#27 - Chapter 27 Mass Vaccination

"Damn it! Anyone who dares to refuse the injection, I'll skin them alive!" Shen Wengang said fiercely upon hearing this.

"Brother Shen, there's no need for that. We need people for internal affairs anyway. We can't have the elderly and children doing the work. As I said, let everyone decide for themselves whether or not to get the antigen injection," Dongfang Chen comforted.

In reality, he had a good idea of who was willing and who wasn't. Moreover, he was well aware that some people came to the base with their own purposes. However, as long as they didn't pose a threat to the base, he wanted to keep them around, in case they might be useful later.

"Regarding the matter of combat training, what do you two brothers think?" Dongfang Chen continued with the previous topic.

"I think it's absolutely necessary. My old brothers have been itching for it. They're just eating and doing nothing at the base every day, and everyone's getting impatient. It's just that you've been holding them back, and we don't have suitable weapons and equipment, so everyone has had to wait patiently. Just now, during lunch, those guys were practically urging me to death, asking when they could go out and kill zombies," Brother Zhang said with a wry smile.

"Brother Shen, what do you think?" Dongfang Chen nodded after listening to Brother Zhang and continued to ask Shen Wengang.

"I agree as well. I have no experience in marching and fighting. But precisely because I have no experience, I feel that we must go out and practice in real combat, otherwise, it's just empty talk. Also, my situation is different from Brother Zhang's. There are all kinds of people in the team. Everyone is used to doing their own thing, and they might even wet their pants on the battlefield!" Shen Wengang replied truthfully.

"Yes, that's right. Without experiencing brutal battles, people will never grow," Dongfang Chen also agreed.

"Then let's do it this way. After everyone gets the antigen injection tomorrow, we'll rest for a day and observe. If there are no special circumstances, we'll start the day after tomorrow."

The two nodded in agreement.

"Oh! Right, there's one more thing. In a few more days, another batch of antigen serum will be produced. Do you two think we should give it to all the elderly and children in the base?" Dongfang Chen continued to ask.

What?

Give it to everyone?

Both of them were shocked.

If this kind of antigen medicine were to be known outside, wouldn't people be fighting tooth and nail for it?

And now you want to give everyone an injection.

Isn't that wasteful?

Isn't that wasteful?

Can such wastefulness be allowed?

But after calming down and thinking about it, there's a reason for giving the injections.

Although the base is very safe, viruses are invisible and intangible. It's better to be safe than sorry; getting the injection can save lives.

"This is what I'm thinking. Once the guards go out to perform tasks, they'll inevitably bring viruses in and out every day. If everyone isn't immune, it'll always be a worry. So, I thought about it later, isn't medicine produced to save lives? What's the point of keeping the medicine if you've already lost your life?" Dongfang Chen explained.

"Little Chen, you're right. I think it's very necessary. What you said about genes and all that, I don't think there's any need to explain it. Just because I get the antigen injection, does that mean I'm no longer Hui Shan's father? Don't you think so? The most important thing is for the family to be safe," Brother Zhang said.

Dongfang Chen didn't want to explain either. The matter of gene changes mentioned in the morning was just to give those who didn't want to get the antigen injection a way out.

"Okay, since everyone has no objections, we'll give everyone an injection in a few days when the medicine is produced," Dongfang Chen said.

With the serious business concluded, everyone sat together, drinking tea, and began to chat about everything under the sun.

During the chat, they mentioned the current situation outside, which could only be described as miserable.

In the north, winter is freezing cold.

Temporary settlements don't have heating, and groups of people live in temporary tents, shivering from the cold. Several large power plants have been paralyzed due to various problems such as zombie attacks, coal shortages, personnel losses, and equipment damage.

Other problems arising from the electricity problem followed one after another.

Large data centers paralyzed, frequent network failures...

This has led to less and less information being available through the internet. Perhaps in many unknown places, one tragic event after another is constantly happening.

Early the next morning, everyone consciously came to the training area.

