The gates of the Donghu base slowly opened.

All the guards lowered their guns and watched as Jiang Wu's convoy slowly entered the Donghu base.

Having learned from past mistakes, Wei Minglun and Zhang Hua, representing two major factions, cooperated again this time and took the initiative to undertake security work for the convoy.

Even so, Jiang Wu remained on the roof of the car, keeping an eye on his surroundings.

To prevent someone from launching a surprise attack with a rocket launcher.

Bai Feiming and Su Ziyu, each leading dozens of fully armed soldiers, followed the convoy one after the other.

From a distance, this settlement appears to be quite large.

Upon entering, Jiang Wu was even more struck by the absurdly large size of the gathering place.

First, there was the vast former fishing village area, which has now become a gathering place for various powerful forces.

Everywhere was surrounded by simple walls made of various materials.

Inside the walled compound, newly built brick or cement houses, together with the existing buildings, form the courtyard.

Each courtyard represents a faction, the aristocracy of the Donghu base.

Some powerful factions even have dozens of oddly shaped buildings inside their walls.

Of course, most of them are small forces without walls.

They were like commoners in this noble district, struggling to survive amidst the various powerful forces.

After passing through these areas of power and driving another hundred meters, you arrive at a large slum area.

Here, rows upon rows of colorful and oddly shaped low houses stretch as far as the eye can see.

Looking around, all you see are shacks made of materials such as wood, iron sheets, adobe, plastic, and waterproof cloth.

Many shacks can't even meet the requirement of being airtight, so it's hard to imagine what they'll do in winter.

The survivors in the shack area, almost all of them ragged, stared blankly as Jiang Wu's convoy drove past on the main road.

Both men and women were very thin, and their eyes were like stagnant water, devoid of any light.

Seeing these people and these shacks, Jiang Wu felt somewhat helpless.

What a fine group of workers, and now they've turned out like this.

The administrators at the Donghu base only focused on broadcasting announcements, failing to properly arrange for the survivors...

Thinking of this, Jiang Wu recalled some survivors he had previously helped.

At least, the survivors at the Cave Lake base don't have to worry about the threat of zombies.

And they could even receive enough food to barely survive...

......

The convoy slowly passed through the shack area and headed towards Donghu.

It finally stopped about 200 meters away from the shack area.

Some soldiers got off the truck and unloaded bundles of steel bars.

And these steel bars were inserted into the ground.

Meanwhile, other soldiers unloaded various construction equipment from other trucks.

Wire, wire mesh, generator, welding equipment, cutting machine...

Soon, the area around the convoy's location became a construction site.

On the other side.

On the rooftop of the tallest building in the Donghu base, a dozen leaders gathered together, using binoculars to watch the convoy's movements.

"How did they choose that place? It's hilarious! Aren't they just becoming a defensive line between the lake monster and our base?"

"With so many 120mm rocket launchers, they might not be afraid of the giants."

"Haha, that's hard to say. Unless they have armor-piercing rounds, they can't do anything to the trolls. At most, they can only injure them."

"Let them be. They're wasting their ammunition anyway. If we can drive all the lake monsters away, we'll be the ones who benefit..."

Accompanied by several trusted Evolvers, Wei Minglun went up to the rooftop.

After scanning the room, Wei Minglun asked, "Where are Zhang Hua, Song Yi, and Xiang Jian? Aren't any of them here?"

A trusted confidant reported, "Company Commander Zhang explicitly refused. He said they wouldn't get involved in our affairs anymore. Leader Song said he had other matters to attend to. As for King Xiang, he..."

Wei Minglun said coldly, "What about him? Stop beating around the bush and just say it!"

He said that you have offended him today, and he will make you pay in the future.

Wei Minglun sneered and said coldly, "You must already know about the negotiations just now. Because of Zhang Hua, we can only swallow this bitter pill! We must provide a large amount of supplies and ammunition to compensate the new convoy!"

"My Wei family admits defeat. We were wrong to trust Zhang Hua. I am willing to provide supplies and ammunition to cover most of the compensation. However, I hope you understand, who is to blame?!"

"It was Zhang Hua and his team who insisted on using the broadcast to call on others to join our base! That's what led to this huge convoy today!"

"Today, it was Zhang Hua again! He actually agreed to the other party's unrealistic compensation offer! This is causing us to suffer as well!"

After Wei Minglun finished speaking, he looked at the leaders of the other factions and asked, feigning distress, "What do you think?"

"It's all Zhang Hua's fault! We've been against broadcasting this all along!"

"Zhang Hua has gone mad! I think they'll kill everyone in our base sooner or later!"

"Chief Wei, you are truly kind!"

"......"

The leaders were filled with righteous indignation, cursing Zhang Hua and expressing their admiration for the Wei family for bearing most of the compensation.

Seeing this result, Wei Minglun remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he began to feel smug.

What seems like a misfortune may actually be a blessing in disguise.

What happened today will definitely cause dissatisfaction among other forces towards the military.

It will also unite other forces more closely.

Seizing the opportunity, Wei Minglun's eyes suddenly welled up with tears, and he choked out, "My heart aches! In today's attack, so many of our base's elite soldiers died, and hundreds of brothers were seriously injured or disabled, all because the enemy had heavy firepower! This also made me realize one thing: stragglers pose too little threat to a real army!"

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