Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

The next day.

Li Yu has been in the North for four days.

All the inspections that needed to be completed have been completed. As for Uncle San, we should have returned to the big camphor tree base together.

But due to the existence of the Northwest, after talking with Li Yu, Uncle San planned to go to Oil City.

The northern border will be handed over to Lao Xie and Lao Yi for management.

The military force in the North is not that strong. It was originally defined as an agricultural planting area, responsible for producing food.

The matching personnel and weapons are based on self-protection considerations.

If we want to strengthen the defense here, we must dispatch personnel from the Dazhangshu Base and the Oil City.

The strength is too dispersed and can easily be defeated one by one.

Defense also needs to have focus and priorities.

The Oil City is located right between the Big Camphor Tree Base and the northern border, and its location is quite critical.

So their strategy is that the priority of protection is: Dazhangshu Base>Oil City>Northern Border.

Compared with Oil City and the North, Oil City is obviously more important.

The military force in Oil City is stronger, and Uncle San's on-site command will be able to better unleash the combat effectiveness of Oil City.

And even if the Northwest really sent a large army to the North, they would just withdraw.

Let those people from the northwest occupy the northern border, and use zombie-attracting potions in conjunction with heavy artillery bombardment to teach them a lesson at night.

It will take time to grow crops in the north.

If the crops in the North were ripe by now, the North's priority would be higher than it is now.

The underground tunnel originally left by Yuan Zhi in the city inside the northern territory was reopened by Uncle San and his men.

On the basis of sealing the exit a few kilometers away, it was reinforced again to make it more secure.

And at two-thirds of the way through the tunnel, choose a suitable location and dig a few hundred meters in another direction, and find a suitable exit in a forest.

The reason for doing this is that once people are sent from the Northwest, not all people in the North can escape by helicopter.

The people from the Northern Outer City have now joined the camp of the Big Camphor Tree Base and cannot just stay here and wait to die.

But more than 3,000 people cannot be taken away by just the six helicopters left in the north.

Opening up and renovating the corridor became their solution.

Uncle San explained the affairs in the North to Lao Xie and Lao Yi one by one.

In the basement of the City Lord’s Mansion, Uncle San looked at the sealed entrance to the corridor.

"That's about it. Did you write it all down?"

Old Xie smoothed his hair and said quickly:

"Minister, don't worry, we have written it down."

"Now that the sentry towers outside the northern border have been restored, we will definitely know if a strange convoy approaches."

Uncle San nodded. "If they really come to the North, the Northwest is strong. Don't confront them head-on. Change your strategy. We will come back sooner or later."

"Understood!" They both looked serious.

"Go up."

Uncle San brought the two of them back to the ground. On the helipad in the distance, the helicopter had been fully fueled.

Li Yu was waiting in the shade of the eaves, with his arms folded.

"City Lord, everything is ready and we can take off at any time." Old Bi ran over from the helipad with sweat all over his forehead.

"Yeah." Li Yu glanced at the City Lord's Mansion and just saw his third uncle walking out with Old Xie and Old Yi.

Li Yu smiled and waved to his uncle. His uncle raised his hand in response and walked over.

Guo Peng and others came to see him off.

Yang Tianlong looked at Zhu Xiao who was seeing him off and said, "See you at the base."

People who share the same interests naturally appreciate each other.

They both have similar body shapes, both are big and muscular, and their personalities are somewhat similar.

Although one is from the inner city and the other is from the outer city, it does not prevent them from being friends.

Zhu Xiao smiled and said, "Okay, but I don't know when I can return to the headquarters base."

"Sometimes I envy you guys for being able to follow the city lord around."

Zhu Xiao is also an impatient person and doesn't like to stay in one place for a long time.

But there was no other way. He had a mission to accomplish and the order was there, so he could only do this.

After hearing what Zhu Xiao said, Yang Tianlong fell silent.

He didn't know how to respond to Zhu Xiao's questions.

Sometimes, isn't that what people are like? They are always forced to suppress their inner desires for the sake of the future and three meals a day.

How many people can really do what they want to do?

I happened to be lucky and joined the Dazhangshu base early, so I had the choice.

And most people don't have a choice.

Seeing Yang Tianlong silent, Zhu Xiao smiled freely:

"Haha, I should be content. I have food, drink and a place to live. This is better than many survivors. Everything I have now was a luxury a few years ago."

"That's true." Yang Tianlong also laughed.

People always have various desires and will never be satisfied.

But sometimes, focusing more on the present and being content with what you have is better than anything else.

Uncle San walked up to Li Yu and said, "Let's go."

The two walked towards the tarmac together.

Following them were Lao Xie, Lao Yi, Lao Bi and others.

