Chapter 129: Shadow Step Upgraded Again
After going offline, Zhang Shi called Lao Bai to count the harvest in his backpack. Some tools and facility resources were used directly by him and placed in various locations in the shelter. The design drawings were also handed over to Gong Yi for him to distribute.
By interrogating Fatty's group of prisoners, Zhang Shi learned about the terrain and resource distribution near the transfer station. He planned to go out in person tomorrow and check around to see if there was any harvest.
Everyone discussed tomorrow's work again, and then dispersed.
At night, the fortress was extremely quiet. The sound of dripping rain made Zhang Shi feel sleepless, so he simply opened the system panel and went to the chat channel to dive.
Even late at night, the chat channel is still busy.
At this moment, many survivors were talking about the heavy rain outside, including several IDs that Zhang Shi was familiar with.
Zhu Dachang: By the way, why do I feel that the rain suddenly became heavier? You should also take a look and see if I am dazzled.
Cheng Xiaobai: Brother Zhu, you are right. The rain has indeed gotten a lot heavier. The terrain here is relatively low, and there is a small river outside the door.
Hou Kun: Hi, fortunately, I had the foresight to spend a lot of money to get a shelter relocation card in advance, and moved my family to the mountains without worrying about heavy rains.
Wang Wu: Hey, the most important thing is that the area near my home is flat and there are no mountains. I can’t move even if I want to.
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Zhang Shi looked out the window and saw that the rain was indeed getting bigger, and it seemed that it was changing from heavy rain to heavy rain.
Fortunately, after the soldiers' hard work today, the excavation work in the direction of the main entrance of the shelter has been initially completed, and the moat has also taken a prototype. Lao Bai is arranging the drainage work in the shelter. Once the craftsmen build the pipes, they can be installed. The heavy rain should have little impact on the shelter.
At this time, several chat-like messages suddenly appeared on the screen, attracting Zhang Shi's attention.
Tang Long: Dear survivors, the Eagle Group bullies men and dominates women, burning, killing, and looting. We, the Dragon and Tiger Alliance, are not willing to watch our compatriots being bullied, and have decided to officially start a war with the Eagle Regiment and will not give up until they are wiped out. We are now recruiting like-minded people to join us, to support justice and bring order to chaos. Anyone who is interested can chat privately.
Xie Dong: Dear survivors, the Eagle Group bullies men and dominates women, burning, killing, and looting. Our brotherhood was not willing to see our compatriots being bullied, so we decided to officially start a war with the Eagle Regiment and vowed not to give up until we wiped them out. We are now recruiting like-minded people to join us, to support justice and bring order to chaos. Anyone who is interested can chat privately.
Tang An: You two big guys, what are the requirements for joining, what are the benefits, and are there any wages?
Zhang Shi didn't expect that these two parties would choose to join forces to deal with the Eagle Regiment so quickly, but Brother Long didn't seem to mention him at all.
After pondering for a moment, Zhang Shi estimated that the other party didn't know his identity and was ashamed to admit his failure, so he swallowed the loss of silence. He never expected that the other party would put all these grudges on the Eagle Group.
Zhang Shi shook his head and lay back on the bed. Out of boredom, he used all the skill cards in his backpack as feeding materials for Shun Yingbu to use.
Unexpectedly, the experience growth of several of the skill cards actually resulted in critical hits. Shuangyingbu was upgraded again under Zhang Shi's inhumane feeding.
[Instant Shadow Step (Orange): Can develop mobility skills. After use, it can flash behind the target unit, increasing the damage caused by the next attack by 70% for 3 seconds. This skill is rechargeable and can maintain up to two levels. Each time a unit is killed, one level of charge can be obtained immediately. 】
Faced with the unexpected surprise of skill upgrade, Zhang Shi jumped out of bed excitedly. The Shadow Step skill not only improves the damage-increasing effect, but also comes with a powerful refreshing effect, which means that he can fight hand-to-hand when facing groups of monsters in the future, killing enemies in the mortal world and escaping from the sword.
“I’ll have to try out the new effects of my skills when I get a chance in the future.”
Zhang Shi thought so, his emotions calmed down, and he slowly fell asleep.
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On the third day of the heavy rain disaster, Zhang Shi signed in and received [Wild World VIP Membership Card 7 Days X1], and renewed the membership card that was about to expire. This VIP membership is quite good. On the one hand, it can make Zhang Shi’s information stand out in the massive chat channels, saving a lot of trouble; on the other hand, the soldiers can gain access to it almost every day through mining and hunting. After getting a treasure box and bringing it back, Zhang Shi made full use of the privilege of doubling the number of items he could open, allowing Zhang Shi to accumulate a lot of resources.
After breakfast early in the morning, Ge Dalong took twenty fully armed soldiers and escorted the members of the Dragon and Tiger Alliance captured yesterday to work in the mining area.
Ge Dalong has done psychological work for these prisoners in advance and promised to free them after 30 days of service. During their service, they will be provided with food and accommodation. The food is the same as that of soldiers. The working hours are 8 hours, and they adopt a morning and evening two-shift system. Those who perform well You can also reduce your sentence and get your freedom early.
A group of prisoners initially sneered at Ge Dalong's words, but after a dinner and a breakfast, they completely changed their view of the shelter.
"Four dishes and one soup for dinner, including fish and meat. This is simply the life of a god."
"That's right, there are meat buns and white porridge for breakfast. It makes me feel like I'm back in the modern society. Woohoo, I miss home."
"If you ask me, if I keep being treated like this, I would rather be a miner here for the rest of my life. At least I have the protection of Mr. Zhang Shi here. I don't have to go out to fight and kill people. I don't have to worry about food and drink. How comfortable is that?"
Ge Dalong smiled when he heard the prisoners' discussion. He used to be a senior executive of a company, and he was familiar with the skill of making promises. What's more, the treatment he mentioned was real. Wouldn't it be easy for him to control these ordinary survivors?
Under the dual stimulation of welfare and promises, these prisoners worked very hard, and few of them were lazy. On the contrary, the soldiers in charge of guarding became bored and wanted to pick up shovels to join in the work.
Ge Dalong was writing and drawing with paper and pen.
He had a premonition that there might be many conflicts with other forces in the coming days. Now the rain outside was getting heavier. He was worried that the soldiers' muskets would malfunction after being flooded, and he was studying to make secondary modifications to the muskets.
Zhang Shi increased the investment in exploration forces. This time, the transfer station gathered 100 soldiers, including 40 cavalry, 50 infantry, and the rest were scouts and support soldiers.
Zhang Shi planned to use this place as a base, invest some resources for long-term development, and expand in all directions.
Today's sky was very dark, and with the heavy rain, visibility was low. Fortunately, he and Zhao Feng had excellent physiques and were not afraid of catching a cold. The soldiers produced by these systems were also almost unaffected by the harsh environment, so they could go out to explore in extreme weather.