Chapter 239 A Difficult Choice

Yang Wen coughed twice, trying to get everyone's attention back, but it was no use. Everyone's eyes remained focused on the sunflowers in Meng Shiwan's hands.

She simply stated directly, "It's a recurring issue: the buildings won't withstand acid rain, so we have to move. These people are from the Yesheng base, and they've agreed to let us move there, where our safety can be guaranteed."

Most of us are ordinary people. If the building were to collapse, no one would survive. The question is, do you choose to stay here and gamble with your lives, or go to the Ye Sheng base for a stable life? I think you all have your own decisions in mind.

Those who wish to come with me can come to my side.

As soon as she finished speaking, the scene fell silent again, with only the crackling sound of a few onlookers cracking sunflower seeds.

This is a difficult choice.

Whether it's good or bad for them to stay here is another matter, at least they can have enough to eat. But in the large base, they no longer have to face the dangers of zombies and natural disasters, but survival will be more difficult.

With scarce resources and a large population, even the best public security will inevitably lead to problems such as robbery and bullying.

The decision they face is not just about staying or leaving; it concerns their future.

To put it more seriously, life and death are separated by a single thought.

Everyone remained standing in the same spot, behind Li Changrui, motionless, their faces etched with barely concealed inner turmoil.

They were making the best assessment of the future, their eyes occasionally glancing at the sunflower heads, resisting the temptation of the delicious food.

Seeing that no one stood next to Yang Wen, Li Changrui's smile grew even more smug. "I've said it before, if it weren't for the fact that you're a water-based ability user and we're counting on your water source, you wouldn't have gotten the highest number of votes during the base commander election."

No one will go with you. How can you be sure these people are from Ye Sheng's base? What if they're scammers?

Furthermore, if you casually bring them into our base and they try to kill and rob us, our entire base will be finished.

Women are just women; they easily trust others and always think they're the smartest, but in reality, they can't do anything right.

His gaze towards Yang Wen was filled with mockery and sarcasm, as if he were the only intelligent and capable person in the world.

It was as if questioning the origins of these individuals would prove that he was a meticulous and trustworthy leader.

His words did have some effect, and the expressions on those people's faces became even more solemn.

"Yes, base commander, how can we prove that these people are from Ye Sheng Base? What if they aren't? If they take us out, wouldn't we be at their mercy?"

"That's right. In this day and age, there are all kinds of people. What if they trick us and then kill us? We'd be completely helpless in the acid rain."

"Or what if they're a small base, and we go there and they treat us like slaves?"

Their concerns were not unfounded. Before leaving, they should at least verify the identities of these people. They couldn't just blindly follow someone.

Lin Jingsong stood up, walked to Yang Wen's side, and showed them some documents proving their identity, as well as some videos of the Ye Sheng base.

Since its establishment, Yesheng Base has rescued many survivors outside, and people often question its identity. These identity verification items are always carried with them and are well prepared.

By presenting them one by one, they essentially silenced all the doubts.

He sat back down in his seat and continued cracking his sunflower seeds.

Yang Wen advised the group, "I'm the only water-type ability user in our base. If I leave, how long will your stored water last? The people from Ye Sheng's base are here now; let's set off with them today."

"Haven't you suffered enough exploitation and harassment during this time? Don't think I don't know that some people, taking advantage of their control over resource distribution, have coerced you into dating. And 'dating' is an understatement. If you want to stay here and continue living under duress, I have nothing more to say."

As soon as she spoke, Li Changrui and the others became anxious.

"You're talking nonsense. No one forced us. It was all voluntary."

Ye Sangyu watched them argue back and forth. The survivors seemed to be brainless, hesitant and unable to make a decision.

Is their Ye Sheng base really that bad? These people are still hesitating.

She directly asked, "Are you going or not? It's like we're forcing you to come. If you're not going, we're leaving. You're just wasting our time."

"I'll go! I'll follow the base commander."

A girl stepped forward from the crowd. The person next to her pulled her along, but the girl still walked firmly toward Yang Wen.

She stared indignantly at one of the superhumans next to Li Changrui.

"The base commander is right. I don't want to stay in this hypocritical base any longer. 'Forced love' is just a euphemism; to put it bluntly, someone is threatening you with food to rape you. If you don't obey, you won't even get food."

Let whoever wants to live like this live it, live it. I'm not going to. I don't know what it will be like at Ye Sheng Base, but right now, I don't want to stay in this awful place anymore.

Women are inherently more vulnerable, and with the base now predominantly populated by men with superpowers, survival will become even more difficult.

This is all under the premise that the base leader is a woman. The men would restrain themselves a little and use food as a threat to force many girls to agree to sleep with them.

To put it nicely, it's the girl's choice; to put it bluntly, it's no different from rape, just with a seemingly peaceful filter added.

If the base commander leaves, I don't even want to imagine what kind of den of wolves this base will become in the hands of these people.

Now that the fig leaf has been torn away, many people are no longer willing to tolerate it.

“I’m leaving too. If I don’t agree with their so-called relationship, I’ll starve to death. There are also some men who just watch the show. Some even say that if you can sleep with a superhuman, why can’t you sleep with him? If that’s the case, this base has already started to rot from the root.”

"Luckily, the base commander kept them in check. I don't even want to think about what would have happened to us women if the base commander hadn't been there."

When one person stood up, more people stood up, one after another, standing beside Yang Wen.

Most of them were women, but some were male friends or family members who came along.

One or two, then dozens or hundreds, gradually turning into groups walking this way.

Clearly, many people have seen through the true nature of this base; it's not a good place.

Seeing that most people were on Yang Wen's side, Li Changrui's face grew darker and darker.

He was furious. "Get out, all of you! A bunch of useless food-wasting trash! Who wants to feed you? We risked our lives to bring these supplies back. You're making a fuss over something so insignificant?"

"Didn't you enjoy it? Now you're turning your backs on us."