Chapter 130 Changsheng Factory

Changsheng Factory has many migrant workers.

Migrant workers not only eat and live in the factory, but their families also live with them in the dormitories assigned by the factory.

Zhu Yongqiang was one of them.

He is 37 years old this year, in the prime of his life, and works as a steel rolling worker in Changsheng.

Although their job is demanding, it also requires a certain level of skill and expertise, so their income is not low and is higher than that of many office administrative clerks.

Zhu Yongqiang had a lot of strength, but he didn't work hard.

He usually slacks off and causes minor accidents, then goes on to play cards, drink, and fight after work. After all that, he doesn't have much money left.

As a result, he worked at Changsheng for 19 years but still couldn't buy a decent house. After his accommodation was revoked for fighting, Zhu Yongqiang moved with his wife and daughter to a garage near the factory.

A man who is not proactive in life, lacks ambition at work, and drinks and gambles is destined to be looked down upon by his wife and daughters.

Zhu Yongqiang felt even more dissatisfied with life, and he often made outrageous remarks at the dinner table:

If I had that kind of strength, I could definitely become a general in ancient times. But nowadays... I'd get fined for doing manual labor in a factory.

When the zombie outbreak occurred, Zhu Yongqiang's daughter was studying in another city and could not be contacted. Zhu Yongqiang and his wife hid in the Changsheng factory.

There are many people like them who hide in Changsheng.

Changsheng is a well-known enterprise with sturdy walls and an electric grid.

There are several workshops inside used for steelmaking and rolling. The walls are made of special concrete, which is very sturdy and has a certain degree of explosion-proof function.

Such a house is perfect for hiding from zombies.

Not only did the workers at Changsheng think this way, but the senior executives at Changsheng, who didn't have time to evacuate to the safe zone, also thought this way.

Chang Sheng's manager, Ge Yunfeng, initially took in the people who came to seek refuge.

But the factory only had so many supplies, and it was unclear when the zombies outside would be cleared out. After less than a week, Ge Yunfeng no longer wanted to do charity work.

In the face of disaster, no one should expect to get something for nothing.

Ge Yunfeng waved his hand and directed everyone to improve the doomsday fortress, with each person contributing to this privately-run shelter.

Even in the apocalypse, Changsheng continues to operate—

Whether you're a human or a zombie, everyone who comes here has to work.

Strong and healthy people led others out to find supplies, while the weaker women were responsible for cooking and logistics.

The zombies that were brought back... were tied up and taken to the kinetic energy generator room, where living people guided them to walk around in circles, like a donkey grinding ink, driving the kinetic energy generator to operate.

Therefore, Changsheng Factory not only has solar power charging, but also kinetic power generation.

This made Changsheng a highly sought-after area in Xinchuan, with more and more survivors wanting to flock there for refuge, and even some government officials considering requisitioning it.

However, a class shift had already occurred within Changsheng:

In a closed environment, capitalists like Ge Yunfeng gradually became rulers, and everyone had to obey his orders.

Those who were originally supposed to become working class under contract gradually became slaves, with no income and barely able to survive.

The rules outside don't apply here.

He provided safe havens, exploited workers to find supplies and contribute to the shelters, and even forcibly confiscated sexual resources.

He acted arbitrarily here, living like a local tyrant.

The relevant departments sent people to negotiate, but they were turned away.

Ge Yunfeng found an identity more suitable for him than that of a capitalist in the apocalypse, and he was unwilling to be interrupted.

So he began to prepare military resources to suppress anyone who tried to undermine his rule.

In order to maintain the internal operation of Changsheng and defend against outsiders, Ge Yunfeng transformed the sturdy workshops into living quarters while directing the strong men in the factory to capture zombies to guard the gate and suppress those who tried to cross the line.

This includes not only outsiders who want to join Changsheng, but also those inside who can't stand the oppression and want to escape.

While ordinary zombies are terrifying, there are still some daring individuals who dare to risk escaping or fighting them.

Until one day, an indestructible iron-headed zombie appeared in Xinchuan. Ge Yunfeng had a sudden inspiration and sent several groups of people to capture the iron-headed zombie.

Few people would be willing to take such a life-threatening risk, but a great reward will surely attract brave souls.

Ge Yunfeng offered generous rewards: anyone who completed this mission back to Changsheng would receive material rewards and sexual rewards.

Zhu Yongqiang was the one who led the team to complete the task.

Zhu Yongqiang, who had accomplished nothing in his middle age, felt his own value in the face of adversity. He was no longer a hardworking steel rolling worker in the workshop. He gained the boss's appreciation through his own skills and strength.

After completing the mission, he received a safe single room and a box of food. Zhu Yongqiang was also allowed to choose one of the female workers to take back as a servant, or...

