Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

It's snowing heavily.

On the eastern square of the edge city.

At the very front of the square was a super behemoth nearly three stories high.

Following the colossus, there are twenty mechs that are 5.4 meters tall.

Behind the mecha were neat rows of vehicles of various types.

The personnel involved in this mission are standing on the right side of the vehicle.

Snowflakes fell one by one onto them, and soon they became little snowmen.

The jet-black armored vehicle's cannon barrel contrasted sharply with the falling snowflakes.

Around the square, 100,000 people stood to see them off.

These residents came spontaneously; some were curious and wanted to join in the fun, while others had family members involved in the event and came to see them off.

The crowd was enormous, densely packed around the square, forming a massive, noisy torrent.

"Wow, so many people!"

"Holy crap, it's been so long since I've seen anything like this! This is absolutely spectacular!"

"The Big Mac, I finally see my favorite Big Mac again! Hmm? It looks like the Big Mac has been modified again. It didn't look like this last time I saw it."

"Of course! Didn't you see the close-in weapon system on the Jumbo?"

"Oh, so that's the close-in weapon system. It's huge."

"Look at those mechs over there, they're so imposing! They're supposedly the latest gadgets from our base's research institute. They look so futuristic. Has the technology in our Great Camphor Tree developed to this level?"

"I hope they can come back safely."

"Sigh, with such thick sea fog, why would they have to run out at this time? I don't understand. But no matter what, they're fighting for the big camphor tree, and they deserve respect!"

Standing at the very front, Xiao Jun glanced at his watch and looked up toward the main road.

Boom boom boom~
An armored mobile home, a Unimog, was approaching from a distance.

This is the commander's personal vehicle, and it is highly recognizable.

Within the camphor tree community, most people recognized this car.

The Unimog drove to the front and stopped.

As Li Yu stepped out of the car, all eyes in and out of the square turned to him.

"Commander, the commander of our big camphor tree has arrived!"

"Front row, front row! I didn't expect the Commander to be here!"

"Isn't it said that the commander is already over thirty? How come he still looks so young, like he's in his twenties?"

"The commander is so tall and imposing."

The combatants and transport personnel in the square watched with excitement as Li Yu stepped out of the vehicle.

These people were basically members of the Big Camphor Tree in its early days. They were the most supportive of the Big Camphor Tree and the most loyal to Li Yu.

Compared to other departments, the military personnel hold the highest status in the entire camphor tree, and their benefits and treatment are also much higher than those of the same level.

All of this was provided to them under Li Yu's leadership.

In addition, due to the brainwashing education work carried out by the Ministry of Education at the base in Dazhangshu over the years, Li Yu has been mildly deified.

"Greetings, Commander!" shouted the combat personnel in the square.

The voice was hoarse and strained.

Immediately, the others around were also inspired and shouted in unison:
"Greetings, Commander!"

Ordinary residents outside the venue were also mobilized and joined in shouting "Hello, leader!"

With a population of hundreds of thousands in Dazhangshu, the probability of an ordinary person seeing Li Yu is extremely low. In addition, Li Yu keeps a low profile and has rarely appeared in the public eye in the past year. Therefore, for most residents, it has been a very long time since they have seen Li Yu.

The deafening shouts of "Greetings, sir!" created a massive sound wave that shook the snowflakes off the car.

Faced with such enthusiastic cheers, Li Yu directly felt his authority under the big camphor tree. He turned around and looked at Lai Xiyue with eyes full of approval.

This scene fully demonstrates that Lai Xiyue's ideological education work among residents was very effective.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he walked to Xiao Jun's side and nodded to him.

"Is everything ready?"

Xiao Jun replied, "Sir, everything is ready. Why don't you say a few words to everyone to boost morale?"

"it is good."

Li Hang quickly handed over the microphone that had been prepared beforehand.

Li Yu took the microphone, patted it to test it, and after confirming that the microphone was working properly, Li Yu turned to the personnel involved in the operation in the square and said in a deep voice:

"Hello, brothers from the Big Camphor Tree Base!"

"I know many of you have questions about why you have to go out mining at this time, risking your life to run out under the threat of the sea fog disaster."

Now I can answer everyone's question: When the sea fog rolls in, a new type of mutated zombie emerges from the seabed, called the King Kong Zombie. This zombie is extremely powerful, and the best way to kill it at present is to use tungsten steel alloy bullets.

However, after a month of intense combat, we're running out of tungsten alloy bullets. You are the team sent out to mine tungsten! Therefore, your operation is crucial to the entire Great Camphor Tree! It concerns the life and death of the five bases in Great Camphor Tree!

