The Walking Dead: Rebuild

Chapter 55 Captive
Everyone spent some time cleaning up the third floor of the base, and found many military supplies, a large amount of aircraft fuel, rifle ammunition and various weapons in the warehouse.

The most conspicuous among them are dozens of rocket launchers and nearly a thousand rounds of rocket launchers.

Judging from the model, it should be the most common LAW rocket launcher. It is a very simple anti-tank weapon and a very practical heavy weapon.

Due to the limited transportation capacity, after some discussions, Leon will take a group of team members back to the base first, and hand over the security of the military base to Rick and Sean, and two other soldiers will be in charge. This base is where we will stay temporarily and will be responsible for handling the logistics personnel who will arrive later.

The return trip of more than 100 kilometers was uneventful. Even the looters didn't dare to provoke a convoy of more than a dozen cars.

After being away for two days, he returned to the base. Before he could even sit down, little Amy came to him with various matters.

"Boss, some of the materials in the warehouse, including luxury goods, are close to the material forbidden line you set."

The so-called material warning line set by Lyon means that the stock of this material is no longer enough to meet daily needs for about three months.

He took the document from Amy's hand and observed it carefully. He found that the basic supplies in the warehouse were sufficient and could be used for a long time. What was lacking were high-end consumables such as chocolate, drinks, and wine.

This is not surprising. Umbrella Company's wages are quite generous. In addition to their daily expenses, everyone's salary will basically have some surplus, which can be used for them to enjoy material enjoyment such as drinks and candies.

Especially the treatment of the security department, compared to their generous wages, the consumption of daily food and accommodation really accounts for a very small part. These tough men are big consumers of tobacco, alcohol and supplies, plus Europeans and Americans don't like it. With storage habits, it’s no wonder these supplies are consumed so quickly.

Leon pondered for a few seconds, nodded and said:

"You don't have to worry about this. In about a month, we will be able to open the road to the department store."

"At that time, we will be able to replenish all the supplies, drinks and candies. I will ask the explorers to pay special attention and try to find their warehouse in Atlanta."

The two then chatted about planting.

Amy brought a cup of hot coffee to Leon, sat on the desk with her beautiful legs crossed, and said:

"Miss Maggie has returned to Hershel Farm."

"Vegetables have been planted on the land around the artificial lake, and we have also built simple fences for protection. According to Miss Maggie's estimation, those vegetables can probably meet the daily needs of more than 200 of us."

Leon took a sip of hot coffee and said:

"That's almost half of our vegetable needs, right?"

Amy nodded and said with some regret:
"There is too little land near the artificial lake. It is already difficult for us to expand vegetable planting areas."

Leon didn't think so. He tapped the table and said to his assistant Amy:

“Don’t let the topography limit our thinking. Now, there is quite a lot of vacant area within the wall. If we find someone to demolish those useless buildings, we can build a large greenhouse inside the wall to grow the plants we need all year round. "

"We can also plan a piece of land, even build a fence in the suburbs outside the city, raise chickens, pigs, even cattle, and horses, just like Herschel's farm."

"We still have enough time to implement these things, but these are things we must do in the future. The materials left over from the peaceful era will one day be used up, and the new era needs to be created by ourselves."

The two discussed some government affairs in the company. After there were official patrols in the base, all the employees seemed more honest and obedient than before. After all, the vast majority of people here are ordinary people with families. Relatively pure.

At this time, Colonel William's communication suddenly came in.

"General, we captured an exploration team from Feisier Town, a total of three people."

"They don't have communication equipment on them, so no one can guess that we did it."

"We are now on the third floor of the underground parking lot. Would you like to come down and meet?"

Leon was overjoyed to have caught someone so quickly, he was indeed a professional soldier. "You guys wait a minute and be nice. I'll be down right away."

He raised his head and said to Amy:

"Amy, hurry up and arrange manpower, put the greenhouse plan and livestock breeding plan on the schedule, and see if we have professionals."

"If we lack the corresponding knowledge, we can go to the library of the polytechnic."

The assistant put away his notebook and prepared the coat that Leon would need when going out. While helping him put it on, he said:
"Understood, boss, our current logistics department is not too busy, and we should be able to spare [-] people to take charge of this matter."

Leon nodded.

"I'll leave this to you."

Leaving the warm and comfortable private office, we arrived at the slightly chilly third floor of the underground parking lot.

There are private dungeons specially built by the Umbrella Company to imprison hostile personnel who have survival value.

In the dungeon, Leon met Colonel William and the three newly captured prisoners.

Two men and one woman, both young people in their 20s.

Seeing the childish expressions mixed with fear on the three people's faces, Leon decided to adopt the approach of being polite first and then fighting.

He had three cups of hot coffee brought and some food delivered to the three young men.

Watching several young people wolf down the food.

He smiled and said in a gentle voice:
"My name is Leon Custer, and I'm a doctor."

"You can call me Mr. Custer."

"I want to ask you a few questions, and I hope you can answer me truthfully. Don't worry, we are not bad people."

"As long as you behave honestly, we won't hurt you."

The slightly older boy with brown hair said hesitantly:
"If you have any questions, please ask, Mr. Custer. We are just ordinary survivors and we may not necessarily know the answers."

Leon nodded and asked without changing his expression:
"What are the names of the three of you, where are you from, and why are you with the army in Feisier Town?"

The brown-haired boy considered his words, pointed at the black-haired boy and blond girl beside him, and said:
"My name is Rob, he's Arant, the girl's name is Kinley, and all three of us are from Tennessee."

"After the disaster we followed an army on the run and later set up a camp in a factory near Birmingham."

"Three months ago, the camp in Birmingham was destroyed by zombies. A small group of us and a large army were scattered."

"While wandering around, I encountered this group of people. They stole our supplies, hijacked our relatives, and forced us to work for them."

"Then it took us all the way out of Tennessee and here."

"Many of them were not soldiers, but desperadoes who gathered together. Under the leadership of Lieutenant Narwick, they found a military warehouse and obtained a lot of military uniforms and military supplies from it."

"Any survivor we encounter along the way will be coerced by this group of people and forced to search for supplies outside."

"They didn't give us any equipment, and many people died at the hands of zombies."

(End of this chapter)