The next morning.
All the girls were called to gather.
One by one, they had dark circles under their eyes, yawning continuously.
Last night was the most peaceful and comfortable night they had slept in days.
Of course, it would have been more perfect if they hadn't been woken up so early.
Many girls still had some morning grumpiness, looking quite resentful.
"What's going on so early in the morning? I'm hungry and sleepy, it's so uncomfortable..."
"Me too. The world is already this messed up, and they still won't let us sleep well."
...
Wang Yu scanned the crowd coldly, and the whispering girls immediately fell silent.
"I said yesterday, this is a new world now, and if you want to survive, you have to change!"
"And you have to change quickly and thoroughly!"
"This world won't wait for you, and neither will I. Starting today, if you want food and water, you have to follow my rules. You'll get provisions based on how much work you do each day."
"Ma Ying, demonstrate to them how to dig for corpse worms."
The corridor hadn't been cleared yet, so finding zombies was easy.
Ma Ying found a zombie head and, following Wang Yu's instructions, cracked it open to dig for corpse worms.
This was Ma Ying's second time digging for corpse worms, and even with her trained psychological resilience, she still felt a bit uncomfortable.
The delicate female university students were even more so.
They all covered their mouths, wanting to vomit but having nothing to throw up.
Although most of them had seen Wang Yu kill zombies yesterday, killing was one thing, but seeing such a bloody and disgusting scene now was another.
Not only did they have to smash open the heads, but they also had to find and extract corpse worms from the pile of red and white matter. It was incredibly nauseating...
Wang Yu watched their frightened and disgusted expressions, feeling a slight感慨 inwardly.
Their mental fortitude was too poor.
To survive in the apocalypse, killing zombies and digging for corpse worms were the most basic survival skills.
"I don't care if you watched carefully or if you learned. From now on, those who dig corpse worms will get food and water, and those who don't won't."
"You don't need to bargain with me. We are not related, and I am not responsible for you."
"To put it bluntly, your life and death have nothing to do with me. Fewer people means saving more supplies, allowing others to live longer."
"So, if you want supplies, you work. Dig corpse worms. Of course, I am also a humane person. As long as you work hard, I guarantee you'll be well-fed. Those who perform well might even get these self-heating rice and self-heating pots."
The girls looked at the self-heating rice and self-heating pots in Zhou Ruoxi and Chen Luoxue's hands, swallowed their saliva, and then looked at the cracked zombie heads on the ground...
A girl wearing a nightgown, who was good-looking and had a good figure, walked out.
"Um, I... I can..."
"I said, you don't need to bargain with me," Wang Yu interrupted rudely.
"I have no interest in you, and you have no other value in my eyes. You don't need to tell me about your family background."
"Here, you can only survive by following my rules and working hard."
The girls exchanged glances, wanting to resist but not knowing what to say.
After all, Wang Yu was right. He didn't have to be responsible for them, and their lives and deaths were irrelevant to him.
Moreover, Wang Yu had made his stance clear, leaving no room for negotiation.
This made some girls who had deliberately tidied themselves up a bit this morning, hoping to be like Zhou Ruoxi and Chen Luoxue, feel secretly dejected.
Wang Yu appeared cold, as if he truly had no interest in them.
Ma Ying, Zhao Lengleng, and others began distributing tools. These girls were not strong, and it would be difficult to smash open the heads to dig for corpse worms with just daggers.
"Do I have to do it too?"
Zhong Lina held a tool and looked at Wang Yu, her expression somewhat confused.
Wang Yu glanced at her, "Of course. Except for Ma Ying and those three, everyone else has to do it."
"But I..."
"That's enough," Wang Yu raised his hand to interrupt. "You need to recognize your identity. Here, you are no different from them. If you don't work, you won't get food."
Zhong Lina's expression turned sullen, and she said unwillingly, "I understand."
Zhao Lengleng glanced in their direction but didn't say anything.
She had already intended to work. Influenced by her family environment, she was, like her elder sister, an independent and unpampered girl.
Therefore, she didn't expect Wang Yu to give her any special treatment.
She felt that Wang Yu was right. It was a new world, and exchanging work for food was only natural.
Food was limited, so it should naturally go to those who were useful first.
The girls began digging for corpse worms in pairs. It was indeed difficult to adapt at first.
Some people started vomiting as soon as they approached the corpses, unable to go through with it.
But for the sake of food, they had no choice. They got used to it after a while of vomiting.
After half an hour, Ma Ying came to Wang Yu.
"Master, that Zhong Lina..."
Wang Yu frowned, "What about her?"
Ma Ying hesitated for a moment before saying, "She's been hiding in a corner, completely unwilling to work."
During their chat yesterday, Ma Ying had learned about Zhong Lina and Zhao Lengleng's situation.
If Wang Yu hadn't said anything, she might have turned a blind eye to Zhong Lina's act of striking.
But since Wang Yu had explicitly stated his terms, she, being responsible for supervision, had to act according to his wishes.
"I understand. Where is she?"
Ma Ying pointed to a spot on the fourth floor.
Wang Yu nodded and walked straight towards it expressionlessly.
When he arrived, Zhong Lina was spacing out, her tools casually discarded.
Seeing Wang Yu arrive, she immediately stood up, her expression flustered.
"Come with me."
Wang Yu dropped the sentence and turned to leave directly.
He had no desire to listen to her nonsense.
He found an empty dormitory and directly brought her into the secret realm.
He arranged for someone to give her the job of cultivating farmland.
The agricultural professors were currently researching the cultivation of spirit grains and fruits, and they needed labor.
Damn it, a person who had cheated, and she still didn't understand the situation?
If she didn't want to work, she could do more work. Who was going to indulge her?
Wang Yu chuckled and stopped thinking about her.
From now on, Zhong Lina would be a pure laborer in the secret realm, or even a slave, as Wang Yu would never see her again.
To be honest, Wang Yu was quite lenient with the other girls.
By the end of the day, most of the girls had been working.
A few people couldn't stand it and chose not to work.
Wang Yu eventually asked Ma Ying to give them a small amount of bread and water, just enough to keep them from starving to death.
The others were different. Although they only received packaged food, they were provided with three meals a day, enough to fill them up.
A few girls even got to eat self-heating rice and self-heating pots, making the other girls salivate with envy.
This included Zhao Lengleng. Of course, it wasn't because she was the best worker.
Although her attitude was good, her partner was a bit of a slacker.
So, these were given to her by Ma Ying.
After all, Wang Yu had given her a lot yesterday and had instructed her to look after Zhao Lengleng.
So, whatever Ma Ying ate, Zhao Lengleng ate too.
Furthermore, being nice to Zhao Lengleng had a hidden motive.
As a female bodyguard, she believed that Zhao Lengleng's sister was still alive, provided she hadn't turned into a zombie.
If Zhao Ling was still alive, then she would likely become another mistress in the future.
And Zhao Lengleng would then become Wang Yu's sister-in-law...