Apocalyptic Reincarnation: Start with a 30-million Bonus-Chapter 1052 - 691: Third Outer City and Western Alliance Handling

The steel structure construction that Xiao Hang mentioned has advantages aside from being not fireproof or waterproof.

However, using reinforced concrete demands a vast amount of concrete and steel. Not only that, but the project duration will also be extended. Even with the help of extra staff and cooperative personnel, the project will take at least half a year." 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

The group fell silent.

After a while, Li Yu spoke up, "Let's do this, everyone raise your hand to vote, just like we did earlier. Raise your hand if you agree on using reinforced concrete!"

Swish, swish, swish—

Within seconds, everyone raised their hands.

Even Li Hang raised his hand, because he understood the shortcomings of the steel structure were too evident. Just the fact that it wasn't fireproof or waterproof was enough to dismiss it.

"Alright."

Li Yu glanced at everyone and continued, "The concrete we used to build the walls before was C60, the same grade used for the dam. The third wall must also maintain this strength. Ding Jiu, calculate how much steel and concrete is needed if we are to build on 150 mu of land?"

Ding Jiu quickly calculated with a pen and spoke, "According to our current wall height of 28 meters, approximately 60,000 cubic meters of concrete and 420 tons of steel are needed."

Li Yu nodded, not fully grasping the implications of the numbers, but it was apparent the project was enormous.

Typically, a mixer truck can produce only eight or nine cubic meters of concrete, but when building the Second Outer City, Fu Sheng recommended the HZS35 concrete mixing plant, which produces 35 cubic meters of concrete per hour, 420 cubic meters in 12 hours, almost 1,000 cubic meters with two plants.

During the construction of the Second Outer City, it took great effort to relocate a mixing plant, creating a complete cement production and concrete mixing cycle.

He Chao spoke up, "It seems with the steel reserve at the base, it's definitely insufficient. As far as I know, there are some steel plants in Southern China, especially in Guang Province, with large steel plants, particularly in Zhan City. Before the apocalypse, it produced 20 million tons annually, which should be more than sufficient.

However, Zhan City is quite far from us; Shaosh City is closer and has a steel plant with ample reserves.

Nonetheless, with the recent floods, it's uncertain what the situation is over there."

Third Uncle, who had kept his eyes closed, suddenly spoke, "For such a large flood to occur, there's only one possibility, which is the dam being submerged or collapsing. But the major impact would be around the Long River, upstream and downstream.

Considering our southern side, there's the Nanling, which should block much of the flood. I think the impact over there might not be significant."

The group nodded in agreement.

Such is a vast country, with vast territories.

Li Yu finalized, saying, "Third Uncle makes a valid point. With such a high demand this time, we should stockpile some steel to avoid needing to search for more in the future. Let's send some people to check and bring some back."

Uncle asked, "Do you mean sending extra staff first, or should our internal team lead the way?"

Li Yu pondered for two seconds, then turned to everyone, "What does everyone think?"

Third Uncle took an apple from his pocket, and took a bite with a crunch.

Unlike regular people, Third Uncle ate the apple from the bottom instead of the sides.

Taking a big bite, Third Uncle said, "I'll go, given the importance and urgency. The journey is long, relying solely on cooperative personnel and extra staff feels insecure. I'll take a few people along with some extra staff."

Second Uncle wanted to stop him.

In his heart, he didn't want family members risking such dangerous tasks.

But after hesitating a moment and seeing Third Uncle stepping up,

he couldn't find a reason to stop him.

Second Uncle wasn't quite sure about Third Uncle's fighting abilities, but Li Yu knew well.

In this apocalyptic world, Third Uncle's combat skills should be top-tier.

Even if surrounded by hordes of zombies, with proper protective gear, Third Uncle could retreat single-handedly and safely.

Li Yu deliberated a bit, his gaze fixed on Third Uncle.

Third Uncle was eating the apple, noticing Li Yu watching him.

Li Yu slightly shook his head, Third Uncle gave a reassuring look, then nodded.

Li Yu understood Third Uncle's intent, sighed softly inside.

And said, "Alright, Third Uncle, you lead the team this time. Whatever you need, whoever you want to take, just let me know."

Third Uncle glanced around and smiled, "Anyway, the main goal is scouting, having Old Qin accompany me is enough. You can choose and call more people among extra or cooperative personnel, the more the merrier for transporting more steel back."

Li Yu was about to suggest letting Third Uncle take more people, including those from Inner City and Outer City, at least trustworthy ones.

But then he understood quickly.

If it were him, going to such a distant place, he would certainly not want to bring along family members from the base.

It wasn't just for their safety.

Because, in case of too many zombies, or encountering an immensely powerful unknown force, he surely couldn't abandon them.