Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 2151 The Chaotic Oriental Paradise! (5k)

Oil City.

On the wall of the plantation outside City No. 1.

Li Yu looked down at the southern plains. The wall was thirty meters high, and it was quite tall to stand on it.

Not far away, to the southeast and southwest, there are two construction sites underway, where twelve fortresses are being built.

This is a protective fortress built with reference to the headquarters base of the Great Camphor Tree, which can buffer the oil city during the sea fog disaster and the zombie attack.

However, the ring fortress around Oil City has only just begun construction and is currently in its initial stages.

Under the sunlight, the retracted blades of the smart mobile switchboard placed against the wall reflect a blinding glare.

Not many guards were assigned to the plantation outside the city.

Actually, the fewer people in the plantation outside the city, the better, because zombies are mainly attracted by human presence; the more people there are, the more zombies they will attract.

Compared to the hundreds of thousands of people in the oil city, the plantation outside the city is like a whole roasted lamb and a peanut placed in front of a zombie.

The number of zombies attracted is limited.

At that time, the vast majority of zombies will rush towards the oil city.

Lost in thought, Li Yu had unknowingly walked two kilometers along the wall.

"Take me to Plantation No. 2," Li Yu said to Hu Zhen beside him, noticing an elevator ahead.

Hu Zhen nodded in reply:
"Yes, sir, this way please."

After making a general tour of the oil city, Li Yu did not find anything amiss.

Whether it's the progress of the construction project, the operation of the commercial area, or the morale of the combat team, everything is performed very well.

Having Uncle San in the oil city gives me peace of mind.

Now that he was out, Li Yu naturally wanted to visit the other branch bases.

The next day.

He then boarded a sustainable helicopter and headed to Oriental Paradise.

As the second branch base to encounter the sea fog disaster, Oriental Paradise doesn't have much time left to prepare.

The headquarters base is progressing quite rapidly in all aspects.
The train tracks are now open to traffic.

Plantations No. 1, 2, and 3 outside the city have been completed and put into use.

The outer city walls, watchtowers, and weapon systems have been completed.

Even the major project outside the city—the construction of twelve defensive fortresses—is now over 70% complete.

Oriental Paradise has experienced rapid population growth, and its population has now reached a staggering 150,000.

Many of them also migrated to the oil city.

However, the construction of the outer city of Oriental Land is currently progressing slowly.

Oriental Paradise was already packed with people, and many couldn't even get in and had to spend the night outside.

There are no zombies outside right now, otherwise the residents living outside would be in great danger.

buzzing-

From the helicopter, Li Yu looked down at the Yangtze River.

The water level of the Yangtze River is extremely low, and the riverbed on both sides is exposed. The once majestic Yangtze River has become a small stream.

A helicopter flew over a bridge spanning the river, exposing the load-bearing pillars beneath it.

The area that the eyes could see was a barren, yellow expanse.

The city buildings along the way were also eroded by yellow mud and sand.

Due to a year-long drought, large areas of trees died, the soil dried up, and the wind brought sand and dust everywhere.

As we approached Oriental Paradise, the number of scavengers on the ground increased.

They even saw a long line of cars.

Li Yu asked Li Tie beside him:
"Tiezi, which transport convoy is this?"

Li Tie wasn't very familiar with the convoy's whereabouts, and he didn't want to ask via radio, so he picked up his binoculars to check the markings on the vehicles.

He quickly spotted the camphor tree sign on the transport convoy.

Next to the large camphor tree sign, there was a circle with the number [1] written inside.

“Brother, this is the First Transport Brigade, Zuo Ruxue and Xiao Hu.” Li Tie replied.

"Oh, okay." Li Yu nodded.

ten minutes later.

Then they saw the Oriental Paradise ahead, thirty kilometers away from the Yangtze River, standing tall on a vast plain.

However, when viewed from the air, Oriental Paradise appears somewhat miniature.

After all, it is only 2000 mu, about the same size as the fourth outer city of Dazhangshu.

