Chapter 173 Thoughts
"It must be Brother Jingchen. I'll go open the door," Mu Qingrong said as she walked outside.
By this time, the three people who were eating had almost finished their meal, devouring it like a whirlwind, practically licking their bowls clean.
Qian Zhong and Lao Ma each ate two large bowls of rice, plus who knows how many potatoes and sweet potatoes. Even little Shen Zhuzhu ate a whole bowl of white rice.
After they finished eating, they walked towards Mu Qingyu and stood there, looking extremely embarrassed.
Mu Qingyu waved her hand dismissively at the two of them, and then said, "I brought you here. You can stay in the village, but I won't support you. How you live from now on is up to you. Consider today your welcome ceremony for your new arrival."
To be honest, in the apocalypse, a welcoming ceremony of this caliber is actually quite high-level.
Qian Zhong and Lao Ma naturally nodded hastily, having no choice but to agree.
"Jingchen will be here soon and will take you to settle in. I should also be issuing some missions tomorrow, and you can just do them like everyone else. You'll survive eventually." Mu Qingyu added, "Besides, we don't kill or set fires here, so the missions are very low-risk."
Qian Zhong and Lao Ma readily agreed again. During the meal, the three siblings hadn't kept their conversation hidden from them.
They vaguely heard the gist of it. They roughly understood that there were originally two groups of people in the village: one group was Mu Qingyu's group, and the other group was a group surnamed Qin.
But for some reason, the man surnamed Qin lived in one of Mu Qingyu's houses. Now that the man surnamed Qin is dead, the two younger brothers of this great-aunt have taken the house back.
They also took the opportunity to assign tasks to another group of people, thus winning them over as well.
In just a short while, Jing Chen strode in. Seeing Mu Qingyu return, he was very happy: "You were away for quite a while this time, and Xiao Rong was worried about you all day. But judging from your appearance now, you must have had a very fruitful trip?"
He wasn't testing her; he simply saw that Mu Qingyu had returned unharmed and greeted her as if she were an old friend.
"We really did have a good haul." Mu Qingyu pointed to the sofa and gestured for Jing Chen to sit down. "This time we didn't go for food, we went for water."
She pointed to the two water filters on the first floor: "Given the current level of water pollution, the filtered water can barely be drunk after repeated boiling. But who knows what will happen in a few months."
Mu Qingyu knew in her heart that this recurring extreme weather would continue indefinitely, just in different forms. Furthermore, during her trip to the city, the zombies showed clear signs of upgrading.
“During my trip to the city, I could clearly sense that the zombies are about to upgrade. They are no longer dull and slow, and it will probably not be so easy for ordinary people to kill them in the future,” Mu Qingyu said.
This is really bad news. If the zombies upgrade, it will not benefit anyone. Humans will only have a harder time living.
"Is there anyone in the city who can organize an effective rescue?" Jing Chen asked. He had been trapped in Qingshan Hospital on the outskirts of the city since the apocalypse and had never been to the city, so he didn't know the situation there.
Mu Qingyu shook her head: "There has been no official rescue. Instead, in order to survive, many places and many people have spontaneously formed numerous groups, but..."
Mu Qingyu slowly recounted what she had seen and heard in the city over the past few days.
Regarding the fact that many people were robbing and looting, Jing Chen sighed, "There are always many such things. Even before the apocalypse, it was inevitable that many people would want to gain something for nothing. After the apocalypse, there is no order, so it's even more..." He sighed and didn't finish his sentence.
Qian Zhong and Lao Ma quickly lowered their heads, trying to make themselves inconspicuous. They had also done robbery and plunder before, although they were just doing odd jobs behind others, but they had done it before.
From Mu Qingyu's conversation, Qian Zhong also learned that there was no such thing as robbery or plunder in this village; the people here were all people who did practical things.
"So when I came back this time, I realized that our disorganized state is really not good. If one day we encounter a powerful, organized, and planned attack, our village will be too easily breached," Mu Qingyu said.
“We used to complain that there were too many people and it was too noisy in the village, but now we think we don’t have enough manpower. We need to build defenses, and it would be best to build defenses for the entire village.”
“This is indeed time-consuming and resource-intensive,” Jing Chen said thoughtfully. The entire village currently has fewer than two hundred people, and even if all the ability users were included, there would only be about twenty.
Defending the entire village would indeed be quite difficult. Moreover, if everyone stays in the village to build defenses, who will be able to go out and search for supplies? We can't all just sit around and wait for the resources to run out.
Seeing Jing Chen's concerns, Mu Qingyu said, "Originally, we were going to call everyone over to talk." The "everyone" she was referring to were Han Yu, Jing Chen, Ji Qingqing, and Lü Peng.
"However, Han Yu and Ji Qingqing are not here now, and Lü Peng's condition... so I'd better tell you my plan and you can convey it to me."
"As you all know, I am a space-type ability user. I won't hide it from you, my space is currently filled with abundant resources."
"Didn't Xiao Mo release some tasks a few days ago? You can exchange points for tasks, and then exchange points for supplies, right? I'll be releasing a lot of tasks tomorrow too. Building village defenses can also be considered part of the tasks. For now, everyone doesn't need to go out to find supplies. We should be able to survive by doing tasks."
Jing Chen frowned slightly after hearing this: "Doesn't that mean the entire cost of building the village and its defenses will be borne by you alone?" The village is where everyone lives together; this seems a bit...
Mu Qingyu waved her hand and smiled, "If the village is safe, I'm naturally safer too. I don't care about these things." If she were to fuss over everything, the villagers would always be a disorganized mess.
Although Mu Qingyu despised Jia Wenkai's character, some of his systems were correct. You see, if Jia Wenkai hadn't been unlucky enough to meet Mu Qingyu, who was reborn and possessed a spatial ability that allowed her to level up several times, things would have been different.
He can't die so early; he'll be a powerful ruler in the future.
“The village still needs rules. But why should people listen to you? Power might work, but that's not good for the village's long-term development,” Mu Qingyu said.
If you want to maintain power, then just keep doing it, like Jia Wenkai did. Mu Qingyu could do that, but could Jing Chen and the others stand for it?
Therefore, it's better to use different methods for different people.
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