Chapter 892: Chapter 634: Equipment Transport, the Butcher Gets Chopped (Double-Length)

Second Uncle walked out of the mooncake factory, opened his helmet visor, and took a deep breath.

The inside of the mooncake factory was filled with a thick musty smell that made people sneeze uncontrollably.

He Chao loaded the last piece of equipment onto the truck, slammed the truck bed, and closed the door.

"Let’s go!" Second Uncle looked at the setting sun; it was getting dark faster and faster these days.

Before five o’clock, it was already dusk in the west.

Everyone got into their vehicles, and over twenty trucks left the mooncake factory.

Before setting off, Second Uncle said to Xiao Hu, "Thanks for your hard work this time. I’ll report the contributions of this mission for you. The next time you come over, you can directly exchange it for food.

Also, the weather is getting colder by the day, and if it gets too cold, you can come into the Big Camphor Tree Base to take shelter earlier."

Xiao Hu, upon hearing this, smiled and said, "Thanks a lot~ It’s indeed getting colder now, but it’s not unbearable. We have to seize the moment, hurry and complete some tasks to accumulate contribution points. We just finished repaying the food loaned from the base a few days ago."

Second Uncle, curious about this, asked, "Hmm? How come there’s loaned food?"

Xiao Hu explained that during the natural disaster, they, the extra staff, and cooperative personnel, stayed at the base for a long time.

Eventually, when their food ran out, Li Yu noticed they had no food and gave them some food in advance, allowing them to pay it back by completing tasks after the disaster.

Second Uncle truly didn’t know about this; he rarely managed the affairs of the extra staff.

Upon hearing Xiao Hu’s explanation, he said no more, knowing Xiao Yu must have had his reasons.

He was simply here to transport the factory equipment back. Once back at the base, they could build a complete food processing factory.

Second Uncle, Old Lv, and others bid farewell to Xiao Hu and left the area. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

As the sun set westward, this trip had been quite fruitful. Following Second Uncle’s plans, most of the equipment was found, but without electricity, it was unclear if there would be any significant issues when powered on.

All of this would only be known once they returned to the base.

The vehicles roared.

Xiao Hu watched them leave.

He felt a bit sentimental, feeling that the Big Camphor Tree Base was growing stronger, and he strengthened his resolve to enter the Outer City as soon as possible.

However, the immediate priority was to complete tasks and exchange for food to get through the winter.

They had thought about cultivating and planting in the yard of the garment factory, but with the temperature dropping so quickly, there just wasn’t the right environment.

Rather than wasting time and effort, it was better to focus on completing tasks for the Big Camphor Tree Base.

"The batch of PC solar panels we sent last time, Ding Jiu said there were still too many damaged ones. We need to think of a way to find more of this material," Xiao Hu murmured.

The resource exchange ratio at the Big Camphor Tree Base adjusts the contribution points ratio based on the urgency of demand, similarly adjusting the food exchange ratio.

Currently, the exchange ratio for PC solar panels is the highest.

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The road was bumpy.

The pothole-ridden road surface made Old Lv and the others inside the car feel dizzy and uncomfortable.

The vehicle speed had to be reduced to 70 kilometers per hour.

Soon.

They arrived at the wall of the Big Camphor Tree Base.

But they didn’t go directly in; there was another convoy ahead, driving into the Big Camphor Tree Base.

It was Zuo Ruxue’s Group 3 of extra staff.

Speaking of Zuo Ruxue, she recently moved their outpost from the outskirts of the county to near the Big Camphor Tree Base.

Since the natural disaster.

More and more extra staff and some cooperative personnel moved their outposts near the Big Camphor Tree Base.

Being close to the Big Camphor Tree Base made it easier to receive tasks, and being near it also provided a greater sense of security.

Currently, Group 3 of extra staff, including Zuo Ruxue and Ju Tianrui, are all near the Big Camphor Tree Base.

Besides them, several other groups of cooperative personnel are also nearby.

Li Yu, upon knowing they moved nearby, did not prevent it; after all, for the Big Camphor Tree Base, their presence could serve as mobile cameras, alerting them to any approaching strangers.

Unknowingly, over two hundred people had stationed near the Big Camphor Tree Base.

Among them, Ju Tianrui and Xiao Jun made up a significant proportion.

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The cargo on Zuo Ruxue’s truck bed was indeed PC solar panels, but the quantity was limited. They had gone to nearby greenhouses and dismantled them to get these things.

Though few, due to the current scarcity, they exchanged for quite a bit of food, enough for their twenty members for ten days.

After Zuo Ruxue and her group entered Weng City, Second Uncle and his group also drove their vehicles into Weng City.

All vehicles underwent an inspection in Weng City before being allowed into the Second Outer City.

Currently, He Chao, He Bing, and others reside in the First Outer City; the Second Outer City is sparsely populated.

Recently, Li Hang, Zhou Ran, and He Bing have been working over there on the zombie engine.

Xiao Qian, along with Old Luo, Old Qin, and Lao Yi, were there, busy assembling the steel framework for the greenhouse.

At this moment, Second Uncle, He Chao, and others, having completed the Weng City inspection, entered the Second Outer City.

According to the regulations set by the Big Camphor Tree Base, all outgoing vehicles must undergo thorough inspections in Weng City.