Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 2048 The Nirvana Beings Who Surrendered!

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The sound of well-digging equipment running echoed throughout the Oriental Paradise.

The support personnel transferred from the oil city were very professional and had previous experience in mechanical well drilling. They skillfully operated the machinery to drill wells.

They did not choose the several wells that had been manually dug in the oil city before.

Instead, they used specialized exploration equipment to drill wells at the locations with the richest groundwater.

The specialized well-drilling equipment they use can drill wells to a depth of hundreds of meters, making it difficult for such deep wells to dry up.

On the other hand, after a morning of moving, they finally unloaded the supplies from the third transport convoy and placed them inside the building.

With afternoon approaching, it was too late for Guo Peng and his group to return to the oil city, so they had to stay at Oriental Paradise for another night.

With the assistance of these support personnel, the survivors in Oriental Paradise were quickly mobilized.

It's still a mission-based system; you can earn points by participating in construction or similar tasks.

Whether it's helping to install mobile guillotines on the walls, capturing zombies outside the city, or assisting in reinforcing buildings within Oriental Paradise, you can earn points.

The few hundred support personnel alone were not enough, so they called upon these survivors for help.

They were able to exchange a very small amount of food for cheap labor, which was a great bargain.

But for these survivors, the fact that they could exchange enough food for a day without having to risk going out to search for equipment and supplies made them quite content.

These survivors, like the early residents of the trading market, were easily satisfied.

Residents of the early trading market received very few points, only 0.5 points per day, which did not include food and was only enough to buy two corn tortillas.

The labor costs at the trading market have increased significantly now.

Especially on construction sites, the average cost of hiring a laborer is 1.5 points.

They are provided with two meals a day, and each person receives one point per day.

The treatment at Oriental Paradise is only one-third of that at the Trading Market.

On the other hand, the benefits at the headquarters base are better than those in the oil city.

The average daily labor cost can even reach more than 2 points.

Around the wellhead.

Chen Er watched with curiosity as the professionals operated the machinery to drill a well.

Curious, he asked He Xiaobai, the person in charge of well digging:

"Engineer He, how long will it take to drill this well?"

He Xiaobai pondered for a moment and replied:
"Three days. A total of four wells need to be dug, and it will take about twelve days to complete them all."

"So fast!" Chen Er exclaimed in surprise, but he could see that the efficiency of the mechanical well digging was indeed high.

He Xiaobai calmly said:

"This speed is considered slow. If it were in the oil city, it would only take a day and a half."

“Work cannot be carried out at night at Oriental Paradise, so the work cycle needs to be doubled.”

Chen Er smiled and nodded, saying:
"It's been tough, so tough."

In fact, wells were also drilled in the oil city and trading market, and there are at least a dozen wells in total.

However, the population in the oil city is too large, and well water alone is not enough.

The water supply for numerous greenhouses, the domestic water needs of hundreds of thousands of people, and the industrial water needs of so many factories would not last more than a few days even if the well water were drained.

Chen Er looked towards the wall, where a dense crowd of workers were installing mobile switchboards with the help of machinery.

He thought to himself: Everything is slowly getting better.

Once these infrastructure facilities are in place, Oriental Paradise will inevitably attract more survivors.

However, Oriental Paradise is not very large, only about 2,000 acres at most.

It cannot accommodate too many people.

However, they won't be building too many greenhouses at this stage, so the space is enough to accommodate 20,000 to 30,000 people.

Time flew by and it was already 2 p.m.

It was the hottest time of day.

A worker on the wall, after installing a section of electrical conduit, looked up to wipe his sweat and saw a group of people rushing towards him from the east in the distance.

This group of people ran extremely fast, each wearing a cloak and a mask, making them look quite mysterious.

“Look at those people!” he shouted to the workers around him.

Some of the workers nearby looked up.

"Wow! Running so fast in this heat, he must be a special forces soldier!"

"Aren't they tired? Running so fast and covered up so tightly, it must be so hot."

A gust of wind blew, lifting the cloak and mask of one of the Nirvana beings, revealing their face.

A face that was almost indistinguishable from that of a zombie.

"Holy crap, holy crap, those are zombies!"

"No way, how can a zombie run so fast!"

The commotion caught Zhang Shi's attention. He walked over and frowned, saying:
"What's all the noise about? Get to work."

"No, Mr. Zhang, look at those people, they look weird, like zombies."

Zhang Shi also saw the group of Nirvana cultivators and noticed how fast they were running.

"How could it be a zombie? It's just someone who runs fast."

"No, I really saw those people's faces just now, they were zombie faces."

"Really?" Zhang Shi's expression changed drastically.

He recalled that he had witnessed the Nirvana Beings when they besieged the oil city.

There are only two possibilities for someone to be so agile and run so fast.

It's either a human or a special kind of zombie.

The mutated wall-climbing zombie is also very fast, but it runs on all fours.

Another special type of zombie is the half-human, half-corpse.

It is said that those half-human, half-corpse creatures ran away to M.
He quickly reported what he had seen to Guo Peng.

Upon hearing this, Guo Peng immediately ordered his guards to drive out and intercept the group of Nirvana cultivators from approaching Oriental Paradise.

