The new base is the base where Mingliang and Haozi were originally located.
The commander of their base is a man in his fifties. Before the end of the world, he was a recently retired group president named Lai Xin. When the end of the world came, he relied on a group of bodyguards and awakened superpowers to protect himself and his son who had just taken on the position of president. Later, his son Lai Shengyuan also awakened superpowers, and they soon established a base.
With the support of others and his own strength being not weak, the base suddenly became prosperous.
But that's not enough.
Creating a base is not an easy task. They need to worry about this and that every day, so they give various preferential treatments to family members with special abilities, hoping that they can go out without worry to collect more i-substances.
But now someone has escaped!
Or he has special treatment for two people, Mingliang and Haozi.
Lai Xin slammed his hands on the table in anger. "Have you found out where they went? I want to see who is so blind as to rob my people from Xinxing Base."
If the person who escaped was an ordinary person without special abilities, he would have let him go, but Mingliang and Haozi were different.
"Speak up, haven't you figured it out yet? You're just a bunch of trash, so inefficient, are you just eating for free?" Lai Xin had a very bad temper. Even before the end of the world, his temper was not very good, but he was born with good fortune. The funds for the projects he invested in kept growing, and there was no loss. This made Lai Xin even more irritable, and he looked down on others.
The bodyguard who was scolded lowered his head and did not say anything. He listened obediently to Lai Xin's scolding until Lai Shengyuan and another bodyguard came in. Only then did Lai Xin stop scolding.
"Dad, I've checked it out. Both of them ran away to Shuguang City. And I heard that they ran there on their own initiative, and were not lured away by people in Shuguang City." Lai Shengyuan was angry and helpless. What other reason could there be for people to give up the benefits here and rush to other bases except that the conditions there are better?
"Shuguang City, aren't those the people we asked to go to the small county town to collect supplies a while ago? Maybe we won them over then and promised them a lot of benefits?" Lai Xin calmed down after seeing Lai Shengyuan. He secretly admired Lai Shengyuan for being able to find out all this and his ability as a young boy.
"I don't know. They're two ungrateful bastards. It's a shame I rewarded them with several crystal cores this time."
"They have so many soldiers in their base, and they're so powerful, yet they still want people from our base. It's infuriating! We absolutely cannot let Dawn City I have an easy time."
“…”
Since Mingliang and Haozi decided to leave, they naturally didn't think about how the people in the new base viewed them.
Mingliang found a place for Qi's mother to live in the closest and safest place to Shuguang City, and then entered Shuguang City.
Qi's mother applied for a non-resident certificate and lined up early every day to prepare breakfast for Qi Yueyue and Mingliang while training her own special abilities. The only thing she regretted was that there was no shortage of water in Shuguang City and people would not spend a lot of money to buy water. It was not until the evening that Qi's mother carefully returned to her temporary residence.
Qi's mother goes out early and comes back late every day, and she acts like she is very strong. She also has a son-in-law with strong special powers who often comes to visit her. No one living around Qi's mother dares to bully her.
The days just kept getting better and better.
Ever since they learned that there were houses for sale in Shuguang City, and that they were houses with large gardens in a good location, Shi Qinghe and Ji Heng started saving money even more frantically to buy a house. Every day, they would take Qin Tian and Captain Lin, and the four of them would go fight zombies and collect crystal cores. Occasionally, if they met Xu Bai, they would set out together.
Time quickly came to September.
The weather is getting hotter and the sun is stronger. The riverbanks that used to be dry are starting to dry up and the ground is cracked. Everyone wants to take off all their clothes. Water resources are more scarce than before.
Emerging base.
To enter or exit the emerging base, one had to pay for food or crystal cores. Not only could people in the base not find food when they went out, they couldn't get back in. Even if they found food, sometimes it might only be enough to pay for the food entering the base, and they would still go hungry. Gradually, they chose not to go out, and they would just lie on the ground every day, sleeping when hungry, and sleeping again when they woke up. When they were really hungry, they would go out to beg, or even bribe the people around them.
At this time, they wish they had given birth to many children earlier.
People can be seen lying on the ground with rolled-up straw mats under the houses everywhere. Some people don’t even have straw mats and just lie on the ground.
Over time, a large hall was created specifically for them to sleep - the slum area.
The slums are a place people go to when they have no other choice, except for those who like to adopt children. The people in the new base, led by Luo Ye, are most fond of adoption. Every week or half a month, he will bring people to the slums to choose his "beloved son or daughter".
Today is exactly half a month.
Luo Ye was wearing a white vest and flowery shorts, with a wooden basket and a kitchen knife on his waist. Following behind him were five or six younger brothers who were dressed similarly to him.
"Today, if anyone's child wants to be my goddaughter or godson, please stand out and let me take a good look. The one I choose will never have to worry about food and clothing." Luo Ye put his hands on his hips, a toothpick in the corner of his mouth, and his feet were shaking.
"No one? No one, I have to leave."
Just as Luo Ye was about to turn around and leave, someone stopped him, "Don't, Master Luo, the child is shy and embarrassed to speak."
"Why are you so naughty, kid? If you follow him, you won't have to go hungry with your dad."
"Have you forgotten that little girl Qi, who followed Master Luo and ate delicious food, and even grew fat and plump to play with you?"
In the corner, a man was scolding his child. While speaking, he would look up at Luo Ye from time to time, smiling ingratiatingly, as if he was afraid that Luo Ye would suddenly leave or that he had offended Luo Ye.
The man pinched the child's arm and pulled the child towards Luo Ye.
But the little boy in his arms refused and kept backing away, biting his lips. After seeing Luo Ye's appearance, he opened his mouth, bit the man's hand, and ran back.
"I don't want to be adopted. I haven't seen Sister Qi for a long time."
"Don't run, you little brat!"
"Master Luo, don't be angry. I'll bring him here for you to take a look. See if this kid can do it. He's just a little naughty."
"Good skin, good skin."
The man chased the child, and the child became even more anxious, but there were already many people in the slum. The little boy bumped into a person curled up in the corner. Just as he was about to apologize and leave, a pair of sharp claws appeared in his sight and covered his entire body. He didn't even have time to scream before he became someone else's food.
The man just ran over and was about to grab the little boy when he saw this scene.
He was so frightened that he immediately fell to the ground, his body kept moving backwards, his lips trembling, "Zombie...Zombie..."
“There are zombies!”
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