Chapter 121: Preparing for the future (I)
John (POV)
March 18th, 20xx — 7:12 PM
Zone 3A-Δ – Third Floor – Training Hall (Homebase Interior)
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Not long after talking about the future with Tang Wei, we both headed to the third floor, where everyone started gathering on the third floor. I noticed Deng Hua, Chen Xun, Zhou Xue, Old Zhou, Liang Qiu, and Shen Yifei were already inside.
Yifei sat on a training ball, bouncing slightly as she watched me walk in.
Beside me, Tang Wei looked around the room with narrowed eyes. I couldn’t recruit her the way I had others. Her Tier was high, just like her guard. She’d be something else — part of my elite unit, if I could build it. That’s why I brought her here. To see who else deserved to stand beside her.
Old Zhou... well, he would help in another way.
The third floor was starting to feel lived in. I sat at the edge of one of the heavy metal benches in the common room — map panels spread in front of me, stacked interface windows drifting in my HUD. A half-warm ration drink steamed beside my boot, forgotten.
Liu Jiemin stood near the corner med-locker, restocking a sealed case of pressure gauze and field medkits with precise movements. Her coat was open, sleeves rolled. She didn’t speak unless someone approached her directly.
I noticed her husband playing with the children, who might have been bored.