Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Eastern part of Fortress No. 11.

A gigantic zombie squid is rolling toward the headquarters base of the Great Camphor Tree.

The enormous zombie squid is like a moving mountain.

Its tentacles supported its main body, and it moved even faster than the King Kong zombie.

Wherever this giant squid went, many zombies were crushed under its enormous body.

Tang Ji held the binoculars, feeling extremely anxious.

The operator on the close-in weapon system shouted:

"Close-in weapon system ready!"

Upon hearing this, Tanguy issued the order without hesitation:
"fire!"

With Tang Ji's command, the 11 barrels of the close-in weapon system rotated around the central axis to achieve continuous firing.

The three close-in weapon systems, No. 10, No. 11, and No. 12, fired simultaneously.

The tracer rounds between the armor-piercing rounds formed a line, and the three beams of light collided with the zombie king squid.

Da da da da~
Under the illumination of the ultra-long-range searchlights, the entire battlefield was as bright as day.

The body of the Vajra zombie was pierced by close-in weapon system fire. Except for the main body, its tentacles were riddled with holes.

The close-in weapon system can fire 1 armor-piercing rounds per minute, but even though this zombie king squid was riddled with bullets, it still charged toward the headquarters base.

puff~
It sprayed out several streams of ink, which landed on the ordinary zombies below and burned up with white smoke. Clearly, the ink sprayed by the Zombie King Squid had a strong corrosive effect.

Tang Ji felt a pang of anxiety upon seeing this; he knew he had to take down this giant squid from a distance.

Otherwise, with such a corrosive ink spray, they would be in danger if they got close to the city's fortress.

But now even armor-piercing bullets can't penetrate the body of this zombie squid king. What can we do?
"Captain, the Chief of Staff has suggested we use thermobaric weapons!" the messenger rushed to Tang Ji's side and reminded him.

"If thermobaric weapons don't work, report back immediately. Headquarters is preparing to use heavy artillery to bombard the area."

Tang Ji's eyes darted around, noticing numerous craters on the main body of the giant squid zombie in the distance. He immediately gave orders: "Artillery, use thermobaric shells!"

"Yes!"

"Roger that!"

"understand!"

Half a minute later, thermobaric missiles shot out from the three city fortresses.

The thermobaric bomb burst into a huge flame, engulfing even the entire body of the Zombie King Squid.

Under high-temperature combustion, the 30mm armor-piercing round was surprisingly able to penetrate the body of this zombie squid!
"It works!" Seeing this, Tang Ji excitedly ordered the artillery to continue bombarding the zombie.

And the close-in weapon system was aimed at the main body of the Zombie King Squid and fired.

Boom boom boom~
Da da da da~
Under the combined bombardment of 30mm armor-piercing rounds from close-in weapon systems and thermobaric rounds from mortars, the giant squid zombie's torso was engulfed in flames, and large sections of its limbs were torn apart.

Boom——

Finally, the giant squid, a zombie king as big as a small mountain, fell between fortresses 11 and 12.

Flames burned on its body, and the surrounding zombies rushed to devour it as soon as they realized that the Zombie King Squid was dead.

"Finally dead." Tang Ji's heart finally settled down after seeing this.

At the same time, a train was traveling from the north towards the headquarters base.

However, this train did not travel through the eastern part of the area, but rather through the western part of the camphor tree base.

If this train were located east of Dazhangshu, the intense bombing just now could very well have broken the tracks.

Clang, clang, clang~
Da da da da~
In the eastern part of the Big Camphor Tree headquarters base, fortresses No. 3, 4, and 5 were also clearing out the zombie horde, creating a relatively easy path for the train.

Xiao Hu, the commander in charge of this train, already had experience and was coordinating with the city's fortresses according to previous procedures.

Inside the passenger compartment, Shan Zimo and the others could see zombies and flames burning everywhere outside through the bulletproof glass windows.

The searchlights on the city wall shone on their train.

The close-in weapon systems on the train's combat carriages were firing at full power, sweeping away the zombies on both sides in front.

pat~
Suddenly, a giant zombie jumped onto the train and gripped the protective bar outside the bulletproof glass tightly. The bar was made of alloy, and the zombie couldn't budge it at all.

Inside the bulletproof glass, Shan Zimo was seeing the King Kong zombie up close for the first time.

