Establishing the well-built villa area as a backup base might be a good choice before the attack on the main base in six days cos, of which the conditions were still unknown.
This way, no matter what happens outside, he would have a base here where he could survive for a long ti and sustain a fairly good living standard. Most importantly, he wouldn’t have to work himself. Why not?
"No problem, Brother Ming, as you command!"
Upon hearing Li Ming’s words, Zhou Cheng instantly nodded. As he was living with Li Ming now, he naturally complied with everything.
Although Li Ming spoke in a questioning tone, he couldn’t really consider it as if he was prepared to listen to Zhou Cheng’s opinion.
"Ok, let’s have Chen Qiang and the other six rotate on patrol duty. Add Liu Qing, Wang Yuan, and Ye Lin. Then, you choose five suitable people for fishing duties, specializing in catching fish but also being aware of the ecological cycle, and not catching the small ones."
Li Ming nodded and turned to look at the assembled team in front. He seized the mont to get things done, he called out and successfully divided the new team right on the road at the entrance of the villa.
The fishing team of five was given fishing equipnt, the patrol team of ten was issued simple puncture-resistant suits, and the working team of twelve was handed durable clothing.
The won inside Li Ming’s villa, who had already completed basic checks, were called out. Under the guidance of Yang Ruo and six maids, they received supplies to distribute.
Taking advantage of the city’s crisis, this division ca naturally and was accepted by everyone.
"The patrol team will train once every three days, in two rotating teams. We need to train not only in physical fitness but also in weapon use."
"The fish caught by the fishing team should be attempted to be nurtured; if it doesn’t work, dry fish reserves should be made."
"After the construction team completes the watchtower, we will leave two there and choose two more n from the light work team to take turns guarding the watchtower. Then, they will start farmland cultivation, keeping only a small number of precious trees within the villa area and cutting down the rest."
"The roots should be excavated, followed by constructing fire stoves and reserving dry twigs, just in case."
Li Ming set the direction and instructed one by one, then pulled a few team leaders out to discuss the details by themselves. He went back ho with Chen Li to reassure the won, and they all sighed in relief when they saw him return.
They hugged and comforted each other. Li Ming winked at Chen Li, and kissed Xu Yunyun. The two understood imdiately, obediently washing up and retreating to their rooms when he surveyed for danger outside.
"Husband, Yang Ruo and the others have finished their work, I’ll take them and help install the solar panels."
Xu Xiu spoke to Li Ming as she was showing him out the door.
Seeing that the exquisite woman was showing signs of nervous tension due to the turmoil, Li Ming imdiately reassured her, before letting her lead Yang Ruo and the others to modify the vehicles.
He walked along the road towards the villa’s main gate, just in ti to et Liu Li, who was standing inside the courtyard. Dressed in a light skirt and hair tied up, Liu Li exuded the aura of a virtuous woman. Her skin was glowing from the sunlight.
Thinking that Xu Yunyun cannot withstand the turmoil, Li Ming waved at Liu Li. She instantly jogged over with a smile on her face. After hearing that Li Ming wanted her to accompany him to guard the watchtower, she quickly changed into flat shoes.
"After everything’s settled, don’t go anywhere. Also, call down the people on the watchtower, I’ll stay there for a while. If it’s just regular zombies, you guys handle it. If there’s any danger, I can sense it ahead of ti and handle it."
Seeing that Zhou Cheng and his group had finished discussing the details, Li Ming asked them to call down the people from the watchtower. He would personally take on the danger. Zhou Cheng shouted down to the horn, and soon the four people from the watchtower climbed down via the stairs in the wooden walls.
Li Ming nodded at them. Liu Li, dressed in a simple long skirt, took a step ahead and entered. He followed suit.
This watchtower was not made with direct ladder access for safety reasons. Instead, wooden walls were built on all four sides, with floor steps arranged spirally, forming layer upon layer of stairs. The construction was quite gentle.
Upon climbing a few steps, Liu Li, dressed in a long skirt, suddenly rembered sothing. She stopped and waited for Li Ming. Li Ming ca from behind her and considerately picked her up. It was very thoughtful.
Liu Li’s legs were held in front, and her knees were held by Li Ming. As she climbed the stairs, her calves rhythmically bounced up and down.
Reaching the top of the watchtower, Liu Li held the railing that was built from the roof, carefully observing the landscape in front of her. The zombie growls from all sides made her nervous, her face flushed and sweaty.
The zombies’ growls were too stimulating. After two hours, Liu Li couldn’t stand being on the top of this tower any longer. But the height made her legs weak and she dared not leave. Li Ming was busy monitoring the environnt, so he asked the people below to help her down.
Soon, Liu Li’s husband ca up and took her away, and the top of the watchtower was tranquil once again.
[Mastery of the Secret Scrolls 1]
Seeing the ssage on the panel, Li Ming nodded contentedly. The view wasn’t bad.
