Chapter 452: Chapter 452: Acceptance
Su Jiyai chuckled in her.
She never thought Liu Feng would be so loyal to her.
If she got into the alliance without any problem, then she would thank him.
As for him coming to her side? It was purely a joke. Liu Feng had dedicated most of his youth to the military why would he suddenly want to switch to her side?
General Dong’s eyes twitched a little, like he just swallowed a bitter pill. He didn’t say anything after that. Maybe he didn’t expect Liu Feng to answer so fast and so boldly.
The room was weirdly quiet again.
“Let’s vote,” he said simply. “Each alliance leader gets one vote.”
One by one, the votes ca in.
Admiral Ru raised his hand first. “Yes.”
Governor Lei nodded. “Yes.”
Doctor Min looked at Su Jiyai for a long second, then raised his hand too. “Yes.”
Leader Shi chuckled softly and raised his hand. “Why not? Yes.”
Leader Pei nodded too, “Alright.”
Jin Sang smirked and waved his hand lazily. “Sure, yes. Let’s see what the mysterious noodle boss can do.”
Finally, all eyes landed on General Dong.
He didn’t move.
For a mont, it felt like ti stopped.
But then… he raised his hand too.
“Fine,” he said through clenched teeth. “Yes.”
Eight out of Eight.
Su Jiyai was in.
The room clapped politely, though so small base leaders looked like they just drank sour milk. A few didn’t clap at all. But no one dared say anything now.
Su Jiyai tilted her head slightly and gave a small bow, still keeping her hands behind her back.
“Thank you,” she said, her voice calm. “I’ll do my best to cooperate, as long as it is fair and equal.”
Qin Feng clapped once, very slowly and dramatically, just enough to annoy soone like General Dong.
Leader Shi stood up, his face serious now, not like when he chuckled earlier.
“I want to bring up sothing important,” he said. “My base is currently being attacked by a large zombie wave.”
The smiles in the room faded.
“Thousands of them. Non-stop. We’ve been holding out, but… we can’t hold forever.”
He looked around the room, his voice steady but tired.
“I’m asking the alliance for help. We need superhumans to help push them back. Even just a few could make a big difference.”
Su Jiyai noticed how he wasn’t yelling or crying for help. He was just saying it, like soone who was used to being strong but finally needed a hand.
Before anyone else could say anything, a small base leader stood up.
“We’ll help. Leader Shi helped us when we didn’t have clean water last winter.”
Another small base leader stood up too.
“He sent dicine to my base when half our people were sick.”
Then, one by one, more leaders stood.
“We’ll send two thousand superhumans.”
“Sa here. We’ll send three thousand.”
“My base is small, but we’ll send one thousand. He’s strong.”
More and more spoke up. The number of volunteers kept growing.
Ten thousand.
Three thousand.
Seven thousand.
Two thousand.
Soon, the total number of superhumans offered reached 100,000.
Su Jiyai’s eyes widened behind her veil.
Even she couldn’t send that many, not without risking her whole base. And yet, so many were volunteering so fast.
So of these small bases probably didn’t have much either, but they still offered.
If she could have such a huge amount of support, completely wiping out the zombies wouldn’t be a problem.
As long as she unites everyone the humanity may be saved.
For the first ti, Su Jiyai actually started to feel like maybe joining was a good move.
Su Jiyai had raised her hand and said, “I will deploy two thousand superhumans.”
For a mont, silence.
Then, the scoffing began.
A man with a red scarf around his neck leaned back in his chair and let out a loud laugh.
“Two thousand? Are you serious, Boss Su? That’s less than what one of my border outposts sends out on patrol!”
Another woman with fancy rings on every finger smirked and said loudly,
“Wow, I didn’t know the famous Hope Base was so poor. Do you only have two thousand people left alive?”
A third man leaned forward and said sarcastically,
“Oh no, don’t bully her. Maybe she’s saving the rest of her forces to protect her noodle shop size base.”
That got a few laughs.
Another base leader muttered just loud enough for others to hear, “Tch. Guess all that mystery and swagger was just smoke. She looks impressive but fights like a kitten.”
