Apocalypse: The Stronghold System

Chapter 016: Second Disaster: Zombies Coming!

[System Reminder: Start countdown time: 6 hours 22 minutes 12 seconds before the disaster comes]

Fan Chen sat at the top of the Tracking Tower, looking at the starry night sky. He sighed with inexplicable emotions, and did not know if this Refuge could survive the attack.

"What's up, Chen'er?"

Fan Chen did not look back, still looking at the night sky. He opened his mouth about to speak, but swallowed back his words. At first he wanted to say that he was not the real Fan Chen, but his consciousness said never reveal his identity. Perhaps, this is the last will of “Fan Chen” to not add pain to Yun Mingyue and Fan Xiaoyu.

"Nothing, just enjoying the night sky. Perhaps, the days of peace will soon be over, the calamity of mankind will come again, but tomorrow is greater than two years ago."

Yun Mingyue sat beside Fan Chen, looking at the same starry sky. "You've been trying so hard all this time." He stretched out his hand, pulled Fan Chen's head and made him lean on his shoulder.

"Now rest, let Fu Shen and Fu Shan stand guard tonight." Yun Mingyue gently rubbed Fan Chen's head.

Originally Yun Mingyue did not want Fu Shen and Fu Shan to join the Refuge, but after a full day, she began to think about it that her own son could not keep this place. Then seeing the good performance of Fu Shen and Fu Shan, not wanting to enter the Main Headquarters, he started to accept it, although to this day still did not have much faith in them.

Fan Chen closed his eyes, nodded his head, but remained silent without answering. Slowly, his body continued to tilt, until finally his head was on Yun Mingyue's thigh.

Yun Mingyue smiled warmly and rubbed her son's head. "It's a pity that Yu'er doesn't want to come here, she's afraid of heights."

Fan Chen opened his eyes and said, "What if we go down? Poor Yu'er is alone downstairs."

Yun Mingyue nodded her head with a sweet smile that adorned her pretty face, but she remained silent as she helped Fan Chen stand up. Then he stood up, then went down the stairs first.

When it reached the bottom, there were still many who were awake except for He Mingmei who had slept four hours ago.

The seven sat on carpeted grass, and in the middle was a bonfire. There was a whole deer that was burned on the bonfire, but no one touched it, this was because their minds were filled with calamity two years ago, and in a few hours there was another calamity.

"Sir ..." Fan Xiaoyu sat beside Fan Chen, leaning his head.

Under normal circumstances, Fan Chen would squeeze Fan Xiaoyu's head and joke around, but this time was impossible. Everyone here carried heavy emotions in their hearts, even though many were unsure, but there was still a huge boulder propping up in the heart.

But there or not, they still can't leave. If zombies existed, then they would attempt to live off the zombie attacks, but if zombies did not exist, they would have to fight against the Fan Family and the Wind Protection City.

Fan Chen rubbed Fan Xiaoyu's head. "What's wrong? I've put a lot of food in the Warehouse, a lot of Yu'er's favorite food there. Why not take it?"

Fan Xiaoyu pouted and replied, "Does Big Brother think Yu'er has an appetite at times like these?"

Fan Chen smiled looking at Fan Xiaoyu's expression. He stretched out his hand, pinched his sister's cheek gently. Then he looked up, looking back at the starry night sky.

"I'm going to the Supervisory Room." Fan Chen turned his head to look at Fan Xiaoyu, patting her head gently.

Everyone here knew the Supervisory Room, and had already entered there. Fan Xiaoyu had once sat there to give a real report while Fan Chen was hunting.

The Blue Point is the Main Headquarters and Host. But the Blue-White Point is a special sign that is only owned by the user, this sign requires Fan Chen to pour 15© funds to buy it. However, it's worth it.

This sign also has its own prevention, if it is removed from the original owner, then this sign will no longer work if used by others. This sign will only register the data of the initial user, so there will be no cases where spies steal identities to infiltrate.

Fan Chen himself did not know this kind of technology, even Earth-1 of 2078 did not have it.

"Don't! Brother just here." Fan Xiaoyu held onto Fan Chen's hand, hugging him tightly.

Jia Fefei and He Peiyu looked at each other with open mouths, unable to hide his shock. Both of them did not expect, Fan Xiaoyu who looked strong and independent while at school, but was very spoiled and childish in front of Fan Chen.

Fan Chen was speechless, the last time he saw Fan Xiaoyu like this was when he lost their father. He sighed, sat back down and took out a tablet from behind a thick shirt like a black coat.

From the beginning called Fu Shen and Fu Shan never rested, they did not run out of energy, always worked and gave a lot of Coin© to Fan Chen.

But it was a pity that it was still unable to purchase the Level 04 Headquarters Blueprint.

[Blue Printing Headquarters Level 04] [Supervisory Tower ×4, Main Hall Expansion, Tracker Tower Upgrade, Home ×4, Store ×1, Guard Tower ×1, Farm ×1]

[Price: 7.000©]

[25,000 Wood, 25,000 Stone, 20,000 Iron]

[Time: 24 Hours]

What Fan Chen wanted the most was the Shop and the Watchtower. The Guard Tower could attack itself, issuing shots whose attacks could be set, to attack the red dot (Mutant Beasts, Zombies or Humans).

Stores, like stores in general, use payments that correspond to the currency regulated by the Host. The items in the store all came from Stronghold System, so it could be said that people who bought at “Toko”, it was the same as buying it from Stronghold System.

The Host could arrange what items could be purchased, and since there was an Item Scan Feature, Fan Chen could scan for rare items, and buy them at a normal price.

Farms, much like regular fields, only increase 30% of the harvest, shorten the planting period by 25%, and do not know the season.

Fan Chen was curious about the Blueprint of the Level 05 Headquarters, but unfortunately it was still locked. But he guessed, back then, perhaps the Sanctuary would enter the modern era, where many things were made of metal, and there would probably be magnet-based vehicles that did not need to use wheels.

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Fan Chen opened his eyes slowly, he felt a gust of cold wind. He looked around, saw Fan Xiaoyu still leaning against his shoulder, and he was wearing a blanket.

"Away awake?"

Fan Chen looked to the right, seeing Yun Mingyue was throwing firewood at the campfire. He looked at the time, only a few more minutes left before the Second Disaster, he did not expect to fall asleep outside the room.

"Mother, the Tracking Tower could be used for radio signals. Calculating the time, there were only three minutes left before sunrise, by then, should the Second Disaster come."

Yun Mingyue understood, and began to activate the radio to listen to the news. News on the radio is invariably refreshed, and each city has its own channel, usually reporting on troop losses, victories, or disasters.

The radio lit up, the voice of the news anchor was still reporting as usual as if nothing had happened.

Yun Mingyue continued to change channels to listen to the news, but only a few were active, and a few more entered a time of rest.

"There are still two more minutes according to Chen'er's calculations." Yun Mingyue's expression was very solemn, he looked at Fan Chen and asked, "Chen'er, where do you think the zombies came from?"

Fan Chen pondered for a moment before replying, "I don't know, but it should start from the Mutant Beasts. At midnight last night, Fu Shen reported that there was a Mutant Beast that was dead, but alive again. It should have spread last night, just not much."

When he said that, suddenly...

[System Instructions: Time out!]

[System Reminder: Second Disaster: Zombies have come!]

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