Shortly after Yao Wei and others left, the news spread that Ye Xiao had announced the disbanding of the Yang City team and would no longer serve as the leader of 150,000 people.
Zhou Li was the first to hear the news. He was at dinner—or rather, he'd cleared several tables to reward his most capable staff and get them acquainted with his brother Zhou Yan's men, strengthening their ties. He looked surprised. "Are you sure you heard correctly? Dismissing everyone? That's 150,000 people."
Zhou Yan, who was sitting next to him, smiled and said, "Fifteen thousand people are nothing in this huge Ning City base. They are just a bunch of burdens who only care about eating." He didn't look much like Zhou Li. He looked younger and more energetic, and he didn't seem to have any scheming. But the gleam in his eyes from time to time made people know that he was not that simple.
Zhou Li shook his head. "People are capital, and they've managed them very well. There are still several thousand of them that can be used."
Zhou Yan's eyes flashed: "Brother, what kind of person is this Ye Xiao?"
"He's a very reliable person." Zhou Li gave him high praise, "both as a companion and as a leader." He really wanted to be friends with Ye Xiao, but unfortunately they had become subordinates from the beginning, and when they entered the base yesterday, he and his men did not make any moves. How could Ye Xiao not have any opinions about him?
We can't be friends.
When Zhou Li thought about this, he felt that it would be better to disband the group, as Ye Xiao probably didn't plan to stay in the Ning City base to develop.
Zhou Yan said, "He doesn't want those people, but we do. Brother, you've been in that team before, so you know who the capable ones are. Let's get them all here."
Zhou Li paused as he picked up the food: "That's fine, but it's a pity that the strongest one can't pull it up."
Zhou Yan was very interested: "Which one is it? I heard that there were originally seven or eight people in Ye Xiao's team, and each of them had their own special skills."
"It's not those eight people, it's a girl named Lin Tan Tan."
"Bang!" Xu Tianjin, who was sitting at the same table, missed the bowl and dropped it on the table.
Seeing everyone looking at the papers, Xu Tianjin hurriedly picked up the bowl, scratched his head and said with a smile, "It's okay, it's okay, my hand slipped." Then he pretended to be very curious and asked Zhou Li, "Brother Zhou, the person you said was so amazing turned out to be a woman. How is she so amazing?"
Zhou Yan stared at him twice, but Xu Tianjin didn't notice at all. In fact, Xu Tianjin's question was not abrupt, because people who had never heard of Lin Tantan also had the same curiosity and were waiting for Zhou Li to answer their questions. However, Zhou Yan had already become suspicious of Xu Tianjin's various abnormalities. Once you have suspicion and pay attention to someone, you can always see something, not to mention that Xu Tianjin is full of flaws.
Because of him, Zhou Yan was particularly concerned about the name Ye Xiao, and at this time he also kept the name Lin Tantan in mind.
Especially when Zhou Li told some things about Lin Tantan, he finally said that even if all those people were recruited, they would not be as good as Lin Tantan.
Zhou Yan laughed and said, "Isn't it just a dual-powered person? There are two in the base. Are they that powerful?"
"What if this dual-ability user is exceptionally strong in both abilities, one of which is healing, and can lead others with abilities, and is incredibly loyal to their leader?" Zhou Li said. "Did you see that yesterday? The only one who fought from start to finish without weapons, and who was completely on his own."
There was a hint of regret in Zhou Li's tone, as if he felt regretful that his attempts to show goodwill to Lin Tan Tan had had no effect.
Zhou Yan was silent. He didn't see clearly yesterday in the base, but he heard from people on the city wall that one woman's performance was particularly amazing and she was very good at playing the gold system.
At this moment, Xu Tianjin's heart was in turmoil. The names matched, and the wood-type ability was particularly outstanding, and it was a dual-type ability.
Could it be that he was thinking of that?
That's right, if I can travel through time, why can't Dr. Lin? He suddenly became excited and wanted to find someone immediately.
At the same time, many people were discussing this matter, talking about Ye Xiao and Lin Tan. At the meeting of the leadership of the temporary government of the base, the director of the medical department slammed the table and said, "This person must enter our medical department."
Someone from the base's science academy said, "It's said that among those 150,000 people, almost no one turned into a corpse after contracting a fever. Is this person's credit? What's the percentage of people who turn into corpses after contracting a high fever at our base?"
