Shen Shian didn’t lower his alertness at all. Every muscle was tense, if the other side showed a little bit of abnormality, the longsword behind him could be unsheathed at any time. “For no reason, why did you use your ability on me?”

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it.” Zhou Jianghai looked very embarrassed. “My ability seems to have evolved again recently, so it’s a little bit out of control. When I touch others, it will rush out. If Brother Yun is still doubtful, you can ask other people.”

“The doctor didn’t lie,” someone in the crowd immediately said. “Oh boy, don’t be nervous, it’s normal to feel a warm current, the doctor’s ability is like this, as long as the warm current is in your body, it would calm you down and make you feel refreshed and energetic. Not only that, if you wait a few minutes, your pain and wounds could be healed. This warmth is precious, you can only enjoy it if you are sick or injured or if your health is particularly weak. Young man, you are lucky!”

A newcomer who was also in the isolation zone yesterday said, “I just felt it and it scared me, but after the warmth was gone, it was really comfortable, and I felt like I had recovered all my energy. I only ate a bag of egg yolk pie today. I didn’t have any energy at all, but now it’s much better.”

It sounded slightly similar to the effect of spiritual power in him. Shen Shian relaxed a little bit.

Zhou Jianghai apologized again, “I’m really sorry, I was too presumptuous, I should explain clearly before shaking hands with you.”

Liu Fangzhou’s eyes were eager to try, and when he saw Shen Shian’s expression relaxed, he reached a settlement with the other party. He quickly came over and held Zhou Jianghai’s hand, “Hello, hello, my name is Liu Fangzhou, so were you a doctor before the apocalypse?”

Zhou Jianghai said, “No, I used to be a high school teacher who teaches history.” After shaking hands, he wanted to put his hands away, but he couldn’t.

Liu Fangzhou was so enthusiastic that he didn’t realize the other party’s willingness to let go. He took his other hand up, “Is there any limit to your ability? Can all diseases or wounds be treated? If it is bitten by a zombie can the wound…”

“Fangzhou,” Shen Shian said, and then said to Zhou Jianghai, “Sorry, the child is not sensible.”

“It’s okay,” Zhou Jianghai smiled grumpily, “Young people, curiosity is normal. From my current experience, small illnesses and small pains can be cured. If it’s too serious, it won’t work. As for being bitten by a zombie, it’s a pity that my ability can’t do anything.” He took his hands back with a strong pull and greeted the four of them. “Come, don’t just stand, let’s sit down and talk.”

Someone handed Shen Shian a pack of cigarettes, “Little brother, you want one? There is nothing else in the base. This is the best in taste.”

Someone answered, “This brand is old and expensive, of course it tastes good. I didn’t dare to smoke hard in the past. One was to not spend money and the other was to not hurt my body. Now, it’s okay. If you live in a cigarette factory, you can smoke as much as you want. If you get lung cancer, liver cancer, tracheal cancer or something else, our doctor is there.”

“Don’t, I can’t cure cancer, you still have to smoke less.” Zhou Jianghai said with a smile. Seeing Shen Shian refusing to smoke, he looked at Shen Xun in his arms, “This child is born very beautiful, our base hasn’t had any child coming in for a while. Oh, look at my brain, we can’t let the child smoke secondhand smoke, put out the smoke first.”

“No need,” Shen Shian said, “You are free to smoke, I will take him to the side of the railing.” After talking, he took the dog to the corner of the platform, and Chen Nan with Liu Fangzhou followed him.

Late summer sunset, it didn’t take long for the sky to get dark. In the night, most of the base was shrouded in the hazy darkness. Only the searchlights on the surrounding walls and the lights in the administrative building were still bright and dazzling.

A newcomer asked, “Since there is a generator that can generate electricity, why can’t the dormitory be powered?”

“It goes without saying,” someone blew out a smoke ring, “All the people in the administrative building are soldiers, of course the good things will be given to the soldiers first. How can we ordinary people be entitled to enjoy it?”

Not far away, there was a chuckle. “That’s not it. The soldiers can eat what they like but we must work like a horse everyday to avoid starving to death.”

“Cough,” Zhou Jianghai, who was sitting in the middle of the crowd, cleared his throat. “This evening is a welcome party. The new friends who have just arrived are the protagonists. Don’t stray far away. This time there are twenty newcomers. People, it has been not long after everyone entered the base, I am afraid there are many questions? If you have any questions, don’t feel embarrassed to ask.”

Since he said that, someone soon asked questions, and it was the dark-skinned, thin man with ability named Ma Zhongyi. “Why did you expose your identity as an evolver?” Ma Zhongyi still looked on guard at all times, clutching his backpack tightly and asking Zhou Jianghai. “I heard that this base seems to do something to the evolver… Do you understand?”

Zhou Jianghai seemed to understand, but seemed completely ignorant. He pushed the glasses frame and laughed, “Early exposure is also exposure, late exposure is also exposure, and it is definitely impossible to hide for too long. After the end of the world, it is very difficult to live. Like in our base, most people can’t eat enough. Sometimes they are hungry and can’t even walk steadily. Since my ability can help everyone, what is the point of hiding it? Even if there are any consequences, I can accept it calmly.”

Ma Zhongyi fell silent, but the other survivors at the base had something to say. “The days at our base were not too sad, with food, accommodation, sleep, and walls to block the zombies, and the soldiers paid for our work. Everyone should remember that there were at least two bags of bread in the past, but now you can only get a bag of biscuits. Not only that, it is in a small package. If it was not because of the doctor, some people would have starved to death. “

These words seemed to open an invisible gate, and the platform was soon filled with grievances and complaints from the survivors:

“Washing the toilet and dumping garbage, opening wasteland, farming, fertilizing and watering, what dirty work is not our job? Besides, they managed to get a lot of materials in the entire vehicle. It was all hidden in the administrative building. They had all that but they can’t even let us eat a full meal!”

