Chapter 87 Abandoning Part of Humanity

I heard that the land outside was polluted and crops could not grow at all. They needed the cooperation of plant, soil and water psychics, but how could the high-ranking psychics be willing to solve the problem of food and clothing for the common people? They were also unwilling to do such rough work. In addition, the polluted soil and plants required a lot of effort to produce food that could be eaten by people. It was enough to produce a few fruits when they were hungry.

Later, Bai Jiao opened a trading channel for some vegetables, fruits and grains, which were used to exchange for spirit cores from other bases so that the psychics could eat something good.

But it's different in the Bai's base. There's no difference between the psychics and ordinary workers. Everyone does the same work. Although the psychics do get higher wages, they work faster. For example, the efficiency of metal psychics in making parts is three to ten times that of ordinary people! With the cooperation of earth psychics and plant psychics, they can have a good harvest once a month, but they also need the help of farmers to spread fertilizer. Moreover, in order to improve their psychics, the psychics have to use up their psychics every time they work, and it takes a long time to recover, which completely takes away the livelihood of ordinary people.

At one point, many people gathered around the farmland and orchards, inspecting the abundant harvest. Farmers who were fed up with being watched came out and shouted, "If you have so much free time, go apply for a place to reclaim land. Why are you watching all the hustle and bustle?"

There was a reward for reclaiming wasteland. Later, when everyone could no longer cultivate the land, they were allowed to reclaim it at will. Whoever reclaimed the land could cultivate it, and half of the land reclaimed by those with earth-related abilities was kept for public use.

The full-time work at the base is flexible, with five days on and two days off. Everyone can freely choose their rest time, which cannot be changed within a year. If there are special circumstances, apply for a shift change. There are also part-time workers who want to make extra money. As long as there are enough points in the card, it will be fine!

As a result, many people were hanging out in the base every day, and some even spontaneously applied to the higher authorities to build a playground and a statue of the Bai family during their break time. The former was approved, but the latter was rejected and they were asked not to bring it up again.

As the end of the world lasted longer, the various bases began to communicate, but this was limited to high-level officials. Ordinary people could not communicate across bases.

The situation in other bases was not optimistic. Without the Bai family's extraordinary evolution speed, and without the blessing of martial arts, and with most of the superpowers being slack after being sought after, the speed of superpower evolution was not as fast as that of zombies. It often took a team of superpowers to surround and kill a high-level zombie, but the zombies also had the ability to control low-level zombies, and it became a team of superpowers fighting a team of zombies.

Sometimes bases were destroyed by zombies, and the lucky few could go to other bases to live in refugee camps. Some crazy people spontaneously built small bases in the apocalypse, but they couldn't accommodate too many ordinary people. They were worried that if they drove away ordinary people, they would turn into zombies to deal with the base, so they simply killed the useless ordinary people.

The researchers in the dungeon have developed many potions against zombies, including those that spray disgusting smells on zombies around the base, potions that block or weaken zombies' perception, and even potions that increase the probability of not turning into a zombie after being scratched. However, these potions are only effective against people with special abilities.

Until they detected that the soil in the underground city had become moist. Through the detection of various precision instruments, they came to a frightening conclusion that the third fog might be coming!

Before the third fog comes, humans and zombies must be separated. Otherwise, zombies and unknown crises will come together, and the fate of mankind will be even more difficult. The underground city contacted various large bases that cooperated with the government and began to discuss how to move people from small bases to large bases and use drugs to concentrate zombies in the uninhabited city.

They soon noticed that the city where the Bai Group was located was located in a basin, and after driving the zombies there, it would not be easy for them to get out.

There was a disagreement on whether to notify the Bai family base and the nearby small bases. Some people insisted on safeguarding the interests of all mankind, while others suggested that if the death squad was not sent to reduce the number of zombies, they would be more likely to form a zombie tide after arriving at the basin.

"My idea is to drive the existing zombies into the basin as much as possible. We will work with the superpowers to build a high wall so that the zombies cannot cross the line in a short period of time and fight against the surviving humans inside. We will give up the piece of land connected to the border and guard a small piece of pure land."

"You know, the capacity of the large bases is close to saturation, and they can't accept everyone from the small bases. It's better to let them choose freely and let the fittest survive."

"Asshole! Are we still human? If we abandon that large group of people now, we will also have to abandon a group of people when other crises occur later... Will there be anyone left in the end?"

"Then do we still have a conscience? We are human beings, not animals!"

A calm voice said, "If we want to protect them, we'll have to sacrifice more of our men and superpowers. Who wants to contribute?"

Everyone was silent. The dungeon and the base were closely related, and the factions were complicated. If they were the first to take action and send out the psychics, and if the losses were too great, their faction would be at a disadvantage in the subsequent struggles.

"Admit it, we are just selfish people fighting for power and profit."

"Who objects to this decision?"

"Very good, 10 in favor, 63 abstentions, 0 against, then it will be officially implemented!"

Some people couldn't help showing an expression of reluctance, and they were sweating on the communicators in their hands. In the end, they chose not to tell the Bai base and other small bases the truth.

"If you really feel guilty, we can pray for them. I heard that the Bai's base has abundant supplies and good welfare. I have been digging for so long, and no one is willing to betray. Maybe they can really survive the zombie siege."

Hearing this, the people around seemed to have received spiritual comfort, as if their souls had been redeemed.

The man in the white robe walked away leisurely. They were just hypocrites who went along with the crowd. It was a pity that the first batch of predecessors who dared to take the lead had already sacrificed their lives.

Driving away zombies is not an easy job. You can only sacrifice a few ordinary people and use their flesh and blood to attract the zombies to the destination. The guide is an automatic unmanned car, and the surface is covered with a drug that attracts zombies. This drug has not been released yet, fearing that it will cause calculations within the base, so it was shelved after it was developed. I didn't expect it to be used at this time.

There were also people spreading potions along the way, spreading potions that disgusted the zombies on the places where the zombies left.

The demand for medicines increased greatly, and many people were requisitioned, resulting in insufficient food production, but this did not affect the quality of life of those with special abilities.