When Tom fell into the prison of the mutant and became a two legged sheep and slave, Shen Jiayi, the highest leader of the shelter located in Haiwei Mini Industry, sat at her desk with a furrowed brow.
In front of her was Zhao Xitong, wearing a white Zhongshan suit, but seeing his smile full of humility, he said, "Jiayi, I'll pick you up at my house for dinner tonight at 9 o'clock."
Shen Jiayi closed her hands in front of the table, still expressionless. She glanced at a stack of documents next to her and said in a deep voice, "No, I'm not available tonight. I wish your sister a happy birthday. Bai Tingting will send her the birthday gift for me."
Zhao Xitong's face quickly changed, but soon changed back to the expression with a sincere smile: "Jiayi, we can't finish the work at the shelter. We're already on track now. You really don't have to work so hard. Overexertion is not good for your health."
"I am the Awakened One, remember?" Shen Jiayi said solemnly, "When you think about one thing, I can think about three things at the same time. This little amount of work won't make it difficult for me. Instead, Tom exchanged a list of supplies for contribution coins a month and a half ago. Let your secretary deliver it to me before 10 o'clock tomorrow morning."
As soon as he mentioned Tom, Zhao Xitong's face immediately became extremely ugly. He pursed his lips and shouted loudly, "Tom... Tom... he has been away for almost a month, and you are still struggling with this person... If he really values you, he should wait for you to come back from the power station, report to you in person, and bid farewell, instead of silently taking away so many supplies and a state-of-the-art armor with his own privileges!"
Zhao Xitong and Shen Jiayi have known each other since childhood and have always had thoughts about her. At this moment, there was a bit of an outburst, and she could understand it. Therefore, she didn't mind Zhao Xitong talking loudly to herself, "It doesn't matter whether he values me or not. And he deserves my attention. His sudden departure surprised me a bit, but it was reasonable. At least he dared to face any challenge, rather than hiding in a safe wall and pointing fingers at the soldiers who protect him."
"Am I pointing fingers at the soldiers?" Zhao Xitong became angry and his voice unconsciously increased in tone. "Those cowards in the security department have not yet figured out how the mutated people got in. They were able to sneak into the breeding farm before, but tomorrow they may sneak into the shelter, which poses a great threat to the management's residence in Shouwang Town. If things don't work well, we have to contribute quotas and resources every day, and our resources are not endless. We are unstable in the hearts of the management, so why should we manage this 100000 population? Jiayi... The chairman has been keeping an eye on you, telling you not to prioritize those lower level employees, those lazy survivors." "We are not worth your allocation of such a good environment, it will only make these lowly people accustomed to your goodness. Have you not heard of the rise of rice, the fight of rice, and the grudges of rice?"
Shen Jiayi patted the table and immediately spread his majestic aura, not only startling Zhao Xitong but also alerting No.2 who was guarding outside the door. She waved her hand and asked Number 2 to leave before saying, "Now is the end of the world. While resources are important, population is the most important. If you don't understand this for a day, I won't be able to confidently open up the access to control the computer to all departments. Now... get out of here!"
Zhao Xitong's face twisted slightly with anger. He stroked his hair, which had been messed up with excitement earlier, and nodded heavily. "Okay... I know!" He shook his hand and left.
When Zhao Xitong walked away, the second person walked in and said, "Miss, don't get angry because of their shallowness. You should understand that in the end of the world, some people will feel that they should be the elite class, while others are slaves. This is how it is portrayed in many games and movie stories."
"I know that a bunch of reports in the post apocalyptic strategy office are reminding me to be wary of habitual thinking in this regard. This post apocalypse is not a traditional radiation post apocalypse. In front of the awakened, the advantages of ordinary people will gradually weaken over time, and they cannot understand it at all. They still believe in the same thing as before. The No. 3 breeding farm has been closed for 21 days of investigation, and the final investigation report should be placed in front of me tomorrow. Ouyang Haotian, as an investigator, should also come to see me."
"Miss, do you still think Tom's departure is related to the mutant riot incident that occurred at Farm 3?"
Shen Jiayi nodded and said, "Ouyang Haotian once said that Ni Peiyun had a problem, and he insisted that it was not Tom who left the shelter that day. There is currently no evidence to support this, but based on my calculations, there is also a possibility."
Number 2 thought for a moment and said, "I remember Ni Peiyun's daughter was an employee of Farm 3 and one of the deceased that day. It's a bit unreasonable to say that Ni Peiyun used his own daughter's life to frame Tom."
"According to the submitted report, the mutated person is Liu Dagang, an employee of the breeding farm. He secretly ate crystals and underwent a second level hidden mutation. On the same night, he also ate Ni Peiyun's daughter Chen Junli and caused a riot. His combat ability was very strong, and even the foreign mercenaries who went to inspect at the time were unable to capture him, and he even chased him for half a month."
"Kratos' combat power is indeed very strong," Number 2 couldn't help but exclaim, "These mutants are just too extraordinary, but what does this have to do with Tom?"
