Suvasong Camp, in the forest.

The man who interrupted gritted his teeth and said, "There are animals in the forest, they'll be our food..."

"You're such an idiot... Many animals have mutated, do you really think we can kill a mutated wild boar with our lousy guns?"

Valerie's face flushed red with anger.

"Don't you remember what happened to Serge's team? A single plank killed fifteen people. Fifteen! And you still want us to hunt them?!"

"But..."

"Shut up! You fool, shut up! Are you saying 'This isn't suitable for us'... or are you afraid of being interrogated?"

As the delegation members chatted quietly while leaving, Hubert instructed the soldiers to return to their posts.

Hubert said, "I don't like them. To be precise, I don't like that young man and that other guy."

"I don't like them either, they're bound to start an infighting soon... By the way, I've upgraded the teleporter, so now we can transport larger items."

"That's great! I'll let the Recyclers know, I've seen a few tractors, the farm could use them."

...

Meanwhile, Valerie's delegation was embroiled in a heated debate, splitting into three factions.

The first faction was willing to accept Lin Yi's terms.

The second faction opposed and wanted to maintain the status quo.

The third faction wanted to negotiate better terms.

They argued for a long time, about an hour and a half, and finally decided to return to the camp for a town hall meeting.

"I'm sorry to delay you a bit more, but I promise, I'll bring people..."

"I quite admire you, do you need me to accompany you? That way, the civilians will know you're telling the truth."

"I... I'm already fifty-three years old..."

"What I admire is your character..."

"Actually, as a Professional, my body keeps getting younger..."

The lady blushed, discreetly glanced at Lin Yi, then thought of something and asked.

"But... what about your safety? Some people in my team are dissatisfied with your terms..."

"Unless they use tanks and heavy weapons, don't even think about hurting me, and that's only if I'm sitting there watching TV."

Lin Yi grinned...

The convoy quickly set off for Compiegne.

This town is about twenty kilometers to the east.

Thanks to the greedy soldiers, the road leading there is now clear of obstacles.

The survivors' camp is located on the north bank of the Oise River, just on the other side of the main bridge.

According to Valerie, one day, all the zombies in this area suddenly went to Paris, so now the locals are living fairly well.

Initially, there were three groups of survivors in this town, but over time, they merged into one group and elected the former town mayor, Valerie, as their leader.

The previous leaders became her advisors.

The camp has about 2200 people, and they seem to be doing quite well, you can see they're very careful in distributing food, but unlike most camps, they're not at the point of starvation.

The town meeting was immediately held.

To say Lin Yi attracted the crowd's attention would be an understatement.

He was dressed in futuristic armor, like a tank among a bunch of Toyotas.

To prove Valerie's words true, he conjured up a few bags of food, and even showed a rabbit and a few bunnies.

But the townspeople were still afraid of him...

As expected, a few people started to stir up trouble, but Lin Yi was prepared when he arrived, he had installed many cameras in the town.

He saw the scene immediately.

"We have a problem, don't we?" A middle-aged man, sitting at a table in a locked room.

He was talking to about forty other people, most of whom were also middle-aged.

"It seems so... He said he has Mind Reading Skills, with what we've done, we'll be exposed soon enough... and then..."

It was the voice of the man who interrupted earlier.

At this point, the young man said, "What should we do then? Everyone listens to Valerie..."

"We kill her and frame Lin Yi."

"Do you really think we can kill him?"

"Maybe not, but we don't have to kill him, he'll leave on his own."

...

"Look at this, how is it? It seems I don't need to protect myself, but I do need to protect you?"

Melanie had recorded these people's conversation and uploaded it to one of Lin Yi's phones.

Lin Yi then showed this video to Valerie.

The lady, now flushed with anger, as a town leader, must always be gentle.

"I won't ask where this video came from, but I won't just swallow this insult!"

She immediately assembled a hundred camp soldiers, based on the video's background, to head to the "enemy's lair."

It was located in the basement of an apartment building, a nightclub.

The soldiers stormed into the basement, and the unsuspecting conspirators were caught.

"What's the meaning of this, Valerie?! I'm a council member! You have no right to do this!"

"Shut up, this is the evidence!" Valerie held up the phone and played the video.

"We kill Valerie, frame Lin Yi."

