On the other side, Vikram raised an eyebrow as he looked at the coordinates Lucas sent in the group.

However, he quickly realized what was going on and smirked.

"Whatever, it’s none of my business."

After patrolling around the Shelter and seeing no insect plague like last night, Vikram dove into the e-sports room and played for half a day.

When he got tired of playing, and started feeling he wanted to release some water, he went to find the four women.

And the result was obvious: the four women weren’t able to handle him properly. It was thanks to Luna, that she took the four rounds, so the others were spared from getting tired.

Now, the Shelter lacked nothing for food, drink, and entertainment. If it weren’t for the things Vikram experienced in the ruin, his Territory could even satisfy the conditions for never needing to go outside again.

Such a life, aside from a slight waste of condoms, had almost no other flaws.

However, the Wasteland World would never let these outsiders live too comfortably.

After a full day of enjoyment, Vikram had just laid down when the Shelter’s recently upgraded alarm rang again.

In the middle of the night, Vikram took the elevator to the outside.

At this time, Ron and the new members were already firing continuously from the wall.

"Again?"

Vikram’s scalp tingled as he watched the insects swarming towards the Shelter like a tide outside the wall.

Without another word, Vikram looked towards Fiery, and following that, nearly half of the insects were burned out.

While the Phanty went into the middle, and with a thought, black mist immediately spread outside the wall.

Within the dark mist, faint blue lights flashed from time to time, and before long, a large pile of insect corpses once again accumulated on the ground.

The insects directly in front were indeed terrifying, but in front of Phanty and Feiry, they were just weak bugs.

Compared to yesterday’s insect tide, today’s insect tide was clearly much larger in number, yet it wasn’t as resilient as yesterday’s.

While Divya also used her Tsunami Wave abilities to kill many of the bugs.

To deal with each insect, she no longer needed to swing water blades in the air; she only needed to control a very tiny water needle to destroy the insects’ brains to defeat them.

This saved mental strength, and the insects simply couldn’t react to the tiny water needles.

Meanwhile Vikram was getting free mental strength while his spirit increased per second.

While the insects were getting killed, he had pretty much figured out how mental strength increased.

A refined-grade creature, after being killed, could increase his mental strength by 1 point.

Don’t underestimate that single point; keep in mind that the number of insects in this plague was around four to five hundred each time.

Compared to how physique only increased by a meager amount each time, the mental strength value was quite generous.

And soon all the insects, just like yesterday, burnt or killed down.

Meanwhile Vikram looked towards his stats. While his head was spinning right now.

[Mental Strength +226.]

[Host: Vikram

Mental Strength Lv1

Spirit: 306+226

Strength: 112

Speed: 115

Stamina: 111

Reaction: 114]

Seeing his Spirit increase again, he again felt he needed to relieve. And then without caring about her picked up his women and entered the bedroom.

Following that, before he fell asleep, he saw that his women were laying down tiredly, they didn’t even have the strength to stand up.

And seeing that, he understood that there is some problem with him, if his mental strength grew, he didn’t know what happened.

While after he falls asleep, Divya looks at others, and decides that they must immediately invite Geetanjali and Radhika, or if possible, they should also invite a few other girls.

---

In the morning, Vikram, still in a deep sleep, was awakened by the communication sound from the Survival Platform.

Rubbing his eyes, he shook his head and opened the interface. Upon closer inspection, he found that a whole night’s worth of messages had piled up.

Most of them were friend requests from group members, with notes asking for refuge or requesting to join his Shelter.

Without even looking at them, Vikram ignored those useless messages and shifted his attention to the communication requests.

There were two missed calls.

One was from Shalini.

The other was from Brandon.

Vikram only glanced at Brandon’s name before casually ignoring it.

Whatever Brandon wanted could wait.

On the other hand, Shalini was currently helping him manage Savage Wolf Shelter. Since she was calling him so early in the morning, something had most likely happened there.

Only then did Vikram suddenly remember.

"Wait... Savage Wolf Shelter probably couldn’t withstand the insect plague."

Without hesitating any longer, Vikram accepted Shalini’s call.

"What happened?"

As soon as the call connected, Shalini’s calm but anxious voice came from the other end.

"Boss, the situation at Savage Wolf Shelter is getting worse."

