Chapter 122 Xiong Da, Xiong Er, Zhang San, and Li Si
"Zhang Sirui, please confirm the information on the application form for entering the city."
Lin Xi: "Confirmed."
At the entrance to the underground city, the staff looked at the declaration form Lin Xi submitted and asked another question:
Do you have an ID card or household registration booklet to prove your information?
Lin Xi: "It was lost during the escape."
Another staff member came over and whispered something, explaining that Lin Xi and his group had brought supplies and had been assisting relevant departments in transferring refugees along the way, making initial contributions to the base before even entering the city.
We should keep more people like this.
The staff stamped Lin Xi's application form.
"Take the application form over there for inspection. If there are no problems, you can go and collect your room number and supplies."
Lin Xi: "The things I brought..."
Staff: "Oh, your personal belongings will be returned to you after inspection. However, vehicles entering the city will be centrally managed and may be requisitioned in an emergency."
This was the first time the staff member had ever seen someone arrive at the base with a truck and countless belongings.
In the past few days, she has seen more refugees who have come from hardship or have been rescued by the combat readiness teams sent by the base. They are mostly penniless and mentally disoriented.
When Lin Xi was pushed towards the inspection by the team, she watched from afar as her teammates were unable to reunite.
Those who received their stamped entry application had to queue on the other side for a medical examination. The queue was very long, and each queue was guarded by more than five armed men.
To prevent people with a long incubation period of the virus from sneaking in and turning into zombies.
The inspection is divided into two stages.
The first step is to undress and have staff of the same gender check for any open wounds.
The second challenge is to go in front of a machine similar to an X-ray machine and have your head scanned.
It is said that people infected with the zombie virus have mutated brains, which can be detected with a single scan.
Double-layer testing ensures that everyone entering the base is free of infection.
Lin Xi and the others passed the inspection one by one and met at the exit.
Stepping firmly into the safe zone, Xiang Xin excitedly looked at the unfamiliar surroundings and ran over to give Lin Xi a high-five:
"Xi... Zhang Sirui!"
"Li Fuwo!"
Two tall, slender boys approached them, and Liang Hui called out to them:
“Zhang San and Li Si, please stop with these fancy tricks.”
Lin Xi and Xiang Xin both felt a sense of relief and calm, and the ground beneath their feet, free from the cramped space of the truck, improved their mood.
Lin Xi: "Comrades Xiong Da and Xiong Er, you've been out of school for a long time, so please stop pretending to be young."
Lin Xi's name was trending on social media for a while, but she changed her name because she didn't want to be recognized.
Calling someone Zhang San casually is too informal and obviously fake. Lin Xi made it sound more sophisticated and translated it from English to Chinese as Zhang Sirui.
Xiang Xin found it amusing: "I've been in a detention center, and I want to change that too."
Thus, the stylish version of Li Si was born.
The idea of changing the name spread throughout the group, and Liang Hui pulled his brother Lu to join, wanting a pair of very imposing brother names.
So Lin Xi helped them register "Xiong Zhan" and "Xiong Lie".
Xiong Lie was very satisfied with the name and accepted it.
Xiong Zhan seemed speechless at the name, folded up the stamped application form, and decided to ignore it.
The "Dawn" underground city base has 17 levels, with the "-1" level being the entrance checkpoint.
All residents and returning military personnel need to go through the two layers of checks mentioned earlier to ensure that there are no infected people in the city.
"-2" to "-3" are parking lots.
Areas "-4" to "-10" are residential areas, mainly dormitories. It is said that schools, factories, and hospitals will also be developed later.
Areas "-11" to "-13" are classified areas, reportedly military bases.
"-14" to "-17" are indoor gardens.
On the application form for entering the city, everyone must fill in their previous major and job, and check the occupations they are good at.
Lin Xi wanted to check all the boxes for combat, planting, and cooking, but she wanted to stay with Xiang Xin and the others more, so she only checked combat.
The base is in dire need of combat readiness personnel, and since they had previously undertaken combat readiness missions before entering the city, they are very likely to be directly transferred to the combat readiness team.
From then on, every day was spent dealing with zombies.
Lin Xi was already prepared.
After waiting in line for nearly 5 hours, Lin Xi received her temporary ID card and room key.
She and Xiang Xin shared a room on the -4 floor with six other unfamiliar women, while Lu Wei and Liang Hui were on the -5 floor.
The huge base has thousands of rooms on each floor, making it very difficult to see each other; people can only contact each other by mobile phone.
However, before entering the city, the staff said that the newly arrived residents would be temporarily housed on the upper two floors of the residential area, and the dormitories would be reassigned after the base assigned work according to everyone's skills.
Once you're in the combat readiness team, you can apply to join the same team.
Lin Xi and Xiang Xin each carried a hiking backpack, along with the most essential items.
Lin Xi donated half of the other supplies, such as boxes of compressed biscuits and canned food, to the base, and the other half will be moved over once they have a stable place to live.
They lined up with other refugees to receive supplies for entering the city.
The supplies package contained a set of checkered print single bedding, a basin, a wash cup, and two towels.
Holding the supplies package, Lin Xi felt as if she had returned to her university military training days.
In addition to basic necessities, there was a clothing bag containing two identical sets of cotton clothes for alternating washing. It also included women's items, which would be provided monthly.
The room is small, with a layout similar to a university dormitory. There are four personal lockers on each side of the entrance, and four bunk beds on each side.
There is a shared table in the middle.
Lin Xi and Xiang Xin were the fifth and sixth residents in this room.
The other four residents were a mother and daughter and two unfamiliar girls.
Everyone had just escaped or been rescued from the pursuit of zombies and arrived at the base. They had all just gone through a terrible and hopeless period of escape, lost their relatives and friends, or witnessed bloody killings. They had finally arrived at a safe place and were processing their emotions.
Everyone exchanged brief greetings without much further conversation.
Lin Xi and Xiang Xin quickly made their beds and began their life in the city, waiting to join the combat readiness team.
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