Chaoyang’s Internal Problem

"Are you kidding?"

Xing Feng asked after a long while, his body stiff. Even he thought this was absurd, let alone others. Human fertility had declined, and zombies could self-reproduce? What nonsense was this? Did that mean zombies could take care of their kids? But…after taking a look at Yun Cheng, Xing Feng thought that it wasn't impossible. Since the IQ of level-8 zombies should be about the same as ordinary people, it might be possible that they could take care of their kids.

"Would I make a joke of this? Zombies do not reproduce like human beings. Instead of growing up from babies to adults, they produce replicates that are exactly the same as the original, but at level-0. The replicates would need to slowly level up. To put it more simply, zombies will never be completely eliminated, unless there is really god to destroy them all at one go."

But as long as any one of them was being left out, there could be countless others being reproduced. There were already level-8 zombies when he died in his previous life. He had also encountered zombies that were replicated from other zombies, and they were just like the current new zombies, inhuman and biting everyone they saw. The zombies from which they had replicated from were purely producers and didn't behave like parents like in the case of humans.

"Is it possible to improve human fertility?"

Xing Feng asked with a solemn face after taking a while to digest what Yun Che said. If the replication of zombies couldn't be stopped, they could only try to find ways to improve human fertility.

"I don't know if the fertility rate can be increased, but what I do know is that the lifespan of superfunction possessors are extended by two or three times the average lifespan before doomsday, and the rate of aging will also be slower as a result. Under normal circumstances, there will not be a decrease in the number of human beings."

Although he had heard about some bases secretly studying human cloning, he wasn't sure if they had succeeded. After all, he was just an ordinary person in his previous life and didn't know much about such confidential matters. Also, the Northeast Base had been successful in their research of mutant human beings. These mutants had very strong combat effectiveness, and their life expectancy could even exceed 500 years. However, mutants looked hideous as they were half human and half mutant beast. Some had long horns on their heads, some had tails, and some even had fur all over. It was really cruel, and most mutants were suffering and had suicidal thoughts. Countless humans had been sacrificed for the success of the experiment, and Yun Che personally wasn't in favor of it.

"Looks like this matter deserves some attention."

Since what Yun Che said was usually right, Xing Feng didn't doubt his words. He merely shot a glance at Gu Mingxuan, and the latter nodded. Since they were no longer soldiers, they didn't have the responsibility to protect the people. However, they were still human beings and they couldn't ignore something that concerned the future of mankind. At the very least, they had to inform Mo Wenyang.

"Speaking of which, how's our research institute?"

Yun Che asked casually when this suddenly came to his mind, putting an end to the conversation on the future of mankind. After all, their superfunction squads didn't have the resources to solve those problems.

"Everything's going well."

The mention of the research institute made Gu Mingxuan smile, "The researchers weren't very happy at first, thinking that we were being too selfish in privatising the research institute. They were unwilling to cooperate with the crystal nuclei research, and it was only until they saw the research report by Wen that they started immersing themselves in the research. We're currently ahead of schedule for the antidote. If nothing goes wrong, we would be able to develop it within a month. I handed the research institute over to Wen and appointed him as the director for the time being. We can finalize it if you have no objection."

"Since Wen is one of us, we can make him the director. The former director of the research institute could serve as the assistant director, and we could also get the most outstanding researcher to be the assistant director. Tell the researchers that I will treat them fairly. As long as they do their job well, I guarantee their research will benefit the people and provide financial security for their families. Tell them to voice out if they lack anything for the research, and we will do our best to get it for them."

It wasn't easy to support a research institute, especially when they had snatched the research institute from the military. There were tens of thousands of researchers, and each of them had his own family. Besides supporting them, Chaoyang also had to support their families for free. It was a huge expenditure, and also a permanent one unless they gave the research institute up.

"Okay, I'll relay the message tomorrow."

Gu Mingxuan nodded before Yun Che suddenly interrupted, "What about the researchers' family members? Have job placements been made for them?"

"Job placements? Che, you don't know how horrible those people are. Damn, they act all high and mighty and criticize everything just because either their husbands or children are researchers. Mingxuan arranged for them to stay at the upper floors of a few buildings, but they insisted on living in a villa and even asked to have one for each person. Not only that, they even asked for 20 catties of rice, 10 catties of flour, 10 catties of noodles and 20 catties of pork every month on top of having fresh vegetables served to them every day. They really think they're god. If Yao hadn't grown vegetables herself, I might not even get to eat vegetables every day."

Hearing their conversation, Fang Rui pulled a chair and joined in, wanting to release his pent-up anger. Those people had taken advantage of Chaoyang, pissing him and Wenqing off. They wanted 20 catties of rice, 10 catties of flour and 10 catties of noodles per person every month without doing anything. Even pigs didn't eat that much, and food was much more precious during doomsday.

