138 Improving the Helicopter (1/2)
Chapter 138: Improving the Helicopter
Translator: _Min_Editor: Lis_
The base was bustling.
Excluding the women in the ”care center,” the base’s population approached 150, and they were the backbone of the future Fishbone Base. Once the newly expanded wall was completed, two more apartment buildings would be added, and then they could consider accepting foreign populations.
Lu Huasheng was still in charge of the construction. Needless to say, the ex-chief developer of Huajian Real Estate certainly had his strengths. Jiang Chen gave him the opportunity to demonstrate his ability, and he proved himself by designing the base's structure.
An honest and hardworking man like him was best suited for jobs that required basic planning with no room for mistakes. With his foresight, Jiang Chen was able to choose the right people, and Lu Huasheng didn’t disappoint him. He personally stood with the construction team every day on the front lines to expand the wall with 120% efficiency.
For someone like Cheng Weiguo, who had loyalty and a strong passion, Jiang Chen assigned him a role in the army as the leader of the civil force responsible for guarding the base and training the soldiers.
As for Zhou Guoping, he was the type to be smooth and flattering, so Jiang Chen naturally stationed him in the Sixth Street. This was partially because he had prior experience in intelligence collection and also because he had a bad history with Chu Nan. Although it was not directly Zhou Guoping’s fault, he did violate Chu Nan’s ”goddess.”
In front of him, multiple times.
For the sake of keeping the harmony in the base, it was not a terrible decision to separate them.
On his way to a warehouse, Jiang Chen passed by the community center, which was a temporary hangar to store the Type-51 Transport Helicopter.
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Entering the hangar, Jiang Chen found Chu Nan hard at work repairing the helicopter.
Virtual reality training chambers inside the base were installed with general weaponry training, and they could also copy general technical skills from the city library. But for a military transportation vehicle like the Helicopter-51, which was considered top secret before the war, it was excluded from the civil force training courses.
Therefore, the only person able to repair and operate this helicopter was Chu Nan.
”How's the situation?” Jiang Chen asked as he approached.
”Terrible.” Chu Nan didn’t turn around. His only response was to wipe his sweat with his arm and continue arranging the messy wiring.
”Can it be repaired?” He glanced at the helicopter that seemed to come straight from science-fiction and touched the circular side wings. He didn't see a rotor on the helicopter, but based on the appearance, the suspension force most likely came from this circular structure. The design of the body was aerodynamic with a hatch door open in the back. The words ”Transport Helicopter” along with the PAC symbol had all but faded, and the metal frame in the front was caved in from the impact. Even the bulletproof glass was completely shattered. The appearance wasn't so terrible, but Jiang Chen did question whether it would ever fly again.
”Should be fixable. The damage to the exterior is fine since it can be easily replaced with metal parts, but the problem is the electronic parts inside. Dammit, the entire engine control is burned. Can you believe it? Inside the city center, I met a monster that can fire an EMP from its mouth.” Chu Nan cursed as he retracted a palm-sized box from the helicopter's side and connected the exposed wiring to the computer on the side to input some data.
Jiang Chen’s expression turned strange when he heard Chu Nan’s words. He himself had encountered a monster that could emit EMP before.
”Isn't it hard to see mutants that can fire EMP?”
Chu Nan turned around with a look of surprise.
”Actually, it’s common to see mutants that can fire EMP?”
Jiang Chen paused.