Someone next to him answered, "About ten people had a fever, and three of them had turned into corpses."
The people from the Academy of Sciences also slammed the table and said, "We want this person. She has such abilities and is a dual-system psychic. She has very high research value!"
The doctor from the medical department said, "This is the best doctor. Do you know how many people get sick with their hands every day? You've got such a talented person, and you're just leaving him idle? How could you possibly imagine that? What a waste of resources!"
The Academy of Sciences said excitedly, "You refused to release the first two dual-powered people, so you're going to give us this one anyway, right? You're asking us to develop a vaccine, but you're refusing to give us this or that. Do you think that just because we call ourselves the Academy of Sciences, we're truly the National Academy of Sciences?"
"I'm not stopping you from challenging the army."
"Commander, tell me who you want to tell it to!"
The lovers all looked at the square-faced middle-aged man in military uniform sitting in the first seat. The latter said coldly, "Don't ask me for it. Find a way on your own. Whoever can invite the most attractive person will get it."
The head of the medical department frowned. "Most people with special abilities are very proud. If we let them choose, I'm afraid none of them would choose."
"Then I can't do anything about it." The middle-aged man said, "I don't care about people."
The Academy of Sciences frowned: "Colonel Ye, you are in charge."
"Oh, I can't control that. He won't accept any appointments."
The head of the medical department complained: "He's a serving soldier!"
The square-faced commander's expression grew even colder: "There are many serving soldiers out there who want to pull me down."
Everyone was speechless.
The chief sighed and said, "Today is the second day of the zombie siege. Do you have any solutions?"
"What can we do? The rain is so heavy that some superpowers are useless, and the power of ammunition is greatly reduced. The most important thing is that those old guys don't even put in any effort." said a man also in military uniform.
Now that the military and politics are unified, those sitting here are the ones who won the previous struggle and became the ruling class in Ning City Base. However, this power is not particularly enjoyable, and there are messes everywhere.
The leader was silent.
Suddenly, the chief's guard came in and said, "Chief, Ye Xiao called."
The base built its own signal tower. Although the signal is very weak, it is still possible to make internal calls.
The chief took over: "Ye Xiao, it's me." After listening to a few words, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Help me hire people to guard the base?"
…
Back to a while ago, everyone looked at the vegetables brought by Yang Xinyu for a long time. This kind of vegetable is commonly known as chicken feather vegetable. It is very small and grows very fast. Yang Xinyu can grow a small piece at one time.
A bag of greens was put into the pot and cooked. The fire was lit by a fire-type mutant and the water was provided by a water-type mutant. Some salt was sprinkled on it and a pot of vegetable soup was cooked. Everyone looked at the vegetable soup with great readiness and tasted some. It tasted pretty good and tasted not much different from ordinary vegetables.
After finishing the vegetables, they naturally sat down and chatted. These people with special abilities came here not just to deliver food, but also to ask for advice on what they should do in the future.
Bai Cheng was quite friendly with them. He took out a pen and paper to analyze, "According to what you said, those who came to recruit you last night and this morning can basically be divided into five categories. The first category is various gangs. As long as they have combat capabilities, they will regularly organize team activities, such as going out of the city to kill zombies and find supplies, accepting family search missions, dispatching missions, and may also be involved in fighting between gangs;
"One type is a chosen organization composed of people with special abilities. Anyone with special abilities can join, but the nature and purpose of this organization are unclear.
"One is the official personnel management department of the base, which sent a stack of forms with descriptions of various positions in the base;
“One is the military recruiting, which requires extremely high obedience, and even within the military, there are factions;
"The last category is people who hire you privately. For example, fire-type esper would serve as bodyguards, water-type esper would provide them with water, and wood-type esper would provide them with treatment or produce fruits and vegetables."
"My advice is, without understanding the situation, don't easily join any faction, even if they promise very good treatment, including the military and the base's current provisional government. You can find a job that you believe you are capable of and that pays well, and sell your abilities as a commodity."
"For example, Yang Xinyu, the Agricultural Department of the Base Academy is recruiting. You could consider it, or sell the vegetables you grow with your supernatural powers as merchandise. However, it is not recommended that you be directly employed by someone."
"As for the direction of combat, you have such great abilities, it would be a waste to do ordinary work, and it will not benefit your strength improvement. On the premise of not joining any faction, I can introduce you to a path. It depends on whether you are willing to go.
