Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 2145 Doomsday Armored Train
The train sped northward.

Not long after, one of the twelve fortresses surrounding the headquarters base of the Great Camphor Tree appeared ahead.

This is Fortress No. 4, which has now been built to a height of over 70 meters. Originally, this fortress was built in a high-altitude location.

On the train, they could also see the workers building the fortress.

On the towering scaffolding, scaffolders, secured with safety ropes, fasten their fasteners to the uprights and horizontal bars.

The sun was blazing.

A young man wearing a helmet and ripped sneakers, dressed in a t-shirt, skillfully tightened the screws on the fasteners using a portable rotary machine.

He was dangling in mid-air, dozens of meters above the ground.

Most people would be terrified just standing here.

But he moved with ease, tightening the screws and then taking the upright from the worker behind him to insert it, repeatedly connecting the fastener to the horizontal bar.

call--

He wiped the sweat from his brow and was about to continue working when he suddenly heard a gasp from the surrounding area.

"Wow! Is this our train? That's awesome!"

"This train design is pretty cool!"

"That's spectacular!"

Hearing the cheers around him, the young man also looked to his right out of curiosity.

On the flat land between the mountains, an extra-long train sped along the tracks.

Standing on the scaffolding tens of meters high, a gentle breeze blows.

The young man looked at the train departing from the headquarters base of the camphor tree and felt a sense of unreality.

There was also a strange mix of sadness and emotion.

This is the apocalypse, a hopeless apocalypse, a world of ruins.

But the camphor tree, through sheer willpower, rebuilt a world from these ruins, restored production, restored railway transportation, and rebuilt the world.

This is the power of humanity.

Resilient and persistent.

Undoubtedly, the restoration of the train tracks has once again boosted morale throughout Dazhangshu.

Make them believe that everything is getting better and better.

All the way north.

The train continued to run normally without encountering any problems.

Half an hour later, they arrived at their first stop.

The Dashi Line is 1100 kilometers long and has 10 stops, as well as a transit station at the Wushi military base.

Ten people are stationed at each stop, including four combat personnel and six maintenance personnel.

These combat personnel were all drawn from the transport battalion.

As train tracks are laid, the size of the transport fleet will inevitably continue to shrink.

The personnel of the transportation brigade will also gradually be transferred to rail transportation.

stab-

The train gradually slowed down, and under the precise control of the train driver, the train track perfectly fit the wall of the stop, with only a gap of less than 15 centimeters in the middle.

However, after the train came to a complete stop, two thick iron plates extended from both the front and back sides of the station.

The iron plate wall was perfectly embedded between the trains.

In this way, the train and the stops form a completely enclosed space, which ensures that even in the event of a sea fog disaster, people on the train can transport supplies to the stops or transfer and replace maintenance personnel without being attacked by zombies in the sea fog.

Zhang Yunxiang had already returned to the luxury carriage.

"Sir, we've arrived at our first stop. Would you like to get off and take a look?"

Li Yu nodded and got up to walk towards the carriage connecting to the stop.

There were originally two options for the stop locations.

The first option is to build three passageways connecting to the train side, with the stops about twenty meters away from the train.

The second option is to build along the railway line, in a long, narrow shape.

After discussion, Zhang Yunxiang, Shan Ziming, and Ding Jiu ultimately chose the second option.

The second option is cheaper to build, and it is more convenient for personnel to move and for some goods to be transported.

Li Yu followed Zhang Yunxiang to the middle of the train.

The entrance to this carriage in the middle of the train is quite large, about two meters wide.

We immediately entered the station's interior.

Li Yu looked around and saw that the stop was quite large, about 400 square meters.

It is about 20 meters long and about 20 meters wide.

Inside the station, several maintenance vehicles and a pile of rails and other track materials are parked on the left side.

The right side is the rest area, which currently contains a dozen beds and some personal items.

The toilet is at the very back.

"Greetings, sir." Ji Yanhui, who was in charge of the station, greeted them with the station staff.

Li Yu said with a smile:

"Ji Yanhui, you used to work under Xiao Hu in the First Transportation Brigade, right?"

Ji Yanhui's eyes lit up, and he nodded vigorously, saying:
"The commander has a good memory. Yes, Captain Xiao Hu asked me to come over here first."

Li Yu looked around the rest area and asked:

How do you solve the problem of drinking water and bathing?

Ji Yanhui replied:

“We dug a well down here, but there’s not much water right now. We mainly rely on trains to bring it in. The same goes for food.”

