Chapter 334, Beware of Mutated Zombies
Coming on behalf of Shen Yang?
After the girl said this, the conference room fell into a brief silence.
All eyes were focused on Old Yan - most of them were on the sidelines, and they came today to find out the future development of the base's power.
Mr. Yan knew this clearly, so he could not show any weakness when facing the Shen family.
Of course he couldn't show his weakness - he was scared by a little girl, and if he told others about it, it would bring shame to the ancestors of the Yan family.
The old man thought so in his heart, but the bloody scene he saw a few days ago inexplicably popped up in his mind.
That day in the villa, it was this little girl with a gentle and peaceful smile who beat three people with special abilities, including his heir, so badly that they couldn't get up.
Whenever he saw Jiang Ran, Yan Jue's bloody face would keep appearing before his eyes, and he couldn't get rid of it no matter how hard he tried.
This girl has been with Si Xu for so long that she even abandoned her own grandfather. He doesn't expect her to respect the elderly and love the young.
He had no doubt that if she was unhappy with him later, she would pick up a chair and beat him to death.
Old Yan swallowed uncontrollably.
Not knowing nor caring what the old man was thinking, Jiang Ran walked to the conference table and casually placed the thick notebooks on the table one by one, making a heavy muffled sound.
"No extra chairs?" She smiled, her smile undiminished, as if puzzled. "Did my cousin say that no one from the Shen family would be attending today's meeting?"
Of course not.
When her sharp gaze swept over him, the conference assistant who was standing quietly beside him immediately ran out and brought in a chair and placed it behind Jiang Ran.
Jiang Ran didn't complain, but didn't sit down either.
"Let me see..." Jiang Ran took out the roster from his notebook and looked through it one by one. "Well, everyone is here."
She closed the roster and said meaningfully, "It seems everyone is looking forward to today's meeting. My cousin told me that usually, some people are absent from meetings for various reasons. It's great that everyone is here today."
"Forehead……"
"this……"
If the person in front of her was just a representative of the Shen family, someone might have the courage to stand up and teach her a lesson.
But besides being the representative of the Shen family, she is also Si Xu’s lover… Just because Si Xu is not around doesn’t mean they have the guts to do anything excessive to his woman.
"Now that everyone is here, let's start the meeting." Jiang Ran glanced at the contents of the notebook, "Let's start with the report of the Superpower Team..."
The woman came in place of Shen Yang. Although she did not sit in the main seat, she naturally replaced Mr. Yan and became the leader of the meeting.
Mr. Yan tried to respond several times, but was choked back by the girl neither softly nor hard, making the old man blush.
After listening to all the reports, Jiang Ran looked down at the contents of her notebook - it detailed the meeting process, reporting order, and matters that needed attention. It was specially organized by Shen Yang for her.
"For the next month, a special ability team will be added to the city wall defense. All missions outside the city will be cancelled except for hunting zombies."
As soon as Jiang Ran finished speaking, Old Yan was the first to stand up and object: "Ms. Jiang, base work is no joke. You should at least give us a reason for making these decisions."
"That's right. If we don't send the special-ability team out to search for supplies, are we just going to sit there and eat up all the food?"
"Also, the base already has a whole psychic team patrolling every day. Adding another psychic team would be a waste of manpower, wouldn't it? ——If you have this spare time, you'd better go out and look for supplies."
“That’s right…”
While those people were arguing in opposition, Jiang Ran just drank his tea calmly.
After they gradually died down, Jiang Ran put down his teacup and raised an eyebrow: "Are you done with the discussion?"
The girl clearly didn't have any extra expression, but the group of people who were having a heated discussion felt inexplicably guilty.
No one answered.
"Now that we're done discussing this, let me explain it to you all." Jiang Ran crossed his legs, placed one hand on the table, and tapped it with his fingers. "Listen carefully."
Like elementary school students being taught by a teacher, those people lowered their heads, ready to listen to her explanation.
Such a submissive attitude was of course just an appearance. Jiang Ran knew very well that once she said something wrong or a loophole in her words was caught, these people would find ways to overturn her previous arrangement.
Overturning her arrangement meant that they had won this war without gunpowder.
"I've read the latest reports. The last time they went out of the city to look for supplies was the First Ability Team. They were delayed for a month and brought back... well, a truckload of usable supplies. The one before that was the Fourth Ability Team..." Jiang Ran named three teams in a row and threw down the report. "It's been a year since the end of the world. Most of the supplies stored outside have expired. The truly useful ones, such as medical supplies, have long been looted by various bases.
"Furthermore, the zombies' superpower levels have increased significantly over the past winter. Recently, the chances of injury to the superpower teams on missions have increased by... forty percent? —The supplies they find out there aren't even enough to cover the costs of the injured. So, what's the point of this job?"
Someone was dissatisfied: "But if we don't go out to search for supplies at all, how will the base maintain its operation?"
"Does the current base rely on the supplies from that one truck to operate?" Jiang Ran sneered. "Have you not paid attention to the achievements of the Crop Laboratory and the Base Laboratory?"
"Can……"
The man wanted to say more, but Jiang Ran interrupted him directly: "How about this - if you insist that we should send people out to find supplies, then... whoever thinks it's worthwhile can go by themselves, how about that?"
Elder Yan said in a deep voice: "Miss Jiang, what do you mean by this?"
"That's exactly what it says." Jiang Ran leaned back in her chair and said softly, "As far as I know, none of the members of the association attending the meeting today have ever participated in an outing, right? Coincidentally, searching for supplies is just the most basic task, suitable for newbies like you."
"Miss Jiang, you..."
"Didn't you say that going out to search for supplies was essential?" Jiang Ran said coldly, "Why? You're not happy to be assigned such a crucial mission?"
"This..." That's not what you should say. The work of searching for supplies has always been done by the people in the special power team. Why should they go now?
Isn't she just being unreasonable?
Old Yan also saw through the girl's bandit logic of "If you can do it, go ahead, if you can't, don't complain", but this time he really can't do it. But once he admits that he is unwilling to leave the safe base, it is obvious that he is shirking responsibility... The old man was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to respond to the girl's suggestion.
"Ahem." Receiving Jiang Ran's gaze, Su Qin seized the opportunity to ask, "The outbound search for supplies can be temporarily canceled. Miss Jiang, why are you increasing the patrol team?"
After changing the question, the person who was left speechless by Jiang Ran was revived again.
"Yes, what is the purpose of increasing the patrol team?"
"Our special ability team is now fully staffed. One special ability team can fully undertake the patrol work of the base..."
This time, Jiang Ran didn't wait for them to finish their discussion and just said, "Adding a special ability team is to guard against mutant zombies."
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