"The insect plague is far more terrifying than we expected. The Shelter’s outer buildings have already been destroyed, and I’ve gathered everyone into the underground pits for the time being."

"They’re safe for now, but they can’t stay there forever."

"What should I do?"

Hearing that it was Shalini reporting the situation, Vikram fell silent for a moment.

Among all the people under him, Shalini was one of his most loyal women, and she had always handled Savage Wolf Shelter according to his instructions.

Since she had personally contacted him for help, the situation was clearly no longer something they could solve on their own.

After thinking for a few seconds, Vikram made his decision.

"Stay where you are and don’t let anyone leave the underground shelter."

"I’m coming over right now."

"Understood, Boss."

After ending the call with Shalini, Vikram immediately answered Brandon’s communication request.

The moment the call connected, miserable cries and panicked shouting erupted from the other end.

Vikram was almost speechless.

On one side, Shalini had remained calm despite facing the same insect plague, clearly reporting the situation and asking for his instructions.

On the other side, Brandon was crying like a child.

"Boss! You finally answered!"

"Our Blue Frost Shelter is finished! We’re all going to die!"

Vikram raised an eyebrow.

"Are all your members dead already?"

Brandon hurriedly replied, his voice still trembling.

"N-Not yet... but it won’t be long."

"The insects have destroyed almost everything above ground. Right now, all of us are hiding inside underground pits."

"But those pits won’t protect us forever. If you don’t come and save us, Boss, we’ll all die sooner or later!"

Hearing this, Vikram frowned slightly.

Compared to Shalini, Brandon had completely lost his composure. It seemed Blue Frost Shelter had suffered far heavier losses than Savage Wolf Shelter, otherwise Brandon wouldn’t be panicking to this extent.

Vikram calmly finished the last bite of his breakfast before speaking.

"That’s great then."

"If you die, you die."

"I’ll remove your Slavery Bracelet first. Just remember to trade it back to me before you die."

"Boss!"

"Please don’t joke around at a time like this! I’m serious!"

"I really don’t want to die!"

Seeing Brandon panic even more, Vikram couldn’t help but chuckle before stopping his teasing.

After thinking for a moment, he finally said,

"Listen carefully."

"Bring only the people who are absolutely loyal to you."

"As for the rest, don’t worry about them."

"I’ll come over shortly."

Hearing that, Brandon was instantly overjoyed.

"Thank you, Boss! Thank you!"

"I knew the Boss wouldn’t abandon us!"

However, before Brandon could celebrate for long, he suddenly seemed to remember something.

"Oh... Boss."

"I almost forgot to tell you."

"The first night the insect plague broke out, nearly half of Blue Frost Shelter’s members ran away."

"They emptied a large portion of the warehouse before leaving."

"Only around fifty people chose to stay with me."

As he spoke, Brandon’s voice became filled with resentment.

"I really don’t understand."

"I gave them food, weapons, and protection."

"But when disaster struck, they abandoned the Shelter without any hesitation."

"They were even less loyal than the people who had only joined Blue Frost Shelter recently."

Vikram, who had been quietly eating breakfast, merely smiled faintly.

At this moment, he was actually glad he hadn’t accepted all of Blue Frost Shelter’s members into his Territory.

People who abandoned their Shelter at the first sign of danger weren’t worth cultivating.

After swallowing the last bite of his breakfast, Vikram casually asked,

"Do you know where they went?"

Brandon nodded.

"I do."

"I heard from one of the members that they took the supplies they stole from Blue Frost Shelter and headed toward Aurora Shelter."

"They seemed to believe Aurora Shelter could protect them from the insect plague."

"Aurora Shelter?"

Vikram softly repeated the name to himself.

This wasn’t the first time he had heard of Aurora Shelter. More and more clues seemed to be pointing toward that mysterious place.

After a moment of thought, Vikram sent Brandon the coordinates of Savage Wolf Shelter through the communication.

"Find a way to get there yourself."

"If you can’t make it... then fend for yourself."

With that, Vikram hung up the communication.

As for himself, he began thinking about how to solve the crisis at Savage Wolf Shelter.

His gaze slowly shifted toward his Plant Army, and a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes.

He even considered asking the Plant System for advice.

However, remembering how mercilessly the System always mocked him whenever he asked seemingly obvious questions, Vikram decisively gave up on the idea.

"I’ll figure it out myself." He muttered helplessly.