"Just as the human bases in San Diego were fighting each other, the zombies of San Diego City poured out of the city to besiege the largest base at the time, the San Diego Military Port, which had nearly 500,000 people. To make matters worse, there are also a large number of mutated aquatic mutant beasts in the sea attacking the San Diego military port at the same time. The military port of Santiago fell in less than three days, and less than 10,000 of the 500,000 people fled. Immediately after that, millions of zombies besieged the Marine Corps base, which has a population of nearly 300,000, and the Marine Corps base ran out of ammunition and food after a week. At this point, the major bases in the San Diego area have been evacuated and entered the mountains east of San Diego. As far as I know. At present, the survivor base has been rebuilt with the Buffalo Town in the eastern mountains as the center, with a population of about 150,000. In addition, there are dozens of settlements in the wasteland of the San Diego area similar to our settlement, with a small population of one or two hundred, and many thousands. If you add the nomads roaming the wasteland, the population of San Diego as a whole would not exceed 300,000, which is only one-twentieth of what it was before the cataclysm. ”

Sloane let out a long breath of Santiago, raised his glass, and drank the sorghum wine from it. He has already told what he knows and what he knows, and the next outcome is not up to him, a newcomer, to decide.

After listening to Sloan's introduction, Ye Hao was silent for a while, then raised his head and said, "Since everyone is already their own people, let's come up with ideas on how to solve the problems we encounter in front of us." ”

Barnes Lawrence was just a warrior, and Natasha and Jessica were too tender to be counted on. Ye Hao can pin his hopes on Dr. Tesla and Dr. Silan, who have made great achievements in their respective fields, and these achievements are not enough to rely on IQ, at least they are essential to deal with all kinds of people. Therefore, based on their life experience, they should have their own opinions.

Among so many people, Sloan was considered a newcomer, he saw everyone bowing their heads and pondering, and he knew that this was his own performance, he sorted out what Ye Hao had just said, and said: "Let's talk about the safety of this gathering place first, I have also considered this problem before, just like Robert just said, our gathering place is currently unable to withstand a certain number of zombie attacks, which is our biggest weakness." Fortunately, the gathering place is half-surrounded by the reservoir in a C-shape, and there is only one side that really needs to be defended. So my idea is, if possible, whether to build a wall on the side facing the wasteland, and the rest of the place, we will repair it with barbed wire, and then build a few more observation posts to strengthen patrols, so that ordinary zombies will not be able to break in. ”

Speaking of this, Sloane glanced at Ye Hao's face and continued: "Actually, anyone can think of a solution, but the key is the materials, what do we use to build a wall? Where can we find enough barbed wire? This gathering place does not look big, but it is not small when it really comes down, and the amount of barbed wire and building materials needed is a large amount." ”

Ye Hao thought about it for a while, the material of the wall, he can bring some cement from modern times, it should not be a problem to build a wall, and when the time comes, it will be enough to mix stones with mud and sand. Barbed wire is not a problem, and in modern times, it is a cheap thing.

"I'll take care of the material thing. Ye Hao was very satisfied with Sloan's performance.

"I think the most important thing at the moment is the issue of our meals. We don't have much food left, and now we have hundreds of mouths. "Dr. Tesla is hungry and scared, and he always takes the problem of food to heart. Of course, he is not to blame, this can be said to be a common disease of all people in the last days.

"The last time the food was replenished was half a month ago, and it was no problem to hold on for another half a month, but now it can only last for ten days according to the normal ration, and if the quota is appropriately reduced, it can take more time. "Because of Sloan's presence, Natasha didn't say anything about Ye Hao's mysterious organization behind him.

Ye Hao's face turned red, he actually forgot to bring supplies when he returned to the end of the world this time, he said with a little embarrassment: "There is no need to reduce the quota, once it is reduced, it will easily cause the old people of the team to be dissatisfied with the new joiners." Rest assured, new supplies will arrive in seven days at most. ”

Hearing Ye Hao say this, Sloane was very curious, but he understood that now was not the time to ask, as long as he slowly integrated, Ye Hao and the others would let him go.

To be honest, these problems may be a headache for others, but for him, who has a space-time gate that can be crossed at any time, food and other materials are basically not a problem, and they can be easily solved.