"Brother Ming, it’s ti for dinner. Should we start cooking?"
While Li Ming was observing his surroundings, a voice suddenly ca from the horn next to him. He listened carefully, picked up the rubber horn and answered, "Proceed as normal. It’s almost getting dark. After perfecting the alarm thods and traps, rest if you need to."
"Understood."
The voice of Zhou Cheng ca from the horn. Li Ming nodded and looked at the setting sun in the west. His gaze turned solemn as he looked towards the depths of the city.
"Roar..."
The explosive roar was still clearly heard despite the distance, reflecting the intensity of the ongoing struggle.
However, the good news was that the location of the conflict was constantly moving away from the Linjiang villa area, which gave him so relief.
"My current telekinetic range is roughly 700 ters."
While observing the situation, Li Ming was also testing his telekinetic strength. Standing on the guard tower, he used the position of each villa as markers, estimating the range of his telekinesis. He now had a better understanding of his abilities.
He was quite pleased with himself. Compared to the morning, his telekinetic range had substantially increased.
And that wasn’t the most critical part. The transformation of his telekinesis was the most important gain.
However, he was unsure of how much power he had.
Li Ming looked at the heavyweight longbow next to him. His telekinesis could already pull it open, although not without effort.
"It exceeds 500 kilograms, but not by much."
Li Ming contemplated using a heavy-duty scale. He just needed to exert his full telekinetic power and see how heavy the readout was.
"Ho is a little safer now."
Corners of Li Ming’s mouth curled up slightly, and he stretched his body while quietly watching the direction from which the sounds of battle ca.
He didn’t descend from the watchtower until dusk. By the ti he reached the main gate, he found Zhou Cheng was still waiting there. Li Ming asked about the traps and alert systems with a smile.
"We’ve set several gong triggers using powerful elastic bands and falling hamrs. We attached thin wires to the villa entrance, and as soon as anything breaks these wires, the gongs will sound, and an alarm will reach my room."
Zhou Cheng pointed to his room: "I stay in the villa ’Left One’ on the third floor by the window. I can see what’s happening at any given ti with my night vision goggles."
"We’ve also put together pipe bombs. Not sure about their damage capacity, but they’ll certainly give intruders a big scare."
Setting up these devices at the villa’s entrance wasn’t a bad idea. Li Ming listened to Zhou Cheng’s description, examined the site, and satisfied, he nodded his approval and told Zhou Cheng to go for dinner first.
"I wonder when this chaos will end."
Li Ming mused, feeling restless. He decided to stay up until the end of the monsters’ battle before sleeping.
While he returned to the villa lost in thoughts, the won were waiting for him to join them for dinner. Once Li Ming finished his al, Chen Li took Yunyun’s hand and left for bed. Xu Xiu updated him about the car modification progress. Afraid of her leg cramping up later on, she hurriedly left with Zhang Yuan.
"I’ll join you tonight."
After dinner, Li Ming gave a tender kiss to Liu Minying. With a nod, she braced herself and left to rest.
Li Ming wiped his mouth, glanced around the room, and decided to go rest too.
"......"
[Secret Skill Level Up 3]
After gently returning the still Chen Li to her room and covering Yunyun with a light blanket, he asked Zhang Yuan to rest early. Li Ming returned to Liu Minying’s room, told her his plan, picked up his gun and sword with a drill head, sat on the third-floor balcony, and quietly listened to the distant, ongoing roaring sounds.
During this ti, he used a weight scale to asure his maximum telekinetic strength.
kilograms!
"Not bad."
With a smirk, Li Ming found it hard to sit still listening to the powerful roars coming from outside. So, he simply began practicing ’Thrusting Sword’ on the balcony.
"Sssh, whoosh...."
He launched forward with his sword and swiftly counterattacked.
After expending half of his energy practicing his sword moves, he finally stopped. However, the roars outside still hadn’t ceased.
He didn’t dare continue training. Feeling a bit hungry, he had so powdered milk and waited more patiently.
Finally, at three in the morning, the aggressive roars stopped.
Li Ming waited for a while under the moonlight, hearing nothing. Not able to resist, he climbed to the watch tower. Using the bright moonlight, he could see far and wide, but saw no other movents.
He didn’t let his guard down, keeping a lookout until four in the morning. When he saw no movent, he finally relaxed, quietly returned to the third floor, and opened the door to Liu Minying’s room which still had the light on.
"Why are you back so late?"
Liu Minying, wearing her pajamas, asked in a daze, gathering her wits as she looked at Li Ming.
"I couldn’t relax until I knew the outco. Why didn’t you go to sleep first?"
Li Ming gently put Liu Minying onto the bed and turned off the light, asking in a soft voice.
"I wanted to wait for you before sleeping. I’m going to sleep now."
Liu Minying said faintly. No sooner had she finished her sentence than she fell asleep, unable to resist her sleepiness.
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