Not long after, the chatting in the camp finally stopped, and tranquility returned.
The next day at daybreak, everyone in the engineering team was already up and began to make their own work arrangements.
Lu Yuan's task today is to find oil fields, coal mines, iron mines, and various mining equipment. They also need to find suitable soil for building houses, as they need a large amount of bricks, cement, and sand to make the building materials.
The team split into dozens of groups and dispersed to different places to conduct research and investigation.
Lu Yuan and Zhou Tong led a group of experts up the mountain to explore whether there was suitable soil for making bricks.
After all, bricks and tiles are materials used to build houses; without them, their houses cannot be built.
Carrying heavy equipment, everyone chatted as they walked along the mountain road. The experts were very talkative, as if they had been holding back for a long time. When they mentioned their professions again, they were all very talkative.
Although their words were obscure and difficult to understand, Lu Yuan could clearly tell from their voices that these people seemed to genuinely intend to teach him.
Upon arriving at their destination, the expert team got to work, collecting various soil samples for testing, and finally found suitable clay.
The expert team then began to conduct investigations and research in the vicinity. They wanted to determine how much soil could be extracted from this place so that they could estimate whether the city's future land use would require resources from other areas.
And so everyone got busy here. Suddenly, a startled cry came from Lu Yuan's walkie-talkie, and Lu Yuan frowned slightly.
"What exactly happened?"
A series of urgent shouts came through the walkie-talkie.
"Help! Help! We've discovered a group of mutated beasts near the iron mine, and they're attacking us!"
"What type of mutated beast is it? Can you determine its tier? What are its specific characteristics?"
"Yes, yes, yes, it's a pack of mutated wolves. There are a lot of them, each about ten meters tall and three meters high at the shoulder. They move quickly and in large packs. They should be second-tier mutated beasts. There are tens of thousands of them, or even more. We've only encountered about tens of thousands so far!"
After hearing this, Lu Yuan frowned and said to his assistant beside him.
"Go check if there are any other reports of similar situations in other places. When we first came here, we didn't seem to find any of these mutated wolves!"
Zhou Tongzhong, who was standing to the side, picked up his binoculars and looked in the distance, but found nothing unusual.
So he turned to Lu Yuan and said.
"I'll go. Leave this to me. I'll see if I can drive these mutated wolves away!"
Hearing the other party volunteer, Lu Yuan didn't refuse and simply nodded.
"Alright, go ahead. Be careful on the way. We don't have many weapons and ammunition, so use them sparingly if possible. If it gets too difficult, take your men with you."
"At worst, we can just abandon that piece of land and look for other iron ore. There are quite a few large mines nearby, so finding iron ore shouldn't be too difficult!"
Zhou Tong nodded, put his equipment on the ground, and then quickly led a few people to run down the mountain.
Lu Yuan continued to stay in place, working alongside these people to take measurements and provide assistance. Since they lacked professional knowledge, they could only act as assistants, but this provided significant help to the expert team.
Soon, Zhou Tong's voice came through the walkie-talkie.
"There are a lot of second-tier mutated wolves, about a hundred thousand. We can't drive them away in time. It seems we have no choice but to abandon that place!"
"Okay, let's abandon that place for now. We still have plenty of iron ore. They must have wandered into their private territory, which is why these wolves are chasing them away!"
Zhou Tong nodded and glanced around the vicinity with her binoculars.
"We're still surrounded. I have to lead them in a surprise attack. I can't talk to you now. I'll report back if there's any urgent situation!"
After telling Lu Yuan to be careful, he hung up the call.
They continued working alongside the expert team, who all wore worried expressions but didn't ask any further questions.
After all, in their minds, Lu Yuan and his group were absolutely freakish. They had already heard of Lu Yuan and his reputation when they were in the shelter. They were definitely experts at hunting mutated beasts.
At this moment, Zhou Zhong was leading about thirty people to keep watch nearby.
Several members of the expert team were injured by these small baby mutated creatures, their bodies covered in wounds. They need to be taken back for treatment, otherwise, if the wounds become infected, they may never return.
Zhou Tong and his team were mainly responsible for covering the mutated wolf pack in the distance. They didn't seem to have discovered any trace of them. The trouble they encountered this time was just a few juvenile wolf cubs playing nearby. They accidentally ran into the expert team and ended up doing this to them.
Zhou Tong observed for a moment and realized that there didn't seem to be any adult wolves around, only a few wolf cubs. So an idea popped into his head.
"In that case, let's just kill them. Maybe the wolf pack isn't particularly interested in this place!"
After saying that, Zhou Tong drew his long sword from behind his back.
"Let's see if we can take out these little mutated wolves. If we do, this place will be ours. It's rich in iron ore reserves, and it would be a shame to give it up!"
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