Chapter 20 - : Let Us In Quickly (Second Update)
Racing through the journey,
Occasionally running over the corpses of zombies on the ground, emitting an unpleasant sound of bodies bursting.
The zombies on the road still mindlessly charged forward.
Thanks to the Hongqi HS5 SUV's good anti-collision capability,
And the use of high-strength glass from Fuyao,
Had it been one of those lesser Japanese cars, it probably would have cracked after a few hits.
All the while, Li Yu was thinking:
What about Liu Weimin and his people?
Should I let them into the base?
But what if they have other motives? What then?
Not letting them in? That's not an option either.
If Liu Weimin is not allowed in, Uncle will probably have some thoughts about it too.
The base needs more people, and that woman is fierce!
Sigh, it's complicated.....
Now the entire world has been taken over by zombies, they're everywhere.
In the years since being reborn, no significant organization has been established.
The larger the city, the bigger the population, the more zombies there are.
Hundreds of zombies can still be dealt with by manpower.
Thousands of zombies can be cleared with a decent number of people and firepower.
Tens of thousands of zombies, without a solid base, is very hard to withstand.
What about hundreds of thousands, or even millions of zombies?
M City had a population of 25 million, and with the disaster of torrential rain, zombies could even survive in water.
Only a mere fraction of the survivors were alive.
He had once escaped from M City, after the torrential rain, when sea levels rose and many cities were submerged.
Many of the Government's important strategic bases were also submerged in the endless ocean.
Only some of the higher grounds in the north and south, like plateaus and hills, were relatively safe for the time being.
After the apocalypse, human morality deteriorated, the relationships between people reduced to merely exchanges of interests.
The lack of unity among people led to the continued failure to establish large bases.
Social order collapsed in the post-apocalyptic world, and everything was in chaos.
Perhaps there were some good people, but they were often easily stabbed, and in the end...
Sigh...
Once, he too was a kind person.
To save the world? He thought:
To save the world, one would need to expand manpower, enlarge the base, organize management...
Learn that set of methods: Unite all the forces that can be united, defeat the enemy.
But right now, the colossal mountain of zombies alone is enough to suffocate everyone.
And the fundamental situation is different:
The state ownership of land, through great innovation, solved the millennia-old problem of land annexation.
Everyone was equal, with farmland to cultivate, with food and clothing.
United as one.
But now, even the most basic farmland had been so extensively submerged, with billions of zombies everywhere,
Without secure land, without united people, there would be no food,
Without sufficient food, what else is there to talk about...
Plus, with everyone having different motives, the path to saving the world is truly difficult!
Shaking his head, Li Yu decided not to think too much for now.
For the time being, he just wanted to protect his family.
In the days before his rebirth, life was worse than death without his family, struggling alone in the world.
That kind of life wasn't living, it was merely existing, and death might have been better.
After a moment of thought, Li Yu shook his head and instantly cleared his mind.
To hell with it, take it one step at a time, no use getting tangled up,
Just keep an eye out, and if anyone tries to mess with us, chop them down!
In these apocalyptic times, whoever dares harm his family will get the chop.
The car kept driving on the road, and fortunately, they didn't encounter any large zombie hordes.
...
Meanwhile, at the base, Second Uncle up on the high wall
And the Village Chief below with a group of others found themselves in an awkward situation.
To rescue or not to rescue? Li Hongyuan was caught in a moral quandary.
Li Hongyuan was always kind to others; once he even kindly paid the fare for someone on a bus who didn't have it.
But Second Uncle had a very firm stance: No rescue!
The Village Chief was still standing downstairs, glaring furiously at the Women's Director.
The little girl in front was timidly standing in the center.
Like a daisy swaying in the storm.
Her pitiful appearance made the two people upstairs feel somewhat distressed.
At this moment, a young man with tattoos on his arm, holding a kitchen knife, spoke up: "Li Hongda, don't think you're something special because you've been out and about for two years. We're all from the same village. If you don't rescue us, you're utterly heartless!"
The people behind him echoed his sentiment one after another.
Just then,
The roar of car engines caught everyone's attention.
People began to look back in the direction of the noise.
Coming towards them were two SUVs, followed by a police riot-control vehicle.
Seeing the police car, some people cheered, but others had a strange gleam in their eyes as they shrank back.
Especially the tattooed young man, who upon seeing the police vehicle, appeared nervous but still mustered his courage and said defiantly, "It's illegal for you not to open the door to rescue us! Hmph!"
The leading car saw the crowd but showed no signs of stopping.
The Village Chief and the others felt a twinge of apprehension as the car didn't seem to stop.
As the car looked like it was about to hit people, everyone hastily made way.
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Eventually, the vehicle stopped beneath the main gate building.
Li Yu unfastened his seatbelt and got out of the car.
Holding a submachine gun in his hand.
One by one, others also got out of the vehicle.
Uncle and others were watching the scene, not knowing what was happening.
Liu Weimin, who had alighted from the riot-control vehicle, also got out.
He looked around with a face full of confusion.
Li Yu said nothing; from afar, he had already seen these people.
Without needing to think, he knew what had happened.
He had seen too much of this in the early days of the apocalypse before his rebirth.
Seeing Li Yu getting out of the car, the Village Chief said happily, "Xiao Yu, there are monsters everywhere. We know you're capable, you've built this resort. Look, we're all from the same village. Can you let us in?"
Li Yu did not respond affirmatively or negatively, staying silent for the moment.
Seeing this, the Village Chief grabbed the little girl in front of him and pointed at her.
He repeated what he had said to Second Uncle and the others.
Seeing the little girl shivering in the cold autumn wind, wearing only one shoe.
Upon learning that the little girl had lost all her family and was now alone and destitute.
The newly arrived survivors from the cars felt heavy-hearted upon hearing this.
Uncle Liu Jianwen's spirits, which had been buoyed by the prospect of returning home, plummeted.
Especially Liu Huamei, her eyes reddened instantly upon hearing the wretched tale of the little girl.
Li Yu looked at the little girl, who was shoeless, gaunt, and wan. However, the leaders like the Village Chief were well-dressed and looked rosy-cheeked.
Seeing this, Li Yu remained expressionless, not intending to say anything.
Upon noticing Liu Weimin in his police uniform, the Village Chief had a thought.
He choked up and said, "Xiao Yu, we really had no choice, you can't just let us die and become food for zombies."
The villagers behind him also spoke up:
"Xiao Yu, save us, please."
"Just let us in."
....
At this point, Liu Jianwen and the Liu Family father and daughter seemed to have grasped the situation.
Liu Weimin stepped forward and asked, "Why not let them in?"
His eyes brimming with a strong sense of justice.
Throughout his decades of experience, he had always been about aiding the weak and punishing the wicked.
His sense of righteousness was overwhelming.
Liu Huamei beside him looked at him with a very disappointed expression.
She had thought that this man, so formidable in killing zombies,
And who just an hour ago had rescued the three of them,
Why would he risk danger to save them but refuse to open the gate for these people?
She didn't understand.