An Nuan was strolling in the residential complex and noticed that some houses in the villa area had sustained damage, though not severe.
The developer was quite conscientious.
"This community is well-located, nestled against the mountains and by the water. There's a river four kilometers away, and the land is flat, offering high development potential."
"You want to develop it? Where would we find people to do that now?"
"As long as there's food and supplies, there will always be labor."
Fu Yunting mused that if labor was insufficient, the zombies could be made to do the work.
It would be more efficient and less troublesome.
An Nuan actually wanted to redevelop the community too.
Originally, this area occupied a large tract of land, with few residents, and she had even eliminated some of them.
Backed by Guishan Mountain, with two small lakes, it seemed ideal for transforming into a base.
However, An Nuan wasn't knowledgeable about architecture and wasn't sure if it would be feasible.
Fu Yunting saw through her thoughts.
"If you want to renovate, technical aspects are not a problem, nor is labor. We just need to find a few more senior engineers, preferably connecting your area and my building into a single line."
An Nuan was stunned by his proposal.
Although Fu Yunting's energy building wasn't in the city center, it was near the economic development zone.
However, the distance between the two points was 18 kilometers, about 26 kilometers by car, encompassing a vast area.
Redeveloping such a large region would not be a matter of one or two years, nor a simple undertaking.
City redevelopment plans in the past wouldn't dare to attempt such a feat.
Fu Yunting: "Scared? It's nothing, it's just that before we used to spend hundreds of billions, now we spend grain, not difficult."
"After the renovation, I'll be the queen inside? And you'll be the king?"
"Does what you're saying mean you're willing to marry me?"
An Nuan had said it casually, how did it lead to marriage?
She turned her head and scolded, "Dream on! You shameless thing."
Fu Yunting was happy even when being scolded.
Fighting is affection, scolding is love, that's what Fu Yunlei said, and he agreed.
Because Fu Yunting felt An Nuan had feelings for him.
He would have to give Fu Yunlei extra chicken legs when he got back!
"Uh... hello, we mean no harm, we just want to chat with you."
A girl in her early twenties emerged from a villa.
She tied a small white tank top to a clothes drying rod and waved it in front of her, saying.
"We mean no harm, we just want to chat with you, can you spare a few minutes?"
An Nuan lived in the East District, this was the West District.
The group who had ganged up to bully Luoluo before were all in the East District, so An Nuan hadn't been here.
If Fu Yunting hadn't accompanied her for a walk today, she might not have known people lived here.
An Nuan's eyes darted around. Fu Yunting spoke first.
"Chat about supplies? We have them, but we don't want to give them away."
"No, no, our family previously set up a shop at the entrance of the villa area to do a supermarket, so we have basic supplies and can last for a while. But everyone just saw you repel the outsiders, so we wanted to discuss something with you."
The girl felt that An Nuan wasn't planning to attack them and walked out of the house.
An Nuan sensed that she was a first-order awakened, likely offensive in nature, which was why she could protect these supplies.
A man followed the girl out, along with a Husky, who trotted out with a "harr harr" and tilted his head to look at An Nuan.
She quite liked Huskies; as long as they didn't wreck her house, they were perfect dogs in her opinion.
Cute and amusing.
The girl said, "My name is Jin Can, this is my younger brother Jin Lan. My mom is a bit weak inside, so I didn't let her come out."
"My name is An Nuan, and this is Fu Yeting."
When others introduced themselves, An Nuan, out of politeness, also introduced herself.
"Sister An, we want to say that you are very strong and have a powerful team to protect this community. I hope we can cooperate. We will hand over supplies to you, pay a commission, or divide the work and follow your arrangements, but can you protect us?"
"Protect you? Aren't you a first-order awakened?"
When Jin Can saw them fighting, she knew that this matter couldn't be kept secret.
She decided to reveal her abilities.
Water swirled around her.
"A water element awakened? To what extent?"
"My attack power is similar to a water gun. I usually use water to suffocate people by enveloping their heads."
There must have been people with malicious intentions in the community.
Especially the ones from Zixing before.
They had been hoarding supplies everywhere and wouldn't have let Jin Can go.
Ming Le hadn't told her about Jin Can's situation, perhaps Zixing was in charge of this area and, having lost, was too ashamed to mention it to Ming Le.
The water element was also a very rare element, and a water element awakened who could conjure water out of thin air would be extremely sought after later on.
They could directly turn their abilities into currency!
An Nuan became a little interested.
"I live in this community, so of course, I won't let outsiders in, so there's no question of you paying protection fees."
"But we want to join you, and if you don't take anything, I won't feel at ease."
"Since that's the case, then you can join my team and help me search for what I want. Your family's supplies don't hold much appeal to me. I need you to do something else."
"Kill zombies?"
Frankly speaking, Jin Can was quite afraid.
The neighbor's rapidly transforming zombie had been too frenzied before, and after Jin Can finally killed him, she had some lingering trauma from killing people and zombies.
Her tone sounded very unconfident.
People like her were usually the first to die in battle.
Besides, zombies don't need to breathe, so enveloping their heads with water balls is useless.
This trick only works on living people.
Fu Yunting surveyed the house: "Was your house not affected by the hurricane?"
"My mom is an architect. When she bought this house, she made some modifications. Before the wind started, she also reinforced it a bit. Except for the roof and yard, the main structure is fine."
Architect?
It seemed like whatever she wished for was coming true!
These two fell into their laps, and if An Nuan didn't accept them, it would be a disservice to heaven.
Fu Yunting felt the same.
He and An Nuan both conceived an interesting and bold idea.
Especially An Nuan, who had never considered this before, just wanted to lie flat.
But now, it seemed the apocalypse forced people to strive and be diligent!
If she couldn't lie flat, why not... become a queen and dominate the region?
An Nuan chuckled at her own thought.
When did she become so foolish?
Fu Yunting, however, found it perfectly reasonable.
He was also the sole authority in his territory, a presence similar to a king.
His woman being a queen was perfectly normal.
"Let's make the community our sphere of influence. Those living inside must obey arrangements. Those who are unwilling to comply can step forward, and we will provide them with supplies to leave."
"What about those who refuse to leave?"
After Jin Can asked, she felt the question was foolish.
Fu Yunting and An Nuan smiled slightly.
This was the apocalypse, after all. If they refused to comply, they could scram. Were they going to be kept for New Year's?