Shen Shian nodded, “Liu Fangzhou is also an evolver, and his ability is to sense other evolvers. Not only that, we also know who plugged the paper. Among the survivors is a man about 25 years old, who is 1.73 meters tall. He has dyed fuchsia hair, and a tiger embroidered on the back of his jacket, do you have an impression?”

Luo Wei looked at Tao Yuan, and Tao Yuan thought for a while. “I remember there was such a person, but I have to go back and check what his name is and his room.”

“He is an ordinary person, not an evolver.” Liu Fangzhou added, and was a little puzzled, “You said that the evolvers are united together to fight against you because of their pride or being scared by the note. I still can’t understand why these ordinary people also have so many opinions about you. Just with a little provocation they can make trouble, and they are even willing to do work like this.”

Shen Shian said, “Part of it is because they are brainwashed, another part is because of their insidious greed, and another part is some people knew the provocations were false, and they knew that it was not easy either for the garrison, but they could get more meals just by fooling around and making trouble. Why not do it? But in the final analysis there is only one reason,” He looked at Luo Wei and Tao Yuan, “You should be used to it.”

They should have learnt from the ancestors. The garrison has created a safe, free environment that made the survivors not need to kill zombies or starve to death. Naturally, they can only raise a bunch of greedy, selfish, and scared people, like blood-sucking worms. Even if they felt grateful for the garrison at the beginning, they would brainwash themselves after a long time. They would feel that it was normal that the garrison should be doing these things, and even felt that they did not do enough:

You are soldiers, you have guns in your hands, if not you who have to go out, who else?

If Luo Wei took out iron-blooded means in the canteen from the beginning, for example making it mandatory that everyone must go out to kill zombies and collect materials, and that they must kill a hundred zombies every time to establish an absolute image of authority, it would be difficult for the evolvers to try and make troubles.

There were three purposes for the evolvers to spread the rumors. One was to attract newcomers, the other was to create survivors’ distrust of the garrison, and the third was to make the inert survivors more worried about joining the search operation. Many survivors even directly gave them a reason for not being able to participate: I am not going out because I am afraid of death, the group of soldiers want to harm others, maybe we will be experimented one day.

The fewer survivors participating in the collection operation, the more tense the material situation in the base, and the more tense the material situation, the less work compensation, the more evolvers could use hunger to instigate the rage of the survivors. Step by step, they could increase the conflicts.

Soldiers could deter them by force, but they can’t kill all the troublemakers, and it’s impossible to force them to go out and collect supplies when the two sides have become irreconcilable and contradictory. What is the difference between that and a group of zombies with a time bomb?

Luo Wei smiled bitterly, “You are right, we are used to it.”

After listening to Shen Shian’s analysis, Chen Nan felt anxious in his heart, “With that said, those survivors can’t kill but we can’t get rid of them or force them to participate in the search operation. In order to prevent the conflict from intensifying, the garrison has to provide materials to feed them. Isn’t that being dragged to death? There are too many survivors at the base, if only it is less.” The garrison only had a total of more than two hundred people. If the number of survivors was within 1,000, it would be more controllable.

Luo Wei shook his head, “How could we think so much when the virus just broke out? No one knew that the disaster would be so serious, let alone that it would last so long. At that time,weI only wanted to save everyone. The more we save, the better, and it eventually becomes like this…”

Shen Shian said, “In fact, there is another easiest way: you can just leave.”

Chen Nan’s eyes lit up, “Yes! I just thought about how to solve the problem in the base and forgot this. Captain Luo, you have a car, food, and weapons. Just take those things and build a base elsewhere. You can also go home directly and find your families. You can just leave this place to the evolvers, it’s what they wanted. Those survivors are ungrateful, just let them live by themselves.” Either the survivors would be ruled, or the evolvers would be dragged to death. Anyway, in the end, neither side had any good result.

This time it was Tao Yuan who spoke, “We can’t do this.” He glanced at his captain and then looked at Shen Shian and others. The young baby’s face was full of perseverance. “Before our communicator was broken, the last order we received was ‘hold our ground and do our best to search and rescue the survivors’. This is our mission, no matter how difficult it is, we must not abandon it halfway.”

Luo Wei laughed and rubbed Tao Yuan’s head, “Dumpling{n1} is right, we are soldiers, and it is our duty to obey orders and protect the masses. How could we give up? Rest assured, as soon as the gun was fired today, the group of people would be obedient for a long time.”

Note1: He is saying Tao Yuan looks like a dumpling

Shen Shian sighed in his heart, not only he felt unworthy for them, but at the same time gave him a sense of admiration. This was really a respectable and lovely group of people.

A soldier shouted in the distance, “Captain! Vice-captain! Let’s have dinner!”

Luo Wei stood up, put the cigarette that was not lit back into the cigarette case, and patted his trousers. “Let’s go, talking for a long time, I almost forgot the business, hurry eat dinner!”

