What surprised them even more was that there were newborn babies in the Spicy Sister's food processing plant.

A young mother in overalls, holding a chubby baby in her arms, smiled kindly at Lu Sheng and the others. The exquisitely beautiful little baby even pointed a chubby little finger at Lu Sheng and babbled softly.

New life represents new hope and aspirations. In the harsh environment of the apocalypse, where one could be beheaded at any moment, the birth of new life is an inspiring thing.

“The people in this factory all seem pretty normal,” Sun Tiantian said in a low voice, touching Lu Sheng’s fingers.

Lu Sheng didn't speak, but glanced at the workers around him who were each doing their own job.

According to the information provided in the mission, the Spicy Sister-in-Law Processing Plant has more than 10,000 workers, which can be considered as the scale of a medium-sized base.

Judging from what they saw and heard after entering the base, the factory has now formed a well-organized, self-sufficient community.

Some workshops in the factory have been converted into machine tools to manufacture daily necessities. In addition, by using zombies for production and planting, the entire group can achieve self-sufficiency in food, clothing and other necessities.

Ring ring ring.

Suddenly, the factory's loudspeaker rang.

The busy workers in the workshop suddenly put down their work and ran happily toward the factory area.

"What's up? Did you get paid?"

Zhang Xiaojuan stood on tiptoe in surprise and looked in the direction of the surging crowd.

"Dinner's ready," Sister Zhang explained with a smile.

“Our factory provides four meals a day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. There’s also a midnight snack at 2 a.m. You’ve arrived at just the right time, just in time for the midnight snack.”

Han Rui stared at the two long lines at the entrance of the cafeteria, her jaw nearly dropping in astonishment. "The conditions here are so good? They can provide four meals a day!"

"Stir-fried beef with onions, cold vegetable salad, and eggplant with minced meat. For staple food, there are rice and steamed buns. You can get food for free by showing your employee ID." Zhang Xiaojuan curiously ran to the front of the line to take a look inside the canteen, then ran back to tell Lu Sheng and the others.

"What kind of family is this, daring to supply beef to so many people?"

Sister Zhang raised her chin slightly, her tone quite proud, "Here, there's plenty of food. And we have meat at every meal."

"This...how is this possible!" Han Rui's eyes widened in disbelief. "Animal farming is very difficult now. Even with fast-growing, technologically advanced cattle, it's impossible to feed so many people meat every day..."

Han Rui's words reflected what Sun Tiantian and the others were thinking.

Even though Yunshan Base is already the largest base in the entire capital, it still can't guarantee everyone's freedom to eat meat.

Only high-level superhumans and base management can afford meat products sold by weight.

Unless the factory managers possess cutting-edge, high-tech breeding techniques, it's completely impossible with current technology.

"Really? ...I'm even tempted to join..." Han Ru looked into the cafeteria with a mixture of belief and doubt.

But Lu Sheng believed what Sister Li said.

Just look at these workers queuing up.

They were all radiant and full of energy, laughing and joking around energetically while waiting in line. Clearly, they were enjoying a life of plenty to be in such good health.

In contrast, the people at the Yunshan base were emaciated and their hair was like withered straw. It was clear that there was a huge difference in their living standards.

"How do you support so many people?" Han Rui asked curiously.

Sister Zhang smiled kindly, "These are our factory's secrets. If you don't plan to stay, I can't tell you."

After a pause, Sister Zhang added, "But if you're willing to join this group, we'll be one family, and these things won't be secrets anymore."

"Okay, let's join."

Lu Sheng's lips curled up slightly, revealing a perfunctory smile.

There are over 10,000 people in the factory; she can't just kill them all at once, especially since they are all ordinary workers who haven't awakened any special abilities.

Having survived two apocalypses, she didn't believe such a perfect, idealistic utopia truly existed in the world.

It seems strange that they have no worries about food and drink and can eat whatever they want from a communal pot.

Nothing ventured, nothing gained; she figured she could just stay in the factory and look for clues.

"If you join, what about our car..." Xiao Yu asked cautiously.

Since it's a system of communal dining, everything should theoretically belong to the collective. So, after they join, will the RV and its supplies also have to be handed over to the collective?

"Young people always think too much," Sister Zhang chuckled. "Don't worry, we have everything we need here, and we won't covet your things."

"It would be good if you were willing to hand over the supplies you brought, but the factory will not force you if you are not. You can do whatever you want with them."

This time, Lu Sheng was genuinely a little surprised.

"What about working hours? How long are we forced to work each day?" Zhang Xiaojuan, a humble working woman, asked the most profound question.

"You have a fixed five-hour workday, and you can allocate those five hours as you like." Sister Zhang led them into the cafeteria and asked the cafeteria staff to give them extra food.

"You can work for five hours straight and then leave, or you can split those five hours into two hours in the morning, two hours in the afternoon, and one hour in the evening. In short, you have a lot of free time, and you can do whatever you want outside of those five hours."

"Free meals and accommodation, easy work—isn't this the life of my dreams?"

Zhang Xiaojuan was so excited that she wished she could stand on the flag-raising platform right now and declare that she would dedicate her life to the Spicy Sister-in-Law Factory.

"What if we can't adapt to factory life and want to leave?" Lu Sheng pondered for a moment before asking slowly.

Sister Zhang's face tightened instantly, and after a while, she managed a smile again. "I believe you will soon be able to integrate into this big family, but if you really can't adapt, we won't force you to stay."

The canteen was full of workers eating. Someone heard that Lu Sheng and the others had decided to join the factory and suddenly stood up and applauded loudly.

Welcome to our family!

The enthusiastic atmosphere began to spread like wildfire. Within seconds, everyone in the cafeteria stood up and surrounded Lu Sheng and her group, clapping in unison.

The little girl standing next to Lu Sheng even clapped her hands until they turned red.

Everyone had a genuine smile on their face, which made Lu Sheng and the others feel a little awkward.

Several socially awkward individuals were mortified, except for Zhang Xiaojuan and Han Rui, who were naturally outgoing.

"It's getting late. Let me arrange accommodations for you first, and I'll show you around the factory's systems tomorrow."

The factory's male and female dormitories were separate. Lu Sheng, Sun Tiantian, and Han Rui followed Sister Li to the female staff dormitory, while Xu Yi and the others were taken away by another middle-aged male supervisor.

Before leaving, Lu Sheng took out a walkie-talkie from his spatial storage and handed it to Xu Yi.

I took it from the security guard's room when I was doing a free purchase at the supermarket.