Corrupted Nation

After going through several topics, it was decided to send people to the veteran base tomorrow to negotiate with the veteran base regarding the Survivor Alliance. Thanks to the assistance of tractors, the tracks from the railway bridge to the Veterans Base have been opened, and the ten-kilometer distance can be reached in half an hour.

Who to send? Maya is not a suitable candidate for contact. She believes that communication is a waste of time, which means that doing more is not as good as doing more. As a boss, Stone does not have the status of a boss in the base. Therefore, the best candidate is naturally Shana. She can't go alone, she has to find someone to accompany her. If Shanna needs two people to accompany her, she has a lot of options. If Shana only needed one person to accompany her, the only choice would be Lin Wu. After all, there is a ten-kilometer road, and who knows what will happen on the road.

Before going, Shana, Shitou and Maya held a high-level meeting with only one topic: Southeast Refinery or the Midtown Veterans Club. The reason why it was a high-level meeting was that everyone couldn't stand the lengthy half-hour meeting, and they all left the meeting with excuses such as peeing or going to watch a pee.

Maya is particularly entangled with this issue. The key is whether there is aviation kerosene in the Southeast Refinery. For an armed helicopter that drinks a lot of fuel, a wasted trip will consume at least 30% of the fuel. But if aviation kerosene can be discovered, given the familiarity of experts at the veteran base with helicopters, helicopters will become a practical means of transportation for the base.

To gamble or not? Shi Shi and Shana gave this question to Maya and asked Maya to give the answer tomorrow morning. With a new toy, Maya has no time to worry about the work at the base in recent days, which Shitou criticized tactfully. The reason for the euphemism is that Shitou is not sure whether the helicopter can be raised. If it is raised, his criticism will hinder the progress of the base. Wouldn't he be caught in a pigtail by Mr. Lin?

…

The next day, day D98, it rained, making people feel a little cooler. As a bachelor, Lin Wu would not feel the temperature difference within 10 degrees at all. He was ready to go out wearing yesterday's clothes and only added a pair of underwear on the advice of his doctor.

Shana realized for the first time that it was a mistake to go out with Lin Wu. This guy was not good at fishing, but his fishing results were quite good.

"Shake you."

Wearing a raincoat, Lin Wu twisted his body and looked around cautiously: "I'm on guard."

Forget it, Shana also started to rock the handcart slowly: "Hey, I said we don't have much time..."

Lin Wu: "It's not like you will die when you arrive on Earth."

After taking out her umbrella and banging it a few times, Shana said: "After we leave, Xiao Wu and the others will not be able to hold on to the base, and sooner or later they will be annexed by the Survivor Alliance or other bases. I have an idea to recruit a group of people before the end of winter. Five or six people.”

Lin Wu asked: "Why are you so concerned about NPCs? You don't even play games anymore, and you still care about their life and death? Besides, we can still log in to the game after we get to Earth."

Shana smiled and said: "Believe me, when you get rich, you will find that there are many things and things that are more fun than games. Don't change the topic, what do you think?"

Lin Wu thought about it for a while: "Let Xiao Wu and the others handle it on their own. There are a lot of survivors in the southern district. If it doesn't work, there are also many survivors in the suburbs. But I'm not optimistic about the future of the railway bridge. We players are very tolerant. They are life. If you really want to act like this, you have to issue a legal document to regulate the operation of the base."

Lin Wu said: "First of all, you have to confirm the system, whether it is a small military base system or an electoral system. How to allocate work and how to allocate resources. We are now allocating according to need. Everyone has a face and will not waste it intentionally. But human nature is What’s dark is that many people have a mentality of taking nothing for nothing when it comes to collective property.”

Lin Wu believes that the railway bridge is stable because the Shadow Man is stable, and the Shadow is stable because it is a game. From this, Lin Wu felt that Shana was too sentimental and thought too much, which was unnecessary.

Shana asked a philosophical question: "How do you know that we are not NPCs in the game world? Maybe social elites and successful people are players, and we are just NPCs." Free players are the NPCs of paying players.

Lin Wu said: "If you ask me for suggestions, I have two suggestions. The first suggestion is to merge with the veteran base, but the veteran base has been threatened by the survivor alliance. The second suggestion is to merge it with the veteran base before the end of winter. People are sent to Starlight. Starlight Base is relatively mature, with systematic management, open rules and regulations, and unsolidified hierarchies. Why does Starlight have to worry so much? She can definitely build a small base."

Shana smiled and said: "The assistant wants to play DPS."

Lin Wu was puzzled.

Shana said: "Xingguang has always appeared as Rizhao's assistant, and she has been assisting and helping Rizhao. But I think she and Peanut may be true love, and decided to take the lead. Whether it is the sawmill base or the Starlight base, It’s just her testing ground.”

