“Actually, the candidates could have been determined long ago. When Lin Qiang attacked the manor, more than half of the people inside ran away, accounting for as much as eighty percent of the total.”

Duan Lei switched the large screen in front of the central control room to the manor's feed, pointing at the people in the residential building:

“These remaining people all chose to stay for various reasons. Although some of them were just hoping for the best, wanting to wait and see, or because they were too old or too young to escape, at least to me, they were willing to stay and face the most critical moment with the manor base!

So, I want to directly grant everyone who is still in the manor the qualification to enter the fortress as a reward for sharing weal and woe with the manor base in times of crisis!

In this way, the people who come later will definitely know about this, and this first group of people can be considered a role model!”

“It's your decision, I don't care!”

Li Chenzhou smiled and said:

“I run back and forth between the two worlds because only I can use Slaughter Points to exchange for various things. So, strictly speaking, I am just a logistics officer.

In the future, how our world will be managed depends on you. As for the other side, we can only rely on Captain Li and Gray Bear. I can't help, because I can't improve my level, otherwise, I won't be able to come back!”

“I understand!”

Duan Lei nodded:

“Don't worry, Boss, I know what to do! To fight the Devourers, what we need most is warriors. As long as we have enough strength, no matter which world the Devourers are in, we don't have to be afraid of them. If we don't have the strength, we can't escape the Devourers' plunder no matter where we hide!”

“That's right! It's useless to rely on us alone to fight the Devourers. How many of us are there?”

Li Chenzhou nodded and said:

“We need a large number of warriors, and that's up to you. All I can provide is evolution potions! When the time comes, I will take them to the Duoluo world to train, but once they go, there are only two situations in which they can return.

One, of course, is when we completely wipe out the Devourers, and the other is when our war in the Duoluo world fails, and we fail to contain the Devourers, causing them to invade our world. At that time, they can return to this world and continue to fight the Devourers. You must make this clear to everyone and make sure they are willing to go to the Duoluo world!”

“Don't worry, Boss, I know this even if you don't say it. I definitely won't deceive them into going!”

Duan Lei nodded in response.

“Alright! You can handle it yourself. To be honest, you are the only one among everyone I trust the most. I originally planned to take you to the Duoluo world, but your abilities are more useful here!”

Li Chenzhou nodded:

“Then you can handle things here! I also plan to build a war fortress in Qing City. When the time comes, I can integrate all the bases such as the prison, Wu Village, and the war reserve depot. Think about how to operate it first.

I will leave now and take Gray Bear alone. When I get there, I will upgrade Gray Bear's level, and then I will come back to confirm the world level here!”

“This… how do you confirm it?”

Duan Lei couldn't help but ask.

“Isn't there a Devourer in Qing City? When I come back, we will go and recover Qing City, and then we will know, right? If he is still at level three, it means that upgrading in the Duoluo world will not affect us here. If he is at level four…”

Li Chenzhou looked at Duan Lei:

“Then we can only retreat and prepare for war with all our strength!!!”

“Okay! Then Boss, you go first, and be careful!”

Hearing Li Chenzhou's words, Duan Lei finally understood why Li Chenzhou didn't take people directly to Qing City after setting up the war fortress here. It turned out that the Devourer there was specially left by Li Chenzhou to test the world level.

“Okay!”

Li Chenzhou patted Duan Lei on the shoulder, then went over to call Gray Bear and left the manor with him.

Duan Lei has the highest authority over the war fortress here. Others will also stay here to help Duan Lei settle the manor completely!

The manor base currently has no shortage of resources at all. Qingluan focused on development before, collecting all the resources in the explored areas while saving people.

After that, the huge convoy brought by Gray Bear also carried a large amount of various materials, especially various vehicles. The vehicles of Gray Bear's convoy, as well as the vehicles that Lin Qiang used to transport people back and forth, are really countless!

Therefore, Duan Lei needs to be busy for a while to build the manor, especially when they need to face the Devourers in the future. The construction of the base is definitely the top priority!

Consider failure before victory. For Duan Lei, what he needs to consider is facing the worst possible situation. He can't naively think that Li Chenzhou and the others will definitely be able to defeat the Devourers.

Therefore, Duan Lei is already considering digging a very long tunnel under the manor base, directly leading to the mountains behind, and then choosing a mountain with harder rock, hollowing out the mountain, and using it as a shelter!

As for those vehicles, Duan Lei thought for a while, called the Li Yunshan team, told Li Yunshan his thoughts, and then added:

“What I'm thinking is, although we have a war fortress, I looked at the small world of the war fortress. If we look at it from the perspective of long-term living, a war fortress can accommodate up to about 100,000 people, including the combat personnel of the fortress!”

In fact, according to the size of the small world of the war fortress, let alone 100,000 people, a million people would be fine, but humans need to survive, and they can't just squeeze in like they are on a subway.

Farmland, livestock areas, and other functional areas will occupy a lot of land, so that the people inside can rely on themselves to survive without receiving any assistance.

Duan Lei carefully calculated that 100,000 people would be just right. If necessary, 120,000 people would not be impossible, but any more than that would not work.

Hundreds of thousands of people sound like a lot, but compared to the number of survivors they want to save in the entire country, it is still a drop in the bucket.

Therefore, Duan Lei plans to directly regard the mountains behind as the main direction for establishing his base. He wants to hollow out a mountain first and imitate the people of the Duoluo world to build an underground base.

After all, the Duoluo world has survived under the shadow of the Devourers for so long, so their way of life can definitely be used as a reference. If it fails, at least humans can still move underground to hide.

Although no one wants to accept this kind of life, it can at least leave a glimmer of hope for humanity…