107.Chapter 107
Because the site of the accident is still far away from the southwest base, and there is a special road to pass when the military is mobilized, the vast majority of people in the base did not notice any problems, or even did not notice the incident at all. It wasn't until the next day that Luo Xun and the others came to the barracks to get the exact news.
Captain Guo's expression was a little solemn and said to everyone: "Today, we will be temporarily transferred to the outer city wall, and the superiors will give an order to let us deepen the depth of the metal foundation as much as possible." He explained to everyone, "I got the news last night that something happened to the eastern base, and it is said that the base over there has been breached. "That's why the higher-ups will temporarily drop the metal ability to add depth to the foundation of the outer base again. After all, once there is a zombie animal that can burrow like the zombie rat before, the wall of the outer base will probably be in danger!
Everyone's expressions were solemn, and no one said anything, so they hurriedly climbed into the truck with the team and rushed to the direction of the outer city wall.
In the carriage, someone asked Captain Guo for specific news: "Captain, how is the eastern base now?" β
Captain Guo shook his head: "The situation is not good, it is said that the gate of the base has been broken...... Several helicopters were mobilized in the early hours of this morning, and how many people can be rescued depends on the specific situation. He didn't know the specific situation, but he knew that the outer wall of the eastern base had been completely reduced to an ornament at this time, and it was said that there were people who suddenly turned into zombies in the eastern base, which led to internal and external troubles and blocked all the living forces into the last fortifications at once......
However, it seems that it is very necessary to have a rock-solid military camp built in the base.
It didn't take long for the car to drive near the outer city wall, and Yan Fei and the others started today's work.
They needed to directly deepen the metal wall, and this work was still explored by Yan Fei before he found the method and trick, and the four metal powerhouses started today's work.
The crane followed the four of them, hoisting a large pile of metal materials and waiting aside, Luo Xun and the others were still responsible for protecting the safety of the Strangers from possible attacks from under the wall - but now this possibility is even smaller, outside the tall wall is the newly dug moat, the river is about five meters wide, and there is a newly built earthen wall outside the moat, and there are many fences built overnight with things like wooden thorns and bamboo poles, which have become the first fortifications.
The outermost fence didn't do much, but it could stop a group of zombies and give the soldiers in charge of defense time to react.
The huge iron gate faces the drawbridge over the moat, which can be raised at any time in the event of an emergency, completely isolating the entire base from the outside world. And now, on the other side of the moat, the two watchtowers connected to the base by a drawbridge, were watching the situation in the other directions with great care.
The ordinary soldiers and the survivors in the base don't know, but the base bosses know one thing very well - there was a plane crash when the zombies in the city were encircled and suppressed last time. If it weren't for the urgency of the situation this time, they would never have dispatched the few helicopters left in the base!
And if something happens to these helicopters this time, what if they lose their heads...... With no way out, they can only fight to the death.
After lunch, under the increasingly high sun, Yan Fei and the others climbed the city wall again to continue their work today. The foundation of the perimeter wall was originally only about three meters, but now they need to increase it to five meters for safety.
If time permits, it is better to get the foundation to a depth of 10 meters, but then it will affect the water supply system, sewage system, etc. It is necessary to wait for the experts in the construction of the base to give an answer before proceeding.
At about two o'clock in the afternoon, Luo Xun suddenly squinted his eyes and pointed into the distance, and asked uncertainly, "Plane?" β
There were a few small black dots flying towards this place in the northeast mid-air, and everyone who was busy stopped their work and looked up over there. Sure enough, it didn't take long for the rumbling sound to come gradually, and the few dots became clearer and clearer - helicopters!
"Flew from the Eastern Base, right?" Luo Xun said uncertainly, when he had an accident at the eastern base in his previous life, he happened to follow a team into the city to do a mission, but he heard that there seemed to be a helicopter in the base to rescue some people, but the specific situation was not clear.
Under the gaze of everyone, the rack plane rumbled directly over the city walls and into the base. At this time, the people in the base who were still in the day also noticed this, and they all stopped what they were doing and pointed in midair.
Because the eastern base is different from the small base broken in the past, in some ways, the eastern base is the benchmark base since the end of the world, and it is also the only absolutely safe place in the minds of the survivors who are still alive today. So what happens if the survivors learn that the eastern base has been breached?
