Dragon Transformation in the Apocalypse

Chapter 412 Bamboo shoots springing up after the rain

When Li Chenglong and Yun Lan returned home, they found that quite a few people had come today. Among them were Ma Tiancheng, Shen Menghua, and Yun Qian from the Dawn City government; Zheng Yong, Feng Tian, ​​Wu Gang, Zheng Aiguo, Qin Susu, and Wei Lanxin from the Dawn Army; Yang Liu, Wang Shuang, and Wu Ruilan from the Special Forces; and Zhao Liying and Chen Xiaoke from the Special Support Section.

Of course, his whole family came as well. Seeing Li Chenglong's surprise, Zheng Yong smiled and said, "Today you've reached level 13, and our new autonomous region in Dawn City has been approved for establishment. It's a double celebration! After discussing it, we decided to celebrate for you, so we came uninvited."

Li Chenglong said happily, "I'm so glad you could come. It's just that there might not be enough food. I'll order some from the Chinese restaurant at Shuguang Tower right away." Li Xue immediately stopped him, saying, "Brother, don't bother. I've already ordered the food and paid the deposit. Please sit down and let's chat."

Li Chenglong and Yun Lan sat on the large sofa in the middle, with Li Xue and Han Xiaoling sitting beside them. Everyone else also found their own seats. Seeing that there weren't enough seats, Li Xue took out several single sofas from her storage space so that everyone could have a place to sit.

After gaining the ability to store items by implanting a space microcomputer, Li Xue found that the storage space was more convenient; she could take things out and put them away whenever she wanted. While the storage capsule was also convenient, it required two security verifications and a voice password.

Since the group was mainly there to celebrate, aside from discussing some serious matters at the beginning, they mostly chatted casually afterwards. Later, the men gathered together to chat, while the women sat together chatting about something, occasionally bursting into laughter.

Li Chenglong asked Zheng Aiguo, "I heard your child is due soon? Congratulations! I didn't expect you to be the fourth person in our former Xiaolong detachment to have a baby." Zheng Aiguo said somewhat embarrassedly, "Well, it's expected to be at the end of the month. Because of the urgency of the war, I had her stay with her parents. I just left my in-laws' house before coming here. Yesterday, a doctor from the Second Hospital came to check on her, and everything is normal."

The others chimed in, briefly explaining their own situations. Li Chenglong concluded seriously, "I'm planning to reorganize our Dawn Army. With the introduction of our various new equipment, the troops are somewhat disorganized. For the sake of future battles, I feel reorganizing the army is necessary. What do you all think?"

Feng Tian spoke first: "It is necessary, but we don't know when the alien army will attack. If we start reorganizing the army now, it will definitely take some time for everyone to adapt, which is not conducive to combat." Zheng Yong agreed: "I also feel that reorganizing the army at the moment may not be appropriate."

Li Chenglong nodded: "Then let's leave it at that for now. Just keep the matter of reorganizing the Dawn Army in mind for now, and we'll proceed when the time is right."

As they chatted, the doorbell rang. Han Xiaoling opened the door to find over a dozen staff members, each carrying various sizes of food containers. They folded up the sofas and set up several tables in the living room to hold the food. The restaurant staff made three trips, finally delivering all the food Li Xue had ordered. Li Xue paid for the remaining food, gave a generous tip, and then closed the door.

More than twenty people sat at three tables, each with the same authentic Shandong cuisine. Although only Li Chenglong, Li Xue, and Han Xiaoling were from Shandong Province, Shandong food was still quite popular. Everyone enjoyed the meal together until 10 p.m., when they helped clean up the trash before saying their goodbyes.

Before they left, Li Chenglong looked at the many gifts piled up in one of the secondary bedrooms and whispered to Yunlan, "When they leave, I'd like to give each of them a return gift in our names. What do you think?" Yunlan immediately agreed, "Of course, that's great. Let's give each of them a bottle of special royal jelly. That's more than enough to make a return gift."

Supernatural royal jelly is significantly more effective than supernatural honey and black orchid honey. If sold in a commercial street, a 1kg bottle of supernatural royal jelly could fetch at least one cyan crystal. Considering that Li Xue only paid one cyan crystal just now, you can imagine the price of supernatural royal jelly.

Everyone had finished packing up and, seeing it was already 10 PM, prepared to leave. Li Chenglong and Yunlan stood at the door, presenting each departing person with a beautifully decorated box containing a glass jar of 1kg of supernatural royal jelly. The group thanked them profusely and left happily.

