"Rebirth in the Apocalypse" - No Rebirth (Chapter 30)...
Before this, Ye Xiqing had always been peaceful and conservative, even coexisting harmoniously with zombies. But one day, she suddenly destroyed the Giant Shark Base.
As the Huiyang base developed better and better, people at the surrounding bases became restless, with all sorts of thoughts arising.
But before they could react, Ye Xiqing took over their righteous duties.
The surrounding smaller bases were trembling with fear: "Is Huiyang Base going to declare war on us?"
Qu Menghan, carrying a gun, smiled calmly: "Don't be so narrow-minded. The doctor is just rebuilding order."
"The world has deteriorated to this point, and humanity is still thinking about power struggles and fighting each other, which will only lead to its own destruction."
"The doctor wants to restore order to what it was before the apocalypse. Everyone should concentrate their efforts to fight against the apocalypse. We hope you will cooperate."
Small base leader: ...
Ye Xiqing's reasons were righteous, but her actions were anything but friendly.
She promised to provide all bases with headquarters resources and share headquarters technology, but on one condition: all women must be transferred to the Huiyang base.
In most bases, when distributing benefits, women are treated as second-class citizens and are not given any.
But when others ask for them, they also know that women are the foundation of a base. If all the women were moved to the Huiyang base, wouldn't their base be destroyed without even being attacked?
Ye Xiqing's gentlest approach, however, touched upon their core interests, provoking unimaginable protests.
Qu Menghan then put down her gun; in fact, her gun was also called justice.
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Firearms are indeed the fastest way to bridge the gap between ordinary people and those with superpowers, but there is no rule that says those with superpowers cannot use firearms.
Everyone says that in the apocalypse, if your neighbor hoards food, you hoard guns. But you could also say that if your neighbor hoards guns, you hoard superhumans.
Besides avenging their grievances, the capture of the Giant Shark Base also brought in a large amount of firearms and ammunition, allowing everyone, regardless of whether they had awakened superpowers, to be armed.
If you want to compete with Huiyang Base in terms of manpower, they have manpower; if you want to compete with them in terms of superhumans, they have superhumans; if you want to compete with them in terms of guns, they have guns. So what can they compete with?
In extreme cases, when a base is outmatched, it might panic and take all the women in its ranks with it, preferring death to letting the Huiyang base win.
The woman forced to die a horrible death: ...
Do they look like they have intellectual disabilities?
Instead of a tragic mass destruction, the women in their base burned them first. They didn't think of them when they were enjoying themselves, but remembered them when they were committing suicide. Are they crazy?
The treatment women receive in most bases does not support their sense of collective honor.
This battle for justice, centered on the Radiant Sun Base, spread outwards until it finally ceased as the snow and ice approached.
It's not that Huiyang Base lacks the strength for a winter war, but rather that Ye Xiqing, emulating ancient rituals, established rules for righteous warfare, one of which is to refrain from fighting during the spring planting and winter storage period.
Long ago in ancient times, when etiquette was still valued, wars between countries were fought with great courtesy.
For example, a country would not fight during a period of national mourning or famine in an enemy country; both sides would agree on a date to fight again, and would not even hide their troop deployments from each other.
Looking back now, it seems a bit foolish, but in that context, it was a way to adapt to the environment.
In ancient times, famine and war could easily lead to the destruction of a nation and the extinction of its people.
Rules are always meant to protect both sides. If both sides abide by the agreement and do not attack famine-stricken countries, then when their own country experiences famine, they will not have to worry about other countries attacking them, and they will have room to breathe.
If one person sets a precedent, then naturally everyone will follow suit, and war will become increasingly unscrupulous.
Clearly, countless precedents were set later, and the forms of war became more and more diverse and the destructive power greater and greater. They could destroy countries and even all of humanity, wiping out as many as they could. No one cared about preserving the flame anymore.
Sometimes it's like this: you know something is bad, but once you start something bad, you can't stop yourself from going downhill. And it's always easier to start something bad than something good.
Ye Xiqing didn't want to study such complex human sociological issues, but the apocalypse had sent her back to ancient times overnight, and with so few people left, it wouldn't be suitable to wage an extermination war for a long time. Her strategic mission for this year had also been completed.
All the women within the designated combat zone were assigned to the Huiyang Base, becoming new members of the Huiyang Base.
