#186 - Chapter 186 Green Belt

In the following two or three days,

Over a hundred survivors arrived at the Green Source Base seeking refuge!

Keep in mind that there have been several heavy snowfalls recently, making the roads outside much more difficult to travel.

These survivors who came seeking help were first arranged by the base cadres to live in several residential areas around the base.

Of course, there were some minor frictions during this period.

However, under the "truth" held by the base personnel, these survivors obediently shut their mouths.

They returned to their residences and diligently studied the future cooperation model.

Being able to come here, they had naturally seen on the leaflets that the Green Source Base would not offer anything for free.

It only accepts transactions.

For these newcomers, this kind of transaction was exactly what they needed.

It was really difficult for them to find food and safe shelter outside.

Of course, these new survivors are not considered official members of the Green Source Base; everyone only has a transactional relationship.

There are only three factories within 8 kilometers of the Green Source Base that can be used for housing (most of the others are used to store cement, building materials, and other materials that ordinary survivors cannot use but take up a lot of space).

It is estimated that it can only accommodate less than 300 people.

Now that there are more and more people, once the three surrounding residential areas are full, the people who come later can only live in those residential buildings and other buildings more than 8 kilometers away.

It is said that the Green Source Base has announced that it will bring the surrounding 20 kilometers under its jurisdiction in the future, and they will send people to patrol this area from time to time.

This 20-kilometer range basically covers the entire Mentang Town.

Within this area, if anyone wants to rob other people's residences or supplies, especially daring to rob the food obtained through Green Source Base missions,

The base will send out combat troops to kill these people!

This is the safe zone that Green Source wants to create.

Want to rob?

You can.

Go rob outside.

As long as you don't provoke the people of Green Source and they don't know about it, you can do whatever you want.

But once you cross the drawn red line, then congratulations, you are the enemy.

Everyone knows what to do with enemies.

These survivors who came here have been registered with the base, and as long as the two parties have had a transaction, the cooperative relationship is established.

Even if they are not yet an official member of Green Source, they will be protected by the base to a certain extent.

Among them, Li Ge and his group have been using the newly modified vehicles provided by the base these past two days to collect the supplies they need in the surrounding areas according to the information given by the Green Source Base.

As the first team to reach the base, although they did not receive any assistance in the form of food, they were at the front of the line and received the preferential treatment of being the first to have their vehicles modified by the Green Source Base.

It is said that there have been too many people coming recently, and the line for vehicle modification is already very long.

The survivors who came later can only continue to drive their unmodified vehicles to search for resources.

Li Shenglin and others couldn't help but rejoice that they had come early.

These past two days, they have been familiarizing themselves with the area while going out to collect supplies, and they finally saved enough electronic parts to exchange for 2 kilograms of rice!

When Li Ge exchanged for the grain at the Green Source Base at noon today, his hands were a little trembling.

It's been almost a month!

Finally, there is another chance to eat this kind of grain!

"Brother Li! Let me hold it for a while! I promise I won't lose it!"

On the way back to Residential Area 1 (the three factories within 8 kilometers used for outside survivors are called Residential Areas 1-3 respectively).

Xiao Cong couldn't help but pester Li Shenglin, wanting to take the bag of rice in his hand to look at.

"No way!"

"This is the grain that everyone risked their lives to find and exchange for; I must bring it back safely!"

Li Shenglin refused Xiao Cong's request.

But seeing the eager look in his companion's eyes, his heart softened, and he changed his words:

"At most, I'll let you smell the fragrance of the rice, and be low-key after going back. Although the Green Source Base said that survivors in the residential area cannot rob each other, food is something that should be hidden! Who knows if there are bad people among the newcomers."

Only 3 of them came to Green Source to exchange for food, and the others were resting in the residential area or going out to find supplies.

Xiao Cong nodded repeatedly, leaned next to Li Shenglin, and watched him open the plastic bag containing the rice, revealing the crystal-clear grains.

So cute.

Who would have thought that this kind of food, which no one cared about a few months ago, has become something that most people can only hope for but not get now.

After letting Xiao Cong look at it a few times, Li Ge quickly put away the bag and hid it close to his body in a place that would be difficult for anyone to guess that he actually had food on him.

The way back was smooth.

Perhaps the corpse fog days some time ago attracted many zombies in Mentang Town to the Green Source Base, killing many of them, so the zombie density here has not been high recently.

In addition, Li Ge and the others' off-road vehicle was equipped with anti-skid chains, and it only took a short ten minutes to return to Residential Area 1.

Now, thirty or forty people have moved in here, making it much livelier than before.

The residential area was originally a factory, with many buildings inside, so naturally those who arrived early could get priority.

Li Ge and his 9-member team found a relatively spacious factory building, which not only allowed them to store more supplies but also allowed them to divide the space inside to accommodate their nine-member team.

It is said that some cameras have been installed in some public places in the residential area, and someone from Green Source has been on duty watching the monitors.

The survivors who have come these past few days have been quite well-behaved.

At least nothing has happened yet.

Li Ge and the others finished all their previous food yesterday, so these two kilograms of grain can be said to be a timely rain.

After they came back, they couldn't wait to lock all the doors and windows and start cooking porridge to reward their hungry stomachs.

There was no way to prevent a little porridge fragrance from wafting out, but at least it didn't attract the covetousness of the neighbors.

The newly arrived survivors lived like this.

*****

Inside the Green Source Base's leader's office.

Qin Jin was listening to Wang Yang and Tang Jinming's reports, learning about the situation of the survivors who had rushed over recently.

"President Qin, that's roughly the situation. The situation of these new survivors is still okay. No one dares to cause trouble. We have arranged for them to live in the 3 residential areas. Some of the teams have already started trading with us."

Listening to Wang Yang's report, Qin Jin nodded. The situation is still within expectations for the time being.

The outside temperature has now dropped below minus 15 degrees, and the snow is getting higher and higher. The survivors who go out during the day are taking great courage.

Being able to find something to exchange for grain in this kind of weather shows that they have really reached the end of their rope.

"Okay, you register these survivors who have completed more than one transaction after coming here, and at the same time, find out the details of those survivors, which ones have special skills, or used to be soldiers, record all of these slowly!"

The two people opposite him responded.

After giving instructions, the two left the office, leaving only Qin Jin alone.

He leaned back in his chair, staring at the ceiling and falling into deep thought.

The current situation is not much different from the previous plan. As the leaflets were distributed, some survivors were indeed attracted quickly.

But it's not enough.

It still needs time to ferment.

The harsh weather is preventing the survivors from afar from arriving, which is also within expectations.

Releasing them at this time node, of course, is to let the survivors outside know that there is a place called Green Source.

When the cold wave really arrives, the traffic is completely paralyzed, and all the survivors trapped in place consume the last of their food.

When the weather warms up again and the traffic eases.

They will naturally think of Mentang Town as a place where they can exchange for grain.

Although it is very cruel, and perhaps many survivors will die again.

But the end of the world is like this.

(End of this chapter)