Zhu Yongqiang, who had been looked down upon by his wife for 19 years, finally got his revenge. He accepted the supplies and dormitory without even bothering to pick and choose the female workers.

Instead, he smugly tells his wife, "If it weren't for me, would you be living such a good life today?"

How good can life be in the apocalypse? People still lack food and clothing; their lives are just slightly better than others.

Zhu Yongqiang felt sad and regretful again: "If Youyou were here with me, that would be great."

His daughter, Youyou, was an excellent student, but she didn't have much affection for her father, who was a drunkard and gambler. When the zombie outbreak occurred in Xinchuan, she was still at school and disappeared without a trace, most likely having met with misfortune.

Although Changsheng Factory has an inexhaustible power supply, its resources are limited. Even if people are sent out at great risk to find resources, they will eventually run out.

Ge Yunfeng gradually lost interest in raising so many "cattle and horses." Now that it was the apocalypse, the factory didn't need to produce anything, and the apocalyptic fortress didn't need so many people to operate.

Excess cattle and horses will only eat more of his grain.

Ge Yunfeng devised a plan and assigned Zhu Yongqiang another shady job:

Find a group of trusted men to assemble a long iron chain using parts from the factory. One night, randomly select a group of unlucky men, chain them together in groups of ten, and then...

Let the iron-headed zombies they captured infect them.

Those dozens of people turned into hard-headed zombies in their sleep. Besides intimidating people and consolidating Ge Yunfeng's rule, they could also be dragged out to "expand territory".

The main objective was to seize Xinchuan's navel orange orchard, which had changed hands several times since the apocalypse, and was eventually taken over by Ge Yunfeng.

The orchard can produce food, but eating only navel oranges is not enough.

Ge Yunfeng sent a group of cattle, horses, and zombies to the orchard. The zombies guarded the gate and generated electricity, while the cattle and horses cut down trees and planted crops.

But there are still too many cattle and horses.

Once a complete assembly line supply chain is established, so many people won't be needed.

Ge Yunfeng thought it best to turn people into iron-headed zombies; they wouldn't need to eat food and could defend against external destroyers.

He heard that a base was going to be built, and that officials would inevitably come to Changsheng.

He didn't want his hard-earned utopia to be destroyed, so he needed enough men to deal with them.

Humans are no match for iron-headed zombies, so...

Zhu Yongqiang hesitated upon receiving the instruction.

Although he had fought with his colleagues before, and although he was upset about his own poor performance, he only hoped that others would suffer, and never really wanted to kill them all.

He had already committed heinous acts that led to the deaths of some of his colleagues, but he felt that he was a person with a conscience and that one should have a bottom line.

Ge Yunfeng is a terrible person, ruthless and vicious. Today he's persecuting his colleague, who knows if he'll persecute him one day too.

Zhu Yongqiang thought for a moment: This capitalist has a good plan, but no ability; he still has to work hard to get things done. He, Zhu Yongqiang, is the most capable person, only his status is a bit lower.

But now that the zombie outbreak has occurred, the rules are long gone. If Ge Yunfeng can establish new rules, why can't Zhu Yongqiang?

"Are kings and nobles born with a special destiny?"

So one dark and windy night, an uprising took place at Changsheng Factory, with Zhu Yongqiang leading his strong and capable colleagues in Workshop 3 to rise up and sing a song of rebellion.

They threw Ge Yunfeng into the zombie pool, turning him into an iron-headed zombie, and told him to go turn the generator first before going to guard the door.

Just enjoy it in your mind.

Zhu Yongqiang became the new leader of Changsheng, allowing his former colleagues who had suffered as much as he had to rise to a position of privilege, while those who used to sit in offices were forced to become beasts of burden.

Their jobs used to be easy, but now that it's the apocalypse, it's time for a change. Let them do some hard labor.

Zhu Yongqiang felt this was fair and that he had a good conscience!

His colleagues at the same level truly respected him, after all, they almost became zombies, and it was Zhu Yongqiang's momentary lapse of judgment that saved them and gave them relatively better living conditions.

Meanwhile, colleagues who were originally working like oxen and horses in the office were reassigned to hard labor, becoming even more miserable oxen and horses.

As for the women who were originally possessed by Ge Yunfeng, Zhu Yongqiang did not release them.

In Zhu Yongqiang's eyes, these people had no relationship with him and could not do any heavy physical work, so he just needed them to serve him and the others.

They should be grateful to themselves for letting them live.

Zhu Yongqiang's wife was very dissatisfied, but Zhu Yongqiang was no longer the husband she could easily dislike.

Zhu Yongqiang, now emboldened, pointed his index finger at his wife and yelled, "If it weren't for the fact that you gave birth to Youyou, I wouldn't care whether you live or die. You should be grateful that I'm feeding you well now, don't push your luck."

At first, Changsheng Doomsday Factory operated normally for a few days, but Zhu Yongqiang lacked both brains and management and business skills, and the distribution of food and resources quickly became unbalanced.

