Chapter 165 Recruiting

Although he had experienced a lot with Ou Mingxue and the others, he still couldn't completely trust them.

In the final analysis, it was because his current strength was not enough. If his current telekinesis was enough to resist bullets, even ordinary bullets, there would be no need for such trouble.

All the caution was due to the lack of one's own strength!

On the bed in the tent, Meng Ren was playing with a water ball in his hand. The water ball, which weighed about five kilograms, changed into different shapes under his control.

"At my current growth rate, it is estimated that it will only take about a year for me to have enough self-protection strength. By then, even if I can't resist ordinary bullets, there will be absolutely no problem with the crossbow!" Meng Ren narrowed his eyes, with a strong look of expectation in his eyes.

Time soon came to the evening, and as the fiery red sun gradually set, the temperature outside gradually dropped.

As night fell, the temperature gradually dropped to about 40 degrees. Although it was hot, it was at least within the range that normal people could bear.

Meng Ren estimated that the time was about right, and he walked out of the camp directly.

The other people watched his movements and immediately understood what Meng Ren was going to do, and followed him.

Meng Ren went straight to the place where the medium-sized camp was located, and his eyes swept over the group of people in front of him.

As far as his eyes could see, the management of the entire camp was quite chaotic. The tents were messy and built at will. Some people didn't even have tents and just lay on the ground.

There were men and women in the crowd, most of them were young and middle-aged. As for the elderly?

They had all died long ago.

The physical fitness of the elderly was not as good as that of the young and middle-aged, and they could not survive in the current extremely hot era. The same was true for children who were too young.

However, compared with Meng Ren, the condition of this group of people was obviously not very good, but looking closely, it seemed to be better than Meng Ren guessed.

Although they were all pale and thin, and looked dirty, at least they were not malnourished.

It seems that they have a certain amount of supplies.

Are they the supplies stored in this underground air-raid shelter?

Meng Ren narrowed his eyes and guessed in his heart. As far as he knew, there were usually supplies stored in underground air-raid shelters, but the amount of supplies would definitely not be much, at least it could not meet the long-term needs of thousands of people.

"Let me introduce myself, my name is Meng Ren!"

"I need people to help me build a shelter. Is there anyone willing to help me?"

"I only want strong men, ten people."

"Everyone who comes to help will be provided with food, three packs of instant noodles and three bottles of mineral water!" Meng Ren said loudly, and his voice spread throughout the underground air-raid shelter.

Hmm?

Hearing that there was food, many people looked over instantly.

Immediately, someone stood up with a joyful look on his face: "Is there really food as a reward?"

"Yes, I need ten people to help me build a shelter. The work is not heavy. It's just using some wood to build a simple wall and house."

"Of course, it would be even better if someone knows carpentry!" Meng Ren stated his needs.

Since we plan to live in this underground air-raid shelter for quite some time, we can't live in a tent all the time. At least a solid wall is necessary.

Especially after what happened last night, Meng Ren realized the problem.

"I'm a carpenter. I used to do carpentry work. I can help build walls!" A middle-aged man stood up from the crowd.

Meng Ren's eyes lit up. He didn't expect that there was a real carpenter among this group of people. That couldn't be better.

"Okay, I'll give you five packs of instant noodles and five bottles of mineral water. You will lead the construction of my walls and houses!"

"If it's well built, I'll have another reward!" Meng Ren was very generous.

A little bit of supplies was just a drop in the bucket for him. The establishment of a shelter was obviously more important.

The carpenter smiled: "My name is Deng Ji!"

Seeing someone asking to sign up, the others couldn't bear it anymore and stood up one after another. In just less than a minute, ten men had gathered.

Because there were too many people who signed up, Meng Ren even selected ten of the strongest people from the group.

"What's going on? What are you doing?"

At this moment, a scolding voice sounded, and then the crowd automatically separated.

I saw that there was a door somewhere in the underground air-raid shelter. At this moment, the door opened and Liu Guodong walked out from it.

"Mr. Meng, what are you doing?" Liu Guodong frowned, his face was not very good.

What did Meng Ren want to do by gathering people? To make trouble?

"Don't get me wrong, Deputy Chief Liu, it's just that when I was sleeping last night, someone in your camp wanted to steal my supplies while I was sleeping!"

"It's not safe here, so I hired a few people to help me build a wall and a simple wooden house!"

"Of course I will pay them, and I won't let them work for nothing. Deputy Chief Liu shouldn't object to such a simple thing, right?" Meng Ren said.

What?

When Meng Ren said this, everyone was surprised.

"Who stole? How could they do such a thing?"

"I did hear the sound of people yelling and running away last night. I thought I was hallucinating because I was half asleep, but it turned out to be real."

"Who did it? This is too shameless!"

Everyone was talking about it and looking at the other people around them.

Liu Guodong frowned. If this really happened last night, then Meng Ren's request was obviously not a problem.

"It's okay to build a wall, but remember to pay the workers and don't delay their wages!"

"How many people does Mr. Meng need?" Liu Guodong said.

Meng Ren shrugged: "Only ten people!"

"Ten is too few, wouldn't it be faster if there were more people?" Liu Guodong smiled.

Meng Ren rolled his eyes. He was not building a fortress, but just building a simple wall and a few cabins. How many more people would he need?

"Ten is enough. I will pay them on time!" Meng Ren said.

"That's great. Although it's a critical moment now, some rules cannot be broken."

"Especially because of the current crisis, we should abide by the bottom line and principles. It would be the best if Mr. Meng could help us provide some employment opportunities. On behalf of our Baishi Camp, I would like to thank Mr. Meng!" Liu Guodong smiled.

Baishi Camp?

Is this the name of this camp?

Meng Ren nodded with a fake smile, but he had never met the leader of this camp. The highest manager he had met so far was only the deputy leader Liu Guodong.