Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 2174 Dispatch and Arrangement Before the Sea Fog Arrives (5000 words)
Oriental Paradise.

On the outer city wall.

Black Hand and Zheng Shiwu stood side by side against the battlements, smoking as they gazed at the distant city fortress.

"Hiss~ Whoosh~" Black Hand exhaled a puff of smoke.

He flicked the cigarette ash onto the ground and said:

"Old Zheng, if we had known, we should have stayed in the oil city and become patrol captains. Now, a patrol captain has several hundred men under his command."

"Moreover, the oil city has complete facilities, is safe, and has many places to play."

"This place at Oriental Paradise is so boring."

Zheng Shiwu smiled, the scars on his face writhing like insects.

He no longer wears a mask; the scars on his face look terrifying, but no one talks about him.

On the contrary, it was his terrifying appearance that made others even more in awe of him.

"It's good here. The management isn't as strict, and in terms of organizational structure, we're at least the captains of the militia brigade, so there are fewer people managing us."

Black Hand took a deep drag on his cigarette, then threw the butt on the ground and stomped it out.

Looking at the distant city fortress, he asked with some concern:
"Do you think these defensive measures, built in such a short time, can withstand the zombies in the sea fog?"

After pondering for a moment, Zheng Shiwu said:

"It should be fine. Apart from a lack of personnel and resources, the defense system built by Oriental Paradise is not much worse than that of Oil City."

It has everything you need: intelligent mobile guillotines, defensive fire arrays, city fortresses—it has it all.

"Hmm," Black Hand nodded.

Just then, Li Haoran's voice came through both of their communicators simultaneously:

"Captains of all battalions and internal management personnel, come to the Hall of Righteousness in the inner city for a meeting."

The two exchanged a glance and immediately replied.

Then we walked together to the elevator in the wall and took it down.

The outer city of Oriental Paradise is still under construction, and its infrastructure is not yet complete.

The transportation here is not as convenient as it is in the headquarters base or the oil city, where there are public electric buses.

So they could only drive their vehicles into the inner city.

Ten minutes later.

The two arrived at the entrance of the Hall of Righteousness in the inner city.

Inside the Hall of Gathering Righteousness, Ju Tianrui, the head of Oriental Paradise, Li Haoran, the head of Oriental Paradise's internal affairs, Yu Ming, the captain of the combat brigade, Chen Er, the captain of the civilian armed forces brigade, Xie Shangfu, and others were all present.

There are currently 2800 combat personnel at Oriental Paradise.

Among them are 1800 official combat personnel and 1000 militia reservists recruited three months ago.

Among the 1800 who were actually engaged in combat, there was a well-equipped and experienced fighting force.

Eight militia brigades.

Also.

These militia reservists were screened to exclude those over 55 years of age, those with disabilities, etc., and passed various tests.

The vast majority of them had military experience and possessed a certain level of combat capability.

After three months of training, their combat capabilities have improved significantly.

After Li Haoran saw Hei Shou and Zheng Shiwu enter, he told Chen Er to close the door of the Gathering Hall.

After the gate closed.

Ju Tianrui tapped the table, and everyone turned to look at him.

"Sea fog and zombies will arrive at the coastal areas of Guangdong and Fujian provinces in three days."

"Now I will give you the arrangements for the next step."

"The outer city wall will be jointly guarded by Xie Shangfu, Xia Tian, ​​and your five armed forces brigades in shifts."

"At the same time, 400 militia reservists were transferred to assist."

"The inner city will be managed by Chen Er and Yu Ming."

"The city's fortifications will be primarily managed by Black Hand and Zheng Shiwu, and an additional 400 militia reservists will be assigned to assist you later."

"In addition, Yu Ming, as a member of the mobile force, you will be responsible for mobile support should there be any problems with the city fortress or the outer city wall."

"The remaining 200 militia reservists will remain in the inner and outer city as a security brigade to maintain order within the Oriental Paradise."

"any questions?"

As soon as Ju Tianrui finished speaking, Hei Shou and Zheng Shiwu exchanged a glance.

Their eyes were full of resistance.

