Chapter 1549: Chapter 882: Two Months’ Worth of Food (2)
Xiao Yong, who only spent less than half an hour with his father, looked at him with some reluctance and nodded obediently.
The Jackals often entrusted their son to Yutong and Li Yuan, or to Song Min and the others when they went out on missions, feeling more at ease.
The Jackals picked up the walkie-talkie, walking outside as he replied, "Okay, Director Li, I’ll be right there, five minutes."
Li Yu boarded the helicopter and saw that it was already filled with all kinds of military supplies, food, and fuel, with only four or five seats available.
He sat in the co-pilot seat, watching Dong Tai hurriedly come aboard with a few people.
They were wearing black combat uniforms, carrying guns and tactical backpacks, holding tactical helmets in their hands. Upon seeing Li Yu in the co-pilot seat, they all said, "Hello, Director Li."
"Hmm, find a seat, we’ll depart in a few minutes."
On another helicopter, Lao Yi boarded, and Li Tie and others got on, ready to take off to Gui Province.
In less than three minutes, Li Yu saw the Jackals running out of the First Outer City.
He immediately ran to the pilot’s seat on the helicopter, fastening the seatbelt as he said to Li Yu and others, "Sorry."
"It’s fine, we can depart now," Li Yu said.
Naturally, he knew the Jackals went to see his son in the First Outer City.
It’s human nature, Li Yu could understand.
For the Jackals, Xiao Yong was the most important person in the world.
This mission also had dangers; bullets on the battlefield are ruthless, and accidents can happen if one is not careful.
The Jackals wanted to take every opportunity to see his son more.
Soon.
The Jackals operated the helicopter, slowly flying into the sky. Lao Yi watched as Li Yu’s helicopter took off.
He then threw the cigarette butt outside and started the takeoff.
Buzz buzz buzz—
The two helicopters slowly lifted off, then climbed and accelerated towards the direction of Gui Province at a height of fifteen hundred meters.
In the Inner City of the Big Camphor Tree Base, Yutong and the others watched the direction Li Yu and the others departed, seeing them off.
.....
Time flowed like water.
Li Yu and others, in high altitude, looked down at the ground.
Touching the food that was still somewhat warm in the insulated box, Li Yu felt a surge of warmth in his heart.
No matter when, only family truly cares about you.
When they arrived at the Big Camphor Tree Base in the afternoon, it was already half-past one.
It’s now past two, and Li Yu didn’t have time to eat.
Feeling hungry now, he opened the insulated box, saw the fragrant food inside, and swallowed.
He immediately started eating.
While watching the mountains and lakes outside, he ate big mouthfuls of food prepared by his mom, feeling quite comfortable.
In just six or seven minutes, he finished the entire box of food.
Feeling full gave him a sense of stability.
There’s not much ceremony on the helicopter, so he lit a cigarette, occasionally chatting with the Jackals.
In the back, Dong Tai and several others were loading bullets into magazines and familiarizing themselves with firearms.
Inside the base, staying within the Inner and Outer City is not allowed to carry firearms.
Dong Tai and the others hadn’t polished their guns for several days, so now that they had their own guns, they had to familiarize themselves again, as they are their tools for battle.
These guns are marked, one gun per person, without random mixing.
So they didn’t take long to get familiar with their guns.
"By the way, Dong Tai, I remember you and Ju Tianrui were at Orange Continent before, have you been to the Western Alliance?"
Li Yu suddenly remembered, thinking that Dong Tai and Ju Tianrui might know Zhang Rufen and Liu Cunyi who are with Third Uncle in Gui Province.
Dong Tai said, "Haven’t been, but we’ve seen that Gan Xiong. That was before the zombie outbreak."
"Do you know that Liu Cunyi?"
"Liu Cunyi? Sounds familiar, seems like he was with Gan Xiong back then, right?" Dong Tai furrowed his brow, thinking for a moment before asking.
Li Yu said with a smile, "Yes, this world is so small. When we went to Gui Province, guess who we ran into.
We met some people expelled from the Western Alliance, like Zhang Rufen and Liu Cunyi.
After they left the Western Alliance, they went to a place called Sanshan Village in Yun Province, then were attacked by those scammers from Southeast Asia and fled again.
As luck would have it, they ran into us."
Dong Tai’s eyes widened in surprise, "Really, what a coincidence."
Li Yu nodded, "They probably don’t know who we are now, but when you go over, Liu Cunyi might recognize you."
Dong Tai heard this and quickly said, "Should I avoid them then? Or should I put on a helmet so they don’t recognize me?"
"No need, that Zhang Rufen has been watching Luo and the others all the time these days. He may have seen their faces when Uncle went sweeping before, and soon might recognize them."
Li Yu shook his head, telling Dong Tai not to avoid them.
Then added, "Besides, I avenged Zhang Rufen; he still owes me for that."
Dong Tai was somewhat puzzled, so Li Yu explained the matter to him.
While chatting, Li Tie’s voice came from the walkie-talkie:
"Brother, look, there are people below."
Li Yu looked down and indeed saw a group heading east.
Have they reached Xiang Province?
Li Yu picked up the walkie-talkie and said to Li Tie, "Don’t be alarmed, we might encounter more on the road, these people are being driven east by the Southeast Asians."
"So many people, what if they reach our base, what should we do?" Li Tie said worriedly.
Li Yu felt that this issue was important upon hearing it.
Currently, all of Xin City, even Gan City, has no outsiders, only cooperative personnel from the Big Camphor Tree Base or people from the Outer City.
If so many people arrive, it will certainly create some instability.
However, the Big Camphor Tree Base is developing rapidly and needs many talents.
Li Yu didn’t plan to expand too quickly.
The core reason is the food production issue. Now that the Third Outer City’s greenhouse planting has begun, it can cover the food supply under the current system, supplying about forty-two percent more than demand.
The current mechanism can at least feed people inside and outside the base, ensure extra staff have at least one meal a day, and prevent cooperative personnel willing to perform tasks from starving.
Although everyone’s treatment varies by level.
But these are all earned through points and contributions.
Li Yu thought for a long time and felt that even if the refugees come, it wouldn’t be a big issue because the Big Camphor Tree Base is different now than it was two years ago.
The ability to resist risks is much stronger.
If some talents are among these people, they can be integrated into the cooperative personnel camp, allowing for the expansion of some construction tasks.
Growing food in the doomsday is not an easy task, with natural disasters and unforeseen circumstances.
"We’ll talk about it then. If used well, these people might become aids to our development." Li Yu said.
....
Along the way, as Li Yu said, Li Tie and the others saw several groups on the ground, varying in size but all headed east.
While looking down, the people on the ground were also looking up at the sky.
A little boy pointed to the sky and said, "Plane."
His father who carried him looked up at the helicopter, which seemed as small as an ant, and said to a man walking in front:
"Old Wu, you said you saw a helicopter today too; is it these two?"
Lao Wu raised his head, his eyes cloudy as he looked at the sky, speaking:
"Can’t see clearly, but at least one thing is certain, heading east was right. The people on the plane are certainly not the Southeast Asians, maybe there are troops in the east now, eliminating those Southeast Asians."
"If so, do we still need to head east? We’ve just left Gui Province, arrived in Xiang Province, keep heading east, but to where....."
His feet were blistered; they’ve been walking for a month.
The group dwindled, with fewer people and more fatigue.
Lao Wu didn’t answer him; he too didn’t know what to do but following the main group was always right.
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