"When did you build this city wall?" Lin Mu asked.
Wang Shuzhu replied: "City wall? It must be the third or fourth day after the end of the world. I don't remember."
"So fast?" Lin Mu was a little surprised. This was completely different from his guess.
"It's okay, because the construction team is our Wang family's Wang Construction!" Wang Shuzhu said proudly.
"Our Wang family has many business contacts with the troops in Nandu. We established an effective organization on the first day when the apocalypse broke out. With the help of the troops, most of our Wang family's personnel in Nandu were rescued."
"After the personnel arrived, they collected materials for two or three days, and then construction started."
"And don't look at how tall and mighty this city wall is. In fact, the inside has not been completed yet, and a section planned for the back has not yet been built... Come on, I will take you in to have a look."
Lin Mu said nothing, nodded and followed Wang Shuzhu's footsteps into the city gate.
As soon as I entered the city gate, I saw that the city walls on both sides were covered with workers, brick by brick, and all kinds of scaffolding and materials were piled up, just like a construction site.
Lin Mu was relieved. It seemed that he had thought too much.
In a few moments, he lay down on the roof of the outpost at the city gate and looked to both sides from a distance, easily seeing the framework of the entire base.
The current whole structure is not very big, just a base one thousand meters long and wide. Now this area is full of tents stationed, soldiers patrolling and practicing, as well as a few buildings and construction sites blooming everywhere - every place is crowded.
But he knew that the plan for Nandu Base must be more than that.
Because further outside the city wall, the land has been cleared and a large amount of sand, soil, bricks and stones have been piled up, presumably in preparation for the second phase of the project.
"This is the new base. The old military base is not here. It is very hidden. It is enough to be surrounded by barbed wire for the time being." Wang Shuzhu explained.
"The new base you see is only the core area. It will be mainly used for management in the future. Residential buildings and production will be expanded later, outside the current city wall."
"This is a warehouse, temporarily used to store food and water."
"This is a temporary residence. Ordinary people and evolved people are temporarily separated to avoid unnecessary disputes."
"That's the Armament Department over there..."
Wang Shuzhu led the way, and Lin Mu crawled slowly behind, causing the workers passing by to look sideways. What a big ant!
The new base is not big, so I quickly visited most of it.
She pointed to the only completed three-story building: "This building is the research institute. Most of the R&D personnel here are from our Wang family, and only a few are from the military base."
"Many new research results have been released recently. For example, the speedboat you took when you came over. We changed all the materials of the core components to reproduce the speedboat that is similar to the previous one."
Lin Mu asked: "What is the energy used? Gasoline?"
"Yes and no."
"Previous gasoline retained a huge amount of energy, but its ignition point became surprisingly high and could not be burned under natural conditions. So the institute found a substance that could lower the ignition point of gasoline and temporarily solved this problem."
"However, the shortcomings of this pseudo-technology that attempts to restore old science are also obvious. First of all, there are very few substances that reduce the ignition point of gasoline. We traveled throughout Nandu and didn't find much."
"Secondly, this kind of prepared gasoline is very unstable. It either cannot be ignited, or it is difficult to control when ignited. I believe you already understood it when you came here, right?"
Lin Mu nodded, that was indeed the case.
"In order to solve the problem of cylinder explosion, we installed an aerospace engine on the speedboat..."
Lin Mu was speechless. A small broken ship could actually use an aerospace engine. Isn't this an anti-aircraft gun that uses overkill to kill mosquitoes?
However, this also reflects the style of the Nandu Base Research Institute, which focuses on practicality. Cost and other factors are not considered. Use whatever is available.
This is indeed the case, otherwise the situation is precarious these days. If the so-called aerospace engine is left unused, will it still want to go to heaven?
Due to the principle of confidentiality, Wang Shuzhu did not ask Lin Mu to enter the institute to see with his own eyes.
Lin Mu didn't mention it either, but his tentacles moved slightly and everything was being sensed... There was nothing to keep secret, and he couldn't understand all these messy things.
But I still pay tribute to the researchers!
Later, they came to a huge temporary iron warehouse. Lin Mu took a look. There were many biochemical chambers, petri dishes and other equipment, as well as iron cages and aquariums...
From time to time, there were faint wails coming from the warehouse, and the air was filled with a faint smell of blood and stench.
"This is the Institute of Biochemistry, a branch of the institute. The main research here is...evolved beasts." At this point, Wang Shuzhu glanced at Lin Mu cautiously, fearing that he would suddenly become emotional.
"Don't worry, we don't have ant-evolved beasts here... and there won't be any in the future!"
Although Lin Mu thought he didn't care, he still breathed a sigh of relief when he heard these words.
Flame text scrolled: "That's almost it. Find a place to talk about the location of the access card, and then give me the thing."
"good."
In a certain office, the floor-to-ceiling glass windows can directly see the bustling construction scene outside, but the inside cannot be seen from the outside.
Lin Mu and Wang Shuzhu were sitting opposite each other...well, the former was lying directly on the table.
"When I showed you around just now, Lin Bing personally went to the old base to escort the card you wanted. It should be here soon," Wang Shuzhu said.
"Let's first talk about access card positioning. It's actually very simple..."
So, so, so, so...
I don't know whether it was to delay the lecture or whether it was really necessary to talk for so long. The theoretical explanation process lasted for half an hour. In order to prevent Lin Mu from not understanding, he was dragged into and out of the secret realm several times during this period.
