Night falls.
Guangzhou Iron and Steel Plant.
Several fires and vehicle lights illuminated an open space next to the warehouse.
Everyone held their own rice bowls filled with fragrant snake meat and snake soup, paired with the mixed steamed buns distributed to them in the base.
Lao Qin was sitting on a big rock on the ground while chatting with his third uncle:
"Captain, after review in the afternoon, the statistics of the steel here are now 13,000 tons. With our trucks, if the load is approved to be 30 tons, but no one is in charge now. These trucks are all loaded with 40 tons. Ten trucks, 400 tons. Including the truck pickups we found from the industrial park, they can probably carry 150 tons, so we can bring back 550 tons in this trip. We estimate that we will have to transport so much steel many times."
The third uncle nodded, took a sip of the snake soup in the bowl and said:
"It's okay. We originally came here as a front stop. There are still some heavy trucks in the base. We'll look around tomorrow morning to see if there are any trucks with a larger loading capacity. Try to pull as much steel back as possible."
Lao Qin pondered for a long time and asked: "Then should we leave some people here to guard these steel materials? After all, there are several forces following us on the road."
The third uncle shook his head and said: "No, they don't know about this steel factory. What they want is food. Steel is not that important to them. If they wanted it, they would have moved away long ago."
Lao Qin thought for a while and felt that what his third uncle said made sense, so he concentrated on the snake soup in his hand. This snake soup had to be drunk while it was hot, otherwise it would become fishy when it was cold.
The third uncle looked at the door, then waved Guo Peng over and asked him to send some to Gongsun Jing and others who were on duty at the door.
Tonight's duty schedule is still the same as before, and we are still vigilant.
Lao Qin was on duty in the first half of the night, and it happened that three people could sleep in the armored RV.
So we let the ants rest together in the RV. That night, the ants slept peacefully and deeply.
Quiet in the evening.
But as the light was swallowed up by darkness, the roars of zombies sounded around the steel plant.
Some sounds are far away and some are close.
The iron door at the door was re-welded, and a simple baffle was made with steel from the steel factory to seal the door.
They don't have to go out at night. They can just cut it open when they leave tomorrow.
On a building less than five kilometers away from them, those who appeared during the day took shelter here.
"Where did they come from, and what did they want to do here?"
"Have your car repaired as soon as possible tomorrow. It's true that you can hit a concrete pile with your car. I'm really unlucky to be out here with you."
"Ahem, didn't you say you should hurry up?"
"Stop talking, the car must be repaired tomorrow. Let's go back quickly. Crow Crow and the others leave them alone. We just go back and report to Brother Dong. I don't want to have any contact with those fierce people."
"Yeah, I think so too."
As the conversation ended, the roaring sounds of the surrounding zombies became more obvious.
In the steel factory.
In the middle of the night, many zombies were attracted outside the gate.
There are thousands of them, constantly rushing against the big iron gate.
Upon seeing this, Lao Qin, who was on duty, quickly asked Zhu Xiao, who was also on duty, to drive a truck over and block the iron gate.
Looking at the crumbling iron gate hit by zombies, Lao Qin put his rifle behind him, took out his crossbow, and shot at the zombie at the front.
At night, you can not use a gun, but it is best not to use a gun.
Even if a silencer is installed, there is still sound. Once more zombies are attracted, the trouble will be even greater.
As the crossbow fired, the zombies under the gate fell down.
Zhu Xiao quickly drove the truck over, and even though he was careful, he still made some noise.
The zombies outside the gate became even more agitated when they heard the sound, and they rushed against the iron gate with all their strength.
The iron gate was crumbling due to the impact. After two years of wind and rain, this large iron gate was still not very useful even though it had been strengthened during the day.
Whoosh whoosh——
Lao Qin kept shooting at the zombies, and several other people around him also used extended spears to stab the zombies below.
Even though I have fought zombies countless times, I still feel a little nervous every time I encounter them.
Just as the iron gate was about to be knocked down, the truck was still adjusting its direction.
