Chapter 182 Base Unsealing
Rebuilding the base was a huge project, so they simply demolished all the damaged buildings, cleaned them up, and left some space so that they could be reopened when there were more survivors.
So they simply rebuilt the highway from outside the base to the toll station, widened the road, paved it with a shiny, extremely flat surface, and renovated the toll station, completely transforming it into the entrance to the base. It has a magnificent gate that can accommodate four vehicles at the same time, and there are dedicated pedestrian passages and exits. It is equipped with checkpoints, guard rest areas, survivor temporary areas and other functional areas, so that people can notice the difference here from a distance.
Since the base was reopened, a steady stream of wandering survivors, some alone and some in large groups, have arrived. In just two weeks, the base's population has grown from 140,000 to 150,000.
"Hey, be careful."
A guard patrolling the central area accidentally knocked a tall and thin teenager down when they passed each other, and quickly reached out to help him up.
The boy might be a little hungry, his steps were unsteady and he almost fell to the ground.
He looked up at the guard, said nothing, and continued walking forward silently.
The back view is desolate.
"You just arrived, right?" The guard couldn't bear it and chased after him to talk to him.
"Um."
"Have you rented an apartment? Have you found a job?"
"No."
"Then I'll take you there. It's not far, just two blocks from the service hall."
The young man paused, lowered his head slightly, and replied without any emotion: "I don't have any money."
"You mean supplies? Don't worry, if you can't pay the rent yet, you can buy it on credit and pay it off within two months. We have a lot of jobs at Chaoyang Base. Even ordinary people can find a relatively easy job, and the salary is not low. Do you want me to take you to have a look?"
The boy slowed down and asked him, "Really?"
"Haha, of course it's true. Look at my shoulder badges. I'm an official guard at the base. How could I lie to you? Let's go."
"......good."
Seeing that he seemed to be very wary and didn't know what he had experienced before and why he was so taciturn, the guard took the initiative to talk about the good things about Chaoyang Base, trying to make him feel more at ease. Gradually, he would occasionally ask a question or two and was not as silent as at the beginning.
"The leaders at our Chaoyang base are very nice and unassuming. You might even run into one of them walking down the street."
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"No, no, that's because the base commander and some of the main leaders were members of a team called Chaoyang before the apocalypse, so the base is called that."
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"Of course. Each of them is a mutant. A while ago, there were mutant creatures besieging the city, and they led people to eliminate them."
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"But, the one I admire most is Instructor Lu Minglu. As the only woman on the team, she's truly as capable as any man. She's also a dual-wielder of space and healing! It's the first time I've seen someone with both. Her space is vast, and her healing abilities are amazing too. In just a few minutes, she can heal a huge hole in her stomach and be full of life."
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"Yeah, I'm also a psychic, hehe, I'm a fire type. But I'm only level three, way behind them. I heard that our base commander is already level six. Tsk tsk, how did they train that? But they are all born with it, unlike us, maybe they just need better aptitude."
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"Ah, no, I haven't been captured by zombies. I was chosen and then I took the awakening potion invented by Instructor Lu, and then I awakened."
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"Sure, you can sign up, and you can eat once you're selected. But you have to become a permanent resident of the base first, and then apply to become an official guard of the base before you're eligible."
The two walked and talked. The guard basically introduced the latest situation of the base. Seeing that the boy finally relaxed, he felt relieved. Just as they arrived at the destination, he said goodbye to him, "Okay, this is it. You can register here, then rent an apartment, and someone will introduce you to a job. Think about it and find one. If you want to join the army, go to the recruitment office across the street. Here, there, you see it, just go and sign up. I'll be leaving first. I have to go on patrol. See you later."
"Thank you." The boy also said goodbye to him and walked into the service hall.
After filling out the forms and renting a single apartment, he walked towards his new home with his freshly issued resident card.
Three days later.
It's late at night and everyone is asleep.
A figure walked to the north wall of the base, then disappeared in a flash.
As dawn approached, the figure suddenly appeared in the same place again and walked towards the center of the base.
At the same time, in a building not far from the base, a man was holding a communicator and constantly sending messages.
[The above is the overview of this base.] He typed the last sentence and hit send.
After a moment, "Ding Di."
The communicator received a message.
[Don't worry about anything else. Just bring back the woman with dual abilities. I'll send someone else to pick her up.]
"good."
The man put away the communicator, looked in a certain direction in the distance, licked his lips, and an excited smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
The next day.
"Everyone has it. Stop and repair for an hour."
The captain of the second squad of the third clearing brigade gave an order to all team members on the walkie-talkie. The three military vehicles in the team stopped immediately and the team members got off one after another.
In front of them was a three-story residential building in the small town, where they planned to rest temporarily.
Fifteen people walked into the residential building in an orderly manner and went to different floors to clear out the zombies.
After a simple cleanup, they came to the lobby on the first floor, sat down and started eating lunch.
The captain took a sip of water, took out an energy bar, shook it, tore open the package, and put it to his mouth.
“Knock, knock.”
There was a sudden knock on the door.
He was startled, stopped moving abruptly, and listened carefully.
“Knock, knock.”
It's not an auditory hallucination, there is indeed a sound upstairs.
He frowned, put away what he was holding, stood up silently, gestured to the team members around him who were also becoming serious, and walked up the stairs first.
Holding the gun, he slowly walked towards the second floor.
On the second floor are two bedrooms and a study, which is empty.
So, it’s on the third floor?
Just as he reached the third floor, he heard another clear knock on the door.
It came from a bedroom.
Slowly approaching the bedroom, he glanced around and his eyes stopped on a large wardrobe in front of him.
There was a dark red bloody handprint on the wardrobe door.
“Bang, bang!”
This is it!
He winked, and someone immediately came forward, stood by the closet door, and looked at him.
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