"Attention all survivors of City B base: Due to the excessive number of survivors in the base, various aspects of the base have been declining. After discussion, the base has decided to change the rules as follows: Each resident of the base will need to pay 15 points per week as a base points tax. The points tax will be increased as appropriate based on the base's situation in the future."
The above rules will take effect tomorrow. Please pay your points tax on time in seven days. Failure to pay on time will result in being expelled from the base…
When the survivors who were busy at the B City base heard the base announcement, they all quieted down and listened carefully.
But this announcement was like a bombshell for them, instantly igniting the emotions of all the survivors at the B City base.
They are busy every day and can barely make ends meet. But if they have to hand in 15 points every week, will they still be able to eat their fill?
If they can't pay up, they'll be kicked out of the base. Wouldn't all the points they paid up before be wasted?!
"What kind of ridiculous rules are these! It's already hard enough to just survive! And now the base has to issue these cannibalistic rules!"
A man in a tattered cotton-padded coat slammed the stone he was carrying onto the ground, and he himself fell to the ground. He worked in this base and only earned 15 points a day. The rules issued by the base were practically preventing him from eating all day!
And they'll increase it further... 15 points still aren't enough to satisfy them! They'll need to increase it even more!
"How are we supposed to live like this?!" In the base dormitory, there were people secretly wiping away tears everywhere. They lived in these multi-person dormitories because of poverty, and they didn't have any extra points to give to the base!
A large number of survivors quickly gathered outside the inner gate of the base. They had come to protest the base's decision—why should they have to pay this points tax?! They were also citizens of Country Z, and used to be major taxpayers. Now, when they couldn't even survive, they were being forced to pay taxes! It was utterly inhumane!
"Protest! Protest! The B City base is an official base, why are you not leaving us a way to survive!"
"Reject the points tax! We protest to the death!"
"What kind of official base is the City B base! Bases have no human rights whatsoever!"
"This was all the idea of those high-ranking officials!"
"I protest!"
More and more people gathered at the inner entrance, but this time the authorities were determined. Hundreds of soldiers with live ammunition stood at the entrance, their dark gun barrels pointed directly at the people!
However, these survivors had not yet realized the seriousness of the situation, and they continued to push their way in, trying to break through the soldiers' defenses with their bodies.
Some even tried to take advantage of the commotion to ambush the soldiers with weapons.
Battalion Commander Lu Jincheng, who was in charge of the security, pursed his lips tightly under his mask and gripped his gun tightly. "Fire!"
"Bang bang... bang..."
"ah!"
"Help! The authorities are killing people!"
From the moment the first gunshot rang out, the crowd that had been righteously denouncing the base began to run away.
But the shooting did not stop; one after another they fell, their cries of agony echoing through the air.
After the gunfire stopped, there were people lying on the ground everywhere at the inner entrance, and the ground was covered in blood.
Those who had fled hundreds of meters away watched the bloody scene in shock. They knew that the official base in City B had changed from today onwards. Although it hadn't been as humane as it had been before the apocalypse, the official base had at least been somewhat tolerant of them.
Now even that sliver of tolerance is gone!
"Damn it! I'm not staying here! Look at the treatment at Qiyuan Base! This B City Base is supposed to be an official base! They're practically leaving us no way to survive!"
A thin man nimbly got up from the ground, grabbed the woman next to him, and walked out of the crowd. This lousy place, let whoever wants to stay stay!
These people left one after another, leaving only a large pile of corpses at the inner entrance.
Lu Jincheng remained expressionless throughout, directing his soldiers to clean up the bodies. The incinerator at the base was always busy, but today it was especially so.
After the base used ruthless methods to suppress the survivors, the base's exchange hall soon saw another wave of exchanges.
A long queue had formed outside the exchange hall, as everyone was trying to exchange the points they had accumulated over the past few days for food so they could go out and find their own way out.
There aren't many mutated animals in the southern suburbs right now, and living in the city isn't too dangerous. We can use the supplies we collect ourselves, which is probably much better than being in this base in City B!
The staff in the exchange hall had obviously received instructions from above. They would help survivors exchange for any amount of supplies they wanted, but their cards would be collected and cut up after the exchange.
Wang Yufei and Li Wei had just returned from a mission outside the base. This time they were lucky; they not only found supplies but also hunted five small mutated beasts. They discovered crystal cores in the heads of two of the mutated beasts. These two crystal cores could be exchanged for 1,000 points, which would be enough for each of the ten of them to get 100 points. If they were careful with their food, it would last them for several days.
When they arrived at the exchange hall, they saw a long queue outside the hall, and a large number of tents had been hastily set up around it. Li Wei counted them and found that there were dozens of them, all used for exchanging supplies, and each tent was full of people.
Wang Yufei frowned. Why were there so many people exchanging items today?
He glanced at Li Wei beside him and asked, "Old Li, what do you think is going on?"
Li Wei pointed to the person in front of him in line, then gestured with his chin to Wang Yufei, indicating that he could ask the person in front of him if he was curious.
Wang Yufei sighed. Li Wei was a good person in every way, except that he didn't like to talk.
He patted the person in front of him and started asking why.
"What else could it be? This base is denying us any way to survive. We've all redeemed the points on our cards to go to the Qiyuan Base, where each of us has to pay 15 points a week in taxes. Isn't that just denying us any way to live?!"
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