"Brother, I overheard Hongli saying he's the leader of this base. I've seen him before; he used to be the leader of the Chemical Plant Base. Yesterday, some people from the Chemical Plant Base arrived at our base, and they said their base had undergone a major upheaval and was no more."

At that moment, a survivor stepped forward and looked at Li Chenzhou, saying:

"Specifically, they said someone killed their base leader and completely destroyed their base. This... can I ask what exactly happened? Where's Hongli? And who are you...?"

"My name is Li Chenzhou. Before the apocalypse, I was just an ordinary college student!"

Li Chenzhou replied:

"As for what you mentioned, I think it's best to let Hongli explain it to you!"

As he spoke, Li Chenzhou teleported Hongli over. Seeing Hongli suddenly appear beside Li Chenzhou, the survivors exchanged glances. This kind of instant teleportation, even in the apocalypse, was still quite miraculous.

"Hongli, tell them what happened at the Chemical Plant Base!"

Li Chenzhou said, looking at Hongli.

"Alright!"

Hongli nodded and then told everyone everything that had happened at the Chemical Plant Base since its establishment, including Li Chenzhou and the others rescuing people in the city and helping them build the base.

"Everyone, those abandoned survivors didn't believe in me and Li Chenzhou. Li Chenzhou had saved them once, but they preferred to believe Wang Zifeng. Therefore, they lost the qualification to enter this small world and could only go to your base."

After recounting the events, Hongli said:

"As for whether what I'm saying is true or false, you only need to look at two things. One is that they said we completely destroyed the Chemical Plant Base. You can go and see the Chemical Plant Base; it should be empty, but the base should still be there. Perhaps it's been damaged a bit, but you've already seen our war fortress.

Do you think that if we really wanted to destroy the Chemical Plant Base, they would have had a chance to escape? We definitely have the ability to level it to the ground in an instant!"

Hearing Hongli's words, everyone nodded unconsciously. Although the war fortress's weapons hadn't been fired in front of them yet, just looking at the dense array of light beam cannons, no one would doubt Hongli's words.

"As for the second thing... to be honest, I don't want to show it to you, because I don't really want to recall those days! It was the most tragic time of my life. If Li Chenzhou, Boss Li, hadn't come back, I would probably still be suffering there!"

Hongli said, then with a wave of his hand, a huge virtual screen appeared directly in front of the rooftop, displaying a video of Hongli in the underground water prison, looking miserable.

"Everyone, Wang Zifeng, in order to take revenge, slandered Boss Li in every possible way and wanted Jin Yuan and me to testify for him. I'm a grateful person. Boss Li saved me, so I can't repay kindness with evil. That's why I kept persisting."

Looking at himself in the image, Hongli said:

"Jin Yuan couldn't hold on, so he became Wang Zifeng's lackey and testified for him, saying that everything he said was true. And with his words, the survivors in our base believed that Boss Li was a demon who conducted genetic experiments on humans.

That's why so many people didn't believe us later. And later, when the war fortress appeared, they regretted it and wanted to come here to live, but we refused them. Their distrust, although related to Wang Zifeng and Jin Yuan, was ultimately the responsibility of adults who should have their own judgment and be responsible for their own actions!

Therefore, they were blacklisted by us. From now on, they will forever lose the qualification to enter here. This may also be why they came to your base and continued to smear us.

Oh, right, you can take a look over there. Do you see those people helping to maintain order? They are all survivors from the Chemical Plant Base. They chose to believe in me and Li Chenzhou and were willing to follow us. Therefore, they became the first residents of this small world and participated in the design of this small world.

If you have any questions in your hearts, you can ask them. I think there must be people among you who know them!"

At the end, Hongli pointed to the area around the vehicles that had been teleported into the small world, where a group of people in uniform black combat uniforms were helping to maintain order and registering the new survivors.

In fact, there was no need to ask those survivors anymore. After seeing the image and hearing what Hongli said, those people already believed it.

"Brother Hongli, I'm Li Qingfeng from the Qingfeng Base. Do you still recognize me? I've been to your base many times! I was lucky to have your help back then, otherwise, my base might not have survived until now!"

In the crowd, a survivor came out and walked up to Hongli, asking.

"Of course, I remember you, Brother Qingfeng! It's really good to see you again!"

Hongli stepped forward and hugged Li Qingfeng, saying with some emotion:

"When I was nailed in the underground water prison, I thought my life would end there! Then I would never see you again."

"Let the past be the past. Your experience back then should also be the reason why you're now soaring and becoming the leader of this base, right? So, it might not necessarily be a bad thing!"

Li Qingfeng patted Hongli on the shoulder and said.

"Yeah! Of course, Boss Li said that this war fortress is the reward I received for my persistence back then!"

Hongli turned his head and looked at Li Chenzhou.

"Brother Hongli, and this Boss Li, I'd like to ask, can the survivors from our base also move here?"

Li Qingfeng finally brought the topic back and stated his intention.

"Of course, you can, but the leader here is Hongli. If you bring your base to join, then you will no longer be the leader."

Li Chenzhou said with a smile.

"Hey! What leader or no leader, I really didn't pay much attention to it!"

Li Qingfeng waved his hand nonchalantly and said:

"To be honest, all of us leaders were just ordinary people before. Although we established a base and became a small boss, what's the use of that? To put it bluntly, if we really encounter a horde of zombies, the leader will die too.

Now it's the apocalypse, the most important thing is to survive. As for power? What's the use of power to someone who doesn't even know if they'll see the sun tomorrow?"

"Good! Then welcome you to join!"

Li Chenzhou nodded and smiled.

"This Boss Li, I'd like to ask a question!"

At this time, another base leader also stood up and looked at Li Chenzhou, asking:

"We've seen this small world, it's quite good. It can be said that in the apocalypse, there's definitely no base more suitable than this war fortress. But... from what you're saying, it seems like as long as we're willing, we can all enter here.

Although this place is very big and enough to accommodate us, if it were me, I think I'd rather develop with the people from my own base than recruit people on a large scale like you, after all, we're not really familiar with each other, and our lives and deaths have nothing to do with you.

There's no such thing as unprovoked love in this world, especially in this apocalypse, so, is there some reason behind your seemingly great behavior?"