Two days later, Wuming City officially began the integration of surrounding cities.
For the two bases that had been unwilling to agree to the integration conditions, Lin Yu found people to identify and expose those who were causing trouble.
They were directly expelled from the bases, and records of them were kept.
From now on, these people would never be able to enter cities ruled by Wuming City.
Only then did those people start to panic. They stopped negotiating with the people of Wuming City and only wanted not to be excluded by Wuming City.
At this stage, being unable to enter Wuming City's territory meant they lost the right to purchase supplies.
This was no less difficult than facing numerous zombies.
The current level four crystals could no longer allow high-level ability users to upgrade.
For an eighth-tier ability user like Sister Na, even with more crystals, if she couldn't exchange them for supplies, she couldn't possibly give them all to her subordinates for upgrades.
They would not do such a foolish thing.
Those who were driven out found a place to gather again.
Li Hao looked at the person beside him with a dark expression, taking a deep drag from his cigarette.
"What's going on with Lin Zhongshan?"
"I don't know. He hasn't appeared since we finished our meeting last time."
With a bang, Li Hao slammed his hand on the table. Even as a fire-element ability user, in his anger, he shattered the table in front of him.
"Damn it, I'm going to find Lin Zhongshan. That guy is either hiding in Dragon City or Wuming City. Has he sold us out?"
Being driven out this time caught them off guard.
Everyone had hastily packed their belongings, leaving behind everything they had managed for so long in their bases.
They were all indignant, their faces grim.
"That metal sphere Lin Zhongshan showed us last time was strange. He said it was alien technology. Could he have gone to find aliens and been killed by them?" 138 Reading Network
Sister Na glanced at the person speaking, who quickly shrunk his neck.
"Idiot, he has a son who is a city lord. Do you think his son would let his father go to his death?"
"It's hard to say. His son is rumored to be..."
The person fell silent again. It wasn't that he didn't want to speak, but a metal罩 suddenly covered his face.
"If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute."
"I think we should find someone to talk to Wuming City. It's fine if they don't let us live in their territory, but they can't stop us from exchanging supplies."
"Yes, what will we rely on to live from now on?"
Everyone fell silent again. Even at this point, no one wanted to step forward.
Li Hao, with a dark expression, stood up and kicked the shattered pieces of the table.
"I'll go find the person in charge of Pingcheng and see if I can contact Wuming City through him."
In the early days of the apocalypse, Li Hao was the captain of an ability user team in Pingcheng.
Later, in pursuit of better development, he led his team away from Pingcheng.
In the chaotic environment of the apocalypse, many such people emerged, unwilling to be ruled by anyone, always wanting to stand at the so-called high ground.
They believed that only by doing so could they gain greater benefits and more survival resources.
Without Wuming City's involvement, this situation was indeed feasible.
But with Lu Heng, a重生者, this order was once again broken.
Everyone had to obey the rules and management of Wuming City in the absence of order.
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Wuming City had already collected the materials needed for the renovation and integration of the surrounding bases.
They had also dispatched relevant ability users, including earth, metal, and wood element users.
With the help of these people, building basic structures in the apocalypse became much easier.
Especially since the ability users in Wuming City were generally of high levels. With their staggered construction efforts, the pillars of bridges quickly stood between the various bases.
"With this kind of construction, connecting all these areas will be even more spectacular than the big cities before the apocalypse."
"Yes, how can those old things compare to what we have now? Once these are built, they can serve as defense and also facilitate interaction between people in the bases."
"Mmm, I heard that the plans for several nearby areas have been finalized. Once completed, this place will be the most magnificent base in the country."
The ability users participating in the construction looked at the bridge piers they were building and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
Lin Yu, sitting on the back of the camel-like beast, looked down at the construction progress below and couldn't help but feel happy.
After a round of inspection, Lin Yu returned to Wuming City.
In the conference room, Lin Yu arranged the next steps for everyone present.
"According to the plan, move the trading area to this location. As for the residential areas for our city's soldiers, they will remain here in Wuming City. The other cities will have people stationed there."
"Mmm, but our existing management teams in the city will be insufficient to manage other areas."
Zhao Youcheng nodded, raising some issues.
Lin Yu thought for a moment, "See if you can select a combat team and reorganize them to manage other bases."
"Okay," Zhao Youcheng replied.
"For the rest, arrange everything according to the previous plan. If there are any problems, bring them up, and make improvements where needed."
Lin Yu looked at everyone again. They all shook their heads.
"Then that's it for now. If there are any further issues, report them to me or Zhao Youcheng."
After everyone dispersed, Zhao Youcheng did not leave. He walked to Lin Yu's side and whispered, "City Lord Lin, Zhao Kai sent someone to deliver a letter yesterday, concerning those ability users we expelled."
"What did he say? Is he trying to intercede for them?"
Lin Yu had no acquaintance with Zhao Kai, but he had heard from Lu Heng that Lu Heng and Zhao Kai had some relationship.
However, even so, it could not be used as a favor to plead for those people.
"He's not interceding, he's just stating that someone found him to mediate with us."
"He's still a sensible person. Tell him not to bother."
"Okay."
Zhao Kai was indeed someone Lu Heng valued. He was not someone who couldn't recognize his own position.
As for those expelled by Wuming City, Lin Yu didn't even give them a second thought.
While Wuming City's renovation and construction were in full swing, Sun Qiang's zombie horde was also continuously growing.
After Lu Heng left Lin Yu, he returned to Sun Qiang.
Upon his return, he was surprised to find that Sun Qiang had reduced a zombie-infested city to a horde of only a few hundred zombies.
However, these zombies were of high levels, with the lowest being level six, and two of them were level seven zombies.
When Lu Heng returned, the zombies were gathered below the building where they had previously stayed.
Lu Heng stood beside Sun Qiang, looking at the zombie army below and the zombie corpses scattered throughout the city. He asked Sun Qiang, "Are you having any difficulties?"
Sun Qiang looked at the zombies below and roared a few times at them.
Level six and seven zombies also possessed intelligence.
When they saw Sun Qiang standing with a human, they became somewhat agitated.
They didn't understand why Sun Qiang wasn't tearing into the human, and before receiving any instructions from Sun Qiang, they were already eager to swarm upstairs.