Chapter 20 Upgrade the Signal Tower and build a Base Forum!

Night fell, and zombies ran rampant! On night Zombies Become Crazy! Countless people shivered in the darkness.

Ji Yan's A1 Shelter became the only light source in the entire City, with numerous searchlights illuminating the night sky and the chaotic battlefield outside the base.

Tens of thousands of zombie corpses were burned to ashes after their crystals were dug out!

A foul stench permeated the air, but Ji Yan was in a rather good mood.

Because this wave yielded over 20,000 crystals, with this wealth, his Shelter could undergo more upgrades and evolutions.

"Adam, do you have any suggestions for the upcoming Shelter strengthening plan?" Ji Yan asked.

"Reporting, Master!" After a brief analysis, Adam suggested, "Currently, the base's firearms and ammunition reserves are very abundant, fully supporting a series of high-efficiency operations, but the number of soldiers is severely insufficient."

"First, you should repair all android gestation pods as soon as possible to expand the Guard Team's numbers and strengthen your armed forces."

"Secondly, you can use existing material reserves to vigorously attract high-quality survivors to the Shelter and recruit survivors to form mercenary forces to serve you."

"Finally, it is recommended to encourage survivors to venture out, scavenge for crystals, and continuously strengthen various equipment in the Shelter."

Adam's series of suggestions flowed fluently.

Ji Yan nodded silently.

It indeed seemed to be the case at present.

The Guard Team's number of five hundred was still too small compared to millions of zombies.

The scale of android soldiers must be increased as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if they encountered a large-scale zombie siege, a few hundred people would be overwhelmed in minutes.

Attracting high-quality survivors to settle in was also something that must be continuously done.

Selecting young and strong individuals from survivors to serve as mercenaries could also enhance the base's hard power.

Ultimately, Ji Yan decided to upgrade the android base's configuration first!

Clicking on the system panel, he could see that the android base was currently primary, and upgrading to intermediate required consuming 3,000 crystals.

"Upgrade!"

Ji Yan decisively clicked upgrade.

"Ding! 3,000 crystals consumed successfully. The android base has been upgraded to intermediate, now possessing 300 gestation pods!"

"Upgrade again!"

"Ding! 6,000 crystals consumed. The android base has been upgraded to advanced, now possessing 500 gestation pods!"

After two consecutive upgrades!

The android base located on the 36th floor had undergone a significant transformation!

The damaged gestation pods inside had long since disappeared.

The entire base was filled with rows of gestation pods, numbering as many as 500, which meant that Ji Yan could now gestate 500 androids daily.

Now, Ji Yan had only 3,532 crystals left; the wealth he had just earned was quietly depleted.

"Adam, initiate the cultivation program!" Ji Yan commanded, "Cultivate combat-type androids exclusively."

"Yes!"

Adam agreed.

The cultivation program for the 500 gestation pods was reactivated.

Another 10,000 crystals were consumed.

Immediately after, Ji Yan decided to upgrade the base's signal tower equipment.

This was a wireless signal transmitting and receiving device located outside the base.

Its technological content far surpassed modern base station signal towers, and it was currently in a damaged state.

Once upgraded and repaired, it could emit a powerful network signal, creating a local area network within a hundred-mile radius, allowing people in the vicinity to communicate wirelessly.

Why did Ji Yan want to upgrade the signal tower?

Mainly because Adam's capabilities were limited without internet and power.

Secondly, once a network was established, it could connect with the outside world, which would also be very convenient for him to attract excellent survivors.

At that time, Ji Yan would only need to post messages online about exchanging supplies for crystals!

Over a million survivors in the City would eagerly help him hunt zombies.

A continuous stream of crystals would flow into his hands, wouldn't that be wonderful?

Moreover, future operations like fighter jets taking off for combat would also require support from the signal tower; otherwise, they would lose contact with the base in minutes.

"That's what we'll do!"

Ji Yan pondered for a moment, then decisively clicked to upgrade the signal tower on the system panel.

"Ding! 3,000 crystals consumed successfully. Your base's signal tower has been upgraded to intermediate, and its current signal coverage radius is 100 miles!"

A flash of light passed, and the signal tower outside the base immediately rose significantly!

As blue lights flickered, a powerful signal source was emitted, providing a new signal network to the City that had been without internet for many days.

And this signal was open!

Anyone with a charged mobile phone could log in.

However, this did not mean that survivors could go online for entertainment, as the entire world was in chaos; even with signal and network, major websites were inaccessible.

At most, they could make phone calls or log into specific local area networks.

"Adam, how's the signal?" Ji Yan asked.

"Reporting, Master, the signal source is very strong!" Adam replied, "The signal currently covers 43% of the City area, and many places that could not be monitored due to network outages have now regained control."

"Mm!"

Ji Yan nodded with satisfaction.

There was truly a significant difference between an AI like Adam with and without a network.

It required strong network signal support for many of its functions to be fully utilized.

In the coming period, the City might gradually lose power supply, and even stored electricity would be used up, so a signal alone would not be enough. The next step would be to consider laying power lines and installing cameras throughout the City.

Of course, these were matters for the future; for now, there was no need!

"The signal network is handled!" Ji Yan casually instructed, "Immediately create an open base chat forum. This forum should have news, chat, and announcement functions, and in the future, it can be used for our external recruitment and mission assignments, as well as material exchange for crystals and other activities."

"At the same time, publish a simple introduction to this base, as well as a resident recruitment application window, allowing survivors to apply freely."

"Yes!"

Adam quickly understood Ji Yan's intention.

By searching and detecting various network forum models.

In just 0.1 seconds, it had completed the creation of a base forum and thoughtfully uploaded a large amount of content posts, including many guides for dealing with zombies.

This was definitely a very useful forum for many survivors.

After Ji Yan took out his phone and connected to the network, the forum automatically popped up!

The most prominent features on the homepage were the image and video introduction of A1 Shelter, and the resident recruitment application window; it was believed that anyone who logged into this forum would inevitably be attracted.