A city fortress.
That's the most dangerous place, far from the main city, and on the front line facing hordes of zombies in the sea fog.

"I'm OK."

"That's okay with me too."

Chen Er and others expressed their opinions.

Only Zheng Shiwu and Hei Shou remained silent, offering no response.

Ju Tianrui looked at the two of them, his brows furrowing slightly as he asked:

"Don't you two want to go? If you don't want to go, you can say so earlier so I can arrange for someone else."

Zheng Shiwu sighed and gave Hei Shou a wink.

He nodded and said, "Director, I have no objection."

After seeing that Zheng Shiwu had already expressed his opinion, Black Hand had no choice but to say:
"I don't have any objection either."

After hearing that both of them had agreed, Ju Tianrui said:

"Fortress protection is of utmost importance. You two have extensive experience fighting zombies on the front lines, and this time you two bear the heaviest burden."

He actually put the two of them in charge of the fortress's defense without any ulterior motives; he simply felt that the two were a good match.

With a formidable enemy at hand, he didn't want to waste so much time discussing with them who should go where.

Moreover, he was a section chief, and his orders were absolute.

What use are subordinates who don't listen to orders?

“We understand!” Black Hand and Zheng Shiwu quickly replied.

"Hmm." Ju Tianrui nodded and looked at everyone, saying:
"The live-fire exercise will officially begin the day after tomorrow. The walls and fortified walls will work together. Everyone is ready."

"Yes!"

"Ok."

"Roger that!"

After explaining the mission, Ju Tianrui looked at Li Haoran and said:

"Manager Li, why don't you say a few words?"

"it is good."

Li Haoran pulled the movable blackboard behind him over and pulled down a map of Oriental Paradise from it.

"This is the latest map of our Oriental Paradise."

"First of all, regarding the construction of residential houses in the outer city, while there is still time, the construction department should complete the construction of the houses as soon as possible."

Currently, many residents in the outer city are sleeping in tents. Once the sea fog disaster arrives, everything will be wet and the temperature will definitely drop. These residents will be in danger of having no houses to live in.

The sea fog will reach Oriental Paradise in two months. Chief Engineer Xie, you guys need to step up your efforts.

Chief Engineer Xie Changshan stood up and said:
"But time is too tight. At most, two months can be used to complete houses that can accommodate 50% of the residents."

After thinking for a moment, Li Haoran said:
"Then let's halt the construction of other types of buildings, office buildings, commercial centers, etc. The most important thing now is to build residential housing!"

Ju Tianrui, who was sitting at the head of the table, nodded in agreement with the idea.

Since no one knows how long the sea fog will last, if no one has a house to live in, those without houses will surely be envious of those who do have houses.

Don’t worry about scarcity but inequality.

Riots could easily break out.

The Oriental Paradise area is relatively new, and the residents here don't have the same level of recognition for the Big Camphor Tree as they do for the Oil City.

Seeing that both Li Haoran and Ju Tianrui agreed to build the residential houses first, Jie Changshan nodded and said:

“Alright, I’ll transfer all the current construction workers here to build residential houses.”

Li Haoran nodded and looked at Lin Ran, who was in charge of the train tracks:
"Lin Ran, in the next two months, try to get as much grain as possible when transporting goods to and from the oil city. We're too far from the oil city."

"Yes."

Li Haoran then looked at the several managers in the Internal Affairs Department:

"He Shan, Zhao Bin, issue a warning to scavengers not to travel more than 200 kilometers away to scavenge in the near future."

"In addition, we will adjust the closing time of Oriental Paradise according to the notice issued by the headquarters."

It is located 20 kilometers away from the headquarters of the camphor tree.

Two people were lying in a withered bush.

Perhaps due to the impending arrival of sea fog, the prolonged high temperatures have finally been put on hold.

And as time went on, the temperature continued to drop to twenty degrees.

It's springtime, yet it feels like autumn.

Dandelions danced in the air, drifting everywhere in the sunlight. Even after a year-long drought, some resilient plants still managed to survive, scattering their seeds and taking root to grow.