"Really? How did you guys resolve it?"

Yun Che couldn't help but frown when he heard this. They would have to resolve it if this was really the case. No matter how much food they had, they couldn't possibly let others take advantage of them openly.

"It hasn't been resolved yet, I told them Chief wasn't around. They should already know that you guys are back today, and they will probably be here again tomorrow."

Gu Mingxuan was also fretting over it. As he had to handle both internal and external matters after Xing Feng and Yun Che left, he hadn't had the time to deal with them. Although he had heard about them stirring up trouble in Chaoyang, he hadn't had time to settle that either.

"Xing, Che, I think you should really do something about it. I heard from Ms. She that those with kids would kick up a fuss whenever their kids complained to them over trivial things that happened in the kindergarten. But when their kids bullied others and Ms. She told them about it, they would blame the teachers for not taking good care of their kids."

Yun Yao usually didn't interfere with their affairs. However, since she recently didn't have to cook for so many people and had time to walk around, she couldn't help but speak out on what she had gotten knowledge of.

Both Xing Feng and Yun Che were wearing a deep frown. Wang Suhua also came over, "Let me tell you something worse. A few women suddenly came to our house a few days ago. They were very polite at first, saying that their kids and elderly members of their families haven't had vegetables for a long time and hoped that we could give them some. Since life hasn't been easy for everyone, I agreed to pick some cabbage for them. In the end, they swarmed into the greenhouse to pull out all the vegetables and even trampled on the land. We couldn't stop them, and they didn't even thank us when they left."

Wang Suhua wouldn't snitch on them if they hadn't made her blood boil. Those people were simply too much.

"I've already given them a warning. I will drive them out if this were to happen again."

Gu Mingxuan bit the bullet and said when he saw Xing Feng's questioning eyes. Coincidentally, he and Wenzhou weren't around that day while Yao and Chen had also gone visiting, leaving only two elderly women at home. Otherwise, those people wouldn't have been such bullies.

"Looks like we really gotta do something about it. Isn't there a saying that we have to solve internal problems before fighting external enemies?

Yun Che leaned back, his lips curling into a sly smile. Xing Feng looked at him and nodded, "Um, allow the research institute to rest for a day tomorrow and get them to bring up to three family members each for a meeting at 3pm in the open space of Area 3. I will take charge of the meeting personally."

No one had ever dared to walk over him throughout the twenty-five years of his life, not even when he was a child, let alone now? He would have lived in vain if he succumbed to a group of researchers and their family members.

"Sounds interesting, do you mind if I join in the fun?"

How could he just sit back and do nothing? Yun Che took out a cigarette and lit it for himself. He had to settle the score with them for bullying his family members.

"Um."

Xing Feng nodded with a solemn face. He had the say in Chaoyang, let alone the research institute.

"Wouldn't it be a pity if we don't go say hi to such arrogant people? Yehan, let's take up a few quick quests tomorrow so that we can come back earlier. I also want to see exactly how arrogant they are."

Zhou Zeyu suddenly appeared with a grilled scallop, picking up the vermicelli in the scallop and putting it into his mouth as he spoke. Surprisingly, Zhan Yafei also raised her hand and said, "I agree."

"Haha…we can't miss it either then."

Ye Xingchen smiled and looked at Jiang Shang, keeping up with the group. They were extremely protective of their own people, and what Wang Suhua said had infuriated them.

"Yes!"

The Meng brothers and Lu Haixuan also agreed, and all members of Peak Squad had made their stand. Yun Che puffed out a cloud of smoke and smiled, "Chief Leng, you gotta respect everyone's opinions."

"Get lost!"

Leng Yehan shot him a dirty look. Although he didn't nod his head, they knew that he was agreeable because he loved this home more than any of them.

"Alright, since all of you are going, we can't be left behind, can we? Chief, can we come back earlier tomorrow?"

Chu Haoling was the first to make his stand. He wasn't gonna miss something so interesting. The others all looked at Xing Feng, and the latter simply shrugged, "Whatever, as long as you can get back in time."

"Isn't it starting only at three in the afternoon, there's more than enough time."

They just had to avoid taking up quests that were either too far or too difficult. Therefore, all the core members of Chaoyang and Peak would be participating in tomorrow's meeting, which was likely to be quite exciting.

"Me too, Uncle."

Chenchen suddenly shouted loudly even though he didn't know what they were talking about. Everyone was stunned, and Yun Yao squeezed his son's chubby face, "Little rascal, do you know what your uncles are going to do?"

"I don't know!"

"Haha…"

Chenchen answered matter-of-factly, and everyone burst into a roar of laughter, amused that he wanted to join in the fun when he didn't know what was going on. Seeing them laughing, Chenchen even giggled along with them, not knowing that they were actually laughing at what he said.