Chapter 1399 As More People Come, Hidden Dangers Arise (Explosive Update 11000)

The sun is scorching.

Xincheng, National Highway 319.

Crash!

A cooperator shoveled a shovel of gravel from a pickup truck and poured it into the sunken pothole.

Fill it up.

There are more than a dozen electric pickup trucks on the entire National Highway 319, loaded with gravel.

At the same time, hundreds of people on the national highway are doing similar things, filling the gravel into the depressions.

The national highway built before the end of the world is mainly composed of cement roads and asphalt roads, and different methods are used in different sections.

Cement road refers to a road paved with cement concrete, which has the advantages of strong bearing capacity, good durability and low maintenance cost.

Asphalt road is a road paved with asphalt materials, which has good anti-skid performance, low noise and fast construction speed.

Part of National Highway 319 is asphalt road, and part is cement road.

In Xincheng, this section of the road is mainly asphalt road.

However, under the previous high temperature, these asphalt roads melted and became uneven.

Various weeds and wild flowers grew in the cracks.

It had not been maintained for a long time, and a thick layer of dust accumulated on the road. Vehicles drove past, and smoke filled the sky.

The thunderstorm disaster retreated, and after more than ten days of exposure, the water on this road gradually evaporated.

Now that the big camphor tree base has started a large-scale infrastructure, a large amount of various building materials are needed, and these building materials must be transported back to the base from outside.

Moreover, the five satellite cities need to go back and forth through this main road.

Many times, after the cooperative personnel mined and collected building materials outside, they always had vehicle breakdowns on the way back because of the rugged road.

At the same time, the trucks loaded with various raw materials were also bumpy, causing many building materials to fall out of the car.

This greatly affected the transportation project.

Therefore, after a discussion between Li Yu and his second uncle and others, they unanimously decided to start road construction.

Even if natural disasters will break out and damage the roads in the future, they can't stop repairing the roads just because of natural disasters.

At least now, repairing this main road can prevent vehicles transporting various materials from breaking down due to road problems.

"Lao Zhang, this area has been filled and leveled, drive the roller over!" Shunzi shouted in the distance.

"Here it comes!"

Rumble!

A roller slowly drove over and rolled over the filled potholes.

"This is only a temporary solution, and it's too rough to repair the road. We should first clean up the gravel and garbage in the pits before driving piles. What kind of gravel should we use? There is also asphalt in the base, and we can use asphalt to fill these gaps." Wang Cheng, who was next to Shunzi, sighed.

Shunzi glanced at him, "You're talking too complicated and too slow."

"If you do it this way, it will take a month to repair this road. Besides, who knows when a natural disaster will break out. What's the point of repairing it so well? It will still rot later."

Wang Cheng didn't know how to refute him when he heard him say that.

Looking at the workers repairing the road on the road, he couldn't help but think of the time when he just joined the big camphor tree base.

At that time, there were only a few dozen people in the whole big camphor tree base.

At that time, he worked in a cement factory with Ding Jiu, and he was very impressed by that day.

The city lord shot Manager Zhou with his own hands, which really scared him.

After all, the apocalypse had just broken out at that time, which was different from the current situation.

Who dared to kill people at that time? Not to mention killing people, even seeing zombies would hide and run.

As for now...

Killing a few zombies is not much different from killing chickens, and it won't cause mood swings.

It's more than two o'clock in the afternoon, which is the hottest time of the day.

Wang Cheng and Shunzi stood by and watched the construction workers repair the road.

There were two people on guard in all four directions of the road, in case zombies suddenly appeared.

Although it was hot now and it was still daytime.

But occasionally some zombies would be attracted by the noisy construction noise.

The road roller roared loudly, and the crushed stones made a clacking sound.

Rustle——

A breeze blew, and the leaves slowly fell under the scorching sun.

A zombie suddenly appeared on the road on the right.

This zombie was extremely clumsy, but it did not make any sound, and walked from the bushes to the edge of the national highway on the right.

"Hey, here comes another one."

An extra-staff member shook the mace in his hand, which was stained with some black sticky substances, and sharp iron nails protruded from the head of the stick.

