Apocalyptic Reincarnation: Start with a 30-million Bonus

Early the next morning, Li Yu took Second Uncle to the underground first floor of the two long buildings.

This underground floor was completely enclosed, but it also had several dozen ventilators.

Opening the large doors of the underground floor, it was mostly used for storing various items. It had been a long time since the doors had been opened, and now, an unpleasant smell assaulted them as the doors were opened.

Li Yu switched on the lights.

Clattering...

The incandescent bulbs overhead flickered on one after another, like carousel lights.

With the lights on, the two stood in the vast space, silent.

Their footsteps echoed back at them.

Li Yu then turned on the ventilators.

The sound of the ventilators broke the silence in the space.

Li Yu looked at some building materials in front of him, along with a collection of other miscellaneous items, and said, "Second Uncle, get someone to clean up here. We should have enough seeds. Coordinate with my mom on this.

Get this sorted out as soon as possible. By the time we return, I hope this place will be on the right track."

Second Uncle replied, "Don't worry, leave it to me."

Li Yu then looked around the basement. When it was constructed, they had anticipated all sorts of extreme weather, so the construction took these possibilities into account.

The basement, as it stands now, may look dusty, but it's waterproof and exceptionally sturdy.

Because it's underground, it naturally has a temperature-regulating effect. Although it's not entirely constant, the temperature variation is much smaller compared to above ground.

Since they plan to grow crops here, the most important factor is lighting. There's LED grow lights for that, and then there's the water source. For the water source, they can do soil culture, hydroponics, or even aerosol cultivation.

Aerosol cultivation is similar to a humidifier, placing the roots of plants in a closed space and supplying water through a mist.

This method of farming through misting was essentially invented to conserve water resources, and it works quite well.

In terms of temperature, that's not the biggest issue for the base. The base has tens of tons of gasoline and diesel for power generation; there's also a hydroelectric generator; currently, they mostly use solar photovoltaic power, and they can't even use all the electricity generated by it.

In this basement, they could run the central air conditioning 24 hours a day, and use humidifiers to maintain the temperature as well.

After checking the basement twice without finding any issues, Li Yu left the basement.

The departure was set for the day after tomorrow, and he needed to prepare properly.

According to their plan and estimates, there are three possible locations for the military base: the western Old House Mountain, Silver Mountain in the East, and Zhugao Mountain to the south.

They couldn't split their forces to search these three places. Since they were already choosing a lean operation approach with limited manpower, splitting up would mean dividing their strength by three.

Unable to split up meant they needed to prioritize: first, they would head to Zhugao Mountain in the south, then to Silver Mountain in the East, and finally, they would return to the farm base to resupply before heading to Old House Mountain in the West.

To the south...

Li Yu fell into contemplation.

Wiping sweat, it was already October, yet the temperature was still above 39 degrees, with outdoor temperatures reaching up to 45 degrees from noon to evening.

It was indeed quite hot. He had planned to stroll around the base at noon to get a feel for the weather, but now he thought better of it.

Just the other days, after a spell of dry weather, it had rained for a while, and the weather cooled down quite a bit.

Who knew that come October 1st, the temperature would really feel like baking.

He waited until the evening before leaving the villa to go to the garage and saw a row of vehicles.

There were ten people going on this trip. It would be best to take more vehicles, ones with larger capacity, so they could transport things back.

But then he thought, if they really found a military base, one trip would definitely not be enough to haul everything back, so after weighing it all up...

They would go in five vehicles.

One riot control vehicle, three heavy trucks, and one Unimog.

These five vehicles were the most reliable ones at the base.

The Unimog could travel from Beijing to the westernmost part of Xinjiang on a single tank of gas, so as long as it was filled up, no additional fuel was needed.

The three heavy trucks could reach up to 1000 kilometers on a full tank, so this time they could bring some oil, but not too much.

After inspecting the vehicles, Li Yu returned to his room and got all the things he should take ready.

Protective armor, helmets, Night Vision Goggles...

Other than him, everyone else who was going on the trip was also preparing their stuff.

Since they would mainly be traveling by vehicle this time, they were able to bring a lot more, so they carried quite a bit of food.

...

Time flies by in the blink of an eye.

Before long, it was October 7th. Everyone was spirited that day, with Dapao even feeling a bit excited.

Looking for arms, on a killing spree against anyone they encounter.

Li Yu looked at Dapao, then at Song Min standing beside him. The two of them were now officially recognized as a couple.

They didn't hide anything. Li Yu advocated for freedom in love; if they got together of their own accord, he'd let them be, as long as it didn't affect the task at hand.

The troop was ready to move out, and the gate opened.

And so they set off. Li Tie drove the Unimog, his face full of excitement, taking the lead; Li Yu was in the last riot control vehicle, with Li Gang driving next to him, and Li Hang maneuvering the drones, flying them into the sky to observe the surroundings.

Li Yu looked out the window; the weather was great, and the sunshine was bright, albeit a bit scorching.

He thought of a few days ago, Yutong and him...

Since then, their relationship had grown closer. They were like a couple in their daily comings and goings, but this time, he didn't let her come along for certain reasons. Recently, she had been feeling unwell, and Li Yu, wanting to take care of her, decided not to have her join.

Thinking of how he didn't let her come along, he imagined her being slightly upset.

Li Yu thought of Yutong's somewhat angry expression and the corners of his mouth lifted slightly.

He would deal with her when he returned.

The group drove southward, although the original plan was different. At first, they intended to head to the East, then to the South, and finally to the West, which would have been a logical route.

But they had to consider the fact that it was about two hundred kilometers to Zhugao Mountain to the South, then over three hundred kilometers to Silver Mountain in the East. To cover the whole distance in one go and then return would pose a refueling issue.

Besides, they couldn't stay outside for too long, so they decided to go South first, East afterward, return to the base, and finally head West.

The vehicles stopped at the gas station in town and, according to the navigation map, heading directly south to Zhugao Mountain would be a detour if they took the national highway.

They chose a more direct route instead.

Although this road wasn't as broad as the national highway, it could still accommodate vehicles like the Unimog.

Heading southbound, at a location ahead of them, Captain Lv's group was living.

From the initial group of thirty-plus people, Captain Lv's team had now dwindled to fewer than twenty.