Chapter 188 The Alliance Grows
Chapter 188 The Alliance Grows
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Haven Camp hadn’t contributed much to the mission–aside from offering a night of food and shelter, all they’d done was tag along while Lucas‘ team moved the goods. The original agreement had been ten pieces of clothing per person, which should’vee out to about 2,000 items. However, due to their shady behavior. Theresa had shed that in half. Still, even 1,000 pieces were enough to get them through the winter, and Lucas had made sure they picked out the thickest ones.
Lucas was nothing if not fair. When they returned near K1 Camp, he had Graham drive Theresa and her group back to their camp, and even gifted them a whole truckload of clothing. It looked to be around 5.000 pieces. Combined with the batch Theresa had personally collected, she now had over 10,000 articles of clothing from this trip alone.
Of course, most of that had been thanks to Lucas. After all, he and his people had done the heavy lifting. this round. They had hauled away over 100,000 items total. With that stockpile, K1 Camp could make it through the winter and still have plenty left to trade with other camps for resources.
Back at her camp, Theresa wasted no time in spreading the wealth. In addition to the free round of winter coats she had handed outst time, she now instructed Tessa to put a portion of the new clothes into the supermarket at ultra–low prices: fifty points for a heavy coat, ten points for thermal baseyers. She also stocked plenty of underwear, socks, and kids‘ clothes.
Every time she gained a surplus, she gave a little more to her people, ensuring that life at zing Sun Camp stayed better than anywhere else. And that prosperity was reflected in the camp’s growth.
“Whoa, look at all the new clothes in the supermarket!”
“It’s gotta be from our leader!”
“She’s amazing!”
“She’s the best!”
With praise piling up and prosperity steadily climbing, the camp was about to reach its next tier. Just as Theresa was wondering how to push it even further, a new message came in.
<i>“</i><i>Dear </i><i>Theresa</i><i>, </i><i>you’ve </i><i>received </i><i>a </i><i>new </i><i>message </i><i>from </i><i>Sweet </i><i>Charlotte</i><i>.</i><i>” </i>
Theresa blinked, taking three seconds before finally recalling who Charlotte was.
“Charlotte Clove from Spark Camp?”
<i>“</i><i>Yes</i>. <i>She’s </i><i>from </i><i>Spark </i><i>Camp</i>. <i>Would </i><i>you </i><i>like </i><i>to </i><i>y </i><i>her </i><i>message</i><i>?</i><i>” </i>
“y it.”
With that, Tessa broadcast the message aloud. “Ms. Hall, this is Charlotte Clove. I heard you’ve formed something called the zing Sun Alliance and are nning to reim the cities. Is it true that those who join will have their teams supported and ess to discounted Evoloid? Spark Camp would love to join your alliance and fight alongside you. Would that be alright?”
Theresa’s eyes lit up. “Tessa, get in touch with Sweet Charlotte and let her know Spark Camp is officially part of the zing Sun Alliance!”
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The next second, a notification echoed in her mind. <i>“</i>Ding<i>–</i><i>You </i>now have two <i>allied </i>camps. The Alliance <i>trade </i>level has been unlocked. Camp <i>prosperity </i><i>has </i><i>increased</i><i>: </i><i>your </i><i>settlement </i><i>is </i><i>now </i>ssified as a <i>township</i><i>. </i>Resident bonuses activated: each resident will <i>receive </i><i>three </i><i>contribution </i><i>points </i><i>per </i><i>day</i>. Allied camps will now <i>earn </i>10 <i>points </i><i>for </i>every <i>10 </i>gleamstones traded.”
Theresa blinked again, staring at the sudden jump in her camp’s prosperity level just from gaining a single ally. And trade bonuses on top of that?
This is a thing now?
No sooner had Charlotte’s message ended than another alert followed. “Ding–Dear Theresa, you have an unread message from Your Ever–Patient Lucas. Shall I y it?”
“y it.”
Lucas‘ voice came through clearly. “Theresa, I’ve sent out word about your city–reiming alliance. Aside from Spark Camp, none of the other camps are responding. But Bennie Green from Hope Camp heard your n and ran some simtions. He wants to speak with you.”
Theresa scoffed. “What does <i>he </i>want?”
“Bennie says that with humanity’s current strength, we’re nowhere near ready to retake cities. ording to his models, the survivor–to–zombie power ratio is 1 to 30. That means for every one of us, there are thirty of them. If we’ve got 10,000 survivors left, we can only take on 300,000 zombies max.
“But Ansford alone had over a million residents before the outbreak. That means you’d have to clear at least 700,000 zombies just to make city remation feasible. And that’s assuming <i>everyone </i>joins–which won’t happen. Realistically, you might rally 1,000 fighters. Which means your odds of sess are 1,000th of what’s needed.
“His advice: don’t attack the cities. Focus on production. If you’re open to it, he’d like to invite you to join Hope Camp and co–develop technology.”
Theresa didn’t even blink. She lifted her eyeszily. “Don’t bother rying anything that clown has to say from now on.”