62 Base Construction (1/2)
Chapter 62: Base Construction
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The thoughts of these strangers were of no consequence to Jiang Chen who took a taxi and returned to his hotel.
When Jiang Chen returned, Ayesha, who had been dutifully studying, shyly smiled, transforming her normally expressionless face.
Almost like a newlywed wife.
But the smile made Jiang Chen feel incredibly guilty. Although he hadn’t married her yet, he still felt like a cheating husband coming home to a gentle, understanding wife.
[Maybe I should control myself more? There’s already too much on my plate.]
He laughed nervously, then brought Ayesha out to a nearby restaurant for a delicious meal free of pork. For this lonely girl, he would always treat her gently. He had his own perverted plans for her once she regained her health.
Yes, indeed.
But becoming intoxicated by many beauties was never a good thing; it was time to head back to the apocalypse he worried about.
That night was quiet, without any conversation.
The next morning, after seeing Ayesha off to her language class, he left a pile of bills beside a note that read <If I don’t get back, don’t wait for me to eat> before leaving the hotel to travel back to the apocalypse.
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”You’re finally back. Which girl did you sleep with last night?” Sun Jiao crossed her arms and stared at Jiang Chen with a mischievous smile.
Jiang Chen laughed nervously before diverting her attention to the base.
Sun Jiao took a deep breath and began explaining the recent developments to the base. Although she had a naughty nature, she understood the priorities.
First, it was basic infrastructure.
The base’s wall had successfully advanced 200 meters in the direction of the underground sewerage, clearing out a plot of land the size of two football fields. The dilapidated wooden mansions in the area were bulldozed, but the foundations could be used right away. The small appliances and furniture were then moved to open ground to see if they could be salvaged or otherwise broken down into usable spare parts.
The chief architect, Lu Huasheng, organized the construction teams to build four simple lounges on the existing foundations. Each simplistic lounge was made to fit thirty people since Jiang Chen planned on increasing the population size in the future.
They had completed the first one while the other three were still being constructed.
Additionally, three-story towers of reinforced concrete were built at the corners of the base. Two were in the backyard behind the mansion while the other two stood in the newly cleared-out land. The watchtowers were equipped with light machinery and covered with a layer of camouflage, each manned by one person.
Because of the remote location, the zombies were not as much of a threat as the more dangerous mutants appeared within the city limits around Sixth Street. Instead, the Fishbone Base was more concerned about defending against malicious survivors. Upon seeing the high walls and machine guns, however, most of the survivors would be deterred from carrying out their plans.
Two months later, this place would be equipped with the four Sentinel machine guns that he had ordered from Zhao Chenwu’s military plant at the price of 300 crystals each. The machine guns were laser-guided and heat-detecting; such handmade, high-tech equipment often cost a fortune because the parts could only be recycled from junks or modified from other gadgets, making them a rare commodity.
Besides constructing defensive equipment, Lu Huasheng followed Jiang Chen’s orders to build a simple community center in the center of the new plot of land.
Currently, building served as the cafeteria and conference room with only one floor, although the plan was to ultimately have three stories.
It was fortunate that the automatic water treatment system in Wanghai City eliminated concerns of drinking water. The city’s water supply system easily connected to the polyethylene pipe, and as long as there were no accidents, the artificial intelligence at the treatment plant would keep it functional.