The area outside Oriental Paradise was packed with people, and there was also an outer city wall under construction.

Judging from the outline of the outer city wall, the area of ​​the outer city will be ten times that of the main city of Oriental Paradise.

Twenty thousand mu—that's the area of ​​the outer city of Oriental Paradise.

However, compared to the enormous construction site, there seemed to be relatively few construction workers.

Instead, there are more scavengers driving cars or pushing wheelbarrows or homemade carts.

This creates a stark contrast.

Upon seeing this scene, Li Yu immediately understood why the construction of Oriental Paradise was progressing so slowly.

There are too few construction workers!

"I wonder if Ju Tianrui has come up with a solution yet," Li Yu thought to himself.

He could roughly guess why there were fewer construction workers at Oriental Paradise.
Because most of the residents of Oriental Paradise are new members of the camphor tree faction, they are more focused on getting more points in a short period of time.

They don't consider the long term.

Compared to scavengers, construction workers earn contribution points, which can be used to level up later.

However, if a scavenger finds something while scavenging outside, he can earn a relatively large number of points in a short period of time.

Even better, if you're lucky enough to find the scarce equipment needed by the mission hall, you could become rich overnight.

Therefore, the vast majority of residents of Oriental Paradise prefer to choose scavenging work.

Freedom, no one to control you, and a relatively high return on investment.

Three helicopters flew over Oriental Paradise.

Li Tie hadn't been here for a long time, so he contacted the control tower staff and found the location of the apron.

The helipad is located northeast of Oriental Paradise.

"This helipad is way too small," the pilot couldn't help but complain as he looked at the tiny helipad.

This was the smallest helipad of all the branch bases they had ever visited.

It is estimated that only five helicopters can be parked there, and there are already two helicopters on the tarmac.

Once their three helicopters were parked, there was no more space to park another helicopter.

The tarmac was surrounded by barbed wire, and outside the barbed wire were tents, making it look like a refugee camp.

Overcrowded.

When their helicopters landed, many residents in the tents climbed out to watch.

呲~
The helicopter landed on the helipad.

Accompanied by Xuanxuan, Li Tie, and others, Li Yu stepped off the helicopter.

Ju Tianrui, who had been waiting for a long time at the edge of the tarmac, quickly went forward to greet him.

"Sir, I'm sorry, this helipad is a bit small. Oriental Paradise is still in a mess, and there are too many places that need to be renovated."

Li Yu looked at Ju Tianrui, who was tanned dark and lean, and waved his hand, saying:

"It's okay, take your time."

"Once you've finished renovating Oriental Paradise, I'll grant you a year's leave so you can have a good rest."

Li Haoran, who had greeted Li Yu, couldn't help but chuckle to himself after hearing Li Yu's words.

Ju Tianrui ignored these words.

"Sir, let me first report to you on the situation at Oriental Paradise."

Li Yu pointed outside, "Let's talk as we walk. I want to go up the wall and take a look."

"Row."

Ju Tianrui followed half a step behind Li Yu, saying:
"Currently, Oriental Paradise has a registered population of 159750 and an area of ​​2000 mu."

"The current area of ​​Oriental Paradise is simply not enough to accommodate so many people, so you can see that there are a lot of people in Oriental Paradise City. This is the result after I have dealt with it."

"Because there are too many people, the constant coming and going of people can easily cause traffic congestion, so I put the scavenging items and points redemption platform outside the city. This way, scavengers can avoid coming and going and alleviate traffic problems."

After listening to Ju Tianrui's report, Li Yu got into an electric off-road vehicle.

"Commander, the electricity supply at Oriental Paradise is now basically resolved." "The water supply issue has also been resolved thanks to the efforts of Chen Er and his team, who dug pipelines to connect to the Yangtze River and excavated ultra-deep wells within Oriental Paradise."

"In terms of industry, Oriental Paradise currently only has six factories, including a cement plant, a brick plant, and a noodle processing plant, which is the weakest compared to other branch bases."

