CHAPTER 466: CHAPTER 449: BULLETS HAVE HOPES NOW!

Time passes.

Around twelve noon, Dapao and the others returned driving five Dongfeng Dali God heavy trucks.

When Dapao arrived, Li Yu immediately had everyone start loading food.

If only Third Uncle and his group had returned already—having brought some tools, they could have helped speed up the process significantly.

The road at the foot of the hill was cleared again; all vehicles driven by the Black Snake group, with keys found, were moved to the highway entrance outside.

There still needed to be space cleared here; the arrival of fifteen heavy trucks would take up a considerable amount of space.

When Dapao and his men drove the trucks up the hill, Li Yu noticed that although the cement pavement was clean, the overly large size of the vehicles made reversing and maneuvering quite inconvenient.

The main issue was the trees around blocking the path.

Li Yu looked at a mighty ginkgo tree nearby, which didn’t block the way itself, but several smaller trees around did.

So, he had Lao Xie and others cut down these trees, clearing a substantial area, even though these grounds weren’t cemented, but there hadn’t been rain lately.

Plus, the area was already Danxia landform, mainly red rock, with hard rocky soil.

After Lao Xie and his team cut the trees down, the ground indeed became much more spacious.

Thus, Dapao and his team sequentially drove the heavy trucks inside the cave, and others began to load grain onto the trucks.

Li Yu watched everyone busy working and went forward to help.

At this time, two members of Captain Luo’s team also came forward and offered their help.

"Alright, just put on gloves," Li Yu thought for a moment then let them join in but suddenly remembered something and asked, "Both of you can drive, right?"

The two team members nodded and replied, "We can drive."

"That’s good, later you’ll help transport the food back. It’s crucial to know how to drive," said Li Yu.

While they were loading the food, Third Uncle and his team also came driving.

During this visit, Li Hang also came along, and upon entering the granary and seeing such a vast amount of grain, he was utterly shocked.

Captain Luo looked around the crowd for a long time and couldn’t find the person he was looking for.

Li Yu saw him searching amongst the crowd and quickly figured out what Luo was looking for, so he approached and said, "Ye Shishi is still at the base. She didn’t come here. Why don’t you come with us to the base later? You can talk to her face to face then."

Actually, for the current state of the Big Camphor Tree Base, although its location was hidden, once Li Yu prepared to expand the base’s influence and strength, it was bound to expose the location.

Not to mention others, now being the strongest force in Xin City, many cooperating parties in the vicinity were aware of the location of the Big Camphor Tree Base.

Thus, there was no need to keep the base’s location secret from Captain Luo’s team anymore since many already knew.

Hearing Li Yu’s words, Captain Luo felt somewhat disheartened. Although Li Yu had no reason to deceive him, without seeing for himself, he still couldn’t be entirely at ease.

Li Yu stopped worrying about him and saw Lao Xie and his team directing the vehicles into the cave.

He then entered the cave which was substantial in size.

Several vehicles could move inside without feeling crowded.

Li Yu approached Dapao and asked, "How is it? The equipment you brought should speed up the process a lot, right?"

Dapao nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, things have sped up a lot. We just brought in those five heavy trucks.

In total, more than twenty trucks, actually one truck can load an entire grain silo. A grain silo holds about 50 tons of grain, which one truck can handle."

Li Yu nodded and then looked at the piles of Zombie bodies near the cave entrance from last night forming a small hill.

He then said, "Let’s burn these Zombie bodies when we leave."

Dapao looked at the small-hill-like piles of Zombie bodies and nodded in agreement.

Everyone continued moving the grain into the heavy trucks, working in sync, and the efficiency was really high.

In less than two hours, they moved all the grain from the silos into the heavy trucks.

More than twenty heavy trucks were not fully loaded; if fully loaded, only eighteen trucks would have been needed.

However, since there were so many trucks available, they spread the load evenly, so even if there were some bumps on the road, food wouldn’t fall off the trucks.

Worth noting was that Third Uncle brought along some canvas sheets for each truck on this trip, directly covering the top, so from the outside, it wasn’t clear what was inside.

Keep a low profile.

Dapao and the others stood on the road, directing the vehicles to go downhill.

The vehicles, loaded with tens of tons of grain, drove carefully due to the steep downhill road and the cement road needing to be free of slipping hazards as the previous sand and gravel had been cleaned up.

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Soon, heavy trucks loaded with grain reached the bottom of the mountain.

Li Yu watched Dapao and the others siphon gasoline from the vehicles at the foot of the mountain and splash it on the Zombie bodies inside the cave, igniting them.

Thick smoke enveloped the entire cave, and the reserve grain depot inside was emptied.

Li Yu took one last look at the cave behind him, watched the rising black smoke, turned to the crowd, and said, "Let’s go, home!"

From yesterday to now, he didn’t know why, but it seemed a long time had passed.

Now there was an urgent desire to return to the base and lie down to rest.

The group descended the mountain, including Captain Luo and his team, totaling over fifty people.

While those driving heavy trucks went down, the rest were in other small cars or SUVs.

Li Yu was riding in a newly driven electric vehicle.

The convoy, grand and imposing, drove towards the base consisting of thirty or so vehicles.

In the front was Li Gang driving an SUV, with Lao Lü in the front passenger seat, leading the way.

At the rear were Dapao and Li Hang, protecting from the back.

Surrounding the heavy trucks were small cars driven by Lao Xie and others, safeguarding the trucks.

Black Snake was directly tied by Li Yu in the trunk of the car, which was a bit cramped, but Li Yu didn’t mind since it wasn’t him curled up in the trunk.

Captain Luo sat in Third Uncle’s car, and two other team members were driving heavy trucks, following behind.

The journey was safe and uneventful.

Half past four in the afternoon.

They had covered half the distance when they encountered a small faction collaborating with the base.

This small faction, also originally from Jiefang City, now collaborated with the base and had some contributions by undertaking the tasks issued by Li Yu.

Their entry points were almost reaching the second tier, soon touching 60 points.

Once they reached this amount, they would be assessed and could become extra staff for the base.

Like He Chao before entering Outer City, they could then enjoy a monthly food subsidy of two kilos per person.

Though it seems little, for those extremely lacking food, it was life-saving.

The leader of this small faction, named He Bing, was a college junior before the apocalypse at Gan City University of Technology and a Bilibili uploader skilled in crafts, boasting a million fans. After the apocalypse outbreak, he and some classmates joined Jiefang City.

After the collapse of Jiefang City, he roamed around homeless.

He Bing had some skills; he drove his modified car which had considerable protective capabilities, and he added a horizontal shield at the front, allowing him to breeze through small groups of Zombies.

He Bing was well-acquainted with He Chao, Li Gang, and Li Yu from the base.

Li Yu was a bit interested in He Bing, who was also under his close watch.

Though a bit childish, He Bing truly had abilities in crafts.

At this moment, He Bing, seeing Li Yu’s convoy, sped up.

Seeing the approaching vehicle, Dapao at the rear raised their guns towards it.

He Bing in the trailing vehicle, seeing Dapao and his team raising their guns, hurriedly said: "Brother Pao, it’s me, He Bing. I’ve got a big find!

I’ve found what the task you posted needed, a lathe! A German 210 lathe.

Not only this, but I’ve also found a bunch of large lathes!"

Dapao heard this and was startled.

He knew what Li Yu was most eager to accomplish in the base right now.

To achieve autonomy in bullet production - they had already found solutions for many of the materials.

But equipment was a headache, and this lathe was critical!