Chapter 161: Chapter 161: Building Four Walls
Inside the Shelter.
After a brief discussion, Valerie gathered her people and explained the situation to them.
To her surprise, almost everyone agreed to go scavenging for resources.
1,500 people were sent back to the town.
Firstly, they had to retrieve their belongings.
Secondly, they had to collect supplies from the camp.
Lastly, they had to recover property from the camp.
Everyone involved in the scavenging effort was granted permission to teleport items to the Shelter’s warehouse and junkyard.
This includes the ability to teleport scrap metal and materials into the pit for recycling.
"Hubert, how’s the progress over there?"
"Very well! I sent my men to the army base to get infantry fighting vehicles. Louis has already repaired one of them, and the cleanup is proceeding as planned. I heard the Shelter recruited two thousand more people?"
"That’s right, their camp had 260 soldiers who agreed to join our army, and now 1,500 people are fully engaged in scavenging the town."
"Fantastic! After experiencing Solomon’s Hell Recruit Training Camp, they can then join our main forces." Hubert said with a smile.
There is a reason why everyone started calling it the "Hell Recruit Training Camp."
But thanks to the effects of the spring water, people’s muscle injuries are reduced and recovery is quicker, allowing recruits to endure truly intense training up until a battle or raid occurs.
As night fell, Lin Yi returned to Suvasong Camp.
He led everyone back to the Shelter.
These two towns...
Well, they’re no longer in existence!
Except for empty buildings, there’s nothing left, and sometimes not even the buildings remain.
Some clever scavengers came up with the idea of using explosives and incendiary bottles made by Louis to destroy buildings and then teleport the rubble into the bottomless pit.
...
Stronghold Balance: 108,1508 Coins.
"Hey, not bad! Quite good!"
Lin Yi, as usual, sat in front of the laptop talking to himself.
His funds are sufficient now, and civilian volunteers scavenged a large amount of resources yesterday.
[Regarding Received Survivors]:
survivors agreed to your terms and entered the stronghold, and your stronghold gained 21,990 Experience Points.
[Regarding Increase of Spatial Probe Radius]:
Your stronghold population has exceeded 5,000 people, and your spatial probe radius increased from 2.5 miles to 4 miles.
[Regarding Received Items]:
Your stronghold received some items and gained 4,890 Experience Points.
[Regarding Received Items]:
Your stronghold received the following seeds:
Peas, Yellow Tomatoes...
plants have been purified and adapted to the environment.
Other plants have been recycled, but you will still gain Experience Points because of them.
List of Crops Adapted to Environment: French Peas, French Tomatoes, Celery... Cabbage...
[Stronghold gained 7,200 Experience Points]
"Oh right, seeds! I completely forgot about crops... When are the next vegetable harvests?"
Lin Yi opened the "Balance" application to check information related to his fields.
[Fields]
-Field No.1- Special Potatoes- 151,237 lbs.
-Field No.2- Special Potatoes- 423,287 lbs.
-Field No.3- Vegetables (mixed)- 56,438 lbs.
-Field No.4- Vegetables (mixed)- 141,095 lbs.
-Field No.5- Special Wheat- 16,931 lbs.
-Field No.6- Special Wheat- 56,438 lbs.
-Field No.7- Special Corn- 15,873 lbs.
-Field No.8- Fruits (mixed)- 14,109 lbs.
"So... according to the situation, I need to get more seeds, plant more fruits and corn...
"Melanie, call Natasha over."
"Okay, boss." Melanie hung up the phone and ran to get Natasha.
Twenty minutes later, they stood in front of the boss.
"Is the wall planning done?"
"Yes, boss. After upgrading the planning program, it’s much easier, this application can now handle more details and even adjust building structures for you. Both the wall and town planning have been completed."
"How are the funds looking?"
"A bit tight..."
"..." Lin Yi felt heavy-hearted.
He opened the——planning application.
First thing is the wall.
The new wall protects the stronghold from all sides, but the height remains the same as before: 25 meters.
Shooting accurately from such a high wall is already challenging, and if the wall were any higher, it would actually reduce defense capabilities.
This height prevents zombies from climbing up.
The thickness of the wall increased from 2 meters to over 6 meters.
The wall top is divided into two layers.
The lower layer is well-defended, equipped with small windows, through which soldiers can shoot, and can be easily closed when necessary.
The upper layer features shooting holes and machine gun nests, to more effectively block zombies, and includes small projections similar to those on fortresses during the Napoleonic wars.
Every 100 meters, a catapult position is set. They don’t have any catapults at the moment, but Immanuel said he could finish them in one or two weeks.