If a base starts to be turbulent and panicked from within, how can it possibly hold on? Maybe the people who have a nervous breakdown in the base may do something dangerous because of the excessive pressure.
However, there is another possibility that has been ignored in the base - there have been rumors in the base before this, rumors that there will be a zombie siege and that the eastern base may not be able to be saved.
After seeing the helicopter fly to the tarmac of the barracks, those who had been silently worried about the rumors of the base, and who could still calculate the date, turned over the previous rumors again. As a result, the news of the destruction of the eastern base was already known before the military announced it.
More people began to desperately contact their relatives and friends, and those who wanted to leave the base to do tasks did not go, and those who had relatives and friends outside tried to send text messages one after another, hoping to call people back.
More people began to strengthen their doors and windows, for fear that someone would take advantage of the chaos to rob their homes.
When Luo Xun and the others were on their way home from work in the afternoon, they saw several people on the side of the road arguing and scolding over a broken wooden plank, staring at each other with a pair of red eyes, and no one would back down half a step. Some people fought so hard over a few sturdy metal plates that they refused to back down even when their heads were bleeding.
Early the next morning, the news of the destruction of the eastern base was completely made public, and it was not long before several trucks carrying many survivors slowly drove in, and helicopters flew back to the base again. After that, one after another, private cars gradually drove to the gate of the base, these are the survivors who broke out of the eastern base on their own, and the people transported out by helicopters and military trucks are basically the leaders, technical personnel, and military personnel of the eastern base.
The southwest base tensed up again, for fear that the zombies would follow behind these people, and those zombies might follow at any time.
A meeting was being held in the barracks and fortress of the southwest base at this time, and they were discussing with those who had fled from the eastern base - how the hell did the eastern base break?
The bigwigs in the eastern base were all disgraced, and they were also confused when they saw that the other party asked this question, and the expressions on their faces were ugly and ugly.
"Until now, we haven't figured out what's going on! First, there was a sudden news from the base, saying that many people had turned into zombies and were killing people everywhere on the street, and then it was said that zombies appeared at the city gate, and the zombies had begun to hurt people at the gate! They didn't even have time to close the gates! β
The people at the southwest base looked at each other in surprise, and one of them asked, "Is there anyone who was at the scene at that time?" β
A leader of the eastern base was so angry that he slapped the table: "Those who were at the scene at that time died on the spot!" When we received the news, the zombies were all killed at the gate of the headquarters!! β
"But if we don't find out why, we'll have the same thing here sooner or later, where else can we run?! Even if you want to go to the Tibetan Plateau, you have to have enough gasoline! I have to be able to get out alive!! "The leaders over there also slapped the table together.
In terms of identity, the leaders of the eastern base are generally more than one level higher than those in the southwest base, but fortunately, because before the end of the world, they were completely unmatched, and the people under the two systems usually had a nod at most, so that they could not disturb each other in the last days, and communicate with each other after having news. But now once they meet together, if the people on the other side want to pick up their identities to suppress people, the leaders of the southwest base are not afraid, who is afraid of whom in this day? Isn't it just slapping the table? Labor and management are not less than yours!
"You! How unreasonable! "The leaders of the other party also know that they are in other people's territory now, if they are placed before the end of the world, how dare the other party ask themselves like a prisoner? But who makes it the end of the world? Who let what is now their own territory be breached? After the end of the world, due to transportation, information, casualties, etc., the large and small bases of Daozhì today seem to be large and small warlords or ancient princes. In the past, the eastern base was the leader of the two bases in the east and southwest, and they obeyed the instructions of the eastern base in the general direction. But now, the phoenix that fell into the water is not as good as a chicken, and they have to swallow their anger for the time being.
The meeting tossed for more than half a day but did not find out the result, and the staff of the southwest base asked almost all the people from the eastern base but did not find out what the problem was, so they could only continue to strictly control all the places where there might be an accident according to the previous preparations.
This stalemate lasted for more than ten days, and the people in the southwest base began to wonder if the zombies had eaten enough of the survivors in the eastern base, and they didn't have the stomach to hold their people here for the time being, so the zombies weren't ready to come overβa red-marked expedited test result was put on the table of the leaders.
