Yun Che’s Ambition

It took Dragon almost two days to pack up and gather their people. Two days later, Yun Che asked Leng Yehan to call together the army that belonged to him into Space, then Chaoyang and Peak left the Capital. Since the space corridor only connected the Coast with the southwest and southwest with the capital, they had to return to the southwest first and then set off to the Coast from there. Yun Che and others didn't stay long in the southwest, and they didn't even say hello to Lei Dashan. Ye Xingchen, Jiang Shang, Lu Haixuan and Chu Haoling were the only ones left there to help Dragon and Senior Chen settle down while the others headed to the Coast on the same day.

When they started planting in the southwest, Tan Weiye had instructed his subordinates to circle the land, so all preparations were done, and they were now waiting for Yun Che to come to purify the land so that they could start planting. The land of the Coast was inside the base as well. What was different was that their land was fan-shaped and enclosed the base. It expanded outwards the original Linhai City at the center. Apart from the back that was facing the sea, the other three sides of the base were surrounded by endless land. Outside the land were two solid walls. No one patrolled the walls but every couple of meters there was a panoramic camera, which were used to observe zombies and other creatures outside the wall. In this way, crowds were isolated from the outside world, so zombies wouldn't be able to smell people gathering just like they used to.

For the Coast Base, zombies were not the biggest trouble. Various mutant beasts in the sea were. Since the snow storm last June, natural disasters never stopped. There were earthquakes, floods and other disasters. Tsunami was one of them as well. Although Linhai was still some distance away from the sea, when the tsunami struck, all superfunction possessors of water, earth and gold had to rush to the wall at the back of the base, solidifying the wall while diverting the raging seawater by the water system. Meanwhile, they also had to fight against the mutant beasts that came along with the tsunami.

Human beings were indeed tenacious creature. After more than a year, the Coast Base had not only adapted to the harsh environment, but also figured out the law of the tsunami, and they had become more and more adept to deal with it. Even though superfunction possessors were exhausted every time, they were not like before, when they were in such a muddle that a lot of superfunction possessors died.

"Here we go!"

"Peak, Chaoyang, welcome!"

"Captain Xing, Captain Yun!"

Yun Che directly went to the land to help them water the land without visiting the Coast Base. When they finished the business and returned, a lot of survivors gathered at the gate of the base. People came here on their initiatives to welcome Xing Feng and Yun Che's arrival, because they remembered that Chaoyang and Peak were the ones that saved them from the attack of zombies. And now they were here again to help the with the planting. They would forever be Coast's most distinguished guests.

"Hello, everyone, I'm visiting here again."

Feeling the enthusiasm of the people, Yun Che waved to them with a smile on his face as he sat on the jeep.

"Ah… Captain Yun… Captain Yun…"

Seeing this, the crowd was more excited and the commotion grew. A lot of people screamed the name of Yun Che. The military wasn't planning to involve and a lot of soldiers were in the crowd welcoming them. However, seeing the situation, they had to come and maintain the order, otherwise, it would become chaotic in no time.

"The people of the Coast are still so enthusiastic."

Yun Che, who knew he had caused trouble, innocently rubbed his nose. The people of the Coast were just too enthusiastic.

"You guys are their heroes, so of course they're enthusiastic. To be honest, even I, the Base Commander, have never received such warm welcome."

Tan Weiye, who was also sitting in the car, said a bit jealously. Peak and Chaoyang were heroes for survivors in the Coast. And even for those who came to Coast after the incident, influenced by the others, they also worshiped Peak and Chaoyang.

"Yo, Weiye, are you jealous?"

Sitting next to him, Mo Wenyang joked. Should he remind him that he seemed to have lost to Xing Feng again?

"You're not the one they worship. What am I jealous of?"

Grabbing his hand, Tan Weiye shamelessly flirted with him in public. Yun Che, who was sitting in front, turned back to look at them, "I've seen people helping their loved ones, but I've never seen anyone like Mr. Mo, who loves to make fun of your man. Mr. Mo, are you sure you're not the undercover agent sent by the roasting association?"

"Fxxk off!"

Mo Wenyang punched in the back of his seat, and all four of them could not help but laugh. As they drove into the base, people's cheering for them almost pierced their eardrums. Crowds filled the sides of the road and there was an endless sea of people. Two thirds of the population of the base were here, if not the entire population. Soldiers were helping clear the road, or else, they wouldn't have been able to move forward an inch.

"You have more survivors in the Coast, aren't you?"

After asking the question, Yun Che wanted to slap himself. What nonsense was he talking about? Of course there were more survivors. It had been more than a year since their last visit. As the doomsday prolonged, it would be more difficult for smaller bases to survive and they would go and seek refuge with larger bases nearby. Those stronger individuals would also join powerful bases, and larger bases might not be able to withstand the attack from the zombies and gradually disintegrated. And those survivors would seek refuge with other larger bases. Therefore, there were always survivors coming to large bases and their population was bound to increase.

"We already have more than ten million population, about one-third of which are superfunction possessors. Luckily, we are close to the sea and the sea food is sufficient. Otherwise, as poor as we were in resources when the doomsday first came, we won't be able to feed them.

