Chapter 397

Ye Anqi sighed helplessly, “They know, they just don’t want to admit it. After the apocalypse, it’s already difficult for ordinary survivors to survive, let alone eat well and stay warm during the extreme cold. The bottom-level survivors don’t have great ambitions; they just want to live safely with their families. Seeing other residents die in pain, they also sigh and feel fear, but they can’t let go of their current happy life. They’ve had enough of hard times, who would want to abandon their current life?”

Lin Qianhuan sighed heavily upon hearing this. Indeed, this was the reality. The scenery is naturally different from different points of view. Lin Qianhuan, having bonded with the system, wanted to eliminate the Salvation Society, the enemy of mankind. Ye Anqi, as the base leader of Beiling Base, needed to protect the survivors within the base and ensure everyone lived and worked in peace. Bottom-level survivors didn’t care about the Salvation Society, didn’t care about the lives of their fellow humans, they only cared about whether they could see the sun tomorrow. No one could blame anyone, after all, from their respective perspectives, no one was wrong.

The survivors in Residential Building 486 naturally knew that death was approaching them step by step. But they had no choice; resistance meant the end of their happy lives. Submitting to Gao Rongguang and following his lead was, at least, a way to live a stable life for a while. Since there was a better choice, who would want to be scantily clad and starving?

Ye Anqi raised her hand and gently stroked the scarf around her neck. The back of her hand, smeared with ointment, felt a little itchy, but it pulled her out of the stiffness and numbness. “If I were a resident of Building 486, I would also choose Gao Rongguang, rather than me, this useless base leader. Gao Rongguang can at least provide the residents with clean water, food, and charcoal, while I am good for nothing and can only let them starve and freeze.”

Listening to Ye Anqi’s words, Lin Qianhuan couldn’t help but raise her hand and gently knock on her forehead. “Don’t say such things. Where did the supplies in Gao Rongguang’s hands come from? Didn’t he steal them from the residents? He hoards the supplies issued to the residents, and then leaks some from between his fingers in order to win people’s hearts. This kind of behavior will only lead to his own demise. In the early stages of the extreme cold, you actively traded with other bases, stockpiling essential heating supplies, as well as food and medicine. You would rather go hungry and freeze than give the things you saved to the residents. When the zombie horde besieged Beiling Base, you never abandoned any survivor in the base. No one else could have done what you did. Don’t blame yourself, and don’t take the blame for others’ sins.”

Lin Qianhuan raised her hand to help Ye Anqi adjust her scarf and hat: “Don’t worry, Beiling Base will get better and better under your leadership.”

Ye Anqi stared intently at Lin Qianhuan’s bright eyes, inexplicably encouraged by her. “Yes! I will lead Beiling Base onto the right track! I will make the residents live and work in peace, give them food to eat, water to drink, and a stable life!”

Lin Qianhuan smiled and nodded: “Good! That’s right! Then we have to take action next; we must not let Gao Rongguang and his gang continue to stir up trouble. Since a direct attack is not feasible, let’s use other tactics. Sister Anqi, if Beiling Base were dominated by Gao Rongguang’s family, it would probably have changed hands long ago. There should be forces within the base that can compete with him, right?”

Ye Anqi nodded: “Beiling Base has an official superpower team. All the members are capable people with special abilities, and they all obey the base leader, taking the protection of Beiling Base as their responsibility. Gao Rongguang is precisely because he is afraid of the Superpower team that he has not had a head-on conflict with me.”

Lin Qianhuan was a little surprised to hear this: “Since there is an Superpower team, why didn’t they nip Gao Rongguang and his forces in the bud?”

Ye Anqi said helplessly: “The total number of members in the Superpower team is only a little over five hundred. On weekdays, they have to clean up the zombies outside the base, be responsible for the security inside the base, and take care of other trivial matters. This time, the zombie siege has greatly weakened the Superpower team. It is really not advisable to have a head-on conflict with Gao Rongguang and others.”

Lin Qianhuan was stunned, and suddenly thought of the group of power-enhanced fighters who were blocking the gate in front of the Beiling Base that day. They were already exhausted, and in the case of food shortages, they really could not exert their full strength. However, more than five hundred Superpower users, even at the end of their ropes, could give Gao Rongguang and others a heavy blow. That’s why Beiling Base is not in great chaos.

“Do the Superpower team members live together, or are they scattered in the various residential buildings in Beiling Base?”

Ye Anqi thought for a moment: “Both. Those with families will live with their families in the residential buildings. Those who are alone live in Building 1, which is the collective dormitory of the Superpower team.”

Lin Qianhuan rubbed her slightly cold hands: “In that case, I think we can gradually gain control of more residential buildings with the help of the Superpower team members. The residents of Beiling Base have long been resentful of the district chiefs and building chiefs. Compared to those life-threatening district chiefs and building chiefs, they are more willing to believe in you, the base leader. As long as we can solve the most basic food and clothing problems for these residents, they will definitely stand with us and fight against the oppression of Gao Rongguang and others. Of course, the premise is that you and the Superpower team members have the ability to protect the safety of these residents.”

Ye Anqi was a little embarrassed: “There are really too many residential buildings in Beiling Base. The Superpower team only has five hundred people in total. With ten people in a team, they can only protect 50 residential buildings. If we want to protect all the residents, five hundred people is far from enough.”

Lin Qianhuan’s eyes curved into a smile: “Relying solely on the Superpower team, it is naturally impossible to successfully control all the residential buildings in Beiling Base. But Sister Anqi, you have overlooked one thing.”

Ye Anqi tilted her head slightly, looking slightly puzzled: “What thing?”

“You have overlooked the survivors of Beiling Base. They are weak and small now. But if they are fed and clothed, these people may not be able to be used by you. At that time, Gao Rongguang will have to face not only the 500-member official Superpower team. He also has to resist the attacks of thousands of Superpower users and ordinary residents. At that time, who wins and who loses is not certain.”

Ye Anqi looked at Lin Qianhuan in surprise, her chapped lips slightly opened, and she couldn’t speak for a while. Yes, she has always placed these bottom-level survivors in a protected position. But she forgot that these people also have a bloody nature, and also have expectations and aspirations for the future.

Lin Qianhuan smiled: “Whether a base is prosperous depends not only on the base leader, but also on the tens of thousands of survivors in the base. They are the cornerstone of the base, and also the future of Beiling Base. The stronger the bottom-level survivors, the more indestructible the Beiling Base.”

Ye Anqi’s body trembled slightly, and she stretched out her bandaged hands to hold Lin Qianhuan’s wrist. “Huanhuan! Thank you for waking me up! And thank you for giving me support and strength!”

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