The overalls uncle had a look of struggle on his face, and he saw a woman who looked about thirty years old with a pair of thick glasses on the bridge of his nose that barely saw her eyes, and walked up and patted the overalls uncle on the shoulder.

Li Jian ignored the overalls uncle, only to see the old man suddenly turn to look at Li Jian again, and then said leisurely.

"We don't have any food here now, and because there are so many zombies outside, we can't go out and find food. Since you have the means to get here, can you accept us into your side? If we continue to be trapped here, all of us here will starve to death sooner or later. ”

"Professor! We don't know who he is, how can we decide this on our own! ”

The uncle in overalls, who was called Xiao Wang, said loudly.

"Shut up!"

The overalls uncle was yelled back by the old man, and then the old man looked at Li Jian's eyes and said sincerely.

"In this kind of world, human beings are supposed to help each other, aren't they? Although you must not understand me when I suddenly take the liberty to say this, I also think that I am shameless in saying this. But we really can't help it, if we stay here any longer, we will not be able to survive, now only you can save us, I hope you can think about it. ”

The old man is really as he said, and now he is shamelessly begging Li Jian for help. When he heard this, Li Jian finally understood what was going on.

In fact, their gang is now trapped here by zombies, and they can't go out to find supplies at all, and then seeing Li Jian coming, it is like seeing a lifebuoy, so they want Li Jian to help them and accept them to go to the island in the middle of the lake, otherwise they will only have to wait here for death.

Li Jian could see at a glance that the old man's status here was not low. But now they are willing to lower their positions like this and ask Li Jian for help, it must be that they really can't hold on.

But relatively speaking, Li Jian will not accept them so easily according to what the old man said. He's not a saint, he's just an ordinary person, and the island in the middle of the lake is not a good church, the island in the middle of the lake is just such a place, big or small, but it is impossible to see every survivor and bring them back. This is simply unrealistic.

Moreover, the problem now is that Li Jian is thinking about what Lin Ying asked them to come here for, and if he didn't figure it out, Li Jian wouldn't have made a decision so early.

"Tell me, why should I accept you people unconditionally? One more person, one more mouth to eat, in the current world, you should understand how cruel the reality is. ”

Li Jian said coldly. He decided to see what was going on.

"Don't worry, we won't eat you for nothing. We can do the work, we can do things for you, as long as we can give us a little food. ”

"Professor! Don't grovel to such an outsider! If we don't ask him, will he surely die? And who knows when it comes to them. How will we be treated? To be a slave? If that's the case, I'd rather stay here and die! ”

The overalls uncle shouted, looking very excited.

Li Jian complained violently in his heart, this overalls uncle and this old man are like singing double reeds, and their opinions are very different. A soldier who looks like he used to serve the country loyally, has a posture that he would rather be broken than destroyed. As for the other, they grovel and sacrifice their dignity at the expense of their position in order to survive. Li Jian really couldn't understand this situation.

"What can you do? Give me a reason to accept you. You know, it's not easy to get all of you out, and you're not trapped by zombies and have to ask me for help. ”

Li Jian was still watching.

"Actually, all of us are scientific researchers, and we were experts in various fields before the end of the world, and on that day, we happened to come here for an interdisciplinary academic seminar, and then after the end of the world began, we stayed in this institute and survived."

The old man seemed to be recalling something, and said lightly.

"Maybe it's useless to say these things now, it's all the end of the world, and what do you need researchers to do...... But we can do manual work, we dare to kill zombies, find supplies, as long as you can accept us, we can do it. ”

At this moment, the old man was a little stunned when he saw Li Jian's expression, and couldn't help asking.

"Excuse me...... How did you think about it......"

"Wait."

Li Jian suddenly interrupted the old man's words, then looked into the old man's eyes and asked.

"You say, all of you here are experts in various fields before the end of the world?"

The old man seemed to be taken aback by Li Jian's staring at him like this, but he still replied.

"Perhaps...... We are not very well-known, and we have only published a few papers in academic journals...... But we can also be considered experts in various fields, we have botanists, molecular biologists, and experts in the mechanics of materials, and I am a ...... who specializes in genetically modified organisms before the end of the world."

