Doomsday: Humanity shrinks 100 times

Chapter 176: Promoter of the Times

The group returned to Weiguang's base anxiously, and took back the goods they had unloaded on the way.

Although they got a lot of materials and food on this trip, Xu Qi was kidnapped by Xinghuo.

The atmosphere in the entire base was a little depressing, but since Xu Lele was still in the base, it was better not to let her know about this for the time being.

At Lu Yuning's reminder, everyone had to force themselves to cheer up.

Chen Hong also hurried back to the Lingang branch. One reason was to prevent Xu Lele from getting suspicious, and the other was that the branch could not do without the two backbones, Xu Qi and Chen Hong.

Although they were in no mood, everyone still divided the chocolate and a large bag of potato chips that were brought back, and resealed the remaining parts.

However, these two kinds of food are very large and difficult to store in the shelter. Due to the recent busy schedule, the construction of the previously planned aerial area has basically come to a halt. So Lu Yuning thought about it and finally had to dig a storage room at the roots of the tree to temporarily store the food.

As for whether the aerial platform area should be built, Lu Yuning is still inclined to do it, but now there are more important things to do, so the plan needs to be redefined.

After this incident, Zhang Muyan was brought back to the shelter by Lu Yuning and was formally welcomed. The past was forgiven and he would be a member of Weiguang from now on.

Since it was Lu Yuning's decision, everyone naturally had no objection, and the official members of Weiguang just came to ten people.

At this time, in the cafeteria of the shelter.

Everyone put Xu Qi's matter aside for the time being and ate puffed food and chocolate in the cafeteria. With everyone's deliberate efforts, the atmosphere was quite lively.

"tasty"

“Delicious, like a dream”

"Woo."

The sweet food stimulates the taste buds. This "junk food" that I haven't tasted for a long time makes me feel inexplicably moved to tears when I eat it.

While feeling moved, Zhang Muyan was very interested in the overall construction of the shelter. He kept running up and down, looking at the floor heating system, then studying the toilet tank in the bathroom, nodding and shaking his head, with an inexplicable excitement in his eyes.

"How about it, Lao Zhang, are you satisfied here?" Lu Yuning said.

Actually, I wanted to hear what he had to say.

Judging from the currently known information, Zhang Muyan should have higher professional knowledge than Lu Yuning and Zhang Xinyue.

Zhang Muyan crossed his arms, touched his chin and said, "Well, it's okay."

"Oh? What do you think?"

"Building a home in a tree is a good idea, but the drawbacks are quite obvious. Construction is extremely inconvenient, and the light transmission is not very good. Although you have barely solved this problem through horizontal expansion, there are still many restrictions. The more buildings you build, the more restrictions there are."

Lu Yuning nodded, agreeing. They'd known about these issues before, but they'd obviously not considered them that much when they first built the tree shelter. Their primary concerns were safety and concealment. As the base grew, the drawbacks of this construction method gradually became apparent.

"But considering your development situation, this may be the best option."

“Well, actually.”

Lu Yuning also told Zhang Muyan about some of his future plans.

As the saying goes, trust your employees. If you decide to accept him, you naturally don't have to think too much. Since Zhang Muyan has talent, you should try your best to let him give full play to his talents.

Zhang Muyan was surprised when he heard this, and his expression gradually became serious.

He frowned, then paused for a long moment before speaking, "Your ideas are all good and farsighted, but have you considered your future goals? There's a young leap tree here, and sooner or later a new settlement will form. With your abilities and your heart, you might be able to become the leader of this entire park settlement."

Lu Yuning looked at him and said slowly: "Maybe, but I'm really not suitable for this."

Zhang Muyan paused, looked at him seriously, then nodded and said, "I see, but I think you overlooked one thing."

"Well, you say"

Zhang Muyan continued, "According to your method, it's possible to find the person you're looking for in the next few years or even decades. But honestly, the world is so vast, and relying on just a small water base like yours is really just... all up to luck."

Lu Yuning was silent for a while, then understood what he meant. He had actually always been very clear about this.

"So you want me to rule this place, but in the end, I still have to rely on mobile tools to explore this world."

Zhang Muyan shook his head. "If we compare the current world to a game, the unexplored world is like the fog of war for us, and the way to light up each plate is actually development and advancement. Of course, exploration is also necessary. The combination of the two is the best."

He looked at Lu Yuning and continued, "The biggest problem with this park is actually the lack of materials. This is the biggest obstacle to your development, so exploration is still necessary, and so is the construction of a mobile base. However, there are also many advantages, including an inexhaustible source of water and wild edible food. These should be your foundation, not a burden."

Lu Yuning sighed. "Actually, I've thought about this too. If we can control this area, coupled with the natural advantages of the warp tree, and use this area as a base, find a way to establish a communication method and slowly connect other areas, the speed of exploration will definitely increase exponentially, though."

"You don't want to fight, you're worried about casualties"

Zhang Muyan reached out and patted him. "I understand. I can see you're a man of great loyalty, so you must be under a lot of pressure. Development means war, invasion and being invaded, and separation between life and death. However, in the end times, you can't avoid these things. Civilization will eventually be rebuilt. You can either be a driving force for the times, or be eliminated."

Lu Yuning remained silent. Since the development of the base, he had been the one making decisions on many things, and others had agreed unconditionally. It was this unreserved trust that forced him to take everyone's feelings into consideration, and it was inevitable that he had a passive escapist mentality.

However, Zhang Muyan's suggestion gave him great inspiration. Perhaps he should re-plan his future development. The Xu Qi incident was an example. Sometimes troubles will naturally come to you, and they now have limited knowledge of the specific situation of Xinghuo. This is also due to his passive defense. If he had figured out Xinghuo earlier, perhaps things would be much simpler now.

The two of them ended the topic for the time being. This matter could not be decided at any time. No matter what, the current development of the shelter was not in vain. As for the future development direction, it would be the best time to deal with the matter of Spark.

If we can recruit them, it will be a qualitative leap in strength.

(End of this chapter)