"Headquarters? Headquarters!" The man's eyes were fixed on the supermarket still burning fiercely.
He picked up the walkie-talkie, his voice trembling with anxiety, "Headquarters, do you copy? Damn it!"
"This is headquarters, report the situation." A lazy voice came through the walkie-talkie.
"The Blue-haired Gang's base has been completely destroyed, burned to the ground! It's unclear if there are any survivors, the Blue-haired Gang leader is dead too, nothing left of him but ash!"
The man's emotions were at their peak, his voice almost distorting, "It was that gay guy! He's the one who did it!"
"What the hell are you raving about?" came a shocked response from the other end of the walkie-talkie.
"The gay guy went into the building, about an hour later, he came out with a gas can and lit the fuse. Then the Blue-haired Gang leader rushed out, swallowed by the raging fire immediately! It was terrifying!"
The man seemed to have plunged into extreme fear, completely ignoring the chorus of calls and questions from headquarters on the walkie-talkie.
He muttered to himself, "I feel like he noticed me... I really don't have the guts to follow him anymore..."
"What about the supplies? What happened to the supplies? Don't you know there's a lot of vital provisions stored there!" The voice on the other end immediately raised in pitch, almost to the point of tears, filled with panic.
"I really don't know. The whole building is engulfed in flames, there's no way to get close to check." The man replied helplessly and fearfully.
"You useless fool! Go find out immediately!" A voice roared hoarsely from the walkie-talkie, the person on the other end obviously hopping mad.
That day was extremely tense and difficult.
The Xiaochuan brothers dragged all the corpses of the punks toward the Invincible Pit. After handling all the corpses, they were so exhausted they nearly collapsed.
The new girls found suitable clothes and took a refreshing bath in the pond.
With Chen Youyou's help, they even set up tents, settling down temporarily.
However, at this moment, the shelter was still a mess, as chaotic as a garbage dump!
The old mechanician was still tightly bound but at least had a decent meal, and no one beat him.
A large amount of supplies was piled up haphazardly, almost occupying all the open space, looking like a small mountain ready to collapse at any moment.
Apparently, these harvested supplies can only be thoroughly accounted for after sorting.
And the Shelter's experience points, upgrades, and rewards should have all increased by now.
However, Lin Yi was utterly exhausted.
He decided to check it out tomorrow, so he had dinner, handed over the big picture to Chen Youyou, and then dove into the tent and fell into a deep sleep.
The next morning, everything was as usual.
Lin Yi was woken up by Chen Youyou's attempts to let him "rest fully and relax."
An hour later, everyone gathered together for breakfast.
Lin Yi specifically set up several large tables and chairs so that everyone could sit together for a meal and get to know one another.
Chen Youyou's younger sister, once just skin and bones, now had slightly rounded cheeks, looking a bit chubbier, like a cute porcelain doll.
After a bath and a worry-free night's sleep, the girls' spirits were completely different, looking much prettier.
"Boss..." Chen Youyou's voice was gentle.
"What's up?" Lin Yi put down his fork.
"It's really crowded here now..."
Lin Yi nodded, indicating that he would take care of it.
After the meal, he went to the laptop, scratched his head, and started moving the mouse.
"Where is it? Where the heck is it? Wasn't there an option to expand the shelter's space? How much does it cost?!" Lin Yi muttered to himself as he quickly operated the mouse on the computer.
"Boss?" The blonde girl watched Lin Yi from afar, thinking of going over to see if she could help.
"It's fine, he's working on getting us some benefits!" Chen Youyou muttered with her mouth full of food.
She had conversed deeply with Lin Yi for a long time, and with her own cleverness, she often guessed Lin Yi's actions and thoughts.
"Benefits?"
"Yeah, you see how pained he looks, he's definitely planning to improve our quality of life!"
"The boss is Asian?"
"Yes. His name is Lin Yi."
"Being in a foreign country at a time like this can't be easy for him..." A very tall black-haired girl said heartily.
"The boss is a real strongman, he won't be easily defeated by challenges. He's like a bulldozer plowing forward, able to break through any obstacle!" Although Chen Youyou hadn't known Lin Yi for long, she admired him deeply.
Chen Youyou stood up from the table, "Our first task is to organize the essentials, the boss will find a way to give us more space."
She gathered the girls together and took them to go to work.
Lin Yi sat in front of his laptop and opened his emails.
[Subject: Accepting Survivors]
Three survivors have agreed to your terms and entered the shelter. Your shelter has gained 30 experience points.
[Subject: Receiving Items]
The shelter has received a washing machine... an electric razor... a smartphone...
These items earned your shelter 35 experience points.
[Subject: Receiving Items]
The shelter has received 20 motorcycles of different models. The shelter has received car parts including...
These items earned your shelter 110 experience points.
[Subject: Receiving Items]
........
These items earned your shelter 55 experience points.
........
[Subject: Accepting Survivors]
Nine survivors have agreed to your terms and entered the shelter. Your shelter has gained 90 experience points.
[Subject: Upgrade]
Congratulations, your shelter has reached level 6!
[As a reward, you receive a discount coupon for any item in the store]
"What a score!"
After receiving the coupon, Lin Yi finally found the option to expand the shelter space in the store, showing:
Current shelter space: 8,000 square meters
Additional purchase price: 8,000 square meters/100 coins
Lin Yi slammed the table, so expensive!?
Even with the coupon, it still required 50 coins to make the purchase.
[Hint: Biomass can be exchanged for coins]
Lin Yi was taken aback, and upon clicking the information, he found that five units of biomass were worth only one coin.
He couldn't help but exclaim that the shelter's exchange rules were such a rip-off!
Currently, he had 380 biomass and 9 coins, and after some consideration, he finally clicked to confirm the purchase.
[Thank you for your purchase and using the coupon!]
[Expansion is underway]
[Please try to remain calm]
"An earthquake has happened!" The announcement had barely ended when Lin Yi heard the girls screaming in terror.
Immediately, the fog wall began moving further away, revealing new trees, shrubs, and grasslands in view.
The earthquake lasted only a moment, but the usable space within the shelter had genuinely expanded!
After the expansion was completed, Lin Yi began inspecting, patrolling his domain.
Currently, the shelter size had doubled, with the expansion starting from the center and then extending outward in all directions.
At this point, the girls had already begun organizing and sorting the spoils he had gathered.
The only downside was that in the shelter, everything had to be moved around using brute force.
Lin Yi looked at those huge crates and appliances, mulling over how great it would be if everyone had a cart, making it much easier.
Suddenly, he turned his gaze to Louis, the mechanician tied up not far away.