Before the old man could finish speaking, Li Jian had already stretched out a palm to interrupt his speech.

Li Jian's mood was a little excited, and at this time he finally understood why Lin Ying would guide them here.

Originally, he thought that Lin Ying had only guided them here to help her find experimental equipment. After all, this is a research institute, and when he came all the way to this building, Li Jian also saw a lot of experimental equipment on Lin Ying's list. But now that the old man revealed their identities, Li Jian understood what he was going to do here.

He's here to save the experts!

Many people may think that after the end of the world, these so-called scientific researchers are useless, but Li Jian has always felt that knowledge and science are the key factors in the end times!

For individuals, these so-called experts are really useless, but for survivor bases like the previous ones like the Wall of Life, the hidden military bases, these experts are of great use!

Li Jian has been worried, now that this world has been occupied by mutant plants, the situation of human beings is becoming more and more difficult for these unknown mutant plants.

Ever since he had the idea of transforming the island into a base, Li Jian knew that scientific research was essential, especially in the world where this mutant plant is rampant. Moreover, in order to carry out the construction of the base area, it is necessary to have experts in various fields to help, such as the previous wall of life, the towering wall, can you just find someone to know how to build it? What about force analysis? What about the blueprints? Li Jian didn't believe that such a base construction could be built by just finding a cat or a dog, so the Wall of Life valued researchers like Professor Sun and Lin Ying so much at that time, after all, knowledge is power. It was also because of their efforts that Li Jian knew the theory of change for all mankind, and the corpse core contained such messy things as S energy. And after arriving at the hidden military base, as a scientific researcher, Lin Ying was also valued, after all, for this new world, for a survivor base, for a base area, scientific research is indispensable.

Moreover, Li Jian still has a big blueprint in his mind, although this blueprint is still very vague, but scientific research does occupy a place in it.

And now, when he heard that the old man and they were all experts in various fields before the end of the world, how could Li Jian not be excited? These are all talents! They can do a lot of things, not only killing zombies and finding supplies, their power will be unexpectedly huge!

"I am willing to accept you, on behalf of the base of the island in the middle of the lake."

Li Jian's eyes burst out with a fine light, and he said firmly.

The old man was dumbfounded, the overalls uncle was dumbfounded, and even the other people were dumbfounded, this time it was their turn to know which one Li Jian was making trouble. Especially the old man, originally he thought that he would have to spend a little more tongue, and he would try all kinds of ways to persuade Li Jian with emotion and reason, who knows, why did Li Jian agree so readily as soon as he turned his head?

"Professor! Don't trust him easily! Maybe he really wants us to be slaves! ”

The overalls uncle shouted, and the old man's expression was rarely hesitant.

"You're a changemaker, you said you could feel that I had no ill will towards you, right? It's true that I didn't want to accept you at first, I don't know what happened to you, but like you, I can't just take in strangers casually, no matter how miserable the other person is, but I'm not a benevolent church, I'm not a saint, and I can't see everyone in trouble go and give a helping hand. The relationship between people was already like this before the end of the world, let alone the way of the present world. ”

"And as for why I am willing to accept you now, it is because as you said earlier, you are experts in various fields before the end of the world. I need you, I need your expertise, that's why I'm willing to accept you on behalf of the island in the middle of the lake, it's as simple as that. ”

Li Jian said lightly, he didn't use any righteous and awe-inspiring words to cover it up, but directly said the benefits and disadvantages. To put it simply, it's a bargain of interests, Li Jian needs their expertise, and they need the shelter of the base in the middle of the lake, that's all.

"Of course, in the end, it is up to you whether you want to come or not. I don't fully trust you, and you can't fully trust me, it's a deal, but it could be a gamble, you decide. ”

After Li Jian finished speaking, everyone present, including the old man and the overalls uncle, was silent. It can be seen that their expressions are tangled. Because they think that in the last days, scientific researchers are useless, and they have no ability to survive at all. On the contrary, Li Jian felt that scientific researchers were very useful and would be of great help to him, and it was this difference in understanding that made them entangled.

After a long time, the old man suddenly sighed heavily, and then said.

"Hopefully, you'll be able to shelter us." (To be continued......)