In fact, in Ye Hao's heart, the gathering place is not just a place for him to stay, according to his own plan, this place will be slowly transformed into a small base, which can make himself make goods openly and honestly, and use it to hide the secret of carrying goods from modern times. As long as there is a production base that can be used to conceal the truth, you don't have to hide it like before, and it is easy to be exposed.

And then build on that and slowly encroach on the San Diego area. Ye Hao clearly understands that San Diego, as the most important military base of the United States on the West Coast, has the most advanced technology and equipment in the United States and even Blue Star, thinking of this, Ye Hao can't help but want to drool, these are his prey to realize his ideals in the real world!

Of course, this plan is only their initial idea, and it is not yet time to reveal it to them, and they may never know about it. For the end times, this plan is somewhat shocking. If it is really implemented, he can only guide it slowly, slowly according to the plan in his heart to achieve, maybe by the time they understand their plan, maybe he has changed a lot of things, whether it is in the last days or reality.

Thinking of this, Ye Hao showed a smile and said: "Everyone said it very well, I will find a way to solve these problems, about the problem of defense, this is the important task of our gathering place, Barnes, you will bring people to the neighborhood tomorrow to find stones, I will try to get some cement." Plus, we'll be heading to the Buffalo Town Colony in a few days, so I'll take the trouble to show you the way. ”

"Willing to help. ”

In the next few days, Ye Hao has been busy with the placement of the convoy and the integration of the convoy and the people in the gathering place, under his strong position, the hostility between the two sides has gradually eased, although there is still a gap, but the trend of integration between the two sides has not changed.

A week later, Ye Hao left the settlement alone in a truck. After leaving the gathering place, we drove another two or three kilometers before hiding in a depression.

Ye Hao is now a tertiary gene body, with a system space of 27 meters as a cube with a side length and a volume of 19,683 cubic meters. After hiding the car, he returned to the real world, changed his appearance, rented a warehouse on the outskirts of Shishi City, Hebei Province, and then found a manufacturer to buy building materials such as cement and steel bars and barbed wire. I have to sigh at the current manufacturing capacity of Huaxia, under Ye Hao's money offensive, hundreds of tons of cement and other materials have been transported to the warehouse he rented in just three days. Looking at the full warehouse, Ye Hao nodded with satisfaction, and put all the materials into the system space, only occupying a corner of the space.

After returning to the end of the world, he drove Shi Shiran back to the base. Because the time of the two worlds is relatively static, in the eyes of Natasha and the others, Ye Hao just drove out to check the surrounding terrain, and left for less than two hours, and now he is back for lunch.

After lunch, Ye Hao called Barnes and brought more than a dozen people and five trucks to the morning depression, where Ye Hao took out ten tons of cement and other construction materials from the space, Ye Hao did not take out all the materials, he ordered so many materials to prepare for emergencies, anyway, now the space is huge, and it is not troublesome to put them in it.

Barnes and the others were all old men, already experienced, and they didn't say much when they saw the building materials all over the ground, so they worked together for an afternoon, loaded all the supplies onto the truck, and returned to the gathering place before the sun went down.

After returning to the gathering place, I called everyone to unload the trucks, and the strength of the crowd was great, but in just half an hour, five trucks were empty.

The next day, Ye Hao returned to the real world again, this time for food, he went through all the processes, and at night, he was able to supply five hundred people in the gathering place for a month, and the food and other materials had been loaded into the built warehouse.

When the last bag of grain was put into storage and Natasha locked the warehouse door, the entire gathering place was boiling, whether it was the original team of people or the new Sloan and others, it was happiness to be able to survive stably in the last days.

Of course, everyone was full of dinner, and everyone was very excited, sharpening their knives one by one, and wanted to start working immediately, perfecting the whole gathering place, and decorating this new home.

The management also had dinner together, everyone was happy, and Sloan was able to attend as a new member, who now manages the civil department as Dr. Tesla's deputy like Jessica. Sloan has figured out the origin of Ye Hao and the others in these days, and admires their experience very much, it is a miracle that these people have traveled thousands of miles from Maple Leaf Town to San Diego at the moment when the entire Blue Star Order is collapsing. Of course, Ye Hao is a god-like existence in this miracle.

"Robert, we're finally settled. Dr. Tesla said happily, "No matter what the future holds, I am very satisfied to have such a life in the last days." This is our home! Robert, give us a name. ”

After Dr. Tesla finished speaking, everyone looked at Ye Hao quietly.

