Zhou Tao was almost dazzled by the dazzling smile. He stumbled unconsciously. He felt that there was something wrong with the smile on the face of the little girl opposite him, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
and……
Well?
This team is actually led by a little girl in front of him who looks about 7 years old?
Suddenly, my anxious and nervous heartbeat gradually calmed down.
Zhou Tao breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously. A refuge that allowed a 7-year-old girl to be the leader of a team should not be a place where people killed people without mercy and treated ordinary survivors like toys.
"There are more than 860 survivors in our shelter...but I don't know how many more survivors your shelter can accommodate, Chief." Zhou Tao was very sensible and quickly changed his address to Xia Runrun.
After just standing here for a few minutes, Zhou Tao was certain that the hundreds of powerful mutant animals around him were all led by the little girl in front of him. No wonder the other survivors around him, who were all strong and healthy adult men, were willing to be subordinates.
Shelters are different from official survival bases. In order to prevent the spread of human scent and the influx of ferocious beasts and mutant beasts, most shelters not only need to be built underground and seal the indoor odor, but also need to control the number of people in the shelter to prevent accidents.
Therefore, the vast majority of shelters have fewer than a thousand people.
Xia Ruanruan was naturally unfazed by the concerns of ordinary survivors. She looked at Zhou Tao with a smile and said, "Just bring these people with you. As long as they are sincere in their willingness to join us, they can stay."
Zhou Tao's eyes grew brighter with each word Xia Ruanruan spoke.
"We live on the southeast campus of Star-Moon University. We welcome every survivor at any time."
"But the shelter was just established not long ago. Every survivor who joins the shelter needs to contribute to the construction of the shelter. Anyone who refuses the task of pioneering and building the shelter will be directly expelled from the shelter." Xia Ruanruan hugged 666 and rubbed the big starling's furry head.
Since we have decided to build Zootopia well, we must start from the seedling stage.
"Of course, of course. We will definitely do a good job in the infrastructure construction!" Zhou Tao nodded repeatedly after receiving Xia Runrun's affirmation.
Life in a natural disaster is not easy for anyone. They must seize any opportunity they get, not to mention just clearing land and building shelters.
Zhou Tao was overjoyed after receiving the affirmation. Before Xia Ruanruan and the others left, he even greeted them with a dozen young men and women carrying their picking tools. Then, he happily rushed to his own shelter with his baskets and backpacks on his back.
How could gathering food be as important as moving here at this time?
Zhou Tao and the others walked so fast, as if they were afraid that Xia Runrun would regret it if they were a little slow.
After the dozen or so young men and women disappeared from Xia Ruanruan's sight, Yang Fan and his companions withdrew their gaze, gathered up the remaining supplies, carefully placed the bundled supplies on the mutant animals' backs, and set off on their journey home.
"Boom..."
The loud noise of the mutant beasts running at full speed, along with the billowing dust raised in the process, quickly spread to every street and alley that the team passed through.
Many survivors who were hiding in the dark or hiding because they were afraid of the mutant beasts couldn't help but stretch their heads and observe secretly.
Before the virus outbreak, Star-Moon City was a massive international metropolis with a population of 20 million. After the outbreak, nearly half of the population perished. Of those who managed to survive, most perished or escaped during the subsequent plant and animal mutations. Even so, the remaining survivors in Star-Moon City still numbered in the millions.
These people are densely packed like stars scattered throughout the city, but they are hiding secretly, worried about the mutant beasts and ferocious beasts that roam around at all times day and night.
Xia Runrun put her two small hands on the edge of the small bamboo window, and her sharp eyes discovered several survivors who were watching secretly. Some of them had worried expressions on their faces, some were amazed, and some were excited and had expressions exactly the same as Zhou Tao and others.
The little girl blinked slowly...
——Perhaps building a five-star Zootopia base would be easier than she imagined.
Or perhaps she had just arrived in this world and her mind was not fully formed. She felt that if a child wanted to become the leader of the base, no one would believe in her ability, nor would anyone truly trust her or submit to her.
"But in reality, as long as my power is strong enough to make everyone's heart tremble, strong enough to make everyone bow down to me the moment they see me, even if I have the body of a child, it doesn't matter..."
Zhou Tao and his team's joining gave Xia Runrun a lot of confidence.
When she suddenly grew taller on the way from the shelter to Longquan Base, it didn't have much impact on her. Everyone even took the initiative to find excuses for her, as if it was not strange for a child to grow several years older overnight.
Although she never told the specific reason, and Yang Fan and the others never asked, were they really not curious?
“Some people will still be curious.”
Xia Ruanruan looked at the vast streets and murmured, "But what good is curiosity? It can't solve the global virus and restore all life to the state before the outbreak, nor can it solve the problem of food survival by growing taller. So it's better not to ask, not only to avoid wasting time, but also to avoid a powerful person getting angry."
