Everyone else went in, but they were the only two left out!
Li Jianguo suddenly felt abandoned by Chen Zhou and the others: "Why?"
The staff thought Li Jianguo was questioning them and said righteously, "We don't accept criminals here. Li Jianguo, you seriously injured your father twelve years ago. This is not only a crime, but you don't even have a moral bottom line. People like you will threaten our safety if you come in."
Twelve years ago, he was a fifteen-year-old boy who seriously injured his father because his father beat his mother while drunk.
Even though his father was unable to take the high school entrance exam due to serious injuries and was even imprisoned, he never regretted it because he did not think he was wrong. If he could do it all over again, he would still protect his mother.
What angered him just now was that Chen Zhou and the others had gone in and left them behind. He had never taken these people seriously. Who did they think they were? What right did they have to judge him?
Li Jianguo abruptly stood up, turned around, and walked outside: "As if I wanted to come in!!!"
Seeing this, Ye Jing also got up.
Li Jianguo's actions made the appraisers feel humiliated, and they felt they should regain some face. So they said to Ye Jing, who had stood up, "The reason we didn't take you in is because you have absolutely no record in these thirteen years. If you're willing to give us a written guarantee, we can..."
These assessors wanted to suggest that Ye Jing could be allowed into the safe zone.
They assumed that Ye Jing would be extremely grateful and write them a guarantee in order to get into the safe zone.
Before they could finish speaking, Ye Jing interrupted him, saying, "There's no need to write the guarantee."
This is the second time I've been rejected today. First it was Chi Xiaoyu, and now it's Ye Jing. The assessor, undeterred, asked, "It's just a guarantee. It's so dangerous outside. Don't you want to go into the safe zone?"
Ye Jing: "I can't write."
The crowd looked at each other in disbelief. In an era where nine-year compulsory education is so widespread, how could there still be people who can't read?
Within the safe zone.
Qiao An'an, Chi Xiaoyu, and Shen Zhou have retrieved their weapons and reunited.
After entering the safe zone, they found that most of the original city buildings had been demolished, and the construction debris had been bagged and placed behind large iron plates to block the zombies.
The land cleared out in the safe zone was designated as fertile fields, with only a few buildings remaining in the middle.
Qiao An'an noticed that the fields were planted with rice, corn, soybeans, and various vegetables and fruits.
She recalled what the villagers in Wujia Village had mentioned before: that the seeds on the market now are all improved and cannot be saved for future planting; they can only be planted once. She couldn't help but ask, "Did you buy a lot of seeds before? Do seeds have an expiration date? What do you do after you've planted them?"
The staff member smiled and said, "The seeds we plant are not improved varieties. They are seeds that Dr. Yu collected from farmers who used to plant them. The fruits grown from these seeds can be saved for planting the following year."
It's Dr. Yu again.
Today, Qiao An'an has heard people mention Dr. Yu countless times: "Who is this Dr. Yu?"
The staff looked at Qiao An'an in surprise: "You don't even know Dr. Yu? At the beginning of the apocalypse, he used his identity as a UP blogger to tell everyone how to survive in the apocalypse. His post about water and electricity being cut off in seven days and the need to store enough water in the apocalypse was reposted tens of millions of times."
When the staff member said that, Qiao An'an suddenly remembered the UP blogger she had seen at the beginning of the apocalypse who told them that the water, electricity and internet would be cut off in seven days. It was because of that article that she cooked and cut her food into pieces in advance in order to prevent the gas from being cut off.
So that person was Dr. Yu.
But this doesn't seem to have anything to do with her question: "I heard that he created this safe zone, so he's the highest leader here now, right?"
Staff member: "Yes, all decisions here require his approval."
Qiao An'an gave Chen Zhou and Chi Xiaoyu a wink, it seemed that Dr. Yu was the person they were looking for.
The staff urged everyone to get on the bus: "There are other people already on the bus. Can you hurry up?"
Qiao An'an stopped the staff and said, "There are still two people who haven't met up yet. We have to wait for them to join us."
The staff member replied, "They failed the assessment and cannot enter the safe zone."
The group looked at each other in bewilderment.
Unexpectedly, there were still some that didn't meet the standards.
But they came together, how could they separate halfway?
Chen Zhou said unhappily, "Why didn't you tell us beforehand that some people would fail the evaluation?"
Staff member: "The purpose of the assessment is to determine whether a person is suitable to live in our safe zone. Naturally, there will be qualified or unqualified individuals. I think this is a matter of common sense."
Is this saying they lack common sense?
Qiao An'an said coldly, "Since that's the case, then let's go out too."
The staff member said expressionlessly, "Your child is still in the safe zone. Are you sure you want to go out?"
Qiao An'an looked at the staff member in surprise: "Are you threatening us?"
Staff member: "I'm just telling you the facts. Even if you want to go out, you have to pick up your child first."
Ya Ya is her Achilles' heel.
Qiao An'an stopped arguing with the staff and quietly got into the car.
Before getting into the car, she whispered to Chi Xiaoyu and Shen Zhou, "This shelter probably won't be of any help to us. We must leave as soon as possible."
Chi Xiaoyu and Shen Zhou shared the same sentiment.
The place had an atmosphere that made her uncomfortable.
The car sped along the asphalt road in the middle of the fertile fields and soon entered the central area of buildings.
The so-called complex actually consists of four buildings, one of which is the innermost research lab, where Dr. Yu and his team of researchers live.
The building is right next to a hospital and a school.
The outermost and tallest building is the residential area, where nearly a thousand survivors of this safe zone live.
Lu Feihang was holding Ya Ya and waiting at the door.
As soon as Ya Ya saw Qiao An'an, she broke free from Lu Feihang's hand and ran over: "Mom."
After Qiao An'an hugged Ya Ya, she wanted to take the car they came in back to the previous exit, but the staff told her: "I'm sorry, in order to save fuel, this car only makes one round trip a day to take everyone to and from get off work. Today's round trip is over. If you want to take the car, you can only go early tomorrow."
Hearing this, everyone was very angry and decided to walk out.
Lu Feihang stopped them, saying, "Although I don't know why you want to leave, it takes half an hour to drive from here to the exit. How long will it take you to walk? Why don't you stay here for the night and experience the environment? Maybe you'll fall in love with this place."
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