End of the World Cycle

That night, Zhou Lili and Zhang Mingfang worked together to cook a large table full of dishes. Two large round tables were set up on the rooftop of the 88th floor, and all the guests were Xie Qin's first batch of residents.

It's not that she is very close to them, but she has more affection for them than ordinary people, including Xu Kai's family, Yang Yuan's family, Dr. Lan's grandparents, Liang Pengfei and his wife, Miao Zhe, Guo Dongkang, and Zhou Lili's family and Liu Bo's family, who she found herself, which makes them her original team.

These people were not very familiar with each other. Although they were reserved, no one seemed able to resist the delicious food. After a few bites of food, they started talking and gradually they were chatting with each other.

After the meal, a few old men sat together drinking some wine, five children were running around playing, the women gathered together to chat about interesting things before the end of the world, and Zhou Lili and Guo Dongkang were called by Xie Qin to the study downstairs to discuss the future plans of the base.

In the study room on the 88th floor, Guo Dongkang looked at the woman whom he had only met twice. He could not see anything special about her, nor did she have any special abilities. He only knew that she was an acquaintance of Xie Qin, but he did not understand why she was involved in the decision-making of the base construction.

To be honest, Guo Dongkang is still a bit of a male chauvinist in his heart, and he is not so easy to accept women. It's just that for him, people like Xie Qin are just strong admirers, and in the face of absolute strength, gender and age are not worth mentioning.

"This is Zhou Lili. I will not be in the base in the future. If there is anything, you two should discuss it together. Each of you has 50% decision-making power." Xie Qin sat down at the desk and motioned for the two to get to know each other.

"Hello, my name is Guo Dongkang."

"Hello, Zhou Lili." Zhou Lili extended her hand and shook hands with Guo Dongkang generously. Then both of them sat on the chairs opposite Xie Qin.

Guo Dongkang took out a folder, which contained several pages of information about the base and his future plans. Xie Qin took it and looked at it carefully.

Currently, the more than 300 extra people in the base are almost all in dormitories. Only a few people with sufficient supplies or strong superpowers and many crystal cores have moved into small suites.

"After you left, Shui Liqing and a few other people from the Shui family went back to Yushan. They brought back nearly half a ton of raw stones. The machine at the exchange office on the 16th floor couldn't recognize them, so they're waiting for you to come back and take a look."

"Half a ton? That much?"

"Jade is priceless, it's all hyped up. I was thinking if you need it, maybe you can cooperate with the Shui family. They have dozens of mines in China alone, and their ancestors have been working in this field for generations, so they have great experience in mining."

"Okay, I'll go try it out tomorrow morning to see if these raw stones are useful."

After listening to Guo Dongkang's words, Xie Qin continued to watch, then frowned. Although she didn't know much about management, Guo Dongkang's plan was very problematic. It was almost entirely militarized management, and even the time for going out voluntarily, curfew, and meal times had strict regulations.

As for the future plans, they were all about adding various types of armed defenses, and other things in daily life were not considered at all. Xie Qin closed the folder and handed it to Zhou Lili.

Zhou Lili also finished reading with a frown on her face. It was Guo Dongkang's turn to be puzzled. He was sure that there were no loopholes in his plan. As long as he added a base prison, he would be able to manage everyone in the base well.

"Any questions?"

"I need to establish a healthy food chain in the base. The management should be relaxed but moderate. Where they can be given freedom, they should be given absolute freedom. Where they cannot be given freedom, they should also be absolutely managed. At this stage, my plan is to make the entire downtown area of ​​Dongyue my base. In the future, I also hope to make it the entire city."

"So big?" Guo Dongkang couldn't help but open his eyes wide in shock. They had almost no foundation now, and it was simply a fantasy to turn the entire Dongyue City into a safe zone. Not to mention the size of the place, they couldn't manage the people in such a large place.

They are not like the regular army of the country, and they are not a team that can attack wherever they are directed. Moreover, the zombies have broken out, and they know from the information broadcast on the radio every day that there are only a few survivors, so they are facing no supplies, no weapons, and no people.

"You don't have to worry about supplies and weapons, just take in new residents. And please note that once you join the base, you must be absolutely loyal. If you are found to be disloyal or betraying the base, you will be sentenced to death."

"The weapons in those arsenals I told you about are probably not enough. Moreover, some of them have been flooded. They are definitely not enough to support the defense of an entire city."

"I know, don't worry. There are places to get weapons. You two should discuss building it according to normal city standards. There is still more than half a month before the six-month cold wave. I hope to see a reasonably functioning base before the cold wave ends. Do you understand?"

"I understand." Zhou Lili, who had been silent, nodded and then fell into deep thought.

