It's no longer like it used to be. To create a big news story nowadays isn't as simple as smashing bricks or acting foolish to get attention. The original lowbrow videos had a large audience of ordinary people with little education, so these people liked to watch others make fools of themselves, rolling around in the mud in colorful clothes and giving a like.
But now, ordinary people can't even get online. They have to work hard every day for their dinner. Who has the mind to go online? Even if they do go online, they want to know when the current difficulties will end completely, not watch a few people shouting and arguing loudly.
As a result, international affairs have become the focus of everyone's attention. Any news that can affect the international situation will surely attract many viewers. As long as more than 100,000 people watch it, the news is considered popular. Although 100,000 people might not seem like a lot, these 100,000 people are those who still have the conditions to go online in the apocalypse! Simply put, those who can still go online in the apocalypse are elites.
Shen Feng thought and thought, but couldn't come up with a good idea.
Yue Hengyi pointed to the pocket on Shen Feng's body and said, "Don't forget you have a good thing on you, the sea serpent's crystal. Currently, only two sea beasts have been killed in the world. One was a squid, whose crystal you greedily gave to Li Keyi. The other is the one taken from the sea serpent. Humans only have two in their hands now. If you use this thing to create a stir, won't that attract people's attention?"
Shen Feng thought, that makes sense. News of killing a sea beast would surely be sensational, right?
However, Wang Jiaoe continued, "Stop thinking about it. There are too many fake news stories online now. Forget about killing sea beasts, there are many people saying that escaping to Antarctica can provide refuge. If you say you killed sea beasts, others might not believe you unless you have video evidence."
"Video? When we were stranded on the island, we had nothing. How could we possibly film a video?" Shen Feng said with a troubled expression.
Yue Hengyi thought for a moment and said, "If sea beasts don't work, then I really can't think of any good ideas. We don't have the ability to change the international situation, do we?"
"Change the international situation?" Shen Feng pondered, and suddenly had a glimmer of understanding. "We really can't change the international situation, but we can use the guise of changing the international situation to do things. As long as the voice is loud enough, more people will hear it."
"For example?" Yue Hengyi quickly asked.
Shen Feng pointed to the port city not far away and said, "Isn't this a ready example? As the largest port in Western Australia, it has not been recaptured. No ships on any route can reach here. This can be considered a vital transportation hub, right? If we can make a fuss here, it will definitely attract a lot of attention."
"What can we do here? Do you still want to recapture it? Over a million zombies, that's not something you can solve with a wave of your hand!" Yue Hengyi was very confused, not knowing what Shen Feng intended to do.
Shen Feng nodded seriously, admitting what Yue Hengyi had said: "That's right, that's exactly what I plan to do. As long as we can recapture this port city, it will definitely attract global attention. At that time, let alone 100,000 viewers, even a million viewers is not impossible!"
"Brother Feng, what's wrong with you? Why do you always want to do these obviously impossible things? I'm not trying to discourage you, but with over a million zombies, how can we recapture it? With just the few thousand people in this base? Is that possible?" Yue Hengyi said irritably.
Shen Feng patted Yue Hengyi on the shoulder and said, "Do you remember the mutated plants in the desert? I think you haven't seen the power of mutated plants!"
"Mutated plants? I forgot, you once killed a mutated plant with Jin Zijue in Sichuan Province and later took it to Chongqing." Yue Hengyi also remembered that Shen Feng had killed mutated plants before.
"Are you playing Sanguosha? Do you know what Xun Yu's skill is?" Shen Feng continued to ask.
Yue Hengyi nodded and replied, "I remember it's 'Tiger to Devour Wolf,' right?"
"Exactly. As long as we capture the mutated plants in the desert and let them eat the zombies, we can quickly solve the zombie problem in the city. The growth limit of plants is very high. As long as these plants are given enough energy, they can grow almost infinitely, especially mutated plants, whose limits no one has ever seen!" Shen Feng explained.
Yue Hengyi understood Shen Feng's meaning. Tiger to Devour Wolf, if there is no tiger, how can it be? They would use the mutated plants as the driven tigers, and the zombies in the city would be the wolves being eaten.
"Doesn't that mean we have to go back to the desert and capture the mutated plants?" Yue Hengyi asked.
Shen Feng nodded and said, "That's right. Tiger to Devour Wolf, without tigers, how can it be? We will first go and capture the mutated plants in the desert."
Wang Jiaoe was already shocked by the plan Shen Feng and Yue Hengyi were discussing. She looked at them discussing enthusiastically and couldn't help but sigh. Is the gap between people so large? Her own group of over five thousand people didn't dare to think about recapturing a city, yet Shen Feng and Yue Hengyi had such an idea and were even preparing to implement it. Is this the realm of the strong?
"Mr. Shen, Mr. Yue, is there anything I can help you with? If you need our help, I will have my subordinates cooperate fully!" Wang Jiaoe said quickly. She also saw an opportunity in Shen Feng's actions. If Fremantle was eventually recaptured, such a large port would be placed before her, which would undoubtedly be a huge cake. Shen Feng would definitely leave here, so who would be in charge of this city then?
