I Have a Job

Chapter 276 The northern territory

is said to have a utilization rate of 37%.

In fact, it actually accounts for more than half of all the non-essential space that the shelter can free up.

And it has come to this.

It also shows the potential limit of Jianghe City's affiliated shelter.

That is enough to provide food for up to 90 million people.

"It shouldn't be the case that all the shelters are planted with food."

"With the current rate of expansion of farmyards."

"After we take in the population, we can start building plantations in batches."

"Gradually, the support of these subsidiary shelters will no longer be needed."

This is a beautiful vision for the future.

Just move the grain-producing plantations completely into the farmyards.

Su Wu's defensive pressure will be greatly reduced.

Even the worst case scenario.

He leaned against the thick outer wall of the farmyard, which was constructed with quick-cement.

It is also likely to ensure your own safety.

January 28th.

A caravan consisting of 100 snow transport vehicles and an Ice-class land frigate connected to each other.

Fully loaded with combat robots, ammunition, and cheap small industrial goods.

Slowly set off from the farmyard.

Accompanied by sporadic wind and snow.

Driving towards the unfamiliar north for the first time.

It will cross the mountains and head to a large shelter marked as an anti-human camp more than 100 kilometers away, the closest to Jianghe City.

Use force to occupy it.

Then they would sell the goods on the vehicle to other nearby shelters.

Three hours after the caravan set out.

Carriage train, carriage No. 21.

Ding Han held the electromagnetic rifle in his arms, silently looking at the endless ice field outside the window.

"It's your first time out, are you a little nervous?"

Next to him, another middle-aged man wearing exoskeleton armor spoke to him with a smile.

"Captain Xie, do you think we will encounter any danger along the way?"

"Like avalanches and earthquakes."

Ding Han turned around and did not hide his uneasiness.

After all, he was a newcomer who was born and raised in Jianghe City and had only undergone three months of simple militia training.

Even shooting requires the computer assistance of the exoskeleton armor to barely achieve a hit rate of more than 80%.

Not to mention actual combat and long journeys.

Faced with all this unfamiliarity, it is inevitable to feel a little panic and fear.

"Of course there will be accidents."

"As to whether it is dangerous or not."

"You have to have some faith in our technology."

"As long as we are in the car, nothing will go wrong."

Xie Hongtao shrugged and found Ding Han's anxious look quite funny.

As an old man who has been following the caravan for nearly a month.

I have watched the caravan being built from scratch and then growing into a giant train with a length of more than 1 kilometer from end to end.

No one knew better than him how incredibly powerful the trackless train they were riding was.

Whether it's occasionally capturing a hostile shelter, annihilating attacking bandits, or encountering various natural disasters.

The caravan's performance was as powerful as that of gods.

For example.

He once saw it with his own eyes during a severe earthquake.

A huge rock weighing tens of thousands of tons rolled down from the cliff.

Smash it at the caravan passing through the bottom of the canyon.

Then, the huge Ice-class land frigate located at the front of the caravan.

He used the multi-barreled electromagnetic gun mounted on it, which was similar to an anti-aircraft gun.

With a firing rate of tens of thousands of rounds per second.

The blue light spots like a waterfall are shot upstream.

In mid-air, the rapidly rolling boulder was blown up.

It turned into a rain of fine dust and gravel, falling on the roof of the caravan and the surrounding area.

In the end, the entire caravan sailed out of the canyon safely.

Even the roof of the snow transporter, which bears the most weight, has not even a scratch on the paint.

"Is it really that amazing?"

Ding Han was somewhat skeptical when he heard this.

Although the temperature in the car is as warm as spring and the windows are closed.

Compared with the extremely cold climate and ice and snow outside, it forms two extreme opposing worlds.

It gave him an extreme sense of peace of mind.

But intellectually, he was clear.

It's just a false sense of security.

There was only a thin layer of armor and glass between him and the outside world.

Perhaps an accident could happen at any time and anywhere, breaking this fragile barrier.

He was forced to face the harsh environment of the outside world.

