Progress and New Recruits
On the Floating Island, in the villa living room, Mifen reported, "For the enhanced potion, we already have bear blood, chicken blood, and snake blood. Now we just need the turtle shell."
Yuto Saito nodded slightly. "Natto, keep an eye on the comments and private messages."
"Okay!" Natto replied. "Someone just commented that they have small turtles at home and can provide them for free."
Yuto reminded her, "It needs to be a mutated monster turtle, not a normal one."
"Yes, I know, that's why I didn't tell everyone yet," Natto said cheerfully. "Someone also mentioned their friend is a first-rank pharmacist. Brother Su, do you want to recruit a pharmacist?"
"Ask first," Yuto instructed. "If they agree, we can bring them to the floating community. They could help Mifen with pharmacy work in the future."
"Okay, I'll ask," Natto said, sending a private message to the commenter.
Mifen added, "We already have two kinds of sixth-order materials and three inner pills. At this rate, we should gather the materials for the Awakening Pills soon!"
Ruoruo smiled. "Yes, since we opened the account, our work efficiency feels much higher."
As a reborn individual, Yuto Saito knew that a week after the apocalypse began, there would be a massive surge of sixth-order monsters. It was the emergence of these high-level monsters that prevented the military from controlling the situation, ultimately leading to the fall of the entire country. Longguo (Dragon Country) had 2.5 million active soldiers, 7 million in reserve, and over 10 million retired soldiers—around 20 million soldiers in total. Because of this massive army, Longguo hadn't completely collapsed in the early days of the apocalypse; only parts had fallen. In his previous life, Longguo had held out for a week before its final collapse.
Yuto vaguely remembered that a week into the apocalypse, monsters above the seventh rank began appearing, causing many cities to fall simultaneously. Faced with these seventh-rank and above monsters, the army's submachine guns were ineffective; their defenses were simply too high. Yuto pondered that when multiple outbreaks occurred at the same time, it would be impossible to save everyone. How many could they save? And along the way, they could earn spar and collect more high-level monster corpses, making it easier to refine the Awakening Pill.
Locating Chen Xinyu
Yuqi picked up her mobile phone and sent another message to her good friend, Chen Xinyu. The other party still didn't reply. Yuqi tried a voice call, but it went unanswered. Yuqi frowned slightly, thinking, "Why isn't she answering? Is her phone not with her? Or is she in danger?"
Yuto Saito noticed Yuqi's frown and asked with concern, "Yuqi, what's wrong?"
"I called Chen Xinyu," Yuqi replied. "It connects, but she's not answering. I'm worried something happened to her."
"You can get through?" Yuto confirmed.
"Yes."
Yuto thought for a moment. "Wait a minute." He pulled out his own phone and called Song Yi.
On the other end, Song Yi picked up, teasing with great interest, "Yo, the number one character of the God of War Squad! You're a big celebrity on the internet now, quite famous."
Yuto smiled. "Officer Song, don't make fun of me. I'm calling you on business."
"Go ahead," Song Yi's tone became serious.
"There's a member in my team who asked me to help find her friend," Yuto explained. "Her friend's cell phone can connect, but no one answers. Can you help me pinpoint the location of the cell phone signal?"
"That's easy," Song Yi responded. "Send me the phone number, and I'll check it for you."
"Okay, thank you," Yuto said.
"You're welcome," Song Yi replied. "Your team helped us a lot this morning. If you hadn't shown up in time, those zombie groups would probably have spread again, making it much harder for us to clear them out."
"Don't say that; we help each other," Yuto said with a smile. "First, I'll send you the number."
"Okay," Song Yi responded.
Hanging up, Yuto Saito asked Yuqi for Chen Xinyu's mobile number and sent it to Song Yi. Song Yi logged into the police station system and quickly pinpointed the signal's location.
Song Yi sent Yuto Saito a WeChat message: "This signal is at the YH Hotel near Hengdian."
"Thanks," Yuto Saito replied.
Yuto turned to Yuqi. "The signal location has been found." He then looked at Hu Tuan'er, who was resting with her eyes closed. From the morning, Hu Tuan'er had used the teleportation to take everyone to Hailan. In the afternoon, she had used it multiple times to pick up relatives and then again to fight monsters. She seemed tired.
Yuto decided to let Hu Tuan'er rest and go out himself this time. "Let's go," Yuto said to Yuqi. "I'll take you there."
Yuqi was visibly excited that Yuto Saito was going out in person. "Okay!"
Ruoruo asked, "Brother Su, do you need us to come?"
Mina subtly tugged at Ruoruo's clothes. This little fool, she thought, the captain finally gets to be alone with Yuqi. Does she want to be a third wheel?
Ruoruo stuck out her tongue adorably.
"You all get some good rest," Yuto said. "Yuqi and I will go find her friend."
"Okay," the girls replied.
Investigation at YH Hotel
Yuto Saito initiated the teleportation, bringing Yuqi to the YH Hotel. In the hotel lobby, Yuto spotted three zombies. He used his lightning ability to instantly kill them.
[Killed ordinary zombie: 10 experience points gained.]
[Killed ordinary zombie: 10 experience points gained.]
[Killed ordinary zombie: 10 experience points gained.]
[Obtained a white spar.]
Yuto put away the spar and looked around the hotel.
"Why is there no one in this hotel?" Yuqi wondered.
"They may have run away, or they might be hiding in their rooms," Yuto replied.
Yuto walked to the front desk, intending to check the housing records. There were no records after the 7th, meaning the hotel staff had all fled. Yuqi entered Chen Xinyu's name, and sure enough, a message popped up: Chen Xinyu had checked into room 809 of this hotel on July 5th.
Yuqi happily exclaimed, "809! She's very likely still in that room!"
Yuto nodded. "Let's go, we'll go up and look for her."
"Okay!" Yuqi said, eagerly taking Yuto Saito's arm with both hands, an intimate gesture. Yuto saw the young girl's initiative and her delicate, pretty face. He didn't object and let her hold on. Yuqi secretly delighted, It seems the captain has a good impression of me!