"We have biogas digesters to generate electricity, plus solid-state batteries brought from headquarters. Normally, we don't use much electricity. The biggest power consumption is when this door is opened."

door?
Upon hearing Ji Yanhui's words, Li Yu suddenly realized that this stop really didn't have a door.

"Where's the gate at the dock?" Li Yu asked.

Ji Yanhui walked to the very edge and opened an iron box on the wall.

I pressed the red button inside.

Drop drop drop-

The flat ground next to the train suddenly stretched out to both sides, and five concrete walls, each half a meter thick, rose up from the opening.

Each concrete wall is 4 meters long, and the walls fit together perfectly.

After it was raised up, it connected to the ceiling.

At this point, a wall appeared out of nowhere in the previously empty space of the station.

Ji Yanhui explained:

"Sir, if the train is to stop at this station, we will contact the train driver in advance, and after the train arrives at the designated location, we will check through this small hole to see if the train has arrived at the correct position."

"Once the train arrives, we will lower this wall so that we can get on and off the train."

"We raised the wall before the train left."

With Ji Yanhui's explanation and demonstration, Li Yu understood how the train and the station worked together.

It must be said that although this method seems clumsy, it is the best way for docking stations to cope with the combined effects of sea fog disasters and the onslaught of zombie sea monsters.

After stopping at the station for more than ten minutes, they unloaded some water, food, and solid-state batteries from the train, and then the train started moving north again.

The same procedure was repeated at each stop.

At each station, Li Yu would meet and chat with the staff stationed there.

Those who remain at these stations are far from the safe bases, coming here to guard them, and in the event of the upcoming sea fog disaster, they will also risk going to repair the train tracks should there be problems.

Therefore, after visiting several stations and inspecting their living environment, Li Yu asked Ding Jiu to find ways to improve their living standards as much as possible.

Four hours later.

They arrived at the military base in Wushi.

The connection between this military base in Wushi and the railway tracks took the longest to complete.

Zhang Yunxiang was mainly in charge of construction in the early and middle stages. It wasn't until later, when Shan Zimo brought workers from the southern section, that the two teams joined forces and it took them a full half month to complete the construction.

Train conductor Xu Cheng had contacted Wang Cheng at the Wu City military base in advance, informing him that they would arrive in three minutes. Upon receiving the message, Wang Cheng immediately led his men to the train tracks.

The underground military base's train track section also needs to take into account the issues of sea fog and zombies.

Opening the gates only when the train arrives each time would increase uncertainty.

If the gate opens too slowly, the train will rush straight towards it and crash into it.

However, if the gate is opened too quickly, problems will arise, and zombies will run into the underground military base.

Therefore, they had no choice but to spend a lot of time and effort adopting a similar approach to other sites.

Concrete was constructed on both sides and above the train tracks of the underground military base, forming a tunnel.

And doors were left on both sides of the tunnel.

In this way, once the train enters the tunnel of the underground military base, Wang Cheng and the others who remain here can open the door without worrying about zombies entering the underground military base from the tunnel.

Whoosh~
The train entered the tunnels of the underground military base.

This route of entry is not the original gate of the underground military base, but rather an entrance opened from another direction.

The train traveled through the dark tunnel.

Upon seeing the green fluorescent light ahead, the train driver quickly pulled the train brake valve all the way down.

No more, no less, the front of the car was exactly at the green fluorescent area.

"Train conductor, the location is accurate, you can open the door," the observer informed Xu Cheng after seeing the markings outside through the train window.

After receiving the message, Xu Cheng instructed the train driver to open the doors connecting the carriages.

"Ding-dong-ding-dong-"

After the train sounded several alarms, the doors of the connecting carriages slowly opened.

As before, Li Yu got off the train.

The changes to the underground military base are quite significant compared to before.

The addition of this tunnel has led to adjustments in the original layout of the military base.

Maintenance workshops and storage compartments have been added on both sides of the tunnel.
The space here is relatively large, and there are quite a few people stationed here, about a hundred people.

It features an indoor garden, basketball court, hot tub, entertainment area, and more.

The foundation laid by Li Qi here has significantly improved the quality of life here.

Li Yu watched as the stationed personnel operated the crane, unloading the supplies from the truck.

Then he addressed the royal city:

"Wang Cheng, I remember your wife and children are at the headquarters, right?"

Wang Cheng nodded and said:
"Yes, it's been almost a year since I last saw him since I came here."

Upon hearing this, Li Yu patted his shoulder and said:
"Thank you for your hard work, but from now on you can take this train directly to the headquarters."

