Sowing Seeds

Eliminate the Zombie King?

Jiang Chu was stunned. She didn't ask about the penalty for failing the mission; she didn't even need to ask to know what her end would be if she fell into a disadvantageous position against the Zombie King.

Her fingers trembled slightly. She was currently a Tier Five ability user. The rank of a Zombie King was usually Tier Seven or above, and its power might not even be limited by tiers. If she had to make a rough estimate of its strength, it would probably be at Tier Eight or Nine, and it would also possess terrifyingly powerful abilities that could command other zombies.

Two years was simply too short.

Jiang Chu's mood sank slightly. This was a chain reaction. If a Zombie King appeared, other high-level zombies would also emerge.

Compared to that, her current base's forces were still too weak.

She took a deep breath, trying to stay calm, but a hint of anxiety inevitably crept between her brows.

In her previous life, Jiang Chu had never actually faced the Zombie King directly, but she knew that if a Zombie King existed, the entire city would cease to exist, and the remaining humans becoming slaves would be considered a light fate.

As one could imagine, finding the Zombie King sleeping deep underground was easier said than done.

She couldn't help but wonder.

"Aren't zombies formed from humans infected with the zombie virus? They devour humans to evolve and increase their strength. How could a Tier Seven appear so quickly, and even be sleeping?"

[The Zombie King is transformed through virus mutation combined with natural factors.]

[Host, please complete the mission in a timely manner. In addition, the Prophecy skill cannot provide specific information; you can only use the remaining two opportunities to obtain the approximate location of the Zombie King. Host, please do your best.]

After the system finished speaking, it fell silent.

Jiang Chu's expression turned grave. Two years was too short. The urgent matter was to quickly raise her strength. Reaching Tier Eight within two years sounded like an impossible mission, but only by doing so would she have the strength to contend with the Zombie King.

Another point was to unite the existing resources.

Zombies had a natural sensory connection and submission to the Zombie King. She had to deal not just with a single Zombie King, but with tens of millions of zombies scattered inside the city, outside the city, and even in other cities.

Not only did she need to reach at least Tier Eight, but she also had to help Ji Chen, Zhao Jingyao, and the others reach at least Tier Six.

Unite the existing resources.

Jiang Chu suddenly thought of two people whose current strength was not much inferior to hers. If they could cooperate, their chances of winning would increase significantly.

She did not immediately announce the matter of the Zombie King. The base had just been established, and the members were all very happy. If ordinary residents found out about an unimaginable existence like the Zombie King, it would plunge them into panic.

Over the next three days, as usual, she began leading everyone in the base to build warehouses and reinforce defenses.

People came and went through the base gates. Shen Yinqiu, acting as an assistant, fetched some snacks from the warehouse and went to Jiang Chu, saying with a smile, "Only two more days and the front wall can be completed. The vegetable planting area was also sown with seeds the other day. The large greenhouses are being set up too. We can wrap up the work before 9:00 PM tonight. It's thanks to the other teams gathering comprehensive materials that we're moving so fast."

A few days ago, Jiang Chu had ordered Zhao Jingyao to lead people to haul bricks from everywhere. Now, the high walls had been built. Today, several teams stopped going out, and everyone was working on building defenses.

She gestured to the height, turned her head to look at Ying Yaoqing who was participating in laying bricks, and said to him and Shen Yinqiu, "These two walls are still not thick enough; we must continue building. Currently, they are only seven meters high; we must build them up to ten meters."

"Where is Zhao Jingyao?" She looked around but didn't see Zhao Jingyao's figure.

Ying Yaoqing wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied, "Captain Zhao went to inspect both sides of the base. He said those areas also need reinforcement."

Jiang Chu was satisfied with Zhao Jingyao's caution. The main gate of the base was certainly important, but because of the vast area, the left and right sides would occasionally be overlooked, so they also needed to be reinforced.

"Alright, pass down the order. This week, our base's focus will be on reinforcement. Aren't there 562 people currently? Excluding the sick, the rest will all be put into construction. The goal is to turn this mountain villa into a survival fortress. If we lack materials, split off a portion of the guard team and the scouting team, led by Zhao Jingyao or Lu Jiaze, to go out and transport them back."

Three days ago, Zhao Jingyao had found a brick kiln outside the city. Over these two days, they had dispatched many shifts, hauling back eight large truckloads of bricks, which was temporarily enough to build the walls.

"Alright." Ying Yaoqing readily agreed, also feeling that the leader's decision was excellent. Only with high defenses could they prevent zombies from invading. One had to know that the day before yesterday, when they went out, they even encountered a Tier Three zombie. Currently, there were many zombies that knew how to climb walls and jump, so basic defenses were definitely not enough.

Jiang Chu felt the temperature today, then said to Shen Yinqiu, "And the vegetable planting area. The temperature is a bit higher today. In two or three days, the bok choy might sprout. If nothing goes wrong, we can harvest the first batch of vegetables in less than a month. You must pay special attention to supervising it."

She had vegetables in her space, but she couldn't take them out directly to distribute.

So yesterday, she had specially made time to go out, transporting back two hundred catties of vegetables, claiming she had gotten them from the cold storage of a food market. She had intentionally exposed them to the sun a bit at three different spots before transporting them to the cafeteria, telling them to cook more food.

Food was food, but the base members hadn't eaten vegetables in a long time.

She told the outside that she only selected the bundles that weren't spoiled to bring back, while the others were no longer edible. All of these vegetables were prepared at the cafeteria, and everyone in the base got a share.

The reason was presented skillfully, so no one doubted it. The entire base was overjoyed, and everyone worked with more energy, respecting their new leader even more.

Distributing a portion of vegetables was only a temporary fix to alleviate everyone's malnutrition.

For the long term, they still had to rely on construction and farming to become self-sufficient.

Before the extreme heat arrived, they would harvest a large amount of vegetables, store them in the cold cellar, and use solar power generation equipment to generate electricity, so that the residents would still have air conditioning to blow under the extreme heat and wouldn't die of heatstroke.

Reminded by these words, Shen Yinqiu instantly thought of a new method. Her eyes lit up as she said, "There are also suitable areas outside the base for planting. Do we need to send people to clear the land and sow seeds? Wouldn't the harvest be much larger that way?"

"We can try, but the outside of the base isn't very safe. Lead some people to confirm the location first, try to keep it close by, not too far. Once determined, arrange for people to do it."

Shen Yinqiu immediately said, "Yes, I'll get right on it."

The logistics team arrived, distributing steamed buns, potato chips, and other snacks to the people building the wall.

A few snacks and water were considered necessary consumables. Jiang Chu wouldn't be stingy about this; on the contrary, she felt it was still lacking.

By evening, Lu Jiaze and Ji Chen returned from the warehouse to check the progress of the defensive wall. Lu Jiaze said with satisfaction, "The progress is very fast; it won't be long before it's completed. The warehouse won't take many days to finish either. After that, we can continue gathering supplies in the city."

Ji Chen chimed in with a smile, "That's right, and we also need to gather some more spirit cores."