Chapter 1715 The last leg of the journey!

Night.

In the Oil City, it was still busy.

After Zhong Chuchu, Ding Meng and others moved the food from the transport team's trucks to the underground warehouse,

they asked Zuo Ruxue and Xiao Hu to drive the trucks to the storage area where the oil was sealed and quickly load the oil barrels that had been prepared on the trucks.

In Uncle San's office.

Zuo Ruxue and Xiao Hu came in.

The two were actually a little nervous and entangled because they were not sure whether to continue to transport the oil to the headquarters base.

Although the strong wind has stopped now, a blizzard may fall at any time.

If they take the convoy back to the headquarters base, they will take certain risks.

If it snows halfway back, it will be difficult to travel.

However, compared with the road from the North to the Oil City, it is much safer to return to the headquarters base from the Oil City.

At least they can spend the night at the Wu City Military Base, and don't have to spend a night in fear like last night in An City.

However, in the long run, it is definitely safer to survive the ice disaster at the headquarters base.

The headquarters base is stronger than staying in the oil city in terms of defense and food.

Uncle San sat on the chair, looked at the two and asked:

"I asked you to come here mainly to see what you think? Do you want to lead the team back to the headquarters base?"

Zuo Ruxue and Xiao Hu looked at each other, and Zuo Ruxue said first:

"I will listen to the minister's arrangement."

Xiao Hu nodded and said: "Me too, if you ask me to go back, I will go back, if you ask me to stay, I will stay, I don't care."

Uncle San was silent for a few seconds and said:

"I am asking you what you think. The base also respects your opinions this time. If you want to stay, stay in the oil city and wait until you get through this natural disaster before returning to the headquarters base. If you want to go back to the headquarters base as soon as possible, you can go back at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning."

Xiao Hu looked at Zuo Ruxue, "Old Zuo, do you want to go back?"

Zuo Ruxue looked entangled.

Because when she just came from Zhong Chuchu, she knew that there was another batch of equipment to be sent to the headquarters base this time, and the headquarters base just needed it.

This batch of equipment was collected by the survivors through the task hall of the trading market.

All along, the Dazhangshu base has mainly transported food, ammunition, and personnel support to the Oil City.

The Oil City searches for materials, equipment, and other supplies needed by various headquarters bases through the survivors, as well as the most critical oil.

Oil is not only used as fuel for cars, but can also be used in other fields.

Such as covering chemical raw materials, building materials and many other fields.

Specifically, for example, plastics, almost all plastic products are derivatives of oil.

Another example is synthetic rubber, which is widely used in tires, sports equipment, wires and cables, etc.

In terms of pharmaceuticals and food, oil is used to make fertilizers and pesticides, and participate in the preservation, dyeing and seasoning of food.

Then there are lubricants and greases, which are used for machine lubrication to ensure the normal operation of the machinery.

There are many machines in the Dazhangshu base, and the most critical one is the mobile gate knife. Some lubricants must be applied regularly to ensure the normal operation of the gate knife.

If it is only used as fuel, the current reserves of the Dazhangshu base are temporarily sufficient.

To date, the electrification of vehicles in the Dazhangshu base has achieved 60%.

Most short- and medium-distance transportation uses electric trucks and vans.

The electricity generated by the zombie generator in the big camphor tree can meet the current electricity demand.

Zuo Ruxue knew that the minister asked Xiao Hu and her to choose because of the uncertainty on the way back.

But she didn't want to force them to return at the risk of a blizzard at any time.

So, they were allowed to choose for themselves.

After thinking for a while, Zuo Ruxue took a deep breath and said:

"I think we can go back."

Xiao Hu smiled when he heard it, "Okay, then let's return to the headquarters base."

After getting the answers from the two, the third uncle nodded and said:

"OK, then you have a good rest tonight and return to the headquarters base early tomorrow morning."

"Don't worry about loading, I will let Zhong Chuchu and others do it overnight."

"In addition, just in case, I will send you an additional snowplow. If it snows, you can use the snowplow to open the way."

"Okay, Minister." The two said in unison.

There are already snowplows in the oil city.

However, there were only six of them, and ten more were converted using a bulldozer.

The appearance of a snowplow is very similar to that of a bulldozer, but the specific functions are different.

The modification is not complicated.

The maximum speed of a bulldozer can reach 60 kilometers per hour, which can also keep up with the fleet.

After confirming this, the third uncle said to the two:

"That's it, you go down and rest early."

