After Chu Yangtian left the office building with his granddaughter, a smile immediately appeared on his face. He knew he had successfully persuaded Shen Feng. Although Shen Feng was pretending to still be considering it, his failure to object at the time indicated that he had already begun to agree with what he had said.
Chu Chaoyan quickly asked, "Grandpa, how do you know you've successfully persuaded him? What if Shen Feng still doesn't make any big moves in a few days?"
Chu Yangtian smiled and said, "This is a matter of experience. Shen Feng appears rebellious and cynical, but that's just on the surface. In reality, he understands all the principles but doesn't want to do anything! In this situation, he must be given enough motivation to do the right thing. First, tell him about the crisis, and then let him know the benefits he can gain after taking control. This way, he will strive for his own safety and future."
Chu Chaoyan nodded, understanding her grandfather's strategy: "So, you need to first understand the person you're dealing with and then say the right things, not just simply reason with them."
"Exactly, you should learn from this in the future," Chu Yangtian replied with a smile.
In the office, Shen Feng began to think carefully. He indeed didn't know the situation in Rongcheng. If he went there rashly, he might not only fail to protect himself and his family but also lose his place to live. Even if he had to go, he should first inquire about the situation.
Chang Jianyi slowly sat beside Shen Feng and asked in a low voice, "What are you considering now?"
Shen Feng thought for a moment and said to Chang Jianyi, "Let's retake Luzhou first. As for the situation in Rongcheng, we need to find out more before making any decisions. I might have been too simplistic before!"
Chang Jianyi then asked, "Have you thought about how to deal with the zombies? Hundreds of thousands of zombies are in the city. How can this be handled?"
Thinking about the current situation, Shen Feng felt particularly helpless. When he went out hunting, he often saw thousands upon thousands of zombies. Even if he evolved again, he wouldn't be able to defeat them when they came like a tide. Therefore, dealing with the zombies remained a pressing issue.
"I plan to solicit opinions from the people below. If they are suitable, I will adopt them. We can only rely on the wisdom of the masses now. I can't think of any good solutions myself!" Shen Feng said helplessly. With hordes of zombies, once a battle begins, it becomes an endless zombie tide. There are only five thousand of us, and we can't withstand hundreds of thousands of zombies.
Chang Jianyi also nodded and said, "Then I'll immediately instruct people to print notices. If anyone has suitable suggestions, they can be rewarded with a tube of evolution serum. I believe everyone will put their minds to it. Speaking of which, we already have over twenty evolutionaries."
In fact, Shen Feng had hunted many mutated zombies, but after making the serums, he hadn't distributed them in large quantities. Most of them were stored by him. He knew very well that these evolution serums could not be distributed in large quantities, otherwise, people below would not take it seriously. They could only make outsiders anticipate the serums more.
Currently, the office building and the laboratory were the only two places with electricity in the district. This was because the office building was where Shen Feng and Chang Jianyi lived, and the laboratory building was where Yu Renshu conducted experiments. Both places were very important, hence they had electricity.
However, for Shen Feng, having electricity meant he could charge his phone and play some single-player games.
Chang Jianyi immediately made copies of the notices and ordered her subordinates to post them in conspicuous places within the district. The content was straightforward: people were encouraged to offer suggestions, and anyone whose suggestions were adopted would receive an evolution serum. Anyone, whether they were part of the Self-Help Association or not, could participate in this event.
After the notices were posted, they immediately attracted a large crowd. Upon discovering that the reward was an evolution serum, everyone became excited. Everyone knew that by obtaining an evolution serum, they could become an evolutionary and gain extraordinary power, thus reaching the pinnacle of life. Therefore, everyone began to think about plans to defeat the zombies and retake Luzhou. As long as their plans were adopted, they would soar to success.
For the rest of the day, the first floor of the office building was crowded with people, each holding their written plans and explaining their methods for retaking Luzhou.
However, most people directly talked about combat, advocating for the resolution of zombies through fighting. Shen Feng directly rejected such proposals. If zombies could be easily dealt with, would he need to ask for suggestions? A small number of people provided methods for dealing with zombies on a large scale, but these were all theoretical.
Nevertheless, three people successfully caught Shen Feng's attention. All three were survivors, and they had not joined the Self-Help Association, seemingly content to just wait for death. But when the opportunity presented itself, they stepped forward, and their plans were particularly detailed, not just empty talk.
Shen Feng nodded with satisfaction and said to the three, "You three come to the office building tonight. Your plans will be evaluated. Of course, only one of your plans will be used. I wonder who it will be!"
Upon hearing this, the three men's fighting spirit was ignited. They all believed that their plan was the most perfect and that being able to stand out from hundreds of plans proved that their plan was sufficient to proceed.
After the three left, Shen Feng said to Chang Jianyi, "Senior sister, please notify the leaders and deputy leaders of each group to come to the office building for a meeting. Of course, they will only have the right to listen and ask questions; the decision-making authority will still be ours!"
Shen Feng looked at the three very detailed plans and found them all to be quite good. Of course, these plans also had their own shortcomings, and it was difficult to say which plan was particularly good or which was particularly easy to implement.
Chang Jianyi said in a low voice, "Since these three people can formulate such complete plans, we can't let them go. We should form a think tank and have them offer advice at critical moments!"