Lin Wu asked: "If you don't belong to the right family, will you be happy?"

Shana thought for a while: "It's difficult. I hope she can manage it well and have a good career and family."

Lin Wu nodded and asked, "Who do you think will get the Fortress Ring? Maya?"

Shana said: "Maya has no right to compete for the Fortress Ring... No, that's not what I mean. Assuming that Maya's points are the first among 5%, once she obtains 51% of the shares of the Earth Fortress Company, she will also lose her status as a bodyguard. .The Guards are not allowed to participate in any commercial operations. With Maya’s personality, she will definitely choose to become the commander of the Guards.”

Lin Wu said: "I heard from Shitou that Maya can compete for the ring of the fortress, and it will not affect her identity."

Shana was stunned and said: "I don't know about that. If we talk about Fortress Ring, although Starlight performed very well, there is definitely no chance. Assuming Maya does not participate in the competition, I think I have a chance."

Lin Wu: "You have died several times."

Shana said: "You already know the punishment for death. The two times I died were treated poorly, and not many points were deducted. We are tired, let's take a rest."

The two of them were half-lying back, and Shana said, "There is a drone above us."

Lin Wu said: "I also found out that they are not from the veteran base." It is very impolite to stalk people secretly.

Shana said: "Nine times out of ten, it is the drone of the Survivor Alliance. This not only means that they have begun to take action, but also means that they have someone who has infiltrated into the control area of ​​the veteran base. Otherwise, they would not be able to fly so far."

Lin Wu smiled and said, "It's quite interesting, isn't it? Without the survivor base, our last few dozen days would have been very boring."

"This is the difference between games and life." Shana asked: "Before leaving, Maya said that she supported the two options of the refinery and Midtown. As for which action to choose, let me discuss with the veteran base and let me do it. Final decision. If it were you, would you bet on the refinery, or would you go to Midtown?"

Lin Wudao: "The mortality rate with surgery is 50%. If you don't have surgery, you can live for five years. Which one do you choose?"

"Five years?" Shana thought for a long time: "Is two years good?"

"Five years."

Shana sighed: "I won't be very good at choosing in five years. If there are ten years, I will choose ten years. If there are only two years, I will choose surgery. Sure enough, it will become more difficult to make choices about myself."

…

Baldhead, the chief officer of the veteran base, received Shana and Lin Wu and invited them to the reception room for tea. The military system is very suitable for the end of the world, but the veteran base is not yet engaged in production.

Faced with Lin Wu's curiosity, Bald Head told Lin Wu that they would stock up on various supplies this year. In the spring of next year, a system of all people and all soldiers will be implemented. When you are producing, you are a citizen, and when you pick up a gun, you are a soldier. There are not enough people now, they expect to need about 40 people. In recent days, two teams with a total of five veterans came from Nancheng and joined their base. The newcomer brought a message that the Survivor Alliance had completed the South City strategy, and the next plan was to expand westward.

3.5 kilometers west of the railway bridge is the base in the mountains. There was originally a road deep into the mountains and forests, and the end of the road was a long-abandoned coal mine. This resource is the strategic goal of the survivor base's next five-year plan. Once the coal mine is controlled, the thermal power plant can be reactivated and the industrial zone factories can be integrated for production.

The day before yesterday, Xiao Ba had a meeting with Bald Head, and Xiao Ba offered quite generous terms. Xiaoba suggested that the Veterans Base should be exchanged with a commercial street in Nancheng. 30% of the surrounding areas of the veteran base are railways and riverside areas, and 70% are industrial areas. Resources are relatively poor and there is not much arable land. This Nancheng commercial street is built near the river and serves the riverside park. Although the supplies are not as good as those in real urban areas, they are still quite a lot. The biggest highlight is that this riverside park can be easily transformed into farmland.

The two sides can also sign a non-aggression pact. If the veteran base wishes, it can join the alliance as an independent base. An independent base means that it has completely independent rights and is not subject to deployment. The only constraint is the right to defend. When someone attacks the alliance, the independent base is obliged to provide certain supplies or combat personnel to the alliance.

Shana said: "It sounds like a divorce plan."

The bald man asked: "How do you say that?"

Shana said: "Even if we give up all the bases, re-mining the coal mine will be a big project. The railway track only reaches the railway bridge, and the next 7 kilometers can only be transported by trucks. Not counting the machinery we need to use, we need to pave the way. road. How much manpower is needed to ensure the output of coal mines? Thermal power plants, mines, factories, etc. all need people, and they also need armed personnel. These people have to eat, and correspondingly they need food planting personnel. Five years? This is impossible matter."

Shana said: "We have communicated before, and we know that Xiaoba's target is this industrial area. A large amount of rubber, cotton, plastic products, electronic parts, furniture, stone, metal and other materials are stored in the industrial area. These materials are very important to It has limited effect for individuals or small teams, but it is a treasure for large teams. And the open area along the river to the west of the industrial zone can be regarded as high-quality planting land."