He waited for the zombie to approach calmly, and when the zombie pounced on him, he bent his waist and put his hands in a golf-like posture.

Swish!

The mace hit the zombie's head accurately. Due to the great force, the zombie fell backwards and fell on the edge of the national highway.

Dead!

The dead zombie was dragged onto a truck by him, and the zombie corpse would be burned later.

Now the mutant zombies can get more viruses from the corpses of the same kind, so they become stronger in the rainstorm disaster.

So, they try to burn all the zombies they encounter after killing them.

In fact, the overall number of zombies is not as many as before, but the remaining few zombies are stronger than before.

Zombies climbing walls are impossible to appear during the day, so it is not that dangerous.

Most of the zombies that appeared were ordinary zombies, which moved slowly during the day due to exposure to sunlight.

Wang Cheng in front saw this scene and retracted his gaze.

He asked Shunzi next to him: "What year did you join the camphor tree base?"

"Second year, what's the matter? What year are you in?" Shunzi glanced at Wang Cheng, a little proud.

Seeing Shunzi's somewhat arrogant look, Wang Cheng pretended to be a little bit pretentious.

"As for me. First year, the 48th member of the camphor tree base."

"Fuck, you so early?" Shunzi was surprised. He didn't expect that this middle-aged man who was just doing construction in the base was earlier than him.

"It's okay, I'm lucky, I was taken in by the city lord early."

Shunzi curled his lips, looking dissatisfied.

"I remember you used to be with Ding Gong, right?" Shunzi asked.

Ding Jiu is in the current camphor tree base, coordinating all the projects in the camphor tree base, which can be said to be a high position.

"Yeah. What about you?"

Although he didn't ask clearly, Shunzi knew what he meant. Wang Cheng was actually asking Shunzi who he worked for before.

"Manager He."

"Oh, not bad, Manager He is a good person."

Shunzi was proud to hear him praise He Chao like this, "That's right, Brother He manages four outer cities, and has much more power than Engineer Ding."

"So what." Wang Cheng didn't agree.

"Let's not talk about this."

Shunzi lowered his voice and complained:

"I don't think it's fair at all. Look at Fusheng and Xu Zhen, who were able to enter the inner city later than me. I am a senior after all, but I haven't entered the inner city until now."

Wang Cheng didn't know how to answer him for a while.

If he relied on his real ability, according to the current four-level points system of the Dazhangshu base, he would start from a cooperative staff, and he would probably be a non-staff member after accumulating points.

But who made him lucky.

The first year he joined the Dazhangshu base, there was no outer city at that time.

He was an inner city staff member as soon as he came in, what can he do about it.

"Fusheng made great contributions when cement production was difficult in the base. As for Xu Zhen, the drainage project he designed and built ensured that the drainage in the base was connected, and there has been no flooding until now."

"They all joined the inner city with real ability and made great contributions."

Shunzi was even more dissatisfied when he heard that Wang Cheng did not agree with him.

"Then Xiao Jun, Dongtai, and that old Bi were all later than me. Why can they become outer city personnel, but I can't?"

"Heh!"

Wang Cheng sneered: "They came from the army and have been fighting outside. They have made great contributions to the big camphor tree base. It is natural for them to become inner city personnel. If you have the ability, you can go out and fight."

"When they are carrying out combat missions outside at risk, why don't you go?"

"They came from the army, and their combat capabilities should be stronger than mine. What's the point of comparing?" Shunzi pouted, and his voice became smaller and smaller.

"But that doesn't count the people who entered the inner city. That old Dong, Dong Ying, Kong Shuang, Hua Qian, and even Qing Yang are even more exaggerated. He directly became an outer city staff."

"Now he can enter and leave the inner city at will, but he didn't do anything. His two senior brothers don't have to do anything in the base. They just eat and drink for free. If I were the city lord, I would drive them out."

Wang Cheng felt a little uncomfortable after hearing his complaints.

But he didn't want to make the relationship awkward when they came out together to take charge of the road repair task today.

So he comforted him:

"Don't worry, accumulate points and perform tasks well, and you will eventually be promoted to an inner city staff."

