Chapter 211 - 211 Rumors
Chapter 211: Chapter 211 Rumors
In the base of City S, the news that all survivors had died intensified and unrest started to appear among the crowd.
“The acting leader of the base doesn’t care about our lives at all, dragged us here and left us to fend for ourselves. Now, they abandoned those remaining halfway, and see, they’re all dead, aren’t they?”
“Yeah, it’s horrifying. If this leader isn’t up to it, they should change it quickly.”
“A son is never as capable as his father. In my opinion, we should appoint an older, experienced person to manage.”
“Yes, yes…”
As soon as gossip about the acting leader of the base was mentioned, the crowd started to gather, each contributing their thoughts as if they were the wisest philosophers under heaven.
…
“Psh, you speak as if changing the person in charge could make you soar to the skies,” a mocking voice emanated from the crowd, causing several people who were engrossed in the conversation to turn towards him.
After speaking, Liu Jiajin lowered his head. He was among the second group of refugees to be transferred here. Had he been delayed, he might have been doomed too, but he felt that his comment wasn’t necessarily in defense of Liang Jiuhui but rather a dislike for these boastful people.
“You, kid, always so quiet, are you deliberately trying to antagonize us?” a man with cracked lips pointed at him and said.
“I think what he said makes a lot of sense.”
A man’s voice came through.
Liu Jiajin, who immediately regretted his words, was surprised.
Was someone defending him?
The speaker was Ban Xiaobo, who, after having rested enough, had planned to look around for opportunities to earn Crystal Cores. They hadn’t expected to find such a crowd gossiping about this.
Although they hadn’t been here long, the base had already been an eye-opener for them, even prompting thoughts of settling down here. Just after they had finished admiring their surroundings, they heard a group standing here making idle, critical comments, instantly amusing and annoying them. These people really knew how to talk without feeling the pinch!
Ban Xiaobo walked into the crowd and said, “Do you guys realize how impressive the City S you’re staying in is?”
The crowd suddenly quieted down.
What did he mean?
How was their City S impressive?
Ban Xiaobo smiled. These people indeed knew nothing.
“Do you know why, despite the dangers outside, we would travel across provinces to come here?” Ban Xiaobo continued to ask.
Travel across provinces to come here?
“Why?” a woman holding a child couldn’t help but ask.
“Every other place is far worse than your City S. I’m really envious you don’t know because your current leaders have protected you too well!” Gao Lei couldn’t help but add.
“How is that possible? Isn’t that a requirement from above?” a man contested, unconvinced.
“Brother, are you thinking too much? Now that communications and transport are completely cut off, go and make a requirement for me,” Tian Liao said, patting the man’s shoulder.
Ban Xiaobo shook his head and shared the people and events they had encountered along the way.
Province A also had a base, but it only sheltered young and strong adults. The elderly and children had no choice but to fend for themselves outside the base. There were also many small groups formed by relatively strong people, but without exception, they only took in Special Ability Users and those capable of fighting. The elderly who escaped mutations could not escape being abandoned by their kin, and the young children had it even worse. Due to the shortage of food, some people had even begun to eat children…
A murmur of dismay rose from the quiet crowd, and the woman holding a child instinctively hugged her child a bit tighter.
“My hometown has now also become a Dead City. I guess there isn’t a single living person left inside,”
Ban Xiaobo said with a bitter smile. Therefore, he couldn’t understand why these people, having such a significant advantage, were still making snide remarks here. Although he had never met the leader of the S City base, he was undoubtedly a good leader.
“I can vouch for what he’s saying,”
On the edge of the crowd, a girl in a tracksuit stepped forward.
“I come from neighboring Province F. It’s the same there. Compared to survivors, rescue teams prioritize gathering resources. The safety of survivors is less important than resources, which is why we came here,”
Several people who had arrived at the Refuge earlier and registered for the first batch of transfers to the base now stood up behind the girl.
Upon hearing this, discussions sprung up amongst the crowd.
Weren’t the leaders of those two places too excessive?
During their time in S City, although the food wasn’t great, they hadn’t starved to death, and there were people continuously protecting their safety.
“Right, we have also been getting free meals at the refuge for over a month. Have they ever complained about us?” a slightly older man started speaking out for justice.
As the saying goes, one who takes another’s food becomes soft-spoken, and one who lives off another does not stray far. And humans are such that once they find a basis for comparison, they can immediately discern what is more or less important.
“I heard that Jiuhui goes to the city wall every day to help, and those repairing the city wall said that it will be the thickest wall in history. Even a cannon couldn’t break through,”
“Yeah, that Jiuhui’s sister, she runs to guard our gates every day, her face all tanned like Bao Gong,”
“And I’ve also heard that once, their family of three, together with a few others, blew up an entire train station of tens of thousands of zombies,”
“Tens of thousands? That’s impressive,”
…
Not far away, leaning against a tree, Xu Shi smiled and walked away; he had discovered something interesting and needed to hurry back to report to Liang Jiuhui.
In the crowd, the men who had started speaking had now disappeared. Those who had echoed them were also silent. If it really were as these few individuals had said, if the person in charge of the base were to be replaced, perhaps the new leader wouldn’t be better than the current one. They might end up shooting themselves in the foot.
Jia Yue stood in the middle of the crowd, pulling her hat brim down even lower. Due to intense anger, her other hand trembled in her pocket. The rumors she had struggled so hard to spread had been so easily overshadowed?!
She knew the spread of these rumors was a crucial part of her father’s plan. If they didn’t achieve the expected impact, then perhaps all their previous efforts might have been in vain!
Those damn outsiders!
Out-of-towner Ban Xiaobo, now content, had gone with Gao Lei and a few others to check out recruitment information at the base. He had also just realized that the stern-faced girl at the gate earlier was actually the sister of the current base leader.
This meant Lu Hao and Su Jin were…
embracing a major backing?