The next day.
About ten kilometers from the hospital, Su Qingge stepped forward, and a thunder dragon roared out, slaying the pile of zombies before it. The many female warriors behind them looked at them with envy. Then, a team rushed forward, sweeping away any zombies that had escaped from the adjacent rooms along the way, making sure the ten-kilometer radius around the hospital base was completely safe and free of zombies.
Several female warriors observed along the way, identifying zombies above level two, digging out the zombie crystals from their heads, and then collecting them as ordered.
"Qingqing... how's your advance going? I've finished mine," Su Qingge said into the intercom.
For the past three days, Su Qingge, Fang Qingqing, Zhao Yanyan, and Mu Ling, four women with lightning powers, have each led a team of approximately one hundred men, advancing from four directions to clear all the zombies within a ten-kilometer radius of the hospital base. Su Ming will directly construct a wall within this ten-kilometer radius to block the zombie attacks and truly build a powerful base of his own.
"Sister, I've finished my part, and so has Mu Ling. I guess Yanyan's the only one left. I wonder what this girl's up to!" Fang Qingqing sat helplessly on a stone pillar, beneath a group of female warriors and hordes of fallen zombies.
"Oh, you're talking bad about me behind my back again. I just found a larger gathering place. It took a little while, but it will be done soon," Zhao Yanyan's grinning voice wafted from inside.
Su Ming's order to expand the base wasn't just to complete the system's mission, but also to search for survivors. After all, while the base had a significant number of personnel, it was still far from enough to face the entire city's zombie horde. They had to speed up their efforts.
"Alright, tell me your choice: surrender or die!" Standing before a group of survivors, the stoic Zhao Yanyan projected a stern demeanor, though her short stature and adorable features clearly didn't quite fit the mood.
But none of the over a hundred survivors present dared to laugh. Instead, they all bowed their heads in obedience. Just now, Zhao Yanyan or her men had dragged out and slaughtered all the disobedient members of their base, leaving them to become the zombies. So, even though Zhao Yanyan, the adorable little girl, appeared so charming, no one dared to believe she was truly easy to talk to.
140 Building the Wall
"How boring..." the little girl shook her head helplessly, then ordered her female warriors to remove all the women from the base.
[Ding, congratulations to the host for conquering or destroying three settlements of over 100 people. This has established your reputation as the Overlord of the Apocalypse in this city. Reward: 10 square meters of system space.]
[Ding, congratulations to the host for expanding the base to over 1,000 people. Reward: Basic City Wall Construction Method. Open and use immediately.]
[Ding, congratulations to the host for expanding the base to over 50 square kilometers. Reward: Earth-based superpower.]
Su Ming heard the system notification in his head and opened the panel. It seemed the women were quite quick. They had completed all three missions and received several rewards.
Activating his magnetic control ability, Su Ming flew directly in Su Qingge's direction. He covered the ten-kilometer distance in less than a minute.
Seeing Su Ming approaching from a distance, Su Qingge's eyes lit up, and she hurried to meet him. "Why are you here?" Su Qingge grasped Su Ming's hand, unable to contain herself, her eyes filled with joy as she looked at him.
Su Ming was unfazed. He put his arm around his sister's slender waist, pulled her into his arms, and kissed her deeply. The nearby female warriors, observing their master and mistress displaying affection, tactfully kept silent, observing from the side.
"There's someone nearby. No, not here..." Su Qingge, dizzy from the kiss, barely managed to push away Su Ming's embrace. She stood there blushing and a little embarrassed, completely losing her usual aloof demeanor.
Seeing their mistress's expression, the female warriors lowered their heads even lower, trying hard to stifle laughter, fearing that an accident would lead to harassment.
"Oh, no, no, not here! Someone's watching! So embarrassing! Hahahaha!" Although the female warriors didn't dare to laugh, Su Qingge had forgotten she was on the intercom, so her words were overheard by the other sisters. Now, they were teasing Zhao Yanyan.
Su Qingge's face froze. She was already a little embarrassed about kissing her brother in public, in front of a bunch of women, and now she wished she could just crawl under the ground.
"Zhao! Yan! Yan!!! I think you're itching! I'll beat you to death when we get back, you little bitch!" Su Qingge shouted into the intercom, somewhat angrily.
"Hahaha... You deserved it!" "Puff..." The other two women, Fang Qingqing and Mu Ling, couldn't help but burst out laughing, clutching their stomachs as they listened to Zhao Yanyan's suicidal behavior.
