Natural Disaster Strikes: I Stockpiled Billions and Carved My Way Through the Apocalypse

Mu Jiuyue immediately focused her mind and thought: "What you said makes sense. How many people does Wang Fengchun have right now?"

“I estimate it to be between 20,000 and 30,000,” Lin Zhen said. “But almost every one of them is an elite force, with no civilians. That’s why I suspect that Wang Fengchun is probably the vanguard reconnaissance unit, and the real main force of the Beijing shelter is still behind.”

“Interesting.” Mu Jiuyue said, stroking her chin, “Let’s get Director Lin and Wei Lie over here and discuss this.”

"Alright, I've already sent my deputy to try and get close to Wang Fengchun, to see what information we can get out of him!" Lin Zhen said. "Just in case, and to get even more information, I suggest that I pretend to be the head of our Dawn Base. That way, we can gain his trust. Don't overthink it!"

"Is this even a problem? It's settled then." Mu Jiuyue rolled her eyes at him. "Am I the kind of petty person? I didn't even want to be the top leader, okay? It's all so stressful and exhausting. You guys just had to put me in this position."

Lin Zhen laughed: "Alright. I'll have someone brag to Wang Fengchun about it!"

Director Lin and Wei Lie arrived quickly.

Lin Zhen explained the situation again, and Director Lin immediately rubbed his hands and said, "Oh dear, this is a very bad thing! If the Beijing Shelter is really merged into the Southwest Shelter, it will really not be a good thing for us."

Wei Lie said, "But there are also many people in the capital's shelters. And we are so close now, if we fight each other, it will only result in mutual destruction no matter how we fight."

"It seems we can't stop the Capital Shelter from merging into the Southwest Shelter," Mu Jiuyue said. "However, I'm unwilling to just watch the people from the Capital Shelter send talent and supplies to Qi Wuguo. Qi Wuguo is already powerful enough; if we add this group from the Capital Shelter, our chances of winning will be reduced by another three points!"

"Gentlemen, can we think of a way to weaken the strength of the capital's shelter as much as possible?" Mu Jiuyue said. "Ideally, we should let Qi Wuguo take back an empty shell and a pile of garbage?"

“This is difficult. No, extremely difficult.” Wei Lie poured cold water on Mu Jiuyue’s enthusiasm: “With so many people and supplies in the Beijing shelter, do you think Qi Wuguo will remain indifferent? Wouldn’t he send someone to meet them? It’s possible that the place where Wang Fengchun is staying is the place where the Southwest Shelter is meeting with them.”

Mu Jiuyue sat up straight abruptly, her eyes narrowing. "Very likely. You've reminded me. So, we now face two choices. First, we can pretend we know nothing and continue moving northwest with our team. When the war breaks out, we can each rely on our own abilities. Second, we can stay here, do some minor things, and wait for the main force from the capital shelter to arrive. Then, we can find a way to sabotage their supplies, or at least sow discord between the southwest shelter and the capital shelter, preventing them from merging."

"What are your opinions?" Mu Jiuyue looked around at the other three people.

Lin Zhen, Wei Lie, and Director Lin all fell into deep thought.

Both of these choices have their advantages and disadvantages.

If it weren't for the threat of polar day and polar night, they could have stayed here, waited for the large group from the capital's shelter to arrive, then caused some trouble before leaving in style.

Anticipate the enemy's moves and strike first.

This is a very important strategy and tactic in military terms.

However, the arrival of polar day and polar night is uncertain. Moreover, they are not deploying light troops, but rather bringing with them hundreds of thousands of people from the Dawn Base—a huge burden.

If a decision is wrong, the price to pay could very well be the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.

This is a difficult situation.

Gains and losses are in your hands, you have to weigh them repeatedly.

Director Lin said, "My suggestion is that someone lead the main force to move northwest first, leaving a small force here to contain the Beijing Shelter and the Southwest Shelter."

Wei Lie said, "Don't forget, we still have the Central Shelter nearby! What if those three betray us and join the Southwest Shelter?"

The air suddenly became quiet.

Suddenly, all three of them looked at Mu Jiuyue at the same time.

Mu Jiuyue felt a chill run down her spine from all the stares: "What kind of looks are those? Why are you all looking at me like that?"

"September!" Director Lin said earnestly, "What's coming next might require you to use your body."

"What the heck? What does that mean?" Mu Jiuyue immediately exploded.

"Don't rush, don't rush, listen to us." Wei Lie quickly reassured Mu Jiuyue: "It's not about selling your female beauty, but selling your male beauty?"

"What?!" Mu Jiuyue was even more confused.

Lin Zhen, being straightforward and disliking beating around the bush, simply said, "Don't Hua Dandan and Yu Shi both like you? Go and keep them on your side! Make sure the Hua and Yu families firmly stand on the side of our Dawn Base. Once the Hua and Yu families are stabilized, the Kong family will naturally be stabilized as well. Right now, the Central Shelter is implicitly led by the Hua and Yu families. Although the Kong family has people, they lack food and medicine, so they also have to consider the Hua and Yu families' opinions."

"To subdue the enemy without fighting. In September, you bear a heavy responsibility!" Lin Zhen emphasized, saying, "As long as the people of the Central Shelter don't defect to the Southwest Shelter, we've already won half the battle!"

Wei Lie and Director Lin nodded in agreement.

Mu Jiuyue said with a stern face, "How am I supposed to keep Hua Dandan and Yu Shi in check? Are you suggesting I cooperate with their dating? Isn't that making things difficult for me?"

"No matter how difficult it is, can it be more difficult than the lives of hundreds of thousands of people?" the three people asked simultaneously.

Mu Jiuyue was stumped by the question: "Huh? This..."

"It's settled then!" Director Lin made the decision directly for Mu Jiuyue: "Jiuyue, you're in charge of stabilizing those three shelters in the central region, making them determined to go to the Northwest with us. Lin Zhen, continue to get close to Wang Fengchun and build relationships with the people at the Beijing shelter. You're originally from the Beijing faction, this is your home turf. Wei Lie, your father is at the Southwest shelter, you're responsible for sabotaging the relationship between the Southwest shelter and the Beijing shelter. Your father tricked you before, now it's your turn to trick him!"

Lin Zhen: "Yes!"

Wei Lie: "No problem!"

Mu Jiuyue asked, "Director Lin, what are you doing?"

Director Lin straightened his back and said, "Of course, it's about poaching people! The Central Shelter is controlled by the Kong, Hua, and Yu families. But the Beijing Shelter is different; their relationships aren't as clear-cut, and the boundaries aren't as defined. My father and elder brother said that many people are actually quite hesitant. My mission is to poach all these hesitant people and bring them to our Dawn Base!"

"My time at the shelter in Beijing was too short, and with all the commotion in September, I couldn't really make a significant impact. I had to leave in a hurry. Now that I have plenty of time, of course I want to recruit some talent!"

"How can we rebuild the Dawn Base without talent? My father and older brother have already made a list for me, and I'm going to poach people from that list one by one! My father and older brother have also said that their research teams can help out. The main strategy is to poach as many people as possible!"

"As long as we poach all their researchers, even if Qi Wuguo takes over the Beijing shelter, it will just be an empty shell!"

Mu Jiuyue, Lin Zhen, and Wei Lie simultaneously gave Director Lin a thumbs up.