In the Apocalypse, Hoarding Supplies with the System's Hundredfold Critical Hits

After listening to the system's explanation of the level three base's basic situation, Li Ming was tempted.

"System, how many resources or survival points do I need to upgrade to a level three base?"

"Ding, esteemed host, to upgrade the entire base to a level three base, you will need 80 billion survival points! If the host provides some of the resources themselves, the number of survival points required will depend on the amount of resources provided!"

Upon hearing the system's quote, Li Ming gasped. 80 billion survival points? That's too expensive.

Although he currently has nearly 100 trillion survival points, he couldn't help but gasp at the number. With 80 billion survival points, he could recruit three heavy-装合成旅 (I am not sure what this is, so I will leave it untranslated) with equipment.

And now, just upgrading a base costs so much?

"Host, these 80 billion points aren't spent in vain. They include various upgrade materials such as steel, other metal materials, various industrial and medical equipment, and more. Furthermore, after upgrading to a level three base, you will have many new functions," the system patiently explained.

Li Ming decided to provide some of the resources himself and then use some survival points. Soon, after providing some resources, he spent 40 billion survival points to begin preparing for the base's upgrade.

"Ding, the base is about to undergo an upgrade and transformation. The daily lives of the personnel within the base will not be affected. Please wait patiently. This upgrade will take seven days." After saying that, the system fell silent.

Li Ming continued to direct the base camps across the country to recruit soldiers and make various preparations. On the other hand, the sky, which had been covered in dark clouds for more than two months, finally began to clear, and the long-lost sunlight began to appear in the world.

Countless survivors fell into celebration. The sunlight was out, indicating that the floods would soon recede.

However, some people were cautious and continued to go out to find supplies. These people keenly realized that the Imperial government was probably finished. Even the Imperial army was nowhere to be seen. It was unknown if they had been completely wiped out or what.

Many survivors didn't know what was happening. At this time, the Empire's various levels of government organizations had completely lost their function. Currently, the order of the entire world was maintained by violence.

Various organizations, large and small, sprung up like mushrooms after the rain, ranging from units based on a single building to units based on a residential complex, and then to units based on a community or street.

Countless gangs and thug forces also emerged like mushrooms after the rain, committing all kinds of crimes.

Relying on their numbers, they oppressed and plundered ordinary survivors everywhere.

Of course, where there is oppression, there is resistance. Many residential complexes, like the Main City Garden, began to band together for survival, uniting and advancing together.

Faced with such residential complexes, even gangs of hundreds of people couldn't do anything about it. The entire residential complex had thousands of people at the very least, and tens of thousands at most. They only had four or five hundred people in total, and that was considered a large gang.

Four or five hundred people fighting thousands of people?

Honestly, although they had a few pistols, they didn't have many bullets. Although they were bad, they weren't stupid enough to seek death.

Especially the Main City Garden, after receiving Li Ming's promise, directly announced that they would join the Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce and would receive the Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce's military protection.

Li Ming didn't hesitate and directly sent a platoon of infantry to be stationed in their residential complex. Li Ming's military protection of the Main City Garden residential complex also angered a group of gangs.

At this time, some forces composed of gangs and thugs were plotting how to eliminate this platoon of soldiers. After all, they had three machine guns and more than 30 assault rifles.

If they could seize these weapons, their strength would definitely be greatly improved.

A platoon of only thirty or forty people.

If they combined the strength of several forces, they could gather three or four thousand people. Three or four thousand people fighting a platoon of thirty soldiers. The advantage is on our side!

Li Ming had already made some preparations. He had conducted some investigations into these gangs when he opened the market, collecting their intelligence.

He prepared to launch a medium-sized 合成旅 (I am not sure what this is, so I will leave it untranslated) to sweep away these gangs after the extreme cold ice封 (I am not sure what this is, so I will leave it untranslated) the world, leaving no one alive!

Just as countless survivors were praying for this disaster to pass quickly, Li Ming received a notification from the system: "Ding, system notification, extreme cold will descend in five days. Please prepare accordingly!"

Damn, the extreme cold is really coming!

Upon hearing about the extreme cold, Li Ming couldn't help but recall the scene of enduring the extreme cold in his dream, wearing thick layers of clothing, wrapping himself up like a bear.

Even so, he still shivered from the cold when he slept at night.

Especially since the previous two months of rainfall had caused high air humidity, and the humidity coupled with temperatures of minus fifty degrees Celsius made the intensity of the cold feel even colder than minus sixty or seventy degrees Celsius. At that time, when he made a fire for warmth, he wished he could climb right into the fire.

This kind of coldness penetrated from the bone marrow, and no matter how much you wore, you couldn't withstand it.

"System, how long will this extreme cold last?" Li Ming finally couldn't help but ask.

"Ding, esteemed host, this extreme cold will last for about two years. The exact duration is uncertain, but it will definitely be a very difficult challenge!" the system prompted.

Li Ming sighed inwardly. To a certain extent, the next five days were nature's last chance for humanity to save itself.

If some people were very sensitive, they would keenly notice the change in temperature and would naturally go to gather supplies in the next few days.

If some people were still slow to react, then the only result waiting for them would be death.

If the typhoon and rainstorm were just appetizers for the apocalypse, then the real test of the apocalypse for humanity would begin with the extreme cold.

Because the apocalyptic typhoon and rainstorm, to put it bluntly, only hindered the travel of some people, so social order had not completely lost control, which was equivalent to nature giving humans a transition period to adapt to the rules of survival in the apocalypse, and it was really just an appetizer.

At this time, the system prompted, "Ding, esteemed host, the total population of the Tianhui Empire before the disaster was 3 billion. Currently, there are 2.68 billion people left."

Upon hearing the system's broadcast of the death toll of the Tianhui Empire, Li Ming couldn't help but gasp. In just two months, 320 million people had died. The numbers were cold, but behind these cold numbers were countless fresh lives.

So many people had died in just two months. Li Ming was very clear that nature's survival of the fittest had begun.

The first to be eliminated would naturally be the elderly with poor health and various underlying diseases...