On the other end, Zhao Yanyan shuddered and said awkwardly into the intercom, "What did you say, big sister? I can't hear you. Wai wai wai~ Oops, bad signal, hanging up~" Then, she quickly turned off the intercom.
She glanced awkwardly at the women staring at her. "Let's go, what's there to see~" Zhao Yanyan said unhappily, wondering how big sister would punish her when she got back. Alas, it was all her fault for her careless words and teasing the mortified Su Qingge.
"At worst, I'll just get a beating~" Zhao Yanyan had already made up her mind. A dead pig is not afraid of boiling water. At worst...at worst, I'll just beg for mercy. It won't be embarrassing.
Under the strange gazes of the female warriors, Zhao Yanyan marched towards the hospital with a heroic and confident manner, looking like a condemned prisoner heading for the execution ground. She was quite imposing, though her legs seemed a little weak.
Su Qingge's face darkened, and she clenched the walkie-talkie in her hand, almost crushing it. It seemed she had been too lenient with Zhao Yanyan, allowing her to tease her. She was going to give her a good spanking when she got back, Su Qingge thought to herself.
Su Ming also tried to stifle a laugh as he watched his sister grit her teeth and shout into the intercom, but he finally straightened his face. He feared that if he laughed again, the furious Su Qingge would be too embarrassed to stay here.
"Alright, alright. You know Yanyan's mischievous nature is no exception. We'll deal with her slowly when we get home," Su Ming quickly advised this stunning sister, who appeared aloof but possessed a gentle inner self.
Su Qingge glanced at her brother with resentment, then fell silent.
"You did well..." Su Ming praised the female warriors before them.
"I am willing to die for my Lord..." Hearing this praise from their beloved Lord, the female warriors were instantly thrilled, their eyes filled with awe and admiration as they looked at Su Ming.
Turning on the wall construction function on the system screen, Su Ming felt a surge of power within his arm. He took a few steps forward and extended his hand. Balls of gray light flowed from his arm, rapidly spreading in all directions, gradually forming a wall with the hospital base at its center.
Rumble...
On the ground, a wall tens of meters high rose from the ground, fueled by gray supernatural energy. It formed a thick wall, more than ten meters high and about three meters wide. Then, the wall gradually took shape, with battlements, side stairs, and gates in the four directions: east, west, north, and south.
"So this is what the system calls a basic wall. I'm just activating my supernatural power and using it to build a wall," Su Ming thought. However, if he were asked to build this wall now, he probably wouldn't be able to do it.
The main reason was that Su Ming's earth-based ability was too low. Having just acquired it, it was barely at level two. To build a wall this size, encompassing a hundred square kilometers, one would need to reach at least level six. Otherwise, they would have to build it piece by piece, which would have taken an indefinite amount of time. This system reward saves a lot of time.
From now on, this hundred square kilometers would be Su Ming's pure land, a one-of-a-kind pure land in this apocalypse.
Su Qingge gazed in amazement at the towering wall rising from the ground. It looked even more outrageous and immensely thicker than those of ancient times.
The female warriors looked at Su Ming as if he were a god, filled with worship and awe, as if their master, at a single command, would willingly submit to their deaths.
"Try attacking with your sword energy and see how well it holds up..." Su Ming ordered several female warriors to attack.
Then they concluded that even the strongest female warrior, with all her might, could only create a crack less than five centimeters in the wall—not enough to get a hand through. Even after she stopped, the wall quickly returned to its original shape.
Apparently, even the rudimentary wall construction the system mentioned possessed formidable defenses. A rocket launcher would likely leave it unscathed. The only way to breach such a wall would be through continuous missile bombardment.
Su Qingge dodged and reached the top of the wall. Gazing at the heavy, imposing structure, she was filled with astonishment. She couldn't help but touch it, sensing a different kind of power from her lightning ability. It felt as if it originated from the earth. Perhaps this was also one of Su Ming's powers. It truly was magical.
The women in the other three groups were also startled by the sudden appearance of the wall. Fortunately, Su Qingge promptly informed them that it was Su Ming's doing, allowing them to relax and watch the wall creak.
Su Ming slowly climbed the side stairs to the top of the wall, feeling a sense of accomplishment. With the wall erected, all the zombies were kept out, and there were no zombies inside, ensuring the safety of the women in the base.
However, correspondingly, the female warriors would need to go farther to kill zombies. At least there was no hospital within a radius of ten kilometers, so they had to go outside the city wall. Some of the vehicles collected before happened to come in handy. Previously, because there were too many zombies, few people drove. Now they can drive directly inside the city wall.