I am the Zombie King of the Apocalyptic World
Chapter 345 - 342 Don’t Come Back If You Leave_1

Chapter 345: Chapter 342 Don’t Come Back If You Leave_1

Ever since he took up the position of the leader of Qinshan Base, all power was in his hands, and the life and fate of everyone depended on his thoughts.

Who would dare to defy him? Chen Huaijiang quickly regained his composure. His high status earned him a lot of respect. At the same time, he, as a person, increasingly disliked anyone who rebelled against him.

In Qinshan Base, he was like an emperor. And since he was an emperor, who would welcome people defying him?

As an emperor who was higher up, naturally, everyone else must be lower than him, even the other five base leaders who held the same status as him.

However, he was a smart man. He knew that getting angry was useless. Moreover, he didn’t know who caused the problem in that base. One day, he would have to claim Shiwuguan Base, and by then, even if he was outraged, it would not be possible for him to kill everyone, right?

Among the six base leaders on the screen, who wouldn’t feel interested in the technology that could isolate zombies held by Shiwuguan Base?

The room fell silent for a while before someone spoke: "Choose another drone and send it to Xunan Base."

"Yes!" A man with the surname Liu responded, took a walkie-talkie from his waist, and said, "Drone number three, drone number three, please respond if you can hear me."

"Drone number three received."

"Stop your current task and head to Xunan Base immediately."

"Yes!"

The person on the other side of the walkie-talkie didn’t waste any words. The screen flickered to display another drone’s perspective, which was changing its direction towards the ruins of Xunan Base.

Shiwuguan Base.

Zhou Ranjun suddenly fired his gun, startling everyone. Once something black and shiny dropped in front of them, they all gathered around it.

"Is this... a drone?"

"Exactly, it looks high-end. Whose is it?"

People started to discuss while Zhou Ranjun picked up the sparking drone from the ground and replied, "It’s not ours, but from the outsiders. This drone must have been attracted here when we set off the fireworks."

"Are there other survivors?"

"Wait... look at this material. It’s military grade!"

Someone who knew about machines took a careful look and recognized it as a military-grade drone used for reconnaissance.

"What, military grade?"

Hearing that, Bai Huipeng, Xu Changchi, and a few others who were nearby joined in the commotion. They glanced at the drone then at each other, looking troubled.

The survivors around them also showed different reactions.

"Military grade, does this mean the military has noticed us? Are we going to be rescued?"

Someone exclaimed excitedly. However, before Bai Huipeng and others could react, a hand reached out from the crowd and smacked the speaker’s head.

"Rescue? You go if you want to but do realize that being rescued means going to another base. Do you goddamn think it’s fun inside a base? Go ahead and starve!"

Someone who knew the situation of other survivor bases shouted immediately. These people knew that the life would be much better there, once they entered a regular survivor base, life would be more or less like before, the only difference being periodic food distribution. Yet, that wasn’t satisfying enough for the people here.

Hearing this, the person who spoke before lowered his head, not uttering another word, but a lot of people still looked hopeful.

People are greedy creatures; they always choose the better option. Lin City didn’t have a survivor base, so they had to crouch in corners and rarely venture out. These people had not been to a survivor base before and hence, they had no idea about what life was like inside.

Even though they had previously learnt some information online, they ultimately believed that those were just a few bases. How could the national government treat them like that?

However, they never realized that the establishment of survivor bases was initially meant to save more people, not for safety. To save more people, they had to set up bases in densely populated areas. Thus, many survivor bases were established within cities.

Each survivor base was built with the blood of countless soldiers. The provision and consumption of food could match up to a mountain. How could it be possible to feed everyone?

On the contrary, the majority of the survivors were simply surviving with hunger in the base. The bases where survivors could eat and dress warmly were lucky ones, there weren’t many of them, at least none around Lin City.

They believed that, as long as they entered a base, they could live a worry-free life, enjoying the same lifestyle as in Shiwuguan Base. Isn’t it a beautiful thought?

Although the reality was harsh, they hadn’t experienced it; and they lived in their delusions. Only after they had experienced it, would they regret their decisions.

The expressions on people’s faces varied from fear to excitement, while some tried to hide their emotions.

Those who had previously survived in other places knew the taboo of a leader. In this place, the leader held supreme power, which was tempting. Would someone easily give up such power?

The "leader" Li Henian, they weren’t sure if he would give up his power. But, some people had had experiences, they saw the excitement of the people when they hear about the military, but in the end, who ended up better off?

Because of this, some people didn’t say anything and pretended as if nothing had happened.

Bai Huipeng and a few others coldly watched everything. In Shiwuguan Base, they could also enjoy the power. The use of power depended on the people. If people left, what use did the power have?

As beneficiaries of the current state, how could they stand by and watch their power drift away?

Not only Bai Huipeng and a few others saw this, but Tang Ye, standing high above, also saw it clearly.

"Hehe, humans, they’re always like this. They don’t learn from people teaching them, but from experiencing things themselves... only then will they know what’s good..."

Xu Haishui had a cold look on his face, sweeping his icy gaze over everyone.

"That drone, was it really military-grade?" Tang Ye asked.

"I’m not sure about these things, but it looks like that based on its design..."

Xu Haishui hesitated while saying, uncertain about it. He controlled the zombie bug to inspect the drone in Zhou Ranjun’s hand.

"Could it have been picked up by another survivor group?"

"Possibly."

Tang Ye fell silent for a moment, then said indifferently: "No matter. You go and take care of things. I don’t like fence-sitters."

After saying that, Tang Ye turned around and left. He had pondered about the issues that could arise within the base which were mostly human nature-related ones. But he had entirely forgotten about the term fence-sitters.

From Tang Ye’s tone, it was clear that he was annoyed. The fact that Tang Ye hadn’t killed all the people below showed that he was indeed good-natured.

After Tang Ye left, Xu Haishui looked at the crowd huddled together below for a while before turning and walking downstairs.

Sometime later, Xu Haishui’s cold voice echoed out from the noisy crowd.

"Who wants to go to the survivors’ base? I can send you there! But don’t ever think about coming back. Hehe..."

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