NOVEL NEXT Chapter 555: Game and Way Out
Excavating in the cave, limited by the height, only small excavators could operate inside.
Machines as tall as two-story loaders, no matter how powerful, couldn't get in.
Besides, their large size made it difficult to work in such a space.
After a day's hustle, Li Yu, wiping his grim face with a towel, which had long turned yellow-grey,
knew it was already half-past six in the evening when he saw the second batch of construction workers come in.
Li Yu had been inside since meeting with Xiao Jun in the morning.
But it must be said, progress was indeed pleasing.
In a single day, they had carved out over two hundred square meters.
In the cave, excavation equipment was scattered about, with three small diggers also parked within.
Old Xie entered and seeing Li Yu still there, approached and said,
"Director Li, it's our turn, you go rest first."
Li Yu looked at Old Xie, chuckled, and said, "Okay, take care."
Then, picking up a water bottle, he headed outside.
He hadn't had dinner yet; even lunch was taken care of within the cave.
Before entering the cave, it had been morning; stepping out now, the evening glow had dimmed, and night was about to fall.
Gurgle—
His stomach rumbled.
Li Yu rubbed his belly, not feeling hungry before but now starving.
"Let's grab a meal." Seeing Ding Jiu just coming out as well, he said.
"You, Xiao Qian, and my dad shouldn't be here 24/7, take turns; otherwise, the physical toll will be too much."
Ding Jiu smiled and nodded when Li Yu said so, the last few days of relentless work had left red veins in his eyes.
"We have a schedule, Xiao Qian will come over tonight to watch. Don't worry, Director Li."
Li Yu hummed in response, then took his water bottle, looked at the remaining water, and decided to finish it all at once.
After drinking, he felt the hunger abate slightly.
Both made their way to the dining hall within the base.
"Director Li, today the residential building in the Second Outer City was topped off, next up is just some decorating."
Li Yu turned his head to Ding Jiu and said, "That's good. As I said before, the decor can be simple, but insulation must be done well, and use double-layered windows."
"I know, I told them the same."
....
The two arrived at the dining hall, where many people were already eating.
Li Yu got himself some dishes and scooped up three big spoons of rice, truly famished today.
Just as he sat down, he saw Yang Tianlong and Shang Xue'er sitting across from each other, Li Yu smiled and began to eat.
Now in the base, quite a few couples had formed.
For their happiness, Li Yu was naturally pleased to see.
Today's meal was good, featuring stockpiled canned food, and fresh vegetables, along with stir-fried green peppers with pork.
The breeding within the base was on track, with rabbits breeding fast, now becoming a main source of meat supply.
After the meal.
Li Yu, tired, went back to his room to wash up.
In his own room, he brewed a cup of tea and lay comfortably in his rocking chair.
The sky had darkened.
The lights on the distant walls illuminated, with silhouettes patrolling above.
Li Yu went to the roof and gazed at the nearby Bamboo Forest, its leaves rustling gently in the wind.
Everything was proceeding in an orderly fashion.
.....
Northeast of the Big Camphor Tree.
Yongle Steel Factory.
Atop a dorm building, Lao Lu and Xiao Jun's group were watching zombies below.
The zombies, numerous as hemp, surrounded their vehicles.
Lao Lu looked back at He Chao, who was still preparing, and urged, "Ready yet?"
He Chao placed a drone on the flat balcony, then looking at the control screen, moved the buttons.
Buzz—
The drone took off.
He Chao grinned, "Ready."
"Good, it was really dangerous during the day, thank goodness Xiao Jun reminded us to wait until evening, otherwise, it would have been hazardous in daylight."
Lao Lu, looking at the many zombies below the building, felt the relief of a narrow escape.
During the day, when they opened the gates of the steel factory and used drones to lure the zombies out,
they thought they had drawn all the zombies in the factory out.
Unexpectedly, while they were loading steel onto the trucks, more zombies emerged from some unknown nooks.
After clearing these zombies.
The noise attracted yet more zombies to come.
The steel factory was too large, and many daytime-hating zombies had not emerged.
They hadn't lured all the zombies out of the factory during the day.
So, as they operated, because of certain noises, zombies kept appearing, interrupting them several times.
Xiao Jun suggested to Lao Lu, if this kept up, the efficiency would be low, and the number of zombies lurking in the dark corners of the factory was unknown.
Better to wait until nightfall, when all the zombies were out, to again use the combination of drones and loudspeakers to lure the zombies outside.
Without such a plan, just relying on their number of people to clear a thousand-acre steel factory was nothing but a pipe dream.
Only in the evening did they realize that only a small part of the zombies were lured out during the day and that so many still remained in the factory.
Xiao Jun watched the drone and advised, "Fly eastward, there's a river over there. Although zombies can swim, we can use the current to carry them downstream, or even further away."