Chapter 217: Coolies
Fighting had always been the theme of the apocalypse. It was the same even in such a base as Cloud Peak.
Since he chose this as his base, no matter what he would do in the future, the first step would be to clear the dangers.
There were thousands of mutated lifeforms outside the walls.
The first afternoon after Ye Zhongming occupied Cloud Peak, he started to clear the mutated lifeforms. đŻđđŚđŚđ¤âŻđŤđđ¸đŁđŽđ.đ¸đ°đś
Everyone in the base had to participate in this battle.
Jennings, Lu Yi, Sister Rongsâ groups, there were around 500 of them altogether. On this bright afternoon, they were all called out.
âI didnât need to say anything.â Ye Zhongming sat on the balcony and looked down at the hundreds of them, âI could treat all of you like how the others treated you in the past.â
Those people with weird smells, whose eyes were flashing, stood on the stone path of the villa and looked at the new head of the base to speak to them.
âBut that is not enough to survive in such a world. You must show off your potential and complete things you donât dare to do.â
âI need such people and not those who just wait for people to toss them dirty bread and some water.â
âYou must head out to fight those zombies and mutated plants and animals in a while. We will clean the area around. This will be the start of your new life.â
âThose who do well will get rewarded. Not only this time, it will be like this in the future.â Ye Zhongming clapped, âSo, that is all.â
âOf course, if you are a builder, doctor, mechanic, electrician, etc. have skills that can help in base building, you wonât need to fight. You can register on the left.â
Xia Lei walked over and started to announce the battle formations and groups. The moment she spoke up, she was interrupted.
âWhy must we go?â
A thin guy shouted. Looking at where he stood, he should have been one of Jenningâs men.
âRight, we donât want to fight. Life might be bad in the past, but we are used to it. We donât want to fight with those monsters.â
âRight; if we need to fight, we must evolve before heading out.â
Someone led the way, so more and more people rejected the proposition.
Right, evolved were terrifying. They held control of the new base. This new guy was the same; they had strength that ordinary people didnât.
In normal circumstances, these people wouldnât dare to say anything.
But now they were asked to risk their lives; this concerned their lives and deaths!
Why did they decide to stay here? Wasnât it because they were afraid of those monsters outside? This point alone wasnât promised, and they were asked to fight. The threat of death was more significant than their fear of the evolved, so they started to resist.
Moreover, this was different from the new district base.
The new district base was one made up of survivors. People came from different regions and didnât know one another.
But most of the survivors here came from a few companies. Apart from the girls who had a bad experience, the others didnât get tortured because they knew one another. Although many of Jenningsâ men died, most died from illness or hunger. Few of them were killed.
For example, Sister Rong, although Xiao Dong and his men were perverted on the last night, before that, they didnât try to kill these women. They provided them with food and water, and the price was just for them to sleep with them.
Thus, the people in the base wanted to oppose it.
Of course, the number of people who gathered here and how handsome Ye Zhongmingâs team was also made them respect him less.
Compared to them, Lu Yi and Sister Rong knew more. They understood how terrifying this guy was.
The two of them scolded their men and told them to shut up.
But this concerned life and death, so even their words werenât helpful.
âOh, like this.â Ye Zhongming nodded and was calm, âThen what do you want?â
They saw that there was room for discussion and were excited. Maybe this person could negotiate with them!
Many of them started to act like it was peacetime. There were things that they couldnât do with their ability, but these people still spoke like they had confidence.
âGive us guns!â
âWe want evolution potions!â
âWe want food and meat; we want a few days of sleep!â
âDo you have explosives? What about grenades?â
âArenât you all⌠Evolved? Why not you guys do it.â
âRight, we should be protected.â
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âWhy not you guys go die!â
Liang Chuyin rested on the pillar of the door and shouted at them. Her face was filled with a cold smile.
These people didnât understand the situation!
Usually, those evolved would bully and extort them, and they wouldnât even dare to make a sound. Now that they had a leader that they could speak to, they started to say this and that. How much of a scum were they?
âThose who do not want to fight register on the right. But let me remind you, the effort you put in and what you get is related. Be careful when you choose, as there is no second chance.â Ye Zhongming wasnât angry at all. He had predicted such a thing.
Many people looked at one another; no one made a move. Sometimes people were like that; they wanted to follow the crowd, and being the first person was tough.
But there were still people who walked to Little Tiger on the right. They walked while looking at the reactions of the evolved. Seeing that they werenât planning to do anything, they sped up.
After the first, more and more people walked to the right. At the same time, some walked to the left. They felt they lacked skills and didnât want to offend the evolved.
Ye Zhongming saw that most of the people staying were Sister Rong and her group. Apart from that, Lu Yi and his didnât move. It seemed like this old man had reasonable control of his men. As for the others, only a few dozen didnât move.
âRegister them, be more detailed.â Ye Zhongming instructed those admin workers and then looked at Xia Lei, âSister Lei, you continue. Give these people who want to fight some missions.â
Ye Zhongming told Little Tiger to bring those who didnât want to fight to the meeting region.
âYou are letting them go like that?â
Once they walked far, Xia Lei asked Ye Zhongming. The others also looked over; they wanted to know how Ye Zhongming would deal with these people.
âDo you know what we lack most now?â Ye Zhongming laughed, âCoolies.â