Shen Feng nodded in agreement. He considered himself to have a good mind, but that was only relative. Compared to ordinary people, his mind was indeed not bad, but when compared to the top-tier intelligent people, Shen Feng's mind was still insufficient. At least, he couldn't have come up with the three plans presented at this moment.
Of course, Shen Feng did not simply dismiss the people who offered suggestions today. Instead, he gave them ten catties of rice and sent them away. In fact, Shen Feng also wanted to give them money, but at this time, cash was useless. Only food and cloth were hard currency.
The people who offered suggestions left content, as ten catties of rice were enough to eat for a long time, and sometimes it could even be used for trading.
By evening, the managers of the Self-Help Association had arrived, including those who had drunk the evolution serum. However, unexpectedly, Yu Renshu did not appear, but continued to stay in her laboratory, and no one knew what she was doing inside.
Shen Feng said to those who attended the meeting, "Since everyone is here, let's begin today's meeting. We will evaluate and question the plans to eliminate zombies, and finally select the most suitable plan for action!"
Ren Jing quickly asked, "President, can we ask about anything?"
"You can ask about anything related to the plan!" Shen Feng said with a smile.
After that, Zhou Xiaoxiao walked to the front, opened the display screen, and directly chose the software to start drawing. He actually used drawing software to roughly sketch the map of Luzhou. Then, he pointed to a certain area and said, "Members of the Self-Help Association, let me explain my plan. First, we will build fortifications in this area, lure all the zombies in the city to this area, and then burn them all clean! This area is far from the city, so burning it will have no impact on the subsequent retaking."
After explaining his plan, Yang Chang immediately began to question, "The area you drew is very large. Doesn't this mean we have to clear the zombies in this area first? This way, the consumption of physical strength will be very serious, and the time will be very long. If the losses are too great, it will not be worth the effort."
"You don't need to worry about that at all!" Zhou Xiaoxiao said confidently. He then marked this area and explained, "This area is actually a newly developed urban area with few residents. Therefore, there is no need to worry about clearing the zombies. If the population density is not high, then there will not be many zombies!"
Afterward, Li Xiang continued to say, "Fuel is also a big problem. The gasoline we have now is extracted from abandoned vehicles. If we need to burn so many zombies, the gasoline will not be enough. The last time we burned 30,000 zombies, our gasoline was already used up. If we were to set fires on such a large scale, even if all the gasoline in the city were concentrated, it would be difficult to burn the zombies to death."
Zhou Xiaoxiao's expression changed. He hadn't expected the gasoline problem to be so serious. After all, Luzhou did not produce gasoline, so gasoline had always relied on external input. Now that the input had been cut off, the possibility of burning zombies became very low!
"Even if there isn't enough gasoline, we can still use other means, such as some flammable items, alcohol from supermarkets, or paint used in construction..." Zhou Xiaoxiao said with effort.
Shen Feng had not considered the gasoline issue before. Unexpectedly, Li Xiang brought it up at this time. He immediately understood that Zhou Xiaoxiao's plan was difficult to sustain and interrupted Zhou Xiaoxiao, saying, "Mr. Zhou, please sit aside for now and listen to the plans of the remaining two people."
Zhou Xiaoxiao sat dejectedly. He now understood that his plan had a fatal flaw. He had accurately assessed the terrain of Luzhou and its population distribution, and he was also familiar with the roads leading to the new urban area. However, he had forgotten to consider the gasoline issue. This was also what he had thought of when he saw the billowing black smoke from the construction site two days ago. Since fire attacks could deal with 30,000 zombies, the hundreds of thousands of zombies in the city could also be dealt with together. However, he had overlooked a key point.
Next, Yang Ye came forward and also started drawing. First, he drew a river, which was the Yangtze River, and then nearby, there was a newly opened waterway. At the mouth of the waterway was a dam, and inside was a hydroelectric power station. This power station had previously provided electricity to the city, and the area near the waterway had become a new commercial district.
Yang Ye said confidently, "Everyone may not have realized it, but Luzhou is on the banks of the Yangtze River. Therefore, we don't need to use fire to attack the zombies. Instead, we can use the Yangtze River water to drown these zombies directly. Please look at the dam here. As long as the dam is closed, the waterway will dry up within a few days. Then, we can lure the zombies over, and then open the floodgates. We won't have to do anything; they will be drowned directly, whether there are tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands. It's just that the downstream cities may need some riverbed cleaning!"
Ren Jing raised a question, "Since we need to capture the dam, how will we get there? As far as I know, the dam is near the city, and there are many zombies. We can't resist them! Also, who can operate the dam gates? You seem to have thought of it too simply!"
Yang Ye was not deterred by this question. He directly said, "Let me introduce my own work. I am thirty-five years old this year. I used to work in a power station before, and then I started my own business. However, I still have some understanding of how to open and close the dam gates. As long as there are still workers in the power station, I am confident that I can operate the gates."
Upon hearing this explanation, Shen Feng's eyes lit up. He did not expect Yang Ye to be such a talent, having worked in a power plant before. In this case, if Luzhou were to be retaken, he could be of great use!
"Good, let the next person introduce themselves!" Shen Feng stopped Yang Ye and then asked the third person to come on stage to present their plan.