In front of the city wall, a small moat five meters wide and three meters deep appeared.
Between the wall and the fence, there are also pits, designed to make zombies fall in and be crushed by zombies above, so the pits are 7 meters deep.
The remaining traps will be built after the settlement expands. Lin Yi wants to replace the fence with something like the old special wall, but this requires a lot of steel.
This time, the gate was also upgraded, equipped with floodlights that can illuminate both sides of the wall, a high-speed elevator, and more.
Overall, this upgrade cost —
395,000 Coins!
Given that the Shelter acquired a large amount of steel and reinforced concrete, it was cheaper than expected.
Lin Yi picked up the walkie-talkie: "Hubert, Solomon, can you hear me?"
"Loud and clear!" Both immediately replied.
"I’m preparing to upgrade the walls, so get your people and equipment off them."
"Give us twenty minutes. We’re finally going to have walls built around the entire settlement!"
Hubert and Solomon replied with smiles, then began issuing orders to the soldiers.
Twenty minutes later, the wall was cleared.
Lin Yi confirmed the construction instructions.
A massive reinforced concrete structure rose from the ground, surrounding the settlement on all sides.
Interestingly, before the new wall appeared, the old wall had already been absorbed into the ground.
Then the moat appeared, followed by the fence, and the pits between the walls...
Another twenty minutes later.
Lin Yi inspected the wall, musing.
How to fill the moat with water, Magical Lake Water is definitely not usable...
Hubert frowned and said in a low voice: "We can find a lake and draw water from there."
"So, everyone holds buckets and scoops lake water into the moat?" Solomon chuckled bitterly.
Hubert sighed; this wasn’t the first time he’d noticed that Solomon had started to develop the habits and mindset of a boss.
Which is - handling things the simple way!
After pondering for a moment, Lin Yi couldn’t think of a good solution.
The Shelter’s store sells water, but the price is 5 Coins per cubic yard, it’s insane.
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Beastman Tribe.
"Hmm?"
"Great Chief, is something amiss?"
"I hear a sound... coming from the humans!"
Beastman Lord Terghai was having a meeting with his advisors, but his keen hearing caught sounds of massive changes in the human area.
"It’s the humans, what are they up to?"
"Not sure, what about those rabbits?"
Terghai couldn’t help but drool a little when he mentioned the rabbits, the food was simply too delicious.
He wasn’t the only one; all four elders present wiped the corners of their mouths simultaneously.
At this moment, Elder Shu stepped forward.
After drinking Magical Lake Water, he looked less old, as did everyone else in the room.
"The preparations for the invasion have gone well, human ore is quite excellent. Our Blacksmiths are crafting fine axes and sturdy armor, but the quantity is insufficient, currently unable to supply everyone..."
"Then we must obtain more ore..." Terghai sighed heavily...
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Inside the Shelter.
It was a very busy night.
Many newcomers arrived at the settlement. They all needed housing arrangements, food provision, check-ups, and baths.
The settlement now had 5,098 people, of which 748 were soldiers... or almost.
Everyone in the settlement was excited to see the new wall, as they had little confidence in the wooden fence.
Once the newcomers were settled, they were all surveyed on their skills, previous jobs, and family sizes.
Hubert and Solomon were also busy, setting up posts, planning new patrol routes, and drafting new schedules...
Lin Yi built a driveway along the fence, which didn’t cost much.
He also allocated two military jeeps, and several civilians, to be in charge of this road.
This made patrolling the area easier and safer for the soldiers.
Everyone was equipped with radios and combat gear, and a security office was established.
Its duty was to protect the surrounding area and maintain internal security, operating 24/7.
Currently, the staff were placed in one of the barracks, but they received word they would have a proper post building by the next morning.
Since there wasn’t enough time that day to move everyone into residences, and there were adjustments to make in the construction layout of Sanctuary Town.
Lin Yi postponed it until the next morning.
By dinnertime, everyone was exhausted, so they silently finished dinner and decided to sleep early.
But lively Annie couldn’t sleep, and she went to the lake with Sylvie to meet Katsya.
The professor immersed himself in his research, and Solomon still had much to do, expecting to sleep little that night.
...
The night passed in a flash.
It felt like Lin Yi had just closed his eyes and it was already morning.
The only farm work today was harvesting wheat, so most people in the settlement had time to tidy up their personal belongings.
After allowing time for everyone to have breakfast, Lin Yi began building the town.
He first relocated all the furniture and other properties from the residential area to a warehouse.
Then he reclaimed all the old buildings.
The entire residential area was first emptied...
Then, a cluster of Soviet-style apartment buildings emerged from underground!...
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