Quick wear: cannon fodder is a bit strong

"Please come in."

The man who came in was dignified and upright. He was the retired soldier Li Mingyuan.

At this moment, he was still wearing the old military uniform, but he had taken off the collar and epaulettes, and after two years of washing, they had become slightly white.

"Deputy Base Commander Zhou, there is important information."

Li Mingyuan looked serious and handed over a document:

"According to our patrol team's observations, the zombie swarms near Jiangcheng have been making unusual movements, seemingly uniting to approach Jiangcheng."

"what?"

Zhou Ruonan's face was startled: "Is the information accurate?"

"Yes, two of our patrol members have already died, and the others risked their lives to deliver the intelligence back."

Li Mingyuan said with a sad expression:

"After analyzing the intelligence sent back, Jiangcheng is likely to face a massive zombie wave in the near future."

Zhou Ruonan looked at Li Mingyuan's face in shock, really hoping that what he said was false.

Ever since Nan Xi left, the relationship between Li Mingyuan and Zhou Ruonan had stagnated. This was mainly because, over the past two years, Zhou Ruonan had been completely focused on upgrading her abilities and managing the various bases, while Li Mingyuan had chosen to silently support her.

Their relationship seemed to be stuck somewhere between friends and lovers. The only thing they had in common was that there was no one else around them.

Seeing that Li Mingyuan was not joking, Zhou Ruonan took the document from Li Mingyuan's hand, glanced over it quickly, and frowned.

"Captain Li,"

Zhou Ruonan said:

"Please notify the base commander and the other team leaders to gather for a meeting immediately. Let's discuss how to deal with this emergency."

"Ok."

Li Mingyuan's gaze lingered on Zhou Ruonan for a moment, then he turned and left.

Fifteen minutes later, in the conference room on the fourth floor.

At the oval conference table, the base commander Gao Zhiyuan, who was sitting in the middle, looked at the information in his hand with a frown:

"Ruonan, how big do you think this zombie wave will be?"

Zhou Ruonan pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice:

"According to intelligence analysis, the scale of this zombie siege may be far greater than in the past, perhaps even larger than we can imagine."

She continued with a firm look:

"So we have to be fully prepared for defense."

"I suggest immediately activating the emergency plan, strengthening the base's outer defenses, ensuring sufficient supplies, and organizing elite forces for reconnaissance and interception."

Gao Zhiyuan nodded:

"Zhiyuan, Zongze, what are you looking at?"

"I agree with Deputy Base Commander Zhou's opinion,"

Tian Zongze nodded, his expression solemn:

"Our base is currently sheltering around 30,000 to 40,000 civilians. We really need the teams to coordinate their operations and not make any mistakes."

Li Mingyuan also nodded:

"I also agree with Deputy Base Commander Zhou's idea,"

He said:

"If necessary, we can request support from nearby friendly bases to form a coordinated defense. In addition, we must strengthen internal security to prevent the spread of panic."

Gao Zhiyuan took a deep breath and said resolutely:

"Alright, then let's follow your plan. Deputy Base Commander Zhou will be in charge. Everyone, act immediately!"

"Yes!"

The team leaders and backbone members of the base agreed and quickly dispersed, each doing their job and taking action. The atmosphere was tense and orderly.

Northeast corner of the base, comprehensive waste recycling area.

A woman in a headscarf was sitting in the waste pile, her hands in dirty gloves busying around.

"Xiao Yi,"

A faint voice called her:

"I have to go out for something, I'll leave this place to you!"

Nan Xi looked up at the voice. It was Nan Zhao who had called her. Over the past two years, thanks to Nan Yi's relentless pursuit and flattery, the relationship between Nan Zhao and her had finally begun to improve.

Now, Nan Zhao's favorability towards Nan Yi has increased by 15 percentage points on her task list, reaching a welcome 20%. However, the price Nan Yi pays is that she has to help Nan Zhao with his part of the work from time to time.

Yes, one year after Nan Xi left, Nan Zhao unexpectedly awakened his water-related abilities, which improved his status in the base.

However, because of Nan Xi, Zhou Ruonan naturally would not let him do much.

At most, they would turn a blind eye to his occasional sneaking away from the recycling center.

Anyway, in the past two years, because the world has stopped production, the number of scrapped cars has begun to decrease significantly, while other industrial waste has increased significantly.

So, the original "scrap car recycling center" has become the current "comprehensive scrap recycling center." But the people working there are still these two families.

In other words, no human intervention is involved in the processing.

Therefore, as long as Nan Zhao could return to the base at night, it would be fine. As long as it did not affect the overall progress of the work, this was a matter of internal work scheduling between the two companies, and Zhou Ruonan was too lazy to interfere too much.

"OK,"

Nan Yi forced a wry smile and said, "Brother, be careful and come back early tonight~"

Nan Zhao nodded slightly, and his slightly thin figure turned and disappeared into the ruins.

Nan Yi lowered his head and continued to work hard. After two years, Nan Yi had been tortured to the point of losing his temper.

As she moved quickly, she was secretly calculating in her mind whether she and Nan Zhao could complete the workload before dark.

She heard a familiar male voice again:

"Xiao Xi, are you still busy?"

"husband?"

Nan Yi stopped what she was doing and looked up in surprise. Sure enough, she saw Xu Shize standing not far away. A hint of expectation suddenly flashed in her eyes.

Could it be that Brother Shize is in a good mood today and is willing to help her?

Great.

God knows, she is really tired.

When Xu Shize approached, he saw a hint of joy on his face.

"Xiao Xi, I have good news for you." His eyes flashed with pride:

"I have superpowers too... Look!"

He waved his hand, and the originally flat ground suddenly began to roll over, and soon a big bulge appeared, and then the bulge slowly cracked open.

The soil piled up on both sides, and the ground just now turned into a big pit again.

"How about it?"

Xu Shize said proudly:

"My abilities are amazing, right? We can get out of here soon!"

Nan Yi: “…”

She wants to kill someone!

She really thought it was a good thing, but it turned out to be just a trivial matter. She had known about it for a long time, okay?

At this time in their previous life, they had already left Nan Xi behind and arrived at the northern survivor base. It was also at this time that Xu Shize awakened his earth-related abilities.

Then he hooked up with that bitch Si Feifei and dumped her!

Nan Yi took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in her heart, and forced a smile:

"Brother Shize, your ability is indeed very powerful, but look,"

She pointed to the messy work area made of the churned soil and said helplessly:

"It seems our work today was all in vain..."