"It's easy to say. I'm not as lucky as you. I can directly become an inner city staff. I'm really unlucky. I'm obviously one year later than you, but I've always been an outer city staff. According to the current system, you can only be promoted to an inner city staff if you make a major contribution. How can it be so easy!" Shunzi rolled his eyes and complained.

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Wang Cheng didn't choose to answer him again.

He has said what he should have said, and what he shouldn't have said.

Sometimes it's like this, when the timing is not right, you have to work harder than others to get the rewards.

But Wang Cheng felt that Shunzi was still too paranoid.

Don't always compare yourself with Xiao Jun and others, and don't compare yourself with Qingyang and Lao Dong.

Xiao Jun and Ju Tianrui won their military exploits by killing people, and he knew how much Lao Dong contributed to the power system of the Dazhangshu base.

As for Qingyang, you can say a few words.

He also thinks that Qingyang got in through connections.

But this was specially approved by the city lord, who dares to object.

The Dazhangshu base was built by the city lord, and no one else can interfere with what he wants to do.

Besides, there are very few people like Qingyang who are favored by the city lord and directly recruited into the outer city.

Moreover, Qingyang's ability is not bad, and his Chinese medicine skills are extremely good.

His senior brother is teaching boxing and kicking in the outer city, and he is actually a very capable person.

In fact, neither he nor Shunzi knew that the person Li Yu really valued was Qing Yuan.

Silence.

For a long while.

Wang Cheng still chose to speak:

"Shunzi, you, don't think so much, we must learn to be content."

"Now there are so many people in the base, thousands of them. Among the cooperation staff and non-staff personnel, there are many people with higher abilities than us."

"But after all, you are still a member of the outer city, and you are a member of the outer city as soon as you join, which is much better than those who join the cooperation later."

"Our abilities are limited and we must know how to be self-sufficient."

"That's easy to say. Of course you are content as a member of the inner city. I have never entered the inner city until now." Shunzi was still a little dissatisfied.

"well"

Wang Cheng originally wanted to advise him, but now it seemed that it was unnecessary, and he was too lazy to say anything more.

I've said so much and still don't listen.

He wouldn't listen if he said anything more, and would instead take his grievances out on himself.

People like Shunzi obviously don't have much ability, but they feel envious when they see others being promoted.

But I don’t have much ability, and I’m not willing to take risks or put in hard work. How can such a good thing happen if I just think about the final result?

nowadays.

There are thousands of people in Dazhangshu base. With more people, people's hearts become complicated.

People join in every period, and many of those who join join in teams.

It is inevitable that some will form cliques and compete with each other.

Comparison will lead to psychological imbalance

Once out of balance, people like Shunzi will be unwilling and dissatisfied.

This problem becomes more obvious the more people there are with the base.

However, due to the city lord's prestige in the base, no one dared to raise it publicly, and only occasionally dared to talk about it in private.

Especially some old people like Shunzi who have been with Da Zhangshu Base for a long time.

They have been people from the outer city from the beginning. Some of these people are very timid and rarely go out to perform tasks. In the last few years, they have been staying in or around the outer city to do some chores.

Seeing more and more people in the outer city, I will definitely feel a little unbalanced.

Especially when I saw that people who joined later than me could become inner-city personnel, I felt extremely uncomfortable.

They have never left the Da Zhangshu Base, have not been to Oil City, and have not been to the North.

In the strong fortress of Da Zhangshu Base, I have become accustomed to a stable life.

But they don’t know how much danger those people outside performing tasks took and how much they paid in order to earn points.

People, in this life, they are always envious of others.

What Shunzi didn't know was how much the cooperators who worked hard to build the road on this national highway envied him.

Not being satisfied will only bring suffering.

Wang Cheng didn't want to continue chatting with Shunzi anymore. The negative energy all over his body ruined his good mood today.

But he felt something wasn't quite right.

The last time he went out to do a mission in the satellite city, he also followed a person from the outer city to perform the mission.

What that person said was similar to what Shunzi said, and they both had some opinions on the base's system.

Coincidentally, that person was also the one who followed He Chao.

Once encountered, at best one would just listen and not care.

But after hearing it twice in a row, Wang Cheng sensed something was wrong.