Uncle San had explained everything that needed to be explained, and there was no more nonsense. He got on the helicopter, and a few minutes later, eight helicopters took off.

Li Yu brought five helicopters, and the three extra helicopters were "sent" from the northwest.

So much so that this time when the helicopter left the North, there were a lot of vacant spaces.

There was no food produced in the North, and there was nothing good to take away.

As for fuel, there is not enough of it in the North.

However, there were more people on this trip back to Oil City.

Among them are Uncle San, Ant Jackal, and the Judge.

Xu Zhi and Liu Hong were also taken to Oil City. There was no point for them to stay in the northern border.

If a large army is sent from the northwest, the garrison troops in the north will withdraw directly.

But if the Northwest sends a large army to Oil City, it will be impossible for Oil City to retreat.

There are many people in Oil City, and the trading market was built with great difficulty. If everyone in Oil City withdraws, all the previous efforts of the trading market will be wasted.

On the helicopter, the judge asked the ant doubtfully:

"There are branch bases. I thought there was only one place in the North."

The ant smiled and said, "There are actually three places."

"The headquarters base is in Gan City. The Northland and the Oil City we are going to next are actually branch bases that were gradually opened up later."

"Oh." The judge was a little surprised.

"Is the headquarters base called the Camphor Tree Base? I heard you mention this name these past two days."

"correct."

“Why is it called the Big Camphor Tree Base?”

"Because in the center of the camphor tree base, there is a huge, hundreds-year-old camphor tree."

"Haha, the name is really random."

The judge was amused, but also felt a little emotional.

He didn't expect that in this doomsday, the captain and Li Yu could build such a big force.

But he was genuinely happy.

The more power you have, the more initiative and choice you have.

Especially in these end times.

What would Oil City look like?

The judge felt a little bit excited.

Gan City.

A line of vehicles sped away from National Highway 319. These were Xiao Jun and others who had returned to the Dazhangshu base after a night's rest at the Wushi military base.

They returned with 3000 tons of oil extracted from the oil city.

Petroleum has many uses, not just as simple as refining it into gasoline and diesel.

Oil can be used in many fields.

First of all, petrochemical industry:

Petroleum can be separated and processed to produce many chemicals, such as plastics, coatings, cosmetics, synthetic fibers, etc.

Second point, smelting fuel oil:
Petroleum can be refined into various fuel oils, such as gasoline, diesel, liquefied petroleum gas, etc., which provides convenience for people's transportation and life.

Third, pharmaceutical industry:

Devices and products produced from petroleum have important applications in the medical industry, such as disinfectants in operating rooms and raw materials for the production of medicines.

Fourth, food industry:

Additives produced from petroleum can improve the aroma, taste and nutritional content of food, such as food flavorings, preservatives, etc.

After the scale of the Dazhangshu base has expanded, there are now more than a dozen factories in the base.

Involving food processing plants, plastic products factories, and daily chemical products factories.
These factories all need raw materials such as oil.

It is still thirty kilometers away from the big camphor tree base.

A dozen kilometers further is Satellite City No. 1 of the Dazhangshu Base.

As we got closer to the base of the large camphor tree, the road became much smoother and less bumpy than before.

As for the roads here, since the base is building a buffer city and needs a lot of construction materials, a lot of partners will be needed to go out and search and transport them back.

If there are too many vehicles, it will be inconvenient for transportation if the road is bumpy.

So we simply repaired the main roads around the large camphor tree base.

In the center of the convoy, inside an armored vehicle.

Except for the larger windows on the front of the armored vehicle, the windows on the body are very small and are blocked by alloy railings.

Ma Yingxue sat on the far right of the armored vehicle, looking at the scenery outside.

"How long will it take to get there?"

Xiao Jun had heard Ma Yingxue's question more than a dozen times on the road.

Hearing it again at this time, he smiled and said, "About half an hour."

Ma Yingxue nodded. For Ma Yingxue, the camphor tree base felt more like visiting her husband's home.

Oil City is more like the place where Xiao Jun works.

On the way back to the big camphor tree base, her emotions were a bit like the feeling before the end of the world, when a young wife went to her husband's house for the first time and met her parents-in-law and his relatives.

She had never been to the Big Camphor Tree Base, but she had heard from Xiao Jun before that the Big Camphor Tree Base was more suitable for living than the Oil City, and was like a paradise.

It has been five or six years since the end of the world, and we have been fighting and living in fear.

Every person living in the end times has a Garden of Eden in his or her heart.

There are no zombies, no natural disasters, no dangers.
"How long have you not been back here?" Ma Yingxue suddenly turned her head and asked with a smile as beautiful as a flower.

"How long?"