After a batch of navel oranges is eaten, it will take several months to grow, and the crops in the field also need time to mature.

Zhu Yongqiang's team had a member nicknamed Liu Er, who was ruthless and killed someone he used to dislike to satisfy his hunger.

Faced with others' disdain, Liu Er said, "How long has it been since we've eaten meat? These people are useless anyway, and the Iron-Headed Zombie is enough. Why not have some?"

In the apocalypse, scenes of people eating raw meat, drinking blood, and killing indiscriminately are not uncommon.

With this beginning, others gradually accepted it as well.

The group led by Zhu Yongqiang consisted mostly of strong workers in the workshop. Unlike Ge Yunfeng, who only knew how to use his brain and his hands, they were capable of actually hitting and killing people, so they had a strong deterrent effect.

Where there is oppression, there is resistance. But faced with a powerful enemy, the others dared not act rashly and could only secretly use their privately owned cell phones to send distress messages to nearby bases.

The convoy sent by the Dawn Base met Yang Yicheng in the orchard, at which point his accomplices in the orchard sent a message to Zhu Yongqiang of Changsheng.

Zhu Yongqiang was prepared to harm these people.

He considered himself different from Ge Yunfeng, yet he also agreed with Ge Yunfeng's ideas—

Life is good now, and it's best to keep living like this.

They didn't want the apocalypse to end, nor did they want to leave Changsheng.

Therefore, Lin Xi's team became a thorn in their side.

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The gate to workshop number two opened, and the four people inside the truck stared in astonishment at the scene before them—

The three-story workshop was separated by iron railings, and on the other side of the railings were zombies crammed together like small hills.

These zombies were probably hardened zombies whose feet were bound by iron chains and locked in bars, piled up in layers, with the zombies inside constantly surging outwards.

From a distance, it looks like a bunch of maggots wriggling.

The chains shackled on each zombie's feet extended outwards from the railing, ending at a thick metal pillar to which the chains were fixed.

There were many zombies tied to the pillar, and a living person was hanging there above.

Lin Xi understood the device:

The zombies outside were released by them after they opened the gate. When the zombies were dragged back by chains, Lin Xi wondered how many people it would take to pull so many zombies back.

As long as the living person hanging above is moved, the zombies below will be guided to walk, causing the large iron pillar to rotate.

Zombies are not like humans; they don't get tired. They just move towards the living in vain. When the large iron pillar rotates, it will wrap around the chains binding the zombies outside and pull them back.

For Changsheng, zombies are biological weapons, which they can control at will.

The truck was parked in a nearby open space, and someone outside said, "The boss said that since we've already killed these people, we might as well let them in and bring in a few more zombies."

Their welding equipment and chainsaws were already in place, ready to cut the truck open and throw the living people inside into the horde of zombies.

Lin Xi pressed her watch and revealed a small knife: "Goodbye, friends, I'm going to die."

Three pairs of eyes were fixed intently on her.

Lu remained silent.

Liang Hui swallowed hard.

Xiang Xin's eyes shone brightly: "Sister Xi, take me with you!"

Lu Wei: "...Let's go together."

Lin Xi had anticipated this, but she gripped the knife tightly: "Let me go first. What if they move too fast and I get infected and turn into a zombie? I'll still be here! I won't be able to escape!"

Lu stared at her intently.

Lin Xi suddenly realized—

Wasn't this her original goal? To live a pathetic, immortal life as a zombie, but she gave up on the idea after being killed three times by Lu Weichuang.

She won't do that anymore.

Lin Xi resolutely took action.

The sound of young men and women talking could be heard from inside the carriage:

Let us walk together toward a bright future! Let us be reborn!

"I'll be next."

"No, let me get my hands on Sister Xi's blood. I want to be reborn with my memories intact."

"I can't do it myself, why don't you help me?"

"How can I help with something like this! You should do it yourself."

"..."

The four people lay together side by side.

Lin Xi felt a lot of pain, but she wasn't scared at all.

So this is what it feels like to have someone with you.

but……

Despite the excruciating pain, Lin Xi used her hand to correct Lu Wei: "Is 15-20 BCDCB?"

Lu Wei did not respond.

Liang Hui said in a hoarse, broken voice, "Brother Lu... the stab was too accurate... he's already dead..."

Lin Xi: "Ah..."

I was the first one to be stabbed and I'm still alive.

Xiang Xin: "It's DCACB... oh..."

Lin Xi: "How...did you...know..."

It really hurts...

Lin Xi had experienced this kind of pain many times, but this time she felt at ease.

Xiang Xin's voice was already very weak: "Isn't this the incantation for rebirth...?"

Lin Xi: "..."

Liang Hui: "I'm dying... what about you guys..."

Lin Xi: "Me too..."