Dandelions like this are highly adaptable, have a certain resistance to drought, can grow in a variety of soil conditions, and are both drought-tolerant and flood-tolerant, as well as tolerant of poor soil.

Simply put, it's extremely durable.

The two people in the bushes had their faces covered in dandelion seeds.

"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey." The burly man with the thick beard wiped the dandelion off his face, accidentally getting some in his mouth.

"Big brother, keep your voice down, don't get caught," Xie Dongshan whispered a reminder.

The two were survivors who came from Mao'er Mountain in Guilin.

After a journey of more than half a month, we finally arrived near the headquarters of the camphor tree.

The two men told the others to wait at a distance while they approached the large camphor tree to investigate.

However, even though they were still 20 kilometers away from the headquarters base in Dazhangshu, they encountered dozens of convoys one after another.

Xu Qiang, a burly man with a thick beard, looked at the highway not far away, which was overgrown with weeds.

But the convoy managed to clear a path through the overgrown road.

"Dongshan, why are there so many convoys here?" Xu Qiang asked.

Xie Dongshan watched the cars that had just driven by, his gaze fixed on the logo on them, which was still a big tree.

"Brother, based on our observations this morning, I think..."

"They should all be vehicles belonging to the big camphor tree. You can see that these vehicles all have the mark of that big tree on them. We've seen this mark in the cities we passed through on the way here."

"Therefore, I think firstly, the big camphor tree should really exist."

Secondly, the large camphor tree should, as they claim, shelter survivors.

Although Xu Qiang looks like a rough man, he is actually quite meticulous.

"Secondly, how do you prove this?"

Xie Dongshan squinted and said:

"They shouldn't be faking it. You saw what those trucks were loaded with; some were ore, some sand, and some scrapped machinery."
What kind of forces would need these things?
If minerals and sand are used in construction, then they must be involved in construction.

The fact that they have the spare capacity to undertake construction speaks volumes.

Furthermore, the recycling of those scrapped machines suggests that they must have made some progress in their industrial sector.

Moreover, look at these people, they are all strong and healthy, and they don't look like they've been hungry for a long time, which means they have plenty of food."

After listening to Xie Dongshan's speculation, Xu Qiang nodded slightly and asked:
"That makes sense. Shall we go straight to the big camphor tree?"

Xie Dongshan shook his head and said:

"No rush, let's stop a convoy first and ask about the situation. There's no need to put everyone at risk."

"Okay." Xu Qiang felt that Xie Dongshan's words made sense.

“Let’s go, let’s wait on that road.” Xie Dongshan got up from the bushes.

The two men had been crouching in the bushes all morning, observing dozens of convoys on the road.

I'm finally up now; my legs were numb from squatting.

The two walked to the middle of the road, feeling extremely uneasy.

Due to the impending arrival of sea fog along the coast of Guangdong Province, the headquarters base in Dazhangshu issued a warning notice.

We need to get the scavengers who have gone out to collect recyclables back as soon as possible.

So in the past few days, a large number of scavenger teams that had gone to distant places have returned.

In addition, the mines around the camphor tree are stepping up their mining and transportation efforts, resulting in a large number of vehicles traveling on the surrounding roads.

The two hadn't waited long when three cars drove up from a distance.

The first of the three cars is the lead car.

In the car.

"Brother Bo, there are two people ahead," the driver said to the sleeping man in the passenger seat.

Bo Ge, who was in the passenger seat, was woken up by the noise. He rubbed his eyes and looked ahead, and sure enough, he saw two people blocking the road in the middle of the road.

He instinctively drew his pistol from his waist and was about to pick up the walkie-talkie.

But the driver stopped him, saying, "Brother Bo, we're already in Ganzhou, only 20 kilometers from the headquarters."

"There's no need for that."

Upon hearing this, Brother Bo coughed and said, "So fast? You woke up and we're almost there?"

The driver nodded and said, "Yeah, what should we do with these two? Should we pay them any attention?"

After thinking for a moment, Bo Ge said:
"Let's stop and ask later. Nobody dares to cause trouble around the big camphor tree, and besides, people often walk on this road."

“If they are outsiders who have survived, then take them with you.”

