Chapter 1778 - 965

The situation in the Fourth Satellite City is a bit better than in the Fifth Satellite City.

Firstly, the number of zombies is much fewer, and secondly, because this satellite city is relatively small, the length of the surrounding wall is also shorter.

Originally, the Fourth Satellite City was established from a relatively intact factory within an industrial park.

Although many of the surrounding factories have collapsed, they still somewhat act as a barrier against the zombies.

Xu Taishan stepped back and put down the large knife in his hand, shouting into the satellite city, "Did you contact the Big Camphor Tree Base, what did they say, can they come to help us?"

A person ran over below and shouted, "Brother Taishan, they said the rain is too heavy, and they can’t help us."

"Sigh!" Xu Taishan heavily pounded the wall.

There was a bit of despair in his heart.

Murmuring, "Although we were prepared, but..... hell, these damn zombies, I’ll fight you to the death."

After saying this, he rushed to the battlements and started frantically killing zombies.

At the same time, beside him, some people held a line of spiked bars, with wheels attached below, constantly pushing them forward.

Whenever a zombie emerged, it would be pushed down by this spiked rod.

This was only a temporary fix and couldn’t directly kill the zombies, but it could push them down.

In the torrential rain, amidst the shrill screams, people kept dying, but others still took their place.

Because they knew, if the city fell, they would all die.

...

A night passed.

Li Yu heard the sound of heavy artillery firing last night and woke up once.

Thinking back, it was clear that Uncle and the others were using heavy artillery to support the surrounding three satellite cities.

These three satellite cities are only about ten kilometers away from the Big Camphor Tree Base, within the range of the artillery shots.

And because of the close distance, these three satellite cities could help divert the zombies from the Big Camphor Tree Base.

On the other hand, since the Big Camphor Tree Base had the most people and was the most lively.

It attracted the most zombies, which significantly reduced the zombie pressure on the surrounding three satellite cities.

Additionally, due to its relatively remote location, it took some time for the zombies to arrive, so they didn’t encounter a terrifying zombie tide like the Fifth Satellite City did.

When Li Yu woke up, it was already two in the afternoon.

Removing his noise-canceling headphones, Li Yu got up.

The sky outside was still pitch black, with occasional bursts of lightning and thunder cutting through the night sky.

Li Yu had a full sleep without anyone waking him.

He stretched and yawned.

He leisurely walked to the water cooler and poured himself a glass of water, then carried the cup to the balcony.

His room was on the third floor, offering a wide view.

But in the pitch-black rain, it was hard to see far.

Raindrops beat against the window, making a pitter-patter sound, and the water pipes outside the balcony made the sound of flowing water constantly.

Looking outside, Li Yu saw a light not too far away, which seemed to be heading towards the greenhouse.

Li Yu thought for a moment and planned to check out the greenhouse later.

With such heavy rain, if the crops inside the greenhouse were flooded, it would be a hassle.

Not all the plants in the greenhouse liked water; some vegetables can’t be flooded.

Li Yu drank the water from the cup in one go and put on his jacket again.

Gurgle——

His stomach suddenly growled.

A wave of hunger hit, and Li Yu quickly put on his cotton slippers and went downstairs.

As soon as he reached downstairs, Li Yu spotted a piece of paper stuck outside the fridge.

Li Yu tore off the paper and opened the fridge, finding a portion of food that his mother had left for him long ago.

Li Yu took the food out, then microwaved it for a minute.

During the wait, he picked some tomatoes from the dining table to eat.

Being a leader of the Big Camphor Tree Base, with so many greenhouses and underground planting bases, they could at least ensure food freedom for their people.

Otherwise, why would he go to great lengths to establish this base?

Ding——

The microwave had already heated the food, intensifying Li Yu’s hunger, prompting him to take the food out and devour it.

After eating, it seemed like his whole body came alive, feeling very comfortable all over.

Pats his stomach, Li Yu looked at the pouring rain outside and a smile appeared on his lips.

Then he returned to his room, took his wet clothes and bullet-proof vest downstairs.

Changed into a set of dry clothes again, using a waterproof windbreaker deliberately, to avoid getting soaked from head to toe again.

He put on a raincoat on top, slung a walkie-talkie and gun around his waist, and walked outside.

Having left the villa area, he headed straight towards the direction seen from the third floor earlier.

Came to the greenhouse.

Li Yu first checked the drainage ditches outside the greenhouse, which were serving their purpose well, preventing water from flooding the greenhouse area.

Opened the greenhouse door.

Sure enough, he saw An Ya, Xiao Shi, Li Peizhen, and others.

"Director Li."

"Director Li."

Upon seeing Li Yu, they stopped their actions and addressed him.

Li Yu nodded, stepping forward to look at the greenhouse control panel beside them.

"How is it? Did the heavy rain cause any damage to the greenhouse?"

An Ya spoke, "One of the greenhouses had a problem yesterday, but Ding Jiu and the others have fixed it. So far, no issues."

Upon hearing this, Li Yu turned his head to look at the green plants in the greenhouse, and his mood brightened.

