At the same time, those who had been moving the bodies were cleaning the dormitories. Although the stench was strong after the bodies had just been removed, the resources scavenged by the survivors were sufficient.

They removed all the bedding from the beds, leaving nothing behind. Then, they sprayed a large amount of air freshener and thoroughly cleaned all the dormitories.

Moreover, because the prison itself had power, the entire prison yard was brightly lit, illuminated as if it were daytime!

Knowing that they could only temporarily live in the dormitory building, the remaining survivors also took action. Some cleaned, some sorted resources, and some even set up gas stoves to prepare meals. The entire prison actually became lively.

Furthermore, some survivors also entered the prison, the main prison building. Besides the huge cell block, there were many other functional buildings, such as solitary confinement, the cafeteria, workshops, visiting rooms, and even the prison guards' offices, all of which were in this building.

The prison cells were off-limits, but other places were available, so they also needed to be cleaned up.

In addition, the warden's body was still in the warden's office on the third floor. However, according to Ding Ning, the warden had already finished work that day, so he discovered Xiao Gang slacking off during his patrol and took him back to the office. Therefore, there was only that one body there, with no other bodies or zombies.

"Do you see?"

Li Chenzhou came to Ding Ning, who was still standing in front of the tombstone in a daze, patted him on the shoulder, and pointed to the busy survivors in the yard.

"Zhang Shu and the others' efforts ultimately led to the current scene. Without their sacrifice, the prison yard would still be full of wandering zombies, with blood, limbs, and broken arms everywhere. Even the prisoners inside the prison would have become zombies, occupying the entire yard!"

Ding Ning also turned his head, looked at the lively yard, and suddenly murmured,

"The prison has never been so lively, not even when the apocalypse hadn't arrived!"

"Of course. At that time, this was a prison, but now, this is a sanctuary. The spirits of your comrades should still be nearby, so… are you willing to stay here and continue to defend this prison, turning it into a very safe and joyful sanctuary?"

Li Chenzhou looked at Ding Ning and asked.

"Me?"

Ding Ning was stunned!

"Yes! Only you. This is your territory. None of your comrades can take over your shift now. So, you must continue to defend it, because they are still watching you!"

Li Chenzhou looked directly into Ding Ning's eyes and said,

"Of course, before that, I will help you take care of the other matters! All you need to do is manage this base!"

Previously, when telling Ding Ning to make that video, Li Chenzhou had already persuaded him to agree to hand over the disposal of the prisoners to him.

The reason Li Chenzhou gave was very simple: these prisoners were all extremely vicious. Just like Xiao Gang said, releasing one would harm countless people.

So, they definitely couldn't be released. Even Ding Ning himself wouldn't agree.

But if these prisoners were kept, what could they do? Now there weren't enough prison guards to watch them work, so they could only be locked in their cells.

In that case, the prison would have to support these more than nine hundred prisoners for nothing. Qing City Prison had previously held a total of 1,376 prisoners, with the lowest sentence being twenty years. After the mutation, Ding Ning killed more than four hundred of them and dragged them out to bury them, so there were still more than nine hundred now.

As for the exact number, Ding Ning wasn't in the mood to count.

Before, because there were only Ding Ning and those prisoners, Ding Ning would still send them food once a day. Of course, it was just sending food: plain white rice, with no vegetables or soup.

But now, there were so many survivors in Qing City Prison, so the remaining food was useful and couldn't be wasted on these prisoners for nothing.

Therefore, Li Chenzhou clearly told Ding Ning that these prisoners not only took up space and wasted food, but more importantly, they were always a hidden danger.

Now that there were so many survivors in the prison, with so many people talking at once, if the prisoners took advantage of the situation, it could cause a major disturbance. And most importantly, Li Chenzhou brought up Xiao Gang's words in the recording, proving that Xiao Gang actually wanted Ding Ning to kill all the prisoners, or even starve them all to death.

So, in the end, Ding Ning agreed to let Li Chenzhou handle those prisoners, and he would no longer interfere! What he had to do now was carve the tombstones and leave the names of those comrades forever…

"Haha! It's so spacious here! Oh? There really are prisoners, haha, they're all wearing the same clothes!"

"Ugh, it's so messy here! Why didn't they clean it up before letting us in? That's too much!"

"It is really messy, and it smells so bad here. There's so much blood on the ground. What's going on? Did people die here too?"

"It's possible! When the apocalypse came, these prisoners must have mutated too! Naturally, they were beaten to death and thrown out!"

"Oh my god, then what's the difference between this and the dormitory? No, I'm not staying here either. Tell them to find me another place!"

"Where else is there to move you?"

"I don't care. They saved me, so they have to be responsible for me!"

"Damn! I've finally seen someone even more shameless than me! How did someone like you survive until now?"

"What's it to you? Get out of the way, don't block my path. I want to go out and have them find me a place to live alone!"

"Damn! That bitch, do you want to die? Everyone is going in, but you're going out? You're going to cause a traffic jam!"

"If you let me out first, it won't be a traffic jam, will it?"

"Damn it! This woman is really asking for a beating!"

Those survivors who entered the prison cell block had already noisily walked into the prison hall. The prisoners were also wondering why so many civilians were coming in.

However, soon someone realized that these guys must be survivors who had escaped to this place.

Although the prisoners had been locked in their cells, they had personally seen the mutated prisoners and also saw Ding Ning beat them to death and drag them out.

Especially since that mutation, they had only seen Ding Ning and hadn't seen any other prison guards appear. This was completely abnormal. Even when they made a lot of noise, Ding Ning didn't sound the alarm, nor did he send people in to suppress them like before.

So, they had long guessed that something had happened outside, and some prisoners had even guessed that the end of the world had arrived. That's why they asked Ding Ning to let them out when they saw him!

But now, seeing so many survivors come in person, it could be said that the prisoners' guesses had been completely confirmed. After all, the prison cell block wasn't a tourist attraction. How could they let so many ordinary people in to visit?

"Boom!"

And at this moment, all the survivors had entered the cell block. Immediately afterward, the huge iron gate of the cell block closed, making a huge sound…