#728 - Chapter 728 Dawn Base
The helicopter arrangement was very swift.
With the personal request from the big boss Qin Jin, the base's flight department immediately prepared for the upcoming trip at the fastest speed.
The Chenxi Base was located in a western corner of Yangcheng, with a straight-line distance of about 300 kilometers from Mentang Town.
Flying there wouldn't even take 2 hours.
Over at Zhang Mingsheng's side, he and Wang Yang were already calling each other brothers with arms around each other's shoulders in less than half an hour in the reception room!
"Brother Zhang! 2.5 tons of grain will directly follow you on the helicopter back to Chenxi headquarters! We will deliver the other 30 tons of fuel later, please trust the reputation of our Green Source!"
"Remember your little brother when you get back! Please come and play here often!"
Wang Yang warmly put his arm around Zhang Mingsheng's shoulder, bidding him farewell with great reluctance.
The exchange ratio between the two parties had already been negotiated.
That grandmaster-level scholar was sold by the Chenxi Base for 2 tons of grain...
No.
It was "exchanged" to the Green Source Base.
As for the other accompanying doctoral experts and his disciples, Zhang Mingsheng also gave them to Green Source for 500 kilograms.
Adding up to a total of 2.5 tons of grain and 30 tons of fuel. (About one day's oil production from the oil base)
It was not worth mentioning to Green Source at all.
Qin Jin valued the greater value that those talents could create for him even more.
Zhang Mingsheng, who was ready, boarded the helicopter, accompanied by Zhong Yu, the captain of the combat unit who had been staying at the base recently.
Having just completed the evolution of a primary warrior, he would undergo the second D-serum injection after fully adapting. Now that he was free, he could help with this small matter.
Going to Yangcheng to pick up a few people back.
A piece of cake.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh——!!!"
The roar of the helicopter sounded, carrying the tense, uneasy, and joyful Zhang Mingsheng on his return journey.
Yangcheng.
Many large and small base shelters have been established around this largest city in Guangnan Province.
If you were to ask which force is the most powerful here, many survivors would probably choose the Yangcheng branch controlled by Green Source.
Next would be some second-tier forces such as Chenxi Base and Xinghuo Base.
In a suburban area west of Yangcheng, near Zhushi.
A building complex built according to the old Party School building stands here.
Surrounded by walls about fifteen or sixteen meters high, and with nearly seven or eight buildings distributed around, forming the Chenxi Base that outsiders envy.
Today, many of the personnel here went out to look for supplies or food during the day, and some with other tasks stayed at the base.
On the roof of one of the tallest buildings, several older men were smoking cigarettes, frowning and discussing something.
"Old Zhang has been in Guangyuan City for several days and hasn't returned yet. Could it be that the other party still doesn't agree to see our people? Or did they encounter some accident when they went out?"
A man with a lot of white hair, estimated to be fifty years old, said with anxiety on his face.
He was one of the cadres of Chenxi Base, and had the best relationship with Zhang Mingsheng. At this time, he was expressing his worries.
Although it wasn't the first time Old Zhang had been out for so long, it was still unsettling every time.
This was the pain of not having long-distance communication ability in the apocalypse.
It was impossible to know the situation of the companions who went out in time.
"Old Zhang should be fine. The team members who went out with him have good strength and experience. There haven't been cloudy days recently, so they won't encounter too much danger when they travel during the day. Those thugs wouldn't dare to rob them when they have guns."
Another man who was also a cadre of Chenxi and had held a considerable position comforted him.
They couldn't help but discuss it here.
The Chenxi's search team went out every day to search for supplies and food, but the harvest was meager.
They still occasionally found some items needed by the Green Source Base and took them to the branch for exchange for food.
The crops they grew themselves could not support the consumption of a large number of people at all.
The group of scholars and scientists kept by the base had not found a way to grow a large amount of food in the apocalypse.
There were more than 400 people at the Chenxi Base headquarters, and more than 300 people in the surrounding buildings that were farther apart, adding up to nearly 800 people!
They had to eat every day, how could they supply them.
In the past, they could find some food in some grain and oil shops and restaurants, but later they had long been looted.
Their original small inventory was also exhausted in the previous drought.
Seeing that the cold disaster was about to strike again, if they didn't store enough food, they would not be able to support so many people in the base until next spring.
Now they can still find some edible wild plants or insects and small fish to subsidize, but it will be even more difficult when the heavy snow falls later.
"I hope Old Zhang can exchange for food from Green Source, otherwise our next days will not be easy."
The cadres present all sighed.
Chenxi Base implements a communal dining system. Most of the people who came here were the initial personnel and their friends and relatives, resulting in very few survivors who were called "outsiders."
There was a bowl of porridge here every day, and others needed to find ways to solve it themselves.
It was a relatively rare type in the apocalypse.
"It's just a bit sorry for Sun Lao and the others. I hope that after Old Zhang really gets in touch with Green Source and agrees, the other party can treat these former grandmasters kindly!"
The man with a lot of white hair couldn't help but sigh again when he thought of the previous decision.
There were indeed many scientists at Chenxi Base, and these people were high-level figures who were difficult for ordinary people to see in the past.
Unfortunately, they have been reduced to the point where they can't even eat enough.
The cadres only retained some talents who were useful to them, and others who were not useful were considered "sold" by them.
Although it was not yet certain whether the other party would accept it.
Outside these Chenxi cadre buildings.
In another building.
There was another group of people indoors.
Some of these people looked quite old, with extraordinary bearing and full of wisdom.
They were all doing some handicraft work, such as polishing arrows, making steel guns, and so on, some work that could help the base.
"Old Sun, why don't you take a rest, your hands are broken, it will be more serious if you continue like this."
A middle-aged man, about fifty years old, persuaded another old man wearing thick glasses.
Doing too much of these handicrafts will inevitably cause damage to the fingers. The old man's hands were red and swollen, obviously already in trouble, and now he was just trying to hold on.
Moreover, it seemed that due to the long-term inability to obtain sufficient nutrition, the people who spoke were all sallow and thin, without any ruddy complexion.
Typical appearance of apocalypse survivors.
That old man was precisely the biologist that Qin Jin valued most!
(End of this chapter)
