Through the woman, she also learned that most of the people in this gathering place were working for the base.

Not only do people work inside the base, but there are also jobs outside the base, such as in the breeding farms and plantations outside the base.

"Are all the farms outside the base?"

No wonder He Xiaobei was surprised. This kind of food source is the top priority now. If you leave it outside, aren't you afraid that it will be taken away by predators?

"Yes, there are farms and plantations inside and outside these bases."

As if she had seen through He Xiaobei's thoughts, she added:

"It's heavily guarded there. I heard a wall was built a while ago. Several waves of looters came here to steal things, but they were all killed in the end."

Both inside and outside the base?

That makes sense. The base was probably self-sufficient enough, but they started expanding outside the base in order to support these people outside and to store some supplies.

The woman was about to leave after she finished speaking, but He Xiaobei asked one last question:

"You don't seem surprised by me. There are often outsiders here?"

The woman pulled the corner of her mouth awkwardly after hearing this:

"Because of the recent frequent disasters, many small bases have been destroyed. Not only small bases, but also large bases and even many government bases have been destroyed. It's not so bad now. A while ago, a lot of people came to seek refuge."

He Xiaobei's eyes lit up:

"Then how did they get into the base?"

"Most of them didn't enter the base, and the few who did were all beautiful women or... or relatively beautiful men. I think you should understand."

He Xiaobei couldn't believe it. They didn't accept people from small private bases. There must be some officials in the government base. Isn't this a government base?

"Is there no one else going in?"

The woman shook her head and said affirmatively:

"No, the adults at the base don't like people from the government."

"I thought this was a government base!"

“It used to be, but it’s not now.”

He Xiaobei could tell there was a story here, and this woman seemed to know a lot. In order to hear more, she took out another piece of compressed biscuit and handed it to her:

"If you don't mind, could you tell me a little bit about this base?"

The woman looked around cautiously and found that no one was looking at them, so she gestured for He Xiaobei to go to a deserted place on the side.

He Xiaobei raised his eyebrows and said that everything else was fine, but why were they so cautious when talking about the history of the base?

Next, the woman looked around and briefly told He Xiaobei the general situation here. She looked like a thief, and then she ran away in a hurry.

He Xiaobei also learned from her that this base was originally one of the many bases built by the government. Because it was funded by many rich people, this shelter was built much more magnificently than the others.

After the natural disaster, the government's control was weak, and only two years later the base was controlled by the rich. The government had a conflict with them but ultimately failed.

I heard that someone in the base defected and many people died in that conflict. Since then, the base has not accepted any outside survivors.

He Xiaobei didn't completely believe what the woman said. After all, she was just a survivor outside the base and it was impossible for her to understand the details of what happened.

But the general direction should be correct. The base belonging to the government was occupied by a private individual, and then there was a conflict with it and eventually it became a private base.

In fact, this situation also exists in Longguo, but it is not so exaggerated. Didn’t a riot happen in the official base of S City before?

He Xiaobei shook his head regretfully. A private base?

She actually doesn't like private bases very much. Although private bases also have experimental research, the results are definitely not as good as official ones, which means that they can't make money by cutting leeks.

There may be a lot of good things in it, such as antiques, calligraphy and paintings, but no matter how many there are, they can never be more than you have.

She is the woman who owns two museums!

As for other vehicles and weapons, He Xiaobei looked down on them. After all, they were not as advanced as hers, so there was no need for them.

She had thought about sneaking in and harvesting some before leaving, but now she gave up the idea and decided to stay for a while and leave.

And only then did she understand why she was stopped by the guard at the gate even though she was driving such a nice car and wearing clean clothes.

These people probably saw too many important people who came to seek refuge being turned away, and they hated these people from the bottom of their hearts, so they acted like this.

The sky gradually darkened, and He Xiaobei had already walked to the center of the gathering place, where there were many people.

People sat on the ground in groups of three or four, chatting, and some even sang and danced together. This was probably their entertainment.