#437 - Chapter 437: Airship Arrives Home
Mentang Town.
Inside the main base's monitoring room.
Zhang Dong was bored, sitting inside watching the surveillance cameras.
It was his turn to be on duty in the monitoring room today.
The monitoring room had the air conditioning on, the temperature controlled at a comfortable 25 degrees Celsius.
On the table, there was also a glass thermos, in which a few brewed tea leaves could be faintly seen floating.
This was tea that Zhang Dong had received from Boss Qin.
It was probably during the cold disaster last year.
Qin Jin was bored and went to patrol the base's walls, saw Zhang Dong who happened to be on duty in the sentry box, was in a good mood, and casually gave him half of the tea he had just taken from the warehouse to drink himself.
For him, the base controller, the things in the warehouse could naturally be taken at will, so giving some to a team member he was somewhat familiar with was nothing to him.
After receiving it, Zhang Dong naturally regarded it as a treasure.
The amount of tea he received at the time was not much, only about 150 grams.
In the days that followed, he cherished it even more, only willing to take out a few leaves to brew and drink when he was in a good mood.
"Hiss~~~, ah, comfortable~~~"
He carefully took a sip of the light yellow tea in the thermos, letting out a satisfied sigh.
It's such a pleasure.
To be able to work in a comfortable and safe environment.
And also be able to taste the premium tea given by the boss.
It's just that there's too little tea, the brewed taste isn't strong enough.
Of course, this is because he usually can't bear to brew too much, this kind of "luxury" resource is like cigarettes, a treasure cherished by every team member in the main base.
Since the apocalypse began, the team members of the main base have lived countless times better than the survivors outside.
Not only do they have enough to eat and a safe living environment, but they can also accumulate points to exchange for some supplies allowed by the base.
It is said that combat team members and some experts who have made great contributions often use their accumulated points to exchange for cigarettes or some snacks as extra meals.
There are also electronic games, movies, books, and so on that can be exchanged for.
It sounds enviable.
If there were no zombies threatening the outside, they would not be much different from peacetime.
The core personnel in it are very grateful for their current life.
After drinking the tea, Zhang Dong enjoyed the pleasant temperature in the monitoring room and continued to stare intently at the countless monitors on the wall.
These monitors are connected to the inside and outside of the Green Source Base, including the main base, branch bases, large residential areas, small residential areas, and the cameras on some traffic arteries in the Green Source area.
It can be said that sitting in this monitoring room, one can grasp almost half of the movements of Mentang Town.
Since the Anti-Green Alliance incident ended, the base has once again strengthened its monitoring efforts.
Usually, two people are on duty in the monitoring room at the same time, but now the other one has just gone to the toilet, so only Zhang Dong is here.
Suddenly.
Zhang Dong's attention was drawn to some of the images.
"They seem to be people from small residential areas 13-14-15, right?! What did these people see? Why do they look so surprised?"
"Hmm! Let's not worry about so much, let's report it first! Let the higher-ups see if something happened!!"
He quickly reported the situation to his superiors through the intercom.
This is his job on duty, to be responsible for the base and also for himself.
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Leader's office.
Qin Jin's face was full of joy, he received a message from his uncle Qin Guoqiang, some people in the outer residential areas discovered something suspected to be an airship flying towards here!
"Have they finally been found?!"
The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. Li Bowen and the others have been out for almost a week, and even he has been vaguely worried these past two days.
Today, he finally received good news!
Unable to hold back any longer, he ran directly to the base's walls!
To welcome the returning heroes!
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Branch Base.
There were still many people working outdoors in the afternoon, or occasionally passing by.
At this time, Zhao Xin happened to be transporting soil back to the ground with several people.
Recently, he and his parents have been arranged to carry out underground space excavation and expansion at the branch base, and they are busy underground every day.
"Tch!"
He spat out a mouthful of saliva mixed with sand and dust, pushing the soil cart to the filling area with a face full of displeasure.
Entering the No. 1 large residential area to live made their family of three experience an unprecedented sense of security and solidity, and after coming to work at the branch base, there were also two good meals every day.
There are also grain and material subsidies issued uniformly every week.
Normally, for everyone who has experienced the misery outside, the current life here should be worth cherishing.
But Zhao Xin always feels unconvinced.
He has an older sister who is a high-level leader in Green Source, okay?
Can't some resources be tilted towards him?
Isn't the same blood flowing in everyone's bodies?
Why can't she help him?
He can't figure it out.
Some time ago, he found Zhao Ling, thinking that he could get a little bit if he could, but he didn't expect the other party to be so heartless!
She didn't give him even a little bit, and even made their family of three "suffer" in the cave.
She's an ungrateful daughter.
He was so angry that day, but he had nowhere to complain.
His useless father didn't dare to ask Zhao Ling for help at all.
And his mother probably couldn't help either.
He, Zhao Xin.
A dignified brother of a cadre.
He has actually fallen to this point. If his "brothers" knew about it in peacetime, he would probably be laughed to death.
"Damn! What should I do?! Such a good relationship is not being used! It would be nice to have a leisurely job, alas."
Recently, he has been working listlessly like this, and has been warned several times by the management personnel.
He is not too worried about this.
Everyone knows that he is Zhao Ling's relative, no one would be so ignorant as to give him trouble, right?
"Sister" just didn't promote him, it's not like she doesn't care about him, what's wrong with slacking off? Such tiring work, others can't possibly make things difficult for him because of this, right?
Zhao Xin was still thinking about how to obtain a higher position, he wanted the Green Source badge on his shoulder to turn into 4 leaves or 5 leaves, preferably the full leaves of the core personnel!
That way, he heard that he could choose a woman outside to take back as his wife.
Just thinking about it is exciting!
Zhao Xin, who was dreaming, suddenly felt the sky darken.
Huh?
Is it cloudy?
He looked up, his pupils shrank instantly, the hot sweat on his body stopped and cold sweat overflowed.
What the hell is that?
Is it a plane?
How can it be so huge and silent?
Like Zhao Xin, many people in the base who saw the airship gradually descending and revealing its entire huge body forgot to scream.
Xu Gong, Liu Qing, and the other three team members on the airship looked at the Green Source Base they had been away from for a few days with excitement, and couldn't help but shout happily in the gondola:
"Base! We are back!"
(End of this chapter)
