Apocalypse: The Supporting Actress Made a Comeback
Chapter 335 - 192 New Regulations (Second Update)_2

Chapter 335: 192 New Regulations (Second Update)_2

At that moment, General Song took a loudspeaker and began his lamentable speech. He started from the onset of the apocalypse, then gradually moved on to the establishment of the Safe Zone by everyone, hunting zombies, searching for materials, rescuing survivors, as well as the recent mutations of flora and fauna, the ever-growing Zombie Group, and the incidents of zombies attacking cities.

His speech was clearly well-prepared; the language used was very evocative, and coupled with his delivery, it was incredibly moving. Many listeners were affected, shedding tears and feeling deep shame.

The Fang Family were probably the most clear-headed of all; they realized that the military was preparing for a major action. Previously, a continuous influx of survivors into the Safe Zone led to a mixture of good and bad, with frequent security issues.

Most survivors in the Safe Zone were Ordinary People who lacked the courage to confront and kill zombies; even if they could not fill their bellies, they were unwilling to venture out to hunt for zombies.

If things continued like this, the Safe Zone was bound to encounter problems—it couldn’t be possible to always rely on superpower users whenever zombies attacked the city, could it? The number of superpower users was limited after all, while the Zombie Group was enormous and likely to grow even further!

What would happen if the superpower users could not hold off the zombies? If the zombies from outside breached the Safe Zone, these timid Ordinary People would likely become lambs to the slaughter, meekly eaten without even daring to resist!

Therefore, such an outcome must be prevented at all costs! They could not allow these people to continue being so feeble! Nor could they let the superpower users lose heart!

The Safe Zone was currently defended by superpower users and the military, and should the superpower users lose heart, relying solely on the military would not be enough to hold the entire Safe Zone!

They were all acutely aware of this!

General Song’s speech was lengthy. He spoke for a long time, and by the end, most people had lowered their heads in shame. However, a few stubborn individuals still clung to wishful thinking, unwilling to change.

Then it was General Li’s turn to speak. His speech differed from General Song’s; he took a more alarming and sensational route.

In a stern tone, he exposed all the severe consequences and harsh realities, making it clear to these people that evasion was futile. To survive, they must take up arms and fight!

Finally, Qiu Hongsheng addressed the crowd. Unlike the previous two, he did not discuss grand principles; instead, he directly announced the new regulations hastily enacted by the Safe Zone.

There were many new rules, but the most crucial was that, starting today, the Safe Zone would implement mandatory military service. Except for the elderly, children, and mercenaries, all physically able adults were required to join the military and undergo militarized training!

Once their training was complete, these individuals would take turns performing tasks outside of the Safe Zone, such as hunting zombies or mutated flora and fauna.

Other mercenaries and Mercenary Corps were required to complete at least one zombie-hunting task daily. Those who completed more tasks would naturally receive corresponding rewards. Likewise, those unwilling to undertake tasks would be forcefully assigned to temporary squads and sent to carry out missions outside the Safe Zone.

The remaining elderly and children would not have to hunt zombies; a school would be established within the Safe Zone to educate the children. As for the elderly, the Safe Zone made no demands, but if they wished to obtain food, they would also need to contribute labor.

When the new regulations were read out, there was considerable protest from the crowd. Thus, unsurprisingly, Qiu Hongsheng, who announced the regulations, received a great deal of resentment. He was well aware that announcing such measures was akin to drawing ire upon himself. But he had no choice; the Qiu Family’s influence had weakened within the military, and although Qiu Yiming’s superpower was quite impressive, General Li and General Song also had capable people beneath them.

All the favorable tasks were predictably claimed by General Song and General Li, leaving him with the unenviable job of announcing unpopular measures.

However, the policies had been jointly established by the three of them. He had woken up early that morning and, after discussing with General Song and General Li for most of the day, finally settled on the content.

Although the new regulations seemed harsh, if successfully implemented, they would solidify the military’s position as impregnable, and they would no longer need to worry about the possibility of the previous night’s near debacle of being viciously bitten by certain opportunistic elements!

Moreover, by arranging militarized training for these militia members, they aimed to increase their strength, giving them a greater chance of survival, rather than sending them off to certain death.

In this regard, their demands could not be considered insensitive.

It was just that these people had already grown accustomed to the protected life within the Safe Zone, which was why they found it so difficult to adapt at the start.

Qiu Hongsheng noticed the hostile glances around him, scoffed dismissively in his mind, and continued reading until all the regulations were announced.

Then another rule struck a nerve among the crowd.

The prices at the safe store were going to increase!

For many Ordinary People, the items were already expensive enough, and now they were to become even more costly – it was as if they were being driven to their deaths!

The military had its reasons for increasing the prices; the Safe Zone had yet to establish production lines, and commodities at the safe store were all gathered from before, so selling them would reduce the stock.

Most people were probably aware of this. Thus, despite the rationing orders, there were always people buying resources, hoarding even what they couldn’t eat or use.

This resulted in the military’s resources dwindling.

During the previous night’s greed-fueled theft, many superpower users’ possessions were stolen. While most of it was recovered, a small portion was nowhere to be found.

That small portion had to be compensated for by the military itself, to reimburse the superpower users who suffered losses. After all, they were the heroes, and it wouldn’t be right to let them lose heart.

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