Chapter 1547: Chapter 881:
Li Yu heard Luo say this, so he stopped persuading.
He turned to Third Uncle and said:
"Third Uncle, now that two helicopters have been repaired, I’m going to return to the base. I need to personally get the Zombie Attraction Potion."
Third Uncle pointed at those survivors in the center and asked:
"Those people, do we still need to keep them for two more days?"
Li Yu nodded and said: "Mm, we at least need to wait until the main forces arrive before letting them go, otherwise if they leave and expose our location, it wouldn’t be good."
"Besides, we’ve just seized some food from those maniacs, most of which is expired and spoiled. By looking at the situation, we could distribute some to them."
Third Uncle was a bit surprised when he heard this and glanced at Li Yu.
He didn’t expect Li Yu to offer them food on his own initiative.
Li Yu felt a bit awkward under Third Uncle’s gaze and said: "We hold the initiative; whether we give it to them or not is our choice.
Most of that food is expired and spoiled, we definitely can’t eat it, better to give it to them than to throw it away.
At least by giving them this food, they won’t cause too much trouble for the next two days and will be more obedient."
Third Uncle heard this and smiled, nodding his head.
Just now, Uncle Jackal had come in and said that Li Yu had killed a disobedient survivor outside.
And made them help carry the body, which they obediently did.
The best way to control people is the carrot and stick approach.
Killing is the stick, giving them spoiled, unwanted food is the carrot.
Li Yu and the others cannot eat that spoiled food; it would cause diarrhea and affect their combat status.
The journey back is too far, and the transportation cost is too high.
Throwing it away would be a waste, better to give it to these starving survivors.
People are masochistic, Stockholm syndrome.
After experiencing beatings and threats, giving a bit of kindness makes them easily grateful.
Third Uncle laughed and said, "Alright, I’ll arrange it later. When do you plan to return to the Big Camphor Tree Base?"
"Now."
Li Yu used his foot to spring off the wall and stand up straight.
"Then I’ll have Jackals take you there."
"Okay."
Li Yu did not refuse.
Then, Li Yu let Lao Yi and another team member return to the Big Camphor Tree Base with him.
After all, now that there are two helicopters, they must be utilized.
Making another trip can bring back more supplies.
As for fuel, they don’t have to worry at all.
Going back can instead bring back more aviation kerosene.
With Oil City continuously producing oil, plus hundreds of tons of oil transported back last time by Old Bi and the others, it’s enough for them to splurge for a while.
Jackals and Li Yu boarded one helicopter, Lao Yi and another team member named Liu Zhen boarded the other.
As the helicopters flew away.
Old Qin watched the helicopters as they flew into the distance. He had already heard about Director Li’s purpose for returning this time.
The Zombie Enhancement Potion, he had seen its power.
His heart pounded with excitement; he couldn’t wait to see the potion used on those scammers.
His anger towards those scammers had never been extinguished.
Only slaughter could extinguish it.
He personally appreciated Li Yu’s methods on the concrete road just now.
This kid’s right on!
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Big Camphor Tree Base.
Zhou Ran, Lao Zhou, and He Bing, among others, were busy modifying a missile truck.
Although it sounded simple to just install a heavy cannon on a missile truck, the actual process was not so simple.
Firstly, they had to consider stability factors, and secondly, the heavy cannon needed human operation, so space for movement had to be left.
And more, all of these needed to be considered.
So the modification turned out to be quite a big project.
A dozen of them were gathered there working on it, and Li Hang was also there lending a hand.
On the other side, Ju Tianrui was organizing the team and arranging the corresponding vehicles and personnel according to Li Yu’s requests.
Food, ammunition, fuel, and so on.
This time, they planned to take out three tank trucks from the base, totaling nearly a hundred tons of fuel.
There was no choice; the vehicles they were taking out this time were all gas guzzlers, and the missile truck’s fuel consumption was terrifyingly high.
Everything was in full swing.
The whole base operated like a machine, running swiftly.
And finally, today, the five Satellite Cities were completely built.
As Ju Tianrui and the others were leaving.
In the outer city of the base, only Old Bi, Lao Zhou, Ahong, and He Chao were left.
The Inner City was relatively stable, still with Lao Xie, Old Lv, Uncle, Song Min, Ding Jiu, and others.
But in the five Satellite Cities, there remained five outer city personnel teams, solidly guarding the center of the Big Camphor Tree Base.
....
Li Yu and the Jackals set out at ten in the morning and arrived at the Big Camphor Tree Base at one-thirty in the afternoon.
Second Uncle learned through the military radio that Li Yu was on his way back, and he wasn’t surprised to see Li Yu return.
After Li Yu got off the helicopter, he noticed a tense atmosphere permeating the Big Camphor Tree Base.
He didn’t need to ask to know that this was caused by the battles outside.
Before he could climb the wall to find Second Uncle, he was surrounded by Li Tie, Li Gang, Dapao, and Yang Tianlong.
"Big brother, how come there was a fight and you didn’t call us?" Li Tie said to Li Yu.
"Yeah, Brother Yu, that’s not cool. We always went through thick and thin together, so why didn’t you take us this time? That’s not how it should be done." Dapao and Yang Tianlong both lifted Li Yu’s arms, laughing as they spoke.
Yang Tianlong, next to them, also chimed in: "Yeah, we’ve finally waited for you to come back. I’m telling you, if you’re going on an adventure, the five of us must go together. If you don’t let us, then I won’t let you leave."
Li Gang also said, "Same here."
....
As soon as Li Yu got off the helicopter, they restricted his movement.
They bombarded him with criticism, accusing him of not being cool.
Running out to cause trouble on his own, leaving the brothers to gather dust at the base—what kind of reasoning was that?
Under such criticism, they even grabbed Li Yu’s armpit hair, making him feel both ticklish and in pain.
He laughed bitterly and helplessly said:
"Look at you guys, I came back this time precisely to let you participate in the fight."
"The previous incidents were small scale where you weren’t needed, but now it’s big scale, and here I am, flying back to get everyone to join in the fight. Quickly, let me go, it’s too ticklish."
Dapao half-skeptically asked: "Are you sure you’re not planning to ditch us?"
Li Yu nodded and said: "How could I dare? Don’t worry, I mean what I say, go prepare, in at most two hours we’ll head to Gui Province."
Seeing that Li Yu seemed sincere, Li Tie excitedly said: "I knew big brother wouldn’t forget us, hahaha."
Dapao and Yang Tianlong then released Li Yu and asked him to promise again.
Li Yu could only press his palms together and earnestly say: "Brothers, I’m telling the truth, trust me! I still have matters to discuss with Second Uncle."
Only then did they believe him and finally let him go, going back to prepare.
Li Yu watched their departing backs, shaking his head with a bitter smile.
He had hesitated to protect the two brothers, Li Gang and Li Tie, hence not taking them on the mission.
Honestly, it felt somewhat awkward.
Even though Luo and others followed his orders and had rich combat experience.
There just wasn’t that level of tacit understanding like with Dapao and Li Tie.
Maybe it’s something like the relationship between Third Uncle and Uncle Jackal.
So let’s just go and do some big things together!
Take down those bastards!
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(Asking for a monthly ticket)
