Chapter 145 The First Arrival
On February 21, the ninth day of the cleanup of City C, the first group of survivors arrived ahead of schedule.
The team leader was an acquaintance.
"Captain Wan!"
Wan Zhengqi got out of the car, smiled, and shook Lin Cong's hand. "Why call me Battalion Commander? Just call me by my name. I'm only 29. You always call me old."
"Haha, brother Zhengqi. Let's go, the boss is waiting for you."
"good."
The two walked side by side towards the tallest building in the city center, which has now been renamed the Central Building, while several team members behind them asked the convoy to stop at the designated place, guiding the survivors to get off the vehicle and line up to enter.
Lin Cong brought Wan Zhengqi to the office on the eighth floor of Office Area 1. As soon as they entered, they saw Gu Chao Luming and Li Hangyuan watching the images from the drone.
The three of them heard the sound and turned around.
"Captain Wan!"
"haven't seen you for a long time."
"So it's you. I was thinking you looked familiar from afar."
"Now that you're not in the army anymore, don't call me Captain Wan anymore. Just call me Brother Wan!"
"Okay, Captain Wan, no problem, Captain Wan."
Wan Zhengqi smiled helplessly. It seemed that he would have to change his name to Captain Wan from now on.
"How was your journey? Was everything going smoothly?" Gu Chao asked.
"It went very smoothly. We took the highway the entire way, and there were few people, so the speed was fast. We didn't stop for long, and we didn't encounter many zombies. That's why we arrived three days early, and we still have enough supplies for several days."
"That's good."
After a few pleasantries, they finally started talking about business.
"Our first group of survivors totals over 8,000 people, including 500 newly recruited survivor guards, 500 people with special abilities, 5,000 working young adults, and 2,000 skilled professionals from various industries, including those originally employed in transportation, water conservancy, power supply, communications, household registration, healthcare, industry and commerce, taxation, and law."
"The second and third convoys will arrive soon, and the main force is already on the way and will arrive in about a week."
When they heard his words, they were all pleasantly surprised. Old Cheng and Zhou Zixi were indeed capable of getting things done. They were just worried about not having enough manpower.
"That's great! We've been looking forward to your coming. We have so much to do that we can't handle it all."
"Let everyone rest today, and then we'll make unified arrangements for work tomorrow."
"no problem."
Lin Cong took Wan Zhengqi to a high-end hotel next to the central building and told him that this hotel is now the base of the Chaoyang Brigade. All the people in the Chaoyang Brigade live here and usually work and hold meetings in the central building. So after the Chaoyang team members in this team finished their work, he asked him to bring them over himself and explained the check-in procedure to him again.
The other survivors were divided into different communities according to their different departments. Anyone with an official position in the base, commonly known as "civil servants", could solve the problems of accommodation and food, so these communities were assigned to them as staff dormitories.
After registering and receiving the keys and daily necessities, Wan Zhengqi put his things away and without resting, rushed to see the survivors he brought with him.
Among these people, those with special abilities and guards live in one area, ordinary survivors live in another area, and the rest live in another area.
These communities have been carefully cleaned by them and are absolutely safe, but the hygiene cannot be guaranteed, so when Wan Zhengqi went there, they were all cleaning the rooms without exception.
The zombie corpses and garbage were thrown into the open space of the community and burned together. The high-temperature flames of the psychics could instantly turn these things that ordinary flames could not burn into ashes, which was very convenient.
The next step is to classify the items originally in the house: items that carry the owner's scent are packed and sealed in cardboard boxes or suitcases, with addresses written on them and put away; items like jewelry are handed in; things that can still be used, such as bedding and sheets, are gathered in one place, washed and dried, and distributed to everyone.
Other large items, such as tables, chairs and electrical appliances, are left intact in the house for everyone to use.
They arrived at noon, and by the time they had packed up and everyone checked in, it was already past 8 o'clock in the evening.
Wan Zhengqi and other Chaoyang team members watched the survivors receive their daily rations of food and water and return to their rooms to rest before returning to their base.
What’s heartwarming is that the team members who were already in City C, including the base leader, were still waiting for them to have dinner together.
When Gu Chao and his team left, the Chaoyang Brigade had a total of 405 people. A month later, the number had grown to more than 700, and this first batch of people had more than 50 people, so they used the hotel's restaurant and converted it into a canteen.
The food was served buffet style and included mixed dehydrated vegetable soup, rice, braised pork with potatoes and spicy stir-fried chicken.
The meal was cooked by Lu Ming, but others also helped. Gu Chao's special ability was the most practical. With a few air blades, the piles of ingredients turned into evenly sized blocks, so this meal did not take much effort.
Of course, this is also the last big pot meal that Lu Ming will make. After that, they will have a special chef to do this, freeing up Lu Ming's fighting power, and she only needs to provide the ingredients.
Everyone was very hungry, so no one said anything and just told them to eat quickly.
There is no limit on the amount of food, but it cannot be wasted. Many people have not eaten such delicious meals for a long time, and their stomachs are full. At this moment, they feel honored and happy to be able to join the Chaoyang Brigade.
After dinner, everyone went back to their rooms to rest. The members of the Chaoyang team all lived in suites on the top two floors, while the other team members lived on the middle and lower floors. Lu Ming replaced the beds in these rooms with bunk beds collected from the military base, and converted all the double rooms and standard rooms into four-person dormitories, separating men and women.
Among the people brought by Wan Zhengqi, there were people who were specifically responsible for personnel arrangements and material distribution, so the original 13 people did not have to worry about other things. After they had their meal, they went back to their rooms to rest.
Today, in order to welcome their arrival, everyone had to work hard to catch up with the progress. Only after completing the daily zombie killing target would they have time to do these chores, so everyone was exhausted.
Because of special circumstances (no one wanted to see them showing off their love), Gu Chao and Lu Ming lived alone in a suite on the top floor, the 11th floor. After sending the children back to their room, they walked upstairs hand in hand.
Lu Ming exhaled, climbed up slowly, and said to Gu Chao with a pout, "I'm so tired."
The two of them killed at least three thousand zombies each today, including dozens of fourth-level zombies and hundreds of third-level zombies. In order to save gold coins, Lu Ming basically killed them all alone. After that, she was busy cooking and cleaning the hotel. She was in pain all over her body now.
Gu Chao patted her head and squatted in front of her, "Come up."
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