Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 2207 Third Aunt's First Trip Out of the City, Oil City Food Storm
Boom boom boom—

The armored vehicles and repair vehicles emitted a loud roar.

"Little Yellow Ox, turn around quickly and make room for Duan Lin and the others behind!" Xie Fei shouted anxiously to Little Yellow Ox, who was driving the car.

They had one last step to take: sealing off the path leading from the straight road to the tracks with the remaining sand and gravel.

Although it has no effect on Vajra zombies or crawling zombies, it achieves its goal as long as it can stop most ordinary zombies.

After receiving the order, the little yellow ox quickly turned the car around and drove it behind the repair vehicle.

Zhang Zihao quickly drove forward in the repair truck, made a U-turn, turned, and lifted the truck bed; his movements were fluid and seamless.

Wow~
The remaining five tons of sand and gravel in the truck bed fell onto the path leading to the straight road.

Just then, zombies running from the southern valley approached them.

Da da da da~
The armored combat vehicles ahead quickly activated combat mode, with heavy machine guns and machine guns spitting fire and bullets relentlessly sweeping through the horde of zombies dozens of meters away.

The zombies' movements were halted by the armored fighting vehicle's firepower, giving the repair vehicles behind them time to dump the sand and gravel.

A minute passed.

The repair truck quickly lowered its bucket.

Even with the cover of the armored fighting vehicles in front, a small number of zombies still managed to get close to them.

The King Kong zombie sprang up and jumped directly onto the falling truck bed.

Slurp slurp~
Because there were still some loose stones left on the truck bed, it was a bit slippery. The King Kong zombie struggled to climb up, but still kept sliding down.

"Are you done yet, Duan Lin?" Xie Fei called out from inside the armored fighting vehicle at the front.

Duan Lin glanced at the truck bed in the rearview mirror and replied via walkie-talkie:

"Alright, alright, let's go!"

"Let's go! Back to the base!" Xie Fei shouted to the little yellow ox.

The two vehicles, one after the other, traveled along the railway tracks toward the outpost.

However, because of the delay, many zombies had caught up with them. These zombies crawled out from the bushes at the edge of the straight road. Some zombies got stuck in the bushes, while others crawled through the bushes and ran to their side.

dong dong dong~
The armored vehicle collided with the zombies, making a loud thud.

The Vajra zombies scratched at the metal of the car, making a piercing sound that made one's teeth ache and ears ring.

Clang, clang!

The armored combat vehicle ran over the zombies.

"Stationmaster, the station asked us if the repairs are complete. The train has arrived at the station and they're unloading supplies. It's estimated to depart in about 3 minutes," Zhao Bing said from inside the train.

Xie Fei replied:
"Tell them that we are already on our way back and the train can proceed as normal."

"it is good."

Then, Xie Fei had the little ox drive the car off the tracks to avoid a collision with the train later.

After traveling a short distance, they lost sight of each other again.

The infrared thermal image showed dozens of red dots in the background; these were all zombies.

They moved the car to the left side of the tracks and slowed down.

It's only seven kilometers from here to the outpost, and at the current speed, it should only take a dozen minutes to get there.

In the car.

Zhou Tan woke up, but his face was pale.

After seeing that he had woken up, Xie Fei asked with concern:
"Old Zhou, how are you feeling?"

Zhou Tan touched his ear, which had been bandaged up, but he felt a bit cold all over.

"It's a bit cold. Help me take off my combat uniform; the clothes underneath are all soaked from the rain."

Xie Fei quickly helped him take off his combat suit. Zhou Tan had just been scratched by a zombie, and after being injected with the antidote to turn back into a human, his body was extremely weak, and his resistance was very low.

After Zhou Tan finished taking off his clothes, he suddenly laughed:

"Hey, damn it, I'm a lucky guy."

Xie Fei pointed at his nose and cursed:
"I told you not to take off your helmet! It's so dangerous outside! Why didn't you listen? If we don't have the zombie cure, you're done for."

Zhou Tan smiled but didn't answer. He just felt a chill on his head and touched it, only to find that all his hair was gone.

