ushernet Chapter 29 Entering the Safe Base
Chapter 29 Entering the Safe Base
It was almost dark when Lu Yuan and his group arrived at the security base of the city's central hospital.
They drove their own G-Wagons, following the supply trucks of Team 0788 into the base. After the supply trucks entered the base's protected area, they began to pass through layers of safety and disinfection workshops.
The construction of the security base was indeed as Lu Yuan and his team had anticipated. It was built by a municipal engineering team under the command of the government and the military. The outermost layer consisted of three layers of power grids, with an independent power generation system for electricity supply.
Behind the power grid, a one-meter-wide reinforced concrete protective wall is under construction. It's not clear how high it will be, but it's obvious that they're rushing to complete it. However, due to manpower shortages, they are really stretched thin. This low, dangerous wall is so low that even a physically weakling like Lu Yuan could easily jump over it.
"Such protective measures shouldn't be enough to stop the first wave of zombies." Yang Xiao had five years of survival experience in his dream. In the later stages of his dream, this so-called safe base was already considered a dangerous building, easily demolished by a small squad of zombies.
"What's going on over there?" Before Lu Yuan and his team's car entered the second disinfection workshop, they heard heart-wrenching cries from behind the vehicle.
Lu Yuan and Yang Xiao opened the window and peered out. Zhong Qiang, who was sitting in the middle of the back seat, also curiously squeezed his head out. Luckily, Gu Nanfeng was driving. Otherwise, with Pei Sihao, that curious kid, driving with half his body sticking out, he would definitely be the cause of a car accident.
"Holy crap, that guy turned into a zombie!" The shout came from the east entrance of the base. Survivors who came to the base on their own were required to enter through the east or west entrance, while the north and south entrances were the entrances for searching for survivors and supplies outside the base.
If Lu Yuan and his group hadn't encountered the 0788 squad, they would have queued at this entrance for inspection and registration before being allowed to enter the base.
It now seems that some people over there might not have mutated when they entered the base's first line of defense, but instead followed their companions or family members in, and then suddenly mutated. They may have infected others, since Lu Yuan and the others heard more than one gunshot. After the gunshots, there were cries and screams rising and falling.
"Sigh, we worked so hard to get to the safe zone, and now it's all gone!" Pei Sihao shrank back into the car and sat down, sighing involuntarily.
"Ha, that infected person is no human being!" Yang Xiao had a different attitude. After all, he had his own experience. Back then, he saw people who were bitten and scratched by zombies, and they all chose to leave their loved ones. Those were the people who were responsible.
After everyone was seated, Gu Nanfeng stepped on the gas and drove towards the second disinfection room.
After passing through five different levels of disinfection, Lu Yuan and his group finally entered the security base of the city's central hospital. Following Qin Yuan's instructions, they parked the car in the designated parking space and then got out of the car with the Tang sword and crossbow that Lu Yuan had taken out to support Qin Yuan.
"Well, the base isn't fully developed yet. The dormitories are converted from hospital wards, and they might not even be as good as your school's dormitories." Qin Yuan explained the current situation of the base while leading the group to the registration office to fill out forms and complete the registration procedures.
From Qin Yuan's introduction, Lu Yuan and his group learned that the security base of the city's central hospital is currently the largest security base in G province, and it is commanded and managed by the G municipal government command headquarters. The G province government's general command headquarters is also located in this base.
After the outbreak of the virus, most of the soldiers of the provincial military command were dispatched to other cities and counties to carry out rescue work. The remaining troops here numbered just over two thousand, and were temporarily reorganized into less than one hundred supply teams to carry out rescue and search for supplies in the city.
The provincial and municipal government command headquarters used the hospital's logistics office building as their office area in the security base. The provincial command headquarters was on the upper floor, with the municipal command headquarters and various management departments below. Although the base looked quite rudimentary from the outside, the office building had all the necessary departments. Lu Yuan hadn't expected that in such a chaotic early post-apocalyptic world, the marriage registration office would even have a separate office.
"Hey, you know what, a lot of couples get divorced after they join the base," Qin Yuan explained, noticing Lu Yuan's expression. After all, couples are like birds in the same forest; when disaster strikes, many fly away separately.
Next to the marriage registration office was the base's check-in registration office. Inside, an old man wearing glasses was idly flipping through a book. Lu Yuan couldn't see what he was looking at. Most of the staff in this department were probably at the east or west gate. The person sitting in the office enjoying the air conditioning was probably the leader.
"Oh, Captain Qin, what a rare guest!" The old man was still quite vigilant. As soon as someone entered, he put away the book in his hand and revealed a pile of registration forms, looking as if he was reviewing the statistics.
"Director Li, these are the five classmates who helped our team take down the prefabricated vegetable factory. I reported to the team on the way back." Qin Yuan smiled slyly and even handed the leader a cigarette, which made Director Li extremely happy, and he couldn't hide his smile.
After all, they couldn't get cigarettes at the safe base. Only supply teams like Qin Yuan's would secretly bring some back when searching for supplies outside. Smoking is harmful to health, and before the outbreak, the sale of cigarettes required approval and was limited.
"Captain Qin, don't be so polite. In principle, we can't just bring people into the base like this. We even need to arrange a dormitory for you. I'm only doing this because of you, Captain Qin!" Director Li was clearly a shrewd person, and every word he said was unpleasant to Lu Yuan.
"Oh, I'm sorry to have troubled Director Li. I'll secretly get you a pack next time." Qin Yuan smiled and flattered Director Li, promising him a pack of cigarettes after a long time of smiling and flattery. Only then did the old man obediently take out the registration form for Lu Yuan and the others to fill out.
Lu Yuan and the others saw that Old Man Li was uncomfortable in every part of his body. They quickly filled out the registration form, received their base access cards, and left the registration office.
When Lu Yuan came out, he saw Qin Yuan leaning against the wall, fiddling with the half-pack of cigarettes in his hand, counting them from left to right and then from right to left, as if counting more would give him one more. He quietly walked over and peeked into Qin Yuan's shirt pocket, startling Qin Yuan.
"Shh!" Lu Yuan gestured to his mouth with his other hand, pulled his hand out of Qin Yuan's pocket, and patted the outside of the pocket. Qin Yuan's eyes immediately lit up. As a seasoned smoker, how could he not understand what that feeling in the pocket meant?
"Let's go, let's go to the next stop!" Qin Yuan put his hands in his pockets, checked the area, and his steps became much lighter as he walked toward the next department.
“This stuff really is hard currency.” Pei Sihao was the last to come out of the registration office. He looked back and saw Old Man Li opening the small drawer in front of him and carefully arranging the cigarettes. It looked like he had received bribes several times.
The group followed Qin Yuan through several offices, which were the offices of the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Department. This department now mainly handles dormitory allocation, which is considered its core business.
Qin Yuan finished another cigarette. They received the key to a five-person ward with a private bathroom, which would be their dormitory at the safe base.
Then the group accompanied Wei Guo to the police station office. Wei Guo thought that after registering, he could go to the dormitory with Lu Yuan and the others, but who knew that once he entered the office, he couldn't get out.
There was no way for them to stay here any longer, since Qin Yuan had other work to do. They had to say goodbye to Weiguo, and Weiguo was restored to its original police badge name. The leaders in the office called it by its badge number PC004261 and then began to arrange its subsequent police work.
Qin Yuan originally wanted to introduce the base canteen and other facilities to them, but it was almost 8 p.m. and he had to go back to the team to report on his work. He took the group to their dormitory and said that he would have the team members bring them some food later. He would talk about the rest after he finished his work report and then left in a hurry.