"Water source...... A sudden increase in the concentration of viruses in the water source?! After seeing this article, the leaders were not calm, and their eyes widened one by one.
"What's going on?"
"How can it suddenly increase in height?"
"Did you find anything in the water?!"
The person in charge of the laboratory shook his head sadly and said: "The water pollution has increased suddenly, and we quickly cut off the water source as soon as we found out the problem, how to deal with it now?" If the water pollution is not solved for a while, I am afraid that among the survivors who use unclean drinking water in the city, people will suddenly mutate into zombies......"
"Suddenly turned into a zombie?!"
"Eastern Base! Eastern Base!! β
Since the southwest base had a problem with food hygiene and safety, some survivors in the base mutated into zombies, and it has begun to strictly control the safety of water sources. In order to strengthen safety management, the military deliberately made a water purification pool, where all the tap water will be disinfected, precipitated, and inspected before flowing into the base.
In this way, the management and treatment of water sources has been increased, and the flow of water in the water pipes in the city has been reduced, but the water has not been cut off several times.
But now......
"Suspend the city's water supply first, and then talk about it when the problem is investigated, and immediately mobilize all the water system abilities that were previously conscripted into the army, and add water to the backup pool!" One of the leaders immediately ordered.
The other person got up and said, "I'll go to the people from the east and ask if there was a similar situation before the zombies appeared in the city over there." β
The result of the inquiry was shocking, because the eastern base had not seen the zombie transformation of survivors due to improper drinking water treatment before, so they didn't have the southwest base at all, spending so much effort to make a complete set of water purification devices! Obviously, the Southwest Base had already told them of this possibility! They didn't take it seriously when they tried to save trouble!!
These bigwigs who escaped to the southwest base unharmed usually use and drink special water - there is a smell in the tap water after the secondary purification and disinfection of water purification tablets and other devices, so these people usually drink water specially provided by the supernatural. So they even know that they don't even know if there was a problem with the drinking water in the base before the Eastern Base City was broken!!
Few of the survivors would have treated their drinking water with such careful placement, dispensing, or even distillation. These steps are too cumbersome, and there are very few people who can stick to the water after completing a set, where can they completely clean the water? Generally, boiling for a while longer, or even boiling two or three times, is already the limit of most people. If this water flows into the base...... The consequences can be imagined.
Now, the main reason for the accident at the eastern base has been found, and it is not terrible to have problems outside the base, but it is terrible that there are problems from the inside while there is a crisis on the outside!!
"Quick! The city gate is under martial law! No one is allowed to be put in without careful investigation! Everyone must be inspected before they can be put into the city, and the gates can only be opened once every certain number of people are accumulated! "I suddenly remembered the steps of the eastern base when it was destroyed - at the same time as the large-scale zombieization of the survivors inside the base, there was an accident at the gate of the base into the city almost at the same time!
As soon as the news spread, martial law was put all in. The people who were supposed to go out of the city to do the mission were forcibly left behind, and they were not allowed to go out for the time being, waiting for the alarm to be lifted.
The gate at the gate of the city has also been completely closed, and the rules at the entrance have also been modified, from the original registration that you can directly enter the city and then do inspections to the one that must be tested first to make sure that there is no zombie virus on the people who want to enter the city, and at the same time, the small gate will only be opened once every time a certain number of people are saved. Even the inspection of the vehicle has become much more detailed.
The metal wall team has basically completed the task of deep foundation today, and now they have circled around the base and returned to the vicinity of the city gate, and they are still close to finishing the work, and their task of deepening the foundation this time has been completed.
Hearing the sound of chaos coming from the inside of the city gate in the distance, the people in the team looked over there curiously, and could only vaguely see that there was a dispute at the gate that was about to leave the city, and some people who usually waited at the city gate to beg for a team were surrounding the military people in a chaotic manner.
"What's wrong?" Luo Xun muttered in a low voice, craned his neck and glanced there a few times.
Captain Guo was bored, and when he saw this, he got up and straightened his hat: "I'll go and see, you continue!" Work hard, it's going to be repaired soon! As he spoke, he trotted down the wall.
I didn't expect this guy to be so gossipy.
Luo Xun silently sneered, turned around and piled a piece of metal material in his hand onto the metal hill beside Yan Fei.
