Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 2099 Join
"Hi hi hi hi!"

Xici Technology Co., Ltd.

The skinny monkey used a dagger to scrape open a box, revealing a microcontroller inside.

This type of microcontroller is actually a single-chip microcomputer in which the main components of a microcomputer are integrated on a single chip.

He excitedly pulled out the well-packaged microcontroller, held it up, and shouted to the crowd behind him:

"This is the thing!"

Dog Brother and Zhou Ning and the others quickly ran over, and Coconut even took it out of the box to examine it, nodding and saying:
"Yes, this is the microcontroller mentioned in the list, five groups make one integration."

Zhou Ning looked at the dozen or so boxes in the warehouse, his face beaming with joy.

He quickly said:
"Quickly check if these microcontrollers are still usable. After all, they've been through so many natural disasters, extreme heat and extreme cold. I don't know if these little gadgets can withstand it."

Coconut put the microcontroller back into the box and said confidently:

"This warehouse is sealed, and most industrial-grade microcontrollers can operate stably in environments ranging from -60°C to +125°C. Extreme heat and cold weather do not reach this level."

These microcontrollers should all work!

"We've struck gold!" The father's eyes lit up, and he went forward to open all the dozen or so boxes.

The microcontroller inside is intact.

"One box contains 100 microcontrollers, and there are eighteen boxes here, which is equivalent to 1800 microcontrollers."

The father looked at Zhou Ning excitedly and said:
"Brother! The contents of these boxes alone are worth 360 points!"

Zhou Ning's expression changed, just as his father had said, 360 points!
This wave of huge profit!
"Dad, take a few men and load all this stuff onto the truck."

"Hat, keep looking and see if you can find any more microcontrollers."

"yes, Sir!"

Zhou Ning smiled and looked at Dog Brother and the others, saying:
"Shall we look again? If we can fill the car today, we can return to Oriental Paradise today."

"Okay." Dog Brother nodded.

He clearly realized that this was an opportunity. If he could enter Oriental Paradise earlier, he would be able to clearly understand the value of one point.
How many points are needed to buy a tortilla?

Correspondingly, he also realized the value of the Sensor Valley.

Three hours passed.

The five pickup trucks were already loaded with various semiconductor chips, as well as other valuable items.

However, there aren't many microcontrollers here. We contacted three or four companies that could produce them, but the windows of two of them were shattered by the storm, and everything inside was blown downstairs.

However, with the help of Dog Brother and Coconut, they still found something of relatively high value in a very short time.

According to their calculations, the total value this time exceeded 1500 points.

This was their biggest haul in all the years they'd been scavenging.

It was 3:30 p.m.

Zhou Ning led the convoy directly back to Oriental Paradise.

As they were leaving Sensor Valley, they encountered Zhao Di and his group on an internal road.

Zhao Di happened to be next to the car at that moment. Seeing the supplies that Zhou Ning and his group had loaded onto the vehicle, his eyes were filled with envy.

One of Zhao Di's men said jealously:

"Brother Di, how come they're so fast? It's only been a little over three hours. How could they have found everything on the list so quickly? They probably just packed whatever they could find."

"You can't exchange random items for points."

Zhao Di shook his head and said:
"It's probably because those survivors joined Zhou Ning and his group that they became familiar with this area so quickly, saving them time in the search."

At this point, Zhao Di's eyes were filled with regret.

He only realized this later, but unfortunately, by the time he understood, Zhou Ning had already taken Dog Brother and his men away.

There's no going back.

Zhao Di watched Zhou Ning's convoy drive away, then turned to the group behind him and said:

"Let's hurry up and look for more items that have high points. If we fill two trucks, we can get even more points!"

Boom boom boom~
Five pickup trucks roared as they drove over the cracked road.

The asphalt road was covered with a thick layer of soil, which had cracked after more than half a year of high temperature and drought.

The shock absorbers on the car may be damaged, causing the vehicle to shake excessively while driving.

Everyone on the bus tried their best to hold onto the handrails to keep their balance.

Zhou Ning was in a very good mood, having gained a lot from this trip.

After exchanging his points at Oriental Paradise, he plans to buy two more cars and expand his team.

Currently, there are relatively few tour groups with vehicles at Oriental Paradise.

At first, Zhou Ning and his group didn't have any vehicles, so they could only transport supplies by walking and using wooden carts.

After saving up 250 points through frugal living, they bought their first dilapidated pickup truck from a team.

Based on that pickup truck, their speed of searching for supplies and their carrying capacity increased dramatically.

