The eight elevators never stopped moving. The elevators shuttled back and forth quickly, transporting all kinds of materials up and reloading the empty carts down.
After these materials were transported to the first floor, they would be sent into the special transportation channel. Then, they would be transported to the exit of the base in hybrid trucks at the fastest speed. Then, they would be transported to various places in the base by the logistics militia. There were only a few people in the base, so most of them were very busy.
It had been at least twelve hours since they started to prepare for the war. In other words, when Yue Yang led the troops to retreat, the base had already started to prepare for the war. Twelve hours of high-intensity work made every logistician on the verge of collapse. They were even more tired than the soldiers in front of them.
The logistician work was done by all the people in the base, including the original logisticians, the scientific researchers, the women who were brought into the base by Ma Ruibo, and the children's militia. Zhang Xiaoqiang even saw the two beautiful sisters assigned to Lu Junyi and Hua Rong in a window. These two beautiful sisters were also wearing standard work uniforms, and they were transporting materials with the others. Just by looking at their slightly trembling legs, one could tell that they were very tired. "I think even if there are another thousand people, the base can still bear it.
"I think the base can handle another thousand people, but it might not be enough. It would be even better if some of them graduated from the Mechanic or Electronics Department. Even if they don't, it would be good if some of them are welders or construction workers. Also, it would be best if some of them graduated from a technical school with strong hands-on skills. We need these kinds of talents the most here. Others are fine too. Even if they don't have any skills, they can still do manual labor. Even if their bodies aren't good and they can't do manual labor, they can go to the surrounding vegetable farms to grow vegetables and provide them to the base …"
Zhang Xiao Qiang nodded secretly. Song Kunhai was a logistician after all. He was the most competent logistician Zhang Xiao Qiang had ever seen. Song Kunhai didn't need to do the work himself, but he could arrange the heavy logistics work in an orderly manner. Not only did he provide the equipment for the thousands of New Era soldiers, he also prepared enough food and water for them, allowing the New Era soldiers to squeeze out time to rest. This was enough to show the problem. If it was a half-baked logistician who could guarantee the equipment and accommodation, it would be a miracle. Don't count on the New Era soldiers to rest.
Song Kunhai's words were something that Zhang Xiao Qiang had considered before. He wanted to control the base more than anyone else, it was just that he didn't have a good opportunity, nor did he have a strong foundation. If an outsider wanted to become the leader of the base, he would have to fight for enough benefits for the base. He had to use tangible benefits to make these people follow him, and not just a slogan.
Zhang Xiaoqiang had been paving the way for control of this base. The service department established by those women, to put it bluntly, was the matchmaker department in the future, giving the bachelors of the base something to look forward to. When Lu Junyi asked him about the operation of the base, he let two people control the military, and the heads of the other departments were recommended by them, giving them the illusion that Zhang Xiaoqiang wasn't interested in this base. At the same time, Zhang Xiaoqiang also pushed Song Kunhai out. Zhang Xiaoqiang was an outsider, so he didn't have much relationship with Song Kunhai before this. In addition, Zhang Xiaoqiang unintentionally divided the logistician work into two, causing Song Kunhai's authority to fall, so no one would think of anything else.
Just now, Zhang Xiao Qiang's words to Zhuo Mingyue was for her to hear, and at the same time, it was for Song Kunhai to hear. Zhuo Mingyue did not understand, Song Kunhai was worried about his future, and had hurriedly given Zhang Xiao Qiang an excuse.
"That's right, aren't all my people like that?
I can let them use all kinds of parts to assemble a brand new vehicle in the shortest amount of time, and I can also let them produce bullets quickly. Moreover, as long as I obtain more knowledge, I can convert this knowledge into practical things, and let people create things according to my will …. "
Zhuo Mingyue wasn't bragging, Zhang Xiaoqiang immediately thought of the huge workshop he first met Zhuo Mingyue. Just being orderly couldn't describe the feeling, it was more appropriate to describe it as puppets or robots. In that place, the personality and emotions of people were completely erased, and their only existence was to serve Zhuo Mingyue. Other than that, they were a group of lifeless puppets.
Zhang Xiaoqiang had fought together with this kind of people, and the feeling he got was that these people were useless in battle. The only thing worth mentioning was their craziness, just like zombies controlled by Z2. Once they received an order, as long as their legs weren't broken, they would rush forward and crawl forward. Even if their hands and legs were broken, they would crawl forward like maggots, using their teeth to bite.
