The next day at the negotiating table, the radicals and conservatives considered many possibilities, but they never expected that their biggest demand would be to shut down the institute's inhumane research program and to have Dr. Jia take care of their children.
The conservatives were immediately reassured, since they had always opposed this anyway, and this was a good opportunity to weaken the strength of the radicals.
Zhong Xun is too reckless in his actions, and he has actually achieved some success, causing more and more people in the base to lean towards the radical faction. It seems that Min Hui and his group have played a role after all; it was worth it for him to send people to win them over before.
“Absolutely impossible.” Zhong Xun’s face darkened. “What do you know? Only what I do is right, only I can save humanity. Do you know how many achievements we’ve made in the past few months?”
“There are many directions for research, not the kind of cruelty you're exhibiting.”
"How can we achieve results without using some tricks? In short, as long as I'm still here, no one can stop the research institute from continuing."
"Then let's see if we can stop you from sending people into the research institute."
The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and Kim Hwai-min, a conservative, tried to smooth things over: "Let's all be more amicable. Why make things so explosive? We can still continue to talk."
He paused for a moment: "Zhong Xun, Ms. Song and her team have just entered the base, so please give them some face and let the research pause for now."
Seeing that Zhong Xun was about to leave, he quickly said, "With Ms. Song here, wouldn't you be able to study higher-level zombies and mutated animals? Wouldn't those be more valuable for research?"
These words actually made Zhong Xun stop in his tracks, because Dr. Jia had told him that if the experimental subjects they found were stronger, they would be more valuable for the experiments.
"If I'm not mistaken, that level-five zombie tiger was killed by you, Ms. Song, right?" Jin Huaimin said with a smile. "Zhong Xun, look at this. Now you have a source for the high-level zombies and mutated zombie animal corpses and crystal cores that you want. You should be happy."
Zhong Xun sat down: "If you can get two corpses like level 5 zombie tigers every month, it's not impossible to get Dr. Jia to change his research direction. It would be best if they were alive when you capture them."
Min Hui was so angry at their shamelessness that he laughed. Research subjects like level 5 zombie tigers? Two of them? Preferably alive?
He crossed his arms and sneered, "Do you think that if we can get two live animals every month, we'll have the ability to completely control this base?"
Kim Hwai-min's smile vanished instantly, and his expressionless gaze was even more oppressive than Jong Hoon's.
Min Hui remained unfazed: "We're here to negotiate with you, not to be used by you."
Jin Huaimin reminded him in a calm tone: "Min Hui, don't forget what your identity was before the apocalypse."
"It is precisely because we haven't forgotten that we are fighting for those innocent people."
"You think everything we did was wrong? Min Hui, even if you were in our positions, you might not do any better than us. Management is a very complicated thing. Sometimes we have no choice. If you make things easier for those people, they will only demand more. They will never be satisfied. This is the end of the world. People are restless. Only by suppressing them can we maintain order."
“I may not be as eloquent as you, but I know that your interests should not be gained at their expense. Ordinary people can also create value, and they deserve dignity as well.”
"Dignity? They can't even survive, and you're talking to me about their dignity? Without us, without superhumans, if they were to face zombies, they would only face certain death. Superhumans should be superior to them."
"You're twisting the facts. No one can deny the importance of superhumans to the apocalypse, but what's the point of the White Tiger Base if there aren't so many ordinary people here? They make up the vast majority of the people in the base; without them, this base wouldn't exist! They brought supplies when they entered the base, and they haven't been slacking off. You could have maintained order much better, but you didn't. You allowed ordinary people to be humiliated and to kill each other, especially those women without superhuman abilities. Did you even consider them human beings?"
Min Hui looked at Jin Huaimin and the others questioningly, but after saying so much, he couldn't see the slightest bit of remorse on their faces or in their eyes.
Instead, they were making excuses: "After the apocalypse, there are many things to do, so it's understandable that I can't take care of everything..."
"Enough, we don't want to hear your excuses. Since you can't manage the base's order, then we'll do it from now on."
After he finished making the suggestion, the expressions on those people's faces finally changed: "Min Hui, you're oversimplifying things."
"What do you know? There are many ordinary people, but those with superpowers are the cornerstone that keeps this base going. If we don't treat those with superpowers well, what will happen to these ordinary people when they go to other bases?"
“Min Hui, you think you’re some kind of saint or bodhisattva? Your assumptions will only destroy this base. We will never allow you to act recklessly.”
"So agitated? Did we say we wanted to destroy the interests of those with superpowers?" Song Ziqi sneered. "We just can't stand seeing ordinary people fighting each other. After all, the future of human reproduction depends on them. If we drive women to their deaths, what hope is there?"
Song Ziming added from the side: "You continue to treat your superhumans well. We are just there to manage ordinary people. It has nothing to do with your duties."
Jin Huaimin and the others were holding their breath. He wasn't stupid; of course he knew the importance of ordinary people, but he didn't expect these people to be so persistent.
Just then, Zhong Xun looked at him with a sneer: "Let them do it, Uncle Jin. Ms. Song is stronger than Fan Quan, and she's not all alone like Fan Quan. We can't just keep supporting her like before. Anyway, you've always emphasized that development should be done slowly, so isn't she helping you to recuperate slowly?"
Jin Huaimin slowly looked over, his aura extremely low, as if he could kill someone with a single glare.
Min Hui looked at them expressionlessly. This was why he had basically given up on the base before. These two factions were willing to sacrifice anything for each other's interests. One second they were friends, and the next second they could become enemies.
He knew there was no perfect way to govern, but with the end times approaching and humanity barely surviving, it was really inappropriate to cause innocent sacrifices for the sake of power at such a time.
"Two out of three votes passed, so it's decided then." Min Hui didn't give them a chance to object, and turned to Song Xia with a smile, "Sister Song, what do you think?"
Jin Huaimin originally wanted to say something, but seeing Song Xia's cold gaze, he finally swallowed his anger. It didn't matter; he knew those ordinary people best. Soon they would be too tired to deal with them. Did they really think that dealing with them properly would make them grateful? How naive!
Zhong Xun shouldn't think that he can now focus on research and recruit talent. He'll definitely get Song Xia's little brats into the research institute.
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