Team Assignment

"Sweep the battlefield, go home."

By four o'clock in the afternoon, their base had advanced several kilometers deep.

All the zombies along the way had been cleared out by them, including the airdropped boxes.

After those five third-order zombies appeared, no more third-order zombies had shown up. It was unknown whether they were afraid or there were simply no more in the vicinity.

"If we open them up, the alcohol would've evaporated after five days. We can only leave them whole."

On the bridge, Xiao Jun was figuring out what to do. Next time, he definitely could not hang there to get blown by the cold wind and then roasted by fire again.

"Gather some firewood and other flammable items."

If the alcohol could not be poured out, then they could only rely on alcohol cubes.

He directly spread a layer of alcohol cubes on the bridge surface, then covered it with firewood, with lots of waste paper in between to help catch fire.

"Oh...I'll have to tell Jiang Yue when I get back, there are no more alcohol cubes left. It'll be inconvenient to even eat hot pot."

Wan Qianya looked at him speechlessly. Were alcohol cubes even an issue? With so many just laying around outside that no one wanted, all he had to do was shout, "Mutated crystals for alcohol cubes," and plenty of people would deliver them. Absolutely plenty would scramble to trade one cube for a whole box, if not two or three cubes for a box.

...

"Boss Xiao."

The four bodyguard ladies on the first floor were dutifully standing guard at the door. They did not have to participate in the daytime missions.

But at nights, they also had to fight.

"Little loli, where are you off to?"

Yunyun, who was just coming downstairs, was caught red-handed. Xiao Jun blurted out the nickname he had been calling her in his mind for some time.

"Boss...Xiao...!"

"Oh...Yunyun, I'll head upstairs first, you go on."

Wan Qianya chuckled on the side.

Yunyun was quite sensitive about her height. Being called little loli must have angered her a lot.

"Hmph."

Watching Xiao Jun beat a hasty retreat, the little loli did not give chase. She still had much to do.

In the living room, Jiang Yue was half-reclining on the sofa, with the twin sisters massaging her from behind.

Now their technique had become much more skilled.

However, this would not do in the long run. There were only two twin sisters, not enough to massage her. It seemed more needed to be found.

"Over two hundred people were recruited today."

"That many? All first-order variant humans? And all were lone survivors?"

Xiao Jun had just sat down and stood right back up.

He had thought his requirements were not low, he did not expect over two hundred would come in a day.

"An all-girls school from a neighboring city. The school was in the suburbs, dozens of kilometers from the city. Coming to Star City was less than a hundred kilometers, so they chose to come to the provincial capital."

"But I heard there were over three thousand people who set off. Now only less than two hundred remain."

Xiao Jun fell silent for a moment.

These girls really had guts.

In the current situation, traveling around a hundred kilometers in the wilderness, many were likely still ordinary people.

"If not for the new wave of zombie rain, more of them may have survived." Wan Qianya also lamented, compared to them, directly meeting Xiao Jun was already very lucky.

"However, these hundred-odd of them are all second-order variant humans."

Jiang Yue threw out another piece of news.

Now everyone's gazes were fixed on her.

But upon thinking about it, this made sense. If they were not second-order variant humans, with so many second and even third-order zombies in this latest wave of zombie rain, they could not have survived through sheer luck.

"I've already mixed them up and randomly assigned them to various teams."

Xiao Jun nodded. This was quite necessary.

With his group totaling less than five hundred people, suddenly taking in a two hundred people team, if they harbored other intents, it would have been hard to handle.

"Speaking of which, do you know Li Qianwan? Remember to set up a high-tech bathtub for her."

Xiao Jun recalled the promise he made to Li Qianwan today and casually added it.

"Hmm?"

Jiang Yue looked over, as did the twin sisters, even Doctor Jiang, who was reading her comics, looked up.

"With so many upstairs you still went out to eat?"

"Yup."

The twin sisters looked indignant. The efforts they put into massaging and rubbing his back went to waste.

[To even crave someone else, are our sister charms not enough?]

[Already ranked third, and adding another outsider, are we becoming numbers six and seven?]

[What a lustful douche!] Doctor Jiang was as blunt as always.

"Qianya, your turn to explain."

Faced with the women's gaze, Xiao Jun pushed Wan Qianya to the front to provide an account. They certainly would not believe him.

Once Wan Qianya recounted today's events, the twin sisters looked at Li Jingyin admirably.

Only Jiang Yue accurately grasped the key point.

"Does this mean we can't go outside the city starting tomorrow?"

Xiao Jun nodded.

The area outside the city walls actually made up the majority of sources for their airdropped boxes. He believed other forces must also be attempting access.

However, for the coming days, the focus would still be on the inside of the city.

"Starting tomorrow, compete with full force for airdropped boxes within the city. If we cannot gain an edge within Future City, then we'll head outside Future City. It's only a single district, there are still several other districts."

Star City was not just the size of Future City district. There were still countless fresh airdropped boxes outside waiting for them.

As they spoke, little loli also returned.

She came back and glared at Xiao Jun angrily.

"Loli sounds very nice, have you not heard? Lolis have three merits - gentle voice, soft body, easy to push down. Lolis are very attractive to males."

Especially a giant panda loli like you.

Though Xiao Jun did not dare speak this line. These women were not vegetarians.

"Oh? So you find her very attractive too?"

Uh oh...

Xiao Jun regretted pushing Jiang Yue out. This just made things harder for himself, didn't it?

"Let's eat, eat, you all must be starving..."

His attempt at changing the awkward topic was terrible, but luckily the women tacitly chose not to pursue it.

"Right, I just totaled up, we now have 1127 second-order mutated crystals."

Finally broke a thousand. This meant Xiao Jun's group could produce a fourth-order variant human.

Everyone looked to Xiao Jun.

As the team leader, he would definitely be first, everyone had no issues with this.

"What about first-order?"

Xiao Jun was in no hurry. What he wanted even more now was more third-order variant humans. It would be even better if some awakened special abilities.

"34217."

Yunyun reported out a number.

"Those belong to you, since you said thirty percent of all gains will be used to reward team members. So there are still 14721 left. Second-order rewards are also substituted by first-order crystals."

It was quite a sizable figure indeed.

"Jiang Yue, with our team numbers growing, we need to reformulate the team allocation method."

The previously stated thirty percent allocation was only a rough gauge, with all allocation personally handled by Jiang Yue alone.

Now with greater membership, especially the two hundred people sub-team they just brought in, things could not continue operating that way.

"Tomorrow, redo an benefits chart. "

"Food, lodging, transport, utilities, housing, list everything, and issue supplies and resources to them based on level. Convert all into tallying by mutated crystals, using prices slightly below market rate for conversion."

Same as Future City, upon joining them one could start collecting wages. Wages were not just mutated crystals, but could also be whatever supplies one needed.

"As best you can, ensure their total expenditure equals thirty percent of income."

This was not Xiao Jun shortchanging others. Thirty percent was already quite substantial.

Compared to Future City which commandeered greater resources, there was no way Chen Gang would shell out thirty percent for feedback.

"Then, pick out some trustworthy ones, twenty for starters, and let them upgrade. Crystals consumed can be deducted from their future wages."

After outlining a general idea, Jiang Yue and little Loli would have to do the rest of the work.