Apocalypse: I'm the Landlady of the Refuge

[Beep——]

[Congratulations to the Host for completing the task, annexing the Baize Union. Task completion reward: Base crop and aquaculture growth time reduced by 20%, and a random superpower awakening.]

[The farms and ponds within the base have been upgraded.]

[Awakened Ability: Super Soldier]

[Level 1 Super Soldier: In battle, if the opponent fails to kill the Host in one go, the Host, upon recovery, will become immune to 10% of the opponent’s damage, and permanently gain 10% of the opponent’s body functions for their own use.]

[Additional Strength +10 points gained from superpower awakening.]

[Reward: Add +30 points to any four body functions. Please choose from: Physical Strength, Endurance, Strength, Agility, Spirit, Charm.]

Ji Wanwan’s vision displayed a data panel:

[Physical Strength: 485 Endurance: 55]

[Strength: 95 Agility: 285]

[Spirit: 445 Charm: 60]

After a brief glance, Ji Wanwan chose to enhance the weaker attributes: Endurance, Strength, Agility, and Charm.

Right after making her choice, a feeling of robust strength instantly filled her body, and she felt invigorated, wiping away the fatigue from battle.

Task completed?

Does that mean Baize is truly dead?

Somehow, at that moment, Ji Wanwan didn’t feel any joy.

Once the rewards were distributed, the surrounding activities resumed.

The busy people in the base saw Ji Wanwan returning with a large contingent and all stopped their tasks to greet her.

"Base Lord!"

"Base Lord is back!"

"Hello, Base Lord!"

"Base Lord, you worked hard!"

"Base Lord!!"

"..."

Facing everyone’s enthusiasm, Ji Wanwan felt somewhat dazed, as if everything around her was surreal.

Instinctively, she offered a kind smile and raised her hand to wave back: "Everyone’s worked hard as well!"

Amidst the crowd’s support, Ji Wanwan returned to the Inner City.

As the sound faded, Ji Wanwan finally had a chance to breathe and think about the aftermath for the base.

The battle was tough, and while everyone else could rest, the core members could not. The greater the power, the greater the responsibility. If they also took it easy, the base would descend into chaos.

Ji Xing had been assisting Ji Wanwan in managing the base and was quite familiar with all aspects of it, so Ji Wanwan asked Ji Xing and Ming Jing to take stock of the base’s losses and the materials they had scavenged.

Zhou Kai had always had a knack for understanding people, and since it was Zhou Kai who had called for saving those survivors from the Baize Union, they naturally trusted him. So, Ji Wanwan tasked Zhou Kai with settling these people, with Wu Xun assisting on the side.

Speaking of Wu Xun, Ji Wanwan remembered that Old Yu, Xiao Ba, Brother Jin, and Han Gou - whom they had rescued from the underground arena branch - were all his brothers. Therefore, Ji Wanwan established a special Lion Squad just for the five of them.

Lion Squad was directly under the jurisdiction of Ji Wanwan and only accepted tasks assigned by Ji Wanwan and Ji Xing.

Xu Siming, with his high Superpower Level and youthful handsomeness, was very popular among the superpower users in the base. Ji Wanwan had him lead those superpower users who still had strength left to collect Crystal Cores.

This battle had almost completely wiped out the zombies in Liancheng, and collecting the Crystal Cores was also a very large task. In particular, the process of extraction was not exactly pleasant. Hearing about this task, Xu Siming’s face went long, which made Ji Wanwan feel a mix of sadness and amusement.

She didn’t assign any tasks to Father Ji, after all, he was getting on in years and this battle had been hard enough. She didn’t want her father to overexert himself.

As for Ji Wanwan herself...

Thinking of Xia Li and the nine teammates who had sacrificed themselves, Ji Wanwan felt a heavy weight in her heart.

She left the task of comforting the families of the sacrificed to herself – as the base lord, she knew it would be cold-hearted not to show up in such a time.

She first settled Xia Li in the surgery room, instructing 001 to take good care of him. Then she left the Inner City, planning to head to where the martyrs’ bodies were placed.

While Ji Wanwan had not yet returned, Father Ji and Ji Xing had quickly had 001 and 002 clean up a vacant villa to temporarily house the bodies of the martyred.

Initially, Ji Xing disagreed with bringing the bodies back to the base, as seeing the bodies of loved ones was more devastating and likely to cause despair than just hearing the unfortunate news.

But Father Ji believed that dead or alive, loved ones at least deserved a chance to witness the departed for the last time.

As a man well into his fifties, Father Ji’s understanding of familial affection was profound. His pain touched Xingxing, who agreed with his father’s point of view and brought the bodies of the sacrificed back to base.

By now, the families of those who had been sacrificed were mostly aware of the sad news, and were gathered in the villa, crying and wailing beside their relatives.

Outside, just as Ji Wanwan stepped out of the Inner City, she saw a figure waiting outside the Inner City Gate.

"Brother Wen?" Seeing the man’s hesitant expression, Ji Wanwan paused, "Is there something you need?"

Since Ji Wanwan had left him and Hu Die behind the previous day, she had not exchanged a single word with him.

He knew that Ji Wanwan was preoccupied with the battle and had no time or energy for idle talk, so he had not disturbed her.

But the thought that Ji Wanwan had commanded everyone in the core team during the battle, everyone except him – as if she had kicked him out of the game entirely – left Wen Yuheng feeling a bit sour.

Just like now, with the base needing rebuilding, Ji Wanwan had assigned tasks to all the core members, even the brothers of Wu Xun had tasks, but he was the only one who was left with nothing to do...

Logically, he should have been happy to be free as the other superpower users were, but his heart felt stifled, making him uncomfortable and restless.

As he stood there, lost and unsettled, Wen Yuheng found himself at the Inner City Gate without even realizing it, but he never dared to step inside.

Just as he was about to leave, Ji Wanwan came out.

As soon as he saw her, Wen Yuheng’s heart skipped a beat: "I..."

Words were at the tip of his tongue, but Wen Yuheng didn’t know how to speak them, and annoyed, he lowered his head: "It’s nothing, I just found myself here without realizing. You’re busy."

Ji Wanwan’s mind was preoccupied with the families of the sacrificed, and she had no desire to entangle with Wen Yuheng, so she nodded: "Alright, if there’s nothing else then I’ll be on my way. Do as you please."

The coldness in her tone only made Wen Yuheng feel worse. He clenched his teeth and followed in Ji Wanwan’s footsteps: "Miss Ji, there’s a lot going on at the base, is there anything I can help with?"

Ji Wanwan paused mid-step and glanced at the man who was earnestly following her and asked, disregarding his question, "How is Hu Die doing?"

Wen Yuheng’s throat tightened.

So Miss Ji was ignoring him because she was concerned about Miss Hu Die?

He answered honestly: "Hu Die is stubborn. To prevent her from impulsively doing something foolish, I used a Vine net to confine her in the bedroom during the team assembly.

Her Superpower Level is not as high as mine. She can’t break the superpower net I created. I cleared the bedroom of anything that could be used for self-harm. Aside from the most basic daily needs, she can’t do much else. She is probably still crying in the bedroom right now."