Mechanic endlessly amassing troops in the apocalypse

Chapter 54 Ambush

They led the large crowd back to the hotel.

We arrived at the tenth floor.

The rooms here have already been cleaned out by Wan'er and the others.

There are plenty of rooms, enough for all these people to live in.

Everyone was quite excited to see such a nice living environment.

Li Fei glanced around and saw that, including Wang Meng, there were only five able-bodied young men.

The others were mostly middle-aged women, or elderly men and women.

Clearly, this wave of survivors cannot provide much combat power, and perhaps not much labor either.

He felt a slight pang of regret, but then he thought: as long as they can provide faith points, keeping them around isn't a bad idea. Once the base matures, they might find their place.

"Old Wang, come here for a second." Li Fei waved to Wang Meng, who was helping to settle in.

Wang Meng put down his work and jogged over: "Boss, what are your orders?"

Li Fei moved closer to Wang Meng and said, "Old Wang, I actually consider you a friend too, so I'm being a bit blunt. Don't mind."

Wang Meng's expression turned serious. "Boss, you're looking down on me. I, Wang Meng, will never change my mind about who I'm your boss. Say whatever you want."

Li Fei nodded and explained, "You should also know that your group of survivors doesn't have much fighting power, or to put it bluntly, most of them are just burdens."

Wang Meng lowered his head, his face dark. He knew perfectly well that these were his fellow villagers who had taken good care of his family after he joined the army. He couldn't just watch them die.

Li Fei roughly knew what he was thinking, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted him, "Don't worry, I won't abandon them, but I need to set a standard that from now on, everyone in my team must receive supplies based on their work."

"Of course," Wang Meng replied immediately.

Li Fei continued, "So, if they can't find a place to realize their value, I can only provide them with the most basic necessities. While it won't let them starve, they won't live very well either."

Wang Meng nodded solemnly: "Brother Fei, in this world, it's already a great favor that they don't starve to death. Don't worry, I will help them find work."

"Okay, that's enough." Li Fei showed an appreciative look. "The team is still yours to lead. I only have one requirement: try your best not to lose any members."

"clear!"

After giving his instructions, Li Fei returned to the top floor.

"Brother Fei, how is it?" Su Wan'er asked impatiently.

"Everything is settled."

"So what should Mu Cheng and I do next?" she asked somewhat nervously.

Li Fei chuckled: "Don't worry, you don't need to worry about the people below from now on. I've given this job to Wang Meng. He already led that team and has experience."

Hearing this, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, that's good."

"But you're not completely out of the woods yet," Li Fei continued, "From now on, you'll be in charge of distributing the food. Don't make sure they eat well, just make sure they don't starve."

The two women nodded repeatedly.

After finishing his meal, Li Fei returned to Cangnan Star.

Unexpectedly, there were several missed calls on the smartwatch.

When I opened it, I was surprised to find that it was the sheriff who had called.

There were several more text messages above—"Li Fei, please call back as soon as you see this."

What... what's going on? It feels like something big has happened.

Li Fei didn't delay and immediately dialed back.

The phone rang only once before it was answered.

"Hey, Sheriff."

Before he could finish speaking, Lawrence launched into a tirade of insults.

"You little bastard, instead of staying home to recover from your injury, where have you been?"

Li Fei was taken aback, but then realized that Lawrence must have called but couldn't reach him, so he ran into the store.

He quickly explained, "Sheriff, I've actually recovered quite a bit, I just wanted to go out for a walk."

"Go away my ass! Go back and stay here. Don't go out." Lawrence's tone was particularly stern.

Hearing this, Li Fei became even more puzzled.

Why do I have to stay home?

"Sheriff, I'm at home right now. What happened?"

There was a two-second silence on the other end before the reply came: "A psionic madman has come to town and killed many people. All our officers and temporary workers are now working with the Terrorist SWAT team to find him. You should stay at home and not go out."

A psionic madman? Li Fei was taken aback; this was a rare sight in the settlement. He quickly asked, "Sheriff, how many points will I get if I catch a psionic madman?"

The person on the other end immediately launched into a tirade: "You little bastard, what's going on in your head? Points, points, is that all you ever think about? We told you to focus on healing, so just stay here and don't cause any more trouble, you hear me? Don't go out!"

After cursing, he hung up the phone.

Li Fei was completely bewildered. "What's going on here? Everyone's looking for me, why won't they let me go?"

Well, since that's how it's been said, Li Fei was too lazy to try and win them over. What if they arrested someone and then denied it, and he didn't get the points? That would be a huge loss. He decided to just rest at home. The food he bought during the day should have arrived by now.

Upon going outside, I indeed saw a mountain of grain piled up in the yard.

There is a full ton of rice, beans, and other ingredients here.

Li Fei plans to store most of the stock in a warehouse and a small portion in the apocalypse.

He picked up a bag of grain, preparing to move it into the warehouse, but suddenly stopped.

In the distance, the setting sun is sinking below the horizon.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, dust billowed as something approached at an alarming speed.

In just five seconds, it had rushed from a hundred meters away to right in front of us.

Li Fei's pupils contracted—

It was a mechanical creation that resembled a cheetah!

He didn't have time to think it through and instinctively summoned the Fortress Mech.

The armor instantly covered his entire body.

Almost simultaneously, the mechanical leopard pounced on him!

boom--!

A deafening bang of metal colliding exploded.

Li Fei barely managed to block the attack with his arm shield, but the powerful impact still sent him sliding back several meters.

My shield value plummeted, but luckily I triggered a perfect parry, instantly restoring it to 90%.

However, Li Fei dared not be careless at all.

With a thought, the formation began to activate.

In just ten seconds, the twenty-five mechanical cats from the apocalypse will be teleported here.

But the mechanical leopard, having missed its first attack, did not pause at all and pounced again!

boom!boom!boom!boom!

The continuous heavy blows made Li Fei's arm go numb. Fortunately, after absorbing the attribute crystal core, his physique was greatly improved. Otherwise, even with the help of a mecha, he would probably have been knocked to the ground.

What shocked him most was not the leopard's strength, but the attack skill it had just used—a surprise pounce.

Mechanical Cat also possesses this ability.

Li Fei had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

But there was no time to think too much now; the mechanical leopard attacked one after another, leaving him overwhelmed.

Unlike the scarred man I fought that day, this mechanical cat attacked more frequently and moved extremely fast.

It's very difficult to block.

Fortunately, it doesn't have the same attack power as the scarred man.

After a series of battles, the shield value was still at 90%, and the situation was still under control.

But just then, BOOM! Another loud bang erupted in the arena.

A bullet, seemingly from nowhere, struck Li Fei directly in the abdomen.

He was sent flying backwards.

It hit the wall.