Li Hong, who was sleeping in the room, shook his drowsy head when he learned that someone was looking for him.

Who's looking for me?

"It's a boy named Li Fu who said he needs to talk to you."

After hearing this, Li Hong thought for a while before remembering who it was, and then said, "Thank you for letting me know, brother. I'll be right there."

"You're welcome. I'll head back now."

"Um."

Li Hong got up, dressed, grabbed a bag of snacks, and went upstairs.

He figured the big boy must have run out of food, otherwise he wouldn't have come looking for him.

Considering that he had saved him once before, he decided to give him some food.

Meanwhile, Li Fu stood still, waiting for the person.

Actually, he's not sure if the person will even see him, since he hasn't seen this person in a long time.

Only when Li Hong appeared in front of him did he smile and say, "Brother Li, it's been a long time."

"Hmm, long time no see. What brings you here today? Are you out of food? Well, I don't have much either, this is all I can do for you."

Seeing the food in his hand, Li Fu knew he had misunderstood and quickly explained, "Brother, I didn't ask you for food. I have something else to discuss with you. Can we go over there to talk? It won't take up too much of your time."

Seeing that he didn't seem to be lying, Li Hong had no choice but to walk aside with him to talk things over.

"Brother Li, the reason I called you here today is this..."

After that, Li Fu repeated what Nan Xiangwan had told Hu Nan.

But Li Hong frowned after hearing this.

Whenever he thinks about the base, he is reminded of his past experiences there.

None of those who came to power back then were good people; otherwise, they wouldn't be living in this place.

After all, who would choose to live a life of ignominy here if there were better options?

He then asked, "Where are they?"

"They're waiting outside the building. If you have any questions, you can go and ask them yourself."

Li Hong thought about it and decided it wouldn't hurt to meet him; what if he turned out to be a good person? It would be a shame to miss the opportunity.

After all, their current situation isn't much better.

Then Li Fu led Li Hong out the door.

Zhan Si met a good-looking man. Before his wife could speak, he stepped forward and asked, "Are you the person in charge here?"

When Li Hong saw the man who came, who looked righteous, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hello, I'm not in charge here, but the person in charge is my cousin. My name is Li Hong. May I ask how I should address you, sir?"

"My name is Zhan Siyu, and this is my beloved Nan Xiangwan."

When Li Hong saw Nan Xiangwan, he was momentarily stunned, but immediately looked away.

He then said, "Li Fu has told me about your situation. I want to know if what he said is true? You won't trick us into going back like other bases do, and then cruelly take us away for experiments, will you? After all, that's what happened at my previous base."

Upon hearing his words, Zhan Siyu calmly replied, "No, we are a legitimate base. Of course, we have two security bases in Beijing. We Zhan Nan people are all upright people and would disdain doing such things. However, the National Security Base does have a laboratory that studies the genes of zombies and mutants."

Li Hong raised an eyebrow after hearing this and asked uncertainly, "Are you sure you're not lying?"

"Well, you wouldn't go to such lengths to arrest people, would you? If you really wanted to find test subjects, have you ever seen anyone so stupid as to bring hundreds of people back at once?"

Li Hong: "......"

These words left him speechless.

Then he asked, "What kind of treatment will we receive if we go there?"

"Only the captain has a free single room; everyone else shares a room with four people. Of course, if you have enough crystal cores, you can pay to change rooms."

"Then what?"

Zhan Si frowned. What else did he want?

"Just ask what you want. We'll grant your request if we can, but we won't agree if we can't. After all, there are tens of thousands of people in the base, and we can't treat them differently."

"Mr. Zhan means that you have full authority to make the decision?"

"Yes, that's fine."

Li Hong then said, "There aren't many of us here, only 82 people. 20 of them don't have any special abilities, and we don't have much supplies either. We'll go back to the base with you. We don't have any other requests, as long as we don't starve to death. Of course, we can't let anyone bully us either."

"Sure, no problem. But our base doesn't support idlers. People who don't work don't get food. After all, you know how scarce food is right now. Giving it to combat personnel will at least help protect the base's safety, don't you think?"

After listening, Li Hong felt that this person spoke very frankly, saying either yes or no, without any nonsense. It seemed that going back to the base with him should not be a problem.

After thinking it over, she continued, "I need to go and talk to my cousin now. You guys can wait in the rest area inside the building for a while. Standing outside is quite tiring."

"Okay, we'll wait at most an hour."

"Okay, I'll go right now."

Li Hong arranged for the person to wait in the rest area, and then went to find his cousin.

After all, such a big matter needs to be discussed with the brothers. If they make a wrong judgment, they may never have another chance to turn things around.

After that, I don't know what Li Hong and those people said or what they said.

Anyway, when Zhan Si met the newcomer, there were already three of them.

"Mr. Zhan, this is my cousin Jia Hongtu, and this is my younger cousin Jia Hongtao."

"Hello, I am Zhan Siyu, and my wife is Nan Xiangwan."

After seeing the two men, Jia Hongtu confirmed that they were indeed upright and not like those treacherous villains. He then smiled and said, "I have heard about your conditions. We can go back with you, but I don't know if you have any means of transportation? I only have two vans available here right now, which can't carry everyone."

"Don't worry about that, we'll make the arrangements. You can just take your own things and go. However, we might need a few drivers, since there are many people and vehicles. Also, we need to travel back overnight, because the longer we are on the road, the less safe it will be."

Knowing that they were prepared, Jia Hongtu continued, "We have a driver, so you can rest assured. But when does Mr. Zhan plan to leave? I need to go back and make some preparations."

"Let's do it early tomorrow morning, that way we can get back to base in two days."

“Alright, in that case, we will wait for Mr. Zhan’s arrival tomorrow.”

"Okay, I'll leave promptly at 7 a.m. tomorrow. Goodbye."

After Zhan Siyu finished explaining everything that needed to be explained, he and his wife sent Li Fu back home.

Afterwards, the couple wandered around for a while and then found a place to rest.

Then wait for tomorrow to arrive.