MasukWhen the zombies broke through the small building earlier, everyone had retreated to the basement in a desperate race for survival.There were 140 people in the basement: 95 from Milky Way Base, and 45 from Liam's team.Everyone's eyes were fixed on Liam, almost in reverence. They were all waiting for his command.Liam pressed his lips together. Derek handed him a bottle of water.The first thing Liam said after being thirsty for so long was, "How much water do we have left?"Derek's face was smeared with grime and blood from the fighting. He licked his dry lips. "Just this one bottle."Hearing that, Liam set the bottle down. He didn't drink it."Captain Caldwell, we still have two bottles of water here! And ten packs of instant noodles!" Kit stood up from the crowd and brought out all the supplies Milky Way Base had left.The zombie tide had erupted too suddenly. No one had been prepared.These few supplies had been carried by one resident who happened to have them on hand.
The zombie was even trying to stuff the delicious intestines back into its own body.Clang!Another blade slammed straight into the back of its skull.The moment the saber was pulled free, a gleaming crystal core popped out. Only then did the poor zombie finally lose the ability to keep chewing its "meal"."Gosh, I wished it rained so it wouldn't stink so badly!" Hayley muttered.She caught the crystal core and kept moving at a run.The entire exchange took less than two seconds.Hayley didn't pause for even a second. Once you've killed enough, it becomes instinct.Under normal circumstances, Hayley used blades whenever possible and saved her gifts for last. Gifts were her trump cards. She fought with pure physical strength first, then used her gifts only when necessary. That was how she conserved stamina and stayed effective longer.This was also the widely accepted approach among the Gifted in the apocalypse. Gifts were an extra lifeline, not something to rely on exclusively
"Send me all the data on Milky Way Base," Hayley said.An armored vehicle sped down an empty road.After six months of support from Liam and the others, not only had they managed to keep 27 small bases alive, they had also reopened the roads between bases.If you want to survive well, you fix the roads first.Hayley's vehicle raced forward without obstruction.A thick stack of files was handed to her.Hayley began reading the reports carefully.Milky Way Base sat on the outskirts of Brookville. Before the apocalypse, it had been a large suburban amusement park with roads leading in every direction.Brookville's subway system had even extended one line so that its final stop was right here.Before the apocalypse, this place was a well-known attraction. And when everything collapsed, it was summer vacation, which was peak season for visitors.As a result, a large portion of Milky Way Base's survivors had been tourists.Those staying in nearby hotels and vacation rentals had al
While the drought continued, Liam was stationed at Milky Way Base providing support.On another supply drop day, as he watched the ample supplies Hayley had sent arrive right on schedule, he couldn't help but think of what she had told him last year.The next three years would be a continuous drought, with no harvests at all.As cartons of instant noodles, dried meal packs, and bacon kept dropping from the sky, waves stirred in his chest.Hayley was always a step ahead of everyone else.If he hadn't followed Hayley into the city back then, he would probably still be trapped in Base K1, spending every day worrying about how it could survive in a dead-end situation like this.But now, with Hayley's supplies raining down nonstop, he felt a shock he had never experienced before.At that moment, Kit, the leader of Milky Way Base, came rushing over."Captain Caldwell! Great news!""What is it?""Captain Reid just took another district! Aecraton only has one mall left!"Hearing tha
At that moment, inside Milky Way Base."Captain, look! What's that?"After their base leader, Kit, sent out a distress call a week ago, the base was swallowed once again by a wave of zombie attacks.After barely holding out for two days, their population dropped by another third.It wasn't just people they were losing. Their supplies were completely exhausted. They had no food, no weapons, and no way to break out.They were trapped in total despair. There was no doubt they would be the next ants swallowed by the zombie tide.And then, Kit heard the sound of drones flying overhead.Still confused, he looked up and saw two words swaying beneath the drones.Haylight League.At the same time, supply bags began dropping one after another.In that instant, Kit was completely stunned."It's instant noodles and pasta!""There are dried meal packs, too! Captain! Captain, we've got vegetables again!""Mom, I haven't seen vegetables in so long…""And weapons! We have guns now!"As
"Alex, once you're done, compile the actual population numbers and weapon stockpiles for each base."Hayley thought it through carefully."Based on each base's population, give them seven days' worth of food. Fully equip them with weapons in one go. No base is allowed to relocate. They must stay put and hold the line against the zombies. I'll resupply them every seven days.""Got it!" Alex replied. The purpose of those small white dots was simple. Hold back the zombie tide and form the outer defensive ring."Our league will split into three forces," Hayley said. "One force will support the weaker small bases. They can't be allowed to collapse. Ideally, they should even push back a little. The second force goes to Crestford and works with Tomorrow Base to pull them out. The third force stays in Aecraton and finishes taking the city completely."Hayley laid out the future plan at high speed.They would secure Aecraton, Brookville, and Crestford all at once.Aecraton would serve






