You were supposed to hoard supplies, why the heck did you hoard zombies!

"You mean to employ all three of us?"

Brother Gou squinted his eyes carefully as he asked, his eyes already barely able to open.

Half from being battered by the Twelve Protectors.

The other half by that woman's beating.

Who could have thought it?

A brawny man over one meter eighty, immediately taken down by the woman with the sweet smile upon encounter.

And she struck with such a sly approach, aiming straight for the face with every move.

Zhang Wei and Song Hao by his side were no different.

All three were squatting on the ground, cradling their knees, occasionally lifting their eyelids to sneak a peek at that woman, and as soon as she seemed to notice them, they swiftly dodged away.

Compared to this young woman, the tall zombies seemed somewhat strange.

They weren't using their teeth or claws at all.

Just ferociously pummeling away.

With great precision.

Zhang Ye remained seated on the sofa.

Upon hearing Brother Gou's words, he nodded gently.

"Rest assured, I'm a person of principles, everything is based on voluntariness!"

"Just agree or disagree with a single word."

The three of them fell silent immediately.

Although they did not know exactly what this man did.

But judging from his control over the zombies, it was clear he was a highly dangerous individual.

Besides, there were people at home waiting for them to return, was the answer even a question?

Brother Gou quickly gave his own response.

"I'm sorry, I—"

Before he could finish, he saw Zhang Ye already move his finger and say, "Bring him out, alive—"

"Wait a second!"

Zhang Wei, realizing something was amiss, hurriedly explained,

"Big brother, it's not that we're unwilling."

"It's really that the situation doesn't allow it, we have several mouths at home waiting for us to bring food back."

Song Hao nodded furiously on the side.

"Yes, big brother!"

"We can't let them starve to death!"

"My wife just turned eighteen this year!"

Hearing this, Zhang Ye quickly waved his hand to stop the bodyguard zombies who were already hauling up Brother Gou.

Originally thinking they were three lone wolves, who knew they had families to take care of?

Wonderful, this is just wonderful!

Having their own vulnerabilities!

As an employer, who wouldn't prefer such employees?

Seeing the anxious expressions of the three, as if they were expecting to be rejected, Zhang Ye suddenly felt amused.

It was time to showcase the company's humanitarian care.

He immediately said with a look of concern,

"What?"

"You have a wife?"

"Qing Qing, give them a bit more food, just turned eighteen is the time for growing, we can't have her going hungry."

Brother Gou, seeing that he was not only not angry but also concerned about the wellbeing of Song Hao's wife, had much of his fear vanish, and ventured to say,

"This brother."

"Why don't you just let us go?"

"That residential area at home is old, I fear it's not safe if we're away too long."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Ye's expression became even more caring.

"What?"

"An old school district? That's indeed unsafe."

"Luo Xin, hurry and clear out a few rooms from the hotel for them!"

Zhang Wei, upon hearing this, was completely stunned. Did it mean they wanted to bring their families here to protect them together?

As he was thinking this, someone next to him suddenly knelt down.

Thump.

Brother Gou with tearful eyes.

"Brother, if you don't disdain, Gou is willing to take you as an adoptive father!"

"Adoptive, father?"

Zhang Ye's expression immediately stiffened, and he hurriedly chuckled in refusal,

"Heh, ha-ha."

"I think there's no need for that."

"Just call me Director Zhang, and then you will be my employees, right?"

The three looked at each other and all nodded.

"But what are we supposed to do?"

Unfazed, Brother Gou rose from the ground and voiced the question all three had in their minds.

Companies used to be all over the streets.

But not anymore.

Social order suddenly collapsed.

The streets are filled with cannibalistic zombies, and government currency has become worthless.

Everyone's busy trying to survive in the cracks, who has the mind to work?

Even if you wanted to, what could you do?

Distribute flyers on the street?

Zhang Ye smirked at the question.

"It's simple," he said.

"Find people."

"Find people?"

The three of them were taken aback. Find what people?

They glanced at the two women standing next to Zhang Ye, wondering if it was women that he was referring to?

The protagonists in novels usually have this hobby.

Zhang Ye didn't speak and instead threw a map to them.

A map of Sanjiang City's downtown and surrounding areas.

"Your job from now on is to find various survivor settlements in Sanjiang City," he instructed.

Upon hearing this, Song Hao couldn't help but ask curiously,

"And after finding these settlements, then what?"

"Kidnap a few people back?"

Tian Gou and Zhang Wei looked at Zhang Ye with puzzled and somewhat resistant expressions in their eyes.

Although plundering has become a habit for many people in order to survive,

they didn't want to do such things.

If a person loses their bottom line, what difference would there be with the zombies on the streets?

Little did they know, Zhang Ye shook his head and said, "You don't need to do anything, just mark it on the map, and then come back and tell me."

After thinking it over, he added, "If you encounter a talent in any field, you can also bring them back to see me."

"But before that, you should first bring over your families."

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Seeing a moved expression simultaneously appear on their faces, Zhang Ye secretly thought to himself:

That would also prevent you from running away as soon as you left the door.

After all, it's best to keep a hold on their weak spots.

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Tian Gou had never dreamed that he would see such a day.

He pointed ahead with his hand.

"Ehh aahh!"

The two figures in the security guard uniforms behind him had already charged forward.

In less than a minute, the zombies blocking the entrance to the neighborhood were all knocked down to the ground.

Zhang Wei and Song Hao rushed up quickly to finish them off.

"Is it over?" Tian Gou stepped forward and looked at the bodies on the ground.

The two nodded, their gazes fixed on the two figures in the security guard uniforms, their expressions somewhat excited.

Could it be that they would really obey their commands?

Is this the function of the company?

The three of them now belonged to Zhang Ye's intelligence department, taking up the positions of intelligence manager and two deputy managers, a total of three positions.

They were allocated a total of eight employees.

The two still-in-their-old-uniforms security guards were two of them.

As for the remaining six—

The recruitment hadn't started yet.

Zhang Ye currently only had a little over sixty employees, most of whom stayed in the villa area, because that was his stronghold.

What was once ample manpower was suddenly stretched thin.

The hotel needed staff.

The newly established intelligence department needed staff.

And there was also the energy department established a few days ago, which currently only had Luo Xin and one craftsman at its disposal.

The company suddenly faced a shortage of personnel.

Zhang Ye decisively handed this task over to the newly appointed intelligence manager, Tian Gou.

"Capture zombies?"

"Just the three of us?"

"Is he joking?" Zhang Wei looked at Tian Gou with an incredulous expression. Wasn't this just sending them to their deaths?

But no sooner had he finished speaking than the sound of a door opening suddenly came from behind.

Someone walked in from the outside.

"Who said it's just you three?"

"There's me as well," said the newcomer.