Published: February 5, 2025
In the lobby of the Red Sea Company, it was almost filled with soldiers in camouflage uniforms. The dark gun muzzles, though pointing towards the ground, brought an overwhelming sense of pressure that made the people present feel a bit breathless.
Li Shujun slightly raised his head, perhaps thinking that this way could help him maintain his inner resolve.
"Manager Li, I've said everything that needed to be said, and you've considered it for a while. What do you think?"
Opposite him, Captain Ye, dressed in military attire, narrowed his eyes as he looked at the Red Sea Company’s president, who could only reach his chin in height.
In just one day, Captain Ye had already felt more than once the sorrow for the scarred world, loathing the culprit who had turned the Earth into this state.
At the same time, he also admired the miraculous roulette, particularly impressed by some people's luck.
Take this Manager Li before him as an example.
A roulette had suddenly appeared in the Red Sea Company's building, allowing everyone there to immediately know about its existence and usage.
Moreover, Red Sea, a large enterprise that started with logistics and gradually involved itself in moving companies, civil engineering, and road and bridge construction, was celebrating its eighth anniversary at the onset of the apocalypse, with nearly all employees and their families gathered at the company headquarters, waiting for buses to the hotel hosting the celebration.
These employees, aside from a few clerical staff members, were mostly strong and robust young adults, with a low chance of being transformed into zombies. After the initial chaos, these survivors rose up against the undead and quickly cleared the zombies from the company building, gaining a substantial amount of magic crystals in the process.
Li Shujun, who had founded the Red Sea Company, was already highly respected. After personally killing his zombie-turned lover and youngest son, he reestablished his leadership status during the apocalypse.
Once they learned to spin the roulette and successfully obtained a One-Star Evolution Elixir on their first try, this burden-free, united, and brave survivor team began to take shape.
Being able to build a logistics and construction company from scratch in this city, Li Shujun's character and means were not something ordinary people could compare with. Therefore, after discovering the secret of the roulette, he didn't waste any time. In the nearly 24 hours since the apocalypse began, he organized over a hundred of his subordinates to clear the zombies surrounding the company, obtaining a large number of magic crystals.
Although many were injured and mutated due to inexperience and various accidents during these operations, with some directly killed and eaten, only about fifty or sixty people remained alive. However, such efforts yielded thousands of Grade 1 Magic Crystals, which resulted in them acquiring two bottles of One-Star Evolution Elixir and around twenty different weapons from the roulette.
After selecting the most loyal and strongest subordinates to inject the evolution elixirs, Li Shujun's team, including himself, now had three one-star evolvers and eleven firearms!
This newfound strength further inflated their ambitions, prompting them to expand into distant territories until they encountered Captain Ye’s troops.
"If I refuse, does that mean my brothers and I will have to say goodbye to this world today?" Li Shujun's voice was hoarse, with evident reluctance in his eyes.
Indeed, he felt resentment. If it weren't for encountering these soldiers, given the current momentum of his team’s development, it might not be long before they became the most powerful team in the city. At that time, they would be able to command the wind and rain, living better than in the peaceful era.
He realized that this was an era that respected the strong far more than before. Yet, Li Shujun always considered himself one of the strong!
Unfortunately... he ran into the military stationed in this city.