Tang Shaoyang was sitting inside his room, listening to Origin narrate what happened to the base. During his absence, a smaller zombie horde attacked the base again. This time, however, the people fought together against the zombie horde.
It was one of the biggest events that happened to the base, and after that, people streamed to the base for a shelter. More people on the base, more guards were needed to arrange the people.
Hence Cao Jingyi planned to recruit more people to take care of the new stream refuges. But the problem was that she had another project in her hand. It was about the farm, to gain a permanent source of food.
She then delegated the duty to Jin Fan because he looked trustworthy after the last battle against the zombie horde. That was how Jin Fan started to have the ambition to take over the base. On top of that, Ding Hao's persuasion pushed him even more with his ambition.
"You already knew this a long time ago?" Tang Shaoyang asked the AI.
[Yes, I do!] Origin responded quickly.
"Then why don't you tell this to Cao Jingyi to stop this stupid thing?" He could not believe the smart ai just let this happen to the base. This thing could be prevented with a certain measure from Cao Jingyi.
[I told her, but her measure will only make things worse. She wants to punish Jin Fan and elects a new person, but her power and authority are not strong as yours, My Lord!]
"That's the right thing to do to punish them, why will it make things worse? Don't tell me you are trying to do something behind my back again, Origin!?" He could not understand how this ai worked, but he was sure this ai was making the wrong decision this time.
[I am not, My Lord. But Cao Jingyi's measure will not work because she is not you. She does not have the authority, people would not listen to her because you are the leader. She wants to strip Jin Fan's position and confine him until your return. That's a terrible idea.]
[Instead of solving the issue, it will cause the base to split into two. Jin Fan gains his confidence to revolt because he has many followers from the new refugees. He would mobilize his followers to fight Cao Jingyi and it would cause chaos within the base. That's the worst thing to happen if she did that!]
[I told her to not only strip Jin Fan from his position, but she has to kill him, or she should kick him and his followers out of the base... No, she should have killed him, revolt is a major crime within the base.]
[But Cao Jingyi insisted that she could not kill him. They have been working together, zombie horde after zombie horde. She could not kick him out, let alone kill Jin Fan. That's why I told her to let Jin Fan stay until your return, let you tackle the problem instead of a half-assed solution that might plunge the base into the chaos]
Tang Shaoyang went silent, pondering what Origin said to him. He truly could not refute Origin's claim that Jin Fan and followers would cause chaos to the base for half-assed punishment by Cao Jingyi.
Out of a sudden, he heard a notification in his head, "Communication System?" He blurted out. He did not know what happened, but when he mentioned that, a screen appeared before his eyes.
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[Tang Empire's Communication System]
List (2/20):
1. Cao Jingyi
2. Tang Shaoyang (Leader)
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[Tap Cao Jingyi's name, My Lord.] Origin gave an instruction, and Tang Shaoyang followed. When he tapped Cao Jingyi's name, three more options appeared.
[Call] [Massage] [Revoke the Access]
Tang Shaoyang soon realized this was basically a phone, more convenient than a phone in fact, "How do we get this communication system?"
[It's one of the rewards for upgrading the smart base to Level 3. As you upgrade the smart base more, you can add more than twenty people to the list. The reason we can build the wall is also that we have upgraded the base to Level 3.]
Tang Shaoyang's eyes shone as he wanted to know more about the newly upgraded base. But just what Origin said, this could wait for later while Jin Fan's cases needed to be solved immediately.
He tapped the [Call] option, he was calling Cao Jingyi. It really worked like a phone. Soon his call was answered by Cao Jingyi.
"Hello? Boss!?" He could hear Cao Jingyi's voice in his head. It was as if she spoke directly into his head. Also, he could feel the excitement from her words, "You have returned!?"
"Yes, we have returned. I need you to go back to the base immediately!" Tang Shaoyang replied flatly. He was disappointed with how Cao Jingyi's work, but it was his responsibility since he was the one who trusted her with the base. If he wanted to blame someone, he had to blame himself for leaving the base.