Shelter, inside the Space-Time Beacon.

"Hey, Shelter, is there any way to differentiate between fragments with survivors and those with only zombies?"

"Hmm? What's wrong, are you mute? Are you mad at me or something?"

Ever since Lin Yi activated the Heart of the World, the Shelter has stopped answering his questions.

He actually started to feel a bit lonely.

"At this speed, I can't distinguish anything..."

For the past hour, he had been watching fragments blurring past him.

But all these fragments looked the same, there was simply no way to tell them apart.

If it's a fragment with survivors, it's more likely to have valuable things, and these survivors can be used as warriors or workers.

Upon randomly grabbing a large fragment, Lin Yi used a harpoon to catch it on the first try.

[The target will arrive at the Shelter in 2 minutes and 10 seconds]

Lin Yi notified Solomon to be ready.

A battle was about to break out on the east wall!

Two minutes passed quickly, followed by a slight jolt as the fragment collided with the Shelter.

After the mist cleared, what appeared was an ordinary human city.

The city was ablaze, looking as if it had been soaked in gasoline and set on fire.

After some time, the first batch of zombies started surfacing from within the city.

Many zombies were severely burned, some even still on fire, but this in no way hindered their invasion.

These zombies looked pathetically weak... but this was a real city!

Although it was just a small fragment, it was still filled with all sorts of materials.

Zombies poured in endlessly, roughly estimated, there were a thousand moving "experience points."

After activating the bait, they successfully lured around five hundred zombies out of the city.

To Lin Yi's surprise, the girls found it easier to kill the burned zombies compared to the normal ones.

Isn't this a classic case of judging a 'corpse' by its appearance?

"Beauty" Mary was the first to rise to level 5.

Since becoming pregnant, she had become somewhat cold, with only one goal: to give birth to a strong and healthy baby and cultivate him/her into a formidable person/beastman.

When Mary rose to level 1, the skill she gained shocked everyone—

It turned out to be a unique skill!

It's called "Transformation," and from the description, it seems this skill allows her to change her appearance.

At level 5, she could transform into another species, but she first needs to collect a large amount of DNA samples...

In other words, she needs to drink the blood or eat the flesh of members of that species.

To enhance the transformation effect, she needs to acquire DNA samples from at least ten members of that species.

Lin Yi was annoyed, such a skill was given to Mary and not Chen Youyou...

If Chen Youyou gained this skill, wouldn't he be able to... overturn the heavens at night?

The second woman to reach level 5 was Giselle.

She was very scared, so Solomon had her cover her eyes and only pull the trigger when he said to shoot.

In this way, she eventually killed 76 zombies and finally rose to level 5.

Her skill was "Wolf Transformation," but she didn't feel too strongly about it since she didn't plan on fighting, so she only needed to use attributes to boost constitution.

But Lin Yi disagreed and explained to her that if she turned into a wolf, she'd gain incredible speed.

In the event of an unavoidable accident, it would allow her to escape from zombies or humans alike, so she should practice more whenever she had time.

Zoe's "Summon Black Panther" skill also reached level 2, and her little kitten turned into a real black panther.

The big cat's first act after upgrading was to leap into its mistress's arms to thank her.

Zoe's heart melted with affection, completely forgetting the zombies just a few meters away.

After the girls leveled up, the two doctors also began to upgrade and soon dealt with the remaining zombies...

This battle encountered almost no mutated creatures, and those encountered were only level 1.

After the battle, Lin Yi did not immediately send the team to clean up the fragment but decided to wait until the fire went out and the city cooled down.

He still remembered when he set fire to an entire building in Paris, and when he teleported back from the Shelter, he almost got roasted...

In the meantime, Lin Yi went to check on the farmland.

Potatoes, vegetables, and corn had all been harvested, so he could start expanding the cultivated area.

[Farmland Information]

Farmland - Crops - Estimated Yield (pounds)

Farmland 1 - Specialty Potatoes - 7,502 pounds

Farmland 2 - Specialty Potatoes - 423,287 pounds

Farmland 3 - Vegetables - 27,990 pounds

Farmland 4 - 141,095 pounds

Farmland 5 - Specialty Wheat - 67,726 pounds

Farmland 6 - Specialty Wheat - 56,438 pounds

Farmland 7 - Specialty Corn - 15,740 pounds

Farmland 8 - Fruits - 14,109 pounds

Farmland 8 - Fruits - 282,191 pounds

Farmland 9 - Specialty Grapes - 225,753 pounds

...

Lin Yi spent 96,000 Coins to expand Farmland No.1 to 11 acres, raising the potato yield to 425 tons.

I spent another 41,000 Coins to expand Field No. 3 to 62,992 square yards.

Field No. 7 expanded 35 times, from 4,724 square yards to 167,979 square yards, harvesting 256 tons of corn.

