Chapter 76 Grindstone

"Boom!"

Seeing the millstone slam heavily into the ground, all the survivors were shocked. After all, this was no trick. Especially after Wang Yuanqiang threw the millstone down, he didn't even bother with it. Many survivors ran over, intending to try it themselves, but several of them couldn't budge the thing.

They had seen Li Chenzhou and the others fight before, but they mostly used guns. Even Li Chenzhou, who constantly hammered with a stick, only used the appropriate amount of force. Only people like Grey Bear, who were skilled in fighting themselves, could see the nuances. How could the survivors possibly know?

Therefore, Wang Yuanqiang's appearance was, in the eyes of the survivors, a clear demonstration of strength. Some survivors even wondered if Wang Yuanqiang was also part of Li Chenzhou's team, but had been separated from them to lead the survivors.

Judging from Wang Yuanqiang's performance, he was probably on par with the "transformed" Duan Xue in Li Chenzhou's team. Without guns, the others were no match.

Some even started comparing. If Wang Yuanqiang had personally taken action when the three mutated crocodiles appeared, he might have been able to grab a crocodile by the tail and swing it around, smashing it to death. That would have been much more efficient than Li Chenzhou and his team!

That's just human nature. Li Chenzhou and the others were definitely the strongest in the survivors' minds before, but they had announced their departure. No matter how strong they were, it was meaningless to these survivors.

But Wang Yuanqiang was different. He had clearly stated that he would stay at the base and lead the guard team, even serving as its captain! He was one of their own.

So, naturally, they were biased towards Wang Yuanqiang. However, Duan Xue's transformation was too terrifying, and she even picked up an SUV and smashed it down, which was much heavier than a millstone. So, Wang Yuanqiang could only "reluctantly" be second.

"Did you all see that? This is the power of the crystal nuclei! It is also the hope of our base! Just imagine, if our base had several, dozens, or even hundreds of people like this, would zombies still be able to break into our base?"

Wang Yuanqiang dropped the millstone and, taking advantage of the momentum, shouted again:

"Moreover, we have walls! Although the walls are not yet complete, as long as we work hard, we can not only finish the walls completely, but also find more vehicles and other materials to make them higher and wider! That way, we'll have a truly safe home, a home that belongs to us, like before the apocalypse!"

"Brothers and sisters, if you want such a home, let's start today's carnival, completely forget the suffering of the apocalypse, and from tomorrow on, we will all have only one goal - to build our future home with all our might!"

"Alright! Count me in!"

"Me too!"

"I'm already here, you can't get rid of me even if you try!"

"Hahahaha! I want to join the guard team! One day, I will be as strong as Chief Wang! Then, I'll see if my wife can still kick me off the bed?"

"Your wife won't be able to kick you off, but Chief Wang can!"

"That's true, I definitely can't beat Chief Wang... I mean, what do you mean by that?"

"..."

After Kong Xiang and Wang Yuanqiang's repeated bombardment, plus Wang Yuanqiang's fatal blow with the millstone, the emotions of the survivors in the square were stirred up again. The previous panic had completely disappeared, and the atmosphere became lively again.

Seeing this scene, Li Chenzhou was a little surprised. Although he intended to help Wang Yuanqiang and Kong Xiang smoothly hand over the base, he did not expect that these two could do such a great job!

What surprised Li Chenzhou even more was that, according to Wang Yuanqiang's words, the leader of this base was actually Kong Xiang, and Wang Yuanqiang had taken the initiative to request to serve as the captain of the soon-to-be-formed guard team.

It seemed that the two had already discussed it. One would be in charge of military affairs, and the other would be in charge of internal affairs. Judging from their previous performances, this arrangement was not bad. However, with Kong Xiang's personality, he might be a little weak in managing internal affairs. Without Wang Yuanqiang's help, there might be some small troubles.

However, these were their own matters after all. Li Chenzhou only cared about whether the base could be successfully established. It would be a waste of effort to rescue everyone, only to have the base fall apart and everyone leave. They might as well focus on killing zombies, as that would kill more of them.

Since there were no problems here, Li Chenzhou led Duan Lei and the others to eat grilled crocodile meat around a bonfire, with a pot of crocodile soup beside them.

In addition, Wang Yuanqiang and the others had prepared drinks, beer, wine, and snacks for Li Chenzhou and the others.

Wang Yuanqiang and the others were still very grateful to Li Chenzhou. After all, they owed this base to him. However, they did not specifically promote this matter on stage, because Li Chenzhou had deliberately instructed them not to.

He originally wanted to fade into the background. If Wang Yuanqiang and the others emphasized it again, it would affect them instead!

Li Chenzhou would come to this base in the future, but at that time he would be a businessman, recognizing crystal nuclei and not people. It was enough to leave enough prestige so that people would not dare to cause trouble for him. He didn't need gratitude or anything like that.

Eating and drinking with Duan Lei and the others, under the influence of beer, the newly joined Tian Ya and Fatty also completely let go. Even Duan Xue spoke more than usual, and even dared to take the initiative to mention her previous "transformation" and ask Li Chenzhou for advice.

Of course, she no longer needed to ask about her concern about her clothes being torn. She mainly wanted to ask Li Chenzhou how to avoid becoming arrogant and even indiscriminate between friend and foe once she transformed!

Li Chenzhou didn't have any good ideas about this. He was only good at discovering and utilizing the strengths of skills, but he had never encountered a skill that would change one's personality after use. He had no clue at all.

However, after thinking for a while, he suddenly saw Xiao Ya, who was playing with Little Fish and dripping drinks into Little Fish's mouth, and an idea suddenly popped into his head.

"Xiao Xue! We're not in any danger for now, so you can try activating your skill in front of Xiao Ya next time. Xiao Ya has the ability to increase affinity, I don't know if it will work for you. If it does, then we can follow this idea and think of a solution!"

Li Chenzhou pulled over the worried Duan Xue and whispered in her ear, while pointing in Xiao Ya's direction. This action was seen by Grey Bear, who looked at Little Fish, then at Li Chenzhou and Duan Xue, whose faces were almost touching, and slurred,

"What's wrong? Do you two want a child too?"

As soon as he said this, a strange silence fell beside the bonfire...