After turning around from the Brotherhood camp, the group of people and an all-terrain transport vehicle did not immediately walk into the wilderness.
The administrative area of Qindao City reaches more than 11,000 square kilometers.
This area may seem insignificant at first glance, but it is actually quite exaggerated. If we use Shanghai, the famous Magic City in China, as an analogy, this area can almost accommodate two Shanghai cities.
Even if we look at the whole world, before the catastrophe broke out, the world situation seemed prosperous and thriving, as if the people of the world were in great harmony. This area could be larger than the area of 39 countries.
For example, Jamaica, the famous sprinting kingdom, has a territory of less than 11,000 square kilometers.
By the way, Xiangjiang's land area is only one tenth of Qindao's...
Although there are large tracts of arable land and rural township land within the huge administrative area, the urban area is still quite large.
At least the coastal areas around the bay in Qindao City are all highly developed urban areas.
Precisely in order to avoid unexpected risks, the entire team chose to completely avoid the Bay Area Route when heading west. Only after reaching the Brotherhood's camp did they turn west and head along the highway.
"I've always found it strange. If the mutated creatures in the ocean are beginning to invade the land, why is it that on Qin Island, only the coastal area in the core area has seen an invasion? Although the entire bay area belongs to the bay landscape, it is still connected to the open sea.
"Hasn't the area within the bay ring line experienced an invasion of mutant marine life? If we expand the area a little bit, wouldn't this be limited to the core coastal area of Qindao along our country's long coastline? What about other coastal areas around the world?"
Walking on the dilapidated road, Chen Yan remained on guard and asked as he moved forward.
Qin Yourong and Li Fengnian walked on his left and right. The three of them were close to the transport vehicle. In addition to being responsible for vigilance, they were also responsible for dealing with some obstacles that even the transport vehicle could not pass through directly.
Xu Qinghe still led Gu Yuze and Cong Jing and his wife and walked at the front of the team a few hundred meters away.
From time to time, the sound of fighting could be heard from the peripherals of the smart bracelet, proving that the process of Xu Qing and the other two clearing the way ahead was not smooth sailing.
Yao Shan and Yao Yun, brother and sister, were on guard in the direction of the bay ring line.
Because theoretically, the most dangerous zombies and mutant creatures in this area should all be living in the urban ruins along the bay area.
Hearing Chen Yan's question, Fei Changyuan, who was sitting in the car, said, "The situation around the bay is quite special because there is only a narrow opening for entry, and in the early days, an undersea tunnel was built to facilitate transportation.
Later, with the rapid development of science and technology, the original undersea tunnel quickly became synonymous with backwardness, so the tunnel was rebuilt to become more adaptable to technological development, while also adding a lot of new requirements for safety protection.
In this case, the government took a rather bold approach: they contacted the military, which built defensive military facilities on the seabed of the narrow mouth. While not affecting the passage of ships, marine life could not enter or exit freely.
When the Cataclysm erupted, the primary targets of the nuclear bombing were all large and medium-sized cities worldwide. Countless nuclear warheads essentially wiped out every notable city, but the attacks on targets outside of the cities were rather perfunctory.
In this context, not only the uninhabited areas and wilderness were not hit by nuclear bombs, but many relatively less important facilities were also preserved intact.
"But I don't know what the situation is like along the coastline outside the bay. I can only monitor the coastal area of Qindao's core area. I can't do anything about other areas."
After hearing Fei Changyuan's explanation, Chen Yan was surprised. "You mean, that defensive military facility prevented the massive invasion of the mutated marine creatures into the entire bay? Is that... possible? And it's been fifty years since the Cataclysm, right? That military facility is still functioning?"
Fei Changyuan nodded with a smile and said, "Don't underestimate the military capabilities before the Cataclysm. If the military capabilities at that time were not strong enough, how could they have destroyed the entire world? If the level of human technology can be fully restored to the level before the Cataclysm, then whether they are awakened or dominant, they will have to be honest and harmless citizens.
Um... Of course, I might be a bit biased. After all, I haven't seen how truly powerful a Dominant truly is. All I know for sure is that the Awakened wouldn't stand a chance of victory against the might of a nation before the Cataclysm. As for whether military facilities are still usable... That question shouldn't even be asked.
The concepts of military facilities and civilian facilities are completely different. Forget fifty years. Given the technological level before the Cataclysm, even a hundred years of continuous, low-energy operation without any maintenance shouldn't be a problem. Because the energy source that keeps it running is electricity. Remember the battery you got?"
Chen Yan's mind suddenly emerged with the nuclear battery he had kept in his portable storage.
Although it can be seen that nuclear batteries, even before the catastrophe, should still be laboratory-level products, they are still very far from full civilian commercialization.
But if it is used experimentally in some military facilities, it does make sense.
After all, war is the main driving force behind human technological progress.
Thinking of this, Chen Yan frowned and said, "From what you implied, even though the Cataclysm has been going on for fifty years, in fact, apart from the pre-war technology inherited by some powerful forces, there are actually many things around the world that are still able to operate independently, similar to the Bay Protection Facility.
In that case, why can't we all come together and integrate the pre-war technology we've inherited, make up for each other's serious shortcomings, and then rely on those pre-war facilities that are still functioning to try to rebuild our homes and put an end to the apocalyptic suffering in this wasteland?"
“Good question.”
Li Fengnian suddenly took over the conversation, a look of emotion crossing his face as he sighed, "Humans are essentially a species where the individual is greater than the collective. Although humans are social creatures and it's difficult for individuals to survive independently from the collective, within the collective, humans will always focus more on what they can gain rather than what they can contribute."
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