Chapter 652 - 541: I Just Want to Live Well With You All_3

The cleanup work proceeded intensively. Zhang Su was checking inventory in the weapons storage when the walkie-talkie at his waist buzzed. He glanced at the time.

Since notifying Qi Xiaoshuai and Pang Dakun to retreat, thirty-eight minutes had passed!

He quickly calculated in his mind. If the speed of the zombies remained steady, they would reach the camp within twenty minutes.

"Alright, come back. Hurry!"

After notifying, Zhang Su put the walkie-talkie in his bag, then clapped his hands and addressed the busy crowd: "Everyone, pay attention to the time. We have ten minutes left, hurry, hurry up!"

"Big brother, the zombie horde has likely locked onto us, or maybe the brothers at Lego Mall. If that’s the case, even retreating to Lego Mall won’t avoid a battle, right?"

Zhao Dezhu, a bit anxious, approached Zhang Su after he made the announcement.

"Who told you we were retreating to Lego Mall?"

Zhang Su looked at Zhao Dezhu in surprise.

As soon as he spoke, those around him, including members of the Civilization Guardian, Zheng Xinyu, and Chen Hanzhou from the Yama Corps, turned to look at Zhang Su.

Everyone had a question mark in their minds—wasn’t that the plan?

Zhang Su understood their thoughts and shook his head slowly, saying, "Since zombies like city life, let’s give Qin City to them. We’ll return to Celestial Horse Island. Ten minutes ago, I already contacted Fruit Man; they’re packing up much faster than us!"

A hundred and fifty or so people from the kindergarten had already reached Lego Mall, and before they could find a place to settle down, they received the message to move again. This message had an effect only when delivered by Zhang Su himself; if anyone else conveyed it, more than half the people at Lego Mall would be extremely dissatisfied!

No one doubted Zhang Xin would spread false news unless he had no will to live.

Zhang Su’s choices aren’t always correct, but they’re cautious, never wrong, much like The Art of War says: guarantee no defeat when victory can’t be assured, achieve victory through not losing, ensure no defeat even without fighting!

No one inside the mall hesitated. Upon receiving the order, everyone started packing up immediately.

More than four hundred people bustled together. There weren’t much supplies to begin with, combined with the abundance of manpower; everything was packed swiftly like a swarm of locusts ravaging through, leaving behind only furniture and items deemed useless—everything else was ready to go...

"But..."

Zhao Dezhu was perplexed, his mind couldn’t process quickly, his brain overclocked for a few seconds, then he recovered and exclaimed: "All these people going to Celestial Horse Island, setting aside if they can fit, won’t the zombies swarm north?"

Attracting zombies is an unavoidable problem. The rate of population growth must correlate positively with defensive capability to effectively resist zombies, while simultaneously boosting production and development power; otherwise, it could lead to total disaster!

The northern regions past Celestial Horse Island aren’t much of a concern, as the Cyan Dragon Corps has already attracted and eliminated a significant wave of zombies. Even if there are zombies further north, there are surely other survivor camps to block them.

Under attraction laws, no Survivor Camp can escape unscathed.

"So many people..."

Lu Yubo, hearing Zhang Su’s decision, also showed disdain.

Presently, Celestial Horse Island is quite comfortable in terms of defensive strength, population density, and living standards. A sudden population surge, even if not everyone resides on the island, implies settling in nearby villages, and the thought of more people seems troublesome.

However, he made no comment, knowing well his identity and abilities.

Zhang Su knows everyone harbors personal thoughts, but in the face of greater matters, he cannot accommodate anyone’s feelings, including his own.