The guy who just wanted to help, Liu Zi, was stunned.
She never expected these women to be so skilled.
Even the champion fighter of their squad might not be a match for these two women.
As for why the soldiers at the base entrance didn't step in to stop it, it's because they've encountered such situations too many times.
Every time they saw thugs bullying women and children and tried to intervene, the thugs would just laugh it off.
But once inside the base, those women, Omegas, and children would still suffer.
They're soldiers, and there are strict orders prohibiting them from doing certain things, but that doesn't mean they can't let people defend themselves.
So when those thugs got beaten up, the soldiers pretended not to see it.
They were just worried that the corpses would rot and attract zombies, so a few soldiers dealt with the bodies.
Two soldiers symbolically went over to ask Chen Wan what had happened.
Chen Wan calmly replied, "These guys tried to molest us, so we had to defend ourselves. You saw what happened next; we successfully defended ourselves, that's all."
The soldier nodded, "Hmm, the base doesn't encourage fighting, but self-defense is allowed. Alright, nothing more, continue lining up."
"Okay, thank you," Chen Wan casually thanked them.
After the conversation, the queue fell into a deathly silence again.
Some of the men who had been talking were afraid that their voices had been too loud and that they would end up like those guys.
Chen Wan just watched everything coldly.
They had been keeping a low profile, but if someone insisted on seeking death, she couldn't stop them.
After all, sometimes backing down only makes some people push their luck.
Chen Wan didn't plan to keep a low profile anymore.
Given their setup, it was impossible to keep a low profile from the start.
It was better to be high-profile and let these people see clearly that if they didn't want to die, they shouldn't come over to mess around.
Sure enough, once they took action, the world quieted down.
Those who had been gossiping about them shut their mouths.
Chen Wan thought that as long as the goal was achieved, the method didn't matter.
Moreover, she was genuinely angry just now.
If they were really ordinary people, what would have happened to them? The answer was obvious.
The earlier incident made the entire queue quiet.
People began to silently line up to enter a room next to the base gate to check their bodies and belongings.
Quite a few people had lined up behind Chen Wan and her group.
After a while, a small team of four came over, consisting of two alphas and two betas.
They considered themselves very strong, and the leader, a fat guy, kept glancing at Chen Wan and her group.
"Hey, those chicks are really something. Too bad two of them are alphas. Should we go over and say hi?" The fat guy looked at his buddies and asked.
"Sure, they seem lonely, probably don't have any company," a tall, skinny guy immediately responded.
A man in denim in front of them heard this and kindly turned back to advise, "Hey, I suggest you don't go over. A team that went over just now is already dead. You see, the blood on the ground hasn't even dried yet."
"Screw you, mind your own business. Do you like those women, too?" The fat guy glared at the man in front, ready to start a fight.
"If you don't believe me, go ahead and try. Why do you think the queue is so quiet? Because someone just died," the denim guy said another sentence, then turned his head back, ignoring the men behind him.
"I don't believe in that crap. Guys, I'm going to take a look," the fat guy signaled to his friends and slowly wandered over to Chen Wan's side.
Many people noticed the commotion, and their eyes were filled with horror and pity as they looked at the fat guy, making him feel puzzled.
When he looked at Chen Wan, he saw that her shirt still had bloodstains that hadn't dried for long.
The fat guy felt a bit scared, and when he met Chen Wan's calm gaze, he swallowed and immediately turned back to the queue.
His teammates asked, "What's up, fat guy? You didn't even say a word. Why are you back so soon?"
"Those women are really something. The leader's clothes still have blood on them, and her gaze is really scary. I think we'd better not cause trouble.
Those women are so pretty, and in such a long queue, no one else has approached them? There must be something off," the fat guy analyzed, and his teammates, not being fools, immediately settled down.
Chen Wan was gradually getting impatient.
If these people could shamelessly flirt and chat in front of so many people, what would it be like in places where people couldn't see? Chen Wan's fists gradually clenched, and her anger didn't dissipate just because the fat guy left.
Instead, it grew, and she even wanted to go over and deal with the fat guy who had tried to provoke them.
Of course, Chen Wan held back and didn't do it.
Because of the earlier incident, the atmosphere in the queue became heavy.
However, the women and Omegas inside were less fearful because of what Chen Wan had done, and the male alphas and betas also restrained themselves a lot.
The reason was simple: Chen Wan and her group's strength was too strong.
In just a few minutes, they had taken down six men who couldn't stand up again.
No one wanted to seek death.
After queuing for about an hour, it was finally Chen Wan and her group's turn to enter the base.
They handed over their four backpacks, along with the six backpacks from the men earlier, to the soldiers for inspection.
A soldier, about twenty years old, looked at Chen Wan and her group, "You need to go into this room one by one for a check. If you pass, exit through the safety door. If not, there will be a prompt. People who don't pass are not allowed into the base.
Also, after passing, don't go through the safety doors marked with A or B, just exit through the unmarked safety door."
Chen Wan nodded and went in first.
Inside the room was a giant machine.
