Pharmaceutical warehouse, surrounded by forest.

After taking care of a few patrolling soldiers, Lin Yi scanned the surroundings with hawk-like eyes.

Determined to root out the "big rat" hiding in the dark!

He asked softly, "Melanie, where are their vehicles hidden?"

"Just ahead in the forest, it's a military jeep."

"Got it!"

Lin Yi stealthily crept into the forest and indeed found two military jeeps cleverly disguised.

One was equipped with a heavy machine gun, well-supplied with ammunition, obviously for fire support. The other was an armored vehicle, clearly the officer's ride.

Unfortunately, the clever Gus had already left the vehicle, having fled away.

Lin Yi didn't dwell on it much; after all, the days are long, there's plenty of time to deal with him.

With a wave of his hand, he pocketed both jeeps and swiftly returned to the Shelter.

In the Shelter, Chen Youyou had already been waiting for a long time.

She held a steaming cup of coffee and a perfectly toasted slice of bread.

Lin Yi took it, found a lounge chair, and sat down comfortably, letting out a long sigh.

"Let me rest for a while."

"Okay, boss."

Chen Youyou, like a loyal sentinel, stood quietly by his side, ensuring no one disturbed his rest.

During this time, no matter who came looking for the boss, she would send them and their problems away.

After half an hour, Lin Yi finally regained his energy.

He drank the third cup of coffee, swallowed the toast, and suddenly frowned: "Where did this bread come from?"

When he was eating, he hadn't reacted, but now this thought struck him like lightning.

Chen Youyou smiled slightly and explained: "There are still hundreds of idle people in the Shelter. I had them separate the grains from the wheat spikes and grind them into flour.

Hmm... Although the flour is still quite coarse, at least it solves an urgent need."

"Very good, Chen Youyou!"

Lin Yi's eyes flashed with appreciation, "From now on, you officially become my second-in-command!"

He liked such proactive employees.

Not only can they understand the boss's intentions, but they also strive to work before the boss even asks.

"Thank you, boss!" Chen Youyou was overjoyed.

Although she previously had significant power and respect, she didn't have an official title, so it was inevitably difficult to arrange some matters.

Now, with the boss's clear authorization, everything changed.

More importantly, she was once again certain that the boss trusted and recognized her!

That made her happier than anything she could have gained.

Lin Yi's gaze inadvertently fell on Chen Youyou's head, noticing that not only was she wearing several bandages, but there were also a few feathers stuck in her hair, looking somewhat disheveled.

Chen Youyou obviously realized the boss was looking at her, and explained gloomily.

"That new rooster is simply a wife protector. Whoever it sees approaching the hens to feed them will be pecked hard, the girls are all injured."

"Wasn't that girl Annie claiming to have farming experience? Even studying for a few hours with Jerome?"

"She's only ever raised pet pigs before, never seen such a situation! She's the most injured."

"Then... how are the chickens now?"

"They ran to the rabbit cage."

"Rabbits?!" Lin Yi was speechless, "The rabbits will eat the chickens!"

Those rabbits are like a machine of infinite feeding and breeding, having chickens and rabbits together is just asking for trouble, right?

By now, they might have already been gnawed clean.

Seeing Lin Yi's helpless expression, Chen Youyou blinked: "No worries, that rooster scared all the rabbits away, now it's the boss of the rabbit cage."

Lin Yi's jaw dropped, and he got up to head towards the farming area.

In the rabbit cage, there were about a hundred rabbits, each big and fat, and in a few days, they could presumably be slaughtered.

And in the middle of the cage, was a small earthen mound with a large nest made of straw.

In the nest, were the rooster and its "wife."

The rooster proudly and domineeringly stood, and when rabbits passed by, they would let their ears hang down and slow their pace.

Some rabbits even brought food to their new leader and then ran away.

The rooster stood on the high mound, and the rabbits would lower their heads upon seeing it.

A single order and they would all perk up, obedient and worry-free.

Lin Yi looked at this absurd scene and couldn't help but ask Chen Youyou: "Where did that nest come from?"

"The rabbits built it." Chen Youyou looked at the beautiful nest and awkwardly smiled: "By the way, the hen has already laid its first egg."

"...I thought that after moving to a new place, they would stop laying eggs due to excessive stress..."

Lin Yi looked at the comfortable nest and the two satisfied chickens: "Seems I was overthinking it."

Currently, these two chickens no longer need humans to feed them, as the rabbit minions would occasionally offer food.

But if anyone got too close, the hen would cluck, and then the rooster would glare fiercely at the person.

On the way back to the room, Chen Youyou reported the issues that needed urgent solutions in the camp these past few days.

First up was the problem of idle personnel.

There were many employees' families, who had labor capacity but no corresponding work. In the long term, this wouldn't be a good thing for either the personnel's mindset or the Shelter's order.

Next was the order management issue in the Shelter. According to Solomon's suggestion, he needed an office and a prison with a detention center.

Chen Youyou reported various conditions one after another, mostly just conveying them.

Lin Yi pondered for a moment and decided to handle the issues uniformly: "Inform Solomon, the Professor, Regina and Louis, as well as Orianna and Natasha, to come see me after breakfast tomorrow."

"Understood, boss." Chen Youyou quickly nodded and then went off to carry out Lin Yi's command.

Currently, the Shelter's funds should be relatively sufficient, allowing for an expansion.

Back at his residence.

Lin Yi still felt a bit tired but forced himself to work nonetheless.

What he needed to do was to check his spoils.

This time, he killed a zombie and obtained 24 white eggs, 3 green eggs, and 1 blue egg.

After washing his hands, Lin Yi clasped his hands together, just about to say a prayer, but found it inappropriate.

So he made the sign of the cross three times in front of his chest, prayed for good luck, and then was ready to start drawing prizes from the white eggs.

He didn't like gambling nor relying on luck. He wasn't particularly unlucky, but he couldn't say he was very lucky either.

"Alright, the first one… got it! A Level 2 sword, and it's quite decent."

"Empty, empty, empty… Empty, empty, empty!?"

Such a streak of bad luck made Lin Yi realize something was wrong.

It seemed that today the Goddess of Luck was not on his side, so he prepared to put aside the other rewards for now.

However, his good mood was already gone!

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door!

Lin Yi, still half-asleep, opened the door, seeing Chen Youyou standing there in only a nightgown—

Barefoot, looking a bit uneasy...

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