Chapter 13 Fortifying the Camp
Chapter 13 Fortifying the Camp
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The rescue vehicles announced on the radio did not simply drive to where people were located and rescue them.
Instead, there was only one designated route for rescue.
The broadcast listed a few rtively safe areas for residents to gather, and the rescue vehicles would pick them up as they passed by.
This created an extremely dangerous situation.
Especially when the Halls realized that the rescue point was still quite far from them, they became highly reluctant to leave.
What if something went wrong on the journey? They were vulnerable with elderly and pregnant individuals among them. What would they do in that case?
Theresa calmly exined to them that they should not chase temporaryfort. Only by reaching the rescue point would they truly be safe. There would be government–issued food supplies there. Oliver’s wife could safely give birth, and elderly individuals like Elizabeth Winter–Theresa’s grandmother–would have a secure ce to live.
Most importantly, Theresa suspected that this rescue operation would notst..
They had to seize the opportunity now, or they would be left behind without anyone to help them.
After much discussion, the Halls decided to follow Theresa’s advice, taking all their supplies and leaving.
In fact, every one of Theresa’s predictions turned out to be correct.
They caught thest wave of rescue, which turned out to be the only one.
Later on, city–wide rescue efforts werepletely abandoned.
There were simply too many zombies, and the area could no longer be controlled. Only a small group of people could be rescued, and a safe zone was established as a camp.
The camp became the central gathering ce for humans to fight off the zombies. This was the inevitable shift in theter stages of the apocalypse.
This marked the fourth phase of the apocalypse, the age of camps.
Joining a camp early was extremely fortunate. Not only did they receive free supplies in the beginning, but they also had free housing. Those who joinedter had to give up all their belongings and find their own ce to set up shelter.
Theter they joined, the worse the situation became.
It could be said that Theresa was always on the right path.
However, the one mistake she made was treating the Halls as family.
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She had worked tirelessly for them, only to be cast out and left to fend off zombies on her own.
Theresa fully realized the harsh reality when they kicked her out.
One had to truly love oneself and grow.
One should never dream of having something that did not belong to them.
The so–called family had always been a figment of her imagination.
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Later, Theresa narrowly escaped from a sea of corpses and blood, eventually finding herself in another camp. Her mindset hadpletely shifted then.
She no longer needed love or to be loved. She had grown cold–hearted, with a rebellious streak deeply ingrained in her.
Then came the fifth phase of the apocalypse, the age of awakening abilities,
Theresa became the only Defense Corps captain without any abilities.
Even though she was surrounded by ability users, she firmly established herself on the top with her team consistently ranked first.
Everyone knew that if Theresa had any abilities, not only would the Defense Corps be hers, but the entire camp would likely belong to her.
Her strength came from herself.
However, as time passed, the conflict between humans and zombies grew increasingly difficult. The various camps were in chaos. In therger camps, conspiracies and schemes were rampant. Theresa ultimately sacrificed herself during a zombie siege at her camp.
“I do not care anymore. I will never go to someone else’s camp.”
Theresa rubbed her temples.
She had recovered from the memories of her past life.
The camps that emerged were not human sanctuaries. In the early stages, there were no rules, and everything was a mess. It was not a paradise for normal humans. It was a ce where only the strong survived.
There were very few truly good camps where people could live in rtive peace.
Theresa had be notorious in her camp for her ruthless nature, and it was this reputation that helped her rise to the top, where no one dared to challenge her.
One could not survive there unless they were tough.
“This is my camp!“.
She looked at the bunker she had built, and her eyes gleamed with determination.
She was determined to make her camp stronger and stronger.
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It would be her iron fortress.
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After confirming that the signals from other channels were down and no useful information was avable, she stood up to reinforce her camp once more.
She remembered that her camp fortification incentive period was still ongoing.
After some food and drink, Theresa took Summer to her garden.
She marked out an area and used some branches and deadwood she had recently collected to build a simple pen for the chickens and ducks.
Once the pen was finished, she waved her hand.
The twenty or so chickens and ducks she had purchased earlier all went inside.
She also set up a separate pen for two young sheep.
‘<i>Ding</i>! Chickens, ducks, and sheep were detected. Breeding and health potential of farm–animals maximized. They will never fall ill.’
Theresa was dumbfounded.
She had already watched as a hen clucked andid a warm egg right in front of her.
What a valuable asset.
She had to keep at it.
Theresa found a patch of opennd near the orchard, mainly looking for a spot with a good water source. It was close to her well and in a lower area. She began digging a pond.
It was strenuous work.
She spent the entire day just digging and finally managed to create a pond that was just the right size and square in shape.
Once the pond was dug, she carved a water channel from beneath her well. As soon as the channel was clear, water rushed in.
When the pond was filled, she waved her hand and released fish and shrimp into the water.
To keep the fish from eating the shrimp, she built a divider in the middle of the pond.
The fish and shrimp were kept separate.
<i>‘</i><i>Ding</i><i>! </i>Fish and shrimp ponds were detected. Breeding and health potential of the fish and shrimp. maximized. They will never get sick.‘
At first, Theresa was quite worried. Keeping a fish and shrimp farm required skill.
She was afraid she would fail at it, never expecting the system to handle everything for her.
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Having such a reliable system was truly a blessing.
She just had to keep moving forward, and the system took care of the rest.
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After getting her chickens, sheep, fish, and shrimp settled in, Theresa quickly focused on fortifying the
camp.
In her past life, she had been a squad leader in the Defense Corps, with extensive knowledge of infrastructure and security.
She had already set up basic defensive structures, such as high–voltage barbed wire, razor des,rge iron gates, and a basic bunker. Now, she needed some offensive features.
Though she could not buildrge offensive structures, setting up simple traps was well within her ability.
She asked Summer to keep an eye on the house while she went further into the mountain forest outside the wire fence to set the traps.
If anyone came, they would get caught in the traps.
The traps would be a clear warning for them to leave.
Theresa spent the whole day digging ten trap pits.
She considered all the major paths that outsiders might take to approach.
She ced the traps along the most likely routes.
Once the traps were ready, the system’s voice rang in her mind.
<i>‘</i><i>Ding</i><i>! </i>Ten traps were detected. Trap attack power increased a hundred fold.
Before Theresa could feel proud, another sound followed.
<i>‘</i><i>Ding</i><i>! </i>Basic camp defensepleted. Commence evaluation.‘”
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