Cheng Qinan is the security consultant of the Zhengyang Brigade. Every time someone from the Zhengyang Brigade goes out of the base for an operation, he will "calculate" it. If a dangerous situation is about to occur, he will have a premonition and then suggest that those who are about to get into trouble change their route or time.
Although this person who quietly hides behind the scenes plays a huge role, he is too low-key. Even many of the team’s own people are completely unaware of the existence of such a person.
Even Lin Tantan often couldn't remember this person.
At this time, she was taken to Cheng Qinan's office in the comprehensive building. It was a very large office. As soon as she entered, she could see all kinds of maps, which were much clearer than electronic maps. There were thick global maps and small town maps. There were also large bookshelves filling three walls, which were filled with books, including astronomy and geography, mountains and rivers, and encyclopedias of animals and plants, etc.
There were many reference books and several computers on several large tables. Strange images were displayed on them. They looked like satellite maps with something marked on them with lines of various colors. Lin Tantan saw that it seemed like there was a trend of zombies appearing. At this time, several people were busy at the tables.
As soon as Lin Tantan entered this place, he was stunned by the strong academic atmosphere and felt awe in his heart. He looked again and found Cheng Qinan huddled in a corner, looking at something on a tablet in his hand.
Seeing them come in, Cheng Qinan stood up and said, "Captain, let's talk."
"Sit down. Do you have any clues?" Ye Xiao said.
Cheng Qinan said: "We currently think that it is better to go to the northwest inland, away from the ocean. Based on the terrain, climate, zombie swarms, and the appropriate distance from other existing bases, we have temporarily found five locations."
While listening to him, Lin Tantan leaned over to look at the five circled places on the map. Although he couldn't understand the map very well, he knew that these five places were not where the Zhengyang base was located in history.
Historically, the Zhengyang base was only one province away from the capital, and was still on the North China Plain. In fact, the three major bases were all located in that area. After the decline of the capital base, they absorbed the population of the capital base and formed the three famous bases. That area also became the new heart of the country.
But the five red circles on the map are quite far away from that province. They have left the plains and directly reached the second step.
Next, Cheng Qinan talked about the advantages of these five places in terms of topography, terrain, climate, precipitation, river distribution, prospects for the development of planting and animal husbandry, infrastructure, etc. Of course, the most important point is that he has a hunch that these places are more suitable for long-term settlement than the plains.
The reason for giving up the more fertile and closer plains was that Cheng Qinan had a premonition that the ocean would be a major threat to human survival in the future.
Lin Tan nodded secretly, thinking that Cheng Qinan was really amazing. In the middle and late stages of the apocalypse, the threat of mutant creatures in the ocean to humans was indeed increasing. Fortunately, the site of Zhengyang Base was still a long way from the ocean, but there were still a large number of marine creatures entering the inland along the river, and Zhengyang Base was more or less affected. As for those large and small bases closer to the coastline, they were either destroyed or hastily migrated under the repeated attacks of marine creatures.
At that time, the survival pressure in the northwest inland was indeed smaller, but the migration was a long journey, and no one knew how many lives would be lost and how much it would cost. So if you could find a suitable place nearby, who would be willing to travel a long distance
However, their Zhengyang Brigade now has few people and a high proportion of elites, so the long journey should not be a problem.
I'm fine with accepting that the address will change.
Of course, these five locations are only preliminarily selected, and will require further discussions in meetings. Moreover, the specific one to be chosen will definitely require an on-site investigation before a decision can be made. The location of the base is not something that can be decided easily.
After leaving Cheng Qinan, Lin Tantan felt completely different, as if his heart was full of energy and ready to set sail. He was full of fighting spirit and energy.
Back at the clinic, Mingze placed a stack of forms in front of Lin Tantan: "These are the people who applied to join the medical team this month."
Lin Tantan picked it up and took a look. The first three pictures were of people from the Zhengyang Brigade, including a wood-type mutant and two people who were doctors. Except for these three, the others were not from the Zhengyang Brigade.
Now if people want to join the Zhengyang Brigade, they have to go through a very formal process. The first step is to submit an application to join the brigade to the expansion office. There is a column in the application form that lists abilities, specialties, and future career plans.
The medical team is quite special. It is a department related to human life and is extremely short of manpower. Therefore, after these applicants pass the primary review, if their abilities and expertise are related to medical care, the office will send the application form to the medical team in advance. If they are accepted, then the second review will be relaxed appropriately and they will basically be allowed to join the team. If the medical team does not want them, they will be treated as ordinary applicants.
Lin Tantan picked up the application forms and looked at them one by one. Most of them were from wood-type mutants, some at level two, three, and one, and there were also some non-mutual-ability people who used to be doctors and nurses.