One of the side effects of injecting the zombie antidote is that all the hair on your body will fall out.

Zhou Tan couldn't help but grab his crotch and, sure enough, pulled out a tuft of black hair.

"It seems the manual was right; after zombifying and turning back into a human, all the body hair is gone."

"You still care about this? You're hopeless." Xie Fei shook his head, ignoring him and focusing on what was ahead.

A few minutes later.

A very bright beam of light appeared in front of us.

The light was so bright that it hurt the eyes of everyone in the car.

The little yellow ox steadied the steering wheel and simply stopped the car on the side of the road, refusing to move.

The repair truck behind stopped when it saw the car in front stop.

"Turn off the high beams and spotlights," Xie Fei said from inside the car.

"it is good."

He had just turned off the searchlight when he noticed that the light in front of him had suddenly become much weaker.

Clearly, the train's super-powerful searchlights were also turned off.

The train is equipped with four high-powered searchlights, which can illuminate areas several kilometers away under normal conditions.

Clang, clang~
The train sped past them, the shockwaves it created blowing the sea fog to both sides.

This allowed them to see the appearance of the train next to them.

The entire train is covered in armor, and even the windows are made of double-layered bulletproof glass, with alloy railings for protection.

The most eye-catching feature is the massive close-in weapon system on the front of the vehicle.

Xie Fei quietly pressed his face against the car window, watching the train speeding past, his eyes filled with awe.

The train cut through the darkness, heading north.

It was as if they wanted to slay all the evil spirits.

Two minutes later, the train gradually disappeared from their sight.

Xie Fei urged the little yellow ox, "Drive, let's go back."

Ten minutes later, they arrived at the quarantine room at their post.

However, they did not get off the bus immediately.

Instead, they first had Liang Che and the others who remained at the outpost take out the zombies lying on the vehicle through the safety firing ports.

bang bang bang~
Several gunshots rang out.

Ding dong ding dong.

The explosion-proof door on the inside slowly opened.

Liang Che, holding an automatic rifle, carefully inspected the underside of the vehicle with Xiao Song and the others.

boom!
Liang Che discovered that there was a zombie lying under the repair truck, and immediately shot it dead.

After these people return from their trips, they have to conduct inspections. Some zombies may be in the vehicles, while others may be hiding under the chassis. If you're not careful, you can easily fall victim to one.

These are all experiences they've accumulated over many years.

"Stationmaster, it's safe now, you can get off the train." Liang Che stood in front of the train and waved to Xie Fei.

Xie Fei opened the car door, looked at the zombie corpse on the ground, and said, "Duan Hong, you guys dispose of the zombie corpse."

"Stationmaster, you're finally back."

"Huh? Old Zhou, what happened to your hair? Could it be..." Liang Che was taken aback when he saw Zhou Tan being helped down by Xiao Huangniu and the other man.

Zhou Tan said with a wry smile, "I was scratched by a King Kong zombie, but luckily the headquarters gave us the antidote for zombies, otherwise I would have lost my life there."

Xie Fei strode to the main hall and sat down in front of the radio.

"Train Conductor Xiao Hu, have you passed that bend? How is it? Is the train running normally?"

Clang, clang~
On the train.

After receiving Xie Fei's message, Xiao Hu immediately replied:

"Everything is normal, I don't feel anything. You did a great job. I will report this to headquarters later and commend you for this emergency repair!"

Thank you again!

"Of course." Xie Fei breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that there was no problem with the train.

After all, there were thousands of passengers and tens of thousands of tons of supplies on that train, making it a matter of great importance.

Command room.

Xiao Hu had just put down his radio headset when he noticed someone standing next to him.

Upon seeing this person, he quickly stood up. "Captain Li Tie, is there something you need from me?"

The man in front of me is the cousin of the leader of the Big Camphor Tree Commando Team, and also the captain of the Big Camphor Tree Commando Team, a core member.

Xiao Hu is far inferior to Li Tie in terms of both authority and status.

Li Tie waved his hand and asked, "Is the track repair alright?"

He had just learned about the deformed rails, so he came over to inquire about it.

