Chapter 887: Chapter 632: Food Processing Plant, Remember Your Helmet (Part 2)

"Okay, Brother Xie." The two nodded, indicating they understood.

Lao Xie still felt a lingering fear and kicked the zombie he had killed twice more.

Only then did he leave in relief and continue searching the building.

Zombies like dark and damp places. With dripping water and dim light here earlier, it truly was a place they loved to hide.

What happened to Lao Xie was just a small episode.

In the doomsday, frightful experiences were commonplace.

So Lao Xie quickly adjusted his mood and continued searching ahead.

...

Outside the door, Second Uncle and others waited at the entrance for Old Lv and his team to finish their search.

While waiting, Second Uncle chatted with He Chao.

"He Chao, how long have you been part of the Big Camphor Tree Base?" Second Uncle asked.

"456 days," He Chao blurted out.

Second Uncle glanced at him in surprise and asked, "How do you remember so clearly?"

"After the outbreak of doomsday, life never settled down, wandering from place to place, saved from near starvation by Director Li. The days at Big Camphor Tree Base were unimaginable during that year of the outbreak.

You may laugh, but at that time, I was with my wife, parents, and daughter. I watched my parents and wife die with my own eyes, and my daughter suffer alongside me. The night before Director Li saved me, I planned to hang myself with my daughter.

This world is too harsh.

My daughter suffered too much; it’s hard for you to imagine.

For a crumb of biscuit, I fought fiercely with others.

After leaving Jiefang City, some friends and brothers trusted me, and I led them.

However, I couldn’t provide them with a single day of peace.

Thinking back, last year’s events feel like they happened in another lifetime.

But regardless, the day Director Li saved me, I died, and yet I lived again. I started to live anew."

The atmosphere became heavy and oppressive.

He Chao’s words resonated deeply with Xiao Hu.

He himself survived thanks to the cooperative model of Big Camphor Tree Base.

Food is always the core of doomsday.

Amid sighs.

Old Lv, who had been ensuring safety in the food processing factory, came out.

He said to Second Uncle and the others, "The inspection is complete; all zombies inside have been cleared.

There’s good news; many facilities inside still appear intact, and some should be usable."

Upon hearing this, Second Uncle rejoiced, patting He Chao’s shoulder without speaking.

Then he buckled his anti-explosion helmet’s cover, as Li Yu had repeatedly emphasized this in the base, and he naturally wouldn’t disregard this.

In nearly two years of the apocalypse, they faced many challenges, all overcome under Li Yu’s leadership. In the elders’ eyes, Li Yu was not just a junior; but..... the core backbone of Big Camphor Tree Base.

Everyone drove the vehicles to the factory building, to make it easier to transport equipment.

He Chao had someone drive down the forklift, as there should be some large equipment inside, impossible to move solely by human effort.

Second Uncle and He Chao entered, with Second Uncle opening a pre-listed checklist to examine. They primarily needed to obtain: washing machines, drying machines, weighing equipment, packaging sealing machines, measuring instruments.

Weighing equipment wasn’t that important, but if found, it would be better.

In addition to these, some general-purpose equipment was also gathered as much as possible: quick-freezing equipment, sterilization equipment, filling equipment, water treatment equipment, sorting equipment, extraction equipment, heat exchange equipment, transmission equipment...

Upon entering, Second Uncle saw that although some items were old and worn and some equipment rusty, most remained well-preserved.

Despite the layer of dust covering these devices, once wiped away, it was clear the equipment could still be used.

"Nice, this drying equipment is intact, though it’s a ten-year-old machine, it should still be usable. Move it," Second Uncle said to He Chao and the others.

He Chao looked at the massive equipment and said to his subordinate, "Go drive the forklift in."

Then he used a jack to lift the equipment, making it easier for the forklift to back in and remove it.

This equipment stood 2.5 meters tall, 4 meters wide, too large to be moved by a dozen people.

They could only rely on machines for transport.

After a while, the forklift came in, and He Chao delegated the task to others.

Trailing behind Second Uncle, who used to run a factory, once having operated a nut processing plant, he had a technical background.

"Take this equipment too. And those parts, take them too; they’ll come in handy later...." Second Uncle spoke while pointing at some equipment to mark it.

There were many pieces of equipment in this factory, a factory this large with so much equipment couldn’t be entirely moved.

Some less important or duplicates already available in the base didn’t need to be taken.

With dozens of people, they began moving from the time-honored food factory.

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