“This group of soldiers, they had privileges before the apocalypse. After the outbreak of the zombies, they still treat us as slaves.”

“To think that having a gun in hand could make everyone become rude. If only they would treat us as human beings. Alas, before the apocalypse, I felt that I was cheap labor. Now I feel like I’ve become a cheap slave.”

“Hehe. There are many precedents in history, when there is oppression there would be rebels. Don’t forget that fortunes rise and fall, sooner or later… hmph.”

The terrain on the platform was wide and far away from the administrative building, and everyone’s voice quickly dissipated in the wind. There were probably no scruples, they were too dissatisfied in their hearts. The discussion was getting louder, and the subtext in it was more explicit.

After listening for a long time, Chen Nan couldn’t help but raise his volume and said, “If you want to eat well, why not go out and collect supplies?”

The crowd was quiet, “…What?”

Chen Nan took a step forward, “If you feel that you are paid less for your work at the base and can’t eat enough, why not go out and collect materials with the search team? When I came in today, I heard the soldiers say, as long as they participate in the search operation, no matter how many things you find are your own, so you can be full, right?”

The crowd was quiet again for a moment, and then someone laughed. “It really is a young man who just entered the base. Do you think it’s so easy to collect supplies? There is a life when going out, but not necessarily when coming in.”

“As you say,” Chen Nan was somewhat incomprehensible, “Aren’t the soldiers risking their lives when they go out to collect materials? They took the greatest risk and therefore enjoyed the best treatment. Is there any problem?”

The one to answer him this time was Zhou Jianghai. Unlike the anger of other survivors, Zhou Jianghai’s voice was very gentle, and there was a little helplessness. “Boy, we are not unwilling to go out to collect materials. Collecting materials is very important but the premise is that we must be able to kill zombies, right? The garrisons at the base are all professionally trained, with guns and bombs, and equipped with weapons. Killing zombies may not be difficult for them, but look at us survivors, what do we have? The elderly, the sick, the disabled, the young women, and the children are not equipped. Could we just go up against the zombies with bare hands? We actually discussed with the soldiers, if we can also equip the survivors with some weapons——don’t need too many, at least let us feel a little emboldened, and increase our confidence, knowing that we are not going to die. If they had agreed, many people would have been willing to join the search operation, but the garrison refused. I guess they were worried about us, but since it is the apocalypse, shouldn’t we be united as one and treat the zombie as the only enemy?”

Chen Nan subconsciously wanted to refute, but he didn’t know where to start. Zhou Jianghai’s words sounded reasonable and he could not find any flaws.

Some survivors added in a meaningful way, “Besides, if we participate in the search operation, the danger we face is not only from zombies, but the knife stabbed from behind is the most unpredictable.”

Shen Shian, Liu Fangzhou and others looked at each other and thought of the note last night.

Apparently, it was not only them who were told about this. Soon, newcomers joined the senior survivors and whispered inquiries about “evolvers” and “experiments”.

However, the survivors seemed to be secretive about this issue and tried to keep it vague.

The more they did so, the newcomers were more certain that there was absolutely something going on. Their concerns about the content of the note have quietly increased by a few points.

Shen Shian used his sharpened five senses and listened for a moment, then said to the two people, “Let’s go back.”

After saying goodbye to everyone, they walked to the fourth floor corridor. Shen Shian looked at the brightly lit administrative building and asked Liu Fangzhou, “How many people are there in the administrative building?”

“Two hundred and forty-eight.” Liu Fangzhou responded as soon as he said that, “Eh? There are only more than two hundred troops stationed in the base?” He sensed that the total number of people was more than three thousand five hundred, and thought there were at least more than a thousand.

Shen Shian nodded. Even with guard patrols, there were estimated to be less than three hundred.

Less than three hundred people supported the collection of materials for more than three thousand people in the entire base. No wonder the place was filled with slogans calling for survivors to participate in the search operation, and the work compensation was getting lower and lower: the things to be done in the base were so little. The larger the number of people, the less would be allocated to each person, and the lower the remuneration. “How many evolvers are there in the garrison?”

“None.”

Shen Shian stopped in his tracks and looked back at Liu Fangzhou, “What?”

“No one, it’s all the white light of ordinary survivors.” Liu Fangzhou scratched his head and felt a little strange. There were more than 150 evolvers among the more than 3,000 survivors. According to this ratio, there should be at least one or two evolvers in the garrison. After frowning for a moment, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he quietly moved forward to suppress his voice. “Brother Shen, would you say that the reason there are no evolvers is because those soldiers were used as an experiment?”

Shen Shian did not answer. When they walked into the dormitory and closed the door, he took two candles from the backpack and lit them. He whispered in the candlelight, “Tomorrow I will join Chen Nan in a search operation to find out the situation.”

One of the main purposes for them to enter the base was to borrow the communications equipment of the garrison. They had to know each other before they could ask them. It was also possible to observe the proportion of zombies in the urban area. As for the note, he still had doubts in his heart, he was still unsure.

Liu Fangzhou asked, “What about me?”

“You stay in the base to guard our luggage, and by the way, find out more information.” Liu Fangzhou was young and handsome, and he looked harmless to humans and animals. Most people would not be too guarded with him. After thinking about it, he added, “Remember, don’t just stare at others and don’t ask weird questions.”

Shen Xun took Shen Shian’s hand and shook it back and forth, “An An, what about me?”

Shen Shian squatted down and looked at him, “I have a task for you: I need your help to look after the child.”

It took half a day for Liu Fangzhou to react, “…Eh?!”