In just two months, they went from having one car to having five.

During this period, they used most of the points they earned to buy cars.

Four of the vehicles were purchased in the oil city.

They've been working hard for months, and now they only have a few dozen points on their loyalty card; the rest they've used to buy cars.

However, with these cars, they are earning points faster and faster.

The team size is also increasing.

In the car.

Looking at Zhou Ning, who seemed to be in a good mood, Dog Brother hesitated and asked:

"Brother Zhou, could you tell us a little about the big camphor tree and the Oriental Paradise we're going to visit soon?"

Zhou Ning was in a good mood, and since he also wanted to win over Dog Brother and his group, he patiently explained:
"The Great Camphor Tree is a super-large force. I heard on the radio the other day that the five bases combined have exceeded one million people."

"100 million? Are you sure?" Dog Brother was shocked. He couldn't imagine how terrifying the power of 100 million people would be.

"Not 10, not 100, it's 1 million?" Dog asked seriously.

He even doubted at times whether there were still a million survivors in the country.

A faction with a million people? That's just a fantasy.

Just kidding!
Zhou Ning smiled and said:

"Of course it's 100 million people! Would I lie to you?"

I didn't really believe it at first, but later I came to believe it.

I visited the oil city a while ago. It has a population of at least several hundred thousand, and it's packed with people everywhere.

Moreover, its area is so large that it's practically indistinguishable from a city.

There's also a trading market inside where you can buy anything you want.

To be precise, it's the commercial street within the trading market, where commerce is very developed.

Actually, it's not much different from the commercial street before the apocalypse, but the goods sold are more in line with the needs of the current environment.

Seemingly sensing that Dog Brother didn't quite believe him, he continued:
"The Oriental Paradise we're going to now has about 10 people. If you don't believe me, you'll believe me when you see it later."

Looking at the confident Zhou Ning, Brother Gou and Uncle Zhao next to him exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with shock.

Judging from Zhou Ning's expression, he is most likely telling the truth.

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It's been eight years since the apocalypse, how come there are still so many people!

And how powerful must a force of a million people be!
It's no wonder that semiconductor chips are needed.

Dog Brother sighed:
“Brother Zhou, actually we saw the advertisement for the big camphor tree two months ago, but we were worried it was a trap so we didn’t go. Now it seems that if we had gone earlier, we wouldn’t have had to suffer so much these past two months.”

"Hahahaha!" Zhou Ning laughed loudly.
“I understand. If it weren’t for the fact that I had a familiar team that convinced me, I would also have had doubts.”

Dog Brother frowned and asked:

"But how can this giant camphor tree support a population of over a million?"

Zhou Ning cleared his throat, waved his hand, and said seriously:
"Let me tell you slowly."

"The whole camphor tree is like this, there are five bases in total. The headquarters base seems to be in the south, but I don't know exactly where it is. I think it's in Ganzhou City."

The other four bases are all sub-bases, including the oil city in Xinyang.

The North, I think, is somewhere south of the capital.

The Northwest Base—well, it's in the Northwest, I've never been there.

Zhou Ning said he was a little thirsty, so he unscrewed the bottle cap, took a couple of sips of water, and continued his introduction:
"The entire camphor tree area uses a points system. Look, this is the points number card in my hand."

As he spoke, he took out a light gray personal points card belonging to a Level 6 employee.

"Among all the bases in Dazhangshu, the points card is like a universal card. Without the points card, you can't move an inch. With the points card, everything you do is convenient."

This points card is like a pre-apocalyptic bank card combined with an ID card, salary card, and so on.

"Anyway, with this card, you can use it for shopping, housing, and receiving missions in the various bases in Dazhangshu."

As he spoke, he took out another red card.

"This is the team number card."

"You can join Big Camphor Tree as a team or as an individual. If you join as a team, you will receive a team points card in addition to your personal points card."

"Team points cards are more convenient when purchasing large quantities of supplies because they have a higher limit. Individual points cards, on the other hand, have a limit on the amount that can be used to purchase items, depending on the user's level."

"Level or rank?" Dog Brother looked at Zhou Ning with a puzzled expression after hearing these four words.

Zhou Ning was patient enough to put the water bottle back into the package and continue speaking:
"The camphor trees are divided into six levels, from the highest to the lowest, from level 1 to level 6."

"Level 1 personnel's points number card is gold,"
Level 2 personnel have purple point number cards.

Level 3: Green; Level 4: Blue; Level 5: White; Level 6: Light Gray.

