much time in the cave, and her combat skills were low. In this situation, she couldn't leave the base to find supplies, so she could only try her best to exchange for food.
Xia Wenjing touched the small tree, which was about half her height, and her palms felt warm.
Her talent allows her to promote plant growth and receive feedback from plants to enhance her physical strength.
Unfortunately, she was born into a cave in this world, a place almost devoid of plants, filled only with mushrooms and insects, which prevented her from improving her strength.
Upon arriving at the White Moon Base, she began to stroke the plant trunks and leaves incessantly. By now, her originally sallow skin had begun to show signs of whitening.
She clenched her fist with one hand, and her arm gained strength.
"Hahaha! I'm so lucky!"
A tall man suddenly ran into the residential area and laughed loudly.
People in the surrounding wooden houses heard the noise and opened their doors to see what was going on.
A man who seemed to be an acquaintance of the man ran over and asked, "Holy crap! Old Chen! You really awakened a superpower? Didn't you say you didn't have any superpowers? You could awaken one in the arcade?"
Old Chen raised an eyebrow smugly: "I was surprised too, but I've really woken up. That's why I came back to tell you guys, while the situation outside is still unclear, hurry up and get in line."
"Really?! What kind of superpower?"
"Doesn't that mean I have a chance too? Anyway, it's not expensive. It's just that I've gone several times and it hasn't worked. I thought that someone like me without superpowers couldn't awaken them."
"Oh dear, I should have known better than to help others queue up; I should have gone by myself."
"Haha, I've been to the arcade more than 10 times. Hard work pays off, persistence will bring results, haha."
Old Chen's face was beaming with joy as he answered the questions from the people who had gathered around him.
Xia Wenjing sighed. She dared not spend her coins at the arcade where luck was the deciding factor; her family's savings were too meager to withstand the losses.
Wang Ze stood at the back of the crowd, his bangs partially obscuring his vision.
He looked at the person in the center of the crowd who was demonstrating his superpowers, and his hands involuntarily clenched.
For some reason, few people in the White Moon Base reveal their real names. Given that everyone is used to using nicknames, his insistence on asking others for their real names seems very strange.
After all, most people are adults who have experienced the wickedness of human nature and are subconsciously very sensitive.
However, thanks to the good atmosphere at the White Moon Base, Wang Ze also managed to find out some information, but he felt that those people's abilities were not good enough or powerful enough.
That "lying flat and salty fish" was a base commander. He originally wanted to strip her of her identity, but after leaving the spatial rift, even when he tried to curry favor with Gu Tiangang, he never saw "lying flat and salty fish" again.
When asked, Gu Tiangang's wife and daughter also knew very little about the term "lying flat and being a salted fish".
That's so useless.
Looking at the darkening sky and recalling the information gathered in the communication area, Wang Ze felt he couldn't wait any longer. If the Nightwalker monsters stormed into the base, he would be in serious trouble since he had no special abilities.
He looked at the complimented Old Chen with a curious and apprehensive expression on his face, and squeezed into the crowd.
A hand waved in front of Xia Wenjing's eyes. Xia Wenjing snapped out of her daze and looked at Wang Leran: "What?"
"Are you just spacing out? I heard that those shops have hired apprentices, especially the sewing shops. Now those apprentices can make backpacks, and they're being snapped up every day... Do you think I should be shameless enough to ask the owner if they're still hiring apprentices?"
"...No, it wouldn't be good if I offended the boss. It seems like the hot spring resort hasn't hired anyone yet. What if I were just cleaning at the hot spring resort and getting a free meal?"
Xia Wenjing looked at the unanswered private message and nodded: "Let's go. We can't just do nothing and keep eating your pancakes."
Wang Leran waved his hand: "Hey, after all, we've been through thick and thin together, so there's nothing we can do about it. I thought that once we got out, we could at least go out and find supplies... but I never expected to be trapped in the base."
"Should we call Wang Ze? Where is he? I just saw him."
Xia Wenjing frowned but didn't say anything.
Over the past few days, she felt that Wang Ze gave her a very strange feeling.
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