Chapter 197 Return to Ironwood Camp

"Twenty scarlet coins!"

Chen Ping frowned slightly, feeling a little sore.

Using the teleportation array to teleport from the Mu Xi Shelter in South Vietnam to the Ironwood Camp on the coast, ten scarlet coins are needed for each person teleported. After all, this is a long-distance teleportation.

In the blink of an eye, Chen Ping and Kehel appeared in the teleportation array outside Ironwood Camp.

The surrounding high walls have been built, and the new materials developed in the camp can easily withstand the attack of the third-level scarlet beast. Even the fourth-level scarlet beast will take several minutes to break through.

Through the secret passage next to the teleportation array, Chen Ping took Kehel back to the interior of the Ironwood Camp.

The current Ironwood Camp is in a stage of rapid development, with earth-shaking changes taking place every day.

Especially after taking Yunmengze, a large amount of supplies were obtained. Even if half of them were distributed to the allies, the rest would be enough to maintain the operation of Ironwood Camp for several years.

The Ironwood camp continues to expand, with a population of over 10,000. The number of elite teams has expanded to twenty, in addition to thirty reserve teams, and a large number of guards responsible for maintaining order and vigilance.

Bai Yue is in the command room, discussing with Zhao Qiang and others the next development direction and how to deal with the upcoming beast tide.

The door of the command room was suddenly knocked several times, and then before Bai Yue could speak, the door was gently pushed open. Xia Hui hurried to Bai Yue's side and whispered in a low voice.

"Master Chen is back!"

"Where?" Bai Yue's expression moved slightly.

"You...in your room!" Xia Hui replied.

"Captain Zhao, I have something urgent. Let's go and deal with it first!" After Bai Yue said to Zhao Qiang, he left the conference room in a hurry.

"this……"

Zhao Qiang watched Bai Yue leave and was slightly startled.

Although he is called the commander of Ironwood Camp, all major decisions in the camp must be approved by Bai Yue.

This meeting was mainly to deal with the beast tide, and it was also under the unified command and control of Bai Yue. Now that she has left, this meeting can hardly continue.

The rest of the people in the command room also looked at each other in confusion. Except for the recent demon crisis, Bai Yue had always done things calmly and unhurriedly. It was rare to see her being so eager.

"It's over. Isn't it the Black Dragon Legion coming again?"

"Hasn't that one been eliminated?"

"Who knows how many there are? Now that the masked boss is not around, if there is another wave of black dragons, we are afraid..."

"Moreover, the beast tide is coming soon. I don't know the level of the scarlet beast this time. If it exceeds level three..."

Everyone started whispering, and the tension gradually spread.

"Mazi, is something big going to happen?" Dong Xing, the captain of the second team, approached Mazi and asked in a low voice.

Mazi calmly took out a cigarette from his pocket and took a puff.

"If it's really a big deal, with Deputy Battalion Commander Bai's style, he would keep quiet and calm people's hearts. Judging from the way she left just now... she should be meeting an important person!" Mazi narrowed his eyes slightly and slowly said said the voice.

"Important people?"

Mazi took another sip, stood up, and walked to Zhao Qiang.

When Ironwood Camp was established, the two of them were captains of the combat team and had fought side by side many times. Needless to say, they had a close relationship.

"Old Zhao, let me go out first!"

"Mazi, did you get any news?" Zhao Qiang asked in a low voice.

"Don't be ridiculous! What news do I have?"

"Then where are you going?"

"Deputy Battalion Commander Bai has left, so don't waste any more time. I'll go back to gather the team members and prepare to go to the training cabin to warm up. After all, the beast tide is coming, so we need to prepare in advance!" Mazi answered.

"That's right!"

Zhao Qiang nodded. He basically had no real power in the camp, but he was still very comfortable as this "puppet".

He had no ambitions to begin with, especially after seeing the fate of the previous two captains, Zhang Tie and Sun Mu, which made him extremely contented.

Nowadays, there is no need to risk one's life to lead the team out, nor to worry about camp decisions. The main management is usually about logistics. It feels like this life is even better than before the apocalypse.

After Mazi left, Zhao Qiang said a few words casually, then dismissed everyone and went to do their own work.

"Xiaohua, the camp population has grown rapidly recently. We can put the matter of domesticating the scarlet beast on hold for a while and ensure the food supply in the camp first!"

Zhao Qiang walked to the livestock farm and saw Xiaohua who was busy.

Xiaohua is now a completely different person than a month ago. After completely merging with the scarlet beast in her body, her figure has become very slender. Her appearance is not a stunning one, but she can still be called a beauty.

Since she was able to communicate with the scarlet beasts, she was responsible for taming some less powerful scarlet beasts. A small number of them could be used as camp rations, while the rest could be slowly cultivated to around level two for use in camp security and communication.

This domestication process is extremely slow, and only a dozen first-level scarlet beasts have been domesticated so far.

As for the main food in the camp, except for those brought by Souhuang and Yunmengze, most of them are pigs, cattle and sheep drawn through the scarlet carousel. Under Xiaohua's careful raising, the number has already exceeded a thousand, even for the lowest level people in the camp. , and there is no need to chew cold potatoes every day.

"Okay, Battalion Commander Zhao!" Xiaohua nodded.

"Ye Shengge! Stop hiding, your butt is exposed!" Zhao Qiang glanced at the circle of scarlet beasts and frowned slightly.

"Hehe, the battalion commander has a sharp eye. I can't deceive you with anything!" Ye Shengge stood up with a smile.

"You are really not afraid of death!" Zhao Qiang shook his head.

There are strict rules in the camp, and men and women usually work separately.

Recently, in order to maintain the population, arrangements have been made for breeding.

Both parties involved in breeding need to undergo strict inspection by the people of the institute, and only if they meet the requirements can they go to the newly built Dawn Hall.

After completing the relevant "rituals", the man continues to work, the woman is responsible for the birth, and the child is raised by specialized personnel.

The so-called love and marriage have been completely abandoned. After all, these are meaningless compared with survival.

Fortunately, the members of the elite group will have the right to choose a breeding partner once, but that's it. Except in the Dawn Hall, it is basically difficult to meet each other.

Xiaohua's job was quite special, which allowed Ye Shengge to have the opportunity to meet secretly. Of course, she was also caught twice. Fortunately, Mazi intervened, and Ye Shengge was a member of the first team, so he was given a lighter punishment in the end.

Zhao Qiang has always turned a blind eye to these things.

"Get out of here! Be careful next time and don't always let your pockmarks bear on you!" Zhao Qiang reminded.

"Okay, okay, I understand!" Ye Shengge nodded repeatedly, stuffed two bottles of life potion into Xiaohua, handed Zhao Qiang a pack of cigarettes, and finally left the livestock farm in a flash.

As soon as he returned to the fourth underground floor, Ye Shengge's scarlet bracelet sounded a reminder.

"All members of the first team, gather in training room No. 1!"

The message was sent by Mazi, and Ye Shengge did not dare to neglect it at all.

In about two minutes, all members of the first team except Chen Ping arrived in the No. 1 training room.

"Brother Dong is back?" Ye Shengge looked at Mazi and asked.

"How did you guess that?"

"The beast tide is coming soon. All raids and secret realm operations have been suspended. There are no scarlet beasts outside. If we call for a gathering at this time, the most likely thing is that Brother Dong is back and has assigned us a mission!" Ye Shengge analyzed.

"I haven't got the exact information, it's just speculation!"

As soon as Mazi finished speaking, Xia Hui hurried to the training room No. 1.

"Captain Mazi... you all are here. Master Chen is back and tells you to go to the sixth floor!"