Xiao Jun looked at the road outside, which seemed strange yet familiar, and felt a lot of emotions in his heart for a moment.

The significance of the large camphor tree base in his heart is extremely unique.

When he arrived at the big camphor tree base after wandering from Chengzizhou Island, the shock he felt was incomparable.

The time he spent at the Big Camphor Tree Base was the most peaceful and stable time he had ever had since the outbreak of the apocalypse.

In the big camphor tree base, it seemed as if the end of the world had nothing to do with me. It seemed that once I returned there, I would be completely safe and there was no need to worry about any danger.

Like a bird returning to its nest, like a fish returning to the sea.

Even though he went to Oil City and held a high position in the city, it could not change the importance of the Camphor Tree Base in his heart.

Xiao Jun thought for a moment and said, "More than 300 days, almost a year."

After the Oil City was built, he followed Ju Tianrui there a few months later. He came back once, stayed there for a few days and then left.

And Ju Tianrui really had never returned here for more than a year.

In fact, Xiao Jun joined the Dazhangshu base earlier than Ju Tianrui.

Ju Tianrui joined later.

Moreover, when Xiao Jun came out of Chengzi Island, he was in a desperate situation. When he joined under that circumstance, his feelings for the Big Camphor Tree Base were much deeper than Ju Tianrui's.

"It's been a year, such a long time. We didn't even know each other at that time." Ma Yingxue opened her mouth wide and said in surprise.

"Yeah, it's been a long time. I don't know what the big camphor tree base has become." Xiao Jun sighed with some emotion in his tone.

Although he had heard brief descriptions from Lao Luo and other people who came to Oil City on missions, he could not imagine it.

Ma Yingxue tilted her head and suddenly asked:
"You said before that the headquarters base allocated us a wedding house. Is it true or not?"

Hearing this, Xiao Jun rubbed her head and said with a smile:

"Of course it's real, and it's a house in the inner city."

"I haven't lived in that house yet. When I left last time, I was an outer-city employee, but now I'm an inner-city employee."

Xiao Jun's eyes were full of smiles and an indescribable joy.

He wanted to show Ma Yingxue all the good things and share everything he had with her.

Ma Yingxue looked longing, but also a little conflicted, and asked Xiao Jun:

"What about me? Can I enter the inner city?"

"can!"

Xiao Jun answered without hesitation:

"According to the points system of the Dazhangshu base, points can be transferred to family members. My points are enough for you to become an inner city member. Moreover, if you join the inner city, you can bring your family members in."

"What's more..."

Xiao Jun said sarcastically:
"The city lord approved it and personally promised to let me pursue you. This wedding house was specially selected for me by the city lord."

Ma Yingxue knew what Xiao Jun meant. At that time, the relationship between Oil City and South Paradise was not as stable as it is now.

Of the two forces, Ma Yingxue had a unique status in Southern Paradise, and Xiao Jun was the second-in-command in the Oil City at that time.

The union between the two requires extreme caution and involves considerations of two forces.

What if one of them is a spy sent by another force?

If you do things secretly, you will get into big trouble!

Ma Yingxue knew this, but as a woman she was somewhat emotional.

So he asked mischievously: "What would you do if the city lord didn't allow you to be with me at that time?"

Xiao Jun frowned. This question is a bit hurtful.
Looking back, he had actually thought about this question.

He was very conflicted, as Ma Yingxue was the first person he liked in his life.

But his identity in Oil City is very delicate. If he is with Ma Yingxue, he can secretly supply oil to South Paradise, or use his power to get more oil in the oil transaction with South Paradise.

Even if he was discovered, given his status in Oil City, no one would dare to say anything.

But that would be a loss to the interests of Oil City.

When he was struggling, he found his cousin, the Jackal.

The jackal's advice to him was to trust the city lord.

He went, and the result was just as the jackal had expected: Li Yu encouraged him to marry Ma Yingxue.

Hearing Ma Yingxue's question, Xiao Jun said solemnly:

"I believe in the city lord, so there are no ifs."

Seeing Xiao Jun so serious, Ma Yingxue quickly softened her tone, "You don't have to be so serious. I understand your feelings."

“I was actually confused at the time, but then I figured it out.”

"? What have you figured out?" Xiao Jun asked.

Ma Yingxue looked at Xiao Jun seriously and said:

"I like you. Even if my adoptive father stops me, I will be with you."

"I fell in love with you the first time I saw you. I knew there was no room for anyone else in my heart."

Xiao Jun's body trembled slightly, and he was moved, with infinite tenderness in his heart.

I can't be with Ma Yingxue regardless of everything, I will consider the pros and cons.

I would worry about what the city lord thinks of me.
And she can do it regardless of everything!
This woman is really love-brained.

But I like it.

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