Agriculture at the Shelter is developing, and trade is also growing.

There is now a high demand for fuel and ethanol products, and rabbits and Xidi don't mind eating the dry grass and corn cobs after the kernels have been removed.

Now that the farmland has expanded, the population has reached the maximum labor capacity.

Currently, there are 2,801 people working on the farmland, which is about half of the residents of the Shelter.

This includes men, women, teenagers, young girls, the elderly, women, male and female Beastmen.

The maximum labor capacity per person is 300 square yards, and now each worker is cultivating an average of 250 square yards.

An adult Level 1 Professional can harvest 650 square yards of crops, and a young Beastman can handle 1,000 to 1,300 square yards.

After hearing about the Beastmen's work efficiency in the farmland, Lin Yi regretted letting their Ark drift away back then…

The conclusion is obvious: he needs more people.

Hmm... do they necessarily have to be "people"?

In total, 256,000 Coins were spent to expand the farmland, which accounted for one-third of the Shelter's total budget.

But thanks to Tatiana's connection, she did him a big favor: Vending Machine No. 2 had a balance of 98,705 Coins.

After setting up the new vending machine, Lin Yi strolled to the "Treasure Room."

Here, the lively and pitiful Annie opened 2,418 white rewards, 1,117 green rewards, 574 blue rewards, and 101 purple rewards.

Lin Yi started to review the rewards she opened.

As usual, Level 1 rewards were not particularly diverse, but now…

"Did Annie mix something up?"

She had already sorted the equipment by level, a pile of Level 1, a pile of Level 2, and so on.

But Lin Yi did not see a single Baseball Bat; instead, there was a Nail-Headed Hammer and a Crossbow!

[Level 1 Nail-Headed Hammer]

A great weapon for crushing Advanced Zombie skulls, but more effective on humans. Please do not use the Nail-Headed Hammer on turtles; turtles are your friends!

Detected Hidden Attributes:

Attack Power: 13

Durability: 40

"Hmm… the description is as strange and funny as ever, so… wait a minute! Advanced Zombie? So, after the Difficulty Level increases… even the quality of the dropped items has improved! The Nail-Headed Hammer is 30% better than the Baseball Bat…"

[Level 1 Ordinary Crossbow]

A perfect weapon for cowards who are afraid to face the enemy directly.

Recommended range: 100 yards.

Aim carefully at the enemy, as loading Ammunition for this weapon is difficult, so aim well, or you'll have to endure a long and terrifying sprint.

Note: The Crossbow can only fire special Crossbow Arrows. Generating Crossbow Arrows consumes 1 point of Magic Value.

Detected Hidden Attributes:

Attack Power: 11

Durability: 10

"Level 1 ranged weapon!? If we had these things at the beginning of the apocalypse, we would have wiped out the Zombies… now what to do with this old junk?"

"Up… upgrade…" A voice whispered from deep within Lin Yi's mind.

It seemed he had a brilliant idea.

"In video games, you can always combine two old items to get a new one… maybe it will work here as well."

He picked up two Baseball Bats, banged them together, and… nothing happened.

Realizing how silly his idea was, he teleported to the Weapon Smith and consulted them.

The boss's sudden appearance made the new female Weapon Smith scream and throw a sword in a random direction.

The sword almost created a new hole in another Weapon Smith's head, but fortunately, Lin Yi caught it.

"Boss, please don't do that!" protested the frightened young female Weapon Smith.

The man who was nearly killed by her realized he almost died in an utterly speechless manner, but since the boss was the cause, he decided to remain silent.

"Hahaha! Sorry, I was in a bit of a hurry," Lin Yi said, then turned to the new employee in the workshop.

"You understand the situation, right, Dante?"

"Yes, boss! Your workbench is amazing! I've already crafted a new weapon. Look at this!"

Dante said, pointing at the sword in Lin Yi's hand.

[Level 3 High-Quality Sword]

A weapon crafted by a master Artisan.

It has excellent balance and durability. Thanks to the Weapon Smith's workbench, this weapon is extremely durable and sharp. Made by Dante.

Main Attributes:

Attack Power: 24, Durability: 35/35,

Weight: 3.5 pounds.

"Not bad! It's just the name… call it whatever you want, I'm here because…"

Lin Yi shared his idea about new weapon fusion with them, getting the Weapon Smiths to try upgrading some old weapons and transforming them into new ones.

Initially, no one knew how to do it, but the boss insisted it was possible, so they tried and tried but got nowhere…

Just then, the red-haired girl Sylvie, holding a heavy Nail-Headed Hammer, shouted excitedly.

"Boss! Look! I did it!"

"How did you do it?"

Lin Yi asked with a smile, seeing that his efforts were not in vain, he was truly happy…

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