Natural Disaster Strikes: I Stockpiled Billions and Carved My Way Through the Apocalypse

Wei Lie turned to look at Mu Jiuyue: "What do you think about this?"

"Isn't it obvious?" Mu Jiuyue said, "Lin Zhen has tens of thousands of people under his command. How can he support so many people without supplies? He will side with whoever can provide the supplies. Unless he disbands these tens of thousands of people on the spot and ignores them. But Lin Zhen can't do such a thing. Even if he disbands them, these people will still be a ticking time bomb. But you can't support so many people either. The daily consumption of supplies is astronomical. So, we can only do nothing and sit and watch them fight."

Wei Lie nodded: "That's what I think too. If it were only a few thousand people, I could grit my teeth and take it on. But there are too many people, and they are loyal to Lin Zhen, not me. I can't use my resources to support someone else's army. If they become too powerful to control, the trouble will be even greater."

The others seemed lost in thought.

Wei Lie's eyes flickered, and he waved his hand: "Okay, you guys go ahead and get busy."

The group of people responded and withdrew.

Only Wei Lie and Mu Jiuyue were in the room.

Wei Lie then asked, "September, tell me, why did Lin Zhen, who had so many people under his control, still lose to the apocalypse in the end?"

"Playing dumb, huh?" Mu Jiuyue rolled her eyes at him, put her long legs on the coffee table, leaned back, and said, "With his personality, he's good at maintaining the status quo, but he's not good at expanding his territory. If it weren't for his connections, he would have had a hard time getting to this position."

“If I’m not mistaken, Lin Zhen will contact you secretly. He’s not stupid. If he can get the supplies he wants without using his connections, why would he step forward and offend people?” Mu Jiuyue said. “It depends on your choice. Do you want to use Lin Zhen’s influence to make a name for yourself, or do you want to feign one move while secretly making another, continue with your old strategy, build high walls and store up grain, and slowly declare yourself king?”

Wei Lie laughed: "See, you know me best."

“I don’t just understand you, I understand human nature,” Mu Jiuyue continued. “Lin Zhen is a good person, but in the apocalypse, good people don’t live long. However, if you have the ability to protect this kind old man, he might be of great use in the future. At least he is very popular. Being able to gain his approval also means that the group of people under his command are your strength.”

"September always sees things so clearly," Wei Lie said with a smile. "The world is in complete chaos. We have to plan for the future."

“That’s right. It’s already quite remarkable that our country has managed to hold on until now,” Mu Jiuyue said. “Other countries have already evolved to the stage of eating raw meat and drinking blood.”

"Yes, I heard that many small countries have been wiped out. This is only the third round of natural disasters, and some countries have already been destroyed." Wei Lie sighed, "It's really hard to survive."

Mu Jiuyue chuckled: "As long as you can be ruthless, it's not actually that difficult."

No sooner had he finished speaking than someone came over to report: "President Wei, Lin Zhen has arrived, but he only brought one driver with him."

Wei Lie and Mu Jiuyue exchanged a glance, and Mu Jiuyue immediately got up to leave.

Wei Lie stopped her: "Sit down and listen with me."

Mu Jiuyue sat back down.

In the darkness of night, Lin Zhen entered from outside, exuding a chill.

When Mu Jiuyue saw the other person, she couldn't help but be impressed; he was just too good-looking.

If this were in a post-apocalyptic novel, it would definitely be described as a description of the male protagonist's aura.

"Chief Lin, oh my, it's an honor to meet you." Wei Lie, the competent businessman, greeted him with a big smile, shook Lin Zhen's hand vigorously.

"Just call me Lin Zhen. There are no leaders around these days." Lin Zhen grasped Wei Lie's hand, paused firmly, and said, "I apologize for the intrusion in visiting so late at night."

"No, no, we were just discussing it, saying that you are a rare good person," Wei Lie replied with a smile.

“A good person? This world doesn’t need good people anymore.” Lin Zhen smiled bitterly, turning to look at Mu Jiuyue standing to the side: “And this is…”

“This is my companion, Mu Jiu,” Wei Lie introduced.

Mu Jiu extended her hand to Lin Zhen: "Please give me your guidance."

"You must be the benefactor who sent our young soldiers several boxes of life-saving supplies, right?" Lin Zhen strode over, grasped Mu Jiu's hands with both of them, and shook them vigorously twice. His attitude was even more sincere than when he spoke to Wei Lie: "Thank you for your righteous help. Otherwise, my soldiers might not have made it back."

"Of course," Mu Jiuyue replied calmly.

"No, no, no, there's no such thing as 'should'. We should be protecting you, not the other way around," Lin Zhen said self-reproachfully. "It's my fault for being incompetent and failing to protect the brothers below, causing them to suffer with me."

Mu Jiu withdrew her hand, invited Lin Zhen to sit down, and handed him a cup of hot tea.

Lin Zhen simply held the bottle in his hands without drinking, and went straight to the point: "You two have probably already guessed why I'm here, right?"

Wei Lie and Mu Jiuyue just smiled and didn't say anything.

"To be honest, I, Lin Zhen, am a rough man. I only like to do simple things and don't like to get involved in scheming and intrigue. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been kicked into the team by my family. Now, the situation forces me to take sides! I would like to hear your opinions." Lin Zhen said, "I, Lin Zhen, am a grateful person and will absolutely not betray you two."

Wei Lie then spoke up, saying, "It's indeed inconvenient for us to interfere in this matter. But strictly speaking, governing a large country is like cooking a small fish; a family cannot have two voices. We understand this principle."

"Yes." Lin Zhen nodded: "K City has now completely lost contact with the higher-ups. If the K City shelter falls into chaos, the lives of these millions of people will be in danger."

"To be honest, I've been trying to find a way out of K City since the day before yesterday. I've tried more than ten times, but I've failed every time. Not a single vehicle can last more than two hours. No matter what method I use, it's impossible, completely impossible. The situation in the capital must be even worse than here. Government orders can't be issued, and the local authorities are leaderless. If this continues, a riot is inevitable."

“It’s not certain, it’s already happened.” Mu Jiuyue corrected him: “You know best what caused your soldiers’ casualties.”

In the early stages of a natural disaster, people still have a sense of kindness; at most, they might loot a few things, but they won't kill anyone.

But now it's the third wave of natural disasters, and there's basically nothing left to eat or drink outside.

The inventory has been almost completely used up.

The Holy Mother and Holy Father are mostly dead.

None of the survivors were kind-hearted.

As long as there is a chance to survive, they don't care whether others will starve or freeze to death; they only want to ensure their own survival.

Lin Zhen lowered his head sadly and said, "It's been more than half a year. I don't know how I got through these past six months. I couldn't bear to watch those innocent people die tragically, so I could only use my own food rations to help them. But I never expected that they would repay us like this."

As she spoke, Lin Zhen choked up with grievance: "I'm being forced to suppress my feelings and pretend I can't see or hear anything. I have to be responsible for my soldiers, and I don't even have the face to see them."