Chapter 34 This Is…

“This is…”

Everyone was stunned. How could such a behemoth appear instantly above their heads, and suspended in the air?

At this moment, they were too shocked to even consider what would happen if this huge thing suddenly lost its levitation and fell directly – they would all be turned into mincemeat.

"How is it? This is your new base! From now on, you'll be in charge of this thing. It's called the War Fortress. What you're seeing now is just the bottom. As for its real appearance, you'll probably have to get further away to see it!"

Li Chenzhou said to Hongli with a smile:

"But before that, let's go inside and take a look. The home I mentioned is inside this fortress!"

"There's internal space inside as well?"

Hongli, who had already been inside the war chariot, reacted immediately.

"Of course! Otherwise, even if this fortress is huge, it can't be called a base, because it can't be self-sufficient!"

Li Chenzhou laughed, then said to the other survivors:

"I'm going to take you into this fortress now. There's a small world inside, which will be your home from now on. Don't resist! Remember, if you resist and don't enter the fortress, you'll lose the chance to enter here forever!"

After speaking, Li Chenzhou didn't give them time to react and directly activated a group teleportation. In the next moment, Li Chenzhou, Hongli, and all the survivors around the war chariot appeared in the small world of the War Fortress.

Because it was a newly exchanged War Fortress, the small world was naturally pristine, with nothing but grasslands, mountains, and the sea.

But this kind of environment stunned everyone except Li Chenzhou, who was used to seeing it. More than a thousand people were so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. They even held their breaths, as if afraid that making a sound would shatter their dream…

"Li… Boss Li, is… is this really… the internal space of the fortress?"

After a full five minutes, Hongli was the first to wake up. He stammered.

"That's right, this is the internal space of the War Fortress you just saw. I call it the Small World, and this will be your home from now on!"

Li Chenzhou used the fortress's amplification to answer Hongli, while also ensuring that all the survivors in the small world could hear him:

"This is the new base for Qing City that I mentioned. Any survivors around Qing City who are willing to come in can live here. As long as the War Fortress isn't broken, it's absolutely safe here. No one can enter here without permission, because there's no normal entrance or exit; you can only rely on teleportation!"

"Yeah!!!"

After Li Chenzhou finished speaking, the scene fell silent again, but after a few seconds, a young man in the crowd jumped up suddenly, threw the package he was holding tightly into the sky, and shouted loudly.

"Hahahaha! We have a new home! Ah~~~!"

"That's great, we can finally get rid of that ubiquitous stench. I don't know how long it's been since I smelled the fragrance of grass!"

"Ours, haha! Our own small world! No zombies, no mutated beasts, only the world of us humans! Great! Hahahaha!"

"How is it? You said it would be dangerous to come here, so why don't you go out now? Go back to that godforsaken base?"

"Bah! Go out? I'm never going out for the rest of my life! I'd rather die here!"

"Hahahaha! When I left, that idiot Liu Yinghua laughed at me, saying that I was seeking my own death and would regret it soon. I'm going to take a picture of this and let him see who will regret it!"

"Hahahaha! That's right, when we left, those people looked at us like we were dead or idiots. We should let them know who the real idiots are!!!"

"Wait, how do we get out?"

"Didn't you say we have to teleport out?"

"Then how do we teleport? Do you know how?"

"…No!"

"Who cares, if we can't get out, we can't get out. The air outside smells worse than farts. We finally found such a good place, and you still want to go out? I'm not going out! I'll stay here, I'll do whatever you want me to do, just don't kick me out!"

"Haha! That's right, I'm not going out either! I won't go out even if you beat me to death! What if I can't get back in if I go out?"

"Tch, you're saying you won't go out now, but what about before? Weren't you worried that Boss Li was really using our bodies for experiments, like that bastard Wang Zifeng said?"

"Don't talk nonsense, I'm telling you, if you slander me again, I'll hit you! Hmph, with such a good place, even if you really use me for experiments in the end, I'll accept it, as long as I can live here for two or three days! I think it's worth it!"

"…"

The survivors in the small world cheered, ran wildly, some were chatting with each other, some were sprinting aimlessly, some were kneeling on the ground, burying their heads in the grass and crying, some were looking up at the sky, crying and laughing…

Li Chenzhou just watched quietly. In fact, the environment of the small world was just an ordinary scenic spot before the apocalypse, or rather, you could see such scenery in any mountain village!

But now, such an ordinary environment made the people who came in extremely excited, even losing their composure and unable to control themselves. This showed how deep the repression and fear that the apocalypse outside brought to mankind was.

Thinking of the scene when the people from the Duoluo World entered the small world, Li Chenzhou took a deep breath. Absolutely! Absolutely! Absolutely must not let his world become like the Duoluo World!!!

"Slap!"

Just then, a crisp sound came. Li Chenzhou turned his head and saw that Hongli had actually slapped himself hard. He couldn't help but ask in amazement:

"You… what are you doing?"

"Hehe! Boss Li, I… I can't believe this is real, I always feel like I'm dreaming – no! Before this, I didn't even dare to dream so extravagantly!"

Hongli said with a silly smile, and as he spoke, tears welled up like a spring:

"Just an hour ago, I was still nailed to that dark and sunless underground water prison waiting to die, but now, I'm in such a dreamlike world, and this world will actually be managed by me in the future!

Boss Li, I don't know how to thank you. In short, my life is yours from now on. As long as you say a word, I won't hesitate to kill myself! The only request is, if you really want me to kill myself, at least wait until tomorrow, because… I want to sleep peacefully in this world…"