#264 - Chapter 264: Pearl City Survivor Base
Morning.
Zhu City.
Located in the suburbs of the city, there is an industrial area with low building density.
Previously, there were various hardware factories, steel factories, cement factories, etc., each occupying a considerable area.
One of the hardware factories, with an area of about seven to eight thousand square meters, is surrounded by a circle of walls as high as seven or eight meters!
Inside, many humans are walking around, busily doing something!
This place is clearly the base of those who are spying on the Green Source Oil Base!
Or rather, this is just one of their bases. In the industrial area, there are traces of human activity in several other factories nearby.
In this hardware factory, in a five-story building, in a large office, several people are talking.
"The people we sent out yesterday haven't returned all day. Either they were caught by the other side or encountered danger. In short, they probably won't be coming back."
"President Wang, President Jiang, it's time to make a decision."
A middle-aged man in a suit, dressed decently, was sitting on the sofa, with a half-burned cigarette in his hand. He spoke after exhaling smoke.
On the sofa opposite him were two other men. One of them was fiddling with the tea on the coffee table in the middle, while the other was staring out the window, lost in thought.
They are the three leaders of this base: Wang Qichuan, Jiang Long, and Fan Xinzhi.
Unlike the Green Source Base, this place has a separation of powers. They are a force that re-emerged from some survivors in Zhu City after the corpse mist weather at the end of last year.
The one who spoke just now was one of the leaders, Fan Xinzhi.
"Let's wait a little longer. I have a bad feeling."
The man staring out the window was President Wang. He turned his head and glanced at Fan Xinzhi, then said unhurriedly.
"Our fuel reserves are running low. Recently, the surrounding gas stations and abandoned cars have been basically scavenged clean. It's difficult to find a large amount of fuel in the surrounding area."
"If this continues, the development of our base will be greatly slowed down!"
Fan Xinzhi, who was smoking, took another puff and mentioned casually after exhaling.
The room fell silent again.
After a long time.
Wang Qichuan spoke again:
"Those people have guns! What are we going to fight them with!? Don't mess around! Don't think about doing anything stupid!"
"I know you've been having your men build weapons and equipment recently, but thinking you can take the refining area with a few knives is too much of a fantasy!"
Seeming to guess his companion's thoughts, he couldn't help but glare at Old Fan beside him.
The latter continued to smoke nonchalantly, and said leisurely:
"I'm just preparing, of course I won't really do it now. My people have been watching that place recently, confirming that there are not many people there, only a few dozen to nearly a hundred. Presumably, even if they have guns, they won't have many bullets!"
"Even so, you're not allowed to mess around!"
President Wang glared at him before retracting his gaze and looking at President Jiang.
"Old Jiang, how is the food situation on your side? Is there a way to find more food?"
President Jiang, who was fiddling with the coffee table, raised his head upon hearing this, revealing a helpless expression, and said embarrassedly:
"It's not easy to find food outside now. Our own people are doing planting, but I heard the effect is minimal."
President Wang frowned upon hearing this.
It is really not easy to lead a base to survive in this era. They have a total of seven or eight hundred survivors here.
There is not much food stored in the base now, mainly supplemented by some edible plants that have grown recently in the spring.
They also want to go further afield to find food, weapons, supplies, and so on.
But going out requires fuel!
Wandering around aimlessly will soon exhaust the little remaining fuel.
It's difficult.
He stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the base residents who had already gotten up to work.
Outside their building, on some open ground, some soil had been dug up at some point, and many people were bending over and busy.
Further away, many people were raising and repairing the walls.
Inside some rooms, many survivors were also doing some handicrafts.
A scene of vitality and enthusiasm.
But only as a leader can one know how difficult all this is.
"Let's think of other ways first! Living will always find a way out. Everyone is a survivor. It's best not to fight and kill if we can avoid it."
He turned his head and said to his two companions, which was considered a decision not to disturb the oil base.
Fan Xinzhi and Jiang Long did not speak, which was regarded as acquiescence.
The two did not stay here for too long. After discussing, they got up and prepared to leave to go about their own business.
Outside.
In the sky above the base, unnoticed.
An inconspicuous small drone was hovering above their heads!
The high-definition camera under the fuselage was filming all the outdoor conditions of this Zhu City base and transmitting it to another receiving terminal.
Five kilometers away in a street.
Two cars with modified exteriors and soundproofing measures were parked here!
In one of the explosion-proof vehicles, the window was not closed, and Qin Jin was staring at a screen to watch.
"This is their base! It doesn't look like anything special!"
Zhang Tiankai, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help but mutter.
Qin Jin glanced at him speechlessly, not knowing what to complain about.
Did he think that every base would be as powerful as the Green Source Base?
I am a reborn person, okay!
I came back half a year early and spent countless energy to create the current Green Source Base!
"It's okay, but don't underestimate anyone."
In the end, he only said this sentence in response to his subordinate.
After arriving early this morning, he chatted with Wang Bin and Zhang Tiankai for a while, then carried a peeping tom he had caught yesterday and searched for the so-called Zhu City base.
This place is not far from the oil base, only twenty or thirty kilometers away. Under the guidance of the leader of those teenagers, they stopped at a location about five kilometers away and directly launched a small military drone.
Then they grasped a rough idea of the base's situation.
"They have three or four factories of similar size next to them as bases. They are quite smart. They already know to separate the population to reduce the attraction to zombies."
Sure enough, humans who can live to this day cannot be underestimated.
"Boss, what are we going to do next?"
Zhang Tiankai asked the core question.
Qin Jin put down the panel, stared out of the car and thought for a while, and finally decided.
"You accompany Wang Bin to contact them. If they have no malice and just want to trade or cooperate, then we can talk."
"But if the other party has any ideas?"
"Then—"
When he said the last word, the ferocity on his face flashed away.
He didn't continue to say what he said later, but Zhang Tiankai already understood what he meant.
Who doesn't understand President Qin's style of doing things!
Just do it!
(End of this chapter)
