In the living room on the 11th floor of the post-apocalyptic bunker, Qiao Meng and Yang Yue paced back and forth anxiously.
Upon seeing Chen Yu return, they immediately came to greet him: "Have you taken care of things?"
Chen Yu nodded and reassured the two, "They've all been dealt with."
His voice was calm, but his eyes revealed a hint of fatigue.
Upon seeing this, the two were slightly taken aback, and a chill inexplicably rose in their hearts.
"Mr. Chen... Mr. Chen Yu, what do you mean by 'solution'?" Qiao Meng asked nervously.
"The literal meaning," Chen Yu said calmly, "I slaughtered them all."
Although he had sent the two away during the killing, it was only to prevent them from being traumatized by witnessing the cruel and bloody scene.
He never intended to hide his methods from them.
The post-apocalyptic world is cruel and merciless.
As Chen Yu's chosen partners, he hopes they can gradually adapt to this reality. After all, in this world where order has collapsed, kindness and compassion can sometimes become fatal weaknesses.
There are some things Chen Yu doesn't have to ask them to do, but they must accept his ideas. He doesn't want the people he trusts most to develop ulterior motives towards him in the future because of differences in their ideas.
Despite already having some suspicions, Qiao Meng and Yang Yue still couldn't help but tremble upon hearing Chen Yu's blunt and cold reply.
Lin Lele returned blankly at this moment, staring ahead with empty eyes. Clearly, the scene she had just witnessed had a great impact on her.
Yang Yue was the first to recover from her shock. She smiled wryly and said, "Chen Yu, they are just a group of ignorant people who have been instigated by others. Why are you being so extreme?"
"Provocation?" Chen Yu sneered. "If they didn't have such thoughts in their hearts, how could they be provoked by others?"
"The Tianyu Base currently has over 700,000 members. Why haven't the others been 'provoked'?"
"This..." Yang Yue was speechless.
"Everything in the base is provided by me. I personally paid for everything they eat and use. And what do they do? Instead of being grateful, they talk to me about fairness! They even want a share of my supplies. Do you think we should keep people like that?" Chen Yu said.
"I've already given them a chance, but they didn't cherish it. Who can they blame?"
“But…but you were clearly provoking them on purpose,” Qiao Meng whispered.
"Hehe, yes, I did it on purpose," Chen Yu said with a frank laugh. "When they chose to cause trouble here, I didn't intend to let them off easily."
The three fell silent upon hearing this.
“You’ve all seen how cruel it is outside. Countless people starve and freeze to death. People kill each other for a bite to eat, and even eat their own kind! But at the Tianyu Base, there is food and drink, and a relatively complete order still exists. If they work hard enough, they can even eat meat. And yet they are still not satisfied. Do you think this is a matter of distribution?”
“Even if I satisfy them today, they will still cause trouble in the future.”
"I have another question for you," Chen Yu said in a deep voice, "What do you think is the purpose of the ice and snow walls built outside the base?"
“I know that!” Qiao Meng chimed in, “To defend against enemies from the outside and protect the safety of the base.”
Chen Yu said calmly, "Although we are in an extremely cold apocalypse, modern weapons and equipment are not uncommon. Can a single ice and snow wall completely defend against external threats?"
"At least it can resist some of it," Lin Lele said, somewhat unconvinced.
Chen Yu shook his head: "If a force doesn't even have the capability for long-range or air strikes, my 'Tianyu Base' doesn't need to defend against them, and they wouldn't dare to cause trouble here."
Then, he looked at the group again: "Let me put it another way. Do you think the 'Tianyu Base' needs so many people? Does it need so many ordinary people?"
The three pondered for a moment upon hearing this.
Yang Yue said, "If we follow your plan, the 'Tianyu Base' will take the path of high technology in the future, and it will indeed not need ordinary residents. In fact, these ordinary residents will be a burden to the base."
"The future?" Lin Lele said indignantly, "I think they're just a burden now. What can they do? They haven't created any value for the base, and we still have to support them."
Chen Yu nodded: "That's right, you have to understand that I took them in entirely out of humanitarianism, but if they take my charity for granted and even bare their fangs at me, then I naturally have no need to be polite to them anymore."
"Mr. Chen Yu, do you mean that our base will no longer take in ordinary people?" Qiao Meng asked tentatively, a hint of worry flashing in her eyes.
Upon hearing this, Chen Yu smiled faintly and said, "Hehe, if 'Tianyu Base' didn't take in extraordinary people, I wouldn't have made things so complicated. On the contrary, in the future, 'Tianyu Base' will accept ordinary survivors on an even larger scale. It is precisely for this reason that I am even more determined to eradicate those cancerous tumors completely!"
"With the resources I possess, I could live a very comfortable life confined to this bunker for the rest of my life doing nothing. But I didn't do that. Instead, I chose to establish the 'Tianyu Base.' On one hand, I didn't want to live a life of ignominy; on the other hand, no one knew if the situation would continue to worsen, and I couldn't leave it to fate! I needed to gather all the resources of Earth to save myself! At the same time, I could also fight for a glimmer of hope for human civilization! But if the 'Tianyu Base' only accepts top researchers and ignores the lives of others, it would betray the original intention of human civilization and extinguish the most important thing about human civilization—humanity!"
"'Tianyu Base' needs the brilliance of humanity, but it also needs a solid framework to support this humanity and guide it forward. What I am pursuing is a base that is both humane and orderly, a beacon of hope for humanity in the apocalypse."
"Those who only know how to take and not how to be grateful, or who don't even know who to be grateful to, will not only fail to become the cornerstone of the base, but will instead become termites that erode its stability. Their presence will only consume resources, create chaos, and hinder our progress toward a better future together."
"You understand what I mean, right?"
Chen Yu's gaze slowly swept across the three faces, waiting for their reactions.
The three fell silent, deeply moved by Chen Yu's words.
Upon hearing this, the three nodded thoughtfully, finally understanding Chen Yu's good intentions.
They all expressed their firm support for all the decisions Chen Yu made.
Upon seeing this, Chen Yu smiled with satisfaction.
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