When Shen Shian and the four people came out of the quarantine zone, it was already about ten o’clock the next morning. After leaving the shed, the appearance of the entire cigarette factory base was completely displayed in front of them:

After entering the gate, there was an irregular circular plaza. In the center of the square was a statue fountain. The water nozzle has not been sprayed for a long time, but the metal-colored statue still looked brand new. On the left side of the fountain was a large green landscape and a parking shed. On the right side was a rather impressive administrative building with a total of four floors. The dark blue glass windows were dazzling in the sunlight.

Liu Fangzhou raised his hand to block the light, leaned back next to Shen Shian, and quietly suppressed his voice very low, “Brother Shen, what about the note?”

If you are an evolved person, please keep your identity secret and prevent yourselves from becoming a military test subject.

Because of this sentence on the note, he was so scared last night that he didn’t sleep well all night. The “Evolved person” in this sentence obviously refers to their abilities. If the words on the note are true, and that the soldiers in the base will experiment with the abilities, then aren’t they a lamb in a tiger’s den? Didn’t they just take the initiative to step into the trap? He likes to dissect people, but he doesn’t like being dissected! If it’s true then this place is really similar to a terrorist concentration camp, then we should run right away!

Shen Shian held Shen Xun, carefully observed the surrounding environment, and whispered. “Don’t worry, let’s watch first.”

The information on the note was undoubtedly very scary, but they were currently not sure whether the note was true or false. If it was true, then the rash action would definitely attract the attention of the garrison; if it was false, then the originator’s motive was unknown and they shouldn’t act rashly. No matter who plugged the note, since the other party was willing to take the risk of being found by the garrison and sent the note to the newcomers in the quarantine area, they would definitely contact them afterward.

After receiving the note, the people with Shen Shian were able to remain calm, but others were not. Especially the dark-skinned skinny man who was confirmed by Liu Fangzhou to have an ability. At this time, he was like a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow. He held his backpack tightly at the end of the team, trying to be farthest from the soldier leading the way.

After Shen Shian’s eyes lightly swept over the other party, he soon ignored him. The plaza was wide, and a group of people followed the soldiers for nearly two minutes before crossing the plaza. Shen Shian found many slogans along the road, either stuck to the wall or hung on the tree, or written directly on the ground with paint. Except for the matters that were absolutely prohibited in the 12 Codes of Conduct, all the others were to persuade survivors to participate in the material collection operation:

“Zombies are actually not terrible, it is all up to you and me to defeat”, “Collecting materials is a good deed, everyone will be able to eat their fill”, “Support oneself to get ample food and clothing”, “Survivors are a family, collection of materials depends on everyone”…etc and many more.

The slogans were so intensive, maybe the base encountered difficulties in searching for materials?

After crossing the plaza, there was a row of two-story flats, which looked like an ordinary employee’s office. It was now transformed into a public activity area and was also covered with slogans. The back of the flat was divided into two sides, one side was the production workshop of the cigarette factory, and the other was the dormitory building. At the oblique front of the dormitory building was the canteen. At this time, there were two long not straight lines in the entrance of the canteen.

This was Shen Shian’s first close encounter with survivors in the base. There were about two thousand people standing in line, most of them were thin and pale, the most common characteristics of survivors after the end of the world. But their mental state seemed to be quite good. Many people even raised their hands to greet the twenty newcomers.

The newcomers were on guard. Only Liu Fangzhou’s eyes were fiery, and he greeted back more enthusiastically.

“The canteen in the base is open twice a day, at 10 am and 6 pm.” The soldiers leading the line said. “Food is not free. You can go to the administrative building to get a job and exchange it through labor contribution. The scope of work is very wide. From simple cleaning to patrol and guards. Different jobs have different requirements, the remuneration is also different, the higher the difficulty, the greater the contribution value. If you want to eat well, you can also go out and collect materials with the search team. How much you found is your own.”

During the soldier’s introduction, Shen Shian has been observing the canteen. His vision was outstanding, and through the long line of troops, he could clearly see that only two windows were opened in the canteen. At the window, there were four heavily armed soldiers, and the survivors stepped forward, taking their own food from the window according to some kind of work record card attached to their chests. The whole process of “getting food” was fairly smooth, but whether it was the four soldiers used as a deterrent, or the looming dissatisfaction with the team, it was obvious that the atmosphere between the survivors and the base garrison was not harmonious.

Shen Shian withdrew his eyes and followed the soldiers leading into the dormitory building. There were a total of three dormitory buildings, each with four floors, connected by walkways inside. After entering the lobby on the first floor, they went directly to the fourth floor of the third building.

“The following three floors are full, only the fourth floor is empty.” The leading soldier went upstairs and said. “The zombies have already been cleaned up, and all the basic supplies are complete. You may need to clean it yourself. If the running water on the fourth floor does not come, you need to take a bucket and pick it up on the first and second floors. The room is allocated by yourself. There is no upper limit but you have to at least have four people and you can live as long as you can.”

