Apocalyptic Reincarnation: Start with a 30-million Bonus

North, a group of people and horses are driving vehicles heading south.

Leading them is the chief of the prison, Black Snake.

He wanted to search personally, and after learning the exact news, he believed that he must obtain the reserve grain depot.

The roads were muddy, making the vehicles prone to slipping.

So, their speed was significantly reduced.

...

Big Camphor Tree Base.

Li Yu received the black gunpowder handed over by He Chao, initially surprised. He had thought the materials for making bullets would be very troublesome.

So, he hadn't thought of finding black gunpowder directly, but rather the ingredients to make black gunpowder. Unexpectedly, He Chao and his team had found the black gunpowder directly.

Thus, he curiously asked, "Where did you get this black gunpowder from? It must be hard to find, right?"

He Chao thought for a moment and said, "Indeed, it's rare, but our area has many lime factories.

Many quarries use this black gunpowder to blast open mountains, so it's not so rare around here.

This black gunpowder was found at a nearby quarry.

Like this, we could probably find a few hundred kilograms more. Although it's not much, if we search other quarries, we should still be able to find some.

Director Li, also, the raw materials for making black gunpowder, sulfur powder, are not difficult to find, take a look, these..."

As He Chao spoke, he showed Li Yu the other ingredients they had found.

Li Yu checked them one by one and found no issues.

Seeing these things, Li Yu was very excited. Now that the problem of raw materials was solved, only the equipment was left.

Progressive punching machine.

This tool was hard to find.

Even He Chao and his team had gone dozens of kilometers away, searching the nearby county, but couldn't find this machine.

Although Li Yu had considered assembling it himself according to Third Uncle's suggestion, based on machine parts, this method was rather inefficient.

If a complete press could be found, the production efficiency would be much higher and simpler.

If they had to look for parts, despite it being more complex.

And in the process of assembling the equipment, very few understood how to do it; currently, only Third Uncle knew about this, so Li Yu thought it would still be very challenging to rely solely on assembling parts.

But, having searched for a long time without finding the progressive punching machine, they could only proceed simultaneously on two fronts.

They had also found some parts, but some critical parts were tightly controlled. To date, only three crucial parts were missing.

If these three parts could be found, then Third Uncle could use them to assemble the equipment and directly start making bullets.

"Alright, keep searching for the parts. Once you find them, come back quickly."

He Chao nodded vigorously and replied, "Okay, I've already dispatched a few brothers to watch over the national highway.

Is there anyone in the base now, coming to find us, to exchange things?"

Li Yu glanced at him and said, "Recently some have come, all are your old acquaintances, exchanging some construction materials.

But last time, someone exchanged some brass, which was quite good. Alright, you and the brothers come over later and collect this month's rations."

He Chao was excited to hear it was payday again.

In today's apocalypse, what brings the most peace of mind? Food.

Holding the hefty food in hand, He Chao and his brothers felt a full sense of security.

...

After meeting with He Chao, Li Yu returned inside the base.

He went to the auto repair shop.

Looking at the disassembled giant loader.

Li Yu asked, "Dapao, how's the modification going?"

Dapao crawled out from under the vehicle, his face smeared with black grease, dirty looking like a painted cat.

Seeing Li Yu coming in, Dapao took off his gloves, speaking proudly, "This vehicle, I modified it again. The sturdiness of the bottom has been further reinforced.

Even if a hand grenade is thrown underneath, this vehicle won't flip, and the bottom won't have too big of a problem.

..."

Li Yu looked at the loader after numerous modifications.

His heart filled with emotions. With such a loader, even if there were many zombies, there wouldn't be too much worry.

Once the ammunition issue was resolved again, the base's development would reach a new height.

No need to worry about replenishing bullets; thus, firepower could be assured.

With the high walls, they could live in a secure environment, cultivate well, and further expand the size of the cultivated land when the food production increases again, which would be the time for further expansion of the base.

Thinking of this, Li Yu felt relieved.

...

Less than 50 kilometers from the base, a convoy was approaching.

They were Black Snake and his group moving south from the north.

Due to slippery roads and being on National Route 319.

After the last torrential rain, many roadside trees had collapsed, and there was even a small landslide in a section of the road.

This landslide, stretching for tens of meters, left the road covered with rocks.

In this apocalypse, without a road maintenance crew, naturally, no one was clearing it.

Tens of meters of landslide, if to be cleared, would definitely require specialized equipment, and an excavator would probably have to dig for a while.

When Black Snake and his group reached this landslide, they were instantly frustrated.

They were headed to Gan City in the south, and National Route 319 was the shortest distance.

Now this national road was completely blocked. Staying here to dig was not an option.

Moreover, they lacked the tools.

Thus, they had to take a detour, bypassing National Route 319 and crossing through Route 318.

Although it was only one digit apart, the distance was still very far.

But, they had no choice. If they were to clear the landslide, it would take them an exorbitant amount of effort and time.

Since they bypassed via National Route 318, they also bypassed National Route 319 where Li Yu had stationed He Chao and others, and naturally, they did not see Black Snake and his group.

...

Big Camphor Tree Base.

After coming out of the auto repair shop, Li Yu returned to the walls.

Seeing Wang Cheng operating the excavator, Li Yu called out, "Wang Cheng."

Wang Cheng, who was operating the excavator, stopped immediately when he heard someone calling him and looked towards Li Yu on the wall.

He then climbed out of the excavator, looking at Li Yu and asked, "Director Li, did you call me?"

Li Yu nodded and, seeing the trench Wang Cheng was digging, which was already two meters high, said, "The trench doesn't need to be too deep; it takes too much time. Three and a half meters is enough. At this height, it should be about right.

Once the trench is built, put some sharpened wood stakes at the bottom, and it'll be easy to deal with the zombies when they come."

Wang Cheng understood, waved his hand, and said, "Alright, Director Li. Then I'll get back to it."

Li Yu nodded, gesturing for him to continue.