"Hurry, the big iron gate can no longer hold up." Lao Qin shouted to Zhu Xiao who was driving behind him.
Zhu Xiao didn't care about anything else, turned the steering wheel to the full left, and then backed up against the wall.
Kakaka——
The car was against the wall, making some noise.
White marks were scratched on the truck's body, and large pieces of debris fell off the wall.
boom!
The truck pressed against the iron gate, sealing the large iron gate.
The three fixed iron bolts of the large iron gate collapsed outward due to the impact of the force of the truck.
The big iron door and the steel plates welded on it during the day collapsed straight onto the zombies outside the door.
This door wouldn't be too heavy if it wasn't reinforced by welding.
But in the afternoon, a layer of steel plate was welded, and the weight reached one ton.
The one-ton iron door fell on the zombies, pinning a dozen zombies near the door underneath.
"Okay." When Lao Qin saw this, his face lit up with joy.
Zhu Xiao got out from the right side of the car, then climbed onto the roof of the car and looked at the zombies outside.
I saw thousands of zombies, densely filling the small square outside the steel factory.
"It's okay, these beasts can't push the truck. Come down. Be careful." Old Qin said to Zhu Xiao.
With this big truck in the way and it hasn't rained recently, these zombies are not very sensitive and cannot climb and stack, so this kind of protection is enough.
Just someone has to be vigilant here at all times to prevent zombies from getting in through the gaps.
Time flows so slowly.
After Lao Qin was on duty at midnight, his third uncle came over to replace him.
When the third uncle woke up, he saw that the ant was sleeping deeply, so he got up quietly without waking him up.
The night passed.
It wasn't a peaceful night, but nothing major happened.
When the sun rose during the day, all the zombies outside the big iron gate left and returned to some dark and damp corners.
But the zombies pressed by the gate were still alive, and the third uncle and others did not lift the big iron gate again.
Instead, just crush it from above and leave here.
They had installed the steel materials on the car yesterday, and it would be nice to just leave when the sun comes out today.
As heavy trucks weighing dozens of tons rolled over the iron gate, the zombies who were not dead under the iron gate were now crushed into pulp, and they were no longer dead.
The weather is good today, there are fish scales in the sky, and the weather should be good in the next two days.
Lao Qin drove the equipment-installed RV at the front of the convoy, followed by Zhu Xiao and others, as well as several RVs and trucks seized from the industrial park, all of which were taken away.
Unfortunately, not much gasoline or diesel was found over there in the industrial park, so we could only get some out of their tanks.
The third uncle was sitting in the car, looking at the rearview mirror, but thinking about one thing in his mind.
energy.
Every time you lay down, you need to use a lot of diesel. Generally, the shelf life of unopened diesel is only 4 years, and the shelf life after opening is even shorter.
Once the diesel fuel is used up or the shelf life is expired, it will be very troublesome for them to get outside.
Although there are some new energy electric vehicles now, most of these new energy vehicles are SUVs or cars and cannot transport goods.
"Perhaps Xiaoyu has a plan for a long time." The third uncle squinted and remembered that Li Yu once asked many collaborators and non-staff to include some electric vehicle accessories and other things in the exchange list, especially They moved a lot of batteries and equipment from Gan Lithium Industry, the leader in lithium batteries before the end of the world.
But as of now, there are no talents in tram-related industries in the base.
You know, the structure of electric cars is much simpler than that of fuel cars.
The most important thing about a tram is the battery, and everything else is relatively simple.
Before the end of the world, the development of electric vehicles will be restricted by the development of batteries.
In the base of the big camphor tree.
Li Yu was in the second outer city, in a residential building, looking at the zombies that were still walking around.
It’s funny to say that before the apocalypse, humans have been looking for energy that will never be exhausted, but after the apocalypse, Zhou Ran’s idea came true.
Li Yu was very excited. With a steady stream of electricity, the Da Zhangshu Base would be invincible.