If these Nirvana Beings were allowed to approach the Eastern Paradise, the Eastern Paradise's current defenses would be completely ineffective in stopping them.

The personnel were too scattered, and the Nirvana Ones were extremely flexible.

On the contrary, these combat personnel have a greater advantage in flat and open areas.

At the same time, Guo Peng also contacted Chen Er and others via walkie-talkie, warning them to be on high alert.

After giving these instructions, he got into an armored vehicle and drove out of Oriental Paradise with the imperial concubine.

The Nirvana Team.

They weren't actually heading to Oriental Paradise; they just happened to be passing by.

When they saw the humans appearing on the walls of Oriental Paradise, they did not stop.

They are under a lot of time and just want to get to the oil city as soon as possible to find a way to survive.

However, just as they passed by Oriental Paradise, several armored vehicles drove out of the park.

“Brother Song, the people in this abandoned city have armored vehicles? They seem to be heading towards us. Should we run into the woods and hide?” a Nirvana cultivator asked.

Brother Song was shocked to hear this; there was such powerful firepower in this dilapidated city.

Not scientific.

They originally thought they were just like other small forces in other places, a group of low-level survivors barely clinging to life.

I didn't expect them to be so capable.

He was about to order the Nirvana Beings to run towards the woods when he caught a glimpse of the large tree symbol on the armored vehicle.

The familiar tree logo.

Isn't this the symbol of an oil city?
Moreover, these armored vehicles looked so familiar, almost exactly the same as the armored vehicles they had seen in M ​​City before.

He quickly stopped and shouted to the assembled Nirvana beings:
"Don't run anymore. Those people should be from the oil city. Since we've run into them here, it'll save us the trouble of running. Let's go over and have a chat with them."

“But what if they kill us without saying a word?” one of the Nirvana cultivators asked worriedly.

"Raise your hands in surrender. You all stay where you are and don't move. I'll go talk to them," Brother Song said.

"But."

Brother Song said coldly:
"No buts. At this point, it's either we all become complete zombies in two days, or we go and talk to them. If they agree to our request, there might still be a glimmer of hope."

These people who have attained Nirvana have no other way.

There is no delaying agent; he has only two days to live.

Even with a delaying agent, the final outcome might be the same as Hu Tian's.

It's just a matter of dying sooner or later; ultimately, it's all the same path—death.

Upon hearing this, the Nirvana beings had no further objections.

One by one, they raised their hands and stood still.

Song Ge raised his hands and removed his mask and cloak. He walked slowly toward the armored vehicles, shouting as he went:
"We surrender, and we have important things to tell you."

far away.

Guo Peng did not allow the armored vehicle convoy to get too close, stopping when they were about 200 meters apart.

He also instructed his men to be ready to bombard and shoot at those Nirvana beings at any time.

When Song Ge removed his mask and cloak, the Imperial Concubine gasped.

"So he really is a Nirvana Being."

Guo Peng saw Brother Song walking over and, with his hands raised, said:
"They seem to be surrendering. Should we go over and hear what he has to say?"

"No!" the Imperial Concubine quickly stopped her. "The Nirvana Ones are extremely powerful and fast. We won't even have time to shoot if we get too close."

She looked at the team member controlling the drone and said, "Fly the drone over there and listen to what he has to say."

The team member nodded, then piloted the drone over.

When Brother Song across the street saw the armored vehicle stop, he became extremely nervous.

He was afraid that the people from the oil city wouldn't listen to him at all and would just shoot him dead.

Seeing a drone flying over, he quickly shouted at it:
"We are survivors who were captured by Hu Tian and forced to become Nirvana Beings. Now Hu Tian is dead in M ​​City, and we have no delaying drugs. We will die in two days."

I want to cooperate with your Oil City. Didn't you say you could help us return to normal human form when you were in M ​​City?

We surrender! We are all innocent people!
Please help us!

As he spoke, he knelt down on the ground.

He loathed this half-human, half-corpse feeling, like a walking corpse.

Aside from possessing some consciousness, he had no human feelings, no sense of taste, and no sense of pain.

Every time he saw his face in the mirror, he felt utterly hopeless.

opposite.

Guo Peng and the Imperial Concubine inside the armored vehicle changed their expressions drastically upon hearing his words.

"Hu Tian is dead?" Guo Peng murmured.

"This morning I heard Chen Er say that the Nirvana cultivators in M ​​City are extremely troublesome. They sent many teams there before, but they were unable to wipe them out completely. I didn't expect Hu Tian to die like this?"

The Imperial Concubine narrowed her eyes. "Quickly bring Chen Er and the others over. They know the situation better than anyone else."

Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao.

After receiving Guo Peng's message, Chen Er immediately led his men to drive over from where the well was being dug.

They had already reached Guo Peng and his group.

Tuk Tuk——

He knocked on the armored vehicle door.

The Imperial Concubine and Guo Peng both got out of the carriage.

"Chen Er, you've come at the right time! Listen!" The Imperial Concubine instructed the drone operator to place the controller in front of Chen Er.