It didn't take long for the task of the wall to finally come to an end, and at the moment before Captain Guo came back from inquiring about the news, there was a burst of cheers from the city wall - it's finished! It's finally done!!
Captain Guo trotted up to the wall and said with a smile: "It's all done?" β
"Isn't it? This time it's much faster than before. "Although the foundation is not visible in the deep soil, it has to be conducted by other metals to deepen the foundation little by little. But it's always much faster than all the previous big projects.
"Captain, what's wrong at the door?" A soldier sneered curiously.
"Over there?" Captain Guo turned around and looked in the direction of the city gate that was gradually quieting down, but no one was willing to leave, "Martial law in the city is ......"
"Martial law?! Is something wrong?! Everyone was shocked and hurriedly asked.
"It's not clear what is going on, only that the water in the city has been temporarily stopped, and the city gate has been temporarily sealed, and only allowed to enter but not exit for the time being, even if someone wants to come in, they must be checked first, and the door must be opened once after the number of people has accumulated in one place."
Everyone looked at each other, and the faces of a few people with more flexible brains had changed at this time. They all thought of the same possibility - such as the previous crisis at the eastern base, which was probably going to be repeated in the southwest base.
The work ended early, and the team that did not get the next step was notified to return to the base early, Captain Guo asked everyone to disband on the spot after inquiring about the situation, and specially informed Luo Xun and the two: "Turn on your mobile phone, keep the phone open at any time, if there is any situation, the military will send you a message, and I will also contact you." β
The two nodded, and after saying goodbye, they returned to their car, and Luo Xun began to send messages to Li Tie and them. It didn't take long for Li Tie to send back the news, and they knew that it was similar to Luo Xun and the others, that the water in the base was suddenly temporarily cut off and the city gate was closed. But they need to know more specific information - their superiors have revealed that they are afraid that something will happen to the southwest base.
didn't get specific information, Luo Xun and the two could only go home for the time being. Xu Mei and Song Lingling saw them coming back and said: "Just now the radio said that there are some failures in the water supply system in the base, and the water supply will be suspended. And the base is also summoning the water powerhouses to come over. β
Luo Xun glanced at Song Lingling, and Song Lingling hurriedly shook her head: "I'm not going to go, we are a big family, and I can barely get busy with these dishes alone, and then go out to work and get water...... I can't hold up my mental strength. β
Now the water in these two floors depends on Luo Xun on the one hand, and they use distillation equipment to purify it, and on the other hand, they rely on Song Lingling's ability to make clean water. It's been a while since the tap water flow in the base has become smaller, and distilled water alone can't afford to consume them on these two floors, and now, they can only rely on Song Lingling's ability.
Luo Xun knew that after the end of the world, there would be water and power outages from time to time, and the situation in the base in the previous life was much more than the situation in this life, and this kind of problem would occur at the end of three days. Otherwise, he would not have prepared so many bottles and cans of water in advance before the end of the world came.
It's just that now his family's planting area has increased, and the speed of water storage can't keep up with the consumption rate, which is really helpless.
"After the drinking water is loaded, everyone tries to save some use, and the main thing to pay attention to is not to cut off the water for vegetables and grains at home." Luo Xun instructed and said, "Everyone should pay attention to listening to the radio in the past two days, and try to be careful when you go out." "I'm afraid the days of the zombie siege are just these two days.
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At the city gate, it was getting dark late in late August, and in the twilight, the soldiers standing outside the moat and guarding the watchtower vigilantly observed the situation nearby. For safety reasons, some buildings close to the perimeter of the base have all been demolished, and the land facing away from the city has been uniformly organized and ready to be used for farming.
Although the mutation rate of crops planted outside the base will definitely be higher, how can the land inside the base be used for the entire base? Even if there are zombies wandering around in the fields outside, polluting the grain, it is better than no harvest, right?
Of course, for safety reasons, farmland is in the opposite direction of the city to reduce the possibility of those places being passed by zombies.
"What's over there?" A soldier suddenly raised his hand and pointed in a certain direction, and several shadowy black dots appeared on a road.
Another person hurriedly raised his binoculars and took a closer look: "I can't see clearly with a hat...... Wait, they're walking a little wrong! β