"It's resolved, but the rails are only temporarily repaired. According to Shan Zimo from headquarters, they're expected to last only a few months before needing to be repaired again," Xiao Hu replied.

"A few months?" Li Tie asked after a moment's thought.
"We don't know how many months the sea fog will last. Maybe it will all dissipate in a few months."

"Yeah, that's true." Xiao Hu was also optimistic; he didn't want to think about things too far in the future.

“Captain Li Tie, your rank is higher than mine, why don’t you take charge of this train?”

Li Tie shook his head and refused:

"What are you saying? This is your duty. I'm just a passenger on this train. You don't need to be so formal. You can decide what to do on the train."

“Okay.” Xiao Hu nodded.

After learning that the train track problem had been resolved, Li Tie turned around and left the command room, heading towards the crew quarters.

The vehicle weaved through the darkness, the outside shrouded in mist, the temperature around zero degrees Celsius.

But the car was heated, making it bright and warm.

Li Tie returned to the crew compartment and glanced at the items on the overhead luggage rack.

"Tiezi, you're back? How did you do?" Wu Huiping asked worriedly when she saw her son return.

Li Tie looked relaxed. "Mom, it's nothing. There are staff on-site repairing it. It's been resolved. Don't worry."

Wu Huiping breathed a sigh of relief after hearing her son's words.

"How can we not worry? A train runs on the tracks. If there's a problem with the tracks, how can the train escape unscathed? There are so many people on the train."

"Don't worry," Li Tie said, putting his arm around his mother's shoulder to reassure her.

It's been ten years.

The mother, Wu Huiping, has always stayed at the headquarters and has never left.

The furthest she had ever been was to a border town, and she didn't know much about how the outside world had changed.

Although she gleaned bits and pieces from their conversations, without experiencing the harsh realities of the outside world, she couldn't truly empathize.

Within the inner city of the Dazhangshu headquarters base, many people have remained within the base and have never ventured out.

Most of these people were from the Li family, and they were all elderly.

In Li Yu's view, they don't need to know how cruel the outside world is; they just need to live their lives well.

The outside world, the operation and development of the camphor tree, can be left to their descendants.

This is also what Li Yu wanted to achieve. They were supporting the entire family and the big camphor tree, while the older folks like Third Aunt could just live their lives peacefully.

Like my third aunt, and my grandparents, they are all over 75 years old. People of that age should just enjoy their retirement.

The reason Li Tie went to the oil city with the train this time was because his mother, Wu Huiping, missed her father.

Lately, for some reason, my mother keeps dreaming about my father.

Originally, Li Tie planned to go see his father in place of his mother, but his mother insisted on going with him.

Left with no other choice, Li Tie had to take his mother with him to the oil city.

It just so happens that my mother has never been to the oil city in all these years.

Although we had previously organized team-building trips for the inner city staff of Dazhangshu, sending them to other branch bases in batches to see and understand the current situation.

But my mother didn't want to go out, so she didn't participate.

I don't know why, but this time I insisted on going to the oil city to take a look.

Seeing that his mother had relaxed a bit, Li Tie turned to Sun Ji, the leader of a commando team in the back seat, and said:
"Your main task this time in the oil city is to protect my mother. Go with her at all times, understand?"

Sun Ji nodded, then asked with some doubt:
"Captain, are you going to leave after we arrive in the oil city?"

"No," Li Tie continued, "I just want you to keep an eye on things."

"Understood!" Sun Ji replied knowingly.

Li Tie breathed a sigh of relief, sat down in a chair, closed his eyes to rest, but his mind was wandering.

Recently, a wave of panic buying of food has broken out in the oil city.

He looked at the high-level internal information database and found that the main reason for the outbreak was that the residents of the oil city were worried that the arrival of sea fog would likely lead to a food shortage, which in turn triggered a food buying frenzy.

Trains don't usually depart this frequently; this particular train was originally scheduled to depart for the oil city two days later.

However, in order to stabilize the residents' mentality, the oil city had its headquarters base send out trucks ahead of schedule to deliver food and other supplies.