Standing in a specific area, the machine scanned the body.
The process took only a few seconds, and soon a mechanical voice came from the speaker: "Check passed, please enter the base through the safety entrance."
Following the instructions, Chen Wan exited the room and saw a long row of tents outside.
Soldiers were sitting inside the tents.
When they saw Chen Wan come out, they began to ask, "Are you five, including the child, together?"
"Yes, we're together," Chen Wan nodded.
"Okay, the vehicle has been reclaimed by the base and converted into 50 points. Also, the six machetes have been requisitioned by the base, 5 points each, converted into 30 points. Here are eight 10-point vouchers for you. These are equivalent to currency in the base. One point can be exchanged for a bun in the shop.
If you need to exchange these points for smaller denominations, you can do so at various exchange points or here," the soldier explained a bit more to Chen Wan, seeing that her group was all women.
Chen Wan nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "Please exchange these 30 points into 1-point denominations for me. It's more convenient to use, thank you."
The soldier, not expecting a thank you, helped Chen Wan exchange the points.
Seeing that there was a child in Chen Wan's group, the soldier lowered his voice and reminded, "Keep your points safe, and be careful. Try not to trust people who come over to befriend you."
After saying that, the soldier immediately got busy with his work, as if he hadn't spoken at all.
Chen Wan took the vouchers, thanked them again, and stood there waiting for Jiang Yanxin and the others.
Jiang Yanxin was the second to come out, holding Yang Yang, followed by Qin Ke, and Yi Yi was the last one out.
Fortunately, just as Yi Yi had said, the machines here didn't detect Yi Yi's true condition.
The three soldiers at the security checkpoint spoke up, "You have prohibited items in those bags; hand over all the fruit knives." The soldier pointed to the backpacks, and Chen Wan glanced at them.
They weren't their original backpacks but belonged to the men they had dealt with.
It took them quite a while to find all the daggers.
While rummaging through the backpacks, Chen Wan noticed that the one she was holding had everything: men's clothes, some food, liquor, cigarettes, lighters, and more.
She didn't look too closely, handed over the fruit knife, and then zipped up the backpack.
Chen Wan, Qin Ke, and Yi Yi each carried three backpacks, while Jiang Yanxin, holding Yang Yang, only had one on her back.
After passing the first tent where they exchanged points, they reached the second tent.
The soldier inside handed Chen Wan a piece of cardboard and mechanically said, "This is your assigned accommodation, Tent 1267 in Zone D."
"Go find your place in Zone D."
Chen Wan glanced at the cardboard and roughly understood.
It seemed that Zone D wasn't a good place, probably the most chaotic area in the base.
After they left the security area, they caused quite a stir.
After all, Chen Wan and the others were quite attractive, and Jiang Yanxin was holding a baby that looked easy to bully.
They were carrying so many things, practically announcing to others that they were well-stocked.
As soon as they came out, several groups of people targeted them.
These people didn't know what had just happened outside, so they were particularly brazen.
Several sleazy men whistled at Chen Wan and the others, and the mocking voices were deafening, not to mention the onlookers.
"Hey, pretty girls, the rule here is that newcomers have to pay a protection fee. Hand over half of your points, and I'll look after you," said Er Hu, a notorious thug in Zone D who targeted newcomers who seemed easy to bully.
If he saw that newcomers had no resistance, he would collect protection fees and try to sleep with the pretty girls and handsome male Omegas.
Many girls and male Omegas, having never seen such a scene, were frightened by the group surrounding them and ended up compromising, actually sleeping with Er Hu.
But such a gang wouldn't easily let these people go.
After Er Hu slept with the women and male Omegas, he would let his brothers have their turn.
Some, unable to bear the humiliation, would rather die.
This situation was common in the base.
Zones A and B were relatively better because they had specific entrances guarded by soldiers, preventing ordinary people from entering Zones C and D freely.
The residents there were so-called upper-class people, either possessing core technologies, being political figures, or wealthy merchants with abundant resources.
In short, only elites from various fields had the opportunity to live in Zones A and B.
The houses there were apartment suites, and some important figures even lived in presidential suites, living better than before the apocalypse.
In contrast, Zones C and D housed ordinary people.
The entrances to these zones were open, with no soldiers guarding them, making them particularly chaotic.
The conditions in Zone C were relatively better, with 20 people per tent, while Zone D had the worst conditions in the entire base, with 30 people crammed into a not-so-large tent.
People often fought over sleeping space, and deaths from these fights were common.
Initially, the soldiers had the energy to intervene, but as their tasks increased, their focus shifted mainly to protecting the residents of Zones A and B.
As long as people in Zones C and D didn't die from zombies outside, the soldiers didn't care about fights or other indecent incidents inside.
They simply couldn't manage it, and no one else would.
Protecting Zones A and B, driving away nearby zombies, transporting supplies, and bringing in survivors from various places already consumed all their energy.
Plus, the orders from above were to primarily protect the residents of Zones A and B, with Zones C and D being secondary concerns.
As for how they lived, not many people cared.