He truly regarded the Da Zhangshu base as his home, and he did not want to see harm to the base due to infighting.

"You have to report this situation to Gong Ding later." Wang Cheng said secretly in his heart.

He Chao's subordinates are relatively complex.

They were all the first people to come out of Jiefang City. Among the forty or so people there were some outstanding talents and some incompetent ones.

For example, Fu Sheng and Xu Zhen, whom Shunzi mentioned just now, actually followed He Chao before.

Wang Cheng was also puzzled. They all came from the same place, how could they compare like this?

Don't understand.

Boom boom boom!

At this moment, a motorcade came from the opposite direction.

The trucks on this convoy are loaded with sand.

It is the team that collects construction materials outside and transports them back to the headquarters.

After Wang Cheng saw it, he quickly shouted to the road construction team behind him:

"Everyone pauses and makes way for them to pass."

"What's wrong?" Lao Zhang stuck his head out and glanced at the motorcade in front of him.

Without asking any more questions, he quickly drove the roller to the side of the road.

The road construction workers on this national highway also stopped what they were doing and walked aside with shovels and dungeons.

Knock, knock, knock!

The truck stumbled twice, its tires bouncing in potholes in the unpaved road.

Le Ziqing, who was in the car, saw Wang Cheng on the roadside, rolled down the car window ten meters away from him, and waved towards Wang Cheng.

When Wang Cheng saw this, he nodded slightly.

Also driving by, Le Ziqing saw Shunzi and waved to him.

But Shunzi just glanced at Le Ziqing, with some disdain on his lips, and looked away.

He is just a collaborator, which is hugely different from his status.

Not enough to take seriously.

in the car.

When Le Ziqing saw that Shunzi ignored him at all, he felt that he was asking for trouble and didn't take it to heart.

On the contrary, Shi Jingsheng, the subordinate who was driving the car, felt something similar after seeing the completely opposite attitudes of Wang Cheng and Shunzi.

After the truck passed this section of road construction, he couldn't help but said to Le Ziqing:

"Brother Le, what do you think Zhang Shunzi is so proud of? A person from the inner city of Wangcheng greets you with a good face. What can he be so proud of as a person from the outer city!"

"His character is not good. I heard Captain Luo and his team say that Zhang Shunzi is not good."

Le Ziqing looked at the rearview mirror and leaned his head on the seat.

"Don't worry about it, we just need to do our own things, who cares about him."

"No."

Shi Jingsheng continued dissatisfiedly:

"This Zhang Shunzi, when you were not here yesterday, he made things difficult for us, saying that he was repairing the road and asked us to wait there."

"We waited for more than an hour, and there were other convoys lined up behind, but he just wouldn't give way. It's so hateful."

Le Ziqing frowned, "Was Wang Cheng there yesterday?"

"No, you see Wang Cheng is here today, and he gave way to us when he saw the convoy from a distance."

"If he wasn't here, Shunzi would probably make us wait again."

Shi Jingsheng continued:

"The construction site needs materials urgently, and has been urging us to transport them quickly."

"And he makes us wait like this, isn't it a waste of our time! With more than an hour, we can make more trips and get more points if we save a few times."

Le Ziqing's eyes gradually became serious.

It doesn't matter if the project is delayed, but it's important to delay them from earning points, which are food.

This is like killing one's parents to block someone's money.

"I will talk to Director He about this matter." Le Ziqing said.

Shi Jingshan sneered:

"That Zhang Shunzi used to follow Director He. I think it's useless for you to talk to Director He. Who knows? He Chao knew about it a long time ago, and he even protected Zhang Shunzi."

Le Ziqing frowned, "I didn't expect they had this relationship. How did you know?"

"I heard it from someone, a non-staff member, I forgot his name." Shi Jingshan replied.

Le Ziqing nodded thoughtfully, "Okay, I get it. I'll change someone to report the same thing. I'll just tell Lai Dongsheng directly. He's an inner city employee, so it should be useful."

"Brother Le, how do you know someone like Lai Dongsheng who's an inner city employee?"

"I didn't know he was an inner city employee."

"I didn't know he was an inner city employee at first. He's been on the construction site recently. We chatted for a while and got to know each other."

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