Those who can pass the initial review are all those who have no power affiliation and no criminal record. This criminal record includes not only those before the end of the world, but also those who have not committed any evil deeds after the end of the world. Of course, this kind of thing does not absolutely represent a person's character. For example, Mingze also carries a life, but Lin Tantan thinks that he is excusable and is now very assured to use him. People like Shao Ping, who have a beautiful and clean resume, are still in prison.
She finished reading the stack of forms and said, "Take all of them. By the way, it's only the middle of the month, how come the forms have already been delivered?"
Aren’t new recruits recruited at the end of the month
Mingze took the form and said, "There are a lot of applicants this month, so there are a lot of people to recruit. I heard that we may have to recruit in two batches."
Lin Tan nodded. She had also heard a little bit about the performance of the Zhengyang Brigade before and after the zombie tide, which won the praise of many people. The high efficiency and unity in the face of danger, the strong combat power, the reliable logistical support, and the extremely low casualty rate in the end all made people excited, especially those who had cooperated with, had contact with, or been employed by the Zhengyang Brigade during this period, whether they were superpowers or ordinary people, all wanted to join the Zhengyang Brigade.
Although the loss of a magical aircraft has caused some people to mock it, this will not shake some people's yearning for the Zhengyang Brigade.
"Come to think of it, many people came here just for you, team leader."
"? How do you mean?"
"Your ability to help people sleep is now well-known throughout the base," Mingze said.
It is hard for normal people to imagine how happy it is to be able to put aside all distractions and have a good sleep when you are extremely tired, worried, depressed, sad, or have insomnia, and wake up full of energy and the sky is high and the sea is broad. However, those who are deeply troubled by this can give everything for this happiness.
There are many people in Ningshi Base who have this problem.
However, under normal circumstances, the clinic of Zhengyang Brigade is not open to the public, so if you want to get this service, you can only join Zhengyang Brigade. This is one of the important reasons why the number of people applying to join Zhengyang Brigade in June was overwhelming. Even many people from other forces have left their own forces and become free agents in order to meet the basic recruitment requirements of Zhengyang Brigade.
Lin Tan thought for a moment, "This sleep aid project has become a signature project?" She shook her head, "But what's the point of adding it? I'm just one person and I can't handle it. By the way, Mingze, how are you doing?"
Mingze said somewhat ashamedly: "I can only guide people who are less wary to sleep, such as children and women. For those who are more wary, my ability can't reach their brains at all."
"It's okay, take your time." At least he is better than those wood-type ability users that Lu Jianping sent to learn skills. Those people are simply idiots and have no idea how to get in.
Yes, it is indeed too difficult to ask a group of second and third level wood-type ability users to become healers, especially those who are mentally capable.
While they were talking lightly about recruiting people, the leaders, both big and small, could not sit still anymore as their subordinates slipped away one after another. They were furious. They had been very good to their subordinates, but one by one they left the organization, gave up their ready-made positions and benefits, and ran to hope that the Zhengyang Brigade would take them in. This was simply a slap in their faces.
They couldn't swallow this breath, and some people went to Lv Jianping to complain. Lv Jianping was annoyed by the complaints, so he said coldly, isn't it normal for small forces to compete for excellent human resources? It's like a company. If you have low wages, poor treatment, and bad prospects, your employees will of course want to switch to better companies. Who can you blame for not being able to retain employees
The person who was crying said, Ye Xiao is becoming more and more powerful, can you, as the leader of the base, really sleep well
Lu Jianping really had no reason to sleep uneasy, because even if the Zhengyang Brigade recruited more people, they would not take away his elite team.
As for the talents from the public being taken away? What can he do? With his current resources, he can't afford to support too many talents.
But on the surface he was still very serious. He comforted the cryer and turned back to find Ye Xiao.
The two bosses chose to go there at night on purpose, and they secretly went to visit the factory. The Shenji factory was under construction day and night, and it was built at the foot of the mountain, a little distance away from the compound.
It looks unremarkable from the outside, like a huge warehouse, but once you go in, you will be shocked by the modern and mechanized things inside.
It is divided into many areas, with workbenches and CNC machines for producing various parts, a huge platform for aircraft assembly and maintenance, various carts, slides, cables, wires, equipment... Many things were moved from the hangar of the Ningshi Airport Maintenance Base.
The military and engineering talents provided by Lu Jianping and the relevant talents selected from the entire base are all busy, and everything is in good order.
Lu Jianping sighed a little. He now truly believed that they could come up with a magical machine on their own.
He said: "This place is a little far from your compound. I can't send soldiers to guard it openly, otherwise it will seem too important. Otherwise, I will give you all the surrounding land, and you can build it and get busy around it. After that, I will arrange for your people to live nearby to cover the factory and guard it nearby.
