Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 2158 Taking the Train to Headquarters for Business

Clang, clang—

A train, over a hundred long, sped across the scorched earth.

For a whole year, it didn't rain, everything withered, and even living animals were extremely rare to see.

Under these extremely harsh circumstances, survivors scattered across the country flocked to various branch bases of the Great Camphor Tree, fueled by the Great Camphor Tree faction's frenzied propaganda.

The total population of the Great Camphor Tree faction is breaking new records every month.

The train, traveling from the oil city to the headquarters, was carrying thousands of tons of oil, as well as some equipment and supplies.

In addition to these supplies, there were also a group of passengers on the train.

After the special train service between Dazhangshu and the oil city was launched, there are an average of two trains running between the two places every day.

In addition to transporting supplies, each train also opened 10 carriages specifically for the general public.

The train has 10 carriages, each of which can hold 120 people, and each trip can transport 1200 people.

However, the price for a single trip is as high as 10 points.

Even so, many people from the oil city and the headquarters base of Dazhangshu still had to compete for tickets to be able to buy them.

This has led to increased personnel exchanges between the two bases, boosting the vitality of both sides.

On the DS-1 special train, in carriage 13.

Inside sat passengers heading to the headquarters.

The luggage racks were filled with their belongings. Some people were staring out the window in a daze, some were talking in hushed tones, and some were eating tortillas and listening to music.

"It's finally open! My brother has been at the headquarters for almost half a year, and I can finally go see him and his family."

"Old Sun, you don't have any relatives or friends at the headquarters in Dazhangshu. What are you going to the headquarters for?"

"So what? Can't I go? I'm tired of staying in the oil city, can't I go see the headquarters? Besides, even Hong Shixiong went."

Hong Shixiong cursed with some disdain:

"Old Sun, can you compare to me? I have two shops in the oil city, making a fortune every day. This trip to the headquarters is to explore business opportunities, not to mess around like you."

Old Sun rolled his eyes and muttered:
"I'm afraid you're going to the headquarters to see your fellow townsmen, okay? Let me tell you, Da Mi Mi is now a shareholder of Ting Feng Lou, and also the manager of Ting Feng Lou at the headquarters."

They don't accept customers anymore; they won't even acknowledge you if you go there.

Hong Shixiong, his thoughts exposed, angrily said:

"none of your business!"

After he finished cursing, he wondered to himself, "I wonder if Da Mi Mi still remembers me."

On the train, most of the passengers had never been to the headquarters, and they were extremely curious about what it looked like.

In addition to ordinary residents, there were also some government officials on the train.

Some were administrative staff, while others were from the military.

Dozens of them were from combat battalions.

The combat battalion was established relatively early, and many of its members joined in the early days, so most of the combat personnel's families live at the headquarters base.

However, due to the long-term mission in the oil city, there were few opportunities to return to the headquarters.

Even with holidays, they cannot return due to time constraints.

Some haven't seen their families for as long as two years.

However, with the opening of the train line from Dazhangshu to the oil city, they are now able to easily return to their headquarters to visit family and friends.

The train arrived at the Wushi military base, made a brief five-minute stop, and then left.

In addition to the large station at the Wushi Military Base, this train line also has 10 smaller maintenance stations.

When passing through these places, the train will make a short stop for a few minutes.

Some supplies were left at the station.

At each station along the entire train line, there are twenty people stationed there. Their food, drink, and daily needs are all met by train transportation.

There are currently no zombies or threats, so the people staying at the site are quite bored.

When passing through seven stations.

The train stopped as usual.

Carriage 50 is directly opposite the maintenance station.

ka ka ka-

The station door opened, and Liu Binggang, the person in charge of the seventh station who had been waiting there for a long time, stepped forward to greet them.

The train staff worked efficiently, carrying the items off the train.

One of them, dragging a pre-prepared hose, joined the station's guards in inserting it into the station's water tank, turning on the tap, and the ten-centimeter hose instantly swelled up.

Liu Binggang walked up to the person in charge, and Wang Shun offered him a cigarette.

"Brother Wang, here's what I asked you to bring for me."

Wang Shun took the cigarette offered to him and put it to his lips. Liu Binggang quickly stepped forward to light it for him.

Wang Shun shouted to those behind him:

"Xiao Zhao, bring down the top box in the third compartment."

"Ok."

Upon hearing this, Liu Binggang smiled broadly, "Thank you, Brother Wang. You've gone to so much trouble. I'll treat you to a meal in the oil city when I'm on vacation!"

Wang Shun smoked a cigarette, glancing at his watch every now and then; he could only stay here for five minutes.

Therefore, every second counts.

"We'll see. It's so much more fun here. You guys don't have to do anything, you can just have fun!"

Liu Binggang quickly waved his hand and said:

"Hey! It's not that simple. We're in charge of 100 kilometers of track, and we have to drive out to inspect it every day."

"Tch!" Wang Shun pointed at him with his hand. "Don't I know this train track well? I run on it every day. The track is reinforced so firmly, what problems could there be? 100 kilometers? You can finish inspecting it in three or four hours at most."

