The small square was built at the gate of the base. Because the Hope Base was built along the mountain, the small square was built at the gate of the base at the foot of the mountain.

Li Xue looked at the people in the square, who were curious and a little uneasy, and walked to the podium.

"Hello everyone, I am now going to announce a very urgent news to everyone. In G Province, not far from the base, there are countless zombies approaching our direction."

"Wow--" This news was like cold water poured into a hot oil pot, and it instantly caused a huge reaction. Everyone's face showed either horror, fear, or despair.

"I want to leave, I don't want to stay here and wait to die!" Someone in the crowd shouted loudly.

"Yes, we want to leave! Let us go!"

Li Xue looked at the people who were shouting and said, "Those who want to leave can leave now. Hope Base will never force anyone who is unwilling to stay. But what I want to say is that if you leave today, no matter how prosperous Hope Base is in the future, you will be turned away. What Hope Base needs is a partner who can advance and retreat together, not people who fly away on their own when disaster strikes. Now, those who have decided to leave, please register with my assistant, and then please pack your luggage as quickly as possible. Because the zombies will probably all arrive tomorrow morning, and we don't want to delay your escape."

After Li Xue said this, some of the people who were originally clamoring began to hesitate.

"I want to leave. Please help me register." A man stood up, walked in front of Qin Kai, and registered his name and other information. Then he turned around and said to those who were still hesitating: "You are so stupid. You don't even think about it. You want to defeat so many zombies with so few people in the base. It's simply a joke. What's more, it's uncertain whether we can survive tomorrow. Anyway, I don't plan to stay and die. I just heard that the conditions in this base are good, so I came here to seek refuge. I didn't expect that such a big thing would happen after just two days of good days. If you don't leave now, you are really stupid." After

saying this, the man turned around and ran towards the residential area. He wanted to pack up and run away.

"You——!" Xiao Ye was so angry when he heard this that he wanted to rush up and pull the man to argue.

Jian Hui stopped him: "Ignore him, he won't help if he stays."

Li Xue glanced at the man's back, turned around and said to the people who were hesitating again: "He is right, you don't need to stay and take the risk. So, those of you who don't want to stay can leave. Just like he said, it's not certain whether this base can survive tomorrow." As soon as

Li Xue said this, those who were still hesitating stood up one after another. A middle-aged man said: "Base commander, I'm sorry, it's not that we don't have loyalty, but most of us are ordinary people, and we can't help much if we stay. So, I'm sorry. Thank you for taking us in during this period of time. Take care of yourselves." After saying this,

the middle-aged man hurriedly registered and left the small square.

"Tsk, fake." Jian Hui rolled her eyes in disdain.

More and more people stood up. Qin Kai was too busy with the registration. Chen Jiayi, Jian Hui, and Lin Miao each took a notebook and got busy together.

"I won't leave. When we are most desperate, we hope that the base will give us a chance to survive. Where is safe outside now? Instead of running for your life outside, it is better to stay and fight the zombies with the base and protect our home together. Even if I die tomorrow, I will have no regrets!" said a gray-haired old man with a trembling voice.

"I won't leave either. I'm just an ordinary person. Where can I go after leaving the base? Go back to H base? Then I might as well stay here."

"I won't leave either. As long as the base is there, I'll be here. If the base dies, I'll die!"

"You guys are really ungrateful. Who gave you a way to live?"

"If you want, just leave. Hope base doesn't want people like you who are greedy for life and afraid of death."

Some people who were determined to stay cursed at those people when they saw them leaving.

After all those who decided to leave had registered, Hope base actually lost a quarter of its people.

Originally, the entire Hope base had only about a thousand people.

After the two hundred people had packed up their things, the gate of the base opened and Li Xue said to them, "Have a safe journey."

When the gate closed again, Li Xue said to the people who stayed behind, "Thank you for staying and guarding the base with us."

"Base commander, we are not going anywhere. Even if we die, we will die in the base!" The old man with gray hair said loudly.

"Good! Thank you for your love for the base. I believe that if we unite, we will definitely win." Li Xue bowed deeply to the people in the square. "Next, please go to my assistant to register your age and ability. We can arrange the next work."

The old man with gray hair stood up first and walked towards Qin Kai.

After everyone registered, Qin Kai took Jian Hui and a few others, quickly compiled their information, and handed it to Li Xue.

"Now, those who are over 55 and under 15, please stand up." Li Xue said to the crowd.

The gray-haired old man stood up again. A few more old people and more than ten children came out one after another. Because of the cruelty of the end of the world, the ratio of old people to children is very small.

"Please all women, except those with special abilities and mutants, stand up." Li Xue spoke again.

The women also stood next to the old people and children.

Li Xue smiled and said, "Thank you for your willingness to stay and guard the base. Now, please go back and pack your luggage and gather here."

When those people heard this, they immediately panicked. Pack your luggage? What does this mean? Did they see them as old, weak, women and children, and thought they were a burden, so they wanted to drive them out of the base? Then why didn't they explain it before? That way, at least they could leave with dignity.

As soon as Li Xue saw their expressions, she knew that they had misunderstood, and hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I didn't explain it clearly. I am very grateful that you are willing to stay for the base, and we all understand your intentions. However, this matter is too dangerous, and we can't let you take this risk together. Therefore, the old general and I, as well as several ministers, decided to let all the elderly, women and children live in the villa area until this crisis is over."

"Good people! Base commander, old general, ministers, you are all good people!" The gray-haired old man said excitedly, his face full of tears.

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