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70: The shelter plan began to roll out.

Shen Yi’s decision was high-handed.

But no one objected.

In this household, his word was law.

Moreover, they found his demand perfectly acceptable.

Shen Yi asked that everything above the 20th floor be reserved for his own people and that no outsiders be allowed up, and the women not only had no objections but actually felt happy about it.

They had originally worried that, if any survivor had designs on them, it would be dangerous, wouldn’t it?

But by separating the floors outright, the risk dropped dramatically.

Strangers on the lower floors and their own people on the upper floors made perfect sense.

Even Su Yun, a former police officer, approved of Shen Yi’s decision.

In the apocalypse human hearts were treacherous, so this arrangement was the safest.

Over the past 2 days Su Yun had earnestly taught Shen Yi’s women how to use pistols just in case.

They did not need pinpoint accuracy; hitting a person was enough.

With guns in hand plus their superpowers, they could easily subdue any thug.

“Got it, Honey, I wrote everything down.”

Jiang Nanyan nodded earnestly.

She paused, pointed at the latter half of the notebook, and said, “Honey, what do you think of this compensation arrangement?”

Shen Yi continued reading.

The so-called compensation meant that if a shelter member were injured or killed while patrolling or performing a task, his family would receive a set amount of supplies.

Of course, the beneficiaries would naturally be the fallen member’s family.

According to Jiang Nanyan’s plan, every first-round recruit had to have at least 1 relative.

That way she need not fear easy betrayal.

With family ties, they would work all the harder.

Those loners with no family or lovers, especially men, were absolutely off limits.

Such people had no bonds and no restraints.

They might be loyal one moment and betray the next.

Moreover, solo drifters who only had to feed themselves would shirk and cut corners at work, making them the most unstable type.

After reading Jiang Nanyan’s analysis, Shen Yi looked up at her.

This woman truly had the makings of a capitalist!

Damn, she really got it!

No, wait, she was already a little capitalist herself!

Her parents ran a company, apparently a big one, so calling this rich second-generation girl a small-time capitalist was perfectly fitting.

When it came to exploiting people, Shen Yi was not as ruthless as Jiang Nanyan.

Yet he had to admit her proposal looked brilliant and the plan was near perfect.

Survivors recruited under this scheme would hardly be desperadoes; they would toil for food and protection of their families.

They might even sacrifice themselves.

Thus order inside the shelter would be relatively stable, making internal unrest unlikely.

After all, every survivor had family living in the shelter, so even if someone wanted trouble, he had to think of his relatives.

Moreover, if the shelter faced danger, these survivors would fight desperately to defend it for their families.

This way of controlling people was far more useful than simple violent threats.

“Mm, the compensation looks fine; let’s settle it like this, and you can refine the details later.”

Shen Yi made the final decision.

The so-called details mainly covered punishment and reward mechanisms.

For instance, how to punish absences or loafing.

Or, conversely, how to reward someone who discovered supplies or carried out a dangerous mission.

Clear penalties would push the survivors to work harder.

In short, founding a shelter was easy, but managing it and guiding it toward healthy growth was hard.

That was why Shen Yi was unwilling to oversee it personally or waste energy.

Since he had many women and some knew management, he could simply leave it to them.

He only needed to maintain overwhelming force so that, if anyone tried something, he could crush it outright.

The rest was to enjoy the convenience the shelter brought him.

As long as the shelter grew healthily and its population increased, finding women who met the System’s standards would become easier.

Otherwise, with the world’s numbers dwindling, it would be hard for Shen Yi to find women who met every criterion.

At last they ate fresh watermelon, chatted for another hour, and Shen Yi went back to his room to rest.

That night he simply held the policewoman Su Yun and slept peacefully.

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The next day.

As usual, they had breakfast at home.

Shen Yi took another look at the plan Jiang Nanyan had refined overnight and gave a satisfied response.

After that, under the envious gazes of the other women, he rewarded Jiang Nanyan with 2 Telepathy fruits and told her to proceed.

The first step was to bring every survivor in the building under their banner.

