Wang Liang quickly withdrew his hand and looked at Zhang Mu, who was looking at him with a smile on his face. He then looked at Zhang Mu from head to toe and confirmed that he was indeed back.

Zhang Mu looked at the man whom he hadn't seen for over a month. He looked much more haggard, with untidy beard, and his gold-rimmed glasses looked like they hadn't been cleaned for a long time.

He said with a half-smile, "Why, you don't recognize me? It's only been a month since we last met, I shouldn't have changed much, but you, Wang Liang, how come you look so haggard?"

Although after listening to what Lin Cong said, the problem with your gathering place is indeed a bit serious, but it is not to the point where your entire spirit and energy have been lost. What happened? "

After being teased by Zhang Mu, Wang Liang's expression became a little stiff. He grinned and said, "Brother Mu, since I became an Evolver, I can indeed recover quickly from general physical fatigue.

Alas, the main reason is that I am exhausted. Brother Mu, please don't make fun of me, Wang Liang. Lin Cong has already told you that we have to admit that it is because we lack strength and foundation. We were forced into this situation by others. "

Zhang Mu smiled and patted his shoulder and said, "I'm not making fun of you. I can judge from Lin Cong's words that the current situation is not something you can forcibly reverse. It's like the mutant beasts besieging the city and the second-ranked Epoch Agent Merchant. It's beyond your ability.

I am laughing at you because you are now the leader of a gathering place. If you have such an attitude, what will happen to your subordinates? You are their pillar. If you fall, your gathering place will really be over.

The minimum standard for a leader is to remain calm even when faced with a huge disaster."

Zhang Mu was very optimistic about Wang Liang's character and ability, so he had focused on helping Wang Liang before, even if he did not completely lean towards him.

However, after returning from Shanxi City this time, Zhang Mu felt that it was time to help Wang Liang take the throne. Although it was only the early days of the apocalypse, it was also the best opportunity for humanity to turn the tables.

There is no time for Wang Liang to unify Luoyang City on his own. Given the current situation, the city has not fallen apart because he has a group of trustworthy brothers.

If we focus our attention on Luoyang City, the scope is still too small.

Wang Liang showed a look of shame on his face and lowered his head. Although he was the leader of a faction, he did not put on airs in front of Zhang Mu. He said slowly, "Brother Mu is teaching me that I have been too impatient recently. The five old city forces that were originally on my front line have already defected to the outer city. I don't know how many are negotiating terms with them or making secret contacts. In addition, I don't know whether those mutant beasts outside will really not attack Luoyang City."

If I really couldn't accept the way they treated ordinary people, I would have taken the initiative to join them and give up the idea of ​​leading Luoyang City in order to protect my brothers. "

At the end, Wang Liang's tone suddenly changed from weak to very excited. He looked Zhang Mu in the eye and said, "But fortunately, Brother Mu, you are back in Luoyang. As long as I have resources comparable to the second place, I, Wang Liang, am confident that I can take over the entire Luoyang City."

At this time, Zhang Mu was thinking about another question. He looked at Wang Liang in confusion and asked, "The way they treat ordinary people? Wrong?"

Wang Liang sorted out his words and said to Zhang Mu, "I can't say it's wrong, but I just feel it's not good.

They think that the value gap between ordinary people and Evolved is too big, so they treat them differently. And the way they act is unacceptable to me and my brothers, which is why we are stuck in this situation until now. "

Zhang Mu frowned and continued to ask, "What is the specific method?"

Wang Liang said slowly, "They feel that since ordinary people cannot provide much value in combat, they should satisfy the needs of the evolvers to the greatest extent in life.

Therefore, in the merged gathering places, they do not accept ordinary women to do ordinary labor, because ordinary women are not strong enough and cannot do much work, so they only open places similar to red-light districts for them to work and live. Women in their gathering places can only do the flesh trade, or be spotted by the evolvers and become forbidden food.

Ordinary men also have two options: repair the city walls and houses, but this way they cannot have enough food. If they want to have enough food, they can only sign a contract with the Evolvers and become their slaves.

Moreover, regardless of whether they are men or women, all their earnings must be handed over, and all they are given is a full meal.

But we, the evolvers, can only get the thin porridge from the second place. You can imagine how much food the ordinary people in our gathering place can get.

So even with this full meal, more and more ordinary people left here due to the pressure of hunger.

It's just that we can't do it. There's nothing wrong with hard labor. Working in exchange for rewards is what we should do, no matter if you are an Evolved or an ordinary person. But treating your compatriots like animals and using them like tools, really, I, Wang Liang, can't do it."

Zhang Mu suddenly understood. No wonder Wang Liang and the others couldn't accept it all at once. They were all young people full of vigor and vitality. They had just lived in the first few months of the apocalypse, so naturally they couldn't stand it.

However, this is actually the correct way for the gathering place to develop in the future. Although it is a bloody reality, it is in the interests of this group of evolvers at the top of their strength.

If Zhang

Mu, seeing Wang Liang and the others insisting on such bullshit principles, such as equality of human nature, truth, goodness and beauty, he must have been mocking them.

Stop dreaming, you are too naive. The end of the world now is just tearing off the hypocritical skin that covered the original cold society. Do you think the original society was not cruel?

But now, looking at Wang Liang's determined eyes, some of the deep thoughts hidden in Zhang Mu's heart were slightly touched.

In fact, both of these propositions have their right and wrong sides. If it were Zhang Mu in later generations, he would definitely agree with the approach of the outer city forces. Using ordinary people to build up the most cutting-edge elites can ensure that the human race can survive tenaciously in this special period.

However, Zhang Mu now feels that his reborn self is somewhat inclined towards what Wang Liang wants.

However, this is more troublesome and costs more.

To achieve this, you have to be strong, and keep getting stronger, so that your people don't have to sell their bodies and their souls for a full meal.

Human beings who lose their humanity will be very lonely.

After thinking a lot, Zhang Mu just said to Wang Liang calmly, "Do what you want, I support you. So, don't lose your heart in the pursuit of power."

Wang Liang seemed to have said what he had been holding back for a long time, and he seemed relieved. Moreover, Zhang Mu's support just now gave him great confidence.

As if he felt the topic was a bit heavy, Zhang Mu shrugged his shoulders and said in a more relaxed tone, "Do you know why the mutant beasts surrounded the city? Also, how many mutant beast leaders are there above the first level?"

Wang Liang thought carefully for a moment and replied to Zhang Mu, "I don't know the specific reason. This herd of several thousand beasts appeared suddenly. We didn't know what was going on. The exploration team that went out to search for resources was all killed."

As for those above the first level, I only saw one with a particularly prominent body, which was surrounded by a group of people. It should be the king mutant beast you mentioned, Brother Mu."

Zhang Mu was now interested and asked curiously, "Is there only one? That's not that difficult to deal with. I thought there might be several at the same time. What kind of mutant beast is it?"

"As for its abilities, I have never seen it use them. I only saw it from a distance on the city wall. It rarely appears. But it looks like an enlarged version of a snow-white tiger."

"Are you sure it's really a white tiger?"

Memories suddenly flooded back for a second, and Zhang Mu seemed to suddenly know the real reason for the beast tide this time.

(End of this chapter)