Shelter, during dinner.

Siri gobbled down her food while continuously praising Giselle's culinary skills, and carefully observed the others at the table.

She had already noticed that the black-haired girl, Melanie, and the man next to her were a couple.

Siri's senses could detect even more; her antennas were capable of identifying people's emotions.

Siri concluded that, aside from Melanie, the pregnant Mary, Chen Youyou, and Giselle, all the other girls present were single.

With so many men in the shelter, who were they waiting for? Siri suddenly felt a strong sense of crisis.

She noticed Rein glaring at her with hostility, easily guessing that she had already fallen for the boss.

This girl's got a great figure and a beautiful face, Siri thought; she's just not made a move yet, so she decided to re-evaluate this threat and mark Rein as her number one rival.

"Boss… with this body, coming here every day to eat is a bit awkward… do you mind if I stay at your place?"

Siri blinked her large, watery eyes.

Rein was so shocked by her rival's bold move that she trembled, dropping her spoon.

But Lin Yi remained extremely cool.

"I do mind! Chen Youyou, find her an apartment nearby… make sure it's not too close!"

"You're too much, boss… Siri can stay with me, I don't mind having some company…"

Annie said loudly. She had heard about Siri's tumultuous thousand-year fate and felt quite sympathetic towards her.

"Suit yourself." Lin Yi said with utter disdain and continued eating his dinner.

He once again proved that timeless truth—

"Women are just trouble!"

After dinner, he walked over to his laptop.

It had been two days since he last checked the vending machine, and there were many emails to read.

[Regarding: Received Items]

9705 survivors have agreed to your terms and entered the shelter.

Your shelter has gained 97,050 Experience Points.

[Regarding: New Species]

Congratulations, your ten-legged forest spider has successfully bred offspring.

A new product has appeared in the store: Silk Spider.

Your shelter has gained 1,000 Experience Points for nurturing a new species. You can change the name of the new species. The current name is "Silk Spider."

[Regarding: New Species]

Congratulations, your red-bellied forest centipede has successfully bred offspring.

A new product has appeared in the store: Red Beetle.

Your shelter has gained 1,000 Experience Points for nurturing a new species. You can change the name of the new species. The current name is "Red Beetle."

[Regarding: Received Items]

The shelter received new military vehicles and gained 3,100 Experience Points as a reward.

[Regarding: Upgrade]

Congratulations! Your shelter has reached level 16.

"What, no reward? This greedy shelter… well, I'll just count the money…"

[Your Vending Machines:]

Vending Machine 2, Balance: 728,900 coins.

Vending Machine 3, Balance: 76,000 coins.

Vending Machine 4, Balance: 1,968,012 coins.

Vending Machine 5, Balance: 0 coins.

Not bad!

The current balance is… around 5.5 million.

Half of the money needs to go to building new housing, and the other half for a military base and ammunition…

Ugh, life is tough…

And I still need money to buy slaves…"

Lin Yi thought as he walked to the lakeside to relax.

Yet he remembered the lab work was still unfinished, so he teleported to the rooftop of the castle and then approached that massive silver apparatus.

"Analysis complete" flashed on its control panel.

He lightly touched the screen, and a notification popped up.

[Apulin-Z has been fully analyzed]

The item has been added to the store.

[Price: 10 coins]

This experimental device can analyze existing items and add them to the shelter's store.

Lin Yi just didn't expect the price to be this cheap.

"What else should I analyze… Bullets! Then a rifle… Can it analyze a helicopter? What about a missile?"

[Analyzing item "5.56mm bullet" will take about four hours!]

"But if the store's bullets cost one coin apiece… then forget it."

He thought as he began pacing on the rooftop.

He had never noticed before, but the view here was beautiful. The residential area and recreational area were brightly lit and full of life, especially the recreational area.

As he gazed at his great masterpiece, Lin Yi suddenly felt lonely for some reason.

But he didn't analyze that feeling.

He didn't like self-reflection.

He saw Chen Youyou, who was taking a walk by the lake with her sister, the younger one eating cotton candy and the older one munching on something resembling a taco.

Lin Yi waved his hand.

They both appeared on the rooftop.

"Don't worry, it's me."

"Boss?"

Chen Youyou turned around, saw Lin Yi, and gave him a bright smile, then looked around.

"Where are we now?"

"The rooftop of the castle. I want to show you what our shelter looks like at night."

"It's so beautiful... and all this was accomplished in less than two months... I just hope we can protect this place..."

"How about having a drink?"

"Hmm... maybe just a little?"

