Xia Tian collected herself before answering, "The base currently has a total population of 36,830, with 21,000 ordinary combat personnel and 3,126 ability users.
"Of those, around seven hundred have abilities with little combat potential. Only about two thousand form the backbone of our forces in every battle, and 369 are above level five.
"They're all people you trained back then."
Bai Yaoyao fell silent after hearing that...
She had known Dark Night Base might be in bad shape, but she hadn't expected it to be this bad.
Suddenly, something puzzled her...
How had Dark Night Base survived for more than a year?
Was there so little meat on their bones that the zombies couldn't be bothered to eat them?
"Go on."
From Bai Yaoyao's expression, Xia Tian knew what she was thinking. As helpless as she felt, this was the reality.
"Whenever the zombies attack the base, it isn't just ability users who go out to fight. Ordinary people take on plenty of duties too.
"It wasn't so bad before, but last time... the casualties were heavy. Still, a lot of new ability users awakened.
"The base has now abolished private special ability teams. All ability users are centrally managed, and the Authorities have divided them into thirty squads."
Bai Jin'an and Ouyang Ning were stunned. They blurted out, "The ability users agreed to that?"
Xia Tian paused. "Why wouldn't they? We don't mistreat anyone. We only collect a token share of what they bring back each time. They keep the bulk of it themselves.
"If they distinguish themselves or perform well, we also give them food or other rewards."
Bai Jin'an pressed her. "What rewards?"
"Clothes, shoes, toys, all sorts of things. They can apply for whatever they want!
"The Base Chief left us so much when she