Chapter 173 To Stay or Not to Stay

The hospital corridor was brightly lit.

A crowd of people gathered in the corridor. Where they walked, there was a water stain and the ground was wet.

Song Zhi closed the umbrella in his hand and put it at the door.

It was about four o'clock in the morning. Luo Xi was still resting in the room. Song Ci and the others were on the top floor, far away. There was no one on the first floor at this time.

"Is this a hospital?"

In the crowd, a little girl looked at the red cross logo on the wall and asked in a low voice.

The mother who seemed to be the little girl next to her quickly covered her mouth and whispered in her ear.

"Shh, keep your voice down, don't ask too much."

The woman seemed to be afraid that the girl's voice would disturb Song Zhi and make him unhappy.

They finally arrived at a base and must stay as much as possible.

It rained for several days outside. Everyone in the team was sick, but they kept on going just to survive.

Now, they are exhausted. If they are driven out, they may die on the road before they can walk more than ten miles.

Looking at the little girl in front of him, she was very imposing. It was estimated that she was a person with a lot of say in the base, and she must not be upset.

Song Zhi had good hearing and noticed the movement over there at once, and his eyes glanced over.

Seeing this, Yu Jin hurried out to explain.

"Sorry, Miss Song, she is young and didn't mean to disturb you. Please don't drive her out."

Yu Jin looked very flustered. He couldn't guess what the person in front of him meant.

The lights in the hospital corridor were bright, and he could see the face of the person in front of him clearly.

This person had delicate features and beautiful eyebrows, but he inexplicably gave people a sense of majesty, which made people dare not be presumptuous.

Intuitively, Yu Jin felt that the person in front of him was a big shot and it was difficult to approach.

Song Zhi spoke slowly.

"It doesn't matter. You came here to join our base?"

You have to ask their purpose clearly before making plans.

When Yu Jin heard the word "base", he nodded quickly, "Yes, yes. Well... if there is a chance."

Of course they want to join a base, but that presupposes that there is a base willing to take them in.

Now the situation of zombies outside is escalating, and supplies are in short supply. Most of them have low levels of superpowers and even have no combat power.

No base is willing to take in a bunch of such trash.

To put it bluntly, some bases may not even think of using them to resist zombies, thinking that they are useless.

But... they really want to survive and don't want to die like this.

Life is precious.

"But I believe you have also seen that there are no guards in the base, and the buildings are only the ones you just saw. To put it bluntly, this base is under construction and is not a completed base."

Song Zhi deliberately did not say that the base was rich in supplies and safe enough.

She wanted to test this group of people a little.

To see if they are really desperate and just want a place to survive temporarily, or if they still have aspirations.

After repairing, they will switch to a better base.

She was not doing charity. If the latter situation really happened, Song Zhi would drive them out directly regardless of whether these people had the ability to survive.

In other words, their next answer would determine their future stay.

But after Song Zhi finished speaking, only a few seconds later, Yu Jin, who nodded, immediately gave an answer.

His voice was a little hoarse but revealed sincerity.

His dark eyes blinked quickly and he spoke.

"Boss Song, I think that whether this base is under construction or completed, we are willing to join this base. As long as you want us, we will be your people in the future."

After Yu Jin finished speaking, he took out two crystals from his body and handed them to Song Zhi.

The people standing behind Yu Jin changed their faces after seeing what Yu Jin took out.

But no one questioned it. They all believed in Yu Jin's judgment.

Even if Yu Jin's decision now was too bold.

Those were two crystal cores, both of the second level.

This is what they gained along the way. They exchanged several first-order crystal cores for food on the way, and the remaining two were used as a support for joining the base in the future.

They were not capable enough, so they hoped that the other base would take them in for the sake of the crystal cores.

Song Zhi glanced at the crystal core in Yu Jin's hand and was a little surprised.

I didn't expect that they still had such a thing.

Yu Jin was a little anxious when he saw Song Zhi confiscating the crystal core.

"Miss Song, please accept this crystal core. This is our intention, and it also represents our determination and attitude to join your base."

Why didn't she accept their crystal cores? Did she look down on them?

Or did she think that they were too cumbersome, even with these two second-order crystal cores, it was still not cost-effective.

While waiting for Song Zhi's response, Yu Jin was very nervous, fearing that Song Zhi would speak and get a bad result.

Song Zhi observed everyone present and did not find any malicious eyes.

"Ahem." Song Zhi cleared his throat.

"I'll take these two crystal cores. You can stay here for now." Song Zhi raised his hand and took the crystal core from Yu Jin's hand.

The crystal core was covered with water stains. When Song Zhi took it, his fingertips got wet.

Yu Jin felt ashamed when he saw it.

He felt that he had dirty Song Zhi's clean hands.

Although the crystal core was wrapped up and stored in his clothes, he was soaked by the rain for several days in a row, and his clothes were all wet, and the crystal core was not spared.

"But this does not mean that you can stay forever. I will observe you for a while. Only those who pass the observation can join our base."

Song Zhi's voice sounded again.

After thinking about it, Song Zhi decided to say it in advance to avoid difficulties in dealing with it in the future.

"If you don't agree with what I said, I can return the crystal core to you now, and you can leave on your own.

But if you agree to stay and accept the observation, and you don't pass, I won't return the crystal core, and you have to leave together. Think about it, and you can't regret it if you agree."

Song Zhi's voice was so clear that it reached everyone's ears.

Yu Jin was embarrassed when he heard it.

He spoke to Song Zhi hesitantly.

"Miss Song, can we discuss it together and give you an answer?"

The cost of this win-win situation is too high, and he can't make the decision alone.

Song Zhi nodded: "Okay, go ahead."

After saying that, Song Zhi held the two crystal cores and turned to a place farther away from them.

Looking back, Yu Jin discussed with them in a low voice.

"What do you think? Let me tell you my opinion first."

As the backbone of the team, Yu Jin must express his own views first.

"Miss Song just said that this base is under construction, but you see, the lights here are bright, and even the ground is spotless. If the base is too busy to take care of its own safety, there will be no time to clean the hospital. And you see her clothes, clean and tidy..."

Yu Jin said a lot by himself, all of which were some guesses based on the current situation.