"The higher the level, the better the benefits. If you can reach level 3, you can basically retire comfortably."

He smiled wryly as he fiddled with the light gray number card in his hand, saying:

"Our team's level isn't high either; everyone is only level six."

Once you enter Oriental Paradise and pass a simple screening, you can directly become a Level 6 staff member. As the lowest level, Level 6 offers no benefits.

"Generally speaking, new members who have just joined the Big Camphor Tree team do not have any points on hand, so they cannot afford to buy things and can take out a loan."

However, the loan interest rate is quite high, reaching an annualized rate of 300%.

He patted Dog Brother on the shoulder and said:
"Don't worry, you'll join our team directly when you enter Oriental Paradise, and we'll give you our team's points!"

Since Zhou Ning and his group don't have many points to spare anyway, it wouldn't hurt for them to share them.

Moreover, we were able to get so many microcontrollers this time thanks to Dog Brother and his team.

Dog looked at Coconut and the others behind him, then said to Zhou Ning:

"Let's discuss it when we get to Oriental Paradise, and then I'll give you a more accurate answer."

Zhou Ning said no problem, and then continued to introduce the big camphor tree and Oriental Paradise.

"I just introduced you to the ranking system and the points system. Now let me tell you where our food comes from."

"At first, I was also very curious about how so many people could keep the big camphor tree alive. Later, when I went to the oil city, I realized that the big camphor tree was grown using greenhouse technology, with a huge number of greenhouses set up."

Wow, let me tell you, that greenhouse is so high-tech, it's really amazing.

I had never seen such a high-tech greenhouse before the apocalypse.

Anyway, you'll find out when you have the chance to go to the oil city.

"The camphor tree grows grain in greenhouses, and then the entire force operates through a points system."

"I still feel it's pretty great."

Zhou Ning glanced at Dog Brother, his eyes flickering.

After thinking for a moment, he said:
"Didn't you want to know how many points each of the tortillas we gave you today is worth?"

"A tortilla only costs 0.3 points."

"Our harvest this time is about 1500 points, which is enough to buy 5000 corn tortillas!"

Dog Bro was stunned when he heard this number!
5000 tortillas!
Those five truckloads of chips and semiconductor controllers were things they used to see as a bunch of junk.

It's worth 5000 tortillas!

5000 tortillas, if given to 5 people, and each person eats one tortilla a day, it would be enough to feed them for 3 years!
Now, Dog Bro and the others instantly understood just how valuable the items in the car were.

Seeing the shock in Dog Brother's eyes, Zhou Ning continued to tempt him:

"If you join us, we'll split the spoils equally. I have 19 people here, and you five, making a total of 24 people."

1500 points earned; five cars traveled round trip using 180 liters of fuel; one liter of fuel costs 3.5 points.

The remaining profit is 870 points, which will be divided among the 24 of us, so each person will receive 36 points.

"How about joining our team?"

"Join us, and you'll get 36 points this time! That's about 120 tortillas!"

Upon hearing Zhou Ning's words, Dog Brother swallowed hard.

The terms offered are indeed very generous.

With a heavy heart, he said directly to Zhou Ning:
"Give me two minutes."

He turned to look at Uncle Zhao and the others, "Tell me your thoughts?"

He originally planned to discuss it with them privately after the Oriental Paradise was established.

Zhou Ning is right here, so it's not convenient to discuss this now.

Skinny Monkey spoke first: "What are you waiting for? Join us!"

After a moment of silence, Scarface nodded and said, "I agree."

Seeing that the two of them agreed, and realizing that Dog Brother was also very interested, Coconut nodded and said, "Then I agree too."

Uncle Zhao glanced at Zhou Ning in front of him, then turned his gaze to Brother Gou.

"Then join us."

Dog Brother nodded and said, "Okay, then it's decided."

Dog Brother turned to look at Zhou Ning and said:

"Brother Zhou, we're counting on you from now on!"

Zhou Ning was overjoyed upon hearing this and laughed loudly:
"Don't worry, follow me and I guarantee you'll live the high life, hahaha!"

The addition of this group ensures that they can efficiently obtain the items on the list during their trips to Sensor Valley over the next few days, or even a week.

In this way, their points will expand rapidly, like a balloon.

5:40 PM.

As darkness fell, after crossing the Yangtze River, they came to a wide open space and saw a huge wall, like a long dragon, winding across the plain.

Zhou Ning pointed to the Oriental Paradise in the distance and said:

"Bros."

"Ahead lies Oriental Paradise."

(End of this chapter)