"Then what about Natural Gas?" someone asked.
"I'm sorry, but due to various disputes among the merchants regarding the price of Natural Gas, our school still hasn't installed the Natural Gas pipes," Li Jianping said with a helpless expression.
"These bosses are always so stingy. Do they think saving a little on Natural Gas will make them millionaires or something?" Qi Qiuluo complained.
Li Jianping let out a cold laugh. "We are being stingy because we have families to support. The school restaurant, supermarket, and various profit-making shops all use a unified payment system. The money goes into the school's account, but when has the school ever paid us on time?"
"The school just collects our willingness and sets a price. The installation costs need to be shared among us merchants. Who wants to spend that extra money unnecessarily?"
"Well then, it's all the school's fault!" Qi Qiuluo said.
"Why don't we just eat one meal a day? We need to survive first," Master Ban suggested.
Tan Ming replied, "That's unnecessary. First of all, the restaurant isn't completely safe; it's just relatively secure for now. We don't know how long we can hold out. Secondly, if the restaurant can't withstand an attack, then Shen Jianghuan will have to use the Termination Evolution Talisman. After using the Termination Evolution Talisman, plants and animals will stop evolving, and that fifteen-hour window will be our chance to replenish resources."
"Lastly, and most importantly, once we finish setting up at the Execution Ground, we will immediately choose to vote. Considering everyone's Messenger Tool usage frequency, each messenger might only have three voting opportunities. So we need to seize those three chances as early as possible to eliminate the culprit." His speech was calm and well-structured.
Everyone nodded in agreement, deeply convinced.
"Any more questions?" Tan Ming asked as he scanned the crowd.
"No."
"No."
"Then while we still have electricity, Li Jianping, you can organize other chefs to prepare a meal so everyone can have a hearty feast before the plants and animals mutate." Tan Ming held a list written by everyone at Fountain Square, which included twenty surviving chefs.
"Will they listen to me?" Li Jianping looked troubled; he had a bad temper and had some past conflicts with those people.
"They'll listen to you as long as they know you're a messenger because they want to survive too," Tan Ming assured him confidently.
The special abilities of messengers had become crucial for people's survival. No one would dare provoke a messenger.
"Heh heh." Li Jianping chuckled twice, his face beaming with pride. For the first time, he felt that being a messenger made him feel elevated.
"Shen Jianghuan, you can also notify everyone that it's time to go to Restaurant Yuanhe."
"Zhang Liu, Dr. Wang, I forgot one thing earlier: please organize the classmates to move some medicines out of the hospital. I need you two to make that trip."
"No problem, senior." Zhang Liu looked at Tan Ming with admiration and deep respect.
As they stepped out, Qi Qiuluo wanted to follow Tan Ming and the others, but was handed over to Shen Jianghuan by Tan Ming.
Tan Ming glanced at his watch and turned to Yan Qing, saying, "It's time for you to eat."
Yan Qing suddenly remembered this matter; if it weren't for Tan Ming's reminder, he would have forgotten again.
In the monitoring room, there was no one around, and it wouldn't be under surveillance.
Once inside, Tan Ming locked the door behind them. Yan Qing took off his backpack and slowly unzipped it, pulling out something to eat.
Tan Ming found a charger and located an outlet on the wall to charge his phone. Yan Qing noticed him chatting while charging.
"Are you talking to someone?" Yan Qing asked curiously, his eyes fixed on Tan Ming's phone.
Ever since the activation of the Campus Death System, he had forgotten that he even had a phone.
Tan Ming turned his head to glance at him and replied, "Zhang Liu."
"Huh?" Yan Qing exclaimed in surprise.
Tan Ming closed his phone, moved a chair over, and sat down next to him. "I knew Zhang Liu before."
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