Chapter 25: Chapter 25 You all came early, why don't you exchange some information?
At noon,
Su Yao's convoy safely arrived in the Eastern District!
Although they encountered more than ten crises along the way, there weren't any major setbacks. With weapons in hand, they easily dealt with them.
"Why are there so many people here?"
Su Tianquan frowned, looking around through the car window!
A1 Shelter occupies a vast area, standing proudly in the Eastern District like a large airport, backed by a park, with the Dongjiang River a kilometer to its left. It clearly looked like a good place that was easy to defend and hard to attack.
Su Tianquan clearly remembered that this place was originally a wasteland!
His Su Group had even wanted to bid for this land to develop real estate.
But now, such a large building suddenly appeared, which was truly astonishing.
At the same time, the urban streets in front of the base had few zombies; instead, there were many vehicles covered in scratches and some scattered people.
In other places, it would be almost impossible to see people; most survivors would hide as discreetly as possible.
However, there were quite a few people here because the zombies around the base had been cleared, making the vicinity very safe.
Clearly, Ji Yan's forum had attracted many survivors,
and many Shelter forces had sent people to try and contact him.
This created the illusion of a large crowd here.
Su Tianquan scanned the area and then led his people directly to a tall building.
This was a commercial building, now long abandoned. All the glass in the entire building had been shattered by the earthquake, and the walls had been burned by a fire once, making it look very dilapidated.
But the zombies here had long been cleared out!
At this moment, in the shops on the first floor, seven or eight groups of people were gathered.
When these people saw Su Tianquan arrive, several of the leaders nodded in greeting.
"Everyone, you arrived so early?" Su Tianquan said with a smile and a cupped-hand salute.
"We just arrived too, Su Ye, you look well!" A bald middle-aged man responded with a half-smile.
"In this damned world, just being alive isn't easy, so what 'well' is there to speak of?" Su Tianquan waved his hand indifferently and chatted casually with the others for a few moments.
Su Tianquan knew most of these people!
They were either old-money entrepreneurs from Dongjiang City, underworld figures, or rural bullies. In short, none of them were easy to provoke.
Otherwise, in these chaotic times, it would have been impossible for them to gather a group of people to protect themselves so quickly.
However, one group made Su Tianquan secretly surprised: it was more than twenty men and women dressed in uniform suits, led by a cold-faced woman.
She was expressionless, as if someone owed her millions, and she rarely smiled at anyone.
But Su Tianquan recognized her at a glance; her name was Du Ziyuan, Assistant Secretary of the Dongjiang City Branch of the Kyushu Earthquake Relief Committee.
This was an official figure with real power!
Before the disaster, Du Ziyuan was active in Dongjiang City.
She had been busy with various preparatory works, and it was said that she now held an important position in the official Shelter.
Moreover, this person's conduct was very strong, and ordinary people dared not provoke her. Although Su Tianquan knew her, he did not go over to greet her.
"Everyone, what do you think of this A1 Shelter?" Su Tianquan asked with a smile: "Since you all arrived early, why don't we exchange some information?"
"Indeed, we should exchange information. This Shelter is definitely not simple. One look and you know it's absolutely a military-type large-scale base!"
"Yes, and many of the details in their published guide are very useful. We also relied on the guide to avoid the zombie horde along the way, which shows that the other party has a deep understanding of zombies!"
"Early this morning, several convoys from this base started going out. They were said to be picking people up and have already returned once. The soldiers on the vehicles were all very tough and fully equipped!"
"Yes, now many survivors are coming from the surrounding areas. In the future, this place will probably become the center of Dongjiang City!"
Everyone was discussing animatedly!
Exchanging their information and opinions with each other.
Du Ziyuan, on the side, frowned slightly, showing a hint of coldness.
Just then, another convoy sped from afar, heading straight for the base's main gate.
This rampaging convoy was quite large, not only with two bulldozers leading the way, five large buses in the middle, and eight pickup trucks guarding its sides, looking quite imposing.
This was naturally the Guard Team sent out by Ji Yan!
The number of people in the base's Guard Team had now reached one thousand!
Among them, the number of soldiers in the combat team had reached 800!
Ji Yan left five hundred people to guard the base, and the other three hundred were divided into six convoys, all sent out.
Anyone who had successfully applied for residency in the Shelter, once Adam confirmed their location, the convoy would pick them up on the way back if it was convenient.
At the same time, the combat squad also bore the heavy responsibility of hunting zombies!
A small squad of 50 soldiers was responsible for combat, plus a large number of scavengers recruited from survivors were responsible for picking up crystals. Each time they went out, they would return with a full harvest.
"These guys are back again. Looks like they had a good harvest!"
"The buses are full of survivors. It seems they are all newcomers who have obtained residency rights."
"Hehe, if this continues, A1 Shelter's population will surely exceed 100,000 in less than half a month. By then, this place will truly be a paradise in the apocalypse!"
Everyone was complaining sourly.
After the convoy entered the base gate, the gate did not close.
Instead, dozens of soldiers came out and blocked the base gate.
One of the strong men shouted to the peeking survivors nearby: "Whoever meets the conditions for applying for residency, or has already been approved, can come and queue up for registration."
"Me, I've been approved!"
"I want to apply!"
"Quick, quick, go over there!"
The survivors hiding around rushed over in ecstasy!
There were indeed quite a few people; from the streets and corners of various buildings, one or two thousand people emerged one after another, all having risked their lives to come from nearby.
Some of them even brought their families, with children and wives!
Many people were emaciated, clearly having suffered from hunger, and their eyes glowed green with desperation.
At this moment, everyone looked at the Shelter with a glimmer of hope, wanting to enter this safe haven!