Crossing the wilderness to survive, starting with a broken kitchen knife.

Before going to sleep, Zhang Shi recruited for the barracks again. Due to the limited number of barracks, he could only build one for the time being, so Zhang Shi was still recruiting assault soldiers this time.

What he thought was that if the soldiers he recruited all had a physique like Dazhuang, he would train a team. After they were formed, they would be responsible for guarding the shelter and dealing with invasions by outsiders. After the team grew in size, he would consider taking the initiative to go out and explore the wilderness.

Thinking about future plans, Zhang Shi fell asleep accompanied by ice.

Nothing happened that night. Zhang Shi woke up the next morning, full of energy. It was the fourth day of the extremely hot weather, and the temperature outside was still so hot and unbearable. The ice that was moved to the room last night had melted into a basin of water.

After stretching, Zhang Shi clicked the golden finger to sign in.

System prompts, congratulations on signing in and getting:

[Barracks (White) x4: You can recruit soldiers by consuming resources. The initial rank of the recruited soldiers is equal to the level of the barracks.]

Zhang Shi smiled proudly. Although the props he signed in for this time were of the most basic ordinary level, the quantity was gratifying, which was exactly what Zhang Shi urgently needed at the moment.

By remotely placing the barracks together through the system, Zhang Shi discovered that last night's recruitment had been completed, and the soldiers appeared in front of the barracks as he wished.

Zhang Shi trotted to the barracks and found a young man of ordinary height and appearance in front of the door. He took a look at his attributes and found that there was a big gap compared to Zhang Dazhuang.

Race: human

Experience value: Level 1

Grade: Ordinary

Power: 4

Agility: 4

Constitution: 3

Mana: 1

Talent: None

Ability value: 3

"It seems that the attributes of the recruited soldiers are random."

Before the soldiers could speak, Zhang Shi spoke first.

"From now on, you will be called Zhang Er, and Zhang Dazhuang will be in charge of your management. Your job is to protect the safety of the people and property in the shelter."

After saying that, Zhang Shi handed him a set of the same fine iron equipment.

Zhang Er excitedly put on his armor, picked up his spear, knelt on one knee, and saluted Zhang Shi respectfully.

"I am willing to swear allegiance to you, my lord, until death!"

Zhang Shi nodded in satisfaction, then called Dazhuang and asked him to lead the newcomers to familiarize themselves with the environment. At the same time, he recruited five groups of soldiers, and their arms were still assault troops.

"Recruiting soldiers is taking a long time. I wonder if upgrading the barracks can shorten the recruitment cycle. Also, the consumption of gold coins is quite high. I need to find a way to make money."

Ge Dalong and Zhao Feng walked up to Zhang Shi at some point and heard him mumbling to himself while squatting in front of the barracks gate. After looking at each other, Ge Dalong patted Zhang Shi on the shoulder.

"Don't worry too much. The barracks upgrade isn't unlocked yet. I guess we'll have to wait until the next phase of the shelter for anything to happen. As for gold coins, everyone still has some. If you pool them together, it'll be enough for you to form a team. Once you've formed a team and the shelter's safety is guaranteed, won't there be plenty of ways to make money?"

Zhang Shi nodded, feeling that Ge Dalong's words made sense. With his current productivity, he couldn't afford to support a large-scale team for the time being. It would be safer to develop slowly and step by step.

After breakfast, the group sat in their room, idly staring blankly. All the chores in the shelter had been assigned to others, leaving Zhang Shi to simply sit back and relax. It was too hot outside, and Zhang Shi had no plans to go out, so he simply stayed home and lurked in the chat room.

What Zhang Shi didn't expect was that Zhang Dazhuang was actually training with Zhang Er under the scorching sun. The temperature outside was already beyond the limit of what ordinary creatures could endure, but the two soldiers were acting like nothing had happened, practicing military boxing under the scorching sun.

Zhang Shi walked out of the fortress curiously and asked about their situation.

"Reporting to the Lord, we feel fine. The weather is a bit hot, but it has not affected our work at all."

After hearing what Zhang Dazhuang said, Zhang Shi made another bold guess.

"Could it be that these soldiers recruited through the system are resistant to natural disasters?"

Zhang Shi decided to wait for a chance to test it out later, but since the two soldiers ignored the effects of the extreme heat, Zhang Shi decided to maximize their advantages.

"When there are no external enemies invading, you can patrol the area around the sanctuary and kill or drive away wild animals. If you come across anything valuable, you can collect it. However, your safety is the most important thing. If there is a threat to your life, remember to put your own safety first."

Zhang Dazhuang and Zhang Er nodded, packed up their equipment and went out to explore excitedly.

Zhang Shi's original intention was to train the two new recruits, but unexpectedly he got an unexpected reward.

In the afternoon, Zhang Shi inexplicably received a system prompt.

"Ding, experience gained 200."

Not long after, Zhang Dazhuang and Zhang Er returned to the shelter dragging a wild bull.

Zhang Shi saw the two of them from a distance, so he went out to check out what was going on out of curiosity.

"Lord, following your orders, we patrolled the area surrounding the sanctuary. On the way, we encountered this wild bull blocking our way and killed it."

Although the wild bull was an ordinary beast, Zhang Shi licked his lips with great satisfaction. He used the system to easily decompose the wild bull into beef. Then he called Xiaomei and asked her to make a sumptuous meal with beef in the evening.

Zhang Er carefully presented a treasure chest with both hands.

"My Lord, this is the spoils we found during this outing. Please take a look."

Zhang Shi was stunned to find that the treasure chest was of exquisite grade. Before opening the treasure chest, Zhang Shi suddenly had an idea.

"Just in time, the effect of the title of Bravely Leading the Way has been refreshed. Let's see if I can upgrade the treasure chest."

Swish, as a purple light fell on the treasure chest, Zhang Shi knew that it was a success.

Sure enough, a purple metal treasure chest appeared in front of Zhang Shi.

After giving the two soldiers some high-quality food as a reward, Zhang Shi sent them away and used his VIP privileges to open the treasure chest.

Ding, successfully opened the rare treasure chest (purple), triggered the VIP privilege, doubled the items, and obtained:

[Skill Card - Shadow Step (Purple) x2: Develops a mobility skill. After using, you can flash behind the target, increasing the damage of the next attack by 50% for 3 seconds.]

Zhang Shi happened to lack such skills, making up for his lack of mobility. Without hesitation, he learned one of the skill cards, and a purple skill appeared in his skill bar.

Zhang Shi discovered that this skill was different from Triple Strike and could actually be upgraded by swallowing a skill card. He happened to have an identical Shadow Step skill card in his hand, so Zhang Shi directly clicked on Swallow.

An experience bar appeared below the Shadow Step skill, and the experience bar that was originally 0 directly increased to 80%.

"It seems that the experience gained by devouring a skill card with the same name is higher."

Zhang Shi did some research and found that the range of this skill is about a 10-meter circle. The use of the skill requires a selectable unit within the range, whether it is an enemy or a teammate, who can be used as a springboard.

Excitedly trying out the Shadow Step, Zhang Shi suddenly flashed behind Pippi who was napping in the living room, giving it a fright.

Zhang Shi looked at the CD time which was only 5 seconds, laughed out loud, picked up Pippi and comforted her gently.