Chapter 88: Wealth and splendor are dazzling.
Huo Yu immediately stopped talking, his palms sweating as he gripped his cane tightly. His voice suddenly became weaker: "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have told you what to do."
Shu Lan was baffled. "I didn't say you were bossy. I made you deputy commander because I admire you. Do you think I'm playing tricks on you? No, who would be so narrow-minded? You're not happy when others are helping you with your advice."
"Yes, yes. Lin Yi would say, 'You are so capable, I will let you be the commander.'"
Shu Lan chuckled. "Hey, you're being a bit insulting, Mr. Huo, comparing me to some idiot whose lower body controls his brain."
Huo Yu pursed his lips, a slight curve appeared on his lips, and then disappeared in an instant: "But I am indeed not suitable to be the deputy commander. I suggest that the former commander of District 12 should do it. He has ready-made prestige."
Shu Lan said, "But already there's a sense that District 12 is District 12, and District 9 is District 9. Everyone feels together yet not together. If Lu Xingyao is given more power, and they both have someone to back them up, won't the boundaries become even clearer?"
"It's okay. Time will solve this problem. Look, those who came here before now are all the same. If you want to promote integration sooner, you can organize some team-building activities and do something together. The relationship will naturally grow."
Shu Lan thought for a moment, her brows relaxed. "I know about team building. It's about getting a group of people to do something fun. We can arrange something like that. Do you have any other ideas?"
"Yes, there is. You asked Zhong Mei to take the lead in organizing personnel information. This work can continue. Combined with the formation of a personnel department in District 12, maybe we can find professionals who understand construction... That's all I can think of for now."
Shu Lan nodded as she recalled his words. "That sounds very feasible. You're amazing! I have no experience in this area. I only know how to tell them to obey. When there are too many people, they all come to ask me, and my head is about to explode."
"If you can keep your subordinates obedient, you're already an excellent commander. After the responsibilities are distributed, you only need to interact with the top managers of each department. If they still find it tedious, have them come to me first. I'll select the ones you can handle and hand them over to you, and let others handle the rest."
Shu Lan said nothing, but just gave a thumbs up to show her agreement.
"Then I'll go back and write a plan for you."
Huo Yu stood up stiffly and was about to leave when Shu Lan stopped him.
"What reward do you want?"
Huo Yu responded almost immediately: "No."
"No?" Shu Lan tilted her head to look at him, suspicion in her eyes. "They say that showing kindness without any reason is either a traitor or a thief. You're making me suspect you have ulterior motives~"
"Qin Xiaoshuang." He suddenly called her name, and with all his courage, he looked directly into her eyes and told her seriously, "I know you are wary of everyone, but I promise I will never hurt you, not even hypothetically."
Shu Lan blinked, but before she could react, Huo Yu hid his gaze back in the shadow of his hair, as if retreating back to his safe zone. He tapped the ground with his crutch and walked back slowly and laboriously.
His back was a little hunched and his shoulders were hunched, but he was standing very straight.
"Baby," Shu Lan said, "It seems like this person cured his own illness."
Shu Maomao asked, "Should we believe what he says?"
Shu Lan curled her lips. "I don't believe it, Shu Maomao. Don't care what they say. Just assume the worst of them. That way, when they betray or hurt us, we can put our hands on our hips and laugh triumphantly, saying, 'Hahahaha, I knew you'd do this!' And then we can crush their plot. Got it?"
"knew."
In the past, this way of teaching children would probably be criticized as having paranoia, but Shu Lan didn't care.
"Come on, God of Destruction, let's go clear out the zombies that might come tonight and go to bed. We'll talk about tomorrow's affairs tomorrow."
Kill zombies, release energy, and then go back to sleep. After repeated training, Shu Maomao's abilities will become stronger and his energy will last longer.
Of course we should keep making progress if we have the conditions. Besides, the fewer zombies we clear out, the fewer there will be. Let the corpses die sooner and not wander around in the world.
