Su Wan pulled her thoughts back. “Arrange things on Chen Shijie’s end.”
“Meet his needs as much as possible.”
“If there’s a shortage of supplies, tell me immediately.”
“Understood.” Feng Mu nodded and went to make the arrangements.
Su Wan stood at the corner of the stairs, watching the pariahs gradually relax in the warmth, mentally calculating her next move.
The Cold Wave would last fifteen to twenty days.
No one else would likely arrive during this time.
What she needed to do now was expand the Terminal Station to make the existing tenants more comfortable.
Su Wan closed her eyes and brought up the Main Quest panel in her mind.
【Main Quest: Rise of the Shelter - Final Chapter】
【Quest Objective: Successfully recruit and accept 10,000 Official Tenants (excluding existing tenants).】
【Current Progress: 5,186/10,000!】
【Time Remaining: 86 days, 3 hours.】
She hadn't expected the Main Quest to progress halfway so quickly!
Including the original two thousand-plus tenants, over seven thousand people were now gathered in the Terminal Station.
Nearly half of the pariahs were still waiting to move in, and room availability would only get tighter.
Bedrolls and figures lying on the floor were everywhere in the corridors, lobby, and stairwells.
Su Wan brought up the system panel and opened the Infrastructure Expansion interface.
Her gaze lingered for a moment on the option for Standardized Apartment Buildings.
One apartment building cost one hundred thousand Points and provided one hundred and twenty rooms.
She wasn't short on Points now. The rent, service fees, and convenience store profits generated by so many tenants daily had already reached a considerable amount.
But building apartment buildings one by one was only treating the symptoms, not the cause.
What the Terminal Station needed was a real, large-scale residential area capable of accommodating over ten thousand people, rather than a temporary settlement pieced together from scattered buildings.
Su Wan’s finger slid across the system panel, flipping through page after page of options.
Her gaze landed on a brand-new entry.
This entry had only unlocked after she completed the transfer of the Outer City’s management rights and the City Key was officially activated.
【Large Building Cluster Planning Authority (Activated)】
【Description: The Host can perform overall planning and construction of large-scale building clusters within the planned area around the bound building “Terminal Station.” This authority will automatically coordinate building layout, road connections, pipeline networks, and other infrastructure to ensure seamless integration between the new area and existing buildings.】
【Current Available Planning Area: All open land within a five-hundred-meter radius centered on the Terminal Station main building.】
【Note: This authority is one of the rewards for the “Rise of the Shelter - Final Chapter” Main Quest. The Host can fully utilize this authority to build the Terminal Station into a fully functional, large-scale survivor base.】
Su Wan clicked in, and a brand-new interface expanded in her consciousness.
It was a 3D map centered on the Terminal Station main building. Within the five-hundred-meter radius circular area, all open land was marked as a plannable zone.
There were already some building icons—the main building, side wings, apartment buildings, medical center, and others—distributed on the map, looking somewhat sparse.
Her gaze moved slowly across the map as she sketched the future of the Terminal Station in her mind.
Residential areas, medical areas, production areas, public facility areas, research areas, defense areas, as well as defensive fortifications and patrol routes planned for the perimeter of the shelter...
Everything had to be planned one by one.
Su Wan’s consciousness quickly marked the map. The function, location, and area of each zone gradually became clear in her mind.
“System, proceed with the overall construction according to the following plan—”
She converted the plan in her mind into specific commands and issued them through her consciousness.
“In the open land on the east side of the residential area, build twenty Standardized Apartment Buildings. Each building will have ten floors, with twelve rooms per floor, totaling two thousand four hundred rooms.”
“Maintain a five-meter spacing between each building and lay connecting roads...”
“Public facility area: Build three Public Cafeterias around the main building. Each will have two floors and can accommodate three thousand people dining simultaneously...”
“Build one Integrated Service Building with four floors, containing a convenience store, laundry room, barbershop, maintenance station, and other living facilities...”
“...”
“Build a perimeter wall along the edge of the planned area, four meters high and half a meter thick, made of concrete, with gates and patrol paths reserved.”
As Su Wan finished in one breath, building icons were rapidly being generated on the 3D map in her consciousness.
【Calculating construction plan...】
【Plan calculation complete.】
【Total expansion includes—】
【Apartment Buildings: 20 (2,400 rooms total)】
【Public Cafeterias: 3】
【Integrated Service Building: 1】
【Medical Center Expansion: 1】
【...】
【Perimeter Wall: 1 (approx. 3,140 meters)】
【Total Points Consumed: 7,280,000.】
【Current Points Balance: -2,430,000.】
Su Wan didn’t even blink at the glaring negative number.
Negative two million four hundred and thirty thousand.
It was far more debt than she had ever incurred before.
But she wasn’t panicked at all.
The Terminal Station now had over seven thousand tenants. The daily rent, plus convenience store profits, medical station income, service fees, and other revenue channels, meant the daily Points flow easily exceeded three million.
This was enough to maintain the Terminal Station’s daily operations and fill the hole left by this debt.
【Construction starting... Using “Rule-Overlay Silent Construction” mode. Estimated total time: 30 minutes.】
Su Wan didn’t wait around; instead, she turned and headed out the door.
Second basement level.
At the end of the corridor, in front of the innermost cell door, two Butler-C type robots, C13 and C14, stood straight, their electronic eyes flashing with red warning lights.
Seeing Su Wan, the two robots simultaneously stepped aside, clearing the doorway.
With a thought from Su Wan, the heavy alloy door slowly opened, and a draft of heavy, slightly damp air rushed out.
The cell wasn’t large, about ten square meters. It had rough concrete walls on all four sides, and a dim emergency light overhead emitted a faint white glow.
In the center of the room, Shen Han sat on an iron chair.
Her hands were fixed to the armrests with alloy shackles, and her ankles were also locked. Her body leaned forward slightly, her head bowed, and her long hair covered most of her face.
Hearing the door open, her head moved slightly but didn’t lift.
Su Wan stood in front of Shen Han and looked down at the middle-aged woman.
A Level 4 Mid Stage Ability User was a truly top-tier combat force in a small city like Panshi City, an existence capable of crushing everything.
“Shen Han,” Su Wan spoke, her voice calm.
Shen Han didn’t respond.
Su Wan crouched down and reached out to brush the messy hair from her face, revealing a face so ordinary it was almost bland.
She looked about forty years old with common features, but those eyes...
Her pupils were slightly dilated, and her gaze was vacant, like a shell without a soul.
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