If someone refused to join, so be it.

No coercion, no force.

Supplies alone would lure them.

Of course, if anyone tried to seize the supplies, Su Yun was to shoot them on the spot.

No need to hold back!

Shen Yi had deliberately set aside several guns so the women could protect themselves and handle trouble.

As for Shen Yi himself, he would not get involved.

If, even with Su Yun the ex-cop and half a dozen guns, Jiang Nanyan still failed to control the building’s survivors, then she was useless and unfit to run a shelter.

Shen Yi would then consider grooming another woman.

Naturally, he arranged it this way because he knew the residents were timid, making it a good trial run for Jiang Nanyan.

A few days ago 6 or 7 knife-wielding thugs had managed to control the building; now, with guns and superpower support, Jiang Nanyan was no weaker than they.

The key was whether she dared to kill to establish authority.

Create fear first, then offer supplies, and most hungry, thirsty tenants would likely submit and even feel grateful.

After setting everything up, Shen Yi also gave each woman a Mental Link superpower fruit.

Because this superpower belonged to the communication class, he saw no need to treat it as a reward; any woman loyal to him would receive it directly.

Using Mental Link was simple: Shen Yi left an interface-like mental port in the target’s mind, and as long as they stayed within range, they could talk freely and even share vision.

Naturally, he could plant that port without permission.

In other words, Shen Yi could forcibly connect to anyone unless that person possessed stronger mental power and broke free.

This superpower turned out to be surprisingly domineering as well.

After everything was done, Shen Yi went to Qu Xiaoxiao’s apartment and, with Lin Zhiwei in tow, headed for the virus research facility again.

He had 2 goals today: retrieve the gene evolution serum and collect the guns and bullets from the soldiers who had died earlier.

After that, they would return to deal with the mutated black spider!

Since the shelter plan was underway, the black spider had to be eliminated, or everyone’s activity would stay confined to this single building.

That would be far too stupid!

Shen Yi’s target was not just one building.

At the very least, he wanted control of an entire residential complex.

Then he would expand outward bit by bit.

Watching Shen Yi leave, Jiang Nanyan clenched the superpower fruit in her hand and took a deep breath.

Excitement, thrill, and unease all tangled inside her.

She knew this was Honey’s test for her.

If she failed to show results, future rewards would be hard to come by.

She would not be driven out, yet she would definitely lose favor.

Therefore she had to handle this task and do it beautifully.

If she did well, her status would surely surpass that of the other women.

She could also earn more superpower fruits.

Jiang Nanyan could feel that her superpower was close to leveling up…

“Big Sister Su Yun, I’ll be relying on you next,” Jiang Nanyan said, turning to Su Yun.

Honey had deliberately arranged for the former policewoman Su Yun to assist her, tacitly approving the use of some force.

In today’s apocalypse, force was essential!

Su Yun nodded and said no more.

She believed Shen Yi’s creation of a shelter was a good thing.

Although his motive might be personal comfort, at least it would shelter some survivors, which counted as a good deed.

Therefore the justice-minded Su Yun was willing to help.

As long as he did not massacre the innocent or commit rape and pillage, she would stand behind Shen Yi without hesitation.

She even felt that, if Shen Yi really did something bad, she might still be unable to act against him…

By now she was entirely molded into Shen Yi’s shape.

“Nanyan, let me help too; I’ve just learned how to shoot!” Xu Wanting volunteered.

Seeing Jiang Nanyan enjoying more favor and even earning superpower fruits, it was impossible not to feel jealous.

So she wanted to contribute as well.

She knew nothing about managing survivors, but she could certainly assist Jiang Nanyan.

After all, she was a prestigious university graduate and not that stupid!

Jiang Nanyan, of course, did not refuse Xu Wanting.

No matter how they competed for favor, Xu Wanting was still family.

The future recruits would all be outsiders.

Compared with them, their own people were surely more trustworthy.

At least Xu Wanting would never harm her or sabotage her work.

Otherwise, Honey would never forgive her!

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