"Recently, there have been large-scale mutations happening to birds, livestock, insects, and animals outside the city. Even some plants have mutated into towering trees with crowns reaching for the sky."

"Starting from tomorrow, unless necessary, do not leave the city!"

"Even in the urban areas, be cautious!"

"I saw online just now that someone was eaten by a giant cockroach over two meters long in an underground parking lot!"

"In the future, when going out to collect supplies, not only should we be wary of zombies, but also other mutated creatures!"

While everyone was eating, Shen Bingqian entered with eight awakened individuals from the Security Department.

They were all ragged, covered in injuries, and looked very miserable.

Obviously, they had encountered a fierce battle outside.

"That's right!"

"Today, when we were searching for fresh vegetables outside the city, we encountered a rat and a chicken."

"If it wasn't for General Shen, we would have all been left there."

"Ah..."

After Shen Bingqian finished speaking, Chen Zheng, who was temporarily appointed as the security team captain, also sighed.

"Are the rat and chicken that powerful?"

Upon hearing his words, everyone at the table looked at each other, with an expression of disbelief on their faces.

"That mutated rat was as big as a calf!"

"It bit off a large piece of our armored car with one bite!"

"In the end, we had to run back to the city on foot."

"The mutated rooster was even scarier. Its wings could actually blow away our bullets!"

"I have a feeling that if the mutations continue, guns will soon become useless."

"In the future, only our own awakened abilities can resist the mutated creatures!"

Vice Captain Zheng Qiang took over the conversation, his face solemn, causing everyone present to feel their scalp tingling.

Currently, there were only about thirty survivors in Huaxing Daxia, and nearly half of them had awakened abilities.

Among them, the captain and vice captain of the Security Department were the most powerful.

Even they had suffered outside the city, indicating that the situation outside had become extremely grim!

"Now, not only in Pujiang, but also in various places around the world, there have been large-scale biological mutations."

"There are even animal tides in some places!"

"The human population in some cities has almost been wiped out by the combined forces of the zombie tide and animal tide!"

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"The only way to deal with the zombie tide and animal tide is through awakened human abilities!"

"Therefore, starting from tomorrow, apart from going out to collect supplies, all other time should be spent on cultivating our abilities!"

"Only by improving our own strength can we survive in this doomsday."

Finally, Shen Bingqian issued an order to everyone.

"General Shen, we have no experience, how do we cultivate?"

"Are we supposed to figure it out on our own with just the dozen or so of us? It will take forever!"

"I heard that many people suddenly applied to join the Pujiang Association of Awakened Individuals today. As of just now, the number has reached nearly four hundred."

"I think that the more difficult the times, the more we, the awakened individuals, need to unite."

"Only by coming together, learning from each other, and exploring together, can we quickly improve our abilities!"

"Yes, why don't we join the Pujiang Association of Awakened Individuals in the name of Huaxing Corporation?"

"I agree with Xiaoguang's suggestion!"

"I agree too!"

"I also agree!"

As soon as Shen Bingqian finished speaking, Sun Qing, Wu Xiaoguang, and others joined in, leading the way. The awakened individuals responded one after another.

"No!"

"The boss said that we are strictly prohibited from joining any association!"

"If the boss gives orders, we must strictly follow them!"

When they saw that half of the awakened individuals wanted to join the Pujiang Association of Awakened Individuals, Security Team Captain Chen Zheng immediately spoke out strongly against joining the association.

"When we had nothing to eat or drink, it was Chairman Chu who brought us food and water."

At that time, everyone agreed to recognize him as the boss and follow his orders!"

"One must keep their word!"

"If we promised something, we must follow through!"

"Therefore, whether or not to join the association is up to the boss to decide!"

"Since the boss doesn't allow us to join, we must strictly follow the orders!"

Vice Captain Zheng Qiang glanced at everyone and also spoke with an unpleasant expression.

"Team Leader Chen, Lieutenant Zheng, do you think this is the military here?"

"Must everything be obedient to orders?"

"Joining the association is also for the good of everyone!"

"There are only a dozen of us with awakened abilities. If there is a zombie or animal tide, we won't be enough for the zombies or mutated animals to pick their teeth!"

"But joining the association is different. With more than four hundred awakened individuals together, even the most powerful mutated creatures won't scare us!"

"Chu Nan helped us, but just because he helped us, do we have to blindly follow his words?"

"Should we let his personal interests delay our cultivation?"

"Now, we don't have any mentors. We have to explore and cultivate our abilities on our own, and who knows how long it will take to familiarize ourselves with our own abilities!"

"But joining the association is different!"

"Hundreds of people researching and exploring together will definitely speed up our cultivation compared to just a dozen of us!"

Wu Xiaoguang stood up and angrily said.

"Exactly!"

"Chu Nan doesn't want us to join the association because he's afraid we won't listen to him in the future!"

"Following the orders of this selfish person would only be foolish loyalty!"

"It would harm everyone and delay our cultivation!"

Sun Qing slammed the chopsticks on the table and also pretended to be angry as she spoke.

"Have you two lost your consciences?"

"If it wasn't for the boss bringing us food, you two would probably have starved to death long ago!"

"Wu Xiaoguang, Sun Qing, is what you're saying even reasonable?"

"The boss has treated us well, and we can't forget our gratitude just because we have gained power!"

Upon hearing what the two said, Chen Zheng and Zheng Qiang couldn't bear it anymore and began to argue.

"He gave us some food, is that enough for us to sell our lives to him forever?"

"Besides, even if he didn't bring us food, we could easily get it ourselves."

"Back when the zombie virus first broke out, we were all scared, that's why we didn't dare to go out!"

"That's right, even if he doesn't bring us food, we won't starve to death."

"In fact, he took advantage of our situation and made us all listen to him and give our lives to him!"

"If you want to be fools, then go ahead. I won't!"

Wu Xiaoguang and Sun Qing argued back, and with their powerful abilities, they had long had the strength to confront the captain and vice captain.

Therefore, they became more assertive in their speech!

"You...?"

Chen Zheng pointed at them, unable to speak due to anger.

Coming from a military background, he hated ungrateful people the most.

But there was nothing he could do about these two, after all, if they started a fight, these two leading the awakened individuals were not weak, and they were not below the Security Department at all.