When Xiong Guoqiang and his team returned to the base, they were warmly welcomed by the original survivors.
With the addition of over 80 workers, everyone's workload will be shared, making it less strenuous.
Xiong Guoqiang and the others were placed separately by Lin Xue in the north of the city, where several farmlands had been cultivated and there was a cleaned-up residential area.
Lin Xue handed over this community to Xiong Guoqiang for allocation. In the future, new survivors will come, and if there is not enough room in other places, the houses here will be allocated to other people.
Lin Xue had to make these points clear to them beforehand.
Xiong Guoqiang expressed his understanding of what Lin Xue said.
Moreover, they did not occupy all the floors; they simply selected two buildings for allocation.
On weekdays, these people are mainly responsible for taking care of these fields and participating in the construction of the base.
As the people closest to Lin Xue, the Tian family naturally took charge of relaying tasks to various areas.
Because Xiong Guoqiang's side had a large number of people, it was Tian Shanchuan, the old man, who personally took charge.
Lin Xue trusted the old man and, after handing the person over to him, continued with her own business.
Of course, with so many more people suddenly in the base, she couldn't leave immediately.
Instead, they cleared out the newly arrived zombies and had several sections of the wall that had been damaged by the zombies reinforced.
Until the grain was harvested, Xiong Guoqiang and his group behaved very well and did not do anything out of line.
Only then did Lin Xue feel relieved enough to fly the transport plane to other places to search for new survivors.
The number of survivors at the Hope's Base is still too small; the entire city combined can't even muster 150 people, which is indeed far too few.
Now that Lin Xue possesses spiritual power, she has no fear of venturing out into the world.
Sure enough, she flew over several cities but found no trace of survivors, not counting those who were hiding.
It's important to know that Lin Xue always slows down when passing over cities or villages, so that she can definitely find someone if they call for help.
If it's not there, then it's not there!
Lin Xue flew for about three days and arrived at a small county in a neighboring province.
"Host, there are some survivors in this small county, but they don't seem friendly!"
The notification sound of 629 rang in Lin Xue's ears.
She found a place to land the transport plane, and then walked into the county town alone.
Following 629's instructions, Lin Xue rushed straight to an abandoned factory.
"You all better behave yourselves and finish your work quickly, or I'll throw you out to feed the zombies!"
As Lin Xue approached the abandoned factory, she heard angry shouts.
Along with the shouts of anger, there was also the sound of something breaking.
Lin Xue was a little curious, so she quickly walked to the base of the wall from which the sound came, and then jumped up and sat on the top of the wall.
In one corner of the factory, several scantily clad people were being forced to work by a group of fierce-looking, burly men.
And the work they did was... disgusting!
Looking at the patch of red on the ground, even without seeing the cause and effect clearly, Lin Xue could roughly guess what it was.
The workers also had vacant eyes and seemed completely numb.
Some of the younger ones were trembling with fear, but they didn't dare to stop for a moment.
"Hurry up, or you'll be in trouble if you delay the boss's meal!"
One of the burly men was carrying a baseball bat and patrolling back and forth. If he saw someone working too slowly, he would go up and hit them with the bat.
The person who was beaten didn't dare to make a sound. Even if their ribs were broken, they would quickly get up and continue working.
Lin Xue couldn't understand why these people, who had clearly lost all hope of survival, would endure such humiliation and abuse.
And they're doing such heinous and immoral work!
"A bunch of trash!"
"I'm warning you, hurry up and get to work! If you're any slower, I'll take care of your children tonight!"
It wasn't until the burly man with the baseball bat said something like that that Lin Xue roughly guessed why these people weren't resisting.
It seems that their family members fell into the hands of these scoundrels, and they were being blackmailed by them, which is why they dared not resist.
If it weren't for those hostages, these people probably wouldn't be alive today.
After all, the despair and death in their eyes couldn't lie; these people had long since given up on living.
"What a bunch of useless trash!"
After the meat was cooked, the man carrying the baseball bat led the others away with their food.
Those who remained huddled in a dark corner, not daring to utter a sound.
Even now, Lin Xue still has no intention of making a move.
She still can't tell whether these people are good or bad.
Even if someone is forcibly broken through, if they have done too many bad things and have lost their conscience, then there is no point in trying to save them.
If saving a good person adds 10 merit points, then saving a bad person will deduct 100 merit points.
Lin Xue discovered that merit points in this world are particularly easy to earn, but also very easy to deduct.
Each world has a different mechanism, and she must act in accordance with the rules of that world.
About an hour later, a few burly men came in carrying a bucket that looked like pig feed.
"Here comes your food!"
"Eat up, and then get some rest. Tomorrow morning I'm taking you out to lure out zombies. If you're not full and can't run, don't blame me for being ruthless!"
As the burly man spoke, he dropped the contents of the bucket and turned to leave the secluded courtyard.
After everyone left, the people who had been hiding in the dark corners rushed out in a swarm.
Regardless of how disgusting the food in the bucket looked, they grabbed it with their hands and stuffed it into their mouths.
Lin Xue saw some black stuff dripping from the corners of their mouths, with a hint of green in the black.
I took a quick sniff and discovered that the contents of the bucket were not the meat I had been looking for, but a plant that grows underground.
This plant, Linxue, has also been found near her own base.
They grow underground, like veins, with vines about the thickness of a thumb. They are edible, but taste terrible.
Even Tian Shanchuan, who eats nothing but grass, doesn't like to eat that kind of plant.
Because eating that plant makes a person weak, although this weakness will heal itself after a while, no one likes that feeling.
The work intensity at the base is quite high, and no one dares to waste their physical strength.
Unless one is truly desperate to survive, no one would eat this to stave off hunger; under normal circumstances, no one would be willing to eat it.
It seems that the villains in these bases use this food to control the other survivors.
"Host. These people shouldn't have eaten that kind of thing!"
"If you don't act soon, the people being held in the other place will be in trouble!"
Upon hearing 629's words, Lin Xue jumped down from the wall.
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