Sandbox Doom

Chapter 22 Ambition
One of the most luxurious villa buildings in Crescent Villa, surrounded by shelter guards.

In the hall, a middle-aged man wearing gold and silver and with a pot belly was sitting on the sofa, with his legs up and shaking comfortably, holding a glass of red wine in his right hand, looking quite enjoying himself.

Standing next to him were a few young men and women with obsequious faces, some of them beat his shoulders, and others poured wine for him.

"Boss Jiang!" A person came in from outside the door, also smiling.

"Huh?" The middle-aged man called Boss Jiang glanced at him with displeasure.

"How many times have I said that? If you really can't remember, you might as well be removed from this management!" The young man pouring wine for the middle-aged man snapped his head sideways.

The person who came in hastily knelt down and kowtowed to the middle-aged man tremblingly: "My negligence, please forgive me!"

Only then did the middle-aged man smile, and he brought the cup to his mouth and took a sip.

"Your Majesty, this guy is too stupid! Why don't you change his position? It's more suitable to lead a team to build the city wall over there."

"Stupid is a little stupid, but he is quite diligent in doing things." The middle-aged man put the wine glass aside, motioned for several young men and women who were serving him to retreat, got up and walked in front of the man, "The emperor takes turns, come to my house today! Who Can you think of a red fog, from the emperor to the common people, all turned into man-eating monsters? The emperor of our Qinglong Kingdom, all civil and military officials in the court, including the Imperial Forest Army, were wiped out, and there were only a few survivors in the entire capital city! In the world, only a small number of human beings survived this disaster, and our court of the Qinglong Kingdom was wiped out, unable to rescue the surviving people. In the face of disasters, only people with both ability and integrity stand up to lead the people, in order to preserve the foundation of mankind and prevent Extinction. I can take this Zhuangzi, build a sanctuary to protect the survivors, and let them live well away from the threat of zombies. Why not replace the emperor of the Qinglong Kingdom? Wu Zhongxue, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty is holy!" The man kneeling on the ground nodded hastily.

The middle-aged man who claimed to be the emperor was named Jiang Xianrong, and he was a well-known local entrepreneur in Hua County.The zombie virus spread and the whole city fell, so he took his staff and fled outside the city to eliminate the zombies in Crescent Villa, and settled here to build his own shelter.

Probably in the apocalyptic scene, coupled with the fact that the court of the Qinglong Kingdom was almost wiped out, and no one stepped forward to rescue the people, Jiang Xianrong felt that he could create a new force and establish his own new court in this doomsday world.So he ordered people to broadcast to the outside world to attract survivors to join him, and strive to strengthen his own power. The ultimate goal is of course to replace Qinglong Kingdom and become the new emperor.

At present, apart from the management of this shelter, which is Jiang Xianrong's most trusted corporate backbone, the other survivors don't know about it.

Jiang Xianrong asked the key members around him to serve him as the royal family. This Wu Zhongxue is an "official" who was promoted later, and he is also the only survivor who has entered the management team.

"Get up!" Jiang Xianrong came to Wu Zhongxue, "Tell me about the progress in all aspects."

"Yes!" Wu Zhongxue just got up, and stood respectfully to the side, "A total of 12 survivors came to seek refuge today, three of them were bitten by zombies, and all of them were imprisoned. One was transformed into a dead body, and the other two were fine. The Xiajiu people are all healthy after the physical examination and have no symptoms, so they can be assigned to the construction team."

"Not bad!" Jiang Xianrong nodded in satisfaction, "How about the harvest in terms of supplies?"

"Our search team retrieved four delivery trucks, two bags of rice, and some vegetables and fruits in a relatively safe area of ​​Nancheng. They seized baseball bats, daggers and other weapons from these survivors, as well as a small amount of food and bottled drinks."

"Why are there so few food resources? What happened to the search team?" Jiang Xianrong asked with a frown.

"Your Majesty, there are too many zombies in the city, especially in the direction of large supermarkets and shops. The search team did not dare to go deep, so they could only wander in the fringe area. You also know that the fringe area was searched several times by escaped survivors in the early days because there were fewer zombies. It’s good to be able to find food over and over again! If we want to enter the more dangerous city center, our search team is not enough in number and combat effectiveness!”

"How is the progress of recruiting new members?" Jiang Xianrong asked hurriedly.

"Shao Feng is worthy of having worked in pyramid schemes and has rich experience. The survivors listen to his lectures every day, and recently seven or eight people volunteered to join the guards to pledge their allegiance to His Majesty."

"We must pay close attention to this aspect. One is to ensure that the guards are loyal and serve me sincerely; the other is to step up training so that they can have combat effectiveness as soon as possible, strengthen the search team, and attack areas with richer resources."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, we arrange guards every day to let them fight the zombies face to face. Although the zombies are all under control, we can also train their courage and recognize the vital points of the zombies."

"Train me a strong enough army as soon as possible!"

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty!"

Jiang Xianrong turned back to the sofa and sat down: "How is the construction progress of the wall?"

"Many survivors have joined in recently, and the progress is good!" Wu Zhongxue quickly replied, "It is estimated that in another week, the outer wall of Xinyuezhuang will be completed."

"One week? Can it be faster?"

"This one……"

"Any questions?"

"Actually, the survivors at the bottom have complained a lot recently, saying that the workload is too much, and they hope to have an extra meal every day." Wu Zhongxue raised his head and looked at Jiang Xianrong cautiously.

"An extra meal, don't you know that the shelter is short of food resources?" Jiang Xianrong snorted, "It's good to have something to eat, but give me nonsense!"

Wu Zhongxue took a peek at the food placed everywhere in the house, including many half-eaten and discarded fruits in the trash can, and secretly sighed in his heart: "Your Majesty, one meal a day is really not enough to support high-intensity labor..."

"Are they full enough to make them resist me?" Jiang Xianrong waved his hand, "This matter is not negotiable! We don't have enough supplies, and we will give them extra meals when the shelter is strong enough in the future and there is no shortage of food."

"Yes..." Wu Zhongxue lowered his head and continued, "In addition, we have been trying to contact the outside world to find other shelters, but we have not received any response so far."

"Continue to search! If we want to grow our power, it is very important to cooperate with other shelters. When we can expand and train the team by ourselves, when will we be able to enter the center of Huajun? If we can take out all the supplies in the city, we will not be afraid of starvation." Already!"

Wu Zhongxue thought to himself, when have you ever been hungry?In this shelter, except for the survivors who were tricked into being coolies, the management and the guards can basically eat three meals a day.

But he promised: "Yes, I will definitely do my best!"

"Look, this is called professionalism!" Jiang Xianrong pointed at Wu Zhongxue, turned his head and smiled at the young men and women beside him, "Do you understand?"

Several young men and women immediately offered flattering smiles and said yes again and again.

"Your Majesty, if there is nothing else, I will take my leave first!"

"Okay, you go down first!"

(End of this chapter)