#136 - Chapter 136 Warmth

Qin Jin stared at the map of Yangcheng in front of him.

Of course, he hadn't forgotten that besides the Zhushi Military Region, there was also this military region in Yangcheng.

However, based on the information gathered at the time, the one in Zhushi was relatively intact, while the one in Yangcheng seemed to have been through some battles and appeared dilapidated.

That's why he chose to go to Zhushi first.

Now that Zhushi's problem was solved, it was time to prepare to check out the one in Yangcheng.

He had seen many tanks and helicopters destroyed outside in the video, but maybe there were other undiscovered treasures there?

He had to make a trip before the geomagnetic disturbance came too quickly.

Otherwise, he would be devastated if any undamaged weapons were destroyed by the future solar storm.

Unlike the military regions in other provinces where the situation was unknown, he had a rough idea of the situation in Yangcheng.

Even those weapons that looked destroyed outside might still have some value.

At the very least, they could be transported back and used for spare parts.

However, he originally didn't plan to go tomorrow.

He planned to observe the situation first.

Currently, the vehicle noise reduction was still being processed urgently. A vehicle needed to be mostly disassembled to be effectively wrapped, so the speed couldn't be fast.

Only two or three vehicles were processed this afternoon, and even if they worked overtime late tonight, they could probably only fix six or seven more, which wasn't enough time to process them all.

Since there was such a good solution, it was impossible to drive out in a rumbling vehicle and attract attention.

He planned to have everyone process all the vehicles of the combat team tomorrow, and then consider going to Yangcheng the day after tomorrow.

With the Zhushi arsenal as a base, he wasn't in such a hurry.

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Evening.

After dinner in the base, those with work to do continued to work overtime, and those with nothing to do went back to their homes early to keep warm.

This year's winter was unusually cold. In mid-November, even the south dropped below zero degrees, which was unimaginable before.

Now, except for those working outdoors, everyone else honestly returned indoors to escape the cold.

This was where the foresight of the Green Source Base was reflected.

Previously, Qin Jin had people build some fireplaces or cement stoves for burning charcoal for heating in each dormitory, which now came in handy.

Today, the base announced that basic benefits had changed, and each person could receive a fixed amount of charcoal to take home for boiling water and heating.

At this time, stoves were lit in many dormitories, and the burning red charcoal was emitting warm heat, bringing rare comfort to the room's occupants.

Special attention was paid to ventilation during construction. Each fireplace or stove had ventilation pipes connected to the outside to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning.

That would turn people into zombies, which was no joke.

Lin Zhijie and his sister were temporarily living in the same dormitory. Anyway, the two were siblings, so they could accept this.

In Zhushi, they also hid together in a hidden building, relying on each other.

At this time, in their large single room.

A burning stove was placed between two iron beds, and the temperature in the entire room was roughly 15-20 degrees Celsius. They felt very comfortable wearing thick clothes.

They were sitting on their iron beds with mattresses, reaching out to bake by the stove, and chatting.

"Brother, I can't believe there is such a place in the apocalypse!"

Lin Runwei's face was illuminated by the firelight of the charcoal, making her exceptionally cute. She looked at the stove and couldn't help but exclaim.

A few days ago, they were shivering and hiding in a dark room, trying to survive.

Unexpectedly, after only a few days, they came to such an unimaginable place.

Here, there was a fixed supply of food, safe and reliable walls, and a relatively reasonable order.

Having experienced hunger, disorder, and despair, the two of them felt incredibly unbelievable.

"Yeah! I can't imagine there is such a place in this world!"

"That President Qin is an incredible person!"

Lin Zhijie also sighed.

Although he felt that the leader here had a general attitude towards him and didn't think highly of him because he had some special skills, he couldn't help but admire that President Qin.

After they came in, they had heard many stories about that President Qin, knowing that this base was basically created by that President Qin single-handedly.

Starting from a small factory, it only took more than a month to become an impregnable apocalypse sanctuary.

Lin Runwei helped out at Dong Hui's place today, familiarizing herself with and starting to work on bullet production there. She also became familiar with Dong Hui, Wang Bin, and a few others, knowing that they were also people who were accepted into the base later.

They now knew some of the characteristics of recruiting people here.

That was to be useful to the base.

Of course, maybe it also depended on a little luck.

For this reason, the two siblings also felt how lucky they were.

If the leader here hadn't happened to take people to Zhushi to perform a mission, they would have had no chance to meet and enter here.

Only after entering did they realize how rare it was.

At this time, the kettle above the stove was emitting white steam.

The water was hot.

"Runwei, I'll get you some hot water. You can go to the toilet to wipe your body. Your foot injury won't heal completely so quickly. Although you can't take a bath, you can still wipe your body."

Lin Runwei, hearing her brother's words, was greatly moved.

Lin Zhijie certainly knew what his sister was thinking.

In the past, his sister was a very clean girl with a slight obsession with cleanliness, but she had put away her previous habits after being hit by the apocalypse.

The last time she took a bath was a few days after the mutated night, right?

Anyway, they hadn't taken a bath since the water was cut off.

Clean drinking water had become a luxury for survivors, so where could they get water to take a bath and squander?

He was a stinky man, but his clean sister could only silently endure it.

Yesterday, when they first arrived at the base, they weren't familiar with the place, so they didn't have any ideas.

Today was different.

The idea of cleaning herself deeply attracted Lin Runwei.

Facing her brother, she was not pretentious and asked her brother to pour the hot water into the bucket in the toilet, adding some cold water to cool it down.

She went in, closed the door, took off her clothes, and began to clean and wipe herself.

Until nearly ten minutes passed, she changed into the uniform-sized clothes distributed by the Green Source Base before walking out again.

She felt completely refreshed.

Even if she didn't take a full bath, being able to wipe off the layer of long-term dirt would make people feel very comfortable.

"Brother, you should also wipe yourself down. It's really different here than before. It wouldn't be good to stink to others~"

Lin Runwei was in a good mood, smiling and teasing her brother.

She hadn't been this relaxed in a long time.

Lin Zhijie didn't decline. It was indeed different here than outside.

It was both safe and comfortable.

He still had to take care of his image.

Warm stoves were lit in rooms throughout the base, and even though the temperature was below zero, people still felt a trace of warmth.

People with higher status used more advanced fireplaces, and they only needed to add firewood and charcoal to have a warm and comfortable environment.

Ordinary people could also use stoves like the Lin Zhijie siblings.

The Green Source Base in winter was still warm.

(End of this chapter)