Even more so, they should be fawning over her.
Gong Yi didn’t know her usefulness yet, but once he did, he would surely scold Hua Mi for mistreating Qu Yimin.
So, looking down her nose at Hua Mi, Qu Yimin said,
"You tell me to leave and I just leave? Who do you think you are? Xiang City Base isn’t yours."
"Let me tell you, I’m here representing E City Base to help you guys at Xiang City Base; did the garrison commander Gong Yi agree to you sending me away?"
Hua Mi, exaggerating, looked at Qu Yimin’s arrogant expression and asked,
"Excuse me, you keep saying you’re here to help our Xiang City Base; I’d like to ask, how can a puny place like E City help us at Xiang City Base?"
She had never visited E City herself.
But judging by the standards of base establishment from the last life, how could E City, with its tiny territory, dare to repeatedly call itself a base?
These people clearly had never seen how large a true base could be.
Even Xiang City now calling itself a base made Hua Mi feel embarrassed; by the standards of bases from the past, Xiang City’s current area and population could only qualify as a small base at best.
And it was still an uncompleted small base, not even having city walls fully enclosing it.
Hua Mi wasn’t too willing to call herself the head of Xiang City Base to outsiders.
So how could that so-called E City, with only a few strands of barbed wire, have the audacity to call itself a base?
However, Qu Yimin didn’t catch the sarcasm in Hua Mi’s tone.
Snorting through her nose and noticing everyone’s gaze on her, Qu Yimin was quite pleased; she relished this kind of attention.
Qu Yimin then said loudly to Hua Mi,
"Everybody knows that you at Xiang City Base are about to be devoured by zombies, so there has to be a place to arrange all these people in your base, right?"
"I’m here on behalf of E City Base now, to take in your survivors, understand?"
She was from E City Base to take in the survivors of Xiang City Base, so everyone should know the role of Qu Yimin.
They should also realize how important a part she was playing in this.
If they were smart, they would cozy up to her.
That way, she could transfer those who ingratiated themselves with her to E City in advance.
In Qu Yimin’s eyes, the survivors of Xiang City Base must have been desperate to leave already.
E City Base willing to take them in was like offering an olive branch just in the nick of time.
Watching the naïvely optimistic Qu Yimin, Hua Mi couldn’t help but laugh.
She only asked Qu Yimin one question,
"You keep speaking like a savior, coming to pick faults in my Xiang City Base; so tell me, has Xiang City Base been devoured by zombies?"
"You’ve been saying Xiang City Base is about to fall; how long have you been saying that? Why haven’t we fallen yet?"
Not only had Xiang City Base not been surrounded by zombies, but there was also no shortage of supplies.
Aside from survivors finding difficulty leaving Xiang City Base—they had to break through from Xiang City Base West, killing countless zombies to escape.
The order within Xiang City Base remained well organized.
Survivors continued with their usual tasks, and the supposedly dangerous environment inside Xiang City Base was much safer than the outside world.
This question stumped Qu Yimin, causing her to freeze for a long while before she stomped her foot, pointing at Hua Mi,
"Hua Mi, you don’t need to put on a peaceful front here; I know Xiang City Base is about to collapse, and I’m here to help you. I won’t talk to you; call over Gong Yi."
"Or, have someone take me to Gong Yi, that’s all I need to say to him."
Hua Mi flatly refused,
"Are you crazy, with your severe princess syndrome? Gong Yi is up north killing zombies right now, he has no time to see you."
"If there’s anything, you can talk to me or Miss Qin, we two can make decisions on any matter in Xiang City Base."
"We are the managers of Xiang City Base, fully authorized to handle all affairs and people within the base."
The prospect of Qu Yimin going to Xiang City North to find Gong Yi was impossible, not to mention whether Gong Yi had time to see Qu Yimin or not.
Even if Gong Yi had the time, he wouldn’t have a say in the management of Xiang City Base.
Qin Zhen observed Qu Yimin’s frown, thinking she must have understood what Qu Yimin’s real nuisance purpose was.