Apocalypse: I'm the Landlady of the Refuge

In the sobbing of Qi Hao, everyone ran up and gathered around him, enveloping him in their midst like petals surrounding a flower.

Ultimately, it was the appearance of 001 that calmed everyone’s jubilation.

With less than ten minutes left until eight-thirty, it was time for the base expansion ceremony.

They let go of Qi Hao, each offering their congratulations, then headed toward the fighting arena in the east district.

Before leaving, Xia Li gave Qi Hao a disdainful roll of her eyes and then tossed a packet of tissues to him: "Crybaby..."

Qi Hao: "..."

He was reluctantly amused, and all the sentiment from just moments ago evaporated!

Xia Li, you really have a way!

During the base expansion ceremony, Ji Wanwan briefly outlined future plans and delivered an inspirational speech, which marked the end of the ceremony.

Based on the questionnaires filled out beforehand, Ji Wanwan and the others had already assigned jobs to everyone. Those with objections could apply for reassignment at the central building after the official completion of the expansion.

Regarding housing allocation, survivors were prioritized based on their contribution value within the base; those with higher contribution values had the first pick.

Survivors were also free to choose their housemates. In every house, the person with the highest contribution value would be the primary decision-maker.

For survivors who had selected their homes, 001 and 002 then activated the corresponding permissions on their pass cards.

Any unused points and the duration of housing rights from the current base were directly transferred for use in the new base.

Thanks to everyone’s collective efforts, by dusk, all the housing choices were made, and the pass cards were updated.

Ji Wanwan left 001 and 002 behind to guard the current base and prevent chaos during the relocation, while she led the core members to the manor to complete the last step of the system task.

[Beep——]

[Congratulations to the Host for completing the task: Expand the range of the base (Liancheng Base)]

[Task Completion Reward: Restore the Liancheng City System, the city area exists independently and is unaffected by other cities, the base can withstand evolved zombies of level 5 and below, the previous base’s crop and aquatic product growth times reduced by 20% are now synchronized to the current base]

Just as she entered the manor, a system notification resounded in her ears.

All surrounding activities ceased.

A giant blueprint of Liancheng Base materialized in front of Ji Wanwan.

According to the blueprint, upon task completion, the system had further refined the areas she had already remodeled, based on her original layout.

The focus of these improvements was the fence encircling Liancheng.

The original fence, though bolstered by Gold Element Superpower Users, was already solid, but with the system’s upgrades, the fence became wider, the material tougher, the mesh denser, and atop the fence sat a layer of spikes gleaming with a chilling cold light, visibly sharp.

The original fence carried high-voltage electricity, which easily could harm one’s own people.

After the system upgrade, the electric current in the fence was intensified, and it developed the ability to intelligently recognize whether someone approaching was a zombie, not generating a high voltage if a regular person was detected.

At the same time, the system also installed canteens and supermarkets at several reserved locations, facilitating survivors’ purchase of supplies.

The base’s original fighting arena was also replicated in each residential area, giving everyone keen on becoming stronger an opportunity to train.

What pleased Ji Wanwan the most was the vast alert network spread throughout the entire Liancheng Base, enabling everyone to find the nearest alarm in the absence of mobile communications, alerting others in times of danger or when abnormalities were detected, and sound the alarm instantly.

The alarm would immediately be transmitted to the communicators of every Guard Team member, allowing them to reach the person calling for help as quickly as possible.

Ji Wanwan briefly surveyed these facilities.

Qi Hao trusted the System with getting things done, so she didn’t spend extra time looking through every detail of the internal structure of those residences and other buildings.

What she was more concerned about was the estate in front of her.

In fact, even if the System didn’t refurbish it, the estate was already so well-equipped that they would enjoy living there immensely.

Therefore, there wasn’t much the System could do, aside from further upgrading the estate’s security and material conditions on top of the existing foundation, ensuring that everyone living there could experience a paradise-like life.

Ji Wanwan nodded in satisfaction, her fingertips twitched slightly, and she put away the Liancheng Base layout map before her eyes.

The prompt in her ear continued, "Please choose a person to awaken one ordinary superpower."

One person, one ordinary superpower.

This gave Ji Wanwan quite the headache.

She had thought about this issue a lot over the month and had several candidates in mind, but she had yet to make a decision.

The first person she considered was her mother, who was the only person in the Ji Family who hadn’t awakened a superpower yet. If her mother also awakened a superpower, she wouldn’t need to worry about her getting hurt.

Next was Qi Hao’s Grandma.

The grandma was currently the oldest person among the Inner City’s personnel and also the one in the worst health.

Awakening a superpower had a very significant effect on improving physical constitution. Ji Wanwan always wanted to give her grandma this opportunity, remembering how since her childhood, her grandma had always cherished her as her own granddaughter.

There was also Qi Hao. At the time when Qi Hao was in a coma, Ji Wanwan had also considered letting him awaken a superpower, thinking that it might help him wake up.

Now that Haozi had awakened, he was naturally excluded from consideration.

Between her mom and grandma, Ji Wanwan hesitated for a while but ultimately chose her mom.

She was, after all, a bit selfish. Compared to the slightly more distant Qi Hao’s Grandma, she wished more for her mother to become stronger.

Moreover, with dad harboring the highest-level Wood Element superpower in the current base, and Brother Kai and Ming Jing also awakening Wood Element superpower, and her Equivalence Healing as a safety net, it seemed unlikely that grandma would encounter any serious trouble.

Now that they had both Wood and Gold Element superpowers in the family, the Water Element superpower—which required a lot of reaction speed—and the overly aggressive Fire Element superpower, only the Earth Superpower seemed to suit her mother best.

With this thought, Ji Wanwan chose to let her mother awaken the Earth Superpower.

Having decided on the superpower, the final mission reward was distributed, "Award body function in four categories +80 points, please select: Physical Strength, Endurance, Strength, Agility, Spirit, Charm."

Ji Wanwan glanced at the attribute panel and chose Endurance, Strength, Agility, and Charm.

"Attribute points have been added, current body function is as follows:"

"Physical Strength: 485 Endurance: 165"

"Strength: 205 Agility: 365"

"Spirit: 445 Charm: 170"

The moment the attribute points were added, Ji Wanwan felt her explosive power grow stronger and her body lighter than before.

With all rewards issued, the surrounding objects resumed their flow.

Everything in the base was getting better, and the smile on Ji Wanwan’s lips grew brighter and brighter.

Just like that, the base officially expanded.

After several days of brief chaos, everyone was gradually getting used to the life in Liancheng Base.

One day, while Ji Wanwan was lying on a sun lounger in the estate soaking up the sun, she suddenly received a call from Xia Li, "Wanwan, something happened, someone is missing..."