"It's not just you; everyone else stationed at the military base is given four days off each month, which allows you to return to the oil city or headquarters once a month."

However, the work at the military base can't be neglected; you need to arrange shift changes for them.

Upon hearing this, Wang Cheng's eyes widened in disbelief.

Staying at the military base is extremely safe.

But
This is so incredibly boring.

They're trapped underground all day long, never seeing the light of day.

It's always the same people coming and going.

Especially for those with families who are away from home for many years, it would be a huge loss if it weren't for the fact that the camphor tree provides special care for the families of military personnel and prohibits residents from interfering with their marriages and families.

Otherwise, those who rarely go back would have been cuckolded long ago.

"Sir, are you serious?"

"When have I ever lied!" Li Yu looked at Wang Cheng with amusement.

Wang Cheng coughed twice but did not answer.

As far as he knew, it seemed that the leader had been saying before that he would give Director Ju a vacation.

It's been so many years. I heard from Xiao Hu, who came here a few days ago, that Director Ju went all the way from the Northwest to Oriental Paradise to clean up that mess.

Seeing Wang Cheng's expression, Li Yu laughed and scolded:
"What the hell are you thinking?!"

Wang Cheng scratched his head and chuckled:

"Alright, sir. It's been so long since I've been back. I'm getting a little too excited."

“Hmm.” Li Yu looked at the people stationed at the military base and remained silent for a long time.

As the power of the Great Camphor Tree grows, there must be many people like Wang Cheng who have been silently contributing, enduring loneliness and immense pressure, and forging ahead with heavy burdens.

They are all part of the big camphor tree; without them, the big camphor tree would not exist today.

"Let's go!" Li Yu stood up and walked towards the train.

The tunnel gates closed only after Li Yu got into the car.

Wang Cheng then told his people what Li Yu had just promised, that they could take time off and return to the oil city or headquarters.

"Holy crap, is this real? Does that mean I can go back to Oil City?"

"My God, if I think about it, I've been in this underground military base for a whole year."

"Yes, time flies. My skin used to be so dark, but now it's all white."

"The train service is really great! Now I have four days each month to go to the oil city for a couple of days to relax and have fun, and then return to headquarters."

Four p.m.

The person in charge of the train tracks on the outskirts of the oil city received the news.

He immediately ordered the gates under the city wall to be opened.

One minute later.

Rumble.

The train entered the western part of the outskirts of the city.

As soon as the train pulled in, the crowd gathered in the oil city erupted in cheers.

"Train! Train! The train is arriving at the station!"

"Holy crap, this isn't a train, it's more like an armored train! It looks incredibly sturdy."

"It has to be sturdy to work. This vehicle has to withstand the impact of the fog zombies, so it definitely needs to be sturdy."

"I'll finally be able to go to the headquarters. I'll take the bus south and visit the headquarters."

The train slowed down.

It stopped completely at the very end.

Li Yu suddenly realized something and called Zhang Yunxiang over to ask him:

"Is this place, along with the headquarters base, only protected from zombies by a single gate for trains to enter and exit?"

"What if there are zombies lying on the train? Wouldn't they all end up in the base with them?"

Zhang Yunxiang looked embarrassed. "Sir, I'm mainly in charge of track maintenance. I'm not very clear about defense."

Upon hearing this, Li Yu's face showed displeasure.

So they asked Ding Jiu, the chief engineer of the construction department, to answer.

After hearing this question, Ding Jiu explained:
"That's right, the train connection to the base is very important, and the construction work will be quite complicated."

"The gate you see now is far from enough. We will build a closed structure centered on the train tracks to ensure that not a single zombie can enter the Outer City."

"According to our plan, the first step is to build a concrete shell over the train tracks."

After calculating the distance, install sharp, solid steel bars on both sides of the train, both above and below, to scrape the zombies lying on the train off!
The second step was for the train to continue moving forward, with the front sides secured by a double layer of iron fencing and concrete. Using surveillance, the entire train or any remaining zombies were then cleared away.

"Step Three"

"Commander, with these four layers of protection, zombies will absolutely not be able to enter the outskirts of the city."

"We will also build a storage area here later, specifically for storing and inspecting the goods that are transported in, ensuring that the boxes are opened for inspection."

Hearing Ding Jiu explain the plan clearly and logically, Li Yu felt much more at ease.

"Okay, as long as you keep that in mind, this matter cannot be taken lightly. The zombies cannot break through our walls, and we must not let them enter our base by train!"

Ding Jiu nodded vigorously and said:
"understand!"

(End of this chapter)