Many people found a lot of things back in the supermarket yesterday. Rice, oil, ginger, and vinegar were all available. More than 100 people have cooked three bags of rice. There were no green vegetables, but there were more potatoes and sweet potatoes. There were also a lot of bacon and ham sausages. The dried chili was made into hot and sour shredded potato, there were also shredded beef chili and sweet potatoes, and the sausages were cut and stir fried with eggs in a large pot. The fishing team was very productive, they boiled a large pot of fish soup, and each person had a half of roasted fish, plus a variety of canned pickle and soy milk. They also had Laoganma beef sauce. The whole area was packed with food and the aroma was very rich.

A group of ten people sat in small circles, and ten small circles formed a large circle, and at the same time they all raised the paper cup in their hands, “Who is the hero, who is the brave person, who eats and drinks first! Cheers!!!”

Shen Xun also raised his glass. Although his glass was filled with water. After drinking it, he pretended that the drink was sizzling and Captain Luo and others were amused, “Shen, your child is really interesting, eat more. It’s okay to be young, eat more and grow taller, and you can drink like us in the future.”

The dog spirit felt that he had been exposed and showed his little fangs. Shen Shian held back his smile, held his head, and handed him the grilled fish with carefully picked out thorns. “Eat it, be careful, it’s hot.”

Shen Xun took a bite and cast his mouth in disgust: tch, not even one-10,000th of An An’s grilled fish.

Luo Wei left for a while after eating, and when he came back, he held a bowl of longevity noodles: fish bone soup as the base, the long noodles were thin and smooth, and two golden omelettes were spread on the top. A few small green vegetables and green onions were sprinkled. He didn’t know where they came from. The steaming and fragrant aroma greeted Tao Yuan, “Today is your birthday, did you think we had forgotten it?”

Liu Fangzhou responded first, he stood up and applauded loudly, and took the lead in singing the birthday song. “Happy birthday to you, get up!”

“Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you~”

“…Happy birthday to you!!”

“Oh!!”

“Make a wish, vice-captain!”

“Wish! Wish! Wish!”

The deafening cheers of more than one hundred people went straight to the sky, Tao Yuan stared at the bowl of longevity noodles for a long time, and his eyes quickly turned red. In the roar of the crowd, he closed his eyes and made a wish. When he opened his eyes, they were less red, and he said to Luo Wei with a clear voice, “Thank you, Captain.”

Luo Wei grinned and rubbed him on his head, “Quickly eat, I cooked it for you personally, don’t leave anything.”

“En!” Tao Yuan nodded vigorously, and ate until there was nothing left, even the soup was clean.

After more than an hour, the people returned to the base with pots and pans, uneaten rice noodles, and food specially packaged for the soldiers on duty.

Compared with when leaving, the atmosphere in the base has changed significantly. Zhou Jianghai, known as the doctor, led the survivors who took the lead in the cafeteria to stand under the administrative building, he first apologized to the soldiers, and then said to Luo Wei. “Captain Luo, everyone who made trouble in the morning has been deeply sorry about the matter. It was my mistake, so they sent me to be a peacemaker. For the construction and development of our base, can we sit down and talk peacefully?”

Luo Wei’s attitude towards him was obviously more relaxed than that of other survivors. After a few words, he invited him into the administrative building.

During the conversation between the two parties, Shen Shian and others did not participate, and they returned to the dormitory after saying goodbye to Luo Wei. Liu Fangzhou couldn’t be not curious, and was always using his ability. “The doctor and Captain Luo sat down somewhere on the first floor of the administration building. Brother Tao Yuan seemed to be there, too. Brother Shen, what do you say they are going to talk about?”

Shen Shian asked, “What else do you think?”

As a survivor’s representative, Zhou Jianghai first apologized for the trouble when he was not present, and proposed that he wanted to talk about the reconciliation between the survivors and the garrison. Starting tomorrow, probably more survivors will join the search operation.

Chen Nan, “This is a good thing!”

Shen Shian nodded. It was indeed a good thing for more survivors to join. After the urban area was submerged, no matter whether it was to clear the road or collect materials, more people would be needed. If the survivors were really sorry and recognized that they were being selfish, it was good news for themselves, the garrison, and the entire base.

Chen Nan couldn’t help but sigh, “Captain Luo is right in saying that, these people, if you scare them enough, they would be quiet.”

Shen Shian’s eyes glinted a dark shade, but he did not say anything.

Late at night that night, Liu Fangzhou suddenly said, “Brother Shen.”

Shen Shian immediately opened his eyes, “What’s wrong?”

“Do you remember before we entered the base, I told you that there were 3643 people in the base? Later that night when we came in, I counted again, there were 3728 people.”

“En.” When Liu Fangzhou discovered the base, some soldiers were still collecting materials in the city and did not return. There were also 20 new people added.

“Two people have been kicked out today, right? So we should return to the base with 3726 people after dinner.”

Shen Xun was impatient when he was awakened by him, and poked his head out of Shen Shian’s arms, “Hurry up!”

“Hey, hey, the point is, I just scanned again just now. There are now 3723 people in the base, three people are missing.”