Li Yunhao was quite tired from playing, so Yunlan asked Su Qian to take him to take a bath and put him to bed first, while she went to wash up in the bathroom that was meant for her and Li Chenglong. Li Xue and Han Xiaoling had also finished their last bit of work, so they said goodbye to Li Chenglong, then went to the bathroom to say goodbye to the little guy Li Yunhao, before leaving together.

Because he went to bed late and had exhausted himself mentally the previous day while leveling up, Li Chenglong unusually slept in. While he was still fast asleep, he heard his crystal phone ringing on the table beside him. He opened the phone and saw it was Zhao Liying calling.

As soon as the call connected, Zhao Liying excitedly said, "Captain Li, the energy waves you released when you upgraded yesterday did have a significant impact. This morning, our center's information management department received reports from various departments. In just one night, we have gained more than 200 Level 11 ability users, most of whom have C-level or B-level potential, and there are also more than a dozen D-level potential users."

"What?" Upon hearing Zhao Liying's words, Li Chenglong sat up abruptly, fully waking up. Zhao Liying repeated herself on the other end of the phone, then said, "Captain Li, I've already sent the reports from those departments to the crystal computer in your study. Take a look when you have time. I'll hang up now."

He quickly dressed, not even bothering to wash his face or brush his teeth, and headed towards the study. Susie was having breakfast with Li Yunhao when she saw Li Chenglong come out and stood up, saying, "Brother Li, Sister Yun went to the mecha brigade's temporary base early this morning. She asked me to tell you." Li Yunhao, who was next to her, also said, "Dad, good morning. You slept in today, even later than me."

Li Chenglong smiled and gently pinched Li Yunhao's little cheek: "Well, Daddy did slack off a bit today. After you and Sister Susie finish eating, you can go wherever you want to play, but don't disturb the adults' work. Daddy has some things to take care of first."

Then he said to Susie, "You can take Yunhao out to play today, but don't go too far, and try not to carry him. Let him walk on his own. With his Awakened's physical condition, walking a little distance is no problem. Just be careful. Bring breakfast to my study. I need to look at some documents."

Upon entering the study, Li Chenglong eagerly turned on the crystal computer and saw the file sent by Zhao Liying. The file showed that from yesterday afternoon to 6:00 AM this morning, a total of 347 level 10 ability users in Dawn City had naturally upgraded to level 11, while Zhao Liying herself had upgraded from level 11 to level 12 at 3:00 AM. The number was still rising steadily; level 11 ability users were springing up like mushrooms after rain.

While eating the breakfast Susie had brought him, he glanced at the list of units to which the 347 newly upgraded level 11 ability users belonged. When he went outside, he found that Susie had already taken the little one out to play. After quickly washing the dishes, Li Chenglong went to the Central Information Management Department. He saw Zhao Liying, who had just been upgraded to a level 12 A-grade Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit Awakener, instructing two newly recruited dual-element ability users on their work.

Recently, due to work needs and Lilith's significantly enhanced abilities after reaching the highest level in Dawn City, Li Chenglong and Yun Lan discussed and adjusted the members of Section 1 and Section 2 of the Special Information Processing Support Department. Some exceptionally capable individuals were transferred to units urgently needing them, while six new members were recruited. These new members underwent rigorous screening to ensure their loyalty and reliability before being hired.

Li Chenglong spoke first: "Congratulations, Zhao Liying. Hard work pays off, and you've reached level 12, becoming the fifth level 12 expert in Dawn City. I've seen the list you gave me, and it's really good. This gives both me and the people of Dawn City more confidence to defeat the alien invaders."

Zhao Liying said somewhat embarrassedly, "This is also thanks to Captain Li's help. Without you, I definitely wouldn't have been able to level up so quickly. By the way, Captain Li, the main leaders of 20 large and medium-sized bases that are relatively close to us, such as Black Gold City, Flying Cloud Base, Clear Water Base, and Yanjing Base, have also contacted us. Because of the influence of the colorful light sphere that covered the entire China yesterday and the subsequent energy wave, many new level 11 ability users have appeared in them. They asked me to express their gratitude to you on their behalf, and they also said that they would like to come in person to congratulate you on your level 13 upgrade if they have the opportunity."

Li Chenglong nodded, feeling very pleased. He chatted with a few people for a while before heading towards the Dawn Army headquarters.