"In terms of agriculture, there are only 10 greenhouses, which were built by Chen Er and his team before."

"Overall, Oriental Paradise is in a state of disrepair, and its population size is completely disproportionate to its development."

"There are three main reasons why this problem has occurred."

"First, Oriental Paradise itself has a weak foundation, and it was only officially incorporated into our Dazhangshu system plan in the last six months, so its development is the slowest."

"Secondly, Oriental Paradise lacks human resources; specifically, there isn't enough manpower available for construction."
Although there are over 100,000 people in Oriental Paradise, the construction workers on the site total less than 4000, of whom 2500 were brought in from the oil city and headquarters base.

Most of the residents here prefer scavenging, so the recruitment policy Chen Er and his team issued earlier isn't very effective.

"Third, the resources and talent invested in the headquarters base and the oil city are insufficient."

Ju Tianrui speaks very directly, and when he mentioned the last point, he didn't mince words at all.

Li Yu didn't speak, but said to him, "Continue."

Ju Tianrui swallowed his dry throat, but he didn't feel any mental burden.

He has only been at Oriental Paradise for a week, and during that week he has been conducting detailed investigations and research, without issuing many orders.

In his view, issuing orders blindly before understanding the actual situation would only waste time.

Only after conducting thorough investigations can one have the right to speak, and policies must be formulated based on the actual situation in Oriental Paradise, rather than simply copying the construction experiences of Oil City, the North, and the Northwest.

Ju Tianrui continued:
"I've just discussed a few issues; now let's talk about the threats currently facing Oriental Paradise."

"As the easternmost branch base of our Great Camphor Tree forces, and also the second of our five Great Camphor Tree bases to be tasked with dealing with the sea fog disaster."

"The current Oriental Paradise is simply not capable of surviving the sea fog disaster."

"We only have seven months left to keep Oriental Paradise!"

"Based on my investigations over the past week, I believe..."

"Either we invest resources to complete the outer city and a series of supporting defenses within seven months, such as the twelve fortresses like those at the headquarters base, we need to have the same here at Oriental Paradise."

"If we cannot complete the defense system of Oriental Paradise within seven months, expand the area of ​​Oriental Paradise, and accommodate more residents, I suggest that we should abolish the Oriental Paradise branch base now!"

"Or we can use Oriental Paradise as a distribution center for supplies, a place to exchange with scavengers, and when the sea fog disaster is coming soon, everyone can move to the oil city together."

"Time is the greatest threat to Oriental Paradise!"

Upon hearing this, Li Yu tapped on the car window with his right hand, gazing at the dense crowd outside, pondering the three options Ju Tianrui had proposed:

1. Racing against time, we are investing tremendous effort to improve Oriental Paradise, which requires the support of the headquarters base, the oil city and other branch bases.

2. The Oriental Paradise will be directly shut down.

3. Use Oriental Paradise as the current distribution center for supplies, and evacuate all residents back to Oil City before the sea fog disaster arrives.

After thinking for a moment, Li Yu asked:
Which of these three options do you prefer?

Ju Tianrui looked up at Li Yu and said without any politeness:
"I recommend the first option, but the first option must have your support, Chief."

I need policy support! And also real support in terms of personnel and resources from other branch bases!

"If you agree to this, I can accomplish this goal!"

Li Yu did not immediately agree, but asked:

"Tell me what you think."

Ju Tianrui did not answer immediately, but looked at Li Tie and said:

"Captain Li Tie, could I have some water? My throat is burning."

Li Tie looked around and found his own bottle of water, then handed it over.

Ju Tianrui gulped down several large mouthfuls before feeling much better.

"Thank you."

Ju Tianrui looked at Li Yu, pondered for a moment, and then said:
Oriental Paradise must complete these projects:
1. The outer city wall has been built, along with the latest mobile guillotine and other defense systems.

2. Twelve outer defensive fortresses.

3. The lifeline for trains to the oil city.

"Only by completing these three projects can Oriental Paradise have the foundation to withstand the natural disaster of sea fog."