Li Yu's remarks cleared up the doubts of many onlookers.

Although they had some suspicions before, they didn't know the specifics.

The reason Li Yu is being so open with everyone at this time is because this matter cannot be hidden. With so many people around, keeping it a secret will only make people overthink and all sorts of rumors will emerge.

People's hearts are in turmoil!

"but!"

The transition between the two characters "Li Yu" was made with a very loud voice.

Even the speakers started making a buzzing sound.

"However, the Great Camphor Tree has been established for ten years and has never been breached by zombies. Various natural disasters have not defeated our Great Camphor Tree, nor have our former enemies ever defeated us!"

"This surging wave of Vajra zombies, along with the sea fog catastrophe, cannot defeat us!"

"Brothers, your responsibility is immense!"

"Operating amidst sea fog and the threat of zombies is extremely risky. On behalf of all the residents of Dazhangshu, I would like to express my gratitude to you for your willingness to join this operation!"

As he spoke, Li Yu took off his hat, bent down, and bowed deeply to the operatives in the meeting room.

The combat personnel, transport workers, miners, and others below the stage were all extremely excited when they saw their commander bow to them, their faces flushed red.

"Commander, it is our honor to fight for the big camphor tree!"

"Yes! We fight for our leader, we fight for the big camphor tree!"

"Fight for the commander, fight for the big camphor tree!"

"Fight for the commander, fight for the big camphor tree!"

"Fight for the commander, fight for the big camphor tree!"

Before long, the four thousand people in the venue went from shouting sparsely to shouting the same sentence in unison.

"Fight for the commander, fight for the big camphor tree!"

Both inside and outside the venue, everyone's emotions had reached their peak.

Even those who came to see them off outside the venue looked at those who had gone out to fight with admiration in their eyes.

These people are fighting for the big camphor tree, and for those of them inside the big camphor tree, fighting so that they can live peacefully within the walls.

"So that's how it is. My husband ran away for the sake of the big camphor tree, so that everyone could survive. I didn't understand him at the time. I was wrong."

"Yes, my son has a broader perspective than me. When the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact. The fact that he signed up for this operation shows that he is better than me!"

Some people who had initially watched the spectacle, or even thought those who ran away during the operation were idiots, now felt a pang of guilt.

Those who carry firewood for the people should not freeze to death in the wind and snow.

"I deserve to die! I even mocked them. If they hadn't run away, we wouldn't have any peace and quiet!"

"I hope they come back safely. I'm willing to give up ten years of my life to pray to God that they all come back safe and sound!"

At this moment, the military spirit of the big camphor tree seemed to become even more cohesive.

Some are willing to die for the camphor tree, while others are willing to persevere for this paradise in the end times.

How could such a person not deserve the respect of others?
On the stage.

After bowing, Li Yushen slowly stood up and glanced around at everyone in the hall.

"Brothers, I am proud of you, I am honored by you!"
I hope you all come back safely!

After he finished speaking, he handed the microphone to Xiao Jun and nodded to him.

Xiao Jun took the microphone, his feelings quite complicated. He had a lot to say, but he couldn't say it for a moment.

Finally, with a solemn expression, he uttered only two words.

"set off!"

He turned and saluted Li Yu, then turned to look at Lai Dongsheng and Aunt Zhou on the edge of the square.

Aunt Zhou was holding a little boy who was about one year old in her arms. He was her son with Ma Yingxue.

He looked at his son intently, his eyes filled with affection.

Even though he was reluctant, he resolutely turned around and went straight to the Big Mac.

He felt at ease leaving his son, Xiao Tianhe, in the care of Uncle Lai and Aunt Zhou.

In fact, he spent most of the past year on missions with the Sea Fog Reconnaissance Team, and Uncle Lai and Aunt Zhou usually took care of Xiao Tianhe.

As Xiao Jun gave the order to depart, the soldiers in the square lined up in neat rows and boarded the vehicles.

All 2000 mining workers boarded armored personnel carriers.

As for the combat personnel, they boarded armored vehicles and were arranged in a certain order, scattered among electric trucks, construction machinery vehicles, and armored personnel carriers that were fully loaded with various supplies.

The convoy was impressive; even though the distance between each vehicle was only 5 to 10 meters, the more than 1,000 vehicles, traveling in pairs, stretched for several kilometers.

With sea fog swirling outside, if the distance between vehicles is too large, it can easily cause the vehicles behind to fall behind.