"You two should discuss it. Give me a new plan in three days. Uncle Guo, you should ask Teacher Zhou more. She lived much longer than you in her previous life. Knowing about future natural disasters will help you plan."

"Her? Her too?"

"Yes, she is also a reborn person like you."

Zhou Lili was not surprised to hear this. She looked up at Guo Dongkang and then gave him a kind smile.

"I am also very honored to have died on the same day as our base commander." Zhou Lili said jokingly.

"From today on, the two of you are the deputy base commanders of our base. The core of Wuliang Base consists of only three of us. I know very well that no matter how strong I am, my experience and brain are not enough to build a base. Therefore, you can make decisions boldly. I will question and oppose, but if you have enough reasons to convince me, I will agree with your decision."

"Yeah." Zhou Lili nodded first, then opened the plan made by Guo Dongkang and studied it carefully.

"If I need some infrastructure maps of the city in the past, can I find them?" Zhou Lili looked up and asked.

"Go find Miao Zhe, he should be able to get it. By the way, when more people come, the current power generation system of the building cannot supply electricity for all users at the same time. Find a way to solve the power problem first, and screen to see if there are any relevant talents. If there are people you can use, you don't have to pay the threshold fee."

"Okay, I understand. By the way, I brought all the gold, jade, and diamonds I collected during this period up here and gave them to your mother. A total of 120 kilograms of gold, 90 carats of diamonds, and 170 kilograms of jade."

"Yes. Okay. If you have nothing else to do, go and rest. You should make plans for the next three days. We will discuss it then."

"Okay, let's go first."

After the two of them left, the party on the rooftop ended. Xie Qin returned to her bedroom, took a shower and lay down on it. The cool breeze from the air conditioner felt very comfortable on her still moist skin.

Turning her head to look at the exquisite room, Xie Qin couldn't help but think of the bunk beds in the corner of the bungalow. The feeling of cramped and crowded, the scene of dying in her memory, and the face of that scum stepfather made her feel suffocated. In order to get rid of such memories, Xie Qin took a deep breath, hugged the silk quilt beside her and took another deep breath.

The smell of sunshine on the quilt instantly made Xie Qin feel comfortable. Yes, as long as her mother and brother were still there, everything else seemed less important. At least they were alive.

The room was spotless. My mother must have cleaned it every day. The quilt was fluffy in the sun. My mother must have dried it regularly. Two sets of ironed clothes were neatly hung on the hanger beside the bed. There was a faint scent of incense in the air. There was also a beautiful glass kettle at the bedside with brewed soothing tea.

After drinking a cup of tea, Xie Qin trotted to her mother's room in her slippers. She knocked on the door and went in after hearing her mother's voice.

"What's wrong, Qinqin?" Zhang Mingfang, who was leaning against the head of the bed, was still reading a health book in her hand. She put the book aside when she saw Xie Qin come in.

"I want to sleep with you."

"Come." Zhang Mingfang smiled, lifted her quilt and moved to the side.

Xie Qin crawled into the quilt, hugged her mother's waist tightly, buried her face in her mother's neck, and felt indescribably at ease. Just as she was about to go to sleep, there was a knock on Zhang Mingfang's door again.

Before either of them could say anything, Xie Ran opened the door and came in.

"I want to sleep with my mother too!" Xie Ran walked to the bed with a smile.

"You two!" Zhang Mingfang smiled helplessly, hugged Xie Qin and moved to the middle, making some space on the left for Xie Ran. Fortunately, the bed was big, so it was not crowded at all for three people to sleep on it.

After Xie Ran sat on the bed, Zhang Mingfang helped him take off the bracket. After turning off the lights, the mother and her two children slept close together. This seemed to be the first time Xie Qin slept together after his rebirth.

Perhaps because they were inexplicably happy to be with their mother, the siblings fell asleep quickly. Zhang Mingfang kissed them on the forehead in the moonlight and fell asleep.

The next morning, after breakfast, Xie Qin followed the brothers Shui Zicheng and Shui Limu to the underground garage. The door of the truck in the corner opened, revealing a truck full of raw stones.

"Base Commander, please see if these are any use."

The truck was quite high, and the carriage reached up to his chest. Just as Xie Qin was about to take two steps and jump up, Shui Limu, who was standing next to him, grabbed his waist with both hands and dragged him into the carriage.

Xie Qin turned around awkwardly and said thank you, only to be met with two identically beautiful and pleasing smiling faces, Shui Limu and Shui Liqing.

Putting your hand on the raw stone, the cool touch is very comfortable.