After this batch of grain is delivered to the oil city, it will specifically pass through the main road of the trading market.

This was to prove to the residents that although the food produced by Oil City was not enough to feed the entire population of Oil City, the headquarters base, the northern border, and the northwest base stood behind Oil City.

Other bases will send food there.

Oil City.

The rain poured down.

Yesterday, the sea fog reached the vicinity of the oil city, and based on the experience of the previous headquarters base, the oil city launched rain-inducing missiles.

Thanks to the experience gained from fighting zombies in the sea fog at headquarters.

The oil city seemed much more composed in dealing with this zombie horde.

The tungsten steel + high manganese new generation alloy steel switch was replaced ahead of schedule, and an infrasound array system was also installed.

Streetlights flickered on the majestic city walls.

Beneath the city walls, only a few zombies howled outside.

Occasionally, a giant zombie climbing up the wall would collide with a guillotine, producing a crisp metallic clang.

The gunfire was intermittent.

Before the zombie army arrived, the combat personnel on the walls were already on high alert, ready to launch an attack at any time to protect the vast base behind them.

Unlike the atmosphere of unity and solidarity on the city walls, there were undercurrents and differing sentiments within the city.

The oil city currently has a total population of over 900,000, nearly one million.

This population size is roughly equivalent to a fourth-tier city before the apocalypse, and could even reach the lower limit of a third-tier city.

Nearly one million people are concentrated in an oil city with an area of ​​only 100,000 mu (approximately 6,667 hectares). The population density is extremely high, reaching 32,000 people per square kilometer, which is even higher than the core areas of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen before the apocalypse.

After all, in an oil city, residential areas account for less than 50% of the total area. In addition to residential areas, there are also agricultural areas, industrial areas, warehousing areas, material distribution areas, and military preparedness areas.
With more people, all sorts of problems are bound to arise.

A trading market commercial area.

No. 2 Guaranteed Grain Store.

Even with torrential rain, long lines still formed outside the grain store.

This is the first grain supply store in the trading market. In addition to this store, there are nineteen other grain supply stores scattered throughout the oil city.

Due to the rapid increase in the population of the oil city in recent years, although the trading market commercial area has a relatively complete range of businesses, it is unable to accommodate such a large population at the same time.

In addition, the oil city is too large. If people living in the buffer city and the edge city had to come to the market to buy basic food, it would be too troublesome for them.

This is equivalent to living outside the Fifth Ring Road in Beijing, and if you want to buy a corn tortilla, you have to take a bus for more than half an hour to get to the Second Ring Road to buy it.

That was too much trouble.

Therefore, the reform of the oil city delegated some of the ground-floor shops in the buffer city, peripheral city, and trading market residential areas to people to open shops.

In these areas, the oil city authorities also took control of several shops and opened stores to provide basic supplies.

In the oil city, shops are scattered throughout densely populated areas such as residential areas and factories.

However, the shops in these places are not very large-scale, generally consisting of only one or two streets with a dozen or so shops.

Overall, it is still centered around the trading market commercial area, which has thousands of shops clustered together, forming a strong agglomeration effect.

Outside the No. 2 grain store, people braved the rain to buy grain.

The crowd was chaotic and noisy.

"I hope there won't be purchase restrictions again today?"

"Damn it, I'm speechless. Why did those people hoard so much food before? It's been proven time and again that the food supply in Oil City is guaranteed, yet people still hoard food."

"You don't understand. With such a thick sea fog outside, if a zombie horde comes, the other bases won't be able to send enough food. What will all those people in the oil city eat?"

"Yes, look, it's been four or five days now, and no trains have come from the headquarters. If the sea fog spreads to the northern and northwestern bases, the other branch bases won't be able to supply food."

"That makes sense, but there's a purchase limit. Yesterday, each person could only buy four tortillas. I hope it won't be the same today."

"Sigh, you guys are worrying too much. Just wait and see. What if the train from headquarters comes in the next couple of days? That would prove that even in sea fog, trains can still run normally."

If the trains can run normally, then the food supply will also be normal, right?

"Then you just wait and see. I'll buy as much as I can. I have plenty of points!"