Before they arrived, some people had been brainwashed by the high-ranking officials of the original base and entered the Huiyang base with the fear of being a tribute from a defeated enemy.
After they came in, they fell silent. If they were considered prisoners of war at the Huiyang base, what were they considered at their original base?
Although the Huiyang base feeds everyone fish and mushrooms raised by zombies, they are fed their fill, whereas they wouldn't even get to eat at their original base.
Not only that, they also helped them awaken their superpowers for free.
The doomsday base was originally just a temporary group banding together for survival, with no concept of nation or collective honor. The woman who came to the Huiyang base was instantly happy.
Everything they had done before was preparation for entering the Huiyang Base, and now they have finally found their home!
However, as the population grew, food resources at the Huiyang base began to become strained. Population is a good thing, but if you can't supply enough, it will be a big problem.
Ye Xiqing returned from abroad. Ever since she openly displayed her supernatural abilities and suppressed the rebellion, she carried an inescapable chilling aura. The disabled and frail doctor seemed to have become a distant symbol.
Luan Anchun inexplicably felt like he was reporting government affairs to the emperor, so he reported the current operating status of the base to her.
Ye Xiqing's ability to read account books, honed by his experience as a cruel official in the ancient world, allowed him to quickly grasp the situation with a glance.
"It's very simple. Transfer some of the people from the Huiyang base to other bases. For every new person who comes, the same number of people will be transferred away."
Luan Anchun approved of her idea, but who should be transferred?
Ye Xiqing turned to look at her: "What do you think?"
The two looked at each other and then laughed at themselves.
Once the ceasefire and regrouping are complete, the new decisions will be issued:
The Huiyang base promised to help develop surrounding bases, and now it plans to transfer a group of people to the affiliated base for construction.
In the apocalypse, awakening superpowers is the priority. The main task of women is to awaken their superpowers. Ordinary women and men who provide for their children stay at headquarters, while others follow women who have awakened their superpowers to the auxiliary bases.
When the order was given, panic instantly gripped the ordinary men in the base.
The women who had awakened their supernatural abilities were transferred to the branch base. The purpose was clear: to allow them to control the situation at the branch base.
What's the difference between sending ordinary men to a branch base and exile?
Huiyang Base is the most prosperous of all the bases, and no one wants to leave. However, the base's higher-ups have no intention of soliciting opinions; they are simply issuing orders.
Those classified as awaiting relocation had no choice but to quickly receive second-generation injections in an attempt to prove they could become donor parents.
But it's too late to be proactive now. If these lazy people are given a chance, how will those who actively donated their children before do what they think?
Rewards should be given to those who are willing to contribute. The allocation list remains unchanged, with only those who were originally designated as fathers retained.
Once winter arrives and things slow down, the main base will promote the second-generation drug to all men at the branch bases.
Those selected as paternal donors are eligible to enter the main base, so there's no worry about a shortage of donors.
As a result, the father and son who remained were extremely grateful that they hadn't listened to those people talking about backbone or anything like that, otherwise they would have ended up in that godforsaken branch base too.
The women who stayed at the base also found themselves in a good position. Everywhere they went, they were surrounded by their own kind. It was so comfortable and reassuring.
Winter, which is usually a season suitable for reproduction, is now becoming a season suitable for awakening supernatural abilities.
Women received from other bases follow the same old routine: pregnant women are injected with first-generation drugs, while non-pregnant women can try receiving second-generation drugs.
However, since the second-generation potion has a chance of leaving a child, it is still best to choose winter. The base also encourages women to come out for winter training, as a strong physique is the foundation for awakening superpowers.
This winter, the area outside the Huiyang base was unusually lively, with groups of women from the base planting cold-resistant potatoes developed in the laboratory.
The advanced industry before the apocalypse left behind a wealth of resources for the post-apocalyptic world, but we can't rely on past achievements for food; we have to keep researching new species.
The previous project of digging up river ditches to raise fish with zombies was considered a success, and the Agricultural Research Department has now begun researching crops suitable for cultivation in extremely harsh climates.
The survivors are increasingly convinced of Ye Xiqing's method of adaptation. They believe that relying solely on greenhouse cultivation is not enough. In the apocalypse, whether they are human, animal, or plant, they must constantly adapt.
