Chapter 76

Outside the metal door, Zheng Liye’s face stiffened slightly.

He originally thought the other party would take the opportunity to back down and directly say they had no objections.

But who would have thought this guy would be so cunning.

Zheng Liye adjusted his black-framed glasses on his nose: “Establishing a safe zone, where everyone helps each other, unites, and loves each other, is naturally a good thing.

The safety factor of Silver Bay Gardens will also be improved, and there will be no more zombies wandering in the villa area, which will definitely not cause any losses for everyone.

I imagine you wouldn’t want zombies wandering in front of your villa every day, right?”

Lin Wansheng was a lawyer before the apocalypse, so naturally he wouldn’t fall into Zheng Liye’s linguistic trap.

“Everything has two sides. I naturally understand the benefits you mentioned, but I imagine you wouldn’t let us enjoy this treatment for nothing, right?

You must have your own purpose for coming. Beating around the bush is ultimately meaningless. Why don’t you just say what you want.”

Zheng Liye’s mouth twitched slightly, trying to maintain his rhythm without being disrupted by the other party.

“Look at what you’re saying, as if I came specifically to scheme against you.

I see you’re a straightforward person, so I naturally don’t want to beat around the bush with you.

Our Emerald Lijing was a united and upward-moving family before the apocalypse. After the apocalypse, it was led by people with lofty ideals to build protective walls around the community, blocking out the foreign zombies.

This method is indeed effective, and we hope to implement it in Silver Bay Gardens.

But the workload is not small, so we need every household to contribute some manpower to help.”

Lin Wansheng exchanged a look with Lin Yixuan. They didn’t object to this proposal.

After all, building high walls around the villa area would naturally improve the safety factor and reduce their pressure on guard duty.

“We will actively participate. Is there anything else?”

The sound of papers being turned came from outside the door: “May I ask how many people live in your villa? This determines how many people you need to send to build the wall.

We will gradually conduct personnel statistics on the survivors in the villa area to facilitate future distribution of supplies and resident management.”

Lin Wansheng frowned slightly: “Are you checking household registration?”

Even through a layer of door, Zheng Liye was frightened and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.

“You misunderstood. We just need to have a clearer understanding of the survivors in the villa area.

This will also make it easier to resolve any personnel changes in the future.”

What he said made sense. After all, the current Silver Bay Gardens is actually equivalent to a small safe zone.

If they want this safe zone to survive longer in the apocalypse, they must be fully prepared.

Statistical personnel are naturally an indispensable step.

Lin Yixuan didn’t want to answer this question. After all, these people were new, and it was unknown whether they were friends or foes to Villa No. 36.

So easily revealing all their cards would be tantamount to suicide for them.

But if they didn’t say, who knew how long the metal door would be knocked on?

Clearing his throat, Lin Wansheng responded, “Just the two of us men, and my sister.”

Zheng Liye recorded quickly in his notebook: “Name, age, whether they have abilities, what was their occupation before the apocalypse, what skills do they have?”

“Lin Yixuan, 27 years old, wind-based ability user, did business before the apocalypse, no skills.

Lin Wansheng, 26 years old, metal-based ability user, lawyer, no skills.

Lin Qianhuan, 20 years old, space-based ability user, student, no skills.”

Lin Yixuan told the three people’s situations, but did not expose the existence of Jiang Xing and He Lu.

The two of them were considered the trump cards of Villa No. 36, and there was no need to show them off in front of everyone unless necessary.

As for why he said it so clearly, the main purpose was to deter those with ulterior motives hiding in the dark.

Two young men in their prime, and they were ability users.

Whoever didn’t want to live could naturally come to Villa No. 36 to die.

Zheng Liye’s hand holding the pen paused slightly: “Both of you are ability users!

Then you are very suitable for patrol work! The treatment is naturally much better than ordinary survivors!

If you two are willing to join the patrol team, you don’t need to build the wall, which will be much easier.”

The safe base naturally needed someone to do security work.

Ability users were naturally their first choice.

Although this job was a bit dangerous, the treatment was good. As long as they didn’t encounter zombies, it was generally easy, and they could still show off in front of ordinary people.

For most ability users, it was a very good choice.

Lin Yixuan refused: “We don’t plan to work in the safe zone. We will go to build the wall. How many people do our family of three need to send?”

Zheng Liye was a little regretful, but he didn’t continue to persuade: “You both need to go. Women can rest at home, or take on some logistical work.

I just heard you say your sister is a space-based ability user?

She can join the team that goes out to search for supplies. It’s easy and pays well, and the rewards are very rich.”

“No need, what are the working hours for building the wall?”

Being rejected repeatedly, Zheng Liye was a little embarrassed.

He closed the notebook in his hand and said to the metal door: “6 am to 6 pm, with two hours of rest in the middle.

Because this is an obligation that every resident in the base should fulfill, there is only a cup of clear water as compensation per day, and no food is provided.”

The treatment was very poor, but the workload was extremely high.

But the initial tasks of establishing the base were indeed heavy. The key was that it wasn’t official, so such exploitative events were naturally unavoidable.

Thinking that the wall could also bring benefits to Villa No. 36, Lin Yixuan nodded and agreed.

“Okay, where do we gather?”

“Villa No. 1, just be there by 5:50. We need to do some task assignments and preparations before work.”

“Got it.”

The conversation finally stopped, and the knocking finally disappeared.

Lin Yixuan and Lin Wansheng returned to Villa No. 36 and told Lin Qianhuan what had just happened.

“They actually plan to build a safe zone?

I thought it would take a while no matter what, but I didn’t expect these people to be so efficient.”

She was a little surprised, but not unexpected.

Lin Yixuan picked up his water cup and took a big gulp: “They were collecting names, and I didn’t give up Jiang Xing and He Lu.

I only said there were our three siblings, so pay attention and don’t let them go out and cause any trouble.”

Lin Qianhuan nodded: “Okay, no problem.

But you’ll definitely be very tired from working tomorrow. Why don’t we use some supplies to grease some palms so you don’t have to go.”

Building the wall was a tiring job, not to mention only being able to rest for two hours a day and having to work for a full 10 hours.

After such a workload, it would be good if their hands weren’t blistered.

She really didn’t want her two older brothers to suffer such hardship.

Lin Wansheng patted her shoulder lightly: “No need.

If we use supplies to offset labor, we will naturally be targeted by people with ulterior motives.

In the future, their first thought will probably be to extort a sum from Villa No. 36 for any task.”

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