Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 2179 The Sea Fog and the Eerie Silence

Sea fog is coming.

The temperature has also dropped significantly, and the high temperatures that have lasted for more than a year have finally cooled down.

The temperature had dropped to only about ten degrees Celsius.

With strong winds, the perceived temperature is even lower.

On the north-south national highway outside the city of Dazhangshu Base, vehicles were densely packed together, heading into the city.

The residents in the vehicles kept their windows tightly shut, anxiously waiting to enter the city.

On a dump truck.

"Old Gui, stop smoking, you're suffocating me."

"Open the windows for ventilation."

"You son of a bitch, I'm only wearing a short-sleeved shirt, are you going to freeze me to death if I open the window?"

"Who told you to wear only a short-sleeved shirt?"

"I had no idea the temperature would drop so quickly these past two days. It was almost 30 degrees Celsius just two days ago, and now it's suddenly so cold."

Lao Gui opened the window and threw the cigarette butt out.

The cold air blew in through the window, making goosebumps appear on Dongbao's arms.

Dongbao quickly told Lao Gui to close the window.

Then I turned on the heater, and I felt much better.

Old Gui took out a second-hand electric shaver he'd somehow acquired and started shaving.

This electric shaver is just too worn out, and the blades aren't very sharp.

So it wasn't a smooth shave, and I always felt like my beard was being pulled up.

After shaving for a while and feeling like he'd wasted his time, he said to Dongbao:
"Lend me your manual razor for a moment."

Dongbao glanced at him and refused:

"These are personal belongings, I won't lend them out."

Frustrated, Lao Gui tossed the electric shaver back into his backpack, crossed his arms, and closed his eyes to rest.

The dump truck moved slowly, following the vehicle in front of it.

Since the warning notice was issued by Dazhangshu yesterday, a large number of scavenger teams have returned to the Dazhangshu headquarters base.

Especially today, the queue of cars outside the gate never stopped.

Boom boom boom~
In the western part of Dazhangshu, a long train departs from the outskirts of the city.

The speeding train attracted the attention of many residents.

With sea fog approaching, all road traffic will be suspended, but train and railway services will continue.

The train carriages were loaded with fertilizers, pesticides, electronic products, clothing, grains, and other supplies produced by the camphor tree.

These supplies were not only for the oil city, but were also supplied to the other four branch bases.

As the core hub, the supplies will be distributed at the Oil City's material distribution center after being delivered there, and then transported to various branch bases by train.

The headquarters base in Dazhangshu has the strongest industrial capabilities, and many things can only be produced through the headquarters base.

Just like tungsten carbide alloy bullets, only the military factories at the headquarters base can produce them.

On the speeding train, besides supplies, there were also passengers who had bought train tickets.

Many of these passengers were businessmen who traveled between several bases to set up shops.

For example, Tingfenglou opened branches in its headquarters base, the Northern Territory, and Oriental Paradise within a year.

And their businesses are all doing exceptionally well.

Shuilonghui Bar also followed in Tingfenglou's footsteps, opening stores in other branches.

Besides businessmen, there were also military personnel carrying out missions.

Or perhaps someone who works at headquarters but whose family lives in the oil city.

The five train lines not only facilitated the flow of goods but also enabled the free movement of people between the various bases.

Two days later.

All the mines outside the headquarters base in Dazhangshu were withdrawn back to the headquarters base.

Personnel, equipment, ore, and other items were brought back together.

Another day passed, and the traffic outside the headquarters base became extremely light.

Most of the scavenger teams that went out have returned.

The headquarters base in Dazhangshu was packed with people.

Even though residents were ordered to stay home, many took advantage of the time before the sea fog arrived to come to the commercial area to buy supplies.

The commercial district has not become desolate in the past two days; on the contrary, it has become even more prosperous.

As the weather has gotten much colder, many people have started wearing thick clothes.

Meanwhile, the clothing store was doing exceptionally well.

The gates of the outer city of Big Camphor Tree were now three-quarters closed.

And the city can be locked down at any time.

On the outer wall of the city, Yu Lei, the captain of the gate guard, stood looking out of the city.

There were only three or four vehicles sparsely entering the city outside, and the barricades had already been removed.

The security personnel in the guard post also withdrew back inside the gate.

Once they receive the message from the fortress, they can quickly close the gate within three minutes.

