Apocalypse King: Recruiting S-Tier Beauties With My Ruler System-Chapter 40: The System Transformed into a Survival Game!

I reached out and took Jiang Roulan's beer and gulped half the bottle. Roulan huffed at me before swelling her cheeks like a little fish.

However, instead of scolding me, she scrunched up her nose and rushed into the kitchen to get more. I also sent a message to Mu Qinglan, telling her my plans.

"Are you really considering staying here, I mean it's quite safe... but."

She likely meant the front area.

Thanks to my fight with the big guy, it needed a lot of work. The clearing of corpses and killing the undead that appeared because of the Brute's shriek. This area became a hotspot for the zombies to gather.

"Don't you think it's a good idea?"

Honestly, because she was a police officer for over ten years and a rich woman, I wanted to hear her opinion. Mu Qinglan was the same, but I doubted she would help me right now after scolding her.

Her message couldn't help but dampen my mood.

[Sure, sounds good.]

'How can she be like this, even after the world fell apart!'

I threw away my frustration with Qinglan and focused on Jiang Roulan, who opened the two beers and dropped on the soft cushion beside me. She tidied the meals away before I noticed before snapping on the television.

The only shows remaining were re-runs of informative animal shows narrated by a posh fellow from the empire.

"So, do you really want to settle here?"

Roulan leaned forward, her loose t-shirt stretching to reveal her cleavage, as she turned to face me with a faint smile. "My family owns the place, so I have the master keys." Information slipped from her mouth while I worshipped her figure in the afternoon sunlight.

It was illegal for a woman to wear a loose jersey with a plunging neckline and training pants!

"Really?" I gasped, maybe a little too shocked by her revelation.

"Yeah, though there are people still here in the lower apartments. Everything from this floor and up is empty. So we have like five floors we could use."

'Can I recruit those normal people...'

However, what if they were all useless ranks?

Then building affection and loyalty with a load of annoying people would piss me off.

"Well, right now, from here, the place that might work is the mall." Jiang Roulan tapped her chin and pressed her beer against her lips. She squished them against the rim as her breath condensed under the lid.

'She's too erotic.'

"That was the first place people set up a survivors camp, is less than a ten-minute jog. The second place people were told to gather was the old sports complex with the dormitories to the north. Then, the military base to the far south."

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I could feel my mind turning; the discovery of gathering points made me curious about why Jiang Roulan remained here alone.

However, that could wait.

'System, I am curious but do lower ranked people need the same amount of Loyalty to reach a level where they won't betray me, and will listen to my orders?'

[System Notice: The Rank affects everything, from their potential to their difficulty to handle.]

▼ The lower the Rank, the less affection is needed to make someone reach: Loyalty+

S-Tier - 200+

A-Tier - 180+

B-Tier - 150+

C-Tier - 100+

D-Tier - 80+

E-Tier - 50+

[Warning! Do not confuse followers and subjects for mindless slaves—they will deny requests that go against their inner morals even at the highest levels.]

[But given basic food and comfort and people above this level will follow you without issue and won't betray you and will even fight for you if required.]

The information was helpful. It taught me that some people were special, like Jiang Roulan, who needed a higher affinity to recruit due to her skills and life. I also found that once I broke through her first guard, she became soft and very accepting.

'Though she might not be the same for others.'

"Alright, do you mind if we make this place our safe house. I probably won't listen to you much and you might get sick of me so think carefully."

Jiang Roulan looked at me with a bemused grin, sipping her beer. She closed her eyes and threw her head back. The golden nectar guzzled down her throat as she opened her mouth, let out a loud burp, and looked at me with one eye closed.

"If I follow you, will you put my survival before other people?"

"I will always put myself first, then you and Qinglan will probably be second priority."

"Instant answer, haha."

She leaned back against the sofa and let out a long sigh. "Well, at least you didn't come out with some dumb romantic crap, or say I am your number one. Haha. I'll follow you, since you seem to have some secrets and can help us when it's dangerous. I'll give you my knowledge and skills... so help me survive, I have something I need to do."

[Jiang Roulan has confided in you!]

[This request isn't a mission or quest, but if you manage to grow closer and learn what she is hiding inside, a substantial reward awaits!]

"Understood."

There wasn't more I could say, and she probably had things she couldn't tell me. I decided to wait until she was ready, and our relationship became deeper.

After all, who was I to step into her life after a few days?

"Hmm... that's good."

When I opened the special tab listed Safe Zone, my vision transformed, and the panels became small boxes with various images. Some with sticks, metal and what I think was plastic, with values at 0.

The screen reminded me of the game Minebuild or Crust.

Those survival games where you build a base using collected items. But what made my heart pound was that the sofa glowed when I focused on it!

[Black Comfy Sofa]

▼ Move [100 ZKP]

▼ Dismantle

▼ Repair [10 ZKP]

▼ Upgrade (???)

When I hovered over the dismantle with my fingertip, the option expanded to show something else.

▼ Dismantle

+50 ZKP

+2 WOOD

+2 CLOTH

+2 PLASTIC

To close the list, I just needed to lose my focus, or will it to close.

The moment I examined the various things in Jiang Roulan's room I could destroy or recycle, it seemed I could also dismantle her clothes...

This new part of the system was a little complex, and for now, I just stuck to the basics, focused on the left sidebar, which showed all the floors of the building, and with my current rank, I could make the Top three floors into a zombie-free zone.

'I should make the entrance safe... then the top two floors? If I can move things for ZKP wouldn't it be smarter to do that, and conquer more floors when I rank up?'

"What's wrong?"

Qinglan tapped my head with her fist because I was quiet for too long.

"Nothing, I am just figuring out how to fulfil your request."

"Hmm... I see, good boy."

She seemed a little uncomfortable from her slight movements, and I decided to leave the apartment to check out my future base. Dismantling things could only be done in safe areas where there were no zombies.

"I'm going to check upstairs. Can you lend me the keys?"

Her face became relieved as she took them from her pocket before swirling them around her finger and tossing them to me with a jingling sound. "Don't come back for an hour..."

"I see. I'll come back later, then."

"Mm..."

With that... I stepped into the hallway.

Half-tempted to check each room and start a dismantling frenzy, but first, I blocked the front door, tapping it on the screen, as a 3-D map of the building appeared in front of me, like a glowing blue hologram.

"Sweet."

Then I reached for the build button...