At this time, he had already returned to the hotel. Jiang Yue basically dragged the whole time and hadn't recovered from the shadow of being splashed with blood. The team was now commanded by Xiao Jun.
As soon as they entered the room, Jiang Yue seemed to suddenly come to her senses. Her eyes looked towards Xiao Jun.
"Brother Jun, I remember now. That person was the one who rested not far from us during the lunch break."
That group of people?
Xiao Jun also remembered. At the time, he didn't pay much attention to them. He didn't expect them to stab him in the back.
He would remember this debt. Since they were all in Star City, there would be a chance to settle it sooner or later.
"Let's put this matter aside for now. We're still short on people and need to recruit more."
Xiao Jun didn't want anything like this to happen again. To prevent it, they had to become strong enough.
If it was a hundred first-order mutant young ladies wielding steel knives today, would that group still dare to come?
Thirty didn't seem like much for a team, but it was still far from enough.
Both physically and psychologically, females were generally the weaker group. To build an army of women that would not be bullied, they needed more people.
Jiang Yue agreed with this view.
They already had enough strength now, finding food was not difficult, and they had obtained a high-tech tent today that could easily accommodate even a hundred people.
Of course, she didn't know yet that the airdrops would stop increasing tomorrow. When the survivors discovered this, the fierce struggle would just be beginning.
"Recruit people, also, from now on, use all the space equipment to carry supplies, not just for the airdrops."
"All the major supermarkets and shopping malls, we need to go to them. The storage warehouses are usually on the underground floor. We need more supplies."
"Remember, focus on food and stock up on more water. Also get more outdoor survival gear."
Jiang Yue didn't know why they needed these things. Outdoor survival? Did Brother Jun not plan on staying at the hotel anymore?
Xiao Jun didn't explain much to her.
The premature appearance of the second-order zombies had always been a threshold in Xiao Jun's mind. He didn't know if other things would happen early, but it was good to prepare in advance.
Recruiting people was also in preparation for this.
The zombies outside the city would only be more numerous than inside. To live outside, they first had to clear the area.
In his imagination, about five hundred people would be enough.
Before going out, he still had to visit the survivor team.
After tomorrow, humans would realize the zombies were no longer increasing. The survivor teams would expand at an extremely fast pace, sweeping across most of Star City, forming territories and establishing order.
Xiao Jun did not intend to join now, because an earthquake had not yet occurred. The city was not safe at present.
In his previous life, the earthquake had reduced the survivors by half. Many first-order mutants had perished, not to mention ordinary people.
At exactly midnight that night.
Xiao Jun stood at the window, a cigarette burning slowly in his hand.
The sky was normal. The rift that had appeared for a week was gone, along with those annoying zombies.
Everything seemed to have returned to the right track, continuing according to the world Xiao Jun knew.
"Brother Jun, is this the change you mentioned?"
Jiang Yue and Wan Qianya stood on either side of Xiao Jun. Wan Qianya asked in surprise.
Jiang Yue also looked out the window wide-eyed, but there wasn't a hint of zombies in the sky.
Both of them now had a big question mark in their minds. How did Brother Jun know? Did he predict this?
Xiao Jun didn't explain. It was hard to make sense of this even with an explanation, better to maintain an air of mystery.
"Starting today, zombies and airdrops will stop increasing. The big melee is coming."
Closing the curtains, Xiao Jun sighed and said.
The apocalypse was just beginning. Fighting zombies only required courage, but fighting humans was the real test.
If these girls were still as kindhearted as today, unable to take action against humans, what awaited them was destined to be a bloody lesson.
Xiao Jun would not intervene. He believed Jiang Yue could handle it.
Jiang Yue sighed faintly, looking at Xiao Jun with complicated emotions.
[Could this man really be the legendary protagonist? Did he transmigrate or reincarnate?]
Damn, Xiao Jun cursed violently in his heart. He never expected that there would be females who liked reading apocalypse novels these days!
Was this the reason for her rise in the apocalypse?
Was the reason he did so poorly in his previous life that he never read apocalypse novels?
But no matter, so what if he never read them? He had reincarnated now, that made him a protagonist too.
[In apocalypse novels, the male lead usually takes a harem. Could Brother Jun be thinking the same? Why else would he build this army of women?]
[But I was the leader, even Qianya used to listen to me. Doesn't that make me the boss?]
Xiao Jun was very speechless. Did I build this army of women? I told you to recruit people, and you only recruited women. Now you blame me?
And how did it become who's the boss? I didn't do anything to her!
"It's late, time to rest. You still need to go out recruiting tomorrow."
Xiao Jun dismissed them. If he let this girl think more, who knew what else she'd imagine.
Jiang Yue left with many thoughts, while Xiao Jun and Wan Qianya returned to their room.
...
"Brother Jun, we're setting off."
Early next morning, Wan Qianya left with Jiang Yue.
Last night, Jiang Yue had made a large wooden signboard and written the recruitment notice for the army of women. Today she planned to have someone hold it up the whole time.
At the same time, Jiang Yue had secretly made another decision in her heart. Aside from these requirements, they had to be good-looking.
The protagonist's harem had to be all beauties, right? That was how it was written in the books.
Xiao Jun didn't get to hear this sentence, otherwise he really would have liked her. This girl had good awareness, she had to be the boss...
Jiang Yue's army of women was already morphing into Xiao Jun's harem brigade, yet as the protagonist, Xiao Jun still didn't know.
It was already 9:10 when Xiao Jun went out. By now, all the survivors in the city should know no new airdrops were falling.
They also didn't know if there would be more airdrops in the future. As it looked now, the airdrops in the city were the last. Opening one meant one less.
Instantly, the entire city was stirred up. Countless people emerged from hiding and searched for the remaining airdrops.
At the same time, all kinds of supermarkets and shopping malls were entered by countless people.
The last few days, most didn't want to take the risk of going deep inside shopping centers. Not everyone was like Xiao Jun, able to easily kill a group of zombies.
Besides, they didn't have space equipment either. Even if they went in, how much could they take?
As long as there were airdrops, finding one could feed them for a month.
But that wouldn't work anymore. With no new airdrops, food would become extremely scarce again.
Under these circumstances, the difficulty for Jiang Yue and the others to find airdrops and supplies greatly increased. But recruitment went very smoothly, already filling a hundred people the first day.
Xiao Jun's female college student team officially expanded to a hundred, becoming one of the largest teams in Star City.
And his team was all beauties.

] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"

and couldn't return to the real world. Finally, I gave up and decided to go with the flow, only to discover that writing a diary could make me stronger. Since no one could read it, Su Luo wrote freely, daring to pen anything and everything. Female Lead #1: "Not bad. This diary helped me steal all the protagonist's opportunities. I just want to get stronger." Female Lead #2: "I don’t care about reaching the peak of the cultivation world. Right now, I just want to enjoy the chaos." Female Lead #3: "What? Everyone around me is a spy? I’m the Joker Demon Lord?" ... It’s so strange. Why is the plot completely off track, yet the ending remains the same? Are you all just messing with me?!

ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"

uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.