The Endgame Chronicles (by Hugh White) novel Chapter 372

Chapter 372

“We’ve got 45 women and kids, 17 seniors, and 33 adult men,” Kit reported. “Seven are strength- enhanced, 3 are speed-enhanced, and we’ve got 1 earth-element Gifted. That’s me.

“We originally had more than a dozen Gifted. They’re all gone now.

“But we’ve got a lot of high-level talent. All 17 seniors are former college professors. We’ve also got more than 30 engineers. I’m a mechanical specialist myself.”

Hayley’s eyes lit up when she heard that.

This group wasn’t bad at all.

She was about to enter the city and restart urban resources. What she needed most right now was skilled professionals.

“Alright. I’ll take everyone from your base.”

Hayley accepted their allegiance.

Almost immediately, system notifications rang out in her mind.

Ding. [Base residents +95 detected!

[Reward: 9,500 points. Loyalty increased. Current loyalty: 100 (Voluntary allegiance)!

[Copying resident special attributes!]

Ding! [Earth-element gift acquired!]

Ding! [Strength increased!]

Ding! [Speed increased!

[Population significantly increased. Base prosperity level increased!]

[Current base prosperity level: 2023 (Regional City)!

[Next title at base prosperity level 5000: Metropolis!]

Hayley had taken in a huge wave of residents, and the system rewards kept coming one after another

Just the basic resident points alone gave her 9,500 points. Even better, this entire group had maxed-out loyalty.

That was when Hayley realized something.

Residents who voluntarily joined her were completely different from ones she recruited herself.

And with this massive population boost, the base level jumped straight to Regional City.

+15 Bonus

From now on, the daily base points from residents would double. Each person would contribute eight points per day. This group alone would bring in over twelve hundred points daily from basic resident

rewards.

That was huge!

On top of that, she had gained an earth-element gift.

This meant she now had all five basic elemental gifts.

Leonard’s water-element gift, Thomas’s metal and fire-element gifts, Anthony’s wood-element gift, and now, Kit’s earth-element gift.

All five base elements were complete!

She planned to move this entire group into the city, fully activating urban resources and focusing on weapons and equipment research.

This round of expansion was solid.

Hayley looked at her new residents. She had always been generous to her people.

She had Leonard add another meat dish and hand out a hard-boiled chicken egg to everyone.

When Kit saw how generously Hayley provided meat and eggs, his admiration shot through the roof.

In the apocalypse, meat and eggs were incredibly rare.

Hayley was terrifyingly strong.

He knew he had chosen the right person.

The other residents felt the same. After tasting meat, their belief only grew stronger. It felt like better days were finally coming.

That night, after everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, Hayley handed out extra cold-weather clothing. Everyone found a spot and settled down to rest.

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