Outside the city, fallen leaves and dust swirled in the air, and the withered wood looked particularly desolate in the sunlight.

There were no animals, nor any insects chirping.

Only the occasional sounds of machinery operating could be heard from the construction sites within the outskirts of the city.

"It's really desolate," Yu Lei remarked.

A young man standing next to him, holding an automatic rifle, asked:

"Captain, you don't seem to be in a good mood. What's wrong?"

Yu Lei shook his head and said:
"It's nothing, I just feel uneasy for some reason."

The young man grew up in the big camphor tree and has lived there since his childhood.

Having witnessed the great camphor tree withstand countless natural disasters and zombie hordes, he knew very well how powerful it was.

In his mind, the big camphor tree was a great city that could never be breached.

"Captain, don't worry. Our Great Camphor Tree is so strong now, why should we be afraid of the sea fog disaster?"

Yu Lei forced a smile. "You're right."

"Have you started dating recently?"

The young man hadn't expected Yu Lei to change the subject so quickly, and scratched his head somewhat shyly, saying:
"I'm still pursuing her, but she doesn't like to talk to me."

Yu Lei laughed:

"Hey, don't just think about giving a watch right from the start. There's a method to pursuing someone, let me tell you."

Two more days passed.

Almost all the scavengers have returned to the headquarters.

Outside the city gate at the edge of the big camphor tree, no residents have entered for half a day.

Yu Lei reported the situation to his superiors and received orders to impose a city-wide lockdown three hours later.

Three hours flew by.

Yu Lei looked at the national highway in the distance, but still couldn't see any vehicles. He was about to pick up the walkie-talkie to issue the order to lock down the city.

Just at this time.

News came from Fortress No. 4 that a convoy was heading towards headquarters.

After receiving the message, Yu Lei asked the staff below the city to wait a little longer.

Twenty minutes later.

Yu Lei saw the convoy on the wall. All the vehicles had the big camphor tree logo on them, making it easy to recognize them as their Big Camphor Tree vehicles.

Seven or eight vehicles, all fully loaded with supplies.

At this moment, the people in the first car in the queue saw that the gates of Edge City were still open.

He immediately breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank goodness, we finally made it."

Since they didn't have to queue, they went straight into the barbican.

"Why are you only coming back now?!" the gatekeeper yelled at them.

"You guys were lucky this time. If the fortress hadn't told us, we would have closed the gates right away!"

A man on the bus said with a forced smile:

"I'm sorry, a car broke down and took a long time to repair, which is why I was delayed."

"Go check it out immediately, the sea fog could come at any time." The staff member glared at him. He picked up the walkie-talkie, consulted with Yu Lei, and then had the gates of Edge City closed.

Boom boom boom~
The two massive, heavy doors made a tremendous noise.

Dust fell down.

These two large doors haven't been closed for a long time.

For the past six months, people have been coming and going at the border crossing of the city 24 hours a day, so it has never been closed.

The two doors, each three meters thick, closed completely after three minutes.

dong dong dong~
An alloy steel door was lowered outside the main gate.

Immediately afterwards, another concrete wall rose up from the bottom inside the gate, embedding itself into the wall above.

The concrete wall is also three meters thick.

With this, the gates of Edge City were finally closed completely.

The alloy steel door, the main gate, and the concrete wall—the three protective doors together are nearly 7 meters long.

However, it is still recessed compared to the walls on both sides.

The walls of Edge City are 12 meters thick, and electric vehicle charging stations are set up on top of Edge City, so you can drive on it.

ten minutes later.

After the inspection was completed, these people were allowed to pass.

call--

"We're safe now."

Everyone in the car breathed a sigh of relief after entering the Edge City.

"It's all your fault. If you hadn't insisted on taking that road, car number 3 wouldn't have had a tire blowout, car number 4 wouldn't have overturned, and so much time would have been wasted."

"Hey, stop arguing, we've arrived already, let's hurry up and unload the cargo."

"Go for a walk."

Just as the convoy was heading towards the cargo settlement center, the city's defense horns suddenly sounded throughout the entire camphor tree area.

Drop drop-

The horn's piercing sound sent shivers down the spine of anyone who heard it.

"This is."

"This is the level two alarm!"

"It only sounds when a natural disaster strikes or a zombie horde hits. The sea fog is probably coming soon. Let's hurry to the unloading area, or we won't be able to see anything later."