The smile on his face disappearing, Tan Weiye felt helpless. It was actually ironic that sea creatures were their biggest enemy and the foundation of their survival.

"Ten million? That's quite a lot. We only have a little over eight million in southwest."

Hearing the number, Mo Wenyang was surprise, while Yun Che was shocked by the eight million people in southwest, "When did we have that many people in our base?"

If he remembered correctly, when they left, the Southwest Base had at most two or three million people, right?

"What do you think? Do you remember how long you have been away from the southwest? And we have successfully grown food, so many people come to us with their family. The stats are form last month. Wan told me there are more people coming to southwest every day, and they were discussing on how to expand the base. Wan'an District can no longer cater so many people."

This was something that had made Mo Wenyang headache. The base was backed by the Longmen Mountains, and it was facing the Lingjiang River. If they wanted to expand it, it had to be extended to the left and right. However, the land of Chaoyang and Peak as well as the military was at the two sides. If they wanted to expand the base, they have to either abandon the land they now had or took a detour around the planting base. The former option would be such a waste because the yield in these two planting bases was outstanding, but the latter option was neither desirable as it would cut the Southwest Base into halves, which would bring problems to the management in the future. What was worse, it might lead to the division of the base, which was something they all hated to see.

"It's time to expand."

If Mo Wenyang could think of it, Yun Che could as well, but…

"Let's discard the existing planting base, and build two more cities on both sides. The land has to be expanded at least fifty kilometers to both left and right. We will still build the walls of the base along the dike, and build buildings in the front like those in Wan'an District while the land at the back that are connected to the mountains will be used for planting. Let's allocate the land to survivors in the base first, and we'll circle the land after the expansion is completed."

A moment later, Yun Che replied in a deep voice. In this way, Southwest Base would undoubtedly become the largest base in the whole country in terms of land. He was indeed ambitious. Abandoning the existing planting area was already quite admirable.

"You're kidding, are you?"

Mo Wenyang widened his eyes in disbelief. Apart from abandoning the existing planting base, he wanted to expand the base fifty kilometers in the left and right flanks, which added up to a hundred kilometers. If his plan worked out, the Southwest Base would be too large for anyone to imagine. Even if only two thirds of it were used for cultivation, they would still have plenty land left. In this way, even if the base would have over ten million people, everyone would be able to have some land.

"Do I look like I'm joking?"

Turning sideways to meet his gaze, Yun Che said in a serious tone, "There are almost ten million people in the base now. Who can be sure that the number won't reach twenty or thirty million? It really breaks our heart to give up the planting area. Do you want things like this to happen again? If we want to expand the land, let's simply build it to the largest base in the nation. In this way, we will not only solve subsequent problems but have more planting area so everyone can have some land and everyone will be able to fill their stomach."

Yun Che's idea not only shocked Mo Wenyang, but Xing Feng and Tan Weiye. He was too ambitious, and no one would be able to compete with him in this regard.

"I agree with Che. It is now difficult for us to collect edible resources. Instead of risking our lives to hunt mutant beasts, we'd better create more planting area. We have three armies in the southwest, together with hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Plus, we have millions of superfunction possessors, so if we all work together, this is not a difficult task to achieve."

After a moment of contemplation, Xing Feng, who was in charge of driving, replied. Yun Che's plan was indeed crazy and bold, but it could also solve the problem at the root.

"We'll need a lot of supplies if we ask superfunction possessors to help."

Although Mo Wenyang did not air his opinion, he started to take it into serious consideration. They were both someone who dreamed big. Since Yun Che had the courage to propose it, he was not too coward to implement it.

"What supplies? There's no need to pay them. Just tell them it is for the base. Kick whoever unwilling to participate out of the base."

"Well."

Yun Che's words once again made Mo Wenyang speechless, the corners of his mouth twitching. What a home-guarding beast he was. He was just ferocious. But this time he agreed with him.

"Okay, then it's settled."

Jokes aside, Mo Wenyang gritted his teeth and made the decision, "But Yun Che. The zombies were everywhere outside, and apart from Chaoyang and Peak, we don't have level 7 superfunction possessors. We're going to expand a huge amount of land so we will sure encounter a lot of high-level zombies or zombie beasts. You have to lend some people to me."

If their highest level superfunction possessor was only level 6, those level 7 zombies would beat the shit out of them.

"Well, I should've let them out in the southwest if I knew this was coming. Forget it, when you leave the Coast, I will gather all the people who have reached level 7 at the Peak and Chaoyang, and you and Xing Feng could return with them."

"I'm going back too?"

Xing Feng pointed at himself. Yun Che smiled and looked at him, "Of course, what if there are level-8 zombies? Everything is possible in the doomsday. You all go to the southwest to help. I'll deal with things in the Coast and capital."

"Okay, you're the boss."

Why else would people call him an errand boy? He was just so obedient. Though they hadn't done anything, Tan Weiye and Mo Wenyang at the back thought they had seen enough. Why couldn't they stop publicly displaying their affection for each other? They were actually a couple but Yun Che and Xing Feng made them look like bachelors and they were having enough watching their displaying their love.