Therefore, in such an environment, the vehicle speed cannot be too fast. Driving too fast at such a close distance can easily lead to a car crash.

The convoy was traveling at 20 kilometers per hour within the base.

On the outskirts of the city, Li Tie saw the convoy approaching and picked up his walkie-talkie to notify the combat personnel on the wall:

"All personnel, listen up! Quickly clear the zombies around the gate to ensure the convoy can leave the city normally!"

"Yes!"

"Roger that!"

Once the order was given, the combatants on the wall immediately began to fire precisely at the zombies below.

In order to conserve tungsten steel bullets, they did not use the burst fire mode on their guns, but instead used the single-shot mode.

Replacing it with a 5.8mm automatic rifle results in less recoil and significantly improved accuracy compared to before.

Although it's not as powerful as a 7.62 bullet, you only need a headshot to take down a zombie.

Small-caliber bullets achieve the same effect.

Beneath the walls, inside the city.

Yu Ming, who was stationed at the main gate of the city on the edge of the camphor tree, was on high alert at this moment.

With so many vehicles needing to leave at this time, the barbican gate and the two gates between the barbican and the outer city must be opened simultaneously to ensure the continuity of the convoy.

This means that if zombies from outside the city break in, they can directly rush into the outer city.

He stood on the watchtower of the barbican and picked up the walkie-talkie to notify the guards to open and close the gate.

"Xiao Meng, open the gates of Edge City and let the convoy in."

"Anzi, open the gates of the barbican and have the first and second guard teams go out and clear out the zombies outside to ensure the convoy can leave the barbican normally."

"Third group, stay inside the barbican gate and absolutely do not let a single zombie into the barbican!"

Click click click click!

Two massive, heavy doors swung open with a loud crash.

The moment the gates of the barbican opened, the first and second guard teams immediately rushed out with their guns drawn.

The ground was littered with zombie corpses, and they trampled over them to reach the four watchtowers outside the gate of the barbican.

They used four small security outposts outside the city to launch attacks on the surrounding area.

However, thanks to the help of the combatants on the walls, very few zombies were able to get close to the gate of the barbican.

Even if only one or two zombies got close, they were killed by the gatekeeper team that rushed out.

A few minutes later.

The first behemoth in the line entered the barbican. The behemoth was so large that the barbican seemed rather cramped inside.

Under Yu Ming's watchful gaze, the behemoth slowly drove through the entire barbican.

Twenty humanoid mechs followed closely behind the behemoth.

A short while later, the behemoth drove out of the wide barbican gate, crushing the zombie corpses outside the gate into flat discs, clearing an extremely smooth road for the vehicles behind it.

After seeing the behemoth drive out of the barbican, Li Tie, who was on the wall, immediately contacted Miao Tianji and Bai Wenyang on the city fortress.

"Miao Tianji, Bai Wenyang, the rain-inducing bombs that were transported to your area earlier are now ready to be launched."

"Remember, you must follow the route map I gave you and launch the rain-inducing projectiles accurately. You must also control the quantity and distance."

"Yes!"

"Roger that!"

Upon receiving the message, the two immediately ordered the artillery to prepare.

Because the camphor tree releases rain-inducing projectiles at regular intervals, the excessive number of these projectiles has resulted in snowfall continuing.

Therefore, within a radius of 20 kilometers around the base of the big camphor tree, snowflakes are falling everywhere.

This means that Xiao Jun and his group have a field of vision for at least 20 kilometers around Dazhangshu.

The headquarters base has equipped the city's fortress with anti-aircraft guns, which can fire 155mm rain-inducing shells with a range of 30-40 kilometers.

This could increase Xiao Jun and his team's visibility by 30 to 40 kilometers on their way to Xunwu County.

Including the 20-kilometer radius around the big camphor tree, this means that they have 50 kilometers of road ahead of Xunwu County where they can drive in heavy rain or snow.

The total distance from the headquarters base in Dazhangshu to the large tungsten mine in Xunwu County is 118 kilometers.

With the help of the headquarters base, a relatively safe visual range can be formed for nearly fifty kilometers.

For the remaining 70 kilometers, rain-inducing grenades can be launched with the help of accompanying armored vehicles to create rainfall.

This will create a narrow strip of rain and snow along this 118-kilometer road.

However, this is only a theoretical plan they have developed, and errors may occur in actual operation.

For example, if the rain-inducing projectiles do not land precisely, the location of the rainfall will shift.

Xiao Jun and his group could still be trapped in the thick sea fog.

(End of this chapter)