Apart from Dongdu, there were other shelters appearing elsewhere.
These shelters varied in size; some had thousands or tens of thousands, while others had only a few hundred or even just dozens.
The Qin Family's attitude towards these shelters was to subdue, recruit, and control them.
Shelters near Dongdu were directly forced to become vassals of the Qin Family.
These shelters generally chose to submit, becoming satellite outposts around Dongdu.
After all, it was better to seek shelter under a great tree. In front of the colossal Dongdu, they had no power to resist.
Moreover, after submitting to Dongdu, they could receive material supplies and weaponry, greatly strengthening their self-defense.
As a price, these satellite shelters had to serve the Qin Family by providing intelligence and manpower.
Even the evolvers in these shelters viewed this as a path to advancement—they needed to earn performance points to enter Dongdu and become Qin Family's direct personnel.
In these evolvers' hearts, they longed greatly to enter Dongdu.
They acted as overlords in their shelters, with supreme authority... but the resources there were very meager.
There was nothing to enjoy!
Even a few cans of meat were considered a supreme delicacy.
Entertainment was extremely scarce, and even the few slightly attractive women in the shelters were worn out from overuse.
Dongdu, however, was the only remaining metropolis in the doomsday era, rich in resources, able to satisfy any demand.
Once inside Dongdu, although they could no longer be the boss, they were still elite and part of the privileged tier.
For some, it was better to be a chicken head than a phoenix tail.
But for most, the life of a phoenix tail was much better than a chicken head...
Unfortunately, the Qin Family's attitude towards outside evolvers was cold; it did not recklessly expand to accept everyone.
True, evolvers were an important force in the doomsday era and needed to be recruited.
But the Qin Family was not some nouveau riche rushing to absorb all forces just to build their prestige.
The Qin Family's decision-makers were clear-headed: if they absorbed all these evolvers outright, their power would seem larger,
but internal contradictions, factionalism, and scheming would increase.
The true strength would instead weaken.
The Qin Family had the confidence and foundation to carefully select these outside evolvers.
It must be said that in the doomsday, what was needed was not only individual power but also management and governance ability.
Many large shelters were extremely chaotic inside, a mess.
Much of this was because the leading evolvers had low origins—formerly ordinary people suddenly becoming rulers over thousands, but with no idea how to govern.
The Qin Family, in contrast, had been a top bureaucratic noble family in the old era, adept at management.
Dongdu's government institutions had largely been preserved.
Therefore, after the catastrophe, order was quickly restored, and Dongdu's millions were well managed and orderly...
...
After the doomsday, people found not only zombies appeared, but the entire surface of the earth underwent drastic changes.
First, the earth seemed to have grown larger; places once 100 kilometers apart were now 200 or 300 kilometers apart.
Jungles became dense, trees grew wildly overnight, like tropical rainforests.
Not only zombies, but the T-Virus also affected animals and plants, causing mutations making them fierce.
Some animals mutated to dinosaur size, with terrifying destructive power and ferocity.
Some small shelters were directly destroyed by mutated creatures...
This earth had become full of dangers everywhere.
...
On the highway, a modified off-road vehicle sped along.
The vehicle was covered with spikes, full of doomsday wasteland atmosphere, and the bloodstains on it showed the journey had not been peaceful.
"Uncle, we're almost at Dongdu's border."
A girl sitting in the passenger seat looked at the map and spoke to the middle-aged driver beside her.
The girl was about seventeen or eighteen years old, very beautiful, with deep, sculpted features, naturally exuding spirited energy.
The middle-aged man said, "The maps aren't accurate now. The surface has grown a lot. We still have two or three hours to go."
Then he said bitterly, "That Blood Bear is truly sneaky. This time, we admitted defeat.
But if he thinks we'll be his dogs, he's dreaming.
If we're dogs, we'll be dogs for the Qin Family. Who the hell is that Blood Bear!"
The man was named Wang Hai, formerly a project manager at a construction company. After the doomsday, he awakened a D-tier talent: flame control.
The girl was Wang Zhi, his niece, who had also awakened a B-tier talent: shadow disguise.
Both uncle and niece were fortunate to have awakened talents.
After the doomsday, they gathered about 300 survivors and established a small shelter.
The "Blood Bear" they mentioned was the strongest evolver near Donghuashi, with an A-tier transformation talent.
He could transform into a giant bear with terrifying defense and destructive power; bullets couldn't even penetrate his skin.
Hence the name Blood Bear.
Blood Bear ruled a large shelter with tens of thousands of survivors and over twenty evolvers under him, the top power in Donghuashi.
Previously, Blood Bear coexisted peacefully with other shelters, but a few days ago, he suddenly wanted to unify Donghuashi.
He gave other shelters an ultimatum: submit or be destroyed.
Many shelters yielded, but some evolvers scorned this.
Blood Bear then began aggressively annexing other shelters.
Wang Hai's shelter was also attacked and breached in less than half an hour.
In the chaos, they stole a car and fled, driving toward Dongdu.
Wang Zhi worried, "Uncle, I heard the Qin Family doesn't accept just anyone."
Wang Hai smiled confidently, "Don't worry, we're not coming empty-handed.
That Zombie King is almost fully evolved—such a treasure will attract the Qin Family's attention..."
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