All of this was naturally done intentionally by Chen Yu.

In the previous life, shortly after Qian Peng occupied Wenshui Village, Wu Qingshan, the company commander of the Third Regiment, led his men to pick peaches.

Don't be fooled by his confident words just now, such as their commander being a geologist and predicting the existence of geothermal resources. It's all bullshit!

Their team leader was indeed a geological researcher, but he was the kind of incompetent person who spent all his time drinking tea in the office. He had worked for half his life and had no outstanding academic achievements. The reason he was able to get ahead was entirely due to his flattery.

However, he wasn't lying about one thing: the hot springs in Wenshui Village were indeed only part of a large-scale geothermal resource. The real geothermal resources were hidden deeper beneath the surface, but their scale wasn't as exaggerated as Wu Qingshan had described; at most, it was just a medium-to-large-scale geothermal treasure trove.

Even so, in this extremely cold apocalypse, it is still an invaluable asset for the Fire Seed Base.

Later, it was developed by the base into a health resort, exclusively for the base's senior management personnel and their families, and was deeply loved by them.

As for why the General supported the Third Regiment Commander, that was merely a balancing act.

He could not allow the lower-level commanders to become too powerful and overshadow him, thus affecting his own position.

Of course, the commander of the third regiment is also not an option.

Therefore, in the previous life, the biggest peach was picked by Li Liguo, the leader of the transport team who tipped off the base.

At the general's instruction, Li Liguo became a great hero for suppressing the bandits and seizing the hot springs. From then on, he rose rapidly through the ranks and became a mid-level manager at the Fire Seed Base.

In the end, Wang Zhihui, the commander of the Second Regiment, and Zhao Xiaojun, the commander of the Third Regiment, who fought back and forth, gained nothing.

Of course, soaking in the hot springs that were later built was also a benefit for them.

However, this is a perk for team leaders and above, and has nothing to do with the merits of this event.

In this apocalyptic world, force represents everything.

The Fire Seed Base has a total of 5 regiments, each regiment has 3 battalions and 9 companies, and each company has about 220 people.

By all accounts, the regimental commander is considered a high-ranking officer at the Fire Seed Base, so they are naturally entitled to receive recuperation.

Getting back to the point, Chen Yu's performance with Wu Qingshan was simply to discourage him from investigating Wenshui Village. Although he had already had the militia burn everything down and the Fire Seed warriors were unrecognizable, if the other side investigated carefully, they might actually find a flaw.

His performance drew everyone's attention to the hot springs, and at least for the time being, no one would have any intention of digging into the village.

Given the conflict between the two sides, no one would doubt his and his militia members' identities.

And in order to protect himself, even if someone later suspected something, Wu Qingshan would cover for him.

This is enough time to buy him his plans.