MasukAt 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
Only after a long pause did Hayley finally speak."Sixty percent," Alex replied coldly.Hayley propped her chin on her hand and thought for a long time. "Put the word out. When 95% of the bases come asking me for help, I'll agree and provide unified support. But all of them have to listen to me, including Tomorrow Base."Hayley was gambling, and she was aiming for the biggest possible win.She wanted every base to become part of her power, standing with her against the zombie tide. She planned to seize these last one or two years and go all in.If she won, humanity would turn the tables. But if she lost… She would probably be pushed back to square one, clinging to her small base and scraping by.But she took the bet anyway.It couldn't get worse than her previous life.The lives of those bases were never her primary concern.Ideas like "greater power means greater responsibility" had never applied to her.In fact, in her eyes, it worked the other way around. First comes the s
Hayley sat in her chair without saying a word.She held a cup of fruit tea in her hand, eyes fixed on Alex's laptop screen.In her mind, she kept weighing and recalculating.At the end of the day, someone like her always thought in terms of gains and losses.She first reviewed the chips she held. Over the past full year of the apocalypse, through careful planning step by step, she had built an ironclad shelter stronghold of her own.That stronghold had abundant supplies and solid defensive power.She had five core team members of her own and sixteen dogs. These were her most basic assets and her absolute foundation. They guaranteed that no matter what happened, her safety and supplies were secured.Beyond that, she had more than 80 residents. Those residents farmed thousands of acres of land for her, produced food and materials, and developed power systems. Their output was enough to sustain all the survivors they currently had.On top of that, she led a league made up of nearl
"Scott wants us to help them," Alex said. "They'll break out from the inside, while we'll push in from the outside. Together, we'll take Crestford. All resources will be split evenly."Hayley thought it over for a moment. "Let's talk after we finish taking Aecraton.""There won't be time," Alex said. "According to my models, the next year is our best window. Zombies are evolving too fast. If we wait another year, the difficulty in Crestford will jump ten to twenty times. It'll be almost impossible."After hearing Alex out, Hayley fell silent.He was right. There really wasn't enough time.They were already at the start of the second year of the apocalypse. Based on their current pace in Aecraton, there was no way they could take the last two districts in less than a full year.If she finished stabilizing Aecraton and then turned to Crestford, it would already be the third year.By then, zombies would've fully evolved. Taking Crestford would be brutally difficult.But still…"T
Surviving the apocalypse was like taking an exam.For an ordinary base, the moment you chose your location and started building, your future score was already being decided.If you picked a bad location and add weak leadership, you would die fast. Someone like Hayley, who chose an uninhabited area from the start, had the most textbook answer possible.That was why, up to now, Hayley's base had never faced a zombie tide or large-scale, targeted human attacks.Location points matter more than anything. Base K1 and Firebrand Base were both built in remote areas.Almost 100% of bases that survived did so because they were well located.That was why Scott was considered disadvantaged from birth. His base sat right in the city center.That location was like having half his exam papers ripped away.The reason he still had a few answers provided was that his location was practically a cheat zone. He could acquire massive amounts of supplies with ease, at far lower difficulty than any