"stop looking."

A passing combatant pulled down the inner panel of the bulletproof glass.

"Who gave you permission to open the protective armor plates without authorization!" the combat personnel shouted angrily.

Shan Zimo quickly said:
"Sorry, we're just curious."

The combatants warned:
"We're about to enter the city. We'll have to wait another half hour after we get in, so don't get out of the car yet."

After saying that, he left.

The three, Shan Zimo and his companions, were left looking at each other in bewilderment.

The train entered the headquarters base of the Big Camphor Tree.

After several days of fighting the zombie horde in the sea fog, the headquarters base at the Great Camphor Tree has gradually gained control of the battle and is able to formulate effective combat plans as quickly as possible.

After entering the edge city, Shan Zimo and his group stayed for half an hour as required by the local regulations.

Lai Dongsheng, who was in charge of inspecting the safety of the train carriages, discovered a King Kong zombie that had climbed onto the carriage.

Immediately have someone capture this King Kong zombie and send it to the research institute for study.

This is an excellent research target; no King Kong zombie has ever been captured so well.

ding dong ding dong --

The carriage door opened.

Shan Zimo and the others came out carrying their luggage.

However, they still need to go through two security checks before leaving the station.

Shan Zimo looked around at the station. He had participated in the design of this station, but before it was completed, he was assigned to repair the tracks.

This was the first time he had seen a completed station.

"Shandong, the train station at the headquarters seems smaller than the train station in the oil city," Wei Cheng said from the side.

Shan Zimo nodded and said:

"After all, the oil city connects four places: east, west, north, and south, so the station naturally needs to be larger."

After passing through security, the security personnel smiled and said to them:
"Welcome home."

Shan Zimo looked at the security personnel with some surprise, "You know us?"

The security personnel explained with a smile:
“I don’t know you, but I know you are the workers responsible for building the tracks.”

"Without your efforts over the past year, the railway construction in our Dazhangshu could not have been completed so quickly."

After listening, Shan Zimo smiled and nodded at him.

Stepping out of the station, a blast of cold air hit me.

The buildings and wide streets of the outskirts of the city come into view, covered in a blanket of white snow.

All white.

Large, fluffy snowflakes fell on the steps in front of them.

Shan Zimo breathed in the cold air and reached out his right hand to catch a snowflake.

They didn't see snow anywhere from the Northwest to the oil city.

Meanwhile, at the headquarters base, due to the deployment of rain-inducing grenades and the extreme cold causing water molecules to condense into snow, it had been snowing continuously recently. "It's snowing," Shan Zimo murmured.

"Hey, are you workers coming back from the oil city? Come this way," a bus driver called out to them after seeing them.

The bus driver ran up to them and said kindly:
"Where are you going? If you're going to the residential buildings in the Edge City, take the bus over there. If you're going to the Buffer City, take the bus over here."

Following his pointing direction, they saw dozens of buses waiting on both sides of the train station exit.

Shan Zimo asked:
Are they all here to pick us up?

The driver nodded and said, "Yes, we were given a mission from above. They said that when you workers who have been away from home return, we are here to take you home."

When Shan Zimo heard him say that, a warm feeling rose in his heart.

So considerate.

“Let’s go to Buffer City,” Shan Zimo said.

"Then come with me." The driver glanced at him and suddenly noticed that the badge on his chest was green.

This green badge indicates that the middle-aged man in front of me is a Level 3 personnel.

In the construction department, a level three staff member is not a low-ranking position.

His expression became even more enthusiastic as he beckoned them to get in the car.

"Dude, I bet you're a leader too," the driver said, trying to strike up a conversation as they walked toward the car.

Shan Zimo smiled but did not answer directly: "I guess so."

Wei Cheng, standing to the side, snorted coldly and said:

“My brother Shan was the person in charge of building the Dashi Line, Shidong Line, and Shixi Line. Would you say he wasn’t a leader?”

The driver seemed a little incredulous upon hearing this, "Really?"

He had some doubts in his heart, after all, how could such a high-ranking leader only be at the third level?

Wei Cheng saw through his thoughts; in fact, he was also somewhat upset for Shan Zimo.

Despite making such a great contribution, he was only promoted three levels, from level six to level three.

