Professor Qian knew that such a request put Chi Wan in a difficult position. After saying her piece, she fell silent, quietly awaiting Chi Wan's response.
Chi Wan was indeed very hesitant.
In truth, if it were simply a matter of sending them to Li Xingye's base, she was confident that he and his people could keep the scientists safe.
But Dawn Base wasn't the only one in this post-apocalyptic world.
Because Li Xingye had risen to power so quickly and appeared to have an inexhaustible supply of resources, many people had long been curious and envious, wondering where it all came from.
Such is human nature.
When people lived in a world of scarcity, facing starvation every day, their only thoughts were of how to find food and how to survive.
But when someone appeared who could solve the problem of resource scarcity and allow life to return to a semblance of normalcy, those same people started to want more.