"What way?" many people asked in unison.
Bai Cheng smiled and said, "Form an employment relationship with the base."
Everyone looked puzzled. What’s the difference between this and finding a job?
"What I mean is, establish a direct employment relationship with the military at the base. For example, right now, with zombies surrounding the city, the defenders are desperately short of manpower. You can go to the city walls and fight zombies. Firstly, this will train you, secondly, it will relieve the pressure on the base, and thirdly, you can get paid by the military this way."
"This way, you don't have to join the military, and your freedom is guaranteed. You can choose to participate in military operations at your discretion. If you're unsure about the danger of a mission, whether it's worth participating, or are worried about being ripped off, I can serve as your advisor. I can also help you negotiate with the military regarding compensation."
He paused and said, "Oh, by the way, our Captain Ye will also participate in helping the base fight zombies."
Upon hearing this, the combat-type psychics' eyes lit up. Following Ye Xiao, they felt like they had a backbone. Although they were no longer a team, they still had their previous friendship. If something went wrong, Ye Xiao would not ignore them, right?
They looked at Ye Xiao. Ye Xiao's face was a little dark. He glanced at Bai Cheng and nodded.
Lin Tantan watched from the side for a long time before finally understanding what Bai Baicheng was talking about. She whispered to Mei Bosheng, "I was wondering why Brother Bai was so enthusiastic all of a sudden. Does that mean he's gotten himself a part-time job as an intermediary and is promoting Ye Xiao as an advertising agent?"
Mei Bosheng also whispered, "The boss is actually very worried about the zombies outside the base. He said this morning that he wanted to go to the city wall to take a look, but Brother Bai stopped him. Brother Bai said that since we don't care about the affairs of the base, then we should just leave everything alone, so as not to be taken for granted. At the same time, he's also wary of us coveting power or something, which is thankless. So he decided to just hire us out. The payment is clear and transparent. Speaking of which, I got the inspiration from you."
"Me?"
"That's right. You showed people your pathological abilities for free, but no one seemed to care about you. But after you started charging people, they actually became more respectful of you."
Awe? Is that serious?
Lin Tan Tan thought about it and finally said, "It really can't be done in vain."
"That's what I mean."
"Are you going too?"
"Go ahead. I also need to practice my abilities, but in the end, it's all about killing more zombies."
Then Ye Xiao called the current top military official in Ning City, discussed the cooperation matters, and then took these psychics and Mei Baisheng and others out to work. Of course, he also had to go to where the psychics lived and bring more people with him.
Ye Xiao was about to get in the car when he suddenly saw something and walked to the car next to him: "Let's talk, don't come."
Lin Tantan was sitting in the car, trying very hard to hide herself, but she was still caught. However, she was in a very happy mood. She rolled down the window and said, "Why? You guys are working, so I want to work too."
Working or something… Ye Xiao’s expression was a little distorted, and he said: “You treated so many people this morning.”
"Then I'll just stay over here and watch for a while." Lin Tantan looked like he was saying, "I don't want to stay at home alone, I want to come out and play too."
"Qinan and Xiaotian are also in the villa." Ye Xiao tried to persuade her to stay. It was raining so heavily, was it so fun outside?
Cheng Qinan is sick and has been sleeping all the time. Lin Tan Tan thinks that he is about to awaken his superpowers, and Jiang Xiaotian is essentially a fat otaku. He either plays with his treasures or curls up on the sofa eating snacks and watching TV. Although he and Lin Tan Tan can chat together, it would be too boring for the two of them to stay alone and chat all the time.
Anyway, Lin Tantan just doesn't want to stay.
Ye Xiao had no way to deal with her.
The car drove all the way to the residential area and stopped in a simple carport. Lin Tan Tan did not get out of the car. He rolled down the window and looked at the buildings, which were also rural-style five- or six-story buildings. This base, which expanded with the garrison area as the core, covers a large area, but there are very few buildings. Most of them were built in a hurry after the end of the world. Because manpower and material resources were mainly used on the city walls, the houses were sloppy. Many of them were brick houses and sheds, which looked too shabby. This place was still considered good.
After a while, many people came down from upstairs, each holding a variety of raincoats, umbrellas, and rain hats. Some even came down with a piece of oil paper wrapped around them. They got into the cars laughing and drove out one by one.