"Look, are these the Nirvana cultivators you encountered in Shanghai before?"

Chen Er's expression was extremely solemn. He hadn't expected that the Nirvana cultivators would actually end up near the Eastern Paradise.

Take a closer look at the footage from the drone, along with what Brother Song said.

His mind raced.

After a moment, he said:
"I remember when we left M City, the Judge Instructor said that these Nirvana Beings needed to be injected with a delaying agent to maintain their consciousness."

We also captured a few Nirvana Beings and sent them back to headquarters, but I don't know what happened to them afterwards.

However, it's reasonable for Hu Tian to die in the end, since he probably never solved the problem of zombification.

I heard from some zombie experts who went with me that these half-human, half-zombie beings are irreversible. In essence, what we told those Nirvana beings was a lie.

Surprisingly, these people who had achieved Nirvana actually believed it.

The imperial concubine's eyes darted around as she asked:
"You mean, what this Nirvana Being said is very likely true, and not a trap?"

Chen Er nodded and said:

"Yes, it should be true."

"I heard from zombie experts that these Nirvana beings need to be injected with a delaying agent every once in a while, and only Hu Tiancai can produce this delaying agent."

The headquarters had originally wanted to develop this delaying agent, but they had never succeeded.

Of course, I don't know yet whether the headquarters base has been built.

"Furthermore, if these Nirvana cultivators really wanted to ambush us, they could have easily come to Eastern Paradise at night."

"With Hu Tian dead, the remaining Nirvana cultivators must have no other choice but to believe what we said in M ​​City and want us to save them."

After Chen Er's explanation, Guo Peng and the Imperial Concubine exchanged a glance and roughly understood the current situation.

"So what do we do now? Kill him or..." Guo Peng asked.

"Wait!" Chen Er remembered that the judge had said that they should capture them alive and send them to the headquarters.

He figured the headquarters base was probably also for living Nirvana beings, but he didn't know what its purpose was.

He didn't know what happened to the few Nirvana cultivators who had been captured alive.

But it will definitely be useful.

"Radio station, immediately contact the city lord and Minister Li, tell them the situation, and let them decide!"

"Row."

The three got into the car and quickly contacted Li Yu and his third uncle, who were far away at the camphor tree base, via radio.

Uncle San happened to be in his office when he received the message from Chen Siyu in the communications department and immediately went there.

As for Li Yu, he was a step behind; he was still drinking tea at the Sanqingshan Taoist Temple in the fourth outer city.

It will take some time for the communications department to get in touch with Li Yu.

Uncle San didn't have time to wait, and didn't wait for Li Yu to discuss it together.

He immediately ordered them to surround the group of Nirvana cultivators and take control of the situation.

Don't approach them first; try to calm them down.

“Those who have attained Nirvana are dangerous; they are very powerful. Do not act rashly.”

“In an hour and a half, I will send someone over to handle this matter. You can tell them that our oil city is willing to rescue them and that they should wait where they are.”

After giving his instructions, Uncle San immediately ordered Judge, Lao Qin, and others to fly two perpetual helicopters to Oriental Paradise with the items they had used to capture the Nirvana Ones.

It's nearly 500 kilometers from the oil city to Oriental Paradise.

With the speed of the sustainable helicopter, it can reach the destination in a maximum of one and a half hours.

If you hurry, it should only take a little over an hour.

Upon receiving the message from his third uncle, Chen Er and the others immediately carried it out.

He answered Song Ge's question with a loudspeaker and deployed two or three hundred combatants to slowly surround the Nirvana beings.

The moment they made any move, they would immediately shoot the Nirvana beings in the joints, rendering them immobile.

Under Song Ge's command, these Nirvana cultivators did not flee or overreact when surrounded; instead, they continued to stand still with their hands raised.

Chen Er was surprised that these Nirvana cultivators were so honest, and he began to believe their words to some extent.

They only behave this way when they want something from someone.

The snipers in the convoy were already in position.

A dozen snipers, each with a red dot aimed at the vital parts of these reborn individuals.

The other combat personnel were also armed and ready for action.

Surrounded like this, Chen Er finally breathed a sigh of relief.

With this kind of force, these Nirvana cultivators definitely can't cause any trouble.

His caution stemmed from his personal experience of the fear brought by the Nirvana Beings in M ​​City.

That's absolutely insane.

Therefore, you can never be too cautious.

Surrounded, Song Ge and the other Nirvana cultivators were filled with unease.

"Brother Song, we really can't escape now! Do you think they can really save us?"

"Yes, we had a chance to escape just now, but now we're surrounded. We're like fish on a chopping board, with nowhere to run."

Brother Song's expression was firm. "Do you have a better way?"

"Living a couple more days is pointless! At this point, we can only wait and see what the oil city's attitude is."

He felt a little regretful; he had indeed acted impulsively this time.

He never expected that the oil city would extend its influence to the Oriental Paradise.

If we could sneak into Oriental Paradise, we might be able to catch a few people and extract some information, which would be even better.

Ugh.
However, he then thought that time was of the essence and they couldn't afford to waste.

With only two or three days left, this is the only option.

(End of this chapter)