Besides the army of potato growers, Mao Hong's army of steel bar breakers has also not retired.
She was transferred to the former Giant Shark Base, now the Huiyang Base Military Industrial Sub-base, to oversee the production and modification of weapons.
In winter, the main energy is used to heat the base, so military production stops, and people come out to do their old jobs when they have nothing else to do.
This time, there's no need to worry about neighboring bases robbing steel. All the surrounding bases have been incorporated into Huiyang Base. There's no need to fight over them; just submit a report, and the central base will allocate the steel.
This is also why the subsidiary bases are so obedient; the Huiyang base headquarters controls all the women, thus eliminating any possibility of the smaller bases rising again.
However, the massive resource allocation brought about by the huge base also benefits each small base.
With the environment stabilized, more energy was available for construction. Luan Anchun led the headquarters' electronic communications department to build wireless base stations and restore communications between the main base and branch bases.
The Department of Energy has also come up with new ideas, starting to install energy harvesters in the homes of people with superpowers.
The foundation of industry is nothing more than boiling water and piston movement. The Department of Energy and the Department of Machinery collaborated to create equipment specifically designed for training different superpowered individuals.
On the one hand, it allows elemental ability users and body enhancement ability users to train their bodies and abilities, and on the other hand, it collects energy, achieving both training and production capacity.
However, this kind of thing is still entirely voluntary. Ye Xiqing canceled the contribution-based resource allocation system. Although the superhumans have great abilities, they are not forced to contribute voluntarily.
Everyone is a member of the base, and even the smallest things each person does gradually change the base's living environment.
However, because some people's work cannot be seen, they are labeled as having made small contributions, and thus their right to access resources is reasonably deprived.
As long as there is a distinction between large and small, there will inevitably be a distinction between strong and weak, and as long as there is a distinction between strong and weak, there will inevitably be exploitation.
Since it's already the end of the world, Ye Xiqing didn't want to continue implementing that carrot-and-stick system, so she simply abolished the contribution-based distribution system and promoted a system of shared resources and equal distribution.
If this happened before the apocalypse, it would be nothing short of a pipe dream. How could you possibly pull a cart loaded with billions of dollars? Even if you wanted to implement this system, you couldn't stop people from trying to embezzle. Seeing others embezzling, how could you possibly stay out of trouble?
There are no other advantages to the end times, except that there are fewer people. Changing a few thousand people can change all of humanity.
So after laying a solid foundation, Ye Xiqing laid it all off.
It neither requires those with superpowers to make strenuous contributions nor ordinary people to work themselves to the bone. Everyone voluntarily does the work they like, and the resources they collectively create are shared by everyone.
When it comes to the apocalypse, it seems that only those who are mentally on edge and operate efficiently like machines can fit the definition of survival in the apocalypse.
But when Ye Xiqing looked up at the sky, the world was so vast and she was so small, she suddenly felt that everything was meaningless.
She simply exists here, neither important nor insignificant.
Her departure will not change this vast, endless, and ever-changing sky in the slightest.
Her disappearance would also cause this magnificent and vast natural universe to instantly lose its meaning.
Standing beneath this vast sky, Ye Xiqing pondered the meaning of her existence as a human being, and then realized that even wanting a bowl of fish soup had meaning, while clocking in at work, working hard, making money, and contributing were not.
When all the shackles are gone, why not live again like a wild beast in such a carefree world?
When everything is crushed, isn't that a chance to start over?
So when Ye Xiqing finished breaking the steel bars with Mao Hong and went back to the base for dinner, she unusually asked the canteen for a bowl of salted fish soup.
In summer, a whole fish marinated in salt is stewed in a soup pot, accompanied by dried mushrooms, bubbling and releasing an enticing aroma.
Having not eaten for so long, Ye Xiqing had forgotten what the fish tasted like. All she knew was that it was in a bowl, garnished with mushrooms, and with soup bubbles floating on top, making it look very tempting.
Ye Xiqing held the spoon, admiring the beautiful color of the fish soup and the rising steam.
The sight before me is so beautiful that even just looking at it brings me happiness, though I don't actually eat it.
After an unknown amount of time, Ye Xiqing finally put the spoon in her mouth.
I've been looking forward to this for so long, I have to try it.
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