CHAPTER 283: CHAPTER 283: INVENTORY OF FOOD AND FODDER

Inside the Space-Time Beacon.

Lin Yi maneuvered the Shelter, drifting at high speed through the Sea of Space-Time, with fragments of various shapes and sizes flying past.

He tried to capture the larger fragments to gain more Experience Points for the Shelter.

[Congratulations!]

You have successfully captured a medium-sized Space-Time Fragment.

As a reward, your Shelter has gained 300,000 Experience Points, along with 2,391 acres of land and all the resources on this land.

"Over two thousand acres! Quite impressive! Has it been two hours already? Time flies..."

In those two hours, he also captured two other fragments.

One fragment once had a medieval village with six thousand zombies inside.

The other fragment contained the ruins of an advanced city with eighty thousand zombies, most of which were Level 2, along with some mutants.

Both fragments were "medium-sized," each worth twenty thousand Experience Points.

Now he is capturing the third fragment.

The second fragment had a swamp teeming with animals, but no matter how hard Svetlana tried, she couldn’t tame those extremely aggressive animals.

The newly captured fragment is complicated.

It harbors a large group of zombies, with a total Experience Points of over a hundred thousand.

Because the enemies’ bones are extremely tough, assault rifles are not very effective.

These creatures have bony overgrowths covering their foreheads, protecting their brains. If these overgrowths aren’t damaged, it’s very difficult to kill them.

To that end, Lin Yi tried mortars.

No matter how hard these monsters’ skulls were, more than forty 7.62mm cannons could crush them to pieces...

As nightfall approached, Lin Yi sent the plundering squad home.

Although they were exhausted, they looked very satisfied.

Lin Yi allowed them to keep some of the plundered items, so they worked very hard.

—They all wanted to build nice houses for their families. Once back at the Shelter, the Plunderers and their families began sorting through the plundered items, deciding what to bring home. And there was indeed a lot plundered! That city. All the demolishable and disassemblable buildings had already been demolished and disassembled.

They even cut down all the trees, and the city in the fragment had already turned into ruins.

Orianna saw Lin Yi, somewhat angry.

"Boss! They took the Orions away from the field. What’s going on?"

"Who took what away?"

"Oh, boss... Orions are those short extraterrestrials who can use Earth Magic!

Their magic saved us a lot of time plowing the fields! We’re short on manpower now... No one is willing to work in the fields..."

"Hmm... we have horses now. They can help you plow, and they also know Earth Magic."

"Really?" Orianna thought for a moment, counting on her fingers, "Then I won’t have any problem..."

"Aren’t the work bugs assigned to you enough?"

"I’ve been relying on the bugs and Orions for expanding the fields!"

"Alright."

Lin Yi thought for a moment and looked at Chen Youyou.

"I sent over three... children. How are they doing?"

Lin Yi felt a bit awkward saying the word "children."

He didn’t really consider those three human-insect hybrids as kids... He returned from a long trip, and then, bam!

Ended up with three grown... children?

He had only spoken to them twice... On the other hand, one could say he was a rather incompetent father...

"Boria learns quickly, Alyosha is a bit impatient and fidgety, and Kaya... it goes in one ear and out the other.

So I’ve only given them some very simple work, just to keep them occupied..."

"You did a great job. Even Siri finds them a headache. Where are they now?"

"With Siri..."

"Good." After saying that, Lin Yi teleported to the bunker.

As usual, the bunker was dimly lit, with a bit of an unexplainable smell.

Alyosha, Boria, and Katsya hurriedly saluted when they saw Lin Yi.

They said in unison, "Father! You’re here!"

"I’ve told you before, knock it off with all the bowing and scraping!" Lin Yi said sternly.

The three kneeling figures immediately stood up.

"From now on, you need to adapt to human life and make it your priority. I also hope you learn to read and write."

Big Red was a bit anxious, "But Father... What about Mother? We need to protect her..."

"Protect her from what? It’s safe here, and she’s stronger than all of you combined. If you’re so worried about her, why not let her create some Guards?"

"But they won’t be as strong as us..."

"What if there are many Guards? Siri, you can create Guard beetles, right?"

"Yes. I can!" the Queen responded.

"You all heard that? If you want to become stronger, you have to learn to live among humans, gain Experience Points, and fight in battles. Only then can you truly protect your mom."

"We understand, Father..." Big Red lowered his head, and his two brothers remained silent.

"Now go find Solomon and help him clear the fragments. But you must follow any orders he gives you.

If he tells me that you are disobedient, I won’t allow you to participate in battles again, understood?"

"Understood, Father."

"Then go."

The three siblings looked at each other, then at their mother, and reluctantly flew away.

At this moment, Siri breathed a sigh of relief inwardly.

"Thank you... I didn’t expect them staring at me to make me so uncomfortable."

"Do you feel lonely?"

"No, I’m not lonely. I am the core of the hive mind; they are always with me."

"Alright, do you need anything else?"

"Thank you, not at the moment."

"I almost forgot." Lin Yi was about to teleport away when he said, "I captured a fragment with a mountain; can your beetles mine?"

"Yes, should I make some? But it will delay the production of rhino mounts and fruit spiders."

