Xu Qian’s eyelashes drooped slightly, the corners of her lips curling upward.
They had been rescued by Xie Ya Yun in the first place, so they felt a sense of gratitude towards her.
Her capabilities further instilled a sense of admiration for Xie Ya Yun.
Gratitude coupled with competence led them to recognize Xie Ya Yun as the leader of the base, and this was the most crucial factor.
They didn’t stop their mechanical zombie-slaying training until there wasn't a single zombie left in the Ai Mei Group.
Then, they shifted to a combination of collection missions and zombie-slaying training.
Xu Qian mandated that each of them must bring back 300 crystal cores and collect a certain amount of supplies.
They divided into two teams, with each team taking turns to train the children outside the base daily. The remaining children stayed at the base to train their physical fitness and clean the base.
Thus, half a month passed, and the base became increasingly orderly, beginning to take on a small-scale form.
More people were rescued.
Xu Qian began establishing a mission hall in the office building.
She arranged personnel, posted missions, and implemented a point reward system.
Currently, the missions primarily focused on collecting supplies and rescuing female survivors.
This was not a formal base, so there was no need to clear the roads or the like.
Xu Qian found joy in this, but the members of the Shuri Squad were going stir-crazy.
They had only rested in the RV for two days before sneaking out to kill zombies.
One day, Xu Qian was tallying supplies in the mission hall.
The base’s team brought back over twenty young girls, all no older than 18.
They kept their heads down, too afraid to speak.
The base team referred to the personnel registered within the base, essentially its army, which was initially composed of twenty-eight women.
They were managed uniformly by Yi Chun.
Xu Qian looked puzzled. While people had been brought back sporadically during this period, never in such large numbers.
She pulled Yi Chun aside and asked, "Where did they come from?"
Yi Chun’s expression was grave as she said softly, "The Xing Chang Base planned to send these girls back to their base. We intercepted them."
Xu Qian was taken aback. Saving people was right, but rescuing those whom their enemies wanted was not a good thing.
The base’s electric fence was not yet installed, rendering it completely incapable of preventing the entry of ability users.
Xu Qian pursed her lips and said,
"Arrange for them first. Didn't we rescue a female electrician last time? Let's focus on installing the base's electric fence for the next few days and hold off on missions."
"Okay."
The electric fence installation could only be handled by professionals; they could only provide physical support.
Fortunately, Xu Qian’s spatial dimension contained everything, so she could provide the materials.
Everyone in the base was mobilized, and it took a full three days before the electric fence was powered up.
Xu Qian stared at the wire mesh, lost in thought. With this, the safety factor had increased considerably.
"System, what constitutes completing the mission?"
She had done what she needed to do, but she didn't know what was still missing.
"Ding, side mission completion has reached 80%. It will be completed upon reaching 100%."
"Why didn't you say there was a progress bar earlier?"
"Ding, you did not ask."
"…Fine." You useless system.
"What constitutes completing the mission?"
"Ding, please explore it yourself."
"(╬￣皿￣)"
In the early morning.
"Xiao Qian, Xiao Qian."
Xu Qian sat up and rubbed her temples, her sleepiness largely dispelled.
Xie Ya Yun would not have come to find her at night unless it was an urgent matter.
Xu Qian opened the window and asked in a hoarse voice, "What's wrong?"
Xie Ya Yun's face was deathly pale, and she was panting heavily.
"Xiao Qian, people from Xing Chang Base are here!"
Xu Qian was startled and immediately got up to change clothes.
Her teammates were also awakened and asked if they needed to help.
She pondered for a moment and said, "Prepare yourselves and wait nearby. If they can't handle it, then come out to help."
"Yes!"
Xu Qian jumped out of the RV and closed the door.
Xie Ya Yun looked back at the RV in confusion. Was there a man inside?
Xu Qian pulled up the zipper on her top and asked, "What happened?"