No glitches occurred during the upgrade of the S-alloy fortress wall, allowing Waldo to easily upgrade the automated defense weapon system and enter the previously known defense cooldown period.
Now all that's left to do is wait for the completion of the upgrade and observe its effects. Waldo takes the opportunity to take off his combat suit and attempt to upgrade it with S-alloy.
However, he realizes that the upgrade of the suit is still incomplete. S-alloy is just one of the materials needed for the upgrade; other alloys are required as well.
Waldo removes the S-alloy wrapping from his combat suit, its matte silver glow catching his attention, and for the first time, he realizes that this suit may accompany him for a longer time than he initially imagined.
The thought of upgrading this suit with multiple alloys in the future and potentially reaching new heights excites Waldo.
After the completion of the upgrade, the three of them start moving some supplies and furniture from the ground villas into the underground fortress.
However, for some reason, Helen's actions seem unnatural. Her facial expression is peculiar, as if she's trying hard to suppress something.
After carefully observing her for a while, Waldo suddenly exclaims, "Oh my god, Helen, why are you bleeding?"
The air suddenly grows silent. Helen's face turns red, and she immediately runs out, leaving an awkward situation behind. Waldo touches his nose and finally realizes what's going on.
Well, women have those few days every month.
The next day, the automated defense weapon system finishes upgrading. Waldo looks at the positions where the crossbow bolts and flamethrower used to be and sees brand new laser guns and a Gatling gun that emits a blue flame.
He nods in satisfaction. In fact, he secretly hopes that some clueless survivors will voluntarily come and act as free testers to assess the upgraded power.
Waldo then opens his email to see what infinite supplies he has received today.
"Tampons?" Waldo can't help but feel speechless.
Lately, he has been receiving makeup products like foundation, concealer, and serum that women use. Now, there's even a tampon. Well, it's timely because Helen could use it, and Alanna will have the same need in the future. Selling some of them will also benefit women in general.
At the same time, some of the S-alloy is sold, and in return, they acquire items like mechanical claws, parachutes, and special hemostatic medicine.
The warning of meteor showers as natural disasters has rapidly increased the level of survivors' supplies. Not long ago, people were risking their lives for a cold weapon, a bit of bread, and milk. Now, high-level supply boxes are appearing one after another.
A team near the villa area recently discovered a platinum-level supply box, and they actually found an armored vehicle inside.
For them, it's undoubtedly a significant boost in power. They have started launching surprise attacks and aggressive assaults on other survivors and excitedly discovered that this armored vehicle is practically invulnerable.
Bullets fired at the vehicle don't even leave a scratch. They rampage through other people's strongholds, wreaking havoc, and only leisurely get out of the vehicle to finish off and plunder the supplies.
This team has become arrogant and even gave themselves a grandiose name, East Star.
Other teams are extremely wary of this armored vehicle and are reluctant to provoke them.
Unfortunately, the East Star faction is growing stronger. How could they miss such a good opportunity for expansion? East Star issued a notice to nearby survivor groups, demanding that others join their faction.
Those who disobey will be suppressed with an iron fist. Some weak and resource-strapped small groups had no choice but to join or flee overnight. Some survivors who considered themselves strong directly tore apart East Star's notice, expressing their disregard.
However, shortly after, East Star stormed into their camp with their armored vehicle, brutally suppressing them. In this situation, East Star's reputation soared.
Waldo also received an invitation from East Star.
Upon seeing the content of this sudden letter, Waldo couldn't help but laugh. It was more of a notification than a letter. East Star described the abundance of their resources, the strength of their armored vehicles, and the prowess of their team members.
Finally, they requested Waldo to join, stating that they didn't want to come to blows with him. As he tore up the letter, Waldo pondered.
Could it be that he had shown too little force? Why do these guys keep coming to provoke him, one after another? Waldo responded with a letter as a matter of courtesy.
With a big stroke of the pen, he only wrote two words: "Idiot!"
Afterwards, Waldo had the messenger, who was waiting outside the wall, take the letter back. Upon receiving Waldo's reply, Kenelm, the leader of East Star, was furious and slammed the objects on his desk to the ground.
"Damn it, I can't stand it anymore!" Kenelm roughly pulled his female secretary and forced her down, wanting to vent his anger.
But with his fiery temper, he couldn't swallow this indignation. He always thought that his team, having an armored vehicle, should have been on equal footing with Waldo's group.
He even planned to bring Waldo under his command. However, the rejection of his recruitment offer caught him off guard.
Did he think his East Star was comparable to the previous bunch of garbage? They not only had guns but also an armored vehicle! How dare 10086 be so arrogant, it's unreasonable! A shiver!
After venting his anger, Kenelm calmed down a bit, and a thought came to mind. He wanted to seize the resources of 10086.
Without any preparation, Kenelm rudely pushed away the female secretary and ordered, "Spread my words, let the brothers get ready. After lunch, we will break through the wall of 10086 and drag him out to the streets!"
The female secretary wiped her mouth, respectfully stood up, and left Kenelm's room. She then conveyed the order to every member of the team.
After lunch, Kenelm walked out of the room, arrived at the stairs, and looked down at the sea of subordinates gazing up at him, filled with heroic spirit.
"Brothers, just now, 10086 rejected our invitation and even insulted us. Can you tolerate it?" The members of East Star shouted loudly, "No!" Kenelm continued, "Should we swallow this indignation?"
The members of East Star, their faces turning red, shouted at the top of their lungs, "No!!" Kenelm smiled.
Then he looked fierce, slapped the handrail of the stairs hard. Smack! "Shouldn't we take back what's ours?!" The members of East Star erupted again.
"Yes! Yes!" Kenelm nodded, very satisfied with the performance of his subordinates. He lowered his voice and burst into a hoarse yet clear voice, asking, "So, how should we take back what's ours?!" The members of East Star raised their guns high above their heads.
"Kill 10086! Kill 10086!" Kenelm laughed heartily. "Very good! Very spirited!! Brothers, we're setting off now. Whoever can chop off 10086's head, I'll reward them with twenty kilograms of bread and mineral water. I keep my promises!"