"Oh dear!" Liu Binggang's face fell.

"It's not that simple. We're relatively relaxed now, but when the sea fog disaster comes and zombies attack, we'll have to run back to inspect and maintain the tracks. Just think about how dangerous that is."

When Wang Shun heard Liu Binggang say that, he thought about it and realized it made sense.

Although Liu Binggang and his team are relaxed now, if the sea fog disaster comes, the danger of staying at the train station will increase a hundredfold.

The reason he was willing to give Liu Binggang, or other station managers, free access to things from the oil city or Dazhangshu was because these people stationed at the stations might one day risk their lives to save the people on their trains or repair the tracks.

drip-

His watch suddenly rang.

Wang Shun pressed the alarm clock to turn it off, casually took a deep drag on the cigarette in his hand, smoking until only a tiny bit of the cigarette butt remained, then threw it on the ground and stomped it out.

"Okay, I'm leaving first."

Wang Shun glanced at the unloaded supplies, and after making sure nothing was missing, he walked onto the train.

"Get in the car! Get in the car!" he shouted to the four or five men who were standing to the side smoking.

Liu Binggang followed him and saw him off to the train, smiling as he said:

"Brother Wang, I've already asked Old Sun from Oil City to transfer the points to you for these things I asked you to buy. Have you received them?"

Wang Shun nodded and said, "Received. I'm leaving."

After saying that, he pressed the close button on the carriage door.

The carriage doors were closed, and he then contacted the train driver to inform him that the carriage doors had been closed.

On the train journey from the oil city to Dazhangshu, the doors of all carriages, except for the staff in their carriage, could not be opened until they reached the final station.

Therefore, passengers on this train are not allowed to get off the train for the entire journey.

Because the train is fully enclosed, people outside cannot enter it.

Clang, clang—

The train departed.

The protective gate at the seventh outpost has also been closed.

Liu Binggang stood on the outpost, staring blankly at the departing train.

After a while, the cigarette in his hand burned to the end, burning his index finger, and he finally came to his senses.

Go downstairs.

Looking at the things Wang Shun had bought for him in the oil city, he pulled out his dagger and opened the box.

A stack of magazines, a computer, and a projector.

The surrounding men quickly gathered around, and upon seeing what was inside, they all exclaimed in surprise.

"Brother, can we watch movies and TV series now?"

"Yes, there's even a projector, which projects onto that wall."

Seeing his subordinates' excited expressions, and how they snatched up all the magazines he had asked someone to buy for him, he did not say anything to stop them.

Staying at this outpost is incredibly boring.

There are no recreational activities, and the station space is relatively small. Apart from the daily patrol and track safety inspections, they cannot go out at will.

Staying in this small space every day was really boring. That's why Liu Binggang thought of asking Wang Shun to help him buy these things.

"Quiet, everyone!"

Liu Binggang remembered his business and asked:

"Are there any problems with the supplies?"

One of his men quickly reported:

"The battery has been replaced, and we still have enough food to last us a week."

"We also stored 10 cubic meters of water, which is enough for us to use for a long time."

Liu Binggang nodded and said:

"Okay, pack everything up. Also, hasn't Zhang Jiafu and the others returned from their patrol yet?"

The subordinate replied, "I just contacted them. The three of them are already on their way back and should be stationed there in about half an hour."

Liu Binggang coughed, looked at his many subordinates, and smiled.

"Okay, then connect it to the projector and try it out to see if it works."

"Long live Brother Liu!"

"Brother Liu, have you downloaded any interesting short videos? I'd love to see some risqué ones."

"Vulgar. Watching this kind of stuff all the time will ruin your brain."

Looking at his men laughing and joking, Liu Binggang smiled and thought to himself, "Actually, it's quite nice to stay here with my brothers."

No longer do we need to drive around to different bases like before.

I wonder how Captain Xiao Hu and the others are doing now.

Six o'clock in the evening.

The train arrived near the big camphor tree.

The driver's voice came over the loudspeaker:
"Dear passengers, our next stop is Dazhangshu Headquarters, and we are expected to arrive at 6:15 PM. Please prepare to disembark, take your belongings, and queue in an orderly manner!"

The passengers in the carriage stood up one by one to prepare and pick up their luggage.

Sudden.

Someone in the carriage exclaimed, "Look! What's that?"

Everyone looked out of the carriage.

A towering fortress, seemingly reaching into the clouds, stood straight up several kilometers to the right.

The fortress looks like it's thirty stories high, nearly a hundred meters tall.

At this moment, the fortress is entering the final stage of construction, with its main structure being completed.

On the high scaffolding, workers are welding with electric welding machines.

The lower level of the fortress also had some openings, which were spaces reserved for weapons such as cannons.

"Holy crap, what's this?"

"You don't even know this? This is a ring fortress. Isn't it under construction in the oil city as well?"

