Chapter 549: Chapter 196: A Letter from Liu Bi, Body of Steel!
The Thorn Bird group was dispersed, and the competition for a new leader would take at least half a day to yield results.
Upon returning to the Blue Zone, Cheng Ye anticipated attacks from another Thorn Bird group and did not rush to order the dismantling of packages. Instead, he first organized the storage location and usage rules for the resources.
"There are twenty-five carts in the resources, prioritize assembling them, assign five carts to the pioneering team."
"No need to rush to move the prefabricated panels of the residential units, just pile them on the flat roadside, and drag them when needed to avoid unnecessary hassle."
"No need to dismantle the abandoned dwellings either, let’s prioritize clearing the rubble on the open spaces in the town, make the foundation level before night, and set up some residential units first."
"Tools for clearing are well stocked, Sun Dazheng you’re in charge of distribution, get the clearing team out first, others go study the installation method of residential units."
"Huang Liang, distribute these bullets, each patrol team member gets a full magazine, the pioneer team doesn’t need to carry guns, just take shovels, axes, and such tools."
"..."
Cheng Ye’s tone was steady, his commands clear and methodical.
Pioneering in the wasteland emphasizes being fast, accurate, and ruthless.
Fast, not blindly dismantling ruins and clearing land, but first framing the camp outline, with an outline, you can set the defense line and mark the alert zone. Even the position of watchtowers and dwellings must follow the framework, priorities must not be thrown into disarray.
Accurate, means accurately controlling the pace, for example, in which direction the pioneering should go, which danger points should be prioritized for investigation, and where buildings should be selected. Utilize manpower effectively, don’t engage in futile endeavors.
Ruthless means abandoning unnecessary details. In modern times, building prefabricated houses requires weed clearing, tree root removal, and layer pouring, which can’t be done in a few days, but does the wasteland have such conditions?
Find a relatively flat ground, lay the prefabricated panels directly, the fine work can be supplemented after the assessment ends, and materials are in place.
After the instructions were given, Cheng Ye waited for more than ten minutes, but the shadow of the Thorn Bird never reappeared against the horizon.
Cheng Ye finally raised his hand: "Unpack the packages! Put the hemp ropes on my right, waterproof cloth folded according to specifications on the left, don’t pile them randomly!"
The crowd "huh" scattered, rushing out of the abandoned buildings, expertly cutting open the hemp ropes tethering the supplies.
People who survive the wasteland have incredibly strong proactive abilities.
Cheng Ye didn’t need to give too many commands, some automatically collected the hemp ropes, others sorted and folded the waterproof cloths. Even the half-grown kids weren’t idle, either helping adults pull ropes or holding small pieces of waterproof cloth to designated spots, the entire scene was busy yet orderly, exuding an aura of synchronized harmony.
The prefabricated panels of the residential units were the main part of the resources, neatly piled by the roadside, sunlight reflecting off their surfaces, revealing the smooth texture imprints.
Cheng Ye continuously checked three panels from different batches and unexpectedly found the quality of this batch to be exceptionally good.
The panel body didn’t have a single small crack, not at all looking like it was pressed from recycled old materials, rather it seemed like a new factory product.
And as the boxes of connectors were dismantled, suddenly a resident shouted:
"Sir, there’s a letter for you here!"
"A letter for me?"
Cheng Ye paused, took a kraft paper envelope from the resident’s hand.
When he saw the handwriting on the cover, a smile instantly tugged at the corner of his mouth.
Two lines of words were scribbled on the envelope with a forceful penmanship: [Delivered to Dapo Town contractor Inspector Cheng Ye, read before using the resources]
The signature was [New Era year 35, August 4, Liu Bi].
"It’s Brother B’s letter!"
Cheng Ye felt warmth in his heart, quickly walked to the nearby abandoned steps, sat down, and carefully opened the envelope.
From Liu Bi’s departure to the industrial area to now, it’s actually been only one and a half months, yet so much has happened during this time, first the threat of the Stand-In Starfish, then the traces of the Wanderer, and over a million Migrants pouring into Happiness City.
Everyone was pushed to run forward, not even having a moment to catch their breath, making him feel as though he had been separated from Liu Bi for a long time.
But thinking carefully, for Liu Bi, in past years, as a Fourth-Phase Inspector, he’d have to take external tasks at the start of summer often not returning to Happiness City for three to four months, now he’s just gone to the industrial area a few dozen kilometers away, at least still within Happiness City’s range, talking about workload being tens of times lighter is no exaggeration.
"If I ever take external tasks, probably wouldn’t be back for three or four months either... If Dapo Town really gets built, I’ll need to find someone reliable to look after it for me."
Cheng Ye silently pondered, drawing out two sheets of light yellow letter paper.
Liu Bi’s handwriting was as before, rough and uninhibited, carrying a warrior’s unique unruliness, and the paper bore some traces of revisions, black ink blots overlaying the scrawled script, as if suddenly recalling something while writing, hastily crossing and rewriting.
He lowered his head and continued reading, a bit of the smile on his face gradually fading.
[Cheng Ye:
This letter should reach you by the time the assessment has already begun, I don’t know what the current situation in Dapo Town is like, whether there’s any special source of infection nearby, I’ve looked at maps for many days, and also asked around about the upstream of the Lin River, fortunately, no significant dangerous traces have appeared along the line in the recent two months, as long as you’re cautious, there shouldn’t be major issues.
I, usually nag you about this wasteland’s rules, never meant for those only good at listing formulas and playing petty tricks. Relying too heavily on old experience, today I must admit a wrong, when guiding and teaching you, I didn’t really break out of the old pattern either. Especially seeing your tenacity and potential, I foolishly followed Brother Long’s methods from back then, purposely creating similar hardship for you, skimping on training bullets, just to let you tread the same path he went, trying to teach you using old methods, frankly, what I wanted was to mold another Cheng Long]
