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Chapter 420
But every day the aroma of Zhou’s food wafts outside, making the neighbors envious.
The neighbors across the street were killed, and now a new family has taken their place.
There are six people in the family, and the two uncles and aunts jointly exchanged supplies for such a villa.
Their living conditions were acceptable, but they also envied the aroma of food that wafted from the Zhou family from time to time.
He also took out his own supplies and exchanged them for two chickens from the Zhou family.
Later, he went to the exchange office at the base to exchange for a dozen chicks, and raised them on the terrace at home, thinking that when they grew up, he would be able to eat endless eggs and chicken like the Zhou family.
But every time we meet, they would enviously ask, "Did you make delicious food at home again?"
Zhou Jianghai was naturally busy being modest: "Even with the limited food we have at home, we have elderly people and children at home, so we also want to make sure the food is as good as possible and supplements nutrition."
The neighbor nodded and said, "Yes, we work hard all year round just to make life better for our family."
When it came to March of the second year of extreme cold, a major event happened in the base.
This is also the seventh year of the end times.
Grandma Pang is 72 years old, Zhou's father and mother are both in their sixties, and Mu Mu is 18 years old. According to the standards before the apocalypse, she is already an adult.
Qi Mingyu is 33 years old, which is the most mature time for a man.
Zhou Shuwan is 28 years old, which is also the best time for a woman.
In another year, according to Zhou Shuwan's experience in his previous life, a devastating earthquake will occur.
By then, the current base will also be destroyed!
The population, which is already less than one-tenth of what it was before the end of the world, will be wiped out by eight to nine out of ten people, leaving only a very few lucky people alive.
But after the big earthquake, will there be other natural disasters?
Zhou Shuwan couldn't guarantee it at all.
Therefore, starting from the seventh year of the apocalypse, the Zhou family began to carry out various earthquake escape drills under the command of Qi Mingyu.
Qi Mingyu is now the captain of the security team and is also responsible for the security of the base.
He also began preparing to start earthquake escape drills at the base, so that as many people as possible could survive if an earthquake really happened eight years later.
The major incident at the base occurred shortly after he proposed an earthquake escape drill to his superiors.
On that day, a large group of people arrived outside the base, with a total of about 10,000 people and more than 100 large military trucks, all of which were filled with soldiers and weapons armed with live ammunition.
Xiao Xiao was very surprised when she received the report.
He immediately rushed to the gate of the base.
The biting cold wind carried snowflakes, scratching my body like a knife.
He tightened his air-conditioned suit and walked quickly to the cordon.
From a distance, this team is well-disciplined and well-equipped. The soldiers are wearing uniform clothes, the material of which is similar to that of air-conditioning suits, but the style is lighter than that of air-conditioning suits. They hold weapons in their hands and watch everything around them vigilantly.
Ordinary survivors wore clothes similar to those of the soldiers, with only slight differences in style. The soldiers' clothes had many places to put weapons, but ordinary people's clothes did not have these.
These ordinary people stood in designated areas in an orderly manner under the arrangement of the soldiers.
The leader was a man in his fifties wearing air-conditioned clothing and with a dignified demeanor.
He is tall, with a stern face and sharp eyes, and he is intimidating without even being angry.
Xiao Xiao took a deep breath, stepped forward, walked up to the middle-aged man, and asked in a deep voice: "I am Xiao Xiao, the person in charge of the base. May I ask who you are? What is your purpose in coming here?"
The middle-aged man glanced at him, and a young man next to him stepped forward, saluted solemnly, and said in a steady tone: "This is our General Zhao. My name is Tao Zheng, and we are from the Capital Base."
He paused, as if trying to organize his words. "Due to a sudden change in the capital base's political power, several factions engaged in a fierce conflict, resulting in countless casualties. Later, a number of unforeseen events occurred... General Zhao was forced to relocate here with his men and the remaining survivors. Along the way, we encountered several large and small bases. According to the wishes of the survivors, we left half of them behind, and brought the remaining half here."
General Zhao waited until he finished speaking before looking directly at Xiao Xiao and saying, "I hope your base can accept these survivors."
Xiao Xiao was shocked and confused. He had of course heard of the name of the Capital Base. It was the political center of China before the end of the world and one of the largest survivor bases.
I didn’t expect that a coup would happen and lead to such a large-scale migration.
He pondered for a moment and said, "General Zhao, I understand your situation. However, accepting 10,000 people will put a huge strain on our base. I need to discuss this with the higher-ups before I can give you a response. Until then, please station yourself and your team outside the base for the time being."
Zhao Guoqiang nodded, expressing his understanding. "Okay, we'll wait outside." He then turned and gave his men a few instructions. The soldiers and survivors immediately began setting up tents. A fairly large camp soon appeared outside the base.
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Xiao Xiao held a meeting immediately after returning to the base.
In the conference room, the senior executives had been waiting for a long time, all with serious expressions.
"Ten thousand people!" exclaimed a supervisor. "That's a huge number. Accommodating them would put a strain on our resources."
Another senior executive echoed this, “Yes, our housing, food, medicine, etc. are not enough to support so many people.”
Others expressed support: "However, there is strength in numbers. If we can accept them, it will be very beneficial to the development and growth of our base."
"Having said that, we also have to consider the risks. What if they have ulterior motives?"
The debate in the conference room became increasingly heated, with various opinions intertwined, giving Xiao Xiao a headache. He rubbed his brows and looked at Qi Mingyu, who had remained silent. "Xiao Yu, what do you think?"
Qi Mingyu looked around and spoke slowly, "I've already arranged for patrols around the base to be strengthened, just in case." He paused, his tone serious, "I suggest not rushing to agree or reject their request. We need to learn more about their situation before making a decision."
"Yes!" Xiao Xiao also nodded. "They are well-armed and look like regular troops. It's just that a lot of information has been lost since the apocalypse, so we can't verify their identities. But they were able to come all the way here in the extremely cold weather with so many survivors. I believe they should be our regular troops. It's just..."
This is the first time we have encountered such a situation since the base was established. It is difficult to judge whether a team of this size is an enemy or a friend.
He must find out the other party's intentions as soon as possible so that he can make appropriate countermeasures.
Zhou Shuwan had been busy in the hospital. It was not until he went to the restaurant for lunch at noon that he saw his colleagues from the hospital gathered together, talking in a lively manner, with anxiety and curiosity written all over their faces.