The car splashed with mud and water as it drove to the gate of the base. The person guarding the gate was the mixed-race young man from yesterday. He had already received the news and looked at these people with a twitch of his mouth: "Are you all superpowered?"
"All of them." Bai Cheng came forward to negotiate. He smiled and said, "Except for a few who won't participate in killing zombies, there are a total of fifty-seven people left. Please arrange them for us in the same area. By the way, the remuneration I agreed with your leader is lunch and dinner for each person, and ten kilograms of food per day."
He mentioned ten kilograms of food, feeling somewhat dissatisfied. It was too little, but who made the base so poor? The average young adult could only earn three to five kilograms of food a day, and anything above that would be paid to a psychic. Ten kilograms was the best price Bai Cheng could negotiate.
Originally, the leader wanted to give Bai Cheng crystal cores, but he refused. Crystal cores are worthless now. The ground outside the base is full of zombies, which means that the ground is full of crystal cores. If he wants to get them, he has to find a way to get them himself. Food is the most scarce thing.
The mixed-race youth gritted his teeth and said, "I hope you can afford the price. Come with me."
Bai Cheng smiled gently, but with the look of a debt collector: "We also hope that the employer's attitude can satisfy us. Today is only half a day, so please prepare dinner and five kilograms of food. Don't cheat on the weight, otherwise it will be a problem whether we can come tomorrow."
The mixed-race youth almost missed a step.
The psychics wearing their own colorful raincoats at the back were a little confused. Does Deputy Captain Bai have this side to him?
Lin Tantan was also stunned.
Mei Bosheng whispered to her, "Do you know what Lao Bai's biggest hobby is?"
"Trick people?"
"No, bargain. I think he has been wanting to be this kind of agent for a long time."
Lin Tan Tan: "I think he's more like a foreman now."
"What's that over there?"
Lin Tan Tan thought for a moment and asked, "Foreman? Team leader?"
Mei Bosheng burst out laughing, and the people next to him who heard what he said also laughed.
After a while, the news of Ye Xiao's new identity as the captain of the work team spread everywhere. All the workers in the team looked at Ye Xiao: "Hehehehe." They felt that they could not bear to look directly at the title of Captain Ye.
Ye Xiao looked at these people and felt that he had been cheated.
After climbing up the seven or eight meter high city wall, the wind was so strong and the rain was so heavy that everyone could hardly open their eyes. A few smarter ones wore motorcycle helmets and were immediately looked at with admiration.
This is right next to the gate. There was a group of soldiers there. When they saw the mixed-race youth coming over, they shouted, "Boss, the zombies keep climbing up. Requesting support!"
Lin Tan Tan looked out and saw a large group of zombies stacked up below. Unfortunately, the city wall was too smooth and their stacking skills were not good enough, so they were knocked down by the poles above.
The mixed-race youth said, "Reinforcements are here. You guys go get some rest." Then he said to Ye Xiao, "This area is handed over to you. If even one zombie breaks through your defenses, the millions of people in the base will face catastrophic disaster."
With a serious expression, he handed an invisible but heavy burden to Ye Xiao. Ye Xiao said expressionlessly, "After receiving the reward, we will definitely do a good job."
Mixed-race youth: “…” What’s wrong?
Bai Chengna opened a large package and said, "Everyone come here and get a safety rope."
Mixed-race youth: "What safety rope?"
"It's so slippery here, and the battlements are so low, what if I accidentally fall over? Working at heights requires safety measures."
The mixed-race youth's face cracked. Are these people poisonous?
However, everyone really went to get the safety ropes and tied two ropes around their bodies and one rope on the battlement behind them as Ye Xiao and the other soldiers taught them. The knots were tied laboriously and professionally to ensure that they would never fall off the wall and be bitten by zombies.
Then everyone found their own position and started to smash down their superpowers.
Xu Qin, Xu Li and Zhong Xiong all came. These three had no special abilities. In this situation, no matter how many bullets they had, they would not be enough, so they did not plan to draw their guns. A big reason why they came here was that they were stimulated by Jiang Zhongyi and Cheng Qinan. One of them had awakened his special abilities after being caught in the rain, and the other had awakened his special abilities after being caught in the rain.