After finishing, Lin Bing hadn't come yet. Lin Mu was a little bored and said casually: "Tell me about your Wang family."
"Our Wang family?" Wang Shuzhu was stunned for a moment.
"Your Wang family and Nandu base seem to be very well prepared to deal with the doomsday. Did you get any news in advance?" Lin Mu frankly expressed his doubts.
"In other words, did your Wang family receive any strange guests before the apocalypse broke out?"
Wang Shuzhu was stunned for a moment, then his expression changed, and finally he murmured: "I don't know."
She only knew that the family did make many strange moves before the apocalypse broke out, such as selling shares, cashing out to build warehouses, hoarding materials and food, and training core employees...
But she had no idea whether she knew the news in advance or whether she received any "informed people".
"The Wang family is a behemoth, and every member of the Wang family has his or her own responsibilities. Although I am the eldest daughter of the royal family, I am mainly responsible for connecting with the Nandu base."
"Before the apocalypse, I was the psychiatrist of the Nandu base. Perhaps due to my relatively strong spirit, I can control skills more easily than many people after the apocalypse, so it was natural for me to serve as the base's skills instructor."
"In short, I don't know many things about the Wang family."
Lin Mu was thoughtful and continued writing and asked, "How many brothers and sisters do you have?"
"A lot." At this point, Wang Shuzhu's face showed a hint of complexity.
"My father had eight wives, and my mother was the second...I have eight brothers and eleven sisters."
"The Wang Shulan you mentioned before is my youngest sister, the daughter of the eighth aunt. The eighth aunt also has a son, the eldest son of the prince..."
Wang Shuzhu's chatter box was suddenly opened, and he complained wildly about the intrigues in the big family, and he was very emotional.
The eighth aunt of the Wang family is a very resourceful person. She hooked up with the head of the family early and gave birth to a son. Later, she went to hide abroad and played a drama of a runaway bride...
Among the twenty brothers and sisters, as the eldest daughter, she had seen through the twists and turns in the family very early, so she stayed away from the whirlpool of power on the grounds of joining the army. The family was also happy that Wang Shuzhu, the eldest sister, left, whether it was the father of the family or others. people.
After the end of the world, she was fortunate enough to become the first batch of evolvers in the army, and showed her strong control over various skills. Later, she obtained the access card by chance, and naturally obtained the second-level evolution quota... For a time, she was in the newly established The Nandu base was in a state of chaos.
Then, the Wang family thought of this low-key eldest daughter again.
After that, it was a common routine: with Wang Shuzhu as the link, the Wang family successfully boarded the fast ship of Nandu Base.
The base provides security assistance, and the Wang family provides scientific researchers and material reserves... At least so far, the cooperation between the two has been quite pleasant.
Wang Shuzhu was rambling here and there, talking about whatever came to his mind, without any precautions.
Perhaps subconsciously, she still regarded Lin Mu as an ordinary ant... Just like some people, they are more willing to confide in cats and dogs.
In the eyes of most people, Wang Shuzhu's life experience is that of a so-called "rich lady", but only she understands how much pressure she feels in such a huge family...
Lin Mu understood her confession and was happy to hear these previously unheard gossips, so he did not interrupt her until there was a knock on the door.
Lin Bing should be here.
"Ah, I'm sorry, I lost my composure!" Wang Shuzhu suddenly realized and apologized repeatedly.
"fine."
"Well... come in."
The office door was opened, and a middle-aged Mediterranean man in formal attire walked in first, followed by Lin Bing, who looked a little reserved.
"Minister Li, just ask Lin Bing to bring those things over... Why are you here?" Wang Shuzhu was a little surprised and hurriedly stood up and saluted.
Minister Li is very busy. He is one of the core bosses of the strategy department. He has been staying at the old base to handle affairs since the outbreak of the apocalypse.
Today, I came to the new base for the first time... Is it because of Lin Mu?
"Hahaha, sit down, sit down!" Minister Li chuckled, and then looked directly at Lin Mu on the table.
"I've heard about the name for a long time, this... I don't know what to call him?" Minister Li subconsciously extended his hand to Lin Mu, and then even he was stunned...
This guy treated Lin Mu completely as a human being, and his words were quite polite.
Flame text scrolls: "Ant Dali."
"Yi Dali... Hahaha, Mr. Yi's name is indeed very appropriate."
Lin Mu wrote: "Who are you?"
Wang Shuzhu introduced from the side: "This is the deputy director of the strategy department of our Nandu base, Minister Li."
Deputy Minister of Strategy? It seems like he has a pretty high status. However, this guy forced an awkward conversation as soon as he came up, leaving Lin Mu speechless.
"Oh... where's the thing I want?"
Lin Bing stood behind, holding an explosion-proof encryption box in his hand, but hesitated to speak.
"Oh, I was so excited to see Mr. Yi. Lin Bing, hurry up and get what Mr. Yi wants." Minister Li smiled.
Lin Bing then slowly placed the box on the table, and Minister Li also leaned over.
Minister Li smiled and said: "The base attaches great importance to this transaction with Mr. Yi, and specially asked me and Lin Bing to escort it together."
"It's a very important matter. The alloy explosion-proof box we use can resist the attack of level 3 zombies. You must have the fingerprint permissions of me and Lin Bing to open the box..."
However, before he could finish his sentence, he saw Lin Mu raising his forelimbs, swishing twice...
The explosion-proof box split into two pieces!