Able to easily command hundreds of mutant beasts, her strength has reached the top among ordinary survivors.
Even if it was just to leave the shelter with the mutant beasts, it was definitely not what any survivor wanted to see. When Wu Wenhua led the mutant beasts to attack other shelters, the survivors responded in unison, even accepting him as their leader. Now that she was many times stronger than the other survivors, it was natural for the other survivors to want to join her survival base...
Whether it is a peaceful world or the end of the world due to natural disasters, people will always involuntarily look up to the strong.
After realizing this, Xia Runrun suddenly felt much more relaxed. She swung her two short legs and hugged the big green-feathered parrot that was sticking its head out and looking out.
"Huh...?!" Xiaolu was completely confused. He looked at the human cub who had suddenly gone crazy in bewilderment, and Doudou's eyes were full of bewilderment.
"Baji!"
Xia Ruanruan kissed the big green-feathered parrot on the head and said with a smile: "Xiaolu, you should work hard in the future. My future depends on you!"
As long as she maintains her identity as a time traveler and her ability to speak animal language, the day when she can build Zootopia will be just around the corner!
Big green parrot: “……??!”
Crazy, crazy! Even human babies are crazy these days! The big green-haired parrot hugged its fat self and trembled, but didn't want to leave.
Big green-haired parrot: This little guy is poisonous.
…
The northeast corner of the campus, close to the innermost area of the school.
"Lift it up, lift it up! Lift up this big rock!"
"Hurry, hurry, there's a huge rock and a large dead tree here. Pull them out... We have to clear this open space before the sun sets!"
"Oh, these collapsed houses are so hard to clean up. It's been almost a month, and we've only cleaned up less than half of them..."
Liu Gaofeng wiped the sweat from his forehead and instructed those around him to be careful when carrying the medicine to avoid bumping into anyone. Medicine was hard to come by these days, and if someone got pricked by one of those rusty steel bars and got tetanus, how bad would that be?
Spring hadn't arrived yet, and aside from some cold-resistant crops, the remaining survivors only needed to forage for food daily within the territory patrolled by the black and white bears. In this completely life-threatening situation, most of the survivors had plenty of free time, which was why everyone in the shelter spontaneously organized to clean up the entire campus.
Mutated dogs helped to drag the heavy boulders and pieces of construction waste, which soon piled up into a ball. The cleared land was then used by people to reclaim land for farming or to store other supplies such as firewood.
Just as Liu Gaofeng and several survivors nearby were discussing which collapsed building to start cleaning up tomorrow, the ground suddenly began to tremble. Even from a long distance away, Liu Gaofeng and others could hear bursts of mutant beast roars.
“Roar, roar, roar~!”
“Awooo~Awooo~~!”
"Oh no! They're other mutant animals! And there are quite a lot of them!" Liu Gaofeng's face changed drastically. He immediately picked up the steel stick beside him and rushed out with the large group!
Although Liu Gaofeng always likes to flatter Wu Wenhua and seems not very serious, he is very serious when doing things.
Especially after spending these days together, Liu Gaofeng truly regarded this place as his home, and he became even more worried and anxious.
Even though there are quite a few black and white bears in the pack, as well as dozens of mutant dogs, the amplitude of the ground shaking is no smaller than any other time the black and white bears go out for patrol. It even feels obviously stronger than before!
"How come so many mutant animals suddenly appear? Judging from the noise, I'm afraid they are not only huge in number, but also quite large in size!" The other survivors also had grim expressions on their faces.
Even though they all rushed out with weapons in hand, everyone was nervous. No survivor felt that they had the strength to defeat a powerful mutant beast. All they could do was to wait for the right opportunity and help the black and white bear and the mutant dog when they were fighting each other. Maybe there would be a glimmer of hope!
However……
Liu Gaofeng and others rushed to the school gate with anxious faces, and bursts of cheers suddenly reached everyone's ears.
A group of black and white bears stomped their feet happily, "Hoo-hoo-hoo~", the usually majestic mutant beasts transformed into huskies, and some older survivors wiped their tears and laughed.
Liu Gaofeng and others: "..."
Liu Gaofeng and others: “…??!”
#I'm working at the farthest point near the back door of the school. Is it my fault for coming in late? #
#The new boss returned from the survival base, not only bringing back enough supplies to fill several trucks, but also bringing back mutant animals that couldn't even fit in dozens of trucks#
#We have black and white bears, wolves, lions, wild boars, mutant dogs and cats. My boss might bring back a zoo next time he goes out.#
No matter how Liu Gaofeng and his group brainstormed at this moment, they felt safe at least to see so many powerful and ferocious mutant animals in their own shelter.