So after discussing it, the three of them became superstitious and planned to get themselves sick by getting wet. Anyway, with Lin Tan around, they didn't have to worry about getting sick worse. There was no other way, it was too inconvenient without superpowers.
However, given their physical condition, it is not easy to get sick from being wet, so at this moment they only wear hats and not even raincoats.
At this time, Xu Qin was looking at the corpses of zombies gradually falling under the city wall. After looking for a long time, he said, "I have an idea. To ensure safety, let's make a cage." Then they went back to the car to tinker with something.
The mixed-race youth really wanted to know what they were doing, but he was not an idle person, so he had to leave first.
When he came back an hour later, he saw that they had welded a large iron cage. They lowered the cage onto the city wall, and a woman released several green ribbons, which looked like wood-type abilities. She grabbed the body of a zombie and threw it into the cage. She threw three zombies into the cage, and then the cage closed and was pulled up.
"What are you doing? Why are you dragging the zombie corpses in?" The mixed-race young man was anxious.
The three who answered him fiercely broke open the zombie's head with a knife and dug out the crystal core.
After that, they lowered the cage and dumped out the bodies, while discussing: "Ordinary people can do it too."
"It's too tiring to load the whole body. It's better to cut off the head and pull it up."
"Or install a jack on the wall."
The mixed-race youth looked at it for a long time and couldn't help asking, "Why do you need a cage when you can just pull the zombie body up?"
Xu Qin looked at him with an expression that said, "Are you an idiot?" "What if the zombies aren't completely dead?"
Lin Tan Tan also said: "Throwing zombies into a cage is not easy. If you rely on your superpowers to pull them up to seven or eight meters high, your superpowers will soon be used up." She was referring to the level of ordinary superpower users. In fact, they are also exploring this work for ordinary people. It would be a pity not to pick up the crystal cores on the ground. In the future, zombies will develop a new way of evolution, which is to eat the brains and crystal cores of their own kind.
The rainstorm came earlier, and the evolutionary method of eating their own kind might also appear earlier. If you leave the zombies all over the ground without dealing with them, when you come back the next day, you will find that their brains have been eaten clean, creating a group of more powerful zombies. Wouldn't that be very infuriating?
After they finished talking, they went on to discuss improvements.
The mixed-race youth left drunkenly.
When he returned in the evening, the zombies in the area they were responsible for were practically extinct, leaving the ground covered in piles of corpses, perhaps tens of thousands. A simple pulley, mounted on the battlements, pulled an iron cage up and down. A Wood-type psychic sent out vines (a different person, no longer a belt, but vines) to pull the zombies to a guillotine at the base of the wall. The guillotine was also electrically powered. The person on top pressed a button, and the guillotine chopped off a rotting head. Then, another Wood-type psychic sent out something like a long grass stalk, wrapped the head, and placed it in the cage.
Once the cage was full, several people pulled it up using a pulley, dumping the heads inside into a large wooden box. Then, two people, wearing protective suits that even covered their eyes, used large pliers to place the heads into a machine. With a roar of electric saws, the heads were severed. A third person, similarly dressed, was tasked with searching for crystal cores among the pile of rotting tissue.
The mixed-race young man moved his lips and felt a little nauseous. He thought he was quite powerful, but chopping off the zombies' heads and processing them was like taking pearls from shells. He still felt inferior to him.
Looking around, he saw the four guys who first came up with this idea were talking leisurely. When he heard what they were talking about, what kind of supernatural weapons, he felt a little numb. Who were the people in Ye Xiao's team?
Ye Xiao was also a little numb. He felt something was wrong when he heard others call him Captain Ye, especially when dinner and five kilograms of rice were distributed. Everyone took their share and said goodbye to him with a smile, agreeing to come again tomorrow. It always felt like they were saying goodbye to the foreman.
Bai Cheng picked up the last one: "Do you want one?"
Ye Xiao shook his head.
Bai Cheng called Lin Tan Tan and said, "Tan Tan, here, this is for you. This is Captain Ye's first part-time salary."
"Give it to me?" Lin Tantan looked at Bai Cheng and then at Ye Xiao. Since it was given to her by Bai Cheng, she accepted it without any burden and felt it was very novel.
Seeing her curious and funny look, Ye Xiao couldn't help but laugh.
The author has something to say: Night snack: I am always the one who gets hurt
Tan Tan: Oh my, my idol’s hard-earned salary for the whole afternoon is in my hands
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