Chapter 73 Discussion
Soon, after handing over his work at the base, Gu Cheng drove to the resort.
He also realized what General Luo was thinking.
Since Su You has a powerful organization behind him, he can communicate with them and exchange information, which will provide him with more resources in the uncertain future.
However, he has not figured out why Su You needs people here to help build a team. Since they are so powerful, why do they need to ask General Luo for manpower?
With doubts, he drove carefully on the mountain road.
Since the earthquake and volcanic eruption, the terrain and vegetation in the mountainous area have changed, and thick volcanic ash has fallen on the ground.
Some sections of the winding mountain road, which was originally paved with asphalt, have cracked, and parts of the mountain and vegetation have collapsed on the roadside.
The road leading to the city has been partially cleared by the rescue team, so it is still passable.
But the road leading from the official shelter to the resort area has not been completely cleared.
So the road was much bumpier, but fortunately he was driving a high-performance off-road vehicle, so crossing mountains and hills was no problem, and it went relatively smoothly.
The car lights shone into the gray forest, and everything seemed to be silent.
The volcanic ash floating in the sky is gradually decreasing, and the acid rain in some local areas has also decreased a lot. Everything seems to be moving in the right direction.
But he soon noticed something was wrong.
Whether it is the withered trees or the street lights on the roadside, there seem to be many fine silk webs, as if woven by insects such as spiders. The difference is that the webs are covered with dense white eggs.
These things seemed to grow out of the trees overnight.
What is this?
Gu Cheng took precautions in the car, wearing a mask and rubber gloves, and used tweezers to take some samples into a glass bottle, intending to have professionals test it when he returned to the base.
Just then, a group of people with their mouths and noses covered appeared on the road.
They were armed with clearing tools and torches and appeared to be clearing away the silver-gray network between the trees.
When the leader saw what was in his hand, he reminded him specifically.
"Don't touch these things, they're poisonous."
"Thank you." Gu Cheng was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
He asked, "Are you from the resort? Why are you here to clean up these cobwebs?"
Seeing that he was wearing the uniform of the rescue team, the visitor was not on guard and told him what had happened.
"That's right. A few days ago, someone named Su You suddenly came here and brought us a large amount of supplies. She said she wanted to set up a base shelter here. Because she had supplies, we started repairing the houses and clearing the roads according to her instructions. She also asked us to clear the insect eggs around the resort so that we could get food and clean water."
Here, when Gu Cheng heard them talking about Su You, he was not shocked. After all, she was talking about the identity of the resort.
Is she going to build a shelter in the resort area?
After Tu Biao occupied the base, he drove away a lot of people. It seems that these people came to the resort.
Including the locals in the previous resort area and the wealthy area on the mountain, there is a fairly large population here.
The team said goodbye to Gu Cheng.
Gu Cheng saw that they continued to cut down trees along the perimeter, burning the silk nets and insect eggs, and then cut down trees to establish an isolation zone.
Soon, he saw Su You at the resort.
She was standing in the leeward side of the valley, wearing a black mask, protective goggles, and cold-proof clothing. She was standing in the middle of a group of people, discussing an engineering drawing.
The people around should be from the resort. They wrapped their mouths and noses with clothes and cloth strips, and you could see from their eyes the fatigue caused by the fear they had suffered in the past few days.
There are also several excavators and construction equipment nearby, which seem to be preparing to start building something.
Just when he was about to wait a while, the discussion seemed to be over.
A man stepped forward and led the group to start construction.
When Su You saw Gu Cheng coming, he curled his eyes and walked over.
"Major General Gu!"
"Did the journey here go smoothly?"
Gu Cheng nodded, "Fortunately, everything went well."
Only after this close contact did he notice that Su You didn't look very old, but he seemed very friendly and easily won the favor of people around him.
"However, I met a team you sent on the road. They said they were here to remove pests?"
"Well, I was just about to tell you about this. I also just sent a message to General Luo. When the rescue team goes out, they must pay attention to the insect eggs on the roadside. They started appearing last night. They are highly corrosive and can also cause neurotoxicity. Several people have been injured at the resort."
As she talked to Gu Cheng, she walked into a nearby house. The lights were on inside and people were busy coming in and out from time to time.
"Time is urgent right now. Let me first tell you about what's going on at the resort. I'd like to ask for your opinion."
Gu Cheng nodded: "Okay, you tell me first."
Su You took two cups of hot coffee and handed one to him. Then he sat on the sofa in the corner and took out his tablet to explain science to him:
"General Luo should have told you my idea. I plan to convert this place into a refuge base. There are many guesthouses here, which can be used as forward outposts and observation points. Personnel will be transferred to the air-raid shelters in the mountains not far away. There are several abandoned air-raid shelters here. If they are connected, they can almost be combined into a fairly large rescue base."
"So, I want to ask you how the base here will organize and arrange defense personnel. The security work here may need you to carry out."
After hearing this, Gu Cheng's original confusion disappeared. Combining what he saw on the way, he understood the purpose of Su You asking him to come.
"You mean, let me organize and train the people here?"
"That's right."
"Okay." Gu Cheng nodded, "I understand."
Major General Gu is indeed a straightforward person.
Su You sighed, saying that talking to people who understand saves time.
She and General Luo wanted to send someone in order to use the name of the official base.
After all, during natural disasters, people's hearts are unstable. If there are people from the official shelter base, there will be less resistance to doing things in the resort area, and it will be more convenient to recruit and train personnel.
Gu Cheng understood his usefulness as a tool.
As far as he knows, Huanshan Valley is the largest scenic spot near Shenzhen. There are many homestays and buildings of all sizes nearby. Some are private buildings of mountain residents, and some are developed by scenic spots, which are contracted to corresponding companies for operation.
As a mature holiday resort, the facilities here are relatively complete, including farmhouses, small health and epidemic prevention stations, convenience supermarkets and other convenient facilities.
During holidays, many people like to come here for leisure and vacation.
Therefore, when it rained heavily, some people were stranded here, and together with the refugees who came here, the number was not small.
(End of this chapter)
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