Ye Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly: "What about the people who live here?"
"It's your responsibility. It's okay for you to take it with you when you leave."
Lu Jianping is quite generous.
Ye Xiao was speechless. The people living around here were probably poor people with no ability and barely surviving. In fact, this was a shantytown.
He knew that Lv Jianping wanted the Zhengyang Brigade to build infrastructure for him for free, and to manage the people and preferably the food rations. But he didn't refuse. He just wanted to use this opportunity to further train the construction team's professional level. In the future, many people would be needed to build the base, so now he would give them training.
As for the people living in the shanty towns, it may not be useless if they are trained well, and it can also provide training for the management team.
In this way, the shantytowns near the factory were incorporated into the territory of the Zhengyang Brigade, and perfectly integrated with the compound and the streets outside the compound into a large area. The more than 200,000 people crowded together in the shantytowns were also temporarily managed by the Zhengyang Brigade. They were not considered formal personnel, but were only temporary managers. However, this news also made these people very excited.
However, as a result, the workload of the Zhengyang Brigade suddenly increased, and expansion was imminent. After repeated screening and review in mid-June, 3,000 new people were immediately admitted, and then more than 3,000 people were admitted at the end of June. The scale of planting and breeding in the new district was also further expanded.
This is mainly reflected in the fact that the combat teams of the Zhengyang Brigade have been going out on missions more frequently. They run to the surrounding mountains and bring back several carts of livestock each time, and try to raise as many as possible.
At the same time, the supply of meat has been greatly reduced because all of it has been used for reproduction, including the supply of eggs and livestock young. Whether it is chicken eggs, duck eggs, goose eggs, bird eggs, or lambs, piglets, chickens, etc., all those that can be hatched should be hatched, those that can give birth should give birth quickly, and those that can still grow a little longer should wait until they grow up a bit before eating.
In the pond dug by Lin Tantan, some fish and shrimps had been raised. After a few months, they had grown up and adapted to the environment, so he divided some of them out and dug fish ponds in other places and planted some water vegetables.
Even when Lin Tantan was taking a break, he took his own group of mutant rats out to dig out another vole nest, and asked his geese to hook up with a group of ordinary geese and raise them all for meat and eggs.
Overnight, there were many more mouths waiting to be fed, and it seemed that there was not enough to eat. But looking at the various creatures that were about to grow in the fields, I felt full of hope.
Lin Tantan looked at the thriving new district and the green crops everywhere. He felt very emotional. As he was feeling emotional, he saw a car driving in and catching rabbits from the car. The rabbits were gray in color and very big, as big as large dogs. They did not look cute and docile like rabbits, but rather a bit ferocious and scary, and they jumped around a lot.
She saw the person she was looking for and walked over.
As soon as Wei Jie saw Lin Tantan coming over, the joy and excitement of participating in the hunt for mutant rabbits and catching many trophies was immediately diluted. All the cooking methods such as stewed rabbit pieces, spicy rabbit cubes, and rabbit meat and radish stew in his mind also disappeared instantly. His face fell as if he had seen the god of plague.
Lin Tan Tan walked over and said, "Why do you look unhappy when you see me? You have a good harvest today, such a big cart full of big rabbits."
Wei Jie wiped his face and smiled dryly: "Ms. Lin, good afternoon."
"Well, good afternoon." Lin Tan Tan waved his hand with a smile, "You guys are busy, don't worry about me, take your time."
Take your time, the sooner you die, the sooner you will be reborn. Wei Jie rummaged through his pockets and pulled out the rolled-up notebook. "I went to District 3 to do an interview yesterday. Do you want to listen to it now?"
District Three is the previous shantytown that is now being renovated. It is called this to distinguish it from the large compound in District One and the new district in District Two, which is the planting and breeding area.
Lin Tantan smiled and said okay, then turned around and found a tree root to sit down. The sun was a bit strong, but it was cool under the shade of the tree. Wei Jie looked around and saw that the others were far away, and then he said dryly: "Captain Ye is really good. He arranged work for me and gave me work meals. Otherwise, I really don't know how I would live."
"Captain Ye said that we have a share in the new house. Before the reconstruction, our family rented a four-square-meter piece of land at a price of one pound of grain per day. Now they rent us a place of the same size at the same price. Although the place is still small, at least we are not living in a rag tent. It's great."
"Captain Ye has improved our discipline. The guy who always steals things was caught and beaten. The guy who always takes advantage of women was also beaten. Well done!"
"My leg has been broken for several months. I thought it would be completely rotten this summer. Thanks to Captain Ye, you gave us a chance to receive free treatment. Soon I will be able to stand up and walk again!"