Seeing this ironclad evidence, the conspirators' faces turned pale, but resistance was futile.

They were unarmed and outnumbered.

"This video is fake! You're trying to frame..."

The man who interrupted was cut off when Valerie struck his temple with the butt of an assault rifle, knocking him unconscious.

The men were tied up and taken outside, and the nightclub was thoroughly searched.

They discovered a large amount of "missing" ammunition, and about a ton of food.

Needless to say, this information was immediately shared with the others, and a public trial began.

The conspirators, of course, denied everything, but...

As it turns out, Lin Yi's appreciation is not without reason; Valerie is an impressive woman.

After a minute of interrogation, most of the men confessed and explained the events…

Let's put it this way, such an extremely heinous act nearly got them torn to pieces by the enraged crowd.

Kidnapping, assaulting women, stealing food, stealing ammunition, fraud, murder, conspiracy…

They admitted to many crimes.

Each of them has blood on their hands, and even the blood has almost turned black.

After the execution, the discussion returned to the main track,

about half an hour later.

Almost everyone agreed to join the shelter.

"As you can see, we agreed, so what now? Are you going to interrogate us?"

"Yes, prepare a place for your people to cook, there are quite a few people, this might take some time."

"Alright, we have enough food."

"Tell them to cook more meat, don't be stingy with the ingredients, you'll have meat to eat every day from now on!"

Lin Yi said with a smile, waving his hand, as several large bags of meat and other ingredients appeared before him.

"Alright, thank you!"

Valerie walked to the center of the crowd and shouted with an unexpectedly loud voice.

"Listen up, everyone! Today we're going to have a big feast, there's meat to eat! Lots of meat!"

"Really? Oh my god, it's fresh too!"

"I haven't had meat for six months…"

"Get the women over, let them start cooking quickly! My kids have been trying to eat raw…"

At the man's call, a group of cheerful women immediately got busy.

A not long time ago, this man's words would be considered sexist, but now…

Lin Yi waved his hand again, and Chen Youyou, a middle-aged man, appeared.

This man's name is Philip, he used to be a private detective, the shelter assigned him a book on mind reading skills.

To protect the two, Lin Yi also summoned forty fully armed soldiers.

Seeing armed people appear out of nowhere made everyone even more convinced they had made the right decision.

In order to speed up the process, the "lie detector" put up several signs listing rules and questions:

[Have you ever engaged in or participated in the group that engaged in the following behaviors?]

-Murder

-Rape

-Robbery

-Framing others

-Betraying camp or community

[Our rules]:

-All adults must work to the best of their ability and effort.

-Everyone must obey the boss's orders.

-Theft and laziness will be expelled from the stronghold.

-Harming the stronghold will be executed.

-Leaking stronghold information will be severely punished.

[When people approach the interrogator, they will be asked three questions.]

"Did you carefully read the contents on the sign?"

"Did you do any of the things listed on the sign? If so, which ones did you do?"

"Do you agree with our rules?"

Most people just answered:

"Yes, no, yes."

But there are also some cases that require further explanation, after all, living cleanly in an apocalypse is no easy feat.

So the shelter will also decide based on the situation.

It took three hours to interrogate everyone.

Nine people were refused entry.

Lin Yi provided them with transportation and some supplies before sending them on their way.

Everyone present was well-fed and in good spirits, so they all smoothly signed the contract and were then sent to the shelter.

…

"This place is amazing… It's hard to believe this is in the apocalypse, thank you…"

Valerie said this for the fiftieth time after a simple tour of the shelter, it's almost become a catchphrase.

"But it's not completely safe."

"I know. But if I understand correctly, you're going to build walls today, and that will ensure our safety, right?"

"That's right."

"And then you'll be building homes for everyone?"

"That's right."

"And you'll need resources to do this? My people can help you gather what you need."

"Haha, you beat me to saying what I wanted to say..."

"Then, can I live closer to your place? If that's possible..."

"Why?"

"So I can report to you anytime, and even watching you work every day seems like an honor to me!"

"...That sounds familiar?"

"I saw it in a video, just a little joke, I'll follow your arrangements, boss!"

"Besides your abilities, I also appreciate your youthful mindset now."

"As I said before, my body is gradually getting younger too…"

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