The sports park is actually located at the border of M City and C City, and is practically part of C City. It is about a two-hour drive from where Lu Sheng and the others are.
Xiao Ning and his group were clearly greedy; in addition to M City, they also wanted to take the opportunity to loot some supplies in C City, which is why they were trapped there by the zombie horde.
Lu Sheng and Su Zheng first went to the sewers to pick up the remaining people and put them in the car. After recounting the number of people, they led the convoy across the entire city in a grand procession.
Over the past year, they have been shuttling between various bases and haven't had a chance to fully experience the convenience of a modern city.
Stepping back into this once bustling city, seeing the towering buildings lining the streets and the wide, flat roads now overrun by hordes of wandering zombies, I can't help but feel a pang of unease.
Sun Tiantian leaned against the car window, looking longingly at the street scene receding behind her. "I wonder when we'll be able to return to an orderly human society."
"After the apocalypse, everything will have to start anew. We don't even have basic living facilities yet, so building a city is still a long way off," Lu Song sighed softly.
Lu Sheng, who had been resting with his eyes closed in the car, suddenly had a flash of inspiration when he heard the conversation between the two.
"How long will it take to connect the oil supply pipeline to K3?"
"Even if several bases pool all their manpower and resources, it will still take at least two months."
"What if we modify the existing pipeline connections in City M?"
"It might only take a month..."
Su Zheng's expression froze for a moment, then his eyes lit up. "You want to take back M City?"
Lu Sheng gazed calmly at the once bustling street scene outside the window. "There's no reason for humanity to hand over the civilization it has created over decades or even centuries to these walking corpses."
The base is still too small. As the scale continues to expand, the entire base is becoming increasingly crowded.
Furthermore, life after the apocalypse is far too dull and monotonous; these people need a normal life with regular work and leisure activities, just like before the apocalypse. As the base continues to absorb new people, it is imperative to provide them with an environment more suitable for human survival.
"We can form an alliance! Let's take back the city together!" Su Zheng's blood boiled instantly.
K3's top management had already held several meetings, wanting to rebuild the city with tens of thousands of people. However, due to inadequate infrastructure and a shortage of resources, they had not yet succeeded.
Lu Sheng's words also served as a reminder to Su Zheng.
Instead of going through the trouble of rebuilding civilization, let's take back everything that belongs to humanity!
Lu Sheng paused for a moment, then smiled faintly, "I don't need allies."
The atmosphere inside the car immediately became tense. Su Zheng's expression changed slightly, and after thinking for more than ten seconds, he solemnly said, "K3 can join and become your subordinate base."
The base was originally established to provide a place of refuge for displaced people.
He wouldn't mind becoming Lu Sheng's subordinate as long as these people could return to normal life.
Moreover, they have received help from Lu Sheng many times over the past year; without Lu Sheng, there would be no K3 base as it is today.
"Okay." Lu Sheng replied succinctly.
After reaching an agreement with K3, Lu Sheng and Xu Yi allocated some more advanced weapons to the K3 base, successfully helping the entire team upgrade their weaponry.
All fear stemmed from insufficient firepower. After a qualitative improvement in the overall quality of military equipment, the two teams quickly assembled and charged.
Su Zheng quickly transferred a large number of people from the K3 base, and Zhao Mujia applied to join Lu Sheng's base on the spot after hearing about it.
The Lingfeng Base and K3 Base mobilized a total of more than 2,000 people and set up a battle map on the spot.
During a break in the meeting, the bespectacled young man hesitated, clutching his radio, "Xiao Ning and the others are still waiting for our rescue. Is it really appropriate for us to just leave them like this?"
Ma Dongmei snorted coldly, "Didn't he say that place was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and could hold out for a while? Then let him hold out a little longer."
Xiao Ning's reputation among the various bases is not very good.
Because Xiao Ning is ruthless in his dealings with people and in his actions.
Whether it's his own people or outsiders, anyone who affects his interests or goes against his wishes will be treated with the harshest treatment.
It is said that a trusted confidant who had served him for two years had his hand chopped off by Xiao Ning for failing to do something properly.
It was precisely because of this ruthlessness that the entire Blue Ocean Base was united and expanded at a very rapid pace. Other bases, due to Xiao Ning's vengeful nature, always gave Blue Ocean Base some leeway.
Under Lu Sheng's command, more than two thousand people were divided into several small teams and launched attacks from several main roads in the city, clearing out all the zombies along the way.
The entire cleaning operation lasted a full 8 hours.
After a hard-fought battle from noon to dusk, the Allied forces finally recaptured M City from the zombies!
"Great! We're finally back!"
"It's been two years!"
"I've had enough of that godforsaken rural place! I'm finally back home!"
“My son asks me every day when he can go to the amusement park to ride the roller coaster. When I get home, I tell him that Dad will take him tomorrow!”
After clearing out the commercial street where the zombie horde was most concentrated, many members of the Alliance Army wept with joy.
After two years of wandering and being forced to leave their homes, they returned to the city they had once strived for.
Humans are a species that desperately needs a sense of belonging.
Just as people who study or work away from home never feel that the city they are rooted in is not their home, the people who have experienced the zombie outbreak and have no place to live in the past two years have never felt a sense of belonging to a home in the base.
Finally, they returned to their familiar surroundings.
The continuation of five thousand years of civilization relies on an indomitable spirit; as long as there is a glimmer of hope, it can quickly take root and fight back.
Most importantly, taking over M City is a landmark achievement.
Once the first major city is captured, the two bases under the Lu Sheng Alliance can relocate to the city.
With M City's well-developed infrastructure and ecosystem, they can rapidly develop technology and manufacturing on that foundation. Furthermore, by building a scientifically designed defense system based on the city, they will no longer have to worry about their base being swallowed by hordes of zombies at any moment.
With M City as a base, the Allied Forces can take advantage of the situation to develop and eliminate other nearby cities, and have a better chance of establishing a complete civilized order!
[Congratulations, host, you have successfully taken over M City.]
[Infrastructure repairs have been rewarded; the city's power plants and water treatment plants have resumed normal operation. Hosts are advised to maintain and repair them.]
Lu Sheng's eyes lit up when he received the system reward!
Clean water resources are now a rare and precious resource; as long as there is water and electricity, a city can quickly regain its vitality.
With electricity, all the processing plants can resume operations, and with clean water, the pace of restoring civilization will be accelerated!
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