"Yes, Minister."

Zuo Ruxue and Xiao Hu turned and left the third uncle's office.

After leaving the third uncle's office, Zuo Ruxue did not return to her residence to rest immediately.

Instead, she went to the oil warehouse to find Zhong Chuchu.

Zhong Chuchu saw her coming back and asked curiously:

"Are you sure? Are you going back?"

Zuo Ruxue nodded and said, "Yes."

"The minister asked us to make our own choices, and Xiao Hu and I chose to go back."

Zhong Chuchu said after a moment of silence:

"It's better to go back. Staying at the headquarters base is better than staying here. No matter what time it is, there will be no risk of internal chaos."

"I heard there is a large migration plan?" Zuo Ruxue asked.

"Yes."

Zhong Chuchu continued: "However, it will not be launched until the ice disaster is over."

"I just found out about it. It is said that it is to balance the population of Oil City and the headquarters base, reduce the population pressure on the Oil City side, and promote the development of the headquarters base."

"Okay, then I'll leave, and I'll leave this to you." Zuo Ruxue said.

"Okay, don't worry, I'll let the maintenance team come over for the vehicle."

"Yes."

The next day.

After a night's rest, Zuo Ruxue and others woke up in much better condition in the morning.

Zhong Chuchu, Ding Meng and others stayed up all night.

They hurriedly loaded the materials to be sent to the headquarters base on the truck.

They also repaired the vehicle and repaired the ultraviolet lamp that was previously damaged by the wall-climbing zombies.

All vehicles were filled with fuel.

After meeting with Uncle San, Zuo Ruxue and Xiao Hu set off on time at eight o'clock in the morning.

At their speed of fifty kilometers per hour, it only takes six hours to reach the Wu City military base, which is about two to three in the afternoon.

With such ample time, even if there are some minor setbacks on the road, they can ensure that they arrive in Wu City before nightfall.

In the oil city.

Most of the manpower was drawn to lay the heating pipes. In the residential buildings of the trading market, more than ten thousand people were busy with this matter. The speed of laying the pipes was extremely fast. The scattered workers were working at the same time, and the pipeline laying process was completed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Since there was no heavy snow today, the construction in the buffer city was still in progress.

Buffer city.

A pickup truck stopped at the construction site.

Xie Changshan got off the car and pointed at the east gate and said:

"The transport convoy has gone out, so let's seal the four gates in the east, west, south and north!"

Liu Yu hesitated, "Seal them all? There are new survivors coming in every day. If they are sealed, they can't get in."

Xie Changshan thought for a while and said:

"Then seal the three gates in the west, south and north first. You can pour stones and mud over them. This is the fastest. As for the east gate, you also prepare the corresponding materials. Once it snows, seal the gate immediately."

"Okay." Liu Yu nodded.

Now the walls of the buffer city have all been built to 6 meters. If the four gates are sealed, the new survivors outside will definitely not be able to get in.

There are also some people who went out to do long-distance tasks a long time ago and have not returned yet.

If the gate is sealed, they can only let down ropes for them to climb in.

The speed of sealing the gate is very fast.

The four gates are only eight meters high and about ten meters wide.

They drove a truck over and dumped hundreds of cubic meters of stones and sand, and soon sealed the three gates.

When it snows, in a cold and freezing environment, if the snow accumulates for more than three days, the surface of these sands and stones will be covered with a thick layer of ice, which is very solid.

At three o'clock in the evening.

Zuo Ruxue and his team arrived at the Wushi Military Base on time.

Song Qi and his team opened the gate of the military base to welcome them.

Song Qi and his team stayed in this military base, and rarely had people from the headquarters base come.

Generally, Zuo Ruxue and his team can be seen once every two weeks.

Seeing Zuo Ruxue and his team means that Zuo Ruxue and his team have gone to Oil City, then went from Oil City to the North, then returned from the North to Oil City, and then returned from Oil City to the headquarters base.

After a few months, the cycle is about two weeks, and Zuo Ruxue and his team can run through the three places and circulate the materials in the three places.

However, this time Zuo Ruxue and his team came a few days earlier than before.

"I thought you wouldn't come!" Li Qi said, holding Zuo Ruxue's hand.

The two of them knew each other a long time ago and were very good friends.

Zuo Ruxue smiled and said, "Of course I have to come. I will return to the headquarters base tomorrow and will not come out. I can finally rest for a while."