"Wow, it's going to be this tall. The ring fortress in the oil city was only recently built, but I didn't expect the ring fortress at the headquarters base to be almost finished."

"Yes, as expected of the headquarters base, the speed is really fast. But to be honest, this fortress looks really powerful! I can't even imagine what kind of power this fortress will unleash when the sea fog zombies attack."

"A massive project! It really could only be built in our big camphor tree!"

Their eyes were filled with shock and pride.

They already knew about the sea fog disaster and the zombie mutation from the previous broadcast.

Moreover, even now, the First People's Broadcasting Station in Dazhangshu broadcasts reports on the pervasive sea fog from time to time.

At first, they were somewhat panicked about the sea fog disaster and the mutated zombies, but after hearing about them more often, they seemed to think it wasn't so bad.

Moreover, they witnessed firsthand the preparations made by the oil city and realized that the higher-ups had actually considered things more thoroughly than they had.

Whether it's the fortified city walls, the weapons added to the ramparts, or the frequent announcements of additional reservists...
Or perhaps it's the electric cars speeding through the oil city, a testament to the gradually improving industry.

They genuinely felt that the power of the oil city, or rather, the camphor tree, was constantly growing stronger.

Therefore, there was no fear of the impending horrific natural disaster and zombie onslaught.

The entire camphor tree was filled with the belief that victory was certain.

Ten minutes later.

The train traveled to the edge of the town of Dazhangshu.

The passengers on the bus gazed at the majestic city wall on the outskirts of the city, and the endless wall gave them a unique sense of awe.

The headquarters base seems to have higher walls than the oil city.

This was the first feeling in all of their minds.

After entering Edge City, the train stopped at the station area in the western part of Edge City.

The entire train entered a long, enclosed building.

The broadcast sounded again.

"Please wait five minutes, the train needs to go through external inspection," the driver's voice rang out again.

As the train entered the enclosed building, it had already passed through an area filled with sharp spears.

When the train passes through this area, it will use this movable, sharp spear to scrape people or zombies off the train from all directions.

Once inside the enclosed building, the vehicle will be sealed off by a steel fence, through which specialized personnel will inspect the exterior for any remaining hazards.

A worker, rifle in hand, walked somewhat helplessly down the steps and looked up at the bottom of the train to check for zombies.
"Dude, is it really necessary? There aren't any zombies here, why do we need to check? Isn't this a waste of time?"

An older staff member next to him patted him on the head.

"Of course, even though the sea fog and zombies haven't arrived yet, we're still doing a drill in advance. Let's quickly follow the procedures and check things properly. If our superiors find out we haven't checked things carefully, we'll be criticized in a public notice!"

"Hey"

The younger staff member shook his head helplessly and continued to inspect the bottom of the train with a flashlight and a gun.

The inspection was completed quickly.

The steel fence that extended down from the top was retracted.

drip~
A man holding a megaphone shouted:

"Inspection complete, you can open the door and get out of the car."

Ding dong ding dong~
The train sounded its alarm to open all the doors.

Then, a dozen seconds later, the passenger compartment doors were opened.

The passengers, carrying large and small bags of luggage, lined up and disembarked from the train.

"Don't push, go through security first, then swipe your points number cards at the gate."

One by one, the passengers lined up and walked to the machine, which resembled an airplane security checkpoint.

After passing through the security checkpoint, people undergo a full-body search by security personnel.

call--

Hong Shixiong swiped his points card and walked out of the gate, looking at the orange sky as the sun began to set.

He let out a long sigh.

He pulled a pack of cigarettes out of his pocket, then felt around for a moment before remembering that his lighter had been confiscated before he boarded the train.

He saw a train station not far away, and a man was smoking on the station.

He quickly ran over.

"Hey buddy, can I borrow a light?"

The man tossed him a lighter, which Hong Shixiong caught, glancing at the man who had lent him the light.

Upon closer inspection, he was surprised to find that the man in front of him was someone he knew.

"Firestone? What are you doing here?"

Firestone is a member of the Axe Gang and the deputy director of the underground arena in Oil City. But isn't he always in Oil City? Why is he here at the headquarters?

Huoshi had already spotted Hong Shixiong, after all, Hong Shixiong was a regular at the casinos that were part of their underground fighting arena.

"Old Hong, you've come to the headquarters, why can't I?"

"This, this, this, this makes sense!" Hong Shixiong stammered for a few moments before giving a thumbs-up and uttering the word "sound sense".

Huoshi laughed:

"It's not just me, our boss Six Fingers, and Fat Tiger and the others are here too. We're planning to hold an underground tournament here at headquarters."

"At that time, the strongest arena competition in Dazhangshu can be held simultaneously in two locations!"

"Just imagine, when the two bases compete against each other, and the contestants from both bases face off, wouldn't that be exciting!"

Hong Shixiong's eyes widened after hearing this.

Tingfenglou opened a branch here, and so did the Arena Tournament.

Oh my god.

"Awesome! That's a great idea!" Hong Shixiong praised.

(End of this chapter)