36 Is It Her? (1/2)
Morning, 10:40 am. Shanghai, a luxurious villa in the heart of Starryfu.
Within the beautiful villa, a sturdy middle-aged man with an authoritative aura was discussing the situation of the apocalypse with his family. However, the seating was a bit bizarre on the dinner table.
While eating cereal for breakfast, three of the family members made a clear distinction between themselves away from the beautiful woman in her early-twenties seated at the back of the intricate marble table.
Leaving the beautiful woman in a white t-shirt isolated at the back of the table, the three ignored her like a block of air. Within the family of four, there was the sturdy middle-aged father, a pompous-looking wife wearing fancy earrings, an attractive white-lotus teenage girl, and the isolated Zhi Ruo.
In reality, this docile-looking Zhi Ruo was the step-granddaughter of that 'kind-looking' old man who Feng Hui had met previously. Regarding the old man's shamelessness, it was truly a disgusting sight to behold.
From the looks of it, the old man was tragically separated from his powerful family during the time of the apocalypse. Therefore, he had met a tragic end even with an amazing status. In the end, the power one would receive from a high position was something fragile.
In a man-eat-man world, personal strength was the only thing that mattered!
”Update us on the situation outside, Steward Tang.” Lifting his head from his intricate white bowl, Yang Jian calmly looked at the white-haired man standing by the bleached wall.
Steward Tang, an aged man with white hair, respectfully informed the middle-aged father, ”The final stronghold of our thousands of survivor bases has met its end. Once again, it was those damned lemures. Each time we create a secure base, those cursed lemures end up causing inner turmoil within our ranks!”
With a slightly hesitant voice, Steward Tang added, ”Should we create another stronghold for survivors? We can't afford to lose any more citizens… China has suffered too much due to this accursed apocalypse. In merely two months, our glorious nation was ruined. Likely, there aren't even ten million of us left.”
”No. I won't permit another public military base. The lemures will destroy everything again! The nation doesn't have any more resources to waste for the public.” With an overbearing voice, Yang Jian declared.
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In these two months, every time the government tried to fight back, the lemures would end up ruining the entire mission. Regarding this, Yang Jian was furious! As a strong commander for his beloved nation, this was an infuriating discovery.
In fact, with China's immense state-of-the-art military power, even the stronger monsters such as the orcs and kobolds were not a match. Instead, the everlasting problem was the physically-weak, tall purple lemures!
By controlling the minds of the leading figures within the base, the lemures would begin tearing apart the stronghold from the inside! This resulted in mass hysteria within the survivors. Inside the base, no one could trust anyone! It resulted in anarchy and utter chaos.
In the entire leadership echelon, there was no one who could withstand the lemures' enticing spells and mind control. From now on, the citizens could only depend on themselves. It was too dangerous to form another base.
Nearing August, China's government had nearly entirely collapsed. In the recent decades, the military families were largely in control of the nation. Yang Jian's household was a strong military family with deep roots.
In the history of China, there was the rising and falling of numerous prominent figures in the past couple of decades. Nowadays, the authority within the nation was wholly shifting over toward the military families with extended histories who held power. However, no single entity or family was allowed to hold sole power over the nation!
In the modern world, there were numerous small wars leading up to 2057, but none of the world superpowers dared to attack the other in fear of mutual destruction. With the innovative advanced technology, a world war would be too devastating! Instead, all of the countries solely focused on battling against the dangerous birth-rates, poverty, and shortage of resources. There was a united front in this regard!
Looking directly down the middle of the marble table, Yang Jian stared at the docile, pale Zhi Ruo. Feeling the slits between his white teeth containing chunks of food, his mood wasn't pleasant.
With an unpleased voice, Yang Jian spoke to this beautiful daughter who his master-like father had forced him to adopt decades ago, ”Zhi Ruo, how is everything?”
In reality, the deity-like man who forced the old man had helped their military family rise to the peak. It was not an ungrateful request without the appropriate payment!
”The food is nice… I like it.” Zhi Ruo shyly said from the back of the table. Across her delicate face, there was visible unease and fear. Looking at her cruel father, she didn't dare to loudly speak up.
”I'm not talking about the f*cking food!” Slamming the dinner table, Yang Jian stood up from his seat and roared. ”I'm talking about enchanting that damned gang leader with your beauty! For some reason, that evil bastard is the sole person who can resist the lemures' mind control! We need him to willingly join our next mission!”
Hearing this loud roar from her father, Zhi Ruo's delicate face turned even more pale. Shaking, she softly replied, ”I don't know…. I don't think he likes me. I tried to talk to him, but he just ignored me.”
It was the first time Zhi Ruo had ever tried to entice a man. Before the apocalypse, she was still a wealthy, lofty daughter. Albeit unloved, she was still treated with some respect due to the interference from the 'kind-looking' old man.