"Then no need, rhinos and spiders are more important."

Lin Yi bid farewell to Siri and then returned to continue his dinner, which included salad, mashed potatoes, and baked pasta with meat, cheese, and tomato sauce.

After finishing the second plate of food, Lin Yi felt a bit stuffed.

"Louis, how’s the tank coming along?"

"Just need to make a few more adjustments, but it’s ready for testing!"

"How’s your injury?"

"Completely healed." Louis waved and then grabbed a beer and downed it in one go.

Next, it was Sill’s turn to report on the progress of the Weapon Smiths.

According to Lin Yi’s orders, they have stopped manufacturing Slaughterers and started focusing on producing mortar ammunition.

It turned out that mortar shells, classified as "medium" ammunition, require more Magic and Coins to produce.

In total, each shell costs ten Coins...

The Professor then made his report.

His team has started analyzing and producing Immunity Potions—the main ingredients of these potions are Zombie meat and certain Zombie organs.

At the Shelter, it’s hard to obtain these ingredients since Zombie corpses disappear too quickly, but they can easily be substituted with Coins.

However, they decided to use real Zombie meat in experiments because Zombies always emerge from the fog.

But there needs to be a way to quickly and effectively collect Zombie materials.

The Professor suggested capturing "live" Zombies for study, but Lin Yi rejected the idea.

This could lead to unforeseen problems if they go mad.

As dinner was coming to an end.

Lin Yi received a message.

A new Fragment had been occupied.

The Shelter gained 400,000 Experience Points, and its area expanded to three times its original size.

Lin Yi quickly finished dinner and went to the computer.

[Response: Survivors Received]

survivors have agreed to your terms and entered the Shelter.

Your Shelter has gained 3,030 Experience Points.

[Response: Upgrade]

Congratulations! Your Shelter has reached level 17.

The selection of goods in the store has been updated...

[Response: Survivors Received]

You have merged a Fragment with useful plants growing in it.

[Acquired: 11 types of useful herbs, swamp mushrooms, barley...]

"Barley? Awesome! But the herbs... what use are they? And the swamp mushrooms... Let the Professor and Orianna handle it..."

Lin Yi continued reading the new emails.

There were many messages about military vehicles and loot "Already obtained X".

The Shelter gained a total of 6,599 Experience Points, with planes and helicopters providing the most Experience Points.

After dealing with these,

he began to check the fields.

But as soon as the data appeared...

"Orianna, you madwoman!?"

[Fields]

Field ID, Crop Area (square yards), Estimated Yield (tons)

Field 1, Special Potatoes, 100,000 square yards, 1,000 tons.

Field 2, Special Potatoes, 100,000 square yards, 1,000 tons.

Field 3, Mixed Vegetables, 50,000 square yards, 500 tons.

Field 4, Mixed Vegetables, 50,000 square yards, 500 tons.

Field 5, Special Wheat, 100,000 square yards, 400 tons.

Field 6, Special Wheat, 100,000 square yards, 400 tons.

Field 7, Special Wheat, 100,000 square yards, 400 tons.

Field 8, Special Corn, 100,000 square yards, 500 tons.

Field 9, Special Grapes, 50,000 square yards, 200 tons.

Field 10, Mixed Fruits, 30,000 square yards, 150 tons.

Field 11, Mixed Fruits, 30,000 square yards, 150 tons.

Field 12, Mixed Berries, 10,000 square yards, 30 tons.

Field 13, Mixed Mushrooms, 300,000 square yards, 160 tons.

Field 14, Spider Moss, 8,000 square yards, 8.8 tons.

[Livestock Pens]

Pen ID, Livestock, Area (square yards), Capacity (%)

Pen 1, Omnivore Rabbits, 30,000 square yards, 81% capacity.

Pen 2, Xidi Beasts, 30,000 square yards, 55% capacity.

Pen 3, Silk-Spinning Spiders, 20,000 square yards, 48% capacity.

"How much did she spend on these? At least 1.5 million!

...This is what happens when you let a woman use your bank account...

Well, the more fields there are, the more future returns, right? I’m really... sigh..."

After calming down.

Lin Yi opened the "Balance" app and brought up the list of the Shelter’s main foods.

[Query Results]:

Special Potatoes: 10,791 tons

Vegetables: 7,209 tons

Special Wheat: 2,279 tons

Special Corn: 4,452 tons

Meats: 1,069 tons

Mushrooms: 480 tons

Fruits: 844 tons

Grapes: 702 tons

"Hey, not bad... If I sold these to the store, I could get... nearly 30 million Coins! Hahaha! Nice, very nice!"

[Your Vending Machines]:

Vending Machine No.2, Balance: 5,460,975

Vending Machine No.3, Balance: 1,620,000

Vending Machine No.4, Balance: 0 Coins.

Vending Machine No.5, Balance: 0 Coins.

Vending Machine No.9, Balance: 615,000 Coins.

"Wow, seven million in just two days! So now I have... 23 million Coins!

And a level 2 Dome needs... 50 million...

Oh, right, the Filter!"

Lin Yi teleported to the castle, found the Space-Time Filter, brought up the interface, and found the correct button...