“Basic security completed.
“Basic storage completed.
“Basic energy supply completed.
“Basic sustainable livestock productivity completed.
“Basic combat capability configuration–1 base combat dog, 50% completion!”
“Reward: Grade A Grand Gift Pack!
“Congratulations on obtaining a 100% increase in overall base safety! One Precision Crossbow Tower! One hundred baskets of short arrows! One state–of–the–art high–performance armored vehicle! One thousand tons of fuel!”
As the system rewards materialized, Iris‘ base underwent a breathtaking transformation.
The electrified barbed wire and main gate doubled in height and thickness, their imposing steel frames exuding an unshakable sense of security.
A lower jutted straight up above her bomb shelter–the newly Bénowed precision crossbow tower
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Her spatial storage now held 1000 tons of fuel and a sleek, menacing armored vehicle.
Iris summoned the armored vehicle at once.
The large camouflage–patterned behemoth glinted in the sun, radiating the raw, rugged power of steel.
She climbed inside without hesitation to test its capabilities.
She’d piloted plenty of military vehicles in her past life, armored ones included–but never anything this advanced.
Boasting exceptional off–road performance and impenetrable protection, it even featured a small–caliber flame turret. Both the engine and turret ran directly on fuel; no complicated modifications were needed.
The system–enhanced tires were tougher than tracked steel plates, yet the vehicle remained surprisingly agile and fast.
Its body strength was a hundred times that of ordinary armored vehicles, with retractable spike plates lining the exterior- activated by a single button in the driver’s seat, encasing the entire vehicle in deadly steel thorns.
Plowing through hordes of zombies would be child’s play in this machine.
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Truly the most advanced and powerful armored vehicle she’d ever laid eyes on–far outclassing anything available on the market.
“What a beauty!”
Iris took it for a spin, mastering every function before climbing out, reluctance clear in her movements.
From there, she headed straight for the new tower.
A second–floor staircase had materialized inside the bomb
shelter.
Ascending it, she stepped into the precision crossbow tower.
Eight long, narrow windows served as perfect sniping perches, covering a 3280–foot radius around the shelter.
At the tower’s center stood a 360–degree rotating precision crossbow, with ten baskets of short arrows stacked neatly beside it–each holding a hundred steel–tipped, barbed wooden arrows.
Iris picked up an arrow, loaded it into the crossbow, and aimed at a bird within her range.
With a whoosh, the arrow cut through the air.
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The bird perched on the shelter’s perimeter fell to the ground instantly.
Iris hurried over with Summer, finding the bird motionless, the arrow pierced clean through its body.
“Nearly silent, incredible penetration. Perfect for the
apocalypse,” she muttered, yanking the barbed arrow free to retrieve it.
These were sustainable resources–no wasting allowed.
Content, Iris turned back toward the base with Summer.
Gazing at her increasingly formidable stronghold, she thought about the Grade A reward she’d just claimed.
Would even greater rewards await if she achieved higher completion rates?
That was when Iris pinpointed the gap in her progress: 50% completion in combat capability configuration.
The only reason was Summer, her sole combat dog.
Could it be that she needed more dogs?
It seemed she’d have to find a chance to take in more dogs later.
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“Come on, Summer! Let’s go back for food!”
Iris led Summer back into her fully upgraded bomb shelter.
After a hearty meal, she turned on her computer.
It was the third day of the apocalypse, and the internet was still working.
Water supplies had collapsed shortly after the zombie outbreak -countless zombie corpses floating in the city’s main reservoirs had contaminated the water sources almost immediately.
Electricity, though, held on longer.
Smaller cities with shoddy power grids had lost electricity instantly, while those with robust systems could hold out for one to six months.
Iris remembered Aster City keeping power for three months in her past life.
Once the lights went out, the internet would follow suit.
By the later stages, of course, no one cared about the internet
anymore.
But in the early days, surviving residents still had some supplies 5/god and water–and with nothing else to do while led up 3
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home, many turned to the internet to pass the time.
A week later, when water and food ran out, no one had the mood for browsing anymore.
[Help! I’m trapped in my bedroom! My parents are pounding on the door like crazy! I haven’t eaten in three days! I finished my last can of soda–someone please save me!]
[Does anyone know the owner of Unit A–101 in Prosperity Garden Community? My girlfriend has been missing for three days! I need to know if she’s okay!]
[Waaaah! We finished our last bottle of water! We have a little snack left, but no water–what do I do?]
[Didn’t they say there would be a rescue? I’ve been waiting three days! Where is it?]
Amid the flood of posts, Iris noticed a journal by a girl named “Yearning for Eternal Sunshine.”
[Day 3 of documenting the apocalypse. Screams everywhere in the hallway. The fridge is almost empty. Dad told me to go out and find food for my brother and sister. He said if I don’t, he’ll throw me out. I’m old enough to contribute to the family now— they’re either too old or too young. Wish me luck, everyone! Go, Sunnie!]
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