"Come on! Quickly find a few people to help carry the things to the warehouse. This time we not only brought back solar power equipment, but also a lot of other supplies, especially the vermicelli machine! Hurry up, maybe we can all eat vermicelli tonight!" Huang Haichao saw someone standing not far away, who seemed afraid to come forward, and hurriedly called out to the others.
Don't be fooled by the ferocious appearance of these white wolves, lions and wild boars. They are all tall and mighty, and it seems that they can break arms and legs of ordinary survivors with just a step. However, after getting along with them for these days, Huang Haichao also knows that these mutant animals are very obedient to Xia Runrun and will never hurt ordinary survivors casually.
In this case, we have to help everyone adapt to living with these ferocious beasts.
Otherwise, wouldn't it be terrible if the beast scared its own people?
"Aunt Zhou, these clothes are for you. I noticed that the clothes you were wearing were all worn out. This time when I went to the survival base, I specially asked someone to help me pick them out." Xia Runrun jumped off the big black horse's back and carried a big bag on her back. The bag was filled with clothes for adult women.
When she first arrived in this world after traveling through time, she was taken care of by Aunt Zhou. Although she was in a coma at the time, she could vaguely hear Aunt Zhou and the Hanzhou couple talking. Although her abilities didn't require help from others, Xia Ruanruan always remembered the other party's kindness.
However, at that time, except for the survivors working in the cafeteria, everyone else in the shelter needed to find supplies and food outside.
Aside from Chef Gong, who was skilled in cooking, the only people working in the cafeteria were either children or elderly. Rao Shixia, who held considerable status within the shelter at the time, couldn't bring herself to ask for a nine-year-old like Zhou Yiyang to be replaced, not to mention that Aunt Zhou certainly wouldn't approve of such a move.
Therefore, she could only send some food on weekdays. However, this time when she went to the Longquan Survival Base, Xia Runrun specially bought a lot of adult clothes in darker colors that were most suitable for Aunt Zhou.
Zhou Xia didn't expect to receive a big backpack full of new clothes. She was touched, but she looked at Xia Runrun with some worry. It was only less than a month since she left, but the child in front of her had grown at least ten centimeters. It was obvious that she had grown from a four-year-old baby to elementary school age.
"You...you've grown so much suddenly. Are you feeling unwell?" After all, she was not a doctor. In addition, after the outbreak of the virus, all living plants and animals in the world underwent major and minor changes. Zhou Xia really didn't know what to say for a moment.
"I'm not feeling unwell anywhere. I'm fine!" Xia Runrun smiled, and deliberately jumped around Zhou Xia, then took Zhou Xia's arm and walked into the school.
this time……
Xia Ruanruan not only brought many survivors from the Longquan Survival Base to exchange for a large amount of supplies, but also brought back hundreds of powerful mutant animals. This was like a shot of adrenaline for the survivors of the entire survival base, not only making them full of energy, but also making them admire Xia Ruanruan even more.
Xia Ruanruan casually flipped through the atlas in her palm. The photos of the survivors who originally lived in the shelter but failed to light up their icons appeared one by one on the atlas, emitting faint white light.
“Ding Dong!——”
——Test the host's city-building map——Xingyue University Town, within the southeast campus: there are a total of 3,578 intelligent animals, of which 3,415 animals recognize the host, reaching a recognition rate of more than 95% among residents in the area, exceeding the resident recognition value!
——The achievement of "Everyone has fun together" is achieved, and the base's comprehensive score is rewarded with 10.
——Congratulations to the host base city (1 star) for raising its overall score to 74.83 points.
——Note: The illustrations kindly remind you that transportation, education, medical care, entertainment, etc. can all improve the comprehensive score of the base. Please explore the details on your own.
Note: A friendly reminder from the illustrated guide: Your base city is currently only 1 star, with an area of only 7,627.2 mu (≈5.08 square kilometers), and can currently accommodate up to 5,000 official residents. Once the number of official residents exceeds 5,000 and the area does not reach the 2-star standard (200,000 mu ≈ 133.3 square kilometers), the base city's overall rating will be reduced by a certain percentage.
Xia Ruanruan: “!!!”
I almost forgot that the rats in the rat colony are also intelligent animals. So, if I take in a few more survivors from the shelter, won't I be able to upgrade to two stars very quickly?!
Before that, shouldn't she expand the entire shelter?
Expanding from the southeast campus of Xingyue University to the entire university town, and then incorporating all 17 universities surrounding the university town into the territory?!
"what's on your mind?"
Xiaobai, the stuffed animal that had been acting as a vent for some time recently, had transformed into a white-haired young man in a coat. With a cold expression, he said, "I've been thinking about this for a long time. Since you claim to be a time traveler, you probably don't understand much about the history of our world. I bought you some history books at Longquan Base. Start reading these from today."
"To avoid any mistakes in the future."
Xia Ruanruan: “……???”
Xia Ruanruan: Xiaobai, are you poisonous?!
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