For ordinary people, this is the worst of times.
But for Qin Jun, it is undoubtedly the best of times!
Because in the apocalypse, all constraints vanish, and raw power is brutally imposed upon the people.
They can only passively accept everything.
No more public opinion storms, no more mass protests.
Because in this era, there is no justice, no righteousness—only power and slaughter.
Survival of the fittest becomes the first principle; weakness is the original sin!
Everyone must immediately adapt to the rules of this era, because death comes so easily, so insignificantly...
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Dongdu City.
Dongdu is now completely the private domain of the Qin Family.
In just one month, a city wall surrounding Dongdu was built.
The wall is about 70 kilometers long, around 15 meters high, and 8 meters wide.
There are eighteen exits, with 1,656 firepower and observation points set along the wall.
This will protect Dongdu City against zombies like a fortress!
Building such a magnificent wall in just a month would have been nearly impossible in the old era.
Many factors would have been considered, such as traffic impact, workers' rest time, etc...
But now, nothing needs consideration.
For this month, Dongdu's top priority was building the wall; all streets are under military control; all resources serve the wall.
As for worker rest time—there is none.
The Qin Family recruited over 400,000 workers for the wall construction, each resting on average only 4 hours a day.
Over 6,800 workers collapsed and died on site during this intense month-long labor.
The only reward for risking sudden death was that their families earned the right to live inside the city...
No matter what, the wall of Dongdu City was completed, completely isolating the city from the dangerous, zombie-infested outside world.
This is likely one of the very few cities worldwide with a wall like this.
Dongdu has a complete industrial chain, three large power plants, and self-sufficient industrial facilities.
The only problem is food—feeding millions is an astronomical daily challenge.
Although Dongdu has several million tons of grain reserves, enough for a year, they cannot consume it all passively.
There's barely any food grown inside the city; they must venture out into the dangerous wilderness for supplies.
So on the fourth day of the apocalypse, Dongdu declared the old currency invalid, replacing it with "merit points," which people can exchange for food.
Getting merit points is simple—work.
Whatever your previous profession—teacher, driver, white-collar worker, financial employee—none of that matters now.
You have only one identity: Qin Family subject.
Or simply, a slave.
Work in factories, earn merit points, exchange all points for food to survive.
Repeat yesterday's routine tomorrow, endlessly, without end.
Dongdu feels like a massive machine, with ordinary people mere parts, gears in it.
They must never stop; if a part breaks, it is immediately discarded and replaced.
As for evolvers—true talent awakenings are very rare.
Among millions in Dongdu, there are barely over two hundred evolvers.
The Qin Family quickly recruited these evolvers, turning them into loyal subordinates.
There is no worry that these evolvers will escape the Qin Family's control.
Because Qin Family itself is the largest evolver organization—nearly all its family members have evolved, a true miracle!
The Dongdu garrison's over 300,000 troops have naturally become Qin Family's private army.
They no longer protect the people but serve as a violent instrument maintaining Qin Family's rule!
With military and evolver loyalty, Qin Family's rule in Dongdu is rock solid, thoroughly controlling all aspects of the city.
Of course, Qin Family has not completely extinguished hope for ordinary people.
In this Qin Family-ruled city, ordinary people wanting to change their fate can join the army or work hard.
By accumulating merit, they can escape the pig-like existence of the ruled and become part of Qin Jun's ruling apparatus.
The citizens surprisingly behave obediently—they clearly understand that although life in the city is harsh and barely enough to survive,
compared to the dangerous outside world, this place is paradise.
At least they are still alive.
Isn't that so?
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Dongdu, Third Military Factory.
"Damn! Is this even food?"
A young man covered in grease angrily smashed his lunchbox on the machine bed, his face full of resentment and rage.
The lunchbox contained black, burnt, paste-like food emitting a faint sour smell—disgusting.
This was his ration.
Other workers stared at the box, swallowing hard.
This thing, worse than pig feed, had become a rare delicacy to them...
The young man was Li Deng, 21 years old, a Dongdu University student.
He survived the apocalypse, but his parents and relatives died in the disaster—actually in the military's indiscriminate bombing.
He was assigned to this Third Military Factory and, after a week of training, started working on low-precision parts.
He worked thirteen hours a day to earn this pig-feed-like food.
After a month, Li Deng finally lost his patience!
An older man whispered urgently, "Little Li, keep it down, don't let Supervisor Hu hear, or he'll punish you again!"
The man named Song was a former supermarket owner, modest but middle-tier.
When the apocalypse hit, his store was confiscated and he lost everything, ending up working alongside Li Deng in the factory.
The "Supervisor Hu" was the workshop's overseer with life-and-death power over them all—greedy and cruel.
Workers secretly called him "Hu the Skinflayer."
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