"When you experience more, you will realize that your current worries are unnecessary—"

"Oh, there's no need to wait until later."

"You'll see it soon enough."

As Xie Hongtao was speaking, he suddenly felt a slight vibration in the air.

He turned his head and looked out the window, and saw a huge snow wave sweeping in from a distance.

"avalanche!"

Ding Han followed his captain's gaze and looked out the window.

I immediately felt terrified.

He didn't expect that his worries just now had become a reality in such a short time.

And just when he was at a loss.

Several flames shot out from the train.

Falling far away on the path of the snow waves.

Then, there was a series of huge explosions and flames shooting straight into the sky.

There were already accumulated snow waves over 15 meters high.

Was blasted apart abruptly.

Let the kinetic energy accumulated in it be released completely.

"What is this?"

Ding Han's mouth felt dry after watching this.

In his impression, it seemed that only the legendary nuclear weapons could possibly contend with the power of nature under this avalanche.

The others include heavy artillery, rockets and missiles.

A few hits were not enough to completely collapse this kilometer-long snow wave.

"A rocket loaded with third-generation metal hydrogen explosive."

"It's normal that you haven't seen it."

"Because it was discovered by our scientific researchers not long ago."

"Even the regular federal troops in the past were not equipped with such powerful explosives."

Xie Hongtao raised his eyebrows slightly and said in a somewhat ostentatious manner.

"Now you can understand why I said don't worry."

Following the traces left by the avalanche.

The caravan passed through the mountains and arrived at the area of Xinshi.

Once here, the destination is less than 20 kilometers away.

Early warning messages from artificial intelligence began to sound in Ding Han and the other man's ears.

Have them replenish and check ammunition and confirm that their exoskeleton armor is functioning properly.

Be prepared for battle.

Ding Han's expression became serious, and he nervously followed the instructions of the artificial intelligence to make preparations for the war.

Xie Hongtao seemed much calmer.

He even had the leisure to use the wartime supplies he was issued to make himself a cup of coffee.

Having experienced many battles, he knew the people in their carriage.

As the only 40 human members in the entire caravan.

It is impossible to be sent to the front line in the first wave of battle.

It will take at least several probing attacks from the robots before it is their turn.

And often at that time.

The hostile targets had already been completely defeated.

They just need to go up and clean up the mess.

What's next.

Just as Xie Hongtao experienced in the past.

Operated by several spider robots equipped with cutting knives.

The metal door of the shelter was opened silently.

Then a large number of robot dogs and combat drones flew in first.

Brought in a metal storm created by the electromagnetic rifle.

Then the spider robots, as the main force, began to enter.

Their intervention.

Finally, there was an obvious noise inside the shelter.

That was the sound of a rocket exploding.

The spider robots use the third-generation metal hydrogen rockets they carry, as well as the electromagnetic sniper rifles that are highly penetrating and silent.

The strike on the hidden firing point in the shelter was completed.

The last group of resistance in the shelter were buried under the explosion and ruins.

Ten minutes later.

The security team to which Ding Han and Xie Hongtao belong.

He walked into this large shelter marked as an anti-human camp by artificial intelligence with his head held high.

And it is located in a villa estate surrounded by forests and lawns.

I met a group of high-ranking officials of the shelter who were captured by robots.

"The environment here is really nice."

Ding Han opened his helmet and took a deep breath.

Even when he was in the farmhouse in Jianghe City, the air he breathed was purified by central air conditioning.

It's not turbid either.

But there is still some gap between this place and the environment where you can get close to the natural atmosphere.

"It's only okay here."

"Everywhere else is hell."

Xie Hongtao didn't look very happy.

He took the tablet and established a connection with the monitoring room in the shelter.

As he looked through the scenes one after another, even he, who was well-informed, couldn't help but feel a little frightened.

Human slaughterhouse, human pet playground, chains, skewers——

The extreme evil of human nature is vividly displayed here.

But he was only angry for a moment.

I won't do anything unnecessary.

Because those who did these things were judged by artificial intelligence.

