Half an hour later, Zhao Guodong walked out of the office with a smile.
His trusted subordinates, who had come with him and were waiting by the door, quickly asked, "Town Mayor, did you reach an agreement?"
"Yes, let's go back and talk."
Zhao Guodong, with a beaming smile, gestured for those around him to leave the office building together.
Only after reaching outside the building did Zhao Guodong say to those beside him, "The Leize Base has given us a piece of land in the west. From now on, we will all live there."
"Hehehe, that's good."
"Yes, it's quite good. We can all stay together again."
"Town Mayor, should we go and see the place first, or head back to town?"
"Let's go and see first. Don't get your hopes up too high. I heard there aren't many houses there, and many will need to be built by ourselves."
As they walked with Zhao Guodong towards the outside, they fell silent upon hearing this news.
When they arrived at the west side of the base and found the area, they were indeed shocked by its desolation.
They hadn't expected such a large desolate area within such a big base.
In the apocalypse, when establishing bases, people wouldn't enclose too large an area.
The main reason was the excessive number of personnel needed for guarding, and the various heavy weapons mounted on the walls were not something ordinary bases could maintain.
Looking at the area, Zhao Guodong began to doubt if it was truly as good as rumored.
This area was remote, close to the western wall of the base. Zhao Guodong watched figures moving on the high walls from time to time.
"Perhaps, it's not too desolate after all."
"There really aren't many houses here. With tens of thousands of our people coming, it will take a long time to build houses."
A subordinate accompanying Zhao Guodong looked at the desolate place with a worried expression.
Building houses would consume their manpower, which in turn would limit those who went out to search for supplies and crystals.
And since this place was allocated for them to live, it certainly wouldn't be free. For so many people, the daily consumption of food alone was not a small matter.
"Let's go back and discuss the next steps. Fortunately, they're letting us in, which is a good thing."
Zhao Guodong was quite optimistic as he patted his subordinate's shoulder.
After leaving Leize, Zhao Guodong and his group went into the wilderness to find a place with zombies to test the effects of their recently enhanced abilities.
His current ability was an area-of-effect attack, making dealing with zombies much easier.
Zhao Guodong was filled with excitement as he watched a string of zombies being struck by the lightning he generated.
"Hahaha, watch me kill all you zombies."
Energy gathered in his palm again, and a purple ball of light shot towards the approaching zombies.
After being struck by the lightning, the zombies' bodies twitched uncontrollably. Other zombies nearby were also affected. A chain of zombies was pierced by the lightning, and after more than ten seconds, a large number of zombies fell down twitching.
"This is the true power of lightning abilities."
Zhao Guodong looked at the zombies on the ground, which had been charred black by the lightning, their bodies still emitting smoke.
After killing all the nearby zombies, Zhao Guodong used his long saber to split open their heads.
In the past, the zombies he killed with his lightning abilities didn't have this effect. It was likely that his lightning power had become stronger, causing the zombies to be electrocuted into charred black corpses.
He wanted to see if there were any crystals to be found in this condition.
Fortunately, within the charred bodies he broke open, he still found faintly glowing crystals.
After collecting all the crystals, Zhao Guodong led his followers back to the town.
"See if City Lord Lu is here. You don't need to call him, just find out where he is and I'll go see him myself later."
For the town and Zhao Guodong himself, Lu Heng was a savior in the apocalypse.
However, his subordinates searched for a long time in the town before reporting to him that Lu Heng was not there.
"Town Mayor, City Lord Lu isn't going to leave, is he?"
"No."
Zhao Guodong was very sure that Lu Heng had not left. Someone of Lu Heng's status would surely keep his word. He had said he would stay in town for two days.
Although he hadn't found Lu Heng, Zhao Guodong still needed to inform the other administrators in the town about the results of his visit to Leize today.
As evening approached, someone discovered that the villa where Lu Heng was staying had its lights on.
Soon, Zhao Guodong personally went to find Lu Heng.
The villa where Lu Heng was staying didn't have much furniture, but there were still a few chairs inside.
Zhao Guodong sat in the living room of the villa, looking at Lu Heng with gratitude.
"City Lord Lu, I've come to discuss something with you."
"Yes, speak."
"I went to the Leize Base today. Their person in charge did accept our people and allocated a piece of land for us within the base. However, there are very few houses in that area, and it's simply not enough for so many people from our town to live in."
Zhao Guodong's voice held a hint of embarrassment. "It's not that I'm being fussy, but primarily because we have a large population, and the daily food consumption is a huge number..."
Zhao Guodong fully explained the results of his discussion with the management team that afternoon and his thoughts on relocating to the Leize Base to Lu Heng.
"Your concern is indeed a problem, but except for those who cannot evolve due to age, you are all fourth-tier ability users now."
Lu Heng didn't seem too concerned about their worries. Lu Heng had already granted them the ability to hunt, and as long as these people worked hard, their future would be better than their previous fate.
Lu Heng didn't understand Zhao Guodong's purpose in seeking him out. Since the nearby base agreed to accept them, that was already very good.
"But we have tens of thousands of people, and there are indeed too few houses in that area. Even if several families were to live together, about half the people would still have nowhere to live for the time being."
"Then take this opportunity to build houses quickly. Weren't the ordinary people here in the past also supported by a few ability users?"
Lu Heng's words once again put Zhao Guodong in an awkward position. He had come to find Lu Heng to find another way out for the town's people.
He remembered that Lu Heng had previously mentioned that if nearby bases did not take them in, they could also go to the base in Wuming City to live.
Under the promotion of some scavengers who roamed the apocalypse, the scale of Wuming City and its prosperity had spread to almost every moderately sized survivor base.
Zhao Guodong and his group had become greedy. After gaining abilities, they compared the conditions offered by Leize and then wanted to ask if Wuming City could accept them.
Reading Zhao Guodong's thoughts, Lu Heng finally understood the reason for his visit.
Lu Heng couldn't help but mock himself. It seemed that in the apocalypse, one shouldn't show kindness to others casually, as human desires would constantly grow.
Just like Zhao Guodong in front of him.