He stepped on the last step and stopped at the stairwell, waiting for all twenty people to come up and concentrate. His right hand was on the waist holster and with a serious face, he said. “After entering the base, except for the frontmost administrative building, you can move freely. But one thing must be remembered is that no violence or sabotage is allowed inside the base. Once discovered, the consequences will be at your own risk.”

Looking at the twenty people, he hesitatingly said, “I hope everyone can make their own contribution and strive to build the base better. If you are interested in joining the search team to collect materials in the city, gather at the gate every morning at 7 am. You are welcome to sign up. If you have other questions, you can go to the first floor of the administrative building.”

After saying that, he turned and walked downstairs.

After the soldiers left, the newcomers separated. Shen Shian and his party happened to be four people. They chose an empty dormitory at random, cleaned them together, and lived in temporarily.

Since the soldiers said that they could move around except for the administrative building, Shen Shian didn’t miss the chance of investigating the situation. After a simple meal, Chen Nan stayed in the dormitory to guard the luggage. He took Shen Xun and Liu Fangzhou together to investigate the entire base.

This cigarette factory was a little bigger than Shen Shian had expected. It would take forty-eight minutes and thirty-three seconds to complete a full circle along the wall at normal speed.

TN: Why is it so specific :3c

The infrastructure inside was relatively complete, with dormitory and canteen, and also a basketball court behind the dormitory building.

In addition to the administrative building, the production workshop of the cigarette factory should be the most valuable building in the entire factory before the end of the world. It not only has extremely modern assembly line production machinery, but also piles of tobacco and packed cigarettes.

Shen Shian asked Liu Fangzhou to confirm that no one was around and then collected a batch into the space: he did not smoke, but this kind of thing is definitely a rare material in the end times.

There should have been a large green belt outside the production workshop. At this time, all of them were reclaimed into vegetable fields. Looking at the green plants, Shen Shian barely recognized a piece of sweet potato seedlings across the barbed wire. He could not recognize the rest.

The protection measures of the vegetable field were very strict, not only surrounded by barbed wire, but a camera was also installed in each of the four corners. Liu Fangzhou made two rounds around the barbed wire fence and said, “Ai, why is this like they are guarding against thieves? Brother Shen, why don’t they just grow the plants using abilities? Why are they wasting time?”

Liu Fangzhou could only sense the color, intensity, and volume of the corresponding light masses of different targets. He could not distinguish their specific abilities. However, it was reasonable that if the colors of the light groups were similar, the represented abilities should have more or less in common. There are about 150 people with abilities in the base, and 17 of them were like Chen Nan, their light group color was green. If their abilities were also related to the growth of plants, then they should be directly responsible for growing vegetables, why not?

Oh. Liu Fangzhou remembered. The note read: “If you are an evolved person, please keep your identity secret and prevent yourselves from becoming a military test subject.”

Zeze. Liu Fangzhou shook his head, This is called lifting a stone and smashing their own feet. If the garrison team is willing to treat the evolved people better, the two sides could be in a win-win cooperation, which would remove so much trouble.

After leaving the vegetable field, Shen Shian took the two people and turned around the base for a few more times. He found that there were few garrisons in the entire cigarette factory except for the soldiers who were on duty at the entrance and in the administrative building. The three military trucks he saw during the observation day were not here at this time. Did all the other garrisons go out to collect materials?

Shen Shian thought about it a few times, holding Shen Xun’s hand and said to Liu Fangzhou, “Go, go back to the dormitory building first.”

At more than seven o’clock that night, some survivors knocked on the door of the dormitory of Shen Shian and others, inviting them to participate in the “welcome party” held on the top floor of the dormitory building.

Say it’s a welcome party. In fact, it was a group of survivors who gathered together to talk to each other and understand each other.

When Shen Shian arrived, the platform was already full of people, either leaning on the railing to chat, or playing cards around the campfire. Almost everyone had a cigarette in their hand, and countless red dots lit up in the night.

One of the red dots seemed to be sucked a few times, suddenly lit up and then extinguished. A middle-aged man threw the cigarette butts into the trash can, got up, and greeted the four people. “Hello, how are you? Welcome to the base. My surname is Zhou and my name is Zhou Jianghai, but everyone else here calls me a doctor.”

The person was about fifty years old, wearing a pair of black-framed glasses, the shirt sleeves were neatly rolled up to the elbows. The figure was thin but still straight. Because the beard was cleanly shaved, he looked much more spirited than other survivors.

Shen Shian stretched out his hand and held it, “Yun Feiyang.” His palm had just touched the other side, and a warm current was suddenly passed from the other’s palm and poured into the meridian of his right arm. He instinctively activated his spiritual powers, and the spiritual power at Dantian immediately gathered on the right-hand arm. The warm current was blasted out with a sudden thunder, and the right hand was quickly withdrawn. Shen Xun groaned from his throat, Chen Nan and Yun Feiyang perceived something was wrong and immediately surrounded Shen Shian in a defensive posture.

The man named Zhou Jianghai stumbled back half a step and quickly waved his hand, “Don’t misunderstand, don’t misunderstand, I’m not trying to harm you, I’m an evolver, and my ability is to cure others, so other people call me doctors. It was just my ability just now, which is not only harmless to the body but also beneficial.”

Evolver?