"Captain Ye asked someone to teach us how to kill zombies and how to deal with mutant animals. I have learned a lot and decided to try my luck tomorrow. I can't be so decadent and weak anymore..."
After reading the last sentence, Wei Jie let out a long breath. Even though he was thick-skinned, reading these things still made him embarrassed. However, he was also quite touched. The Zhengyang Brigade did a really good job. The gratitude and satisfaction were genuine. The lives of the more than 200,000 shanty dwellers taken over by the Zhengyang Brigade were really changing little by little, and he could also feel that the management of those people by the Zhengyang Brigade was also rapidly improving and optimizing.
Originally, ever since Ni Lan, his sister Ni, left and he was not allowed to go with her, he had become a little listless. He had no motivation to do anything and was a little annoyed with this place. But every day when he went out to collect some good words about Ye Xiao, he gradually got to know more about this organization and his thoughts changed.
Originally, I wandered around here and there every day, occasionally helping the chefs and getting some food. Finally, influenced by how hard everyone else was working, I applied to join a combat team and went out hunting.
In this way, life really became meaningful and he had a sense of belonging here. He would be happier if he didn't have the daily task of interviewing people and collecting good words from them.
Lin Tan Tan held his chin up and heard this: "Is it over?"
Wei Jie had a wooden face: "It's over."
Lin Tantan stood up and said, "Okay, I'll come back tomorrow and prepare more tomorrow."
She looked like she was still unsatisfied after listening to today's story and wanted to continue listening tomorrow. Wei Jie opened his mouth, but finally said with a dejected look on his face, "Goodbye." He should not have provoked this person. Others said that she was a gentle, kind, and almost omnipotent angel-like person. Why did he look like someone like her
Lin Tan Tan took two steps and came back: "By the way, you haven't performed the fog performance today."
Wei Jie's face turned even paler when he heard that, but he still raised his hand obediently and released a water ball. He waved his hand lightly, and the water ball suddenly turned into a cloud of mist, covering his surroundings in a hazy manner. He couldn't see anything far away, as if there was real fog.
This is Wei Jie's special ability. Although it is water-related, it manifests as fog. His ability is very useful for assassination and escape. At the beginning, he and others came together to capture Lin Tan Tan. According to the plan, Wei Jie was to cover them and confuse and interfere with the enemy's vision.
And now, this supernatural power that was originally intended to be used on Lin Tan Tan has become a means for her to perform.
Wei Jie has a particularly bad face.
Lin Tan Tan looked at it for a while and nodded: "Okay, I'll leave then, you continue to work hard."
Wei Jie was a little confused. He had only been performing for a while. It used to take several minutes to perform. What he didn't know was that Lin Tantan also released a water ball after she walked away. The next moment, she also turned the water ball into water vapor. It was water vapor, and each particle was quite distinct, not a finer mist.
She frowned slightly, thinking as she walked, went to the clinic to deal with a few people who needed sleeping assistance, then went to the water plant to drain some water, and then returned to her cabin.
She now lives back in the small courtyard on the mountain. After all, it is not a good idea to live in a clinic for a long time. As for other places, none can be as comfortable as her own cottage. In the absence of external threats, a few mutant mosquitoes are not a big deal. Ye Xiao also lives with her, so she doesn't take the mutant mosquitoes seriously.
She just sat in the yard, constantly sending out water balls and turning them into steam. She practiced until late at night. Feeling that she had finally made some progress, she ate something, washed herself clean and fragrant, and then her leisurely nightlife began.
She sat on the bed, set up a small table, propped up a tablet, and started watching TV while playing Candy Crush on a mobile phone in her hand.
After playing for a while, he looked at the tablet and saw a man with braids and a smirk on the screen flirting with a woman. After a while, he looked again and saw that the man was flirting with another woman.
In this way, time passed to nine o'clock, and then to ten o'clock. Lin Tantan felt a little sleepy. Since the crisis was resolved, her biological clock had been adjusted back to normal. She would feel sleepy on time every day, reminding her that it was time to go to bed.
She threw down her phone, lazily lay on the table, and stopped watching the video. She just stared at her right hand. Two water films came out from her fingertips, intertwined and separated, and then turned into a ball of mist. After a while, the mist condensed into a water film again.
Ye Xiao finally finished the things at hand. When he saw that it was already ten o'clock, he hurried back. When he passed by the small canteen, he paused, went in to order some food to be packed, and carried it up the hillside.
The lights were on in the courtyard and in Lin Tantan's room. He gently pushed the door open and walked in. Turning into the inner room, he saw the little girl lying on a small table, half asleep and half asleep. A ball of mist was spinning in front of her like a spinning ball.
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