"Oriental Paradise currently relies entirely on other branch bases for ammunition, food, and other supplies. If the train lifeline is not restored, this place cannot hold out."

Ju Tianrui's eyes were full of determination and confidence, and he exuded a calm and composed demeanor, as if everything was under his control.

His magnanimity is something he has honed through real-world experience at various branch bases.

He wasn't exaggerating; his resume proves that what he said is true.

"I need your support."

"First, people."

"Although there are construction workers at Oriental Paradise, there are too few management personnel at the regulatory level."
Furthermore, we don't have a single engineer at the chief engineer level; I need one!

Currently, there are only nine chief engineers in the entire camphor tree area.

There were only two chief engineers: Ding Jiu and Xie Changshan.

There are seven deputy chief engineers:

Bai Zichuan, Fang Jingxin, Ding Wu, Liu Yu, Tao Yifeng, Xie Wen, Bi Yuning
These nine deputy leaders are distributed across various bases of the Great Camphor Tree faction.

But Oriental Paradise doesn't have a single chief engineer.

It's important to know that people who become chief engineers are people who have been in charge of multiple major projects on their own, have extremely rich experience, and possess strong leadership skills.

When Li Yu heard that he wanted a chief engineer, he nodded and said:

"Okay, who do you want?"

"Jie Changshan!" Ju Tianrui chose his old partner from the oil city without hesitation.

He and Xie Changshan were the ones who started the oil city project together.

He knew his old partner well and highly regarded his abilities.

Li Yu thought for a moment. There were several chief engineers in the oil city. Although Xie Changshan was also a chief engineer, he was the head of those chief engineers.

After all, Xie Changshan was the deputy director of the Big Camphor Tree Construction Office, and he was the second-in-command in the construction office.

It would be fine to bring Changshan over, or Fang Jingxin and the others could be there.

So Li Yu nodded in agreement:
"Okay, no problem. Is there anything else?"

Ju Tianrui said without hesitation:
"And Liu..."

Before he could finish speaking, the vehicle suddenly stopped.

Immediately following this, the sound of a vehicle collision came from ahead:

Boom!
Ju Tianrui, who was on the bus, lurched forward and instinctively grabbed the handle above him with his right hand.

Ju Tianrui's face showed surprise, followed by anger.

"what happened!?"

But when he realized that his superior was right next to him, he suppressed his anger.

He looked at Li Yu, "Commander, are you alright?"

Li Yu waved his hand, as the car wasn't traveling very fast to begin with.

I stopped a little too hastily.

"fine!"

Ju Tianrui looked at the driver, about to yell at him, but upon seeing that the driver was Xuanxuan, he asked helplessly:
"what happened?"

Xuanxuan gave him a cold look and pointed ahead.

Ju Tianrui quickly got out of the car and found that their car was fine, as was the car driven by the bodyguards of the leader in front of them.

Ironically, the escort vehicle he sent to protect the leader collided with an oncoming car ahead.

He stormed over, unleashing the anger he had been holding back:
"What's wrong with you guys?!"

Ahead, a dilapidated secondhand pickup truck collided with the armored escort vehicle he had dispatched.

The used pickup truck was clearly a scavenger's vehicle, and it was driving in the wrong lane. In order to protect the convoy behind, the escort vehicle had no choice but to step forward and block the used pickup truck.

The commander was coming, and Ju Tianrui had already ordered the road to be closed in advance.

This used pickup truck clearly broke through a checkpoint; otherwise, it wouldn't have been able to get onto this road.

Chen Er led a dozen or so members of the militia brigade to the secondhand pickup truck and pulled the driver and passenger out of the vehicle.

"Damn it! Didn't you hear me stopping your car?"

The driver, drunk, raised his head, his face flushed.

"Who are you? What right do you have to tell me what to do? Move aside, I need to drive."

Snapped!
Chen Er slapped him across the face, yelling, "You son of a bitch!"

(End of this chapter)