Facing the crowd, stunned into silence, Yang Tian paid no heed to their emotions and gave no one time to prepare. The moment the small talk ended, he asked Lu Chuxue, "Before the commander left last time, he told you to compile a list. Is it done?"
The "commander" Yang Tian referred to was naturally Chu Han. With the two major bases facing a massive zombie horde and Duan Jiangwei engaged in the northern war, Chu Han was now the only commander Lu Chuxue and the others had.
Caught off guard by Yang Tian's sudden question, Lu Chuxue froze for a few seconds before coming to her senses. Surprised at how quickly he had gotten down to business, she hurriedly replied, "It's all been compiled."
Before leaving, Chu Han had instructed Lu Chuxue to compile statistics on the survivors, separating the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled from those who were strong and able-bodied. He had then gathered the latter for several days of observation. Everyone had guessed that this group was going to be sent to the battlefield to face the zombie horde, and they all knew that once these people joined the war, they would have little chance of surviving.
Against a zombie horde, those who were not New Humans had no chance of survival at all.
Yet Lu Chuxue had still carried out the order, while the other higher-ups in the base remained silent. Everyone knew that their greatest problem right now was a shortage of manpower!
Yang Tian let out a breath of relief after hearing her answer, then immediately asked, "Where are the support troops from the other bases?"
Lu Chuxue's eyes lit up. "They've been placed in nearby housing. There are twenty thousand of them in total, all experienced soldiers, and there are New Humans