The passengers were terrified and quickly drove to the settlement center.

At this time, there were very few people and vehicles on the road in the outskirts of the city, with only public transport buses occasionally passing by on the other side.

They drove to the settlement center as fast as they could.

After the horn sounded, the loudspeaker on the big camphor tree also broadcast the following:

"Warning! Warning! Warning!"

"The sea fog will arrive at the Big Camphor Tree headquarters base in half an hour. All residents are requested to return to their residences as soon as possible!"

The warning notifications kept echoing.

The convoy of scavengers drove their vehicles toward the settlement center.

South of the Big Camphor Tree, Fortress No. 6.

A city fortress that is 100 meters high.

The highest, third-level combat platform.

A strong wind howled, blowing Bai Wenyang's combat uniform.

He stood at the edge of the combat platform, his hands resting on the steel handrails.

Because the entire combat platform protrudes outwards from this point, below them are the second-level combat platform and the first combat platform.

The first combat platform has the largest outward protrusion area and is also the outermost platform.

Bai Wenyang looked towards the south.

A thick fog rolled in from the south, like a sandstorm, sweeping in.

They were standing on high ground and could see further. Although they could see the sea fog, it was still at least tens of kilometers away from them.

"Have you notified headquarters yet?" Bai Wenyang asked without turning his head.

The combat personnel under his command quickly said:

"We have already contacted the headquarters."

Bai Wenyang nodded and said again:

"Get everyone ready. We should be in the first wave to face the sea fog and zombies!"

"Yes!" the team member answered solemnly, then ran down the slope.

They have rehearsed it countless times recently.

Now, the moment of truth has finally arrived.

Bai Wenyang wasn't too worried about the so-called Vajra zombies, but he was a little apprehensive about the mutated zombie sea beasts.

He had obtained photos taken by the reconnaissance team about zombie squid, although the photos were not very clear due to rain during the shooting.

However, that zombie squid was truly enormous.

It's tens of meters long.
If a zombie squid were to appear, that would be troublesome.

Their fortified city has two combat modes.

One mode is defensive mode, where the platform retracts, turning the entire fortress into a tortoise shell.

One option is to deploy a three-tiered platform, extending and widening the combat area, which would enhance firepower. However, combat personnel standing on the platform would be exposed to the elements.
The Vajra zombies below are no problem; they can't fly, and the moving guillotine can block and deal with them.

However, if you encounter a zombie squid, its tentacles, which are tens of meters long, are truly terrifying, and you could very well be swept away by its tentacles.

As the sea fog drew closer, Bai Wenyang gripped the steel handrail even tighter.

"Pull the switch, retract the platform, and activate defense mode."

"Activate thermal imaging and sonar detection to check for zombies in the sea fog."

"Yes."

"Yes."

beep--

The three platforms slowly retracted until they were back inside the center of the fortress, at which point the protective barriers on the fortress were lowered.

At this point, the entire fortress formed an impenetrable tortoise shell.

Inside the fortified city, the lights were bright.

Under Bai Wenyang's command, they each arrived at their respective combat positions.

After arranging everything, Bai Wenyang went to the observation window.

The sea fog blowing from the south was getting closer and closer to them.

One minute.

Two minutes.

three minutes.

ten minutes.

The sea fog drifted over like a gentle breeze.

In the half minute before the sea fog arrived, everything seemed to stand still, creating a sense of impending doom.

Communication between people ceased; they remained within the fortified city walls, and within a radius of several kilometers, their fortress was the only place with living people.

There was no bustling traffic outside, only the endless sea fog surging in.

Sea fog blows in.

The view vanished instantly, and everything outside was completely invisible.

Moisture from the sea fog seeped in through the gaps in the fortress, causing the temperature inside to drop by six or seven degrees Celsius instantly.

Quiet.

After the city's fortress was invaded by the sea fog, it fell into an eerie silence.

There was no sound of wind or vehicles; it was as if everything had been paused.

Everyone fell silent.

The quieter it was, the more terrifying it felt.

Where are the zombies?

A chill instantly shot from my tailbone to the top of my head, and my hands and feet were ice cold.

Bai Wenyang got goosebumps on his arms.

He shouted loudly at the observation group:
"Where did the zombies go? Has any of you seen any zombies?"