As far as he knew, in the last days before his rebirth, no one had thought of using zombies to generate electricity.
In fact, various forces do not have this ability. Under several natural and man-made disasters, large bases collapsed, and small forces struggled on the edge of death. They thought about being full every day, so how could they have any free time to think about other messy things? thing.
We can’t even talk about the future when we can’t even eat enough.
In the last days before rebirth, mankind has almost entered the cold weapon age five years later.
Dazhang Base is many steps ahead of other forces.
One step faster will always surpass you later.
This is a virgin land that no one has ever set foot on, and perhaps the future is here.
Li Yu felt a little excited as he thought about it, but he was also a little miserable.
Talent! Talent!
So far, there is still a shortage of talents in this area.
Although there is Li Hang, a dabbler, and He Bing, a modification expert, they are not enough.
There are also people like Lao Zhou and others who came from the lathe factory. Although they know a little bit, they are not experts in batteries.
He wants a battery expert or even a team.
Solving the battery problem solves the storage problem, and this can be extended to other directions later.
The future is unimaginable.
Li Yu turned his head and said to He Chao next to him: "Did you find the power system expert that you were asked to find among your collaborators and non-staff last time?"
He Chao smiled bitterly and said: "I asked around, and Zuo Ruxue said that before she joined the Zhangshu Base, she knew an expert in this field, but he was later bitten to death by a zombie."
"That means there isn't one?" Li Yu frowned and asked.
He didn't believe that among the more than a thousand people, not one of them could be found.
He Chao hesitated and said, "There is an electric vehicle company with engineers who have participated in the research on the three-electric system."
After hearing this, Li Yu became interested and asked, "Where are you now?"
He Chao said: "He is still working on the construction site, and I can call him over at any time."
Li Yu thought for a while, walked out of the zombie generator room, closed the door, and said, "Don't call him for now. Can you introduce this person's background? Which team does he belong to?"
He Chao followed Li Yu and said, "This person's name is Zhang San."
When Li Yu heard the name, he immediately turned his head and glanced at He Chao.
He Chao said with some embarrassment: "I have done some research and it should be his real name. This name is a bit random."
"Continue." Li Yu said calmly.
He Chao continued: "He is in the cooperative team, Sha Wenji's team. He is 39 years old. He now has a 13-year-old daughter and has no other relatives. According to Sha Wenji, his father died six months ago. He was bitten to death by a zombie."
"In addition, I heard from their captain that this Shavinji is quite nice and has a good relationship with other people in the team, so everyone takes good care of their father and daughter."
Li Yu listened carefully and led He Chao to the wall.
He Chao pointed to a man tanned by the sun on the construction site and said to Li Yu, "That's him."
Li Yu looked around and saw that this man's muscles were not as weak as those of an intellectual.
This is the case in the apocalypse. No matter how powerful you are before the apocalypse, if you are not strong enough after the apocalypse and don't know how to adapt, it will be difficult to survive in the apocalypse.
This man was carrying a heavy formwork and pulling it under the foundation of the wall. Not far from him, there was a little girl tying steel bars there.
He Chao pointed to the little girl and said, "That is his daughter, Zhang Yuan."
Li Yu looked at Zhang San, carrying the template, and slowly walked from the dug steps to the foundation.
He opened his mouth and said to He Chao: "Now, go down and do your work first."
He Chao nodded and walked downstairs.
Li Yu watched Zhang San disappear in the foundation, thoughtfully.
After He Chao went down, Li Yu came to the duty room to find his second uncle.
I happened to find that my uncle was also here.
So he said to the two of them: "Second uncle, uncle, I think the time is ripe now. He Chao just told me that he has found an engineer for the three power systems. I think we can start to gradually establish the Electric Power Research Institute."
After hearing what Li Yu said, the second uncle raised his head and said to Li Yu: "Is it a non-staff member or a cooperative staff?"
"The cooperating staff is outside now. Although his ability is probably not enough, I think it can be established first."
