Wang Weihu smiled awkwardly. "Well, the base is locked down and we had nothing to do, so we stocked up on food. Come on in. What brings you here?"
Xiao Qiao slipped on shoe covers at the door without standing on ceremony. "Showing a newbie around. This is Miao Miao, a Ragdoll Cat-type mutated person. She just started working in our community. The higher-ups saw how low everyone's spirits were and decided to put on a proper New Year's Eve Gala so everyone could unwind."
Miao Miao followed her inside and said softly, "So the leadership sent me to organize our neighborhood's New Year's Eve Gala and encourage all the mutated people to take part in the performances."
From now on, she would also be the staff member responsible for the mutated people in this area. They could bring any concerns to her, and she would pass them on to the leadership.
The idea was to make life as comfortable as possible for everyone. For instance, some mutated people had been planting fruit trees that morning, only for ability users to stop them, leading to an argument.
The ability users might not have thought much of an argument, but the mutated people had undergone drastic genetic mutations. They had picked up some small animals' instincts and become much more timid.
So it had frightened them.
Miao Miao's job was to reassure everyone, rather like a therapist, with particular attention to the mutated people's emotional well-being and living conditions.
She was only there to familiarize herself with the area. She had already visited Building G, where everyone had been quite friendly. But Xu Duoduo, the little zombie, was different. She was the only mutated person in the entire base who lived with ability users.
As a Ragdoll Cat, Miao Miao was