It is absolutely impossible to still be alive after being drained of all value.

He took a deep look at the prisoners who were being interrogated roughly by their colleagues.

Xie Hongtao then formed a team with Ding Han.

Perform new tasks assigned to them by the AI.

Go to the cells deep inside the shelter where the people here call slaves.

A few minutes later.

On the 7th underground floor, a heavy iron door was opened.

Bright lights from outside.

It illuminated the faces of more than fifty people with numb expressions inside.

"Whoever called Shi Feipeng, stand up."

Xie Hongtao glanced at everyone in the room.

In the hands of these people who were obviously malnourished and whose clothes were in tatters.

Everyone was holding a mobile phone with the game screen displayed on the screen.

It looks funny and a little weird.

But this is exactly the general situation in the entire Dongzhou at present.

With Su Wu's persistent investment and endorsement over the past period of time.

Those game coins have become one of the most stable currencies in the apocalypse.

Whether you use it in the game store yourself or trade it with other shelters.

They can be exchanged for materials or services of sufficient value.

Therefore, even the most bloodthirsty bandits.

For profit.

A group of people will also be specially recruited to swipe the currency in the game.

Hearing Xie Hongtao's question.

No one in the room responded.

Until he raised his tone again in impatience.

Then someone secretly turned his gaze to one of them.

Xie Hongtao compared the photos on the tablet and immediately connected the other party with the mission target.

So he walked over and announced in a calm tone.

"Shi Feipeng, the request for help you sent in the wish system has been accepted."

"Since our main goal in coming here is to obtain the resources in this shelter, clearing out the thugs is just a side job."

"So, apart from the initial deposit."

"The remaining game coins will all be returned to your account, and you will be given three additional regular meal vouchers as compensation."

"When you need it in the future, you can always apply to the artificial intelligence for redemption."

After saying these words.

No matter whether the other party understands or not.

Xie Hongtao turned around and spoke to everyone present.

"Now, all of you follow me out."

With the armed force of the caravan.

Capturing a large civilian shelter is as easy as eating and drinking.

When the first caravan heading to Xinshi in the north started the battle.

Su Wu did not pay any extra attention to it.

It was only afterwards that I checked the inventory of supplies in the large shelter warehouse.

Those supplies.

Remove low-value resources such as fuel.

The total amount of remaining basic materials is about 30,000 tons.

Not much, but not too little either.

"The amount of rare resources is OK."

"About enough to build two Icebound-class land frigates."

"The population is not small, about 70,000 people—"

"No, this large shelter originally had a population of around 140,000 people."

"In the more than half a year since entering the apocalypse, we have not been affected by external disasters."

"In the end, nearly half of the people died."

Su Wu was silent for a moment.

I felt a little shocked.

This casualty ratio is even higher than that of many shelters located at the center of the disaster.

Continue to retrieve more detailed relevant investigation reports to confirm the causes of death of those people.

Su Wu took a deep breath, and a sharp look flashed in his eyes.

"It's time to consider the punishment of some people before they die."

For the first time, resources were successfully plundered from the north.

Next.

As more and more caravans completed their original missions and returned to the farmyard.

They began to join in the development of the north one after another.

Su Wu's influence in the north began to expand rapidly.

It only took a week.

They occupied more than 30 shelters of various sizes, which were marked as anti-human camps.

All the materials needed to build ten Iceberg-class land frigates and half a Pioneer-class land destroyer have been collected.

And beyond that, there are still over a million tons of common materials left.

Enough to make a large number of snow transporters, spider robots and weapons and ammunition.

It would take several days for Su Wu's super factory, which is running at full capacity, to digest the energy.

At the same time, they brought various small commodities for trading with other surrounding shelters.

It also allowed Su Wu to recover a large amount of game coins and exchange them for some resources.

When the game coins circulate in other places in Dongzhou, there will be some discounts.

But it was used to trade with Su Wu's caravan.

However, they can actually be exchanged according to the exchange list set by Su Wu.

Other additional charges, including shipping costs of goods, will be waived by default.