"These words, Zhigang spoke from the bottom of his heart."
"He believed that many other surviving traders had said the same to their fathers."
"Nowadays, Xiang City truly lacks nothing; initially, Xiang City traded resources for money."
"But now, Xiang City doesn’t need money anymore. For a while, it required Crystal Cores."
"Now Xiang City doesn’t even need to earn Crystal Cores anymore."
"Hua Mi seemed determined to cordon off Xiang City."
"Once people left, they could not enter again; Xiang City’s resources would not flow out anymore."
"This has led to the people inside Xiang City increasingly not wanting to leave."
"Of course, Xiang City now also calls on survivors to leave the city to fight zombies."
"But every person leaving the city has to go to the mission center to register for their task."
"After completing a set of complex procedures like counting their team numbers and scanning their pupils, Xiang City Base would let these individuals leave to fight zombies."
"They could fight zombies outside the barbed wire."
"After fighting zombies, they return inside the barbed wire to rest."
"If the specified time arrived and those who were let out hadn’t returned inside the barbed wire, the wire would close on time, and no one would wait."
"Zhigang’s father angrily said,"
"This is unreasonable, if Xiang City continues , it will become an isolated base."
"Even if Xiang City turns into an isolated base, so what?"
"Does it need to open up to receive something from the outside?"
"Not at all; the base’s mall had everything."
"It just changed from a system of free trade to a rationing system."
"Previously, survivors could buy resources from Xiang City with money and Crystal Cores."
"Now, the resources are allocated to work positions."
"Survivors who go out on missions, hand in their collected Crystal Cores upon return, and upon reaching a certain amount, they can receive mission rewards."
"The mission rewards are substantial resources."
"No one knew how much resources Xiang City had, but currently, according to Zhigang’s observations, Xiang City Base’s resources were far from depleted."
"On the other end of the phone, the Commander of F City hesitated and said,"
"Then I’ll think about it. Since you’re already inside Xiang City Base, there’s no need to think about leaving again."
"After all, once they left, they couldn’t re-enter."
"Despite his forethought and mindset of a superior, he was still a good father."
"He hoped his son, Zhigang, could live securely and comfortably for a lifetime."
"He used to constantly urge Zhigang to come out of Xiang City with the surviving traders before the base fell."
"But now, he wasn’t urging anymore."
"He hoped that his son, Zhigang, could stay inside Xiang City Base indefinitely."
"Because of this selfless parental love, Zhigang was unable to watch F City fall into decline."
"After hanging up the phone with his father, Zhigang sighed heavily."
"This problem was truly unsolvable."
"However, soon, his father thought of another solution for F City and directly contacted Chen Hu without informing Zhigang."
"To be precise, it was Chen Hu who took the initiative to contact the Commander of F City."
"Chen Hu was this kind of person; he seemed to be constantly seeking a place, and if one didn’t work, he would swiftly switch to another."
"When one place failed, he would immediately abandon it and replant his roots elsewhere."
"That’s why, when Qu Shiheng in E City was going under, Chen Hu decisively abandoned him and contacted the Commander of F City."
"Chen Hu was at the outskirts of Xiang City."
"Speaking of the outskirts, it was actually quite far from Xiang City Base."
"This was beyond his expectation; originally, he thought that the more dangerous a place was, the safer it would be."
"He thought that once his men reached the outside of Xiang City Base, they would find a way to settle down."
"But reality was completely different than what he thought."
"The difference lay in the abundance of zombies outside Xiang City."
"There were several occasions when Chen Hu, carrying his frail elderly mother and his cousins, were chased and bitten by zombies."
"It was only because they could run fast that they managed to escape the zombies."
"So as they ran, they ended up far from Xiang City."
"Only when they reached a comparatively safer area did they realize that they were now near F City’s boundary."
"Here, although zombies would occasionally pop up out of nowhere."