The second uncle pondered for a while, nodded and said: "Well, the emergence of zombie generators is of great importance. There is currently a surplus of electricity production, which is too wasteful. If we can research something based on this unlimited electricity, It’s going to be a big benefit to the base.”
The uncle also said: "Since there is such a person, should we use the method of attracting special talents? It is better to be more prudent and let him accumulate his contribution. After the contribution reaches a certain level, he can be recruited."
"This is a problem. After all, he is just a collaborator. He has not been in contact with our Zhangshu base for a long time, right? Which team is he in?" asked the second uncle.
He often interacts with non-staff members and collaborators, and he remembers the leaders of each team.
Li Yu said: "I have some impression of Sha Wenji's group in Sha Wenji's team. They should have been cooperating with us for half a year."
The second uncle squinted his eyes and recalled, then he took out a book, searched it, nodded and said: "I have an impression of Sha Wenji. Their team has more than fifty points, and they are not far away from becoming a non-staff member." , Sha Wenji, although he looks fierce and has a bald head, he is quite righteous. Every time I exchange food for him, he shares it equally."
Li Yu hesitated for a moment and said to his second uncle and his two uncles: "I want to recruit him specially. What do you think?"
The second uncle saw the hesitant expression on Li Yu's face and said: "Anyway, it will take time to build the third outer city. Why not inspect him and let him be responsible for the power aspect of building the third outer city to see if he has two skills?" A brush.”
The uncle also said: "I agree with your second uncle's idea. Although there is a shortage of talents, we can't lose the rhythm. After all, we don't know him well enough and rashly absorb him. Where should he stay? Moreover, if he is He performed well when building the Third Outer City, so it seems very reasonable for us to include him!”
When Li Yu heard both of them saying this, he gave up the idea of asking him to come up immediately.
The second uncle and the eldest uncle are right. We still need to see if this person has real abilities. Otherwise, if we drag him in and find out that he is just a false person, what will we do then and drive him out? killed?
Not quite right.
So Li Yu said to the two of them: "Okay, let's observe him again. In addition, I will talk to Ding Jiu and let him make arrangements."
The second uncle and the eldest uncle both said it was okay.
After communicating all this with the two people, Li Yu left from the duty room.
He felt a little emotional. Sure enough, it would be beneficial to discuss it with his second uncle and the others.
I am only one person and cannot consider all aspects. At this time, I need someone to communicate and discuss with me.
So he took out the walkie-talkie and explained the matter to Ding Jiu and He Chao.
He stood on the wall and watched as He Chao and Ding Jiu found Zhang San and told him about the Third Outer City and asked him to be in charge of the power part.
Li Yu was on the wall and clearly saw that Zhang San was still a little confused when he heard the news, but soon a look of joy appeared on his face.
The other team members next to Zhang San came over to congratulate him.
Although Ding Jiu and He Chao didn't mention rewards, Zhang San and the others knew that Da Zhangshu Base had always acted fairly, and if he was asked to be responsible for the power affairs of the Third Outer City, he would definitely not be treated badly.
Li Yu sat at the door of the duty room on the west wall, drinking water while observing Zhang San carefully.
I saw Zhang San slow down for a few minutes after receiving this task.
I found Ding Jiu immediately, talked to him for a few minutes, and then left, watching the transport truck for a long time.
"Mr. Li, for Zhang San, he wants rollers, steel wires, motors, power batteries, and electronic control systems. And he wants six batteries." Ding Jiu's voice came.
Li Yu was a little confused as to what this guy was going to do.
So he said: "Okay, I will send someone over later. Also, if he needs any help, you can help him."
Three hours later.
Li Yu looked at him in surprise and made a lift commonly used in construction sites out of a cage welded with steel plates.
You must know that the foundation of the third outer city wall is more than ten meters high.
Now they are still using pulley lifts, which are not very stable and require manpower.
But what Zhang San did has greatly saved manpower.
A smile appeared on Li Yu's lips, "Yes, he is a talent."
Next chapter, 12 o'clock.
(End of chapter)
