Before Lu Sheng and her group even landed, they saw several small figures on the ground looking up and staring intently at their plane, their heads following the plane's trajectory the entire time, like sunflowers turning their heads to follow the sun.
When the plane finally landed smoothly, Lu Sheng saw Su Zheng and Lü Song in the distance, and the others stared in disbelief with their mouths agape.
Su Zheng rubbed his eyes and subconsciously pinched his arm hard.
What was that he saw? An airplane?
There are no planes at K3 base! Where did Lu Sheng and the others find them?
Although H province has an airport, maintaining an aircraft is much more complicated than one might imagine. First, the fuel problem remains unresolved; second, professional pilots require systematic training, which isn't even available at the K3 base.
Moreover, the routine maintenance of an aircraft requires various specialized parts and tools. Even if they were given an aircraft for free, they still wouldn't be able to maintain it.
Yet Lu Sheng managed to possess a real, flying steel eagle in this era of such scarce resources…
Su Zheng once again felt a deep respect for this young and beautiful girl.
"Big Sister!" The bespectacled young man was the first to run over excitedly, limping slightly. "You have a plane now! Take me on a trip next time! I've never been on a plane before!"
Su Zheng and Lü Song also caught up slowly, both of them walking with some difficulty.
Lu Sheng glanced at the three people suspiciously.
What's wrong with these three? They all seem to have trouble walking.
Su Zheng awkwardly touched his nose. "I came by bicycle. It was a long way, and my thighs hurt a bit."
Lu Sheng: "..."
Everyone: "???"
Good grief, the distance from her place to K3 is almost equivalent to two ends of a city. It would take two or three hours to drive there at full speed. Did these three idiots come by bicycle?
So, this young man is sleeping on a cold kang (heated brick bed) only because the fire is strong, right?
Even zombies would shake their heads at this level of physical strength!
Lu Sheng's silence made Su Zheng even more embarrassed, and he hurriedly explained, "There's no other way. The base is short of fuel resources. Now, unless it's a life-or-death emergency mission, everyone has to rely on themselves to get around."
"We're doing alright, we can ride bicycles. The base next door doesn't even have many bicycles, they have to walk everywhere. I heard that the most common disease there is knee wear and tear." The bespectacled guy couldn't stand seeing his older brother lose face, so he immediately put down the neighboring base to prove that K3 was doing pretty well.
Lu Sheng glanced at the bicycles behind the group.
One is pink, one is red, and there's also a children's bicycle...
These vehicles were confiscated from somewhere, and their tires have been patched up several times.
K3 isn't exactly living a comfortable life either...
Su Zheng's face flushed under Lu Sheng's gaze, and he quickly changed the subject, "We came here today to discuss buying some grain and seeds from you. If possible, it would be best if you could also sell us some soil suitable for growing crops, as well as fuel."
As the apocalypse progressed, mutated plants and animals evolved super-strong reproductive abilities to adapt to the environment and ensure their survival.
The current situation is that, apart from humans, all other species are developing and breeding at an alarming rate. The large numbers of zombies and mutated plants and animals are bringing even more crystal cores to the various bases.
However, in an era when everyone was short of supplies, none of the bases had a safe and effective way to convert the crystal cores they held into resources.
It's like having hundreds of millions in your WeChat balance before the apocalypse, but there's no shopping mall nearby, so you can't spend it anywhere.
Su Zheng and his group also tried to go out and search for supplies themselves, but after two years of the apocalypse, most places that could be searched had already been scavenged. The food they found was a drop in the ocean compared to K3's massive population.
He could only approach the discussion with Lu Sheng with a tentative mindset.
“Okay, then you can get a card first and deposit 10,000 crystal cores. You can choose any crops and animals from my base.” Lu Sheng agreed readily.
She currently has a severe surplus of supplies and food, so it's naturally good that there's a market for all this stuff.
Su Zheng was surprised that Lu Sheng agreed so readily, and his spirits immediately lifted. "Okay, then I'll hand over the crystal cores first. I'll take a batch of goods back with me this time, and send people to collect the rest of the supplies in batches in a few days."
"No need for all that trouble, we'll deliver to your door and there's no shipping fee."
With fuel for the K3 so scarce, Lu Sheng would rather airdrop the K3s all at once through the logistics system than receive several waves of bicycles.
"ah??"
Su Zheng and the others were dumbfounded. Could there really be such a good thing?
When the three of them finally rode their bicycles back to K3, exhausted, they discovered that Lu Sheng's logistics plane had already airdropped the supplies they needed directly to the K3 base plaza.
Besides food and daily necessities, the biggest need for all bases is fuel.
With fuel production and travel severely restricted, energy scarcity has become the most critical crisis for all major bases.
After Lu Sheng took Xiaoxiao back to the base to recuperate for a while, he took out some zombie flesh and blood from his spatial storage and had Xiaoxiao experiment with her energy conversion ability. (This has been modified; purifying zombie flesh has been changed to converting it into fuel.)
Experiments have shown that the oil derived from zombie flesh can completely replace ordinary petroleum, and fuel can be produced through simple processing in the base's workshop.
After Lu Sheng informed K3 that fuel could be sold, Su Zheng and the others immediately rode their bicycles over.
"Instead of airdropping, it would be better to build an oil pipeline connecting K3 and nearby bases."
If a complete oil supply network can be established, all the large and small bases near the entire oil pipeline network can be revitalized. After the pipeline is completed, it will not only alleviate the urgent needs of each base, but also, with the pipeline as a hub, bring the bases together into a community of shared interests and form a relatively stable alliance.
Lu Sheng naturally had no objection to this. Anyway, you are all my little fat sheep. Just obediently explode the crystal cores.
"According to our calculations, if we combine the resources of major bases and arrange multiple groups of workers to work simultaneously every day, 24 hours a day, it will take about three months to build the pipeline."
Su Zheng showed Lu Sheng the meticulously calculated data.
Although there aren't many research personnel at the K3 base, there are professional designers from the former military design institute who are adept at infrastructure calculations.
Lu Sheng glanced at it briefly, then showed it to Xu Yi. Only after Xu Yi nodded did she give Su Zheng her answer, "Okay."
"Emm... there's still a small problem." Su Zheng looked troubled.
"explain."
"A good news and a bad news, which do you want to hear first?"
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