Dusk, street corner.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Lin Yi retreated while continuously firing, trying to tear open a gap in the encirclement of red zombies, then slip away through it.

But the red zombies quickly realized that slowly encircling their prey was not feasible, so they swiftly spread out, tightly locking Lin Yi in the center.

This pack of one hundred red zombies, each one eager to approach Lin Yi, to give him a "warm" embrace...

"This can't go on!"

After taking down four more red zombies, Lin Yi instantly vanished at the street corner and returned to the Shelter.

The red zombies frantically searched around, but upon finding nothing, decided to stay where they were!

To be precise, a portion of the zombies stayed at the spot where Lin Yi disappeared, while the rest hid, waiting for an opportunity.

Inside the Shelter.

Lin Yi sat in front of the laptop, his face grim as he took in the scene.

These creatures' intelligence levels were getting higher and higher.

He cursed a few times and prepared to head to Professor Mark's laboratory to have him bandage up the injuries.

"Boss, wait! Come look at this quickly!"

Just as Lin Yi had walked about ten meters, Melanie shouted from behind him.

Lin Yi quickly returned to the laptop.

The screen displayed a strange column-like object, resembling a giant corn stalk, five meters high and two meters in diameter, astonishingly made of flesh!

Ordinary zombies gathered around it excitedly, seemingly full of awe for it.

Suddenly, a few tentacles extended from inside the "corn stalk," piercing through the zombies' bodies.

They began to be transformed and controlled!

The ordinary zombies let out sharp screams, their skin gradually turning red, muscles continuously inflating, and the ground soon became covered with hair and shredded fabric.

Lin Yi said solemnly, "If there's any change, let me know. We need to leave there quickly."

"Okay, boss!" Melanie nodded.

After giving instructions, he went to Old Mark's laboratory, where the professor quickly cleaned and bandaged his wounds.

Fortunately, the wounds weren't infected, and after using some Magical Lake Water, they were expected to heal soon.

But the abrasions would at least hurt for half a day.

"Am I afraid of pain?" Lin Yi scoffed at Old Mark's words.

Since the Shelter couldn't be expanded while bordering the Space-Time Fragment, he decided to take a nap.

"It really hurts!"

Lin Yi curled up in the blanket, shivering in pain, his inhales sharp from the discomfort, making it hard to fall asleep.

...

"Boss, boss! Wake up!"

"Why are you taking so long? We... ah! What are you doing?"

Natasha walked into the boss's room and saw...

Annie lying on the boss's bed, held tightly by his strong arms.

"Help me! I tried to get the boss out of bed, and he grabbed me and started hugging me! He's still asleep now!"

Annie was almost in tears.

"Uh, alright..." Little Natasha suddenly shouted excitedly, "Boss! The wheat field's on fire! It's already half burned!"

Lin Yi suddenly opened his eyes.

He then saw the girl with a mischievous grin standing by his bedside.

"Your way of waking people up is really harsh—I almost had a heart attack."

"The point is, shouldn't you explain why Annie is on your bed?"

"Hmm?" Lin Yi turned his head to see Annie lying beside him, teary-eyed.

"Why are you on my bed?"

"I tried to wake you, but you grabbed me and then started hugging me! I couldn't break free!"

"Hahaha! My apologies." Lin Yi laughed heartily and released Annie.

At that moment, her expression was like that of a startled kitten, bouncing off the bed as soon as she broke free.

Seeing the girl still wiping away tears with dripping fingers, Lin Yi stroked his chin, having a sudden idea.

"As compensation, I authorize you to name the soon-to-be-hatched chicks, alright?"

"Really?!" Annie's eyes lit up.

She loved animals but had grown bored of bunnies and couldn't wait for the chicks to hatch.

"Of course." Lin Yi smiled and said, "Now, can you tell me what you came to see me about?"

"Solomon and his team are back."

"Understood, wait for me to change clothes."

Solomon's team stopped by the double gates, where a temporary military camp was set up.

The warriors, though exhausted, looked satisfied.

Seeing Lin Yi arrive, everyone immediately stood respectfully.

"Boss!" Solomon hurried forward.

Lin Yi nodded, signaling everyone to continue resting, then asked, "How did it go?"

"Killed 119 zombies, two beastman warriors lightly injured, no deaths!"

"Well done."

But now... what to do next?

Lin Yi found a place to sit, took out his notebook, and communicated with the Shelter.

"System, we've killed all the zombies. Can we now occupy this World of Space-Time Fragments?"

[No, to occupy a space-time fragment, you need to install a specific item on it.]

"What exactly is it?"

[Go find it in the store!]

"You bastard?!"

Lin Yi felt it wasn't worth bickering with the system, so he opened the store app.

Ten minutes later, he found an item with an unassuming name, called "Unification Device."

[Small Unification Device]

Consumable: A device used for capturing space-time fragments.

Maximum fragment size: Medium.

How to use: Install the Unification Device on the space-time fragment and activate it.

Please note, the unification speed depends on the device's distance from the center of the space-time fragment.

Note: When the device is activated, all hostile entities on the space-time fragment will try to destroy it.

Note: Once the space-time fragment from another world is captured by the Unification Device, all hostile entities in that world will be instantly annihilated.

[Price: 1000 Coins]

The Small Unification Device looked like a cylinder, about 3 cm high and 1 cm in diameter.

Its surface had a display screen and a red button labeled "activate."

After buying the Unification Device.

Lin Yi stared at it, feeling quite intrigued.

If he installed this little gadget and held this control point, would it mean he could eliminate all enemies in a short time?

But precisely because of this, during that time, all enemies would launch a crazed counterattack.

...A tower defense game? Competitive game?

No longer thinking about it, Lin Yi took Solomon and a few warriors and re-entered the World of Space-Time Fragments.

Upon entry, the Unification Device reacted, displaying a small arrow on its screen.

Following the arrow's guidance, everyone reached the center of the World of Space-Time Fragments.

According to Solomon, the world's zombies were cleared, and there shouldn't be any danger.

Thus, Lin Yi placed the Unification Device on the ground and pressed the red button.

Then a quiet but somehow extremely grating beep began sounding.

About thirty seconds later, a hole opened at the bottom of the Unification Device, and white light shot out from it.

The light grew stronger by the second, finally turning into a laser-like white beam scorching the ground.

At this point, the Unification Device's screen turned into a countdown timer, showing one hour and five minutes.

[Space-Time Fragment Capture Initiated]

[Time until completion: 1:04:55]

Great!

The Unification Device had already begun capturing the space-time fragment.

But just then, several roars sounded, and some zombies suddenly charged out of the forest.

They were ordinary zombies, posing no real threat.

But this clearly indicated that Solomon and his crew hadn't entirely cleared this space-time fragment.

Solomon's face showed bulging veins; he was a bit angry.

After activating his skills, he violently and quickly dispatched these "uninvited guests"...

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