Shana said: "Now that they say this, it has turned into a veteran base that may start a war with the Survivor Alliance for the railway bridge base. This will have some impact on your morale. In addition, the conditions given by Xiaoba are indeed good. I don’t rule out that some of you may be tempted, why go to war with the Survivor Alliance over the railway bridge base?”

Shana said: "I met with Xiao Ba yesterday. Xiao Ba told me that their target is only the Veterans Base, and they can also help me seize control of the Railway Bridge Base."

Baldhead asked: "Are you affected internally?"

Shana replied: "There are indeed some different opinions, but they all accepted our point of view and established that the Survivor Alliance belongs to the enemy. Our structure is relatively simple, and we are not consistent with you, so there is no need to worry about us."

The bald man was silent for a moment and then changed the subject: "Is this the matter about the oil refinery and veterans club mentioned on the phone yesterday?"

Shana was vaguely worried. The bald attitude showed that there were people inside the veterans base, and a large number of them advocated accepting Xiaoba's proposal to move the base to a commercial street in the southern suburbs that was more suitable for development. It's just that because the hostility has been maintained for too long, most people are unwilling to accept it. If Xiaoba continues to adopt a soft policy, the possibility of appeasement by the veteran base cannot be ruled out.

Shana said: "We have decided to go to the Southeast Refinery first. We need your professional advice and help." Going to the Veterans Club will enhance the strength of both parties, while going to the Southeast Refinery may improve one's own strength. After discovering that the veteran base was shaken, Shanna made a decisive strategic decision.

The bald head nodded: "Of course. As far as we know, all the refined oil in the Southeast Refinery is put into deep-buried oil tanks. Each oil tank is about 50 cubic meters, which is 50,000 liters. How many oil tanks are there? The division of the oil tank is less clear.”

The bald head took a pen and paper to draw a picture: "This is a standard oil tank. It is usually more than 4 meters deep underground. It is very difficult to extract the oil through digging. This pipe is the oil inlet pipe, which is also buried deep underground. The oil outlet is at Top of the tank.”

Shana said: "To pull the oil out of the ground, you need corresponding equipment or vehicles."

Bald Head: "There must be a tanker truck on site. One of my ideas is to use a small water pump to cut off the oil pipe dedicated to the tanker truck, connect it to the underground oil tank, and then connect the oil pipe to the water pump. But we don't have this thing now. In half a month, we might be able to build a homemade water pump using a tractor engine.”

Bald Head: "The second method is to pump oil through a simple pressure device, similar to a water pump. Considering the depth and the precision of our production, the oil pumping process is more laborious and the efficiency will not be very high. We have ready-made handmade products , just need to cut some more rubber rings for sealing, and then it can be put into use. Do you have suitable oil storage equipment?"

Shana took out her mobile phone and showed the photo to the bald head: "We found a 5 cubic meter agricultural oil storage tank." Due to tax issues, gasoline and diesel specifically for agricultural use are added with colors, and the price is lower than ordinary gasoline and diesel. Usually medium and large farms will have an oil storage tank ranging from 1 cubic meter to 5 cubic meters.

The bald head nodded and said: "It's a suitable size and can be transported in a helicopter net bag. As long as it is loaded and unloaded carefully, there won't be much of a problem."

Baldhead said: "We held a meeting on this matter last night. We believe that there are four difficulties for the Southeast Refinery. The first difficulty is to find aviation kerosene. We know that the inventory of aviation kerosene should be relatively small. The second difficulty is that Due to the terrain, the refinery area is large, and the related workshops can be divided into five or six categories, more than 20 workshops. Including the factory area, employee dormitories, administrative areas, etc., the area is about 3 square kilometers, and it also has its own exclusive terminal. The third difficulty is There were 14,000 workers in the factory, and the factory was completely destroyed on the second day of the virus outbreak. About one-third of the employees fled the factory, but not far."

The bald head said: "The fourth difficulty is to pay attention. Due to lack of maintenance, various chemical products may leak. The specific situation is unknown, but when going to the refinery, you should be equipped with a gas mask."

The bald head said: "We can send two people to accompany you to the refinery. In order to thank you for the supplies provided by your base, we are willing to provide an additional batch of ammunition. Although the quantity is not large, it is still a thoughtful gesture. Please do not refuse. Two people , one is responsible for operating the oil pump and measuring the air quality, and the other is a young girl who has worked with you."

The bald head said: "We hope you can successfully obtain kerosene and lay the foundation for the next step of transferring the arms of the Veterans Club. With the current density of zombies in Midtown, it is impossible to obtain the arms on the second underground floor without air power. It’s also mutually beneficial.”