"Um... the crops in the fields are almost ripe! Is it inappropriate for me to walk like this?"

Lu Yuan waved his hand: "What's inappropriate about it! How much more wheat can we harvest with you here! Why don't you stay and help me with some things? We need you here!"

After speaking, Lu Yuan pointed to the files on the desktop.

"From now on, you'll be my secretary! These documents are yours! Just compile a summary and put it on my desk! This is such a mess! Oh, and if you get too busy, just hire a few secretaries!"

Wang Mingming immediately nodded to Lu Yuan, looking somewhat flattered: "Okay, Brother Lu, I will definitely complete the task you assigned!"

"Okay! Go get busy!"

After saying that, Lu Yuan left the office.

At this moment, Shen Hu returned with a group of people, dragging their weary bodies, each with their heads bowed.

"Tiger! What's wrong? You don't seem to be doing well."

Shen Hu looked up and saw that it was Lu Yuan, so he waved to the others, and everyone greeted Lu Yuan and then left.

"Sigh! We were planning to take over a district today! But we didn't expect there to be hundreds of super mutants hiding there. We didn't have time to react, and dozens of our brothers died!"

Then Shen Hu sighed, "It's all my fault! I shouldn't have been so impulsive! I've caused the deaths of so many brothers, I'll never be able to face anyone again!"

Seeing the frustrated Shen Hu, Lu Yuan gently patted him on the shoulder: "It's alright! People always die in war! Besides, you're doing this for everyone! How can you be blamed? If you have to blame someone, blame Wang Qin!"

"By the way! Do we have all our equipment now?"

Did Lu Yuan mean all the equipment for all the production projects in the industrial zone? Because this area is mainly a light industrial base, the demand in the urban area is much greater, so many districts are basically engaged in the production of one type of product. As for heavy industrial equipment, there is very little, and it is mainly concentrated in the central area near District Nine.

"Some more is still missing! But most of the equipment is ready!"

"Alright! No need to rush! We still have plenty of time! How's the survivor gathering going?"

"Hmm, we've gained over two thousand more! But our food supplies are almost depleted! I wonder if the space can keep up!"

"Don't worry about the food problem! Now let's focus all our efforts on the equipment!"

Just then, Kuroko suddenly rushed over.

"Hey Heizi, what's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Hei Zilai, without explaining why he was panicking, handed his phone directly to Lu Yuan: "Look! Something's about to happen!"

Lu Yuan took the phone and looked at it with Shen Hu.

The phone screen displayed a text message with the words, "The Long Group, together with several other major families, has passed a bill to abolish the industrial zone! Implementation will begin in one week! Reply immediately!"

Upon seeing this message, both Lu Yuan and Shen Hu felt completely bewildered.

"It seems... something bad is finally about to happen!"

Lu Yuan frowned and pondered for a moment before asking, "If you're going to abolish the industrial zone, why wait a week before implementing it?"

Hei Zi was also a little confused, and then said to Lu Yuan, "I don't know the specifics either. Why don't you call Uncle Chen and ask him directly? He attended this meeting!"

Lu Yuan nodded: "Okay! I'll ask Uncle Chen right now!"

After saying that, Lu Yuan dialed Chen Zhongzheng's number on his phone.

The phone rang for a long time before someone finally answered.

Chen Zhongzheng's voice was heavy with exhaustion: "Hei Zi, hurry up and get back! Otherwise... you might not be able to come back!"

"Uncle Chen! It's me! Lu Yuan!"

Lu Yuan said softly.

Chen Zhongzheng was clearly surprised that Lu Yuan answered the phone.

"Lu Yuan...it's...it's you? You're still alive?"

Lu Yuan turned to look at Hei Zi in surprise. Hei Zi shrugged and said in a low voice, "I haven't told Uncle Chen about this yet!"

However, Lu Yuan could already guess that the other party had not said the second half of what he wanted to say, which was, "Because I'm worried that you'll steal my girlfriend."

"Haha! I'm perfectly fine! Uncle Chen! What exactly happened? Tell me!"

"Sigh! Well then I'll make this short and sweet!"

Then, a lighter clicked from Chen Zhongzheng's side, and after a while, he finally spoke slowly.

"Here's what happened: ever since the super mutant outbreak in the industrial zone, this area has been affected. The air force base was the first to be impacted, but the air force base commander, in order to avoid jeopardizing his career, simply concealed the matter..."

After listening to the other party's explanation, Lu Yuan finally understood why the middle-level people wanted to abandon the industrial zone.

The reason was that one of the people who had been with Chen Chong had been infected with the zombie virus by a super mutant, but the others did not realize it and planned to take all of them to the slums.

However, upon arrival, they were met with a horde of infected zombies. The people at the air force base were caught off guard and, fearing responsibility, attempted to cover it up internally. But the more they tried to conceal it, the more the situation escalated. Although the news reached the middle ranks, they had to suppress it in secret to prevent a potential civil unrest.

This is why Mi Tingting only heard about this matter in an internal meeting last time, which led to the middle-level district deciding to sever cooperation with the industrial zone and abandon the entire industrial zone in order to eliminate these super mutants and zombies.

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