Shen Feng looked at Wang Jiaoe and said faintly, "You don't need to do anything. I don't expect you to help me much. At most, you can maintain a sufficient supply of food. You don't need to worry about anything else."
It wasn't that Shen Feng looked down on the people in this base, but rather that there were too few people here. For a city with a million zombies, ordinary people could do almost nothing, and the main force for recapturing the city was still the mutated plants in the desert.
Shen Feng thought for a moment and said, "Find a few people to follow us and film. I plan to recapture this city within seven days. At that time, this video will definitely shock the world. I've already come up with the title: Two ability users recapture a city of millions in a week. I don't believe no one will be interested!"
Yue Hengyi felt very tired. They had just found a safe place, but now they had to return to the desert without resting properly. It was torture, but to get the truth back to the country as soon as possible, they had to persevere no matter how tired they were.
Wang Jiaoe quickly arranged for two photographers, who followed Shen Feng with their cameras. Shen Feng asked Lu Zhengqi and Slot to stay at the base, and he, along with the two photographers, headed back to the desert.
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After Li Gui drove away, his face was full of smugness. As he ran, he taunted, "Shen Feng, you look down on me. Now that I'm gone as your translator, let's see what you do next. Now I have a car and enough food for three months. No matter where I go, I can live a good life!"
Li Gui resented Shen Feng's previous contempt. He just wanted to follow him back to China and find a safe place to live, but Shen Feng didn't agree, even saying he was useless. Therefore, Li Gui meticulously planned his revenge. He couldn't defeat Shen Feng and Yue Hengyi, but he took Shen Feng's supplies. From the perspective of retaliating against Shen Feng, his goal was successful.
Li Gui knew where Shen Feng's destination was, which was Fremantle. To avoid Shen Feng, Li Gui went to Perth. Although the two cities are very close, only a few dozen kilometers apart, as long as he hid in the base in Perth, he didn't believe Shen Feng could find him.
When Li Gui arrived near Perth, he didn't dare to enter the city and could only circle around it. The city was full of zombies. Although he was an evolved person and still had a gun, he couldn't protect himself in a zombie horde. Thinking of this, Li Gui circled the city, looking for a survivor base nearby.
After searching for a whole day, Li Gui actually found a base. This was a base in a valley, surrounded by two mountains, with only a small canyon for passage. This was simply Li Gui's dream base. Hiding in this circular valley, it was completely inconspicuous from the outside, and the surroundings were cliffs. As long as machine guns were set up at the only entrance, it would be an impregnable fortress.
Li Gui immediately prepared to drive into this base, but the base had set up a roadblock on the narrow path. Seeing a stranger appear, they immediately raised their guns and asked, "What are you doing? Where are you from?"
Li Gui quickly said, "I'm from Tasmania."
The two soldiers at the outpost didn't quite believe them and directly questioned, "Tasmania is separated from the mainland by a vast strait. How could you possibly get here?"
"I really came from the south, and I got here on my own. I'm an evolved person! Understand?" Li Gui said rudely.
The two sentries exchanged glances, seeing disbelief in each other's eyes. Could this ordinary-looking guy in front of them be a powerful evolved person? Traveling all the way from Tasmania in the south to their base? If he was really such a formidable figure, they really had to be careful.
"Pay the entrance fee first, one jin of grain or canned food. After that, you can stay inside for as long as you want!" The sentry didn't want to provoke this unfamiliar stranger easily, so he decided to collect the entrance fee and be done with it.
Li Gui was a bit unhappy when he heard about the entrance fee. Even entering a base now required a fee. Was there any justice left? But he had no choice. If he wanted to enter, he had to obey their orders, after all, he wasn't as strong as he boasted.
Li Gui lifted the waterproof cloth on the back of his car and opened a bag of flour, putting it into a plastic bag. He didn't have an electronic scale, but by estimation, it was over a jin. Then, he handed the flour over and said, "Here's a jin of flour, alright?"
The two sentries were stunned when they saw this. They never expected that this unremarkable guy's car would have so much food. They saw the situation in the back of the car while Li Gui was packing the flour. Flour, canned food, instant noodles, weighing at least eight to nine hundred jin. So much food was in one person's possession.
"This is your pass, and you can freely enter and exit this base from now on. We'll open the roadblock immediately!" One sentry quickly took the flour, while the other moved the makeshift roadblock.
Li Gui casually covered the waterproof cloth on the back of the car and then entered the base. There were quite a lot of people here, about ten thousand, which could be considered a large base. However, the buildings inside were not very good. Most of the houses were adobe walls, with few brick houses, most of which were built after the apocalypse.
The two sentries huddled together and began to discuss this stranger: "Is this guy really that strong? I didn't see any other weapons on his car besides guns!"
"Let's report to the boss quickly. We'll do whatever the boss says!" Another sentry said quickly.