Shen Jiayi stood up and turned to look at the busy Hope Town outside the window. After a moment of silence, she said, "According to the rumors from the harvest on the 156th, some witnesses claimed that it was not Liu Dagang who caused the riot at that time, but Tom."
Number 2 was shocked and said, "Tom? Tom is a mutant? It's impossible. He relies on crystals every time he uses abilities. How could he mutate?"
"But Tom's basic strength and speed are both very high, twice the average level of the shelter. So... this is not impossible either."
"This..." Number 2 was a bit at a loss, and he was a bit familiar with Tom. He insisted that Tom was a mutant, and he couldn't accept it. "Rumors, what is the source of rumors? I think it's the literary memory that still lurks inside our shelter today."
"The source comes from the R&D department," Shen Jiayi sighed. The various conflicts in her shelter were too troublesome, making her a bit bored. So last time she was taken away by a mutated crow, she just wanted to go missing and didn't want to come back to face these problems. "Bai Sifei and Zhao Xitong were both very resistant to him, and I knew the reason was me. I got too close to him. That's why I deliberately distanced myself from him a while ago. I wanted him to grow up smoothly in the shelter, but it turned out that he was at a loss. This may be one of the reasons why he would rather go find his sister himself than send someone to help him."
"I think Tom is very similar to us. He is a pure warrior, and whether it's his mentality or personality, he is not good at roundabout office politics. I can understand Tom's own starting point for finding his sister. He doesn't hold any grudges against you, so you don't have to blame yourself too much."
Shen Jiayi nodded and said, "I know... actually, I was still hesitating whether he was the boy who saved me back then. Because Yang Caishan mentioned to me that Tom and Ni Peiyun knew each other, and she said that her rabbit pendant that looked very similar to me was given to her by Ni Peiyun. She also found out that when Yuan Feixing publicly asked a metal forger to imitate my pendant, Tom who volunteered was arranged by Ni Peiyun."
"Are you saying... Ni Peiyun designed a game to make you think that Tom was the person who saved you and made you a rabbit pendant back then?"
Shen Jiayi closed her eyes and pondered for a moment, "I've been asking myself whether that boy was really important to me back then. I was afraid that Tom was that person, and I was afraid that he wasn't that person... So I hesitated and didn't dare to face Tom at that time. It wasn't until Tom disappeared that I truly understood that I liked this man. When I got off the plane outside the shelter in Jiangxia Village, that man looked at me with a pair of wary eyes. After learning my identity, he offered to stay voluntarily until the second evacuation, and his sincere eyes left an unforgettable impression on me."
"You..." Number 2 suddenly felt very happy. His young lady has been very closed since childhood, rarely showing true feelings, and has few friends. After hearing the young lady's personal confession of her feelings for Tom, he felt that he didn't see the wrong person. That Tom was very good.
"Yes, I like Tom. I think... that's also why that little girl named Lin Meiqi has been provoking me since she came back. She also likes Tom. If I had faced up to this mood at the time, I wouldn't have cared about my uncle and shareholders' opinions at all. I would not have hesitated to elevate Tom to the second highest level of authority after me, so that anyone who questioned him... would go to hell!"
"So I'll personally take some brothers to find Tom?"
"Number 176 has been keeping an eye on this intelligence for me. You are ready, ready to depart at any time. This time, you must find Tom back, whether he is human or a ghost!"
Number 2 excitedly stood at attention and saluted, "Yes, miss!"
Shen Jiayi turned her gaze to a building on the edge of Hope Town, which was the "ant nest" built by Tom. She smiled and said, "Lin Meiqi... Ouyang Haotian... I believe those men and women who were conquered by Tom are also working tirelessly to find Tom's whereabouts. Please convey to Zhang Guxing for me that he will provide them with help privately. The resources needed, please let Number 5 quietly go through the channel of the psychic office."
"Yes, miss!"
As expected by Shen Jiayi, Lin Meiqi, who was the most repulsive and repulsive towards Shen Jiayi in Uncle Wei's camp, was currently holding an organizational meeting in the ant colony.
In addition to members of the ant colony such as Ouyang Haotian, Liu Lian, Cheng Fuhua, and Zhao Yingying, there are also core members of the old medical school camp such as Wei Shu, Wang Zixiong, and Zhou Guangrong. They use the opportunity of the dinner party to close their doors and hold a meeting.
But when Lin Meiqi slapped the metal doll on the table and gritted her teeth, she said, "There's something wrong with the new batch of crystals distributed by the R&D department."
"Is there a problem?" Ouyang Haotian took a sip of his wine and asked, "You find problems in the R&D department every day. What problems can crystals have?"
"I found a level 3 yellow crystal too fresh."
"Fresh?"
"I dare say that the crystal was never dug out of the mutated organism for more than three days."
"Cut, what's so unusual about this," Ouyang Haotian didn't agree. "I wonder why it's not a big deal."
"I asked the little old man Zhang Guxing, and he said that there have been no combat missions outside the shelter in the past week."
After hearing this, Uncle Wei suddenly stood up and said, "Are you saying that the shelter is secretly using people to raise mutant creatures?"