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Chapter 58: The Idea of Building a Shelter.

“Doctor Lin, I have orders to protect your safety, and nothing else is more important than that!”

Captain Zhao still tried to stop her.

He also wanted the senior professors to persuade her.

After all, Doctor Lin was one of the people the higher-ups had specifically ordered to be brought back safely.

Unexpectedly, the senior professors all agreed with Doctor Lin.

Moreover, Captain Zhao somehow felt that these professors respected Doctor Lin as if they were her students.

But how could that be possible?

Although Doctor Lin had an impressive resume, she was definitely far inferior to the other senior professors.

For example, Elder Wang and Elder Zhou, the two senior professors, had a certain reputation worldwide.

But at this moment, the two highly respected professors behaved obediently, and even the stubborn Elder Wang nodded silently.

Captain Zhao couldn’t help recalling that when he received the mission, his superiors had issued a life-or-death order stating that Doctor Lin Zhiwei’s safety was extremely important and that he must protect her at all costs without using any coercive methods.

In critical moments, he could request air support; in short, he had to rescue Doctor Lin!

It seemed that Doctor Lin’s identity was far from ordinary.

Therefore, under pressure, Captain Zhao had to agree to make another trip to the research facility.

But he refused to take all the experts and professors with him, because if they were wiped out, it would be a loss for the entire Xia Nation and even all of humanity!

So, they split into two teams.

One team was led by Captain Zhao to the research facility to retrieve genetic samples and research data.

The other team stayed behind to protect the safety of the senior professors.

However, Lin Zhiwei still insisted on going to the research facility herself.

No matter how many times Captain Zhao tried to persuade her, it was useless.

This strong-willed Doctor Lin left Captain Zhao feeling helpless.

The key point was that the other senior professors were all on Lin Zhiwei’s side.

Whenever he said a word of refusal, the other professors grew anxious before Doctor Lin could even react.

I wasn’t mistaken yesterday: this mutated black spider was clearly growing, and it was even bigger today than it was yesterday.

After returning to the complex, Shen Yi instinctively used Telepathy to scan the black spider occupying the sixth floor and discovered that it had grown even larger.

Yesterday, he thought he was mistaken.

But that was clearly not the case.

The mutated black spider was growing at a terrifying speed, becoming a full size larger in just one day!

“The growth rate of this black spider is just too terrifying…”

“Is it growing because it’s feeding nonstop or because of its mutation…?”

Shen Yi frowned.

He realized he had to find a way to take care of it as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if this black spider continued to grow, it would truly threaten his safety.

He withdrew his gaze.

Shen Yi used Teleportation to travel to Building 13, checked on his grandma and little sister, and left behind some food and water.

After that, Shen Yi returned to the sixth floor, went to apartment 1501, helped Qu Xiaoxiao change her bandages, and applied some medicine.

Earlier that day at the hospital, he had found plenty of medical supplies, including some for treating external wounds.

While changing her bandages, Shen Yi took the opportunity to ask whether Qu Xiaoxiao knew any of the other residents in the building.

But Qu Xiaoxiao said she had just moved in and, since she usually stayed home livestreaming and rarely went out, she naturally didn’t know any of her neighbors.

She didn’t even know the names of her next-door neighbors.

So, Shen Yi didn’t ask any more and teleported back home.

“Honey, you’re back!”

The women in the living room, upon seeing Shen Yi materialize out of thin air, were no longer surprised but instead greeted him enthusiastically.

They were even more enthusiastic than usual today.

Because Shen Yi had granted Xu Wanting a superpower!

They all wanted to gain a superpower, so they naturally began devising all sorts of ways to make Shen Yi happy.

This was also what Shen Yi wanted to see.

However, after a day spent running around, he was tired, and with an early start tomorrow to find those soldiers, he decided to get a simple night’s rest.

If he could get his hands on those soldiers’ submachine guns and grenades, maybe he could take down the mutated black spider…

Originally, Shen Yi had been purely curious about what those soldiers were doing, but after sensing the black spider’s threat again today, he set his sights on their weapons.