As for the advanced zombies, who either ate human flesh or the crystal cores in corpses' brains, Shu Lan always considered them a new species. She never stopped collecting crystal cores, thinking that if Anselin was still the leader of the new species during the Eternal Night stage, she could exchange stones for a peaceful coexistence with Anselin.
It was strange that Shu Lan, who never trusted anyone, inexplicably believed that Anselin would agree to her.
Early the next morning, Shu Lan and Shu Maomao came out of the space and saw the ground in front of them filled with living people sleeping with almost no place to stand. They thought they had arrived at a meat drying factory.
It's not easy for the people in District 12. They leave their homes to survive, travel during the day, and at night either squeeze into trucks or fight zombies all night long. This is probably the first time they can lie down and have a good sleep after traveling all the way. They don't care whether there is a roof or bedding. Everyone sleeps very soundly.
Shu Lan thought: Fortunately, it is summer, so sleeping on the floor is fine. If it rains or is cold, it won’t be possible. I have to solve the accommodation problem as soon as possible.
She was thinking about how to arrange accommodation for so many people in the fastest and most convenient way, while walking to the public kitchen area to distribute ingredients for breakfast.
The people in District 9 also woke up very early and came to help in the kitchen. They had developed the habit of working from sunrise to sunset with Shu Lan.
"Commander, do you want to wake everyone up?"
Shu Lan said, "That's not necessary. They'll wake up in the sun soon."
After Fang Botao fixed the generator, he joined the conversation and jokingly said, "Last night, I kept telling them not to worry about zombies. That Lu Xingyao wouldn't listen and insisted on having people on guard all night. Thirty or forty people stayed up all night for nothing and only went to bed early in the morning. They were all snoring so loudly that it sounded like a symphony orchestra."
Zhong Mei said: "They are not used to our pace of life, so it is normal for them to be worried."
Sister Wang asked Shu Lan with some concern, "We had quite a lot to eat last night. Commander, can your space support so many people?"
Shu Lan looked at Shu Maomao: "What do you think?"
Shu Maomao stacked the eggs in the warehouse like building blocks, one basket at a time, into the shape of a tank from a comic book, and replied calmly, "I can afford it."
The eggs eaten yesterday only accounted for less than one-third of the previous inventory, which could be replenished overnight. The system also added two floors of warehouses to hatch new chicks.
This space is like a crowd-pleaser. The more people there are, the more excited it becomes, showing off its productivity to its owner.
What made Shu Maomao even more speechless was that the system replanted the bitter melon that had already been eaten. Judging from the growth rate, in less than a week, he would be able to eat this extremely bitter vegetable again, but the vegetable that his mother said was good for the body.
After a while, Lu Qinghe came over with a slightly swollen face, looking like she had just woken up. She asked in a daze, "Why did you wake up so early?"
Su Zhen told her: "Get up and make breakfast, then go move the dirt."
"breakfast……"
Lu Qinghe looked up blankly and saw the tall mountains of corn and egg tanks behind the crowd. Her eyes widened and she opened her mouth for a long time without saying a word.
District 9 is truly dazzling with its wealth and splendor.
The first batch of eggs had already been cooked. Shu Lan took five and soaked them in cold water. Seeing Lu Qinghe, she waved her over and asked, "Do you have a space-capable person there?"
When Lu Qinghe faced Shu Lan again, she could no longer relax like before. She asked tentatively, "Are you going to hand in the supplies?"
Shu Lan said, "Hand over the space. Except for him, everyone with superpowers must come before me. This is your last chance to surrender. If I find any combat-related superpowers you've missed, I'll take their lives with me."
Lu Qinghe felt that she was on the verge of being recruited as a lackey of the enemy, but the enemy gave her top-notch treatment. The heavy burden of "eat the people you love and be grateful to them" weighed heavily on her head. She had no power to resist and cooperated honestly: "Okay, I'll go find them."
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