Driver Xiao Chen nodded excitedly and said:
"That's great! If we bring these two outside survivors to the headquarters, we can earn 10 points along the way."

To encourage more survivors to join the base, the Big Camphor Tree issued a policy.

Any scavenger team that manages to bring survivors back to the camphor tree faction's base will be rewarded with 5 points.

Five points per person.

The policy immediately sparked enthusiasm among scavengers.

When they encountered survivors on the road, they would persuade them to join the Big Camphor Tree.

Since it's on the way anyway, I can just take them back and earn 5 points per person for free.

It's a bargain.

Crunch!

The vehicle stopped in front of them.

"You two? What's going on? Did you come from outside?" Brother Bo rolled down the car window and asked the two men.

Xie Dongshan and Xu Qiang exchanged a glance, and Xie Dongshan answered:

"Yes, we saw the advertisement for the Big Camphor Tree. Is the Big Camphor Tree really as advertised? Can it provide free shelter and food for survivors?"

Brother Bo laughed:

"Of course it's fake!"

Upon hearing this, the two felt a jolt in their hearts.

Bo Ge continued:

"It's impossible to get it for free, but you can exchange it for food and shelter through labor or other means."

We've all been living in the apocalypse for ten years; there's no such thing as a free lunch.

You've come to the right place; there's probably no better choice in the world than a big camphor tree.

The sea fog is coming soon, and there's a high chance you won't survive if you stay outside.
The headquarters of the Big Camphor Tree Base is just ahead; we can take you there along the way.

Just the two of you, right?

Xie Dongshan didn't answer the question. He lowered his head, his eyes darted around, and then he looked up and continued to ask:
"What kind of work do you do? Could you tell us more about the details inside the big camphor tree?"

Brother Bo noticed that it was the first time the two of them had ever been to the Big Camphor Tree.

He wasn't usually very patient, but for the sake of ten points, he patiently gave a detailed introduction to the big camphor tree.

Boom boom boom~
The roar of vehicles came from behind.

Bo saw another convoy approaching from behind and was afraid that the people in that convoy would intercept the two survivors and take away the ten-point referral fee.

So he quickly said to the two of them:

"Hey, get in the car, it's only 20 kilometers away, it'll only take about 10 minutes to drive there."

Xie Dongshan couldn't detect anything amiss in the conversation.

Xu Qiang whispered to him:
"Dongshan, and my cousin and the others are here too. We can go into the big camphor tree first to check the situation. If it's safe, we can have them come over together."

Xie Dongshan nodded, then looked up at Brother Bo and said:

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Brother Bo."

When Brother Bo heard that the two had agreed, he got out of the car, smiled, and pulled them to the side of the car.

While enthusiastically answering questions:

"There's no room in the truck, so you can sit in the truck bed first."

"oops!"

"I know what you outsider survivors are like, you're all suspicious, that's how we all got through it, I understand."

We put you in the truck bed for your own good, in case anything goes wrong on the road.
You can also jump off the truck bed and escape.”

"Over the years, I, Bo Yao, have sent quite a few people to the headquarters base."

"Why are you being so enthusiastic? It's simple, there's something in it for us to do by sending you there."

"Oh dear, the benefits aren't what you think."

Of course we're not selling you out! There are over a million people in the entire Zhangshu area, and while our base has policies in place, development still requires population.
By bringing the newcomer over, we can receive a certain number of points.

Points can be very useful.

"What are points? You can think of them as banknotes in a post-apocalyptic world. They're unique to the Big Camphor Tree!"
Once you arrive at the big camphor tree, you'll need these points to buy anything—food, clothes, and all other necessities.

"Don't worry, you really don't need to think so much. We wouldn't even want your flesh. Eating human flesh will cause you to get prions, and your eyes will turn red. Look at my eyes, aren't they red? Our big camphor tree doesn't lack that little bit of food."

"Look what's in my bag. This is dried beef from the Northwest branch that I bought at a high price. It's really expensive, and I only have this little bit."

"Alright, alright, I'm not talking to you anymore. Let's go back to the city first. Once we're back, you can get the city entry manual and then look at the bulletin board, and you'll understand everything."