Large numbers of people joined the factions, completely dismantling the power structure of the entire aerial sanctuary.
Initially, Marco and others had opposed Zhang Wenwen's indiscriminate killings.
However, firstly, they themselves were no match for her, and secondly... many of Zhang Wenwen's actions were the suppressed voices of the people here for a long time.
Zhang Wenwen had a great many supporters.
Marco and the others had always sympathized with the lower class, but their sympathy was limited to using their contribution points to offer a little help to those they knew who were struggling.
This help was a drop in the bucket, unable to solve the fundamental problems.
Zhang Wenwen, however, directly addressed the core issues of the aerial sanctuary and changed the unequal system.
From this perspective, they even hoped that Zhang Wenwen would step forward to lead everyone.
Zhang Wenwen was experienced in reorganizing factions and expanding their branches, and she understood human nature very well.
She quickly announced a series of laws, rules, and systems, and ordered the disciples to distribute them.
At the same time, a temporary administrative body was hastily established for overall planning.
The previous strategic command, chief medical officer, engineering system, and search team system remained unchanged, not upsetting the upper class.
Therefore, this series of actions significantly reduced the opposing voices.
"It's bad, the City Lord's condition has worsened. The current medication can only control the illness!"
"If we don't get the medication in time, he won't be able to hold on!"
A nurse ran over nervously and said.
"Go check where the nearest medical station on the ground is. Search teams prepare to assemble. We must retrieve the medication to treat the City Lord."
Upon hearing the nurse, Marco immediately issued orders to the search team.
"Wait a moment!"
Zhang Wenwen turned and stopped him.
"What? You're going to stop something as urgent as saving a life?"
Marco questioned her sternly.
"How many people did you lose in the last operation?"
Zhang Wenwen asked.
"It has nothing to do with how many people were lost. Every life must be saved!"
Marco argued.
"After living this long, haven't you grasped the survival laws of the apocalypse?"
"Firstly, you bringing me up here was a thoughtless, 'saintly' decision!"
Zhang Wenwen said coldly.
"Your search team has witnessed my strength. I can easily eliminate giant monsters immune to your firepower with a single strike!"
"In less than ten sentences of conversation, you believed I wasn't a bad person..."
"If I were truly a bad person, your aerial sanctuary would have already sunk!"
Some of the upper-class citizens looked at each other, then glanced at the corpses of the enforcement officers on the ground, thinking, "Isn't this already the case?"
"Secondly!"
Zhang Wenwen paused and continued:
"Last time you collected supplies, by my estimation, you lost between twenty to thirty people."
"How many people are in your search team in total?"
"And now you're going to collect medicine, just to save an old man on his last legs?"
"Is it worth it to exchange twenty to thirty strong, young lives for a life that, even if saved, won't live for many more years?"
"If the search team is wiped out, everyone in the aerial sanctuary will starve."
"Do you think sacrificing everyone's lives to save one old man is worth it?!"
"Is this old man's life a life, but the lives of your team members are not? And what about the lives of the elderly and children in the sanctuary?"
"Where is your sense of responsibility as a captain?!"
With each question, Zhang Wenwen took a step closer to Marco.
By the time she finished her last question, Marco had been forced to retreat step by step until he was by the floor-to-ceiling window.
Through the glass behind him, they could see groups of monsters running and leaping on the ground.
Indeed... taking the team down would be an irresponsible act towards these members...
"Then... I'll go down myself!"
Marco said firmly.
"Is your head made of deadwood?"
Zhang Wenwen rolled her eyes at Marco helplessly, thinking this person was truly beyond saving.
"If you go down alone, you'll surely die. And if you go, won't Bingbing and other loyal team members go too?"
"Going is courting death, and not going means bearing guilt and the strange looks of other team members..."
"Have you, as their captain, truly considered them?"
"If this were a time of peace, with abundant resources and ample combat power, and you weren't indispensable, then you could go be a hero."
"Now it's the apocalypse, and you carry the hope of survival for everyone in the sanctuary, yet you disregard yourself like this?"
"True strength isn't daring to die; dying is too easy. Few who go to the surface come back alive."
"The difficult part is enduring, surviving, for the hope of humanity!"
"Furthermore... the only contribution this old man will make by surviving is to incite endless infighting among his former followers."
"After all, I killed his son. Do you think he'll let it go? Will those upper-class citizens willingly give up their privileges to share with the lower class?"
Zhang Wenwen explained patiently.
Marco was indeed brave, but he lacked political acumen.
He was a good general, but definitely not a good leader.
In the following days, Zhang Wenwen re-indoctrinated the entire sanctuary's survivors and established a new organizational structure.
The entire sanctuary was transformed.
During this process, she also continuously inquired about abnormal events through the search team, observers, and engineers.
But these people were too timid.
Most of the time, they stayed huddled in the aerial sanctuary. Even if something happened, they didn't dare to investigate or delve deeper.
Thus, they provided no useful intelligence.
Buzz~
Suddenly, a powerful energy fluctuation emanated from the ground.
"Energy fluctuation? The True God mentioned energy fluctuations, it should be from there!"
Zhang Wenwen's eyes lit up, and she quickly contacted the aerial command center, saying:
"Lower the altitude. Everyone land here and set up camp!"
Soon, an incredulous voice came from the command center through the walkie-talkie:
"Are you sure you want to be here? There is indeed a resource supply station below... but..."
"There are large areas of monsters on the ground. With our current defenses, we probably can't withstand their attacks!"
"Moreover, we've observed a large number of monsters gathering here!"
Monsters are gathering here?
Doesn't this indicate that this is likely the key to the energy fluctuation?
Zhang Wenwen smiled slightly and said with a firm tone:
"That's right, it's here. Descend!"
"As for those monsters... it's time to let everyone witness the divine power of the True God!"