Since the end of the world.

For the first time, Ji Heng recalled the Xu Bai of the past - the Xu Bai who blushed and shyly handed him a love letter and asked him if he wanted to be friends. He then compared the Xu Bai in front of him with the Xu Bai who was completely different from before, mature and calm, but still cared about him.

He seemed to like the latter more.

But he realized his feelings too late, and didn't know what Xu Bai was thinking now.

Ji Heng hesitated. He didn't know whether he should tell Xu Bai his feelings and break through the veil between them.

Xu Bai always felt that Ji Heng was a little weird, but right now she had to go meet Base Director Xiwang, so it was not the time to go into details.

Before going downstairs, Xu Bai looked back at Ji Heng who was standing there. His eyes met Ji Heng's. Xu Bai nodded and went to see the base director Xiwang.

Does she seem to understand his feelings a little?

Ji Heng's mind kept appearing the look in Xu Bai's eyes before he went downstairs, and he went to Shi Qinghe to discuss it with some uncertainty.

…

Reception hall.

Xu Bai sat in the main seat, next to Jiao Nanmu, and on the other side were Xiwang Base Director Lin Xiwang and his secretary.

"City Lord Lin, can you tell me what you want to talk to me about now?"

Lin Xiwang looked cheerful. After this massive zombie wave, he had lost a lot of weight, and his face was full of fatigue. After hearing Xu Bai's words, tears welled up in his eyes. He looked at Xu Bai with hope and asked, "City Lord Xu, you can just call me Xiwang. Can you develop our Xiwang base into a second distribution area?"

"The Xiwang Base can be renamed, such as the Shuguang City Division or the Branch."

After hearing this, Xu Bai, who was originally leaning back in his chair, sat up straight, placed his hands on the conference table, crossed his fingers, and stared at Lin Xiwang.

"City Lord Lin wants Dawn City to merge with Xiwang Base?"

Lin Xiwang paused and nodded: "Is it okay?"

"To be honest, this zombie wave has caused serious damage to Xiwang Base, with two-thirds of the people killed or injured. I simply don't have the ability to carry them through this, so I wanted to ask City Lord Xu if... if he could take in our people and give them... jobs?"

Lin Xiwang thought about it for a long time before coming.

These days, Xiwang Base has been living a more comfortable life than in the previous few months by purchasing supplies from Dawn City, but a zombie tide was enough to almost destroy their base.

He couldn't let other people in the base live in fear just because he didn't want to stay in someone else's base to earn a little crystal core food.

Before Xu Bai finished his work and came over, Lin Xiwang and his secretary took a good look around Shuguang City.

This zombie tide did not have much impact on their Dawn City, except that the city gate looked like it had been renovated.

When they visited Dawn City, their residents were still busy working in their factories, and some were even doing infrastructure construction.

Aren’t days like this comparable to life before the end of the world?

He just didn't know whether Dawn City was willing to accept them as residents and arrange jobs for them. He knew that it was a bit unreasonable, but as long as he was thick-skinned enough, what if?

Opportunities are all earned by oneself.

This has always been Lin Xiwang’s belief.

Xu Bai did not rush to reply him. He looked at Lin Xiwang and his secretary's sincere and pleading eyes for a while before giving a new plan.

Lin Xiwang left with his secretary, walking on the streets of Shuguang City. They felt as if they were in another world. They couldn't believe it and looked at each other excitedly.

During the time when Xu Bai didn't respond to him, he had already prepared for the possibility that Xu Bai would refuse, and was even thinking about how to convince Xu Bai.

As a result, he heard Xu Bai say that let their base stay there first and develop independently, but Shuguang City would build infrastructure in their base similar to that of Shuguang City. However, every month Xiwang Base would need to pay Shuguang City 70% of its sales, which was sales, not profits.

Lin Xiwang naturally agreed.

They had inquired and found out that most of the existing residential buildings in Dawn City had already been occupied. There were about a hundred people in their Xiwang base now, and the remaining rooms might not be enough for them to live in. Moreover, no matter how good Dawn City was, they were somewhat reluctant to give up the base they had built from scratch.

That is equivalent to leaving your home and coming to a strange place.

Not to mention 170%, he would agree to even 80%.

There is a certain distance between Xiwang Base and Shuguang City, but Xiwang Base is closer to the neighboring city.

With Shuguang City behind him, Lin Xiwang is confident that he can develop the Xiwang Base into something better and bigger than it is now.

Furthermore, if the people in their base do not want to work in their own base, they can also ask their partners to come here together, accumulate more crystal cores, and stay in the hotel here to improve their abilities.

Later, Xu Bai will build a similar oasis hotel in their base, and then life will be comparable to competing with the existing residents in Dawn City for a few resources.

Lin Xiwang and his secretary purchased a large amount of supplies and hurried back to the Xiwang base to start their new round of infrastructure construction - first cleaning up the unnecessary debris.

Jiao Nanmu was very surprised that Xu Bai could make such a decision. According to his guess, if Xu Bai was willing to accept this group of residents, he should let them move into Shuguang City.

“No one values ​​what is easily gained without effort.”

"The current population of Dawn City is over a thousand, which is enough. A place with a lot of people is prone to zombies. If there are similar situations in the future, refer to the methods used by Xiwang Base."

"OK."

After listening to Xu Bai's explanation, Jiao Nanmu suddenly understood.

Yes, adding too many new residents to Dawn City in the future will only increase the burden on Dawn City.

Setting up bases in multiple locations can also disperse the firepower of the zombie tide, so that more people will survive.

Suppose they fail to stop the zombie tide this time, or fail to discover the traitor in time, and let the zombies come in and kill those ordinary residents without super powers, then their residents who originally still have a sense of happiness will once again have their families broken up and become displaced.

Jiao Nanmu shuddered and looked at Xu Bai's departing background with admiration...

The bases within the Zhe City base were hit hard by this zombie tide. Many small bases returned to the status quo two or three months after the apocalypse, with low base defenses, lack of food, and countless deaths.

After seeing Xiwang's rapid construction and restoration of its original state, they inquired about the consequences and came to Shuguang City to seek acquisition, merger and protection.

Everything produced in Dawn City every day, except for the amount needed by the plane store, is divided up among the large and small bases in Zhe City.

Dawn City is busier than ever.

After all this busyness, it was soon the Lunar New Year.