Chapter 28 The Regenerative Tree

After jumping off the wall.

Zhou Yuan did not do anything, but the people around him took two steps back in fear.

Zhou Yuan, who was now covered in blood, was scarier than a zombie in their eyes.

And that was indeed the case.

He was a man who could kill zombies consecutively without any fear.

If zombies had intelligence, they would also be afraid of him!

Zhang He lowered his head and walked over.

“Mr. Zhou, what are we going to do next?”

Zhou Yuan did not say anything but gave Zhang He a look.

The two of them walked into the library.

After entering the house, Zhou Yuan took off his blood-stained clothes and said,

“Is there anyone causing trouble in the base?”

Zhou Yuan’s question confused Zhang He.

Causing trouble? Definitely not.

However, a qualified subordinate would definitely be able to read the mind of his superior.

For Zhou Yuan to ask this question, he naturally had his own reasons.

Then as a subordinate, Zhang He couldn’t simply understand Zhou Yuan’s meaning of causing trouble.

Thinking of this, Zhang He nodded and said,

“Yes, but it’s just a small fight. I’ve already had people suppress it!”

As soon as he said that, Zhang He was very impressed with his own reaction.

This answer was watertight.

However, Zhou Yuan’s next words made him break out in a cold sweat.

“This base is too small.”

“There are too many people.”

Zhang He lowered his head. Beads of sweat rolled down his cheeks to his chin, and finally dripped on the ground.

Zhou Yuan had two meanings to this sentence.

First, the base was too small to accommodate so many people, so they needed to expand the base.

Second, there were too many people, so he had to…reduce the number.

Connecting the dots, Zhang He was sure that Zhou Yuan meant the latter.

That’s why he asked if anyone was causing trouble.

If there were, they would definitely be disposed of.

Zhou Yuan took out a piece of paper from the table and threw it to Zhang He.

“Strengthen the walls, harvest grain, reclaim wasteland, build houses, and so on.”

“If there’s anything I didn’t think of, you can add it yourself.”

“Remember, the goal of everything is to improve and strengthen the base.”

“I don’t want to see people sleeping all around the base after ten days or half a month.”

“If you need anything, come to me. I’ll solve it for you.”

“This is the plan I made. Take a look and quickly arrange for people to start working in various jobs.”

“Last but not least, you have to give me a name list.”

“On the list, remember clearly what job, how many people there are, and what each person’s name is.”

“For those who are not assigned a job, make a separate list.”

Holding the proposal that Zhou Yuan had thrown at him, Zhang He nodded and said respectfully,

“Don’t worry, I’ll definitely do a good job.”

Zhou Yuan was obviously trying to reduce the team’s size.

This situation was similar to the past when big companies had to lay off their employees.

Those who were not suitable would be dismissed.

In the past, when employees were laid off, they could just spend some time looking for new jobs.

Now, however, should one be laid off, what would happen to them?

Thinking of the countless zombies outside the wall, Zhang He couldn’t help but feel a chill.

At the thought of this, Zhang He’s attitude became even more humble.

He was afraid that he would be thrown into the zombie crowd by Zhou Yuan if he performed poorly.

Seeing Zhang He’s expression, Zhou Yuan’s expression softened.

The reason why he spoke so coldly earlier was that he suddenly had a realization while killing zombies.

Now that there was a zombie outbreak, many people in the base seemed to have to rely on him to survive.

Just like afore.

He wanted the zombie crystalline cores and he was killing them by himself.

Each of them was more cowardly than the other. They didn’t dare to come over to kill the zombies.

He had worked hard to obtain the crystalline cores and exchanged them for gold coins to evolve all kinds of resources.

In the end, didn’t those people benefit from it without doing much?

This was something that Zhou Yuan could not accept, and something that he had never thought of.

Therefore, as soon as he came back, he wanted to target the thousand-odd people in the base.

On one hand, they couldn’t just sit and eat, they had to speed up the construction.

There were zombies everywhere outside, so they could only live in the base for the time being.

In that case, there was still food for the time being, but what about the other supplies?

What would they do when there was a shortage of food one day?

Therefore, he had to ignite everyone’s enthusiasm and motivation.

If he couldn’t get them to adapt to the situation, he would have to subject them to forceful measures and suppress them.

For example, everyone had to have a job and contribute to the construction of the base.

Another example was to force everyone to go out and hunt zombies regularly and use crystalline cores to exchange for time to live in the base.

Zhou Yuan thought of many ways to solve this problem.

However, these measures had to be taken step by step.

On the other hand, it was also because he couldn’t let these people develop the habit of being lazy. They couldn’t just eat and wait for death.

These people were all survivors of the disaster.

They had experienced that kind of rich and carefree life.

Should everyone return to their previous lives under his leadership, even if it was only one percent of the past standard…

The bad nature of these people would be stimulated infinitely.

For example, if they didn’t want to work, they would be sly enough to slack off during their work, and so on.

There was even the possibility of a rebellion.

Zhou Yuan could not accept this, so he had to take precautions.

He needed them to know the main purpose of the base and who built it.

Who was the one that helped them in their survival?

Otherwise, there would be endless trouble in the future!

Zhou Yuan’s expression softened when he saw Zhang He’s nervousness. He reminded him,

“I won’t kill the innocent.”

“But I won’t let trash stay in the base.”

“So you don’t have to worry.” Zhang He heaved a sigh of relief.

He really thought that Zhou Yuan would throw all the unemployed and incompetent people out of the wall, or even kill them directly!

After bidding farewell respectfully, Zhang He took the plan and immediately called for his right-hand man.

Then, he quickly gathered everyone and arranged their work in an orderly manner.

The people who had been on guard duties and those who reinforced the wall would continue their respective job.

The harvest and the reclamation of the wasteland were given to the same group of people.

They had been doing this before, so everyone was familiar with it.

However, when it came to the construction of the house, Zhang He faced a problem.

According to Zhou Yuan’s request, the house had to be a proper one and not some refugee tin house or tent.

At the very least, they had to build a house made of brick and wood.

There were a lot of bricks in the ruins and they would not be used up so quickly.

However, wood was rare.

He did not store any wood in advance.

There were only four or five crooked trees in the entire base, and they were not even as thick as a person’s thigh.

After some thought, Zhang He found Zhou Yuan again.

He remembered that Zhou Yuan had told him to look for him if he needed anything.

Zhou Yuan brought him to the crooked trees without a word.

Looking at the small tree in front of him, Zhou Yuan thought to himself,

“System, 100 gold coins to evolve these trees.”

[Okay.)

[Ding! Evolution completed. Ordinary sapling has evolved into a Regenerative Tree.)

“Regenerative tree. This species of tree has a well-developed root system. As long as its root exists, it can grow rapidly.”

This time, the system directly viewed these trees as a whole, which surprised Zhou Yuan.

Not long after, under the horrified gazes of Zhang He and the others…

These crooked trees grew into towering trees in a dozen seconds.

Each tree was as thick as three people hugging each other, and they were as tall as several stories.

Zhang He and the others were so shocked by this miracle that they all knelt down.