Li Qi asked curiously:

"Are you tired of running transportation?"

"Uh"

Zuo Ruxue looked at Li Qi and said with interest:

"Why don't you wait for someone to take over your garrison work and join the transportation brigade? It just so happens that we need to recruit another transportation brigade."

"Forget it, I feel tired when I see you become so thin." Li Qi waved her hand and said.

He complained bitterly:

"It's so boring to stay in the military base. I feel like I'm going to get depressed staying underground every day."

Zuo Ruxue rolled her eyes and pointed to the ping-pong table next to her and said:

"Your conditions are still good. When Xiao Hu and I were stationed here during the last thunderstorm, there were no entertainment activities. You brought so many books and downloaded so many videos. Don't be too happy."

Li Qi asked with some envy:

"You have a lot of contribution points for transporting outside. You are almost promoted to level 1, right?"

"I'm still hanging here as a level 2 personnel, neither up nor down, alas."

Zuo Ruxue sighed and said:

"Running the transport team, the physical fatigue is secondary, the main thing is the mental fatigue."

"You! You still think too much. You know the situation of our base. If you want to upgrade quickly, you can only make contributions and run to where there is danger."

"If you work hard enough and let the base see your efforts, they will see it naturally."

"Okay, let's go to the bathroom. We renovated the bathroom and made a bath room." Li Qi pulled Zuo Ruxue to the accommodation area.

Zuo Ruxue heard this and said in amazement:

"You guys are really good at making things. You even made a bathtub."

"I don't have anything to do here every day, so I'll find a way to improve the living environment. Anyway, I'm idle."

There is no shortage of water sources in the Wu City military base.

Before the end of the world, the relevant designers thought about how to get water when they built this military base.

The excavation opened up the groundwater, and the water source is abundant.

Zuo Ruxue followed Li Qi to the bathroom and saw a pool built by Li Qi and others. The excess heat of the boiler was used to boil water here.

There are two bathrooms here, and the area is not large. One room is only 20 square meters.

The bathing pool is only about 6 square meters.

After a comfortable bath, Li Qi brought her cold bean sprouts and pork stewed with mushrooms.

This pork was originally available in the military base, and it was canned pork for individual combat rations.

As for mushrooms and bean sprouts, they were all grown by Li Qi and his team here.

In addition to these, they even had vegetables such as garlic sprouts, which can grow in a dark environment.

They planted a lot of these vegetables in their residence.

Although they were able to get some dehydrated vegetables from the headquarters base from Zuo Ruxue and his team, they wanted to eat fresh vegetables after a long time.

Later, Li Qi asked Zuo Ruxue to help them bring some seeds, and then they started to plant them in the military base.

It was a harvest, so that they could eat fresh vegetables when they were away from the big camphor tree base.

After a comfortable night of rest.

Early the next morning.

At the gate of the military base.

Squeak, squeak, squeak--

The lights on the top came on. Li Qi observed the surveillance camera for a while. After seeing that there were no zombies outside, he shouted to Meng Tian:

"Xiaotian, open the gate."

Meng Tian pushed the switch upward.

Swish--

The gate of the military base slowly opened, and the gray light from outside shone in.

On both sides of the vehicle, Song Qi and others rushed out immediately with guns in hand to prevent zombies from suddenly running over from outside.

After Song Qi and others ran out of the military base, they scattered on both sides of the gate.

Check the surrounding environment up and down, and immediately notify Li Qi and Zuo Ruxue if there is any movement.

Now the sky is gloomy, and there are many more zombies coming out than before.

What's more, the gate of their military base is built at the bottom of a mountain.

Above the gate of the military base is the entrance to the National Defense Field Science and Technology Park, which is a large platform, and zombies may come down from it.

Seeing that the door was opened, Zuo Ruxue and Xiao Hu did not dare to waste time and climbed into the car immediately.

The vehicle started quickly.

Zuo Ruxue opened the car window and waved to Li Qi behind her.

Li Qi stared at the back of the vehicle leaving, stunned.

After Zuo Ruxue and the others left, Li Qi would probably not see them again for several months or even a year.

Ten minutes later.

The convoy drove out of the gate of the military base.

Outside, Song Qi and the others also killed dozens of zombies who ran over after hearing the noise.

Zizi--

"Song Qi, they are gone, come back quickly."

Hearing Li Qi's voice on the intercom, Song Qi quickly shouted to the team members around him:

"Retreat!"