This kind of team was invincible against normal armed forces, and with Zhuo Mingyue's breakthrough, they could be considered a regular army among the militia. However, once they faced an elite army, they would become cannon fodder. They didn't know how to find cover, didn't know how to deploy firepower, and didn't even know how to cooperate in battle. They only knew how to act like rabid dogs, and it would be unreasonable if they weren't completely wiped out.
Thinking about this, Zhang Xiaoqiang finally understood where his dislike for Zhuo Mingyue came from. He actually didn't mind Zhuo Mingyue's identity. Perhaps foreigners wouldn't be able to accept it, but he had grown up watching Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, and he knew a lot of erotic stories. The female lead in those stories weren't all like this or that.
Other than that, Zhuo Mingyue's strength caused Zhang Xiaoqiang to dislike it, but he wasn't disgusted. To survive in the post-apocalyptic world, the most important rule was not to overestimate one's own abilities. The strong would be the king. Zhuo Mingyue being stronger than him was not something he disliked. If it was anyone else, Zhang Xiaoqiang would be able to find confidence in his own strengths and strengthen his soul.
What made him feel disgusted was that Zhuo Mingyue could control ordinary people like how a Z2 could control ordinary zombies. Under her control, these people were no different from zombies. They were just walking corpses that knew how to work, a group of emotionless blocks of wood. If all the survivors became like this, it wouldn't matter if humanity was destroyed, because humans would become like bees and ants.
"If you leave, who will command your puppets?
Aren't you afraid that they will kill their own people because they don't know what to do? "
Zhang Xiaoqiang used a sarcastic tone to say this. Zhang Xiaoqiang's tone caused Zhuo Mingyue to be stunned. Her keen senses discovered that after Zhang Xiaoqiang saw her again, the hazy feelings that had accumulated in him had disappeared. It wasn't because of her, but because Zhang Xiaoqiang was giving off something that destroyed the atmosphere between the two of them.
She didn't know why Zhang Xiaoqiang was treating her this way, but the headstrong Zhuo Mingyue didn't question him, nor did she say any soft words. She subconsciously used Zhang Xiaoqiang's attitude towards her to deal with Zhang Xiaoqiang, "If you don't want to help, then don't help. Why are you saying such weird things? If it wasn't for the fact that I pitied them, then I wouldn't care about their lives. You're a human hero that even takes care of your enemies, and you don't care about them, so why should I?
Wouldn't it be better for them to die cleanly? "
Zhuo Mingyue's attitude made Zhang Xiaoqiang's eyebrows scrunch up, and a wave of anger rose in his heart. Zhang Xiaoqiang was no longer the same person who was suppressed by Zhuo Mingyue before. In front of Zhuo Mingyue, he had already used his actions to prove the true strength of a man. Especially the moment he saved Zhuo Mingyue, Zhang Xiaoqiang had already placed himself on equal footing with Zhuo Mingyue, perhaps even a bit higher.
"How laughable. You ordered those irrelevant people to attack New Era's logistics base. You couldn't have been that bored, right?
Those pitiful people under your control risked their lives for you, and in exchange, you call them irrelevant. Truly … truly an ingrate … "
Zhang Xiaoqiang's tone became even heavier, and the words "ingrate" almost made Zhuo Mingyue explode. She didn't even know who to talk to about the grievances in her heart. The anger in her eyes was almost tangible as she looked at Zhang Xiaoqiang's face. She didn't feel like she could feel the slightest bit of emotion like before. She only felt that he was extremely hateful, and she wanted to send him flying with a slap.
"Whatever you say, I don't care about their lives anymore. Even if they starve to death, kill each other, get eaten by zombies, or if the children in the mountains don't have food, I don't care …"
The irascible Zhuo Mingyue was no longer as cold as before. Her dreamy eyes were no longer as misty as before, like the calm waters of a lake. Instead, they became stormy waves. She sent waves of unintentional mental attacks towards Zhang Xiaoqiang, causing Zhang Xiaoqiang's temples to swell uncomfortably. At the same time, his ears rang with the illusion of tinnitus, making him unable to focus on the screen. He frowned and looked at Zhuo Mingyue, who was glaring at him.
Apart from dizziness and tinnitus, Zhang Xiaoqiang didn't have any major problems. On the other hand, Xiang Mi 'er and Song Kunhai felt as if their heads were splashed with magma because of Zhuo Mingyue's unintentional mental attacks. They held their heads and rolled on the ground, screaming.
Even so, Zhuo Mingyue didn't deliberately restrain the shock wave. She was fighting with Zhang Xiaoqiang, so she didn't have time to care about others, especially Xiang Mi 'er, who made her lose face. Song Kunhai was just an outsider, so she didn't have to worry about him.