"After a night, everyone must have thought it over clearly. Now listen to my command, those who are unwilling to get the antigen injection, step forward!" Dongfang Chen said.

"Report!" someone shouted.

"Speak!" Dongfang Chen replied.

"Boss, I want to ask, what will happen if I refuse to get the antigen injection?" the man asked.

"I've said it before, whether or not to get the antigen injection is entirely voluntary. It's just that those who get the antigen injection can go out to perform tasks. Those who don't get it can choose to transfer to internal affairs. Because I don't want to see everyone go out to their deaths," Dongfang Chen explained.

"Yes, Instructor! I choose not to get it!" The man took a step forward.

Immediately afterward, three more people came out.

Three of the four were subordinates of Yan Fangfang.

What Dongfang Chen found strange was that Yan Fangfang actually chose to get the injection.

Strange as it was, Dongfang Chen didn't make any indication.

With the help of two nurses, it was quick to give dozens of people the injections.

Brother Zhang also made other work arrangements for the four who refused the injection.

"Boss!" Yan Fangfang said to Dongfang Chen with a strange expression after getting the injection.

"Yes! Hello, Sister Yan! Is there something you need?" Dongfang Chen asked politely.

"I wonder if it's convenient to talk," Sister Yan asked.

"Yes! Then let's go to the conference room," Dongfang Chen said.

The two arrived at the conference room.

"Sister Yan, please say what's on your mind!" Dongfang Chen got straight to the point.

"Little Chen, is the antigen medicine really developed by you?" Yan Fangfang asked.

Is she about to reveal her hand?

Dongfang Chen frowned slightly. He had always been wary of Yan Fangfang and her group causing trouble. However, he hadn't anticipated that she would reveal her hand.

Yan Fangfang wasn't a simple gang leader. Xiao Lin had searched for her information on the semi-paralyzed internet, and her background was extraordinary.

She was a Ph.D. in Neurobiology from Kyoto Medical University and had just obtained her doctoral degree less than two years ago.

But that wasn't the main thing. Her father, Yan Zhengping, was a member of the National People's Congress and also the commander of the Southwest Military Region.

With such a deep background, why would she hide in the village and engage in robbery for no reason?

Of course, his base wasn't famous either. Besides the few doctors who had left, not many people knew about it. Therefore, the assumption that Yan Fangfang deliberately infiltrated the base to obtain information couldn't be established. So Dongfang Chen once thought that her purpose here was likely to gain control of the base.

After all, her identity was what it was. Therefore, as long as they didn't take any excessive actions, Dongfang Chen didn't want to offend her deliberately and wanted them to back down.

But today, from Yan Fangfang agreeing to get the antigen medicine to asking to talk to him, he hadn't anticipated any of it.

"Does it make a difference whether it is or isn't?" Dongfang Chen didn't answer directly.

"It makes a big difference," Yan Fangfang replied with utmost seriousness.

"Oh? Then tell me about it," Dongfang Chen threw the question back.

"If it is, I hope you can contribute the production technology..."

"Impossible!"

Yan Fangfang was interrupted before she could finish speaking.

"You!" Yan Fangfang glared angrily.

"Alright! Miss Yan. It's impossible to contribute the technology because I don't have this technology."

Dongfang Chen didn't want to make the relationship too strained and said a compromise.

This was actually true. He didn't have this technology. The space station possessed this technology, and the research and production steps were completed by the queen bee controlling the robots.

Hearing this, Yan Fangfang's expression softened. Yan Fangfang also felt that it was impossible for Dongfang Chen to have it.

He must have the support of a large behind-the-scenes consortium, controlling advanced production rooms like production warehouses that are fully automated and unattended, so that he can continuously obtain products.

She was very clever and guessed half of it correctly. He did control a fully automated antigen production line, but it wasn't supported by any consortium.

"Then can you contact the forces behind you? I hope to have a face-to-face meeting with your superiors," Yan Fangfang continued.