The Mechanical Empire of the End of the World

It seems that many women have joined the porter.

Although women are weaker than men in strength and physical strength, in this world, women can also be alone, and their strength is also indispensable.

Although Li Meng was in the depths of his consciousness, he subconsciously excluded women from the obligation of manual labor.

But now that I think about it, this is obviously an irrational act.

The population of the Qing'an shelter is so sparse that both men and women should be treated equally and contribute to survival, and women should not only be kept alive by men and kept in the Qing'an shelter.

At this moment, an imperial pikeman behind Li Meng suddenly took a step forward and said in his mouth: "Commander, there are people on the other side." Hearing

this, the expression on Li Meng's face was stunned, and he quickly looked at the other side.

The surface of the river can be hundreds of meters wide, and Li Meng's eyes naturally can't see anything, and the opposite river bank is white.

"Where?" Li Meng asked.

"A little direction, the bank of the river, in a lying position, five people."

The line of sight moved slightly, Li Meng looked in a little direction, the distance was a little far, Li Meng still did not find anything.

Looking back at Zhang Guowei on the side, Li Meng asked, "Have outsiders been found in the shelter over the years?"

"This..."

Zhang Guowei looked at the imperial pikemen behind Li Meng.

"I'm not referring to them, but people who have found shelters besides my soldiers?"

Shaking his head, Zhang Guowei said: "No, at least I haven't heard of it, my lord, the scope of the exploration team activities before is very small, the farthest place in the north is this pier, we generally explore in three directions, the farther north, the closer to the center of the nuclear explosion, the worse the environment, and the possibility of radiation sickness, we dare not approach."

Speaking of this, Zhang Guowei said cautiously: "Sir, are you saying that people who found other shelters on the other side?" From

the conversation between the soldier and the Governor just now, Zhang Guowei heard this.

Without answering Zhang Guowei's question, Li Meng said indifferently: "Go, speed up the shipment of coal, and strive to leave within half an hour, the movement here is too big, it is very likely to attract exotic beasts, the sooner we leave, the safer we are."

Not daring to be careless, Zhang Guowei hurriedly said: "Yes, I will urge the handling team to speed up the progress."

With that, Zhang Guowei turned around and left in a hurry.

Listening to the distant footsteps behind him, Li Meng's gaze scanned back and forth on the other side.

With a thought, Li Meng opened the map page.

A little direction....

Li Meng pulled the camera on the map, aimed at the river bank in a little direction, closer, and then closer....

Got it!

Since the map is a top-down perspective, Li Meng easily found five people lying in the snow on the riverbank.

They were lying in the snow on the shore, peeking at the pier on the opposite bank, occasionally exchanging their heads and ears, not knowing what they were talking about.

Seeing this, the expression on Li Meng's face was thoughtful.

They are on the opposite bank, that is, in the north, there must be a shelter.

They are very vigilant, obviously seeing other survivors, but they do not want to be discovered, and they have been hiding themselves.

Such a move at least made Li Meng understand that there was probably competition between the shelters.

The harsh environment has made human beings lose the ability to grow crops, and all materials come from the legacy of human civilization sixty years ago.

The materials in the ruins are not infinite, a little less, the more population, the greater the pressure, in this desperate apocalypse, no matter which shelter, will go to compete for the resources in the ruins.

The reason why the Qing'an shelter did not resist Li Meng's rule was also due to the lack of resources.

Sixty years have passed, the resources around the shelter have basically been exhausted, the exploration team, the hunting team has to go farther to search for supplies, but in this extremely frozen world, the farther away from the shelter, the greater the danger, not to mention the cold weather, the existence of alien beasts is the survivor's dream demon, once discovered, if not prepared in advance, nine deaths.

The main reason for the rapid decline in the population of Qing'an shelter over the past decade is not only the system, but also the depletion of resources, which has forced survivors to search farther away, leaving a large number of survivors outside.

Coupled with the fact that medical conditions are close to nothing, diseases are rampant, and rapid population decline is an inevitable result.

Li Meng did not intend to do anything, now is not the time, Li Meng will not contact them, let alone alarm them.

Just when Li Meng peeked at the five people on the opposite side through the map page, on the opposite river bank, the five people were also lying in the snow, quietly peeping at the dock on the opposite bank, and communicating in a whisper.

"There are really a lot of them, should we go back and inform the castle master?"

"No, it's too late, even if the fort master does something, it will have to be tomorrow."

"What do you say they're carrying? So many people, so noisy, they are not afraid of alien beasts?

"It's black, it should be coal, see those three tower cranes, the coal dock we are carrying also has one, and there are three hanging towers on the dock on the opposite bank, which means that there are more coal reserves here."

"Coal? Great, I heard that the coal reserves at the pier are running out, and if only with this coal terminal, our fortress would not be short of coal, it would become warmer.

"Don't be too happy, there are quite a few of them."

"Let's go back and tell the fort owner the news, if those guys empty the coal, it's not good."

Lying on the snow, the five exchanged voices and discussed what to do next.

After about half an hour, they carefully got up and hurried north.

The five people who left did not know that on the other side of the riverbank, Li Meng had been observing the five people.

Without closing the map page, Li Meng kept tracking the whereabouts of the three people using the map.

Not long ago, a landmark sensor rod was placed by Li Meng on the surface of the river, and the whereabouts of the five people within five kilometers could be known by Li Meng.

Where are they sheltered?

This was Li Meng's purpose in monitoring the five.

"Lord Governor, we should go, it's not early, and if we delay any longer, we won't be able to go back before dark."

Behind Li Meng, Zhang Guowei walked over.

At this time, after more than half an hour of loading, on the dock, the porter was ready to go, and all the sleds were filled with coal.

Hearing this, Li Meng turned around, looked at the dense figure in the dock behind Zhang Guowei, and said in his mouth: "Then let's go."

When it came, the porter took more than four hours, and it would only take longer to go back, and before dark, the porter had to return to the shelter, and there was no time to waste at the moment.