“Did Captain Li and the others go out?”

Li Chenzhou was stunned and quickly asked, “What did they go to do?”

“I asked them to drive out and rescue people!” Duan Lei said, then explained his intentions.

“Well! That's good too!” Hearing that Duan Lei also wanted Li Yunshan and his team to try to contact humans first, Li Chenzhou agreed. But with Li Yunshan's entire team gone, what about this side?

After thinking about it, Li Chenzhou said, “Forget it, let Fatty and Tian Ya come! At least keep an eye on it for a few days! Then they can go directly to the Duoluo world!”

Fatty and Tian Ya were both going to enter the Duoluo world. As for now, both were helping out at the mountain village. Li Chenzhou planned to transfer these two over to guard the fortress for a few days, while he first confirmed the world level!

Actually, leaving the fortress here wouldn't allow anyone to break through it. However, Li Chenzhou didn't fully trust the people of Jin City yet. He only had faith in Zhu Haitao, but that didn't mean he could treat Zhu Haitao like Duan Lei, Fatty, and Gray Bear.

So, even though Li Chenzhou had absolute control over the fortress, he still needed to leave some of his own people here. The reason was simple: Li Chenzhou didn't want to test Zhu Haitao and the others.

If his own people were here, Zhu Haitao and the others would basically have no other thoughts. But if he left, and it was all people from Jin City, things might not be so certain.

It's like someone who isn't a thief and never thought about stealing, but you dangle in front of them and put a stack of money where they can easily reach it. They might be tempted to take it – humans are the most susceptible to temptation!

“Okay, I'll have Fatty and Tian Ya go over right away! Do you need a war chariot? I let Captain Li and the others drive the space one away.” Duan Lei asked.

“No need, there's the Hope war fortress here. They don't need to go out. Just have them keep an eye on the fortress for me!” Li Chenzhou said.

“Got it!” Duan Lei replied readily.

After hanging up the communication, Li Chenzhou continued to look at Jin City, still ignoring the survivors hiding outside the wall. To Li Chenzhou, these people would basically have no further interaction with him.

He just sat on top of the fortress, quietly watching Jin City, thinking about how to act next.

After experiencing the Jin City base incident, Li Chenzhou suddenly realized that he had overlooked a very important issue, namely the infighting among humans.

Originally, Li Chenzhou wanted to first get the world level settled, and then send Fatty and the others over to familiarize themselves with the Duoluo world.

Moreover, he would establish a base of their own in the Duoluo world, and continuously send troops there. Only in this way could he control the future of his own world, instead of entrusting his fate to people from other worlds!

And in this world, Li Chenzhou would let Duan Lei manage it, having them build a base while constantly absorbing survivors. This way, when his layout in the Duoluo world was almost complete, a large number of troops could be sent over here.

But now, Li Chenzhou felt that he should adopt a two-pronged approach and speed things up. The apocalypse had been going on for so long, and the people who were still alive had gradually become familiar with and accepted this new world.

Therefore, at this stage, many slightly stronger bases had begun to expand. Almost all base leaders had recognized the importance of population.

So, they would send out a large number of teams to search for resources while scouting the locations of other bases. After discovering a base, they would first try to contact them to see their strength.

If that base was very strong, they would of course leave and then avoid that base. But if, on the contrary, that base had no strong individuals, they would send out a large force to annex that base, taking all the population and resources back to expand their own base!

This kind of annexation generally depends on the leader's personality. If the leader's personality is bloodthirsty or suspicious, then it will be a disaster for the survivors in the annexed base. Countless people will lose their lives in this chaotic and bloody annexation, especially the elderly and children!

For most base leaders, they can't see that far ahead. The next generation, or even the generation after that, and the future of humanity, are completely beyond their consideration.

All they think about is their own lives. So, even when annexing, what they need are adult males and young women. Adult males are good labor, and young women can be used by themselves or to reward their subordinates; they are also a scarce resource.

As for the elderly and children, and the middle-aged female survivors, they are considered a waste of food. What are they good for? Just kill them!

Therefore, in the process of mutual annexation between these bases, a large number of survivors will die, causing the world population to decline sharply again, until the number of survivor bases in each region is reduced to a certain level. This expansion and annexation will gradually stop.

Because the bases that can survive during this period must have a certain strength. Even if other bases are stronger than them, they are unwilling to easily go and fight them head-on.

Even if they win, their own side will suffer heavy losses and immediately become the target of other bases. Therefore, no base leader is willing to fight a base that is not much different in strength from their own. That would only benefit the fisherman.

So, Li Chenzhou now plans to speed up the annexation of other bases. Anyway, some weak bases are going to be annexed anyway, so it's better to do it himself. At least if he annexes them, it won't be so bloody. Moreover, even if other bases complete the annexation, Li Chenzhou and the others will still have to annex them again when they go over.

Thinking of this, Li Chenzhou looked at Jin City. He felt that he should temporarily ignore Jin City, since he had the Hope war fortress watching over it.

He now needed to hurry back to Qing City to concentrate the several bases there. This way, he could get some usable manpower. People like Kong Xiang and Wang Yuanqiang from the Wu Village base, Jin Yuan and Hong Li from the chemical plant base, Luo Hong from the war preparedness office base, and Ding Ning from the prison base – these were all talents who could stand alone!

Moreover, so much time had passed; they must have cultivated some people who could help them. These could all be used as helpers!

As long as all the bases there were integrated, these people could be drawn out, and Li Chenzhou could take them to other cities to annex those bases.

Li Chenzhou was thinking on top, but the survivors outside the wall were anxious. They didn't know why Li Chenzhou was spacing out up there, and as long as Li Chenzhou didn't leave, they wouldn't dare to show their faces...