“Hope Base, huh?” one man sneered. “More like Hopeless Base. Should’ve changed the na before showing up.”
Su Jiyai stood there calmly, completely unaffected by their mocking.
She waited until the room settled a little and then spoke again, her voice still calm.
“I will also donate ten thousand cups of instant noodles.”
The entire room paused.
“And five thousand packs of painkillers,” she added.
A few leaders blinked.
“Ethanol for disinfection. Enough to supply a field hospital for a month.”
More eyes widened.
“And twenty crates of sterile gauze.”
Ninety percent of the people who had been laughing earlier froze like statues.
A man who had been chuckling with his friend just monts ago whispered, “Wait… gauze? Like, clean gauze?”
“Do you know how rare that is now?” soone else muttered.
A low murmur spread across the room. So people began looking at Su Jiyai differently. A few cleared their throats awkwardly and sat straighter.
But, of course, there were still a few stubborn ones.
“So what?” said the red-scarf guy again. “Cup noodles can’t fight zombies.”
“Painkillers won’t stop a horde,” ring-finger woman muttered. “Why not donate so umbrellas too, while you’re at it?”
“Sounds like she’s trying to trade supplies for reputation,” another said. “That’s not how real alliances work.”
Su Jiyai tilted her head slowly.
“I forgot one more thing,” she said.
She reached into her coat and pulled out a silver flash drive, placing it carefully on the table beside her.
“Ammunition,” she said simply.
“Enough to restock at least five thousand rifles. And I’m still counting what’s left in our storage.”
Thud.
One small base leader stood up so fast his chair fell back.
“You what?”
“Did she say ammunition?”
“Boss Su… you’re donating ammo?”
Even so of the big alliance leaders sat up straighter.
Jin Sang’s lazy smirk faded for a second. “Well… damn.”
Doctor Min adjusted his glasses and leaned forward with new interest.
Leader Pei muttered under his breath, “Where did she even get that much?”
Leader Shi’s eyes were now locked on Su Jiyai, filled with gratefulness. He slowly nodded at her, like he was finally seeing her for the first ti.
Yet still, one small base leader couldn’t help but mumble, “She’s just showing off now. Must be trying to look like a hero or sothing.”
Another piped up,
“Yeah, and maybe she found that ammo. Bet her base can’t even use guns properly.”
Su Jiyai turned toward them.
This ti, she didn’t hide her tone.
“Oh? You’re right. I did find it. In a zombie-infested city, your n ran from.”
The man’s mouth snapped shut.
“I also found the gauze next to dead dics, your base left behind.”
So of the small base leaders were moved by Su Jiyai’s generous offer and said in her defense,
“If what Boss Su is donating is not enough, then I will leave the alliance.”
“ too.”
Leader Shi sat down, eyes slightly red. He didn’t say thank you, but he didn’t need to.
“I will rember everyone’s kindness today and repay them in the future. Especially those who didn’t know but still donate so much. Its my promise.”
Su Jiyai just smiled; she knew Leader Shi was protecting her indirectly.
She also understood why he wasn’t protecting her directly.
If Leader Shi dared to show even a hint of biasness, then the small base leaders would resist Su Jiyai even more fiercely.
So this way of protection was still more beneficial to Su Jiyai.
“Now let’s discuss other problems.” Jin Sang announced.
Then, another base leader spoke up.
“Our base is struggling with extre cold. It’s not even winter yet, but the temperature dropped so much last week. We’ve lost crops and heating fuel.”
Another added, “Sa here. The river near us froze overnight. Never happened before.”
“Sa problem here.”
“Sa!”
Everyone started speaking. So had water issues. So had mutant animals attacking. So had weird disappearances near their borders.
Su Jiyai stayed quiet at first, but then she thought of the long disc which was able to control the weather.
Maybe those discs were the reason for the sudden arrival of the cold.
They were reason for the arrival of extre heat, too and maybe if she told them about those disc…the weather may turn normal soon.
She stood up.
“I have sothing important to tell everyone.”
All eyes turned to her.
So of the big base leaders looked curious.
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