If pistols couldn’t break the mutated black spider’s defenses, grenades had to work, right?

Shen Yi lay on the bed thinking about tomorrow’s plan when suddenly there was a knock at the door.

“Honey, are you asleep?”

It was Jiang Nanyan’s voice.

“Not yet. If there’s something, come in and tell me.”

Jiang Nanyan pushed open the door and walked in, even taking the time to close it behind her.

“Honey, I have a friend who also wants to seek shelter, so could you perhaps take her in?”

“A woman?” Shen Yi asked, frowning.

“Mm-hmm! And she’s very pretty and has a great figure!”

Shen Yi’s frown eased as he realized what Jiang Nanyan meant.

It wasn’t out of a saintly impulse; she wanted to find him a woman.

Sure enough, with Xu Wanting having gained a superpower, the other women couldn’t stay put.

This was to be expected.

After all, Jiang Nanyan had betrayed her teacher from the very start to win his favor.

This healthy competition among the women in his harem was, naturally, a good thing for Shen Yi.

He thought for a moment and asked, “Isn’t the network down now? How can you still contact your friend?”

“I’ve talked with her before and know where she is now.”

If she could, she wouldn’t want to take the risk of going to pick her friend up.

However, contemplating that Xu Wanting had gained a superpower, she felt somewhat dissatisfied.

“Honey, I can drive to pick her up; it should be fine!” Jiang Nanyan added.

Shen Yi pondered for a moment.

Letting Jiang Nanyan go pick her friend up would be rather risky.

Shen Yi wasn’t certain yet if a woman’s death would halt the supply deliveries, so he was reluctant to let Jiang Nanyan take that risk.

It was becoming increasingly dangerous outside; even Shen Yi had to keep his wallhack on constantly when he went out, let alone an ordinary person.

Moreover, as husband and wife, he had a duty of care and there was no need to senselessly send Jiang Nanyan to her death.

As long as a woman hadn’t betrayed him, even if she was just a trophy wife, Shen Yi wouldn’t casually kill her.

After all, he had plenty of resources to support women and some emotional foundation with them.

Unfortunately, apart from his own women, Shen Yi had no other subordinates he could command without feeling remorse if they died.

Wait a moment… why can’t I have such subordinates?

It’s completely feasible!

Even ordinary people can have a bunch of underlings to do their bidding; if I simply handed out some supplies, I could shelter a group to work and fight for me, right?

Besides, I’m not lacking in supplies.

I have millions of portions of water and food in my warehouse…

The more he thought about it, the more it made sense.

Moreover, now that Shen Yi had a superpower to see through hostility, any subordinate with ill intentions could be executed on the spot!

Without fearing betrayal, he could easily recruit people to handle tasks for him.

He can’t do everything himself, after all.

Even if such subordinates died, he wouldn’t feel too distressed, since it was just a normal transaction.

I give you food and water; you put your life on the line for me.

Having thought of this, Shen Yi looked at Jiang Nanyan and said, “I’ve recently had the idea of setting up a shelter to accommodate survivors.”

“Given the current situation, the national rescue won’t make it here; we can take in some survivors, especially women, to help us with our tasks.”

Indeed, one of the advantages of establishing a shelter was that he could accommodate female survivors.

It would have female survivors come knocking on his door!

Otherwise, if Shen Yi had to go find female survivors who met the System’s criteria one by one, it would be too slow.

But if he had a shelter and everyone served him, helping him find women who met the System’s standards, the speed would immediately pick up.

An assembly-line process would definitely be faster than doing it alone!

“Honey, if you’ve made up your mind, I’ll start preparations tomorrow!” Jiang Nanyan said immediately.

She really wanted to do something for Shen Yi now and thus earn a superpower fruit as a reward.

“Mm, start preparing tomorrow; first, count the residents in this complex… we’ll use this complex as our initial base to build the shelter,” Shen Yi said.

There were enough apartments in the complex, and they were all spacious flats with wide views, making it very suitable for use as a base.

However, he needed to deal with that mutated black spider first.

With that in mind, Shen Yi took a few superpower fruits out of System Space.

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