Looking at everyone's expectant eyes, Ye Hao scratched his head, thought for a while, and said calmly: "Let's call it Maple Leaf Town, that is where we met, and it is also the starting point of everything!"

The crowd applauded.

Ye Hao still has a layer of meaning in his heart, Maple Leaf Town should be the "birth point" of his end-of-life experience, and this name is also the starting point of his life!

"Ding Dong!" Just when Ye Hao decided to name this oasis Maple Leaf Town, the voice of the system that had not been heard for a long time sounded. Since getting the artificial intelligence Andy, the system has not heard from him, until today Ye Hao finally got the news from the system again.

"The host has decided to settle in the new 'Maple Leaf Town' and start a new journey. Release the main quest four: make the population of Maple Leaf Town reach the standard of 10,000 medium-sized gathering places within three months, and the host will be wiped out if the mission fails!"

Damn, the tsundere system made Ye Hao burst into foul mouths again, now the population of Maple Leaf Town is not even a thousand, and it will reach 10,000 in three months, is this special work done by people?

After the release of the new task, the system played missing, Ye Hao could only reluctantly accept it, it was a big deal to rob and kidnap, anyway, there was no way to reason with the system.

The next day, everyone got up early, regardless of whether they knew how to build or not, they all helped to carry the gravel and sand from the wasteland, and began to build the wall. This amount of work is not small, starting from the foundation, after building two meters in a unified manner, and then increasing to five meters in sections. Even if the entire gathering place were to be busy, it would take at least a month to complete it.

The barbed wire fence is very easy to handle, and if it is fixed around the woods of the gathering place, it can be a good defense against scattered zombies. Ye Hao originally planned to use walls on all sides, but after calculating it, it was estimated that it would take half a year, so he had to make do with barbed wire first to prevent the wandering zombies from entering the interior of the gathering place from the woods.

Ye Hao also wanted Sloan to go to the wasteland to recruit some homeless people to come over and help speed up the progress of the project. But he was stopped by Sloane.

"Boss, this last day is not peaceful, there are many people who know about this gathering place, but they have not attracted the attention of others. If once you recruit someone to help, everything in Maple Town will be completely exposed, I think this is not very wise, and it is easy to cause unnecessary trouble. At least until the fence is repaired, try not to attract the attention of others. As long as the fence is repaired, we can also rely on the fence to protect the entire gathering place. ”

As a land snake, Sloane's suggestion was very reasonable, and Ye Hao nodded in agreement.

After a few busy days, the work of Maple Leaf Town is gradually on the right track. After the 100 people of the Armed Forces Department absorbed 20 people from Silan's men, the armored detachment of the Armed Forces Department finally ensured the minimum configuration, and nearly 300 people from the Civil Department built the wall in three shifts under the leadership of Dr. Tesla, and the Logistics Department devoted all of them to the support task except for 20 people to guard the warehouse.

After everything in Maple Town was steadily advancing, Ye Hao led James (the former head of the guard at the south gate of Maple Town) and other twenty people, drove two armed off-road vehicles to escort two trucks, and Sloan was used as a guide to drive towards Buffalo Town in the mountains east of San Diego.

The purpose of Ye Hao's trip was to find out the news of Buffalo Town in the name of commerce and trade, and if he wanted to take root in the San Diego region, he had to contact as the biggest force of human beings here. The two trucks were basically loaded with old clothes, which Ye Hao collected from the second-hand market in the real world. In the last days, clothing is also in demand, but it is not as coveted as food. The items traded in Buffalo Town wasted a lot of Ye Hao's brain cells, which needed to be valuable necessities and not cause other people's malice, so Ye Hao finally chose old clothes as the main commodity of this pathfinder trip. Of course, in addition to clothes, Ye Hao also carried a batch of food and other luxury goods - a small amount of sorghum wine and cigarettes, which were used to open the door of Buffalo Town's commerce, Ye Hao believed that with this batch of "sharp weapons", he would definitely not return empty-handed this time.

After breakfast, the convoy was officially launched, Ye Hao and Sloan took the lead in the first armed off-road vehicle, James delayed, and the two trucks were in the center. The road from Maple Leaf Town to the main road is badly damaged, and it takes more than ten minutes to travel two or three kilometers. The temperature also changed from cold in the early morning to a hint of dryness.

After getting on the highway and going deep into the wasteland away from Maple Town, you can slowly see the hunting scene, one by one, groups of survivors who lack weapons, are hunting zombies in every possible way.