Apocalypse: The Primordial Pearl Recognizes Its Master, Starting with Infinite Space

After all the captains and other members solemnly took away their Life Crystals, Li Ya still had one last emerald green crystal left in her hand.

She hesitated for a moment, her gaze sweeping across the somewhat noisy dining area, finally settling on a young girl who was quietly chatting and laughing with her companion, happily eating breakfast.

"Zhang Yanyu." Li Ya's voice wasn't loud, but it clearly pierced through the surrounding laughter and chatter.

The girl looked up abruptly at the sound, a small mouthful of porridge still in her mouth. Her expression instantly shifted from relaxed to surprised and slightly nervous. She quickly swallowed her food and stood up: "Here! Sister Ya, you wanted to see me?"

The surrounding conversations quieted down, and many curious glances were cast their way.

Li Ya walked up to her, opened her palm, and the Life Crystal shimmered alluringly under the cafeteria lights.

"This is a reward from Brother Lin and me for your actions yesterday. You held off that level two zombie, creating an opportunity for your teammates and preventing potential casualties. Well done."

Zhang Yanyu stared wide-eyed at the spirit crystal so close to her face, pointing incredulously at herself: "For...for me? But Sister Ya, I just joined, yesterday I just...just did what I was supposed to do..."

"What needs to be done may not be something everyone can do, let alone do well," Li Ya said calmly but firmly. "Contributions are not ranked, but merits must be remembered. Take this; it's what you deserve."

Zhang Yanyu took a deep breath, her hands trembling slightly as she accepted the seemingly warm crystal, clutching it tightly in her palms. Then, she bowed deeply to Li Ya and to Lin Chen, who was sitting not far away.

Her voice trembled slightly with excitement but was exceptionally loud: "Thank you, Sister Ya! Thank you, Brother Lin! I... I will definitely use it well, work harder to kill zombies, protect my teammates, and never let you down!"

"Yes, I look forward to your future performance." Li Ya patted her shoulder and turned to walk back to the main table.

Her gaze swept over the pairs of eyes around her—eyes filled with envy, excitement, and resolute determination—and she raised her voice slightly, "Everyone sees it. In Tianshui Garden, your abilities, your courage, and your contributions will be seen, and you will certainly receive the rewards you deserve! This is not empty talk!"

"Yes!" A chorus of uneven but enthusiastic responses rang out in the cafeteria.

Lin Chen picked up his soy milk, took a sip, and whispered to Li Ya, who had returned to his side, "This sets a good example."

His voice wasn't loud, but Su Yun, Liu Feifei, and others nearby could hear it.

Li Ya raised an eyebrow slightly and lowered her voice, "We need to let people know that following us and risking their lives is worthwhile. As for the vice-captains, a day's respite shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"No problem," Lin Chen nodded. "Only when rules are established can people's hearts be united."

During breakfast time, eleven more S-class ability users and a full two hundred A-class ability users joined the team!

What delighted Lin Chen even more was that when Li Ya was organizing the list later, she specifically came over and pointed to a few names, saying, "Look, we've found some gems among this batch of newcomers. Two have earth-based digging talents, and one can turn objects into metal. Hua Hua and the others have help now, so things can finally be a bit easier."

"That's really good," Lin Chen said, looking at the list. "It will speed up the underground project considerably."

It is now the sixth day of the apocalypse.

Excluding Lin Chen, the total number of superhumans in the core combat sequence of Tianshui Garden has reached 840.

Among them, there are seventeen S-level experts, and the remaining eight hundred and twenty-three are all A-level experts!

After breakfast, Li Ya immediately got into the swing of things, clapped her hands, and gathered the captains and vice-captains aside.

She unfolded a simple list and chart, speaking rapidly:

"Of the two hundred newly awakened individuals, prioritize selecting the pure support-type members and assign them to Sister Yun. For the remaining combat-oriented personnel, we will establish three new combat squads based on the principle of 'veterans mentoring newcomers'."

She looked at the veteran team leaders: "Liu Feifei, select two experienced members from your team, they need to be reliable. Zhou Xiaomin, you should provide a potential vice-captain. Ma Xiaoyan, your team should provide two combat backbone members..." She quickly called out names, allocating the backbone resources.

"Sister Ya, what about your own team..." Liu Feifei couldn't help but ask. Li Ya's team had always been the best.

Li Ya smiled and crossed out a string of names from her team's roster: "I'm splitting up here, and the core members will be added to three new teams to form the framework. I just broke through to Tier 3 last night, so I can carry a team by myself. The new team captains..."

Her gaze fell on Zhang Yanyu, who was carefully absorbing life crystals not far away, her body faintly glowing. She raised her voice: "Zhang Yanyu!"

"Here!" Zhang Yanyu stood up straight immediately.

"You are hereby appointed as the captain of the newly established Eleventh Combat Team. You will have a one-month probationary period! Get to know your team members quickly, as you will be leading the team independently soon!"

Zhang Yanyu was taken aback at first, then her face lit up with immense joy and a hint of fear. She immediately straightened her back and loudly replied, "Yes!"

Li Ya said no more, and waved her hand: "All teams, assemble according to the new formation. Complete equipment collection and pre-battle checks within one hour, and we will depart on time!"

Everyone responded enthusiastically and quickly got to work.

"What about the remaining 1,500-plus who haven't awakened yet?" Lin Chen looked at Su Yun and asked directly. "With so many people and so many things to deal with, we need to avoid any trouble."

Su Yun clearly had a plan in mind, and answered clearly and logically: "I've made a preliminary division. About four hundred people, those with meticulous personalities or management potential, will be assigned to various shops and exchange points in the inner city, where they can learn on the job and also reduce the pressure on the existing staff. As for the other 1,100 people, I plan to hand them all over to Sister Liang."

Liang Siqi pushed up her glasses and continued, "Lin Chen, Xiaoyu and I have done a preliminary study of those robots, drones, mechanical dogs, and weapon parts you gave me last time."

"We have an idea to try manually assembling and modifying a batch of 'unmanned combat platforms,' or at least armed reconnaissance units. The control core is uniformly dispatched by Xiaoyu. In extremely dangerous or repetitive, exhausting missions, they will be more efficient and 'fearless' than human personnel."

"What we lack now is enough manpower for disassembly and assembly. These more than a thousand people can be divided into groups for assembly line work. Even if the efficiency is a bit low, we can still assemble some products."

After listening, Lin Chen seemed to understand something: "That's a good idea. Guangzhou itself is a manufacturing base for unmanned equipment, with a complete industrial chain."

I'm thinking, once the university town is cleared out and the teams are resting, should we organize a special operation to acquire a few key small production lines, or at least bring back important blueprints, core components, and technical data?

Liang Siqi's eyes lit up: "That would be great! Even if it's just a semi-automated production line, with Xiaoyu's control, our 'Iron Legion' concept can be realized much faster! However..."

She calmed down, "This isn't as simple as moving a few machines; it involves upstream and downstream support systems and skilled workers..."

"I know," Lin Chen waved his hand, "so this is just a preliminary plan. At this stage, we have to take it one step at a time. Su Yun, Sister Liang, I'm entrusting these more than a thousand people to you. Make sure they are well taken care of, that they are not idle, and that nothing goes wrong. Stabilizing internal operations and infrastructure is the top priority right now."

"Understood." Su Yun and Liang Siqi nodded at the same time and went about their respective tasks.