Apocalyptic Reincarnation: Start with a 30-million Bonus

Chapter 1481 - 854: People Are Even More Hateful Than Zombies (Part 2)

The helicopter’s speed was very fast; in just over an hour, Li Yu and the others were back at the Big Camphor Tree Base.Seeing them return, Second Uncle and the others all came down from the wall, excitedly running toward them.

The helicopter came to a steady stop.

Li Yu jumped down from the helicopter in one leap, and was met head‑on with Second Uncle and the others’ excited expressions.

Uh.....

Li Yu felt a bit awkward, not knowing for the moment how to talk to Second Uncle.

Second Uncle could also tell that Li Yu’s expression was a bit off. After thinking for a moment, he said, "It’s fine, it’s not like that’s the only military base. We can go out and look for another one some other day."

Li Yu gave a wry smile and said, "That military base was abandoned a long time ago and later developed into a tourist spot."

Second Uncle and the others were stunned when they heard this.

They had thought that it was just that all the weapons inside had been taken away, but they never imagined that they had actually gone to a tourist attraction!

Third Uncle and the others also got off the helicopter.

After chatting with Second Uncle and Uncle for a while, they all went back to the duty room together.

Li Yu took out the map and spread it flat on the table.

Third Uncle used a red pen to draw a circle around the place they had gone to today, and drew a cross in the middle.

On the other side, Li Yu took out a map he had downloaded in advance before the Doomsday and compared it with the military map. After looking for quite a while—

he said to Third Uncle, "Third Uncle, in the future when we go to locations marked on the military map, we should still compare them with this civilian map.

Look, on the iPad, the place we went to today is also clearly marked as a scenic spot. Look at the mess we made of it..."

A rare hint of embarrassment appeared on Third Uncle’s face. He nodded and said, "Mm, how about this: tomorrow, tomorrow we’ll go out and look again. According to the locations we originally screened that are relatively close to the Big Camphor Tree Base, the Shaosh City over in the neighboring province is also quite close. You compare it with the civilian map and see if there’s any marking on it?"

Hearing this, Li Yu compared the military map and checked the civilian map.

After searching for a long time, the civilian map showed that this whole area was green, without any markings. On civilian maps, green areas usually represent forests.

"There’s nothing," Li Yu said.

Third Uncle raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Exactly, having nothing is what’s normal. Marks on a military map definitely won’t show up on a civilian map."

Li Yu nodded; what Third Uncle said was right.

Although they didn’t know whether this military base had weapons or not, it was obviously much more reliable than the place they’d gone to today.

However, Shaosh City was located in the Southern part of the Nanling Mountains.

This typhoon had swept in from the south; the area of Shaosh City must have been hit much harder than their side.

Looks like tomorrow they needed to bring an ultra‑mini excavator over. If the entrance collapsed again like today and they had to dig with shovels, it would be too much of a waste of time.

Li Yu discussed a few more things with Third Uncle, Second Uncle, and the others, then put the military map away.

Time moved to midday.

Outside the Big Camphor Tree Base, many Cooperative Personnel and Extra Staff had already begun leaving one after another, heading to various Satellite Cities.

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During this period, Old Dong’s side had made new progress in motor research. Using the original large trucks as a base, they had modified seven or eight fully electric trucks.

And their range could reach 1,500 kilometers, with a load capacity of up to 30 tons.

But there were downsides too. In order to improve range, they piled in a lot of batteries, which greatly increased the vehicle’s own weight.

Besides that, they had also made eighteen small pickups combined with solar panels, which could charge while driving when the weather was good.

The small electric pickups they made were hugely popular among many Cooperative Personnel and Extra Staff.

If they wanted to use these electric pickups, they could only rent them and had to pay a certain amount of Contribution Points.

With these innovative electric vehicles, Li Yu felt quite pleased.

Oil is a non‑renewable resource. Even though there was an Oil City, no one knew how much longer they could keep extracting, or how much was still in reserve.

But in the future, as the Big Camphor Tree Base expanded, the demand for energy would definitely grow larger and larger.

Electrification was the trend.

It was the driving force that could allow the Big Camphor Tree Base to keep running long‑term.

The root of all this lay in the Zombie Generator; as long as there were Zombies, there would be a continuous supply of electricity.

However, some problems had also begun to surface.

Namely, a shortage of batteries—more accurately, a shortage of raw materials for batteries—as well as a shortage of motors.

Right now, relying only on Old Dong, Zhou Ran, He Bing, Zhang San and the dozen or so of them was still far from enough.

The talent issue couldn’t be rushed.

But the problem of battery raw materials wasn’t that hard to solve.

Batteries generally use lithium as the raw material, and lithium mines in Gansheng account for forty percent of the entire domestic share.

What’s more, within the province there was a very strong company before the Doomsday.

Ganfeng.

This company ranked among the top in battery capabilities, with a huge stock of cells and batteries, and raw materials.

Even better, this company was located in New City.

It was very close to Xiu County, the place that was about to be developed into a Transfer Station!

New City also lay on the route from the Big Camphor Tree Base to Oil City.

This way, it would be convenient for them to go.

It was just that this matter had to be put off for later. First, they needed Xiao Jun and the others to clear the route from the Big Camphor Tree Base to Oil City and establish a Transfer Station. After that, they could go anytime.