"These are all Burmese goods, from the old mines in Moshisha. They have all been windowed, but not processed. However, the quality and quality are impeccable." Shui Zicheng, who was below, was pushed up by the two Shui brothers and stood next to Xie Qin and said.

Upon hearing this, Xie Qin selected a piece of rough stone of appropriate size and asked Xiao Bao to appraise it.

[13 jin of jade was detected, and 600 points were added.]

"It's useful." Xie Qin smiled and said as he looked at the cart of raw stones.

"As long as it's useful, the deputy base commander should have told you that we have a lot of mines, but it's the end of the world now, so it's very troublesome to mine. However, we still have a lot of raw stones in warehouses all over the country. As long as the base commander is willing to help find a way to transport them back, I'm willing to split the profits with him in half."

"Sanqi. You just need to tell me the address, and don't worry about anything else." Xie Qin didn't look up, but said while collecting the raw stones.

Shui Zicheng looked at Shui Limu hesitantly, and only answered when he saw Shui Limu nodded.

"can."

"But don't worry, I won't give you any less points. You can choose a house from the 51st to 80th floor." When he said this, the whole car of raw stones had been entered into the system. Xie Qin clapped his hands and jumped out of the car.

"Base Commander. I have a large family and it's not convenient for us to live together. Can I have two 200-square-meter houses and one -square-meter house?" Shui Zicheng allocated the -square-meter house in an instant. Although it was an unexpected gain, he also wanted to fight for it.

"Sure. Today's points for this truckload are 3680, which have been recorded on your ID card. Please write down the location of your warehouse and give it to Guo Dongkang, as well as the location of the mine. We will notify you when it is suitable for mining. At that time, we will need someone from your family to lead the team and pick the raw stones."

"Okay, base commander." Shui Zicheng couldn't hide the smile on his face. This truckload of raw stones was worth nearly 4,000 points. Adding the finished jade he brought back from his former home, they had earned more than 10,000 points on this trip. Even if Xie Qin didn't give them a house, they could afford to rent it themselves.

Add to that the raw materials in their warehouses across the country, and he was sure that as long as this base didn't fall, their Shui family would still be at the top of the crowd. After Xie Qin walked away and got on the elevator, Shui Zicheng stood next to the Shui Limu brothers.

"You followed her out on this trip. What do you think of this person?"

"Very strong. Very cruel." After Shui Limu said these words, the surroundings became quiet.

"Go and call all the family members and go to the office to choose a house." Shui Limu nodded, closed the door of the truck, and left with his brother.

For the next three days, Xie Qin didn't go out. It wasn't because she was lazy, but because she couldn't think of a perfect route. After all, going out in such a hot day was a torture for her who had fire powers.

Holding the map of the military supply depot and the map of the jade warehouse in her hand, she compared and considered for a long time, and finally chose a route to the southwest. She wanted to go to Mengga City. It happened that Mengga City had the two largest jade warehouses, and there was also a military supply depot in the nearby Kunyun City. This trip could accomplish three things, which was the best route.

On the third day, Xie Qin received the new plan early in the morning. A sumptuous breakfast was placed on the table in the flower hall. Zhang Mingfang was busy picking up the bowl and chopsticks. While Zhou Lili and Guo Dongkang were eating, Xie Qin quickly looked at the plan.

The new plan enriched the base in the future. It had everything from food and clothing to housing and transportation, independent medical institutions, schools, factories, research bases, crop cultivation bases, power plants, water plants, and even a military factory.

"Are these plans of yours feasible?"

"It's feasible, but the military factory cannot be operated now because we don't have the relevant talents. But if you can bring a few people back, it will be different."

"who?"

"The list on the last page of the folder." Xie Qin flipped it open and saw two pages with ID photos and personal information of eighteen people.

"This is?"

"I asked Miao Zhe to find the technicians who are still alive in the country. But they are most likely in one of the four major bases built by the country. We don't have to bring all of them back. As long as we can bring back a few, we can start mass production as long as we have samples and materials."

"clear."

"There are also experts in animals and plants. There are many talented people in this field. When you go out, you can look for them at agricultural science academies or universities," said Zhou Lili.

"The base code is being written. It just so happens that there are three former well-known lawyers and a judge in the base, as well as two former court officials. I have already told them the requirements, but it is better for this thing to be flawless and convincing, so it will take some time."

"This will be done as soon as possible. Also, change the method of execution in the base."

"What method/?"

"Leave it to the female zombie I brought back. By the way, is Guan Feng awake?"

"He woke up yesterday. According to your arrangement, he and the zombies lived separately in a residential building outside the base. He only needs to rest for about a month. We also arranged for someone to feed the zombies on time. There is nothing special."

"Okay, I know."