Chen Youyou nodded, her eyes occasionally glancing at her younger sister.

With the railing in place, the little one couldn't fall off the roof, but she was still very worried.

After all, kids always find ways to put themselves in danger.

Lin Yi waved his hand, and a table and chairs appeared out of thin air.

"Lingling, want some juice?"

"Sure, big brother boss." The little girl said, moving her gaze away from the magnificent scenery.

Lin Yi conjured several types of juice on the table.

"Which one do you want?"

"Apple juice! Wait, no... Grape juice!"

"Hahaha! How about both, hmm?"

"Can I?"

"Of course."

Lin Yi said, scanning the leisure area's kitchen, buffet, and shop, then decided to bring some snacks over.

Since they wanted to relax, the three of them started chatting.

One of the topics they discussed was the Sun People.

Chen Youyou learned many things about their culture and lifestyle.

For example, they truly have very small... you know... and they don't bathe because they have no water, only drinking beetle blood.

If their skin affects their ability to absorb sunlight, they will walk naked under the red sun and severely sunburn themselves.

Once their skin is burned enough, it will gradually peel off, then grow new skin.

Chen Youyou also learned about the elves' wedding ceremony, which includes dancing and singing in the air.

Unfortunately, at the moment, it's impossible to see them firsthand, because these little elves have lost interest in weddings after going through so much.

Chen Youyou also mentioned that the elves' newlywed couple spends their first night in the air and must be under the moonlight.

Chen Youyou also told Lin Yi some circulating rumors.

One of them says that Boss Lin Yi is actually an alien.

Otherwise, why does he like aliens so much?

Others say that all the young women living in the center of the shelter are members of the boss's harem.

Some even think the boss recruits aliens because he wants concubines of different alien races.

Chen Youyou told him that men, including Louis, have been trying to get her to ask the boss to recruit alien women for the Women's Court.

A few oddballs already want her to hire little elves, but most want orc women.

And when the Sun People appeared, a bunch of perverts started demanding recruitment too...

Lin Yi felt helpless hearing this.

After all, men's preferences are always varied and strange.

"Looks like I'll have to expand the farmlands once again. Clearly, people have too much free time and spend it making up all kinds of ridiculous gossip..."

"Yeah... you're right."

Chen Youyou said with a smile, her face slightly flushed from the drink.

Back to the topic of the Women's Court.

Chen Youyou told Lin Yi that a girl has a "Snake Woman" skill, which has been upgraded to level 2 with help from patrolling soldiers.

Now, she is serving her guests in her snake lady form, with appointments already booked two weeks ahead...

After chatting with Chen Youyou.

Lin Yi realized that residents of the shelter need better entertainment activities.

And more opportunities to relieve stress.

When Chen Lingling started to get sleepy, Lin Yi took her and Chen Youyou back to the apartment.

Then he went to sleep himself...

~~~~~~

The midday sky was devoid of sunlight.

The heavens were shrouded in dark storm clouds, with occasional thunder, though it rarely rained here.

A rider rushed toward a huge black stone wall as fast as possible, quickly arriving at the massive gate.

Guards, fully clad in steel armor, immediately recognized the rider.

So by the time he arrived, the metal lattice had already been raised, the drawbridge lowered, and the gate opened.

The rider passed through the gate, then entered the ninety-meter-long "Slaughter Zone."

It is called this because if the walls are breached, archers, mages, and traps will quickly kill anyone entering here.

The other end of the Slaughter Zone also has a door, generally, it is always open.

The warrior handed his horse to a young man with flushed cheeks, then hastily hurried to the palace, soon arriving at a huge throne room.

At the end of the hall was a massive throne, accessible by a thirty-step staircase.

On the stairs lied five corpses of young men and women, covered in blood.

On the luxurious throne sat a man wearing a crown, with a young girl sitting on his lap.

The throne was made of gold and encrusted with numerous gemstones.

The girl was streaming with tears, while the gray-haired, blue-skinned man gently stroked her cheek.

The king saw the warrior walk into the throne room and asked: "Hamir? What news do you bring?"

"Your Majesty!"

The warrior said, removing his helmet and kneeling.

"Your vassal Azarus has reached the location of the flash and confirmed that it is indeed the target. He has set an intercept route and will soon engage."

"Azarus? That weakling? If he wins, he will be richly rewarded. Now... would you care to dine with me?"

The king said, stroking the girl's soft, young body with his large hand.

"Your Majesty, I cannot..."

"I can't drink all of her blood alone... It would be such a waste to let such a delicacy go... I'll drink from her neck and you drink from her legs."

"Alright..."

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