#329 - Chapter 329: Distribute some daily necessities
Rumble, rumble, rumble!
The roar of engines echoed around the outer walls of Green Source Base.
Heavy machinery like bulldozers, excavators, and forklifts were busy at work.
After the zombie tide, the area outside the base was once again covered with black, foul-smelling zombie corpses, and it was time to arrange for personnel to clean it up again.
"Damn it! It stinks so bad! Even the gas mask doesn't help!"
Behind the forklift, Xiao Cong, Li Shenglin, and others assigned to the cleaning task were using hoses to rinse the ground.
A lot of fuel was used to burn the zombies last night, leaving pools of oily stains on the ground, making cleaning extremely difficult.
But this had to be done.
"Just talk less, or the stench will get into your mouth."
Li Ge's muffled voice came from beside Xiao Cong.
He was also enduring the discomfort, trying hard to complete this hard-won task.
After the zombie tide was resolved in the morning, they rested for nearly an hour, and after eating a relatively rich breakfast, they started working.
There were no complaints.
As the saying goes, everything has a price.
Doing dirty and tiring work would naturally be recorded by the base cadres, and the contribution points earned would naturally be higher.
In the future, not to mention joining a branch base, even upgrading to a level four personnel would be very useful.
People with strong minds would even actively request to participate in this kind of dirty work.
Beside Li Shenglin, there were several other members of their team.
Almost their entire team participated in the cleaning work outside the base.
"Sister Cai, you really didn't have to come out with us."
This was A Zhen's voice.
She also endured the discomfort and came out.
This girl, who was extremely naive at the beginning of the apocalypse, had long learned to be self-reliant after more than half a year of life's beatings.
Although she would still have some small willfulness in her words, she was already a qualified survivor.
At least when facing major events, she wouldn't drag everyone down.
"It's okay, everyone is coming out, of course I have to come out too~~ Besides, I'm going back to Shantou tomorrow, it's nice to be able to fight alongside everyone, I feel pretty good."
Li Cai was also wearing a gas mask, her hair was all tied up in a baseball cap, tightly fixed by the mask's straps, and she was diligently cleaning the ground outside the base with a brush.
"Sister Cai! Can't you stay!? I can't bear to see you go!"
Yes.
Li Cai was preparing to go back to Shantou tomorrow.
Now that the zombie tide was over, Team Leader Liu would lead a team to Shantou again tomorrow to transport coal to her father, and she would return to her parents' side with the truck.
She came out for a few days, met former friends and companions, and participated in the zombie defense battle together, seeing the powerful Green Source Base.
It could be considered a worthwhile trip.
However, her home was still in Shantou.
Being away for a few days had already made her parents very worried, if she didn't go back, her parents might be so anxious that they would come over in person, right?
So, after confirming the return trip with Team Leader Liu, she told Li Ge, A Zhen, and the others about her intention to leave.
"I also can't bear to leave everyone, but my parents are over there, if I have the opportunity, I will often come to see you, or you can come to see me, it's not like we won't see each other again."
Li Cai said with a smile inside the mask.
"A Cai......"
Li Shenglin hesitated beside her, but in the end, he didn't say a word and continued with his work.
The others didn't try to persuade her to stay either.
Indeed.
Li Cai didn't belong here, she still had family in Shantou.
It was already very rare to be able to meet former partners again, eat together, sleep together, and fight together to defend their home.
I believe this time will become a precious memory that everyone will often remember in the future.
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Time came to noon.
The aftermath of the zombie tide took half a day to complete.
The outside of the base returned to its previous clean appearance, and the mountain of corpses that had piled up in the morning was transported to a distant place for burial, finally resting in peace.
The personnel who participated in the work were naturally exhausted again.
Li Shenglin and the others took off their clothes and came to a rest area in the branch base to rest and wait.
They were the heroic personnel in this event, and they would receive high-quality and rich food as a reward later.
It was said that there would also be a meal in the evening.
That is, there would be a total of three meals today!
They all felt that their hard work had been rewarded.
This was not counted in the contribution points.
They also did a simple cleaning and changed into new clothes here!
Green Source Base would naturally not mistreat these willing personnel, a little domestic water and resources were still available.
Anyway, the various resources collected in the past six months had already filled the warehouse, and it didn't matter at all to use them for these survivors who were about to become their own people.
"It's so comfortable! I haven't worn such clean clothes in a long time! After washing off that layer of patina, I feel like I've lost two pounds!"
Xiao Cong fondled the newly issued sweatpants and T-shirt on his body, repeatedly praising them.
They also had some clothes to change in the early days of the apocalypse, but after so long, either they were lost, or they were all worn out.
And there was no extra water source to clean them.
This was also the norm for survivors in the apocalypse.
Most people's clothes were washed on a monthly or yearly basis.
When even drinking water had to be saved, unless it rained or they happened to encounter a clean water source, no one dared to waste water resources to wash clothes.
"Woo! I haven't taken a bath in three months! I miss this feeling of cleanliness so much! I hope it can always be like this in the future!!"
A Zhen also let out a satisfied sigh.
The others, including Li Ge, Li Cai, and Liang Ge, smiled and looked at those who were sighing.
Everyone was the same, without conditions, they could only endure.
But if there were conditions, no one would want to always be covered in patina.
Just as everyone was comfortably enjoying the rare tranquility after cleaning, they saw a few people walking into the lounge.
Four of them were carrying two large iron buckets, and a rich aroma of food first hit everyone's noses.
In front of these people, there was only a tall, outstanding young woman.
She had a composure that ordinary people in the apocalypse could not see.
It was as if the apocalypse had nothing to do with her.
Coming to everyone, she stopped and said in a sincere tone:
"Thank you for your great efforts yesterday and today. I am Zhao Ling, the head of the Green Source Base's life support team. I have brought you today's food. Please enjoy it slowly."
"Next, we will also distribute some daily necessities to everyone, such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, paper towels... etc. Everyone can receive two of them as the initial reward for participating in this defense battle. Contribution points will be recorded by another team leader. I am only responsible for improving everyone's quality of life."
The person who came was Zhao Ling, the head of the base's life support team!
She briefly introduced the situation. The base now had extremely abundant supplies, and many of them had a shelf life.
Although they could still be used after they expired, in absolute quantities, even the original base personnel could not use them up in a hundred years, so they simply took them out occasionally as rewards for people who performed well.
!!!
Hearing the words of the tall woman in front of them, many people's eyes lit up!
There were many things inside that everyone was extremely eager for!
"Sister Cai! Did you hear that!? She said that we can actually receive sanitary napkins and paper towels!"
A Zhen's eyes widened, disregarding the male companions beside her, and exclaimed directly!