Outside was pitch-black, but inside the greenhouse there was light and green plants, which was extremely comforting.

Afterward, Li Yu asked about the situation with Zhang Qiwu and others and, having nearly understood, opened the greenhouse door and left.

After walking out, he muttered in his heart:

"It seems that it is time to let those talents from the Southwest slowly start to get involved in some things."

As he walked, he encountered some busy people on the road, all working in the rain.

Although it was pouring rain, the work had to continue without stopping for even a moment.

The entire Big Camphor Tree Base was like a precise machine, with everyone acting as a component of it, each part in operation, driving the machine forward.

......

In the First Outer City.

Li Yuan and Li Tie, along with others, brought food to the greenhouse.

Since some cooperative personnel and extra staff had not yet exchanged their points and stored them at the Big Camphor Tree Base.

So they didn’t have much food on them, and with more than half already consumed in the past few days, they began applying to exchange them at the Big Camphor Tree Base.

This was a reasonable request.

So after Li Yuan had prepared the shares for these people to exchange in the morning, he came over in the afternoon with Li Tie and Zhou Tian.

"Line up, don’t be chaotic, come one by one." Zhou Tian shouted to these cooperative personnel.

These people, seeing Zhou Tian’s team fully armed, quieted down considerably and obediently lined up.

"Luo Gui group, your group needs to exchange fifty pounds of food, are you sure?" Li Yuan sat in front of a table, on which there was also a computer.

"I’m sure." Luo Gui’s face broke into a smile and quickly replied.

Li Yuan nodded and said, "After deducting fifty pounds of food, your group’s points can still exchange for two hundred and ninety-eight pounds of food."

"Alright, thank you very much." Luo Gui nodded quickly.

Calculating in his mind, fifty pounds of food, with eighteen people in their group, calculated on half a pound per day, could last a week; if they ate sparingly, it could last two weeks.

Anyway, they didn’t need to carry out missions, lying down to save energy, it didn’t matter if they ate less.

This food was accumulated from task after task, deducting what they usually consumed.

Among the cooperative personnel, their group had comparatively more food.

After all, they were among the earlier ones to join the Big Camphor Tree Base.

Li Tie opened a two-meter-high steel barrel, opened the gate at the bottom, and food poured from the gate into an aluminum basin.

Then he carefully watched the scale below, and as it neared fifty pounds, he slowly closed the gate.

Then watched the scale little by little, releasing it little by little.

Until exactly fifty pounds, he closed the gate.

"Bring it." Li Tie said to Luo Gui.

Luo Gui hurriedly handed over the burlap bag in his hand, and a person from the outer city next to him helped open it, and Li Tie poured the food in.

Looking at the full bag of food inside, Luo Gui felt a deep sense of happiness.

He said to the group members who had been following behind him: "Come on, lift it together."

Two people lifted the bag of food away, arousing the envy of other cooperative personnel around them.

"Did you hear just now? They exchanged fifty pounds of food and still have nearly three hundred pounds unexchanged. So wealthy."

"They aren’t the most, right? After all, Old Luo and the others have been in the base for quite a while, having some accumulation is normal."

"Sigh.... I’m so pathetic, our group’s is relatively little."

"What are you afraid of, you won’t starve to death, Big Camphor Tree Base used to lend us food, worse come to worst we borrow it, and repay it later, as long as we don’t starve."

"That’s true, we should be content, think about those new cooperative personnel outside, we’re still lucky, at least we wouldn’t be bitten to death by zombies, you say, can those newcomers make it through the torrential rain?"

"Hard to say."

"Fate, sometimes it’s fair, sometimes it’s unfair."

"If that one incident hadn’t happened, it probably wouldn’t have led to this."

"Stop talking, it’s almost your turn....."

...

When Noble Consort and the others were exchanging food, Old Huang intentionally said:

"Um, hello, the remaining food will be given to us on a slip, right?"

Li Yuan looked at him, then at the remaining food on the computer, somewhat surprised.

Didn’t expect that their group of just three already had more exchangeable food points than the majority.

However, they were not cooperative personnel but newly enlisted extra staff, for extra staff, having this amount of food was not much, but it was only three of them.

Li Yuan understood his intentions.

Afraid of being envied by others.

So he did not say out loud the remainder of their group’s food and instead printed it out from a machine similar to a cash register beside him.

"Here you go."

Old Huang’s expression was radiant, took a glance at the slip, and then tucked it into his arms.

"Thank you, thank you."

This slip was like a voucher, recording how much food they still had.

Very quickly.

Li Yuan and the others completed the exchange of food, significantly reducing the points.

Then they covered the steel barrel and pushed it out of the greenhouse with a cart.

Outside, the rain poured down torrentially.

Qingyang held a big umbrella and then escorted Li Yuan back to the Inner City.

....

Oil City.

The continuous sounds of the mobile switch blade persisted.

The roar of the diesel generator echoed constantly.

Ju Tianrui stood on the wall watching the operation of the blades below, saying with emotion:

"Saved a lot of bullets..... glad we installed this thing."

...

(Asking for monthly tickets)