"Change?"

Li Chenzhou's words left Ding Ning somewhat bewildered, as he didn't quite grasp Li Chenzhou's meaning.

"Remember when I told you before that Xiaogang's personality was more suited for this post-apocalyptic world?"

Li Chenzhou said, "In this post-apocalyptic world, you must be ruthless, especially since you'll soon be the leader of this base. Kindness and softness will only make others think you're easy to bully.

"See those people we rescued? Although you see many people giving orders, let me tell you, in the beginning, my team consisted of only six people, excluding the two children, and one of them was a girl!

"What do you think allowed us to make those fifteen hundred people obediently follow our commands? Just because we saved them? No! That's far from enough!

"Saving them might earn us their gratitude, but it won't earn their obedience. In fact, many won't even be grateful, like those two hundred-plus people you saw!

"We relied on killing, not killing zombies, but killing people!!!"

"Killing people? Killing ordinary people?"

Ding Ning was instantly stunned.

"Yes! Killing ordinary people!"

Li Chenzhou nodded emphatically. "Because after those people were rescued, not only were they ungrateful, but they also became ambitious. Some wanted to steal our vehicles, others didn't want to participate in collecting supplies or rescuing survivors, and only wanted to freeload off us! All of those people were killed by us!

"You might think we're cruel, but if we left them alive, they would affect my team. For example, everyone else is risking their lives to kill zombies and save people, while they stay in the vehicles, doing nothing, even eating and drinking our supplies.

"Do you think others would feel that's fair? Would they still wholeheartedly kill zombies and search for living survivors? No!

"So, their presence would greatly reduce our efficiency, and the consequence of that would be that many people wouldn't be rescued in time and would be left to die in their hiding places!

"Now, here's the question: Do you think I should keep them in my team, ignore them, and cause perhaps dozens, perhaps hundreds, of survivors to not be rescued? Or should I kill them, making everyone else terrified, and go all out to save more survivors?"

"Kill them!"

Ding Ning thought for a moment, then finally answered.

"Exactly!"

Li Chenzhou nodded with a smile. "We can't sacrifice the opportunity to rescue more people to accommodate some who aren't worth saving, just like when we're cooking porridge, we can't leave the rat droppings in the pot just because they're mixed with a lot of rice! So, killing is sometimes the most efficient way to save people!"

"Killing...is a way to save people..."

Ding Ning repeated thoughtfully.

"That's right. Judging whether something is good or bad can't be done solely based on that thing itself. You have to consider everything related to it. You're a prison guard, you've seen death row inmates, right? And the soldiers who carry out executions?"

Li Chenzhou said, "If I say that someone has killed people, most people will immediately think that person is bad because killing isn't a good thing!

"But what if I'm talking about a soldier who carries out executions? Is he still a bad person? Similarly, you think killing isn't a good thing, but isn't executing a death row inmate also killing?"

Saying this, Li Chenzhou stood up and said with some emotion, "Actually, there's no right or wrong in this world, no good or bad. The only thing that exists is perspective. If your perspective is different, your understanding of things will be different.

"If I save someone from drowning, it's a good thing for me because I saved someone and did a good deed. It's also a good thing for the person I saved because they were rescued. But then, if that person goes berserk and kills several people, I also become a culprit to the victims and their families because if I hadn't saved him, he would already be dead and wouldn't have been able to kill so many people!

"This world no longer has laws, and no one has any scruples. So, what you need to do is choose your own perspective and then let go and do it. As long as what you're doing aligns with your perspective, then it's right. If someone thinks it's wrong, it means they oppose your perspective and are your enemy!"

As he spoke, Li Chenzhou stomped on the ground beneath his feet. "This prison is your perspective. You must protect it because it was protected by your comrades with their lives. Therefore, anything that threatens this prison is your enemy. Kill them, maintain your perspective, and only then can you truly stand up and truly rule this prison. Can you...do it?"

"Kill people?"

Ding Ning asked softly.

"Yes! Kill people!"

Li Chenzhou said, "And kill many people! If you don't think you can kill people, then go back to that tombstone and ask Xiaogang, ask Uncle Zhang, whether they wanted to kill their comrades back then, whether they wanted to kill their own biological son? They could do it, so why can't you?

"Do you think that killing some enemies who threaten the existence of the prison is more difficult than Uncle Zhang taking a gun and killing his wounded comrades one by one? They used their lives to ensure that the prison wouldn't fall, but you're going to lose this prison because of other people's lives, the lives of some trash?"

"Of course not!"

Ding Ning suddenly roared, because Li Chenzhou's words reminded him of Uncle Zhang's back as he walked down the corridor.

"I understand! I can kill! Whoever dares to destroy my prison, I will kill them! No matter who it is, no matter how many there are! I will kill them all! I will protect this place!!!"

"Very good!"

Li Chenzhou picked up the evolution serum. "Right now, in the prison cells, those people who wanted to sleep in the cells before, who thought the inmates inside were more reliable than your comrades, are interacting with the inmates, because after they went in, I closed the gate and opened all the cell doors, releasing all the inmates!

"Since they think the inmates are good, then I'll let them deeply experience it. By tomorrow morning, it should be a living hell in there. So, you need to order the elimination of everyone inside. If you think you can do it, then inject this into your body. If you can't..."

"I can do it!"

Before Li Chenzhou could say what would happen if he couldn't, Ding Ning grabbed the evolution serum, glared at him, and asked, "Just inject it here?"

"Yes!"

Li Chenzhou nodded. Ding Ning unhesitatingly removed the needle cover and plunged the evolution serum into his chest, then forcefully injected all the liquid into his body...