#408 - Chapter 408 Life-saving Straw

The next day.

The sun rose as scheduled in the early morning.

Since the end of April, it had been sunny every day.

Rain seemed to have disappeared completely, and the sky was cloudless.

Needless to say, it was another hot day.

Early in the morning, after the survivors from various parts of Green Source led the outdoor zombies back to their nests, they also began to step out of their homes and head to the base for work.

This hot weather caused the zombies to lose their former arrogance.

They all hurried to find places to hide as soon as it dawned, not daring to stay outdoors.

Some people had observed that zombies would actually become dehydrated if they stood in the sun for a long time, which was quite amazing.

If all the zombies came out to bask in the sun during the day, maybe the entire Blue Star would be free from the apocalypse after a while.

Unfortunately, there were no ifs.

The construction of the Life Belt continued and would not be suspended due to the hot weather. The current weather had not yet reached the point where humans could not go out.

As long as sun protection was done well, and the base had built mobile sheds and head umbrellas at the construction site, providing unlimited clean drinking water.

The survivors were still relatively guaranteed to work here.

Moreover, Green Source had recently opened up some cooling programs.

"Let's start working! Everyone, keep up the good work! Our group will strive for a high score! The top five construction sites in the weekly points settlement can also receive extra food rewards!"

At one of the construction sites.

A supervisor surnamed Fang shouted to the people under his charge.

Each of these team leaders had undergone training at the base, and understood a lot of construction knowledge and personnel management processes, in order to play a role at this time.

They were not without pressure.

Once a problem occurred at a construction site, these responsible persons also needed to bear the responsibility, so there were very few cases of cover-ups and team slack, because the entire construction team would also be evaluated and scored separately.

The better they did, the higher the rewards they would receive in the end.

On the side, Zhao Zhigang and Zhao Xin's mother and son, a family of three, also began to pick up tools and get busy.

It was okay to secretly slack off occasionally, but it was best not to let the person in charge find out.

"What's so great? A little bit of power and you act like a big official!"

Zhao Xin couldn't help but mutter secretly when he saw that the person surnamed Fang was not looking this way.

Only after seeing his father's eyes did he restrain himself.

Everyone didn't notice this side and had already started working.

The summer sun was scorching.

Time passed unknowingly to eight o'clock.

The survivors who had been working for less than an hour had basically begun to sweat profusely, and many men couldn't help but take off their shirts, only wearing the big hats on their heads.

Women couldn't do that and could only endure this state.

"Hey! What are you looking at?! You pervert!"

Suddenly, an angry female voice rang out.

Several people around looked in the direction of the sound and saw a man staring lecherously at the body of a female survivor.

It seemed that the latter's upper body was wet with sweat, revealing her exquisite figure.

And this man was actually Zhao Xin.

Seeing that the people around were looking over, Zhao Xin reluctantly withdrew his gaze and continued working dejectedly.

"Tch! What's so good about it?! No butt, no boobs!"

Seeming to have heard his muttering, the female survivor wanted to flare up, but stopped when she saw the supervisor surnamed Fang looking over.

Zhao Zhigang and Zhu Fen glared at their son, signaling him not to do anything stupid again, and the latter became quiet.

Zhao Zhigang sighed again in his heart, how could he have given birth to such a jinx.

Work continued, and almost another hour passed.

The sun rose higher, and the heat it emitted became even more intense.

The survivors staying outdoors felt that the air was warm, humid and viscous, and even breathing was not as smooth as before.

In addition, the excavation work itself was full of dust, and after mixing with sweat, many people became covered in dust.

Seeing that the supervisor surnamed Fang was not looking over, Zhao Xin, the young man, secretly hid in the corner behind the excavator, planning to slack off and take a break.

I don't know how long it took.

Just as he was feeling complacent, feeling that he had found a good place and was preparing to stay here for a while, a voice behind him surprised him!

"Zhao Xin! You're hiding and slacking off again! Do you really not want to work?! If you don't want to work, get out of here! Don't stay here and drag our group down!"

The person surnamed Fang didn't know when he had walked behind him, and was scolding him with a face full of anger.

Oops!

Zhao Xin was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to answer the other party's words.

He was so busy hiding to rest and watch beautiful women just now that he forgot to pay attention to the supervisor's movements.

"Director Fang! My son didn't do it on purpose. Look at him, his head is full of sweat and mud. He must be exhausted! He will continue to work after a rest, and will definitely not delay our work."

Zhu Fen didn't know where she flashed out from again to defend her precious son.

While saying that, she still looked like she felt sorry for Zhao Xin.

"I don't care what's going on with your family! I must report it today! How old are you?! You're still like a child every day?! Do you want our whole group to take care of him?! Huh? You do the least work all day long, and you still want to be lazy!"

"That's right! I can't stand it anymore! This man doesn't put in any effort at all! He's been slacking off, does he think we don't know?! What kind of world is this?! Does he still think everyone has to give in to him?!"

"I've been putting up with him for a long time! He's always sneaky! He only knows how to look at the girls in the group, and he dares to talk nonsense when he receives food! That face is simply disgusting! Kick him out of our group! Otherwise, we will definitely be at the bottom of the points every time!"

At this time.

Not only the person surnamed Fang, but even other companions who worked together couldn't help but stand up and accuse him.

It seemed that at this moment, they needed to vent all their dissatisfaction with this young man.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Zhigang and Zhu Fen were also a little at a loss.

They knew that their son's behavior was indeed "a little" excessive at ordinary times.

But they didn't expect the companions who worked together to have so much resentment, and for a while, the two didn't know how to intercede.

They couldn't lose this job. Most of the nearby supplies had been scavenged, and it was difficult to find useful things again.

Moreover, it couldn't compare to the attraction of coming to build the Life Belt, which was tiring but guaranteed!

Zhao Xin was also a little confused.

In his perception from childhood to adulthood, it was right for others to give in to him.

Couldn't these people continue to do that?

Seeing that the scene was getting worse and worse, and it seemed that these people had already made up their minds to kick him out of the construction team.

He was anxious.

If he lost this job, where would he find food?

The "salary" of his parents alone was not enough to fill his stomach!?

Large beads of sweat dripped from his head, this time not from the heat, but from anxiety.

He looked around, trying to find a life-saving straw, but who could help him here...

Just then.

His gaze turned to the Green Source Base, and several figures appeared on the wall.

They seemed to be base cadres conducting inspections, and they seemed to have seen the movement on their side, and had stopped to look this way.

When he saw one of the faces, a flash of inspiration flashed in his anxious heart.

Not caring so much, he quickly grabbed this life-saving straw, not knowing whether it was right or wrong, and shouted loudly:

"Who dares to bully me!"

"Look over there!"

"Zhao Ling from the Green Source Base is my own sister!!!"

(End of this chapter)