So after sitting down in the car, he complained to Shan Zimo:

"Shandong, I don't know what the higher-ups are thinking. You've made such a great contribution, but you've only been given the status of a level three staff member. It's so unfair."

Unexpectedly, Lü Song, who was standing next to him, shook his head and said:

"Old Wei, watch your words."

"Shandong has only been with Dazhangshu for a little over a year, and in that time he has been promoted from level six to level three. This is an unprecedented speed of promotion in the construction department."

Shan Zimo didn't feel much about this, even though his superior, Ding Jiu, had mentioned it to him before.

They promised him that if he didn't make any mistakes in the following year, he would be promoted again.

Upgrading from Level 3 to Level 2 requires not only contribution points but also a certain number of years of membership in the Big Camphor Tree.

No matter how great your achievements are, if you haven't been with the camphor tree long enough, you won't be able to upgrade to level two.

Because it is at level two, it is already considered a very high level among large camphor trees.

Shan Zimo was actually quite satisfied with being able to upgrade to level three.

Achieving level three in just one year is something you can't find many like that in the entire camphor tree base, even with a lantern.

“That’s already very good. You two joined the Big Camphor Tree earlier than me, and now I’m at a higher level than you,” Shan Zimo said.

"Uh," Wei Cheng was stung by Shan Zimo's words.

After a long pause, he finally said, "Alright."

The vehicle starts.

The three of them remained silent, gazing at the scenery outside the window.

Snowflakes are falling, and steam rises from the residential buildings in the distance—white mist emanating from the shower rooms beneath them.

Compared to a year ago, there are many more buildings in Edge City, and all the roads have been repaired.

As they drew closer to the buffer city, Shan Zimo grew increasingly excited.

It's been a year, and I'm finally going to see my wife and daughter, Duoduo.

Twenty minutes later.

The vehicle arrived at the eastern residential area of ​​the buffer city.

Shan Zimo and the others got out of the car.

Shan Zimo took out a slip of paper from his pocket. This slip of paper was given to them by Huang Guangyuan, the manager of the trading market in the oil city, when they were in the oil city.

The address of each worker's home was written down on it.

Throughout the past year, these workers have been building structures outside. Among them, those with families have all transferred their accumulated points to their family members' point cards on a monthly basis.
Some workers also moved to new places after being promoted.

In order to enable these workers to quickly find their families after they return, the headquarters base housing management office compiled information on the workers' family addresses in advance and entrusted the oil city to distribute it to them.

Shan Zimo is now a Level 3 personnel.

Their families also moved to Zone A of the buffer city.

Shan Ziming's family originally lived in the oil city, but considering that the education in the oil city was not as good as that in the headquarters base, Shan Ziming's wife discussed it with him remotely and moved to the headquarters base with their daughter.

All workers who travel away from home have one opportunity to speak with their families each month.

Shan Zimo was of a higher rank and had frequent access to radio stations, so he was naturally able to contact his wife.

He greeted Wei Cheng and Lü Song beside him, then took the note in his hand and hurriedly walked towards Zone A.

It was already 12:30 a.m.

Under the dim streetlights, snowflakes fell like petals, tinged with a golden hue by the light, making them exceptionally beautiful.

There wasn't a single pedestrian on the road.

He left deep footprints on the ground as he walked.

The buildings in Zone A are spaced far apart. He looked at the trees along the roadside, which were wrapped tightly in straw, and sighed.

A dozen minutes later, he finally found the building corresponding to the number on the note.

Climb up to the third floor.

He knocked on the door cautiously.

Unexpectedly, the door opened instantly.

"Daddy!" His daughter, Duoduo, rushed over to him as soon as she saw him.

When his wife, Yuan Jingchun, saw him, her eyes were filled with surprise and joy, and she said:

“I asked the people at the station, and they said your arrival time was uncertain, but it should be after 12 o'clock. I thought it was too cold outside, so I didn't bring Duoduo to pick you up outside.”

Duoduo heard you were coming back today and was so excited she couldn't sleep, insisting on staying up all night with you.

Shan Zimo patted Duo Duo's head. Unbeknownst to him, his daughter had grown to his shoulder height.

close the door.

The indoor heating made him sweat slightly.

"It's so warm at home," he thought, looking at his wife and daughter with a sense of unreality.

An unreal sense of happiness.

(End of this chapter)