After the surprise, the Red Alert Soldier urgently began stacking the gold in the warehouse together.

Blocks of golden bricks, bars of gold, golden statues, and boxes filled with various jewelry.

There were also many coins used by the Heavy Truck Corps.

Once everything was collected, Ye Fan leaped into the pile of gold.

"Beep beep!! A large amount of metal detected, can be converted into System Money, would you like to convert it?"

"Convert it all!"

"Conversion successful, congratulations Commander on acquiring 16,932,288 gold!"

Ye Fan knew this haul would be significant, but he didn't anticipate it would be this large.

Nearly seventeen million in gold instantly plumped his wallet!

That's a whole seventeen tons of gold!

Now, the construction of Dawn City, all buildings included, even Ye Fan's entire army, do not add up to this amount.

Previously, Ye Fan had to carefully manage expenses, weighing urgent needs against those less critical; though it seemed rational, truthfully it was due to a lack of funds.

For instance, the construction of repair facilities, if there had been this much money earlier, it would have been set up, and the base vehicle would have been developed.

Right now, there's no need to struggle, they can directly establish a sub-base here and set up a mining site.

However, there's no time to leave the repair facilities in Golden City; one million gold in costs requires over a week, and by the time the repair facilities are completed, the base vehicle would likely be costly too, adding more mining sites—by then the year would be over, maybe even the month past.

Hence, it's destined that the establishment of Golden City cannot proceed.

With Ye Fan's current funds, the total barely exceeds eighteen million.

This southward journey has been rewarding, and with money, he feels confident in helping Dawn City through the imminent crisis.

After collecting the money, Ye Fan's dealings here were considered concluded.

The railway has also been dismantled, leaving no trace except the collapsed gold vault door, which would leave others with limitless imagination.

However, no matter how others speculate, they cannot directly question Ye Fan, only perceiving this leader as excessively mysterious.

The reorganization of the Heavy Truck Corps is nearing completion.

With the support of Ye Fan's Red Alert Team, these people behaved exceptionally compliant.

The battle outside the station allowed them to recognize the combat strength of Ye Fan's troops, quelling any thoughts of resistance.

Lawson quickly assumed his role, promising Ye Fan that he would manage Shannan Base well, always ready for Ye Fan's return.

Ye Fan also provided Lawson with several key points.

The first is to prioritize collecting gold and jewelry, which is of utmost importance.

Though Ye Fan now has over ten million, he cannot relax at all, as the upcoming buildings and production units will certainly be more expensive; spending the money could quickly make over ten million seem less substantial.

The second is not to mistreat survivors; while their diet may not be luxurious, they must be provided enough food and warmth, and medicine collection should be prioritized.

Surviving in the apocalypse is already difficult, and it would be too regrettable to die because of illness.

Finally, Ye Fan instructs Lawson to immediately fortify the city defenses!

Because zombies will evolve, and will eventually attack human bases; already, in the north, a base with over 200,000 people has been overrun by zombies.

Upon hearing this, Lawson felt the gravity of his responsibility.

In most survivors' minds, although zombies are frightening, they lack intelligence and will eventually be exterminated bit by bit, not warranting excessive worry.

Only upon hearing Ye Fan's words did he realize this is entirely inaccurate.

"I must say, recently, as we've ventured out, the zombies are increasingly difficult to deal with; I never thought they could evolve so quickly into commanding zombies."

After relaying these three points, there's one last matter.

Which is to rigorously guard against Meng Liang of Quancheng.

Given that Qu Lin was eliminated here, Ye Fan believes Meng Liang will not let this pass lightly.

According to his intelligence, the military strength of Meng Liang in Quancheng is by no means inferior to that of Guo Zhun in Ice City.

It might even surpass it.

If he really plans to attack, Shannan Base will certainly not withstand.

However, Ye Fan is prepared; he has already dispatched Tang Yafei, along with combat helicopters carrying engineer units and demolition experts.

Their mission is to sabotage the main roads and bridges leading from Quancheng to here.

Especially bridges, they should be demolished whenever possible; this way, even if Meng Liang plans to come over, it won't be anytime soon.

Destruction during the apocalypse is easy, construction is challenging; facing the threat of zombies, it's tough to engage in conspicuous construction, only Dawn Army's engineers can repair with ease.

This way, he can confidently return north to develop, not needing to worry temporarily about attacks on Shannan Base.

Upon concluding these affairs, Tang Yafei and others returned.

"Commander, report from Dragon Gate, Golden City, moving towards Penglai, and Quancheng; the main roads have been sabotaged, all major bridges have been destroyed. According to our engineers, even if Quancheng attempts to repair the roads and bridges towards here, it won't happen before three months."

Ye Fan nodded with satisfaction, having destroyed the roads and bridges; the place is secure, and he's ready to embark on the return journey.

Ye Fan is uncertain when he will return, but if possible, he wishes to come back early to set up the mining site here; the timeframe is about three months.

Perhaps due to the numerous tasks delegated by Ye Fan, and Lawson's reluctance to think rigorously, he promptly established a temporary command post.

Among the people present, he urgently gathered a batch of Evolvers as commanders to share some responsibilities with him.

Observing this scene, Ye Fan slightly furrowed his brow.

Although he had dispatched army dogs for inspection, these individuals currently harbor no ulterior motives, but one thing is certain—people's hearts can change.

Although he was safe here, if he didn't return for a long time, it was hard to ensure these people wouldn't form other ideas.

But with the return imminent, and since Lawson couldn't handle everything alone, Ye Fan agreed for the time being.

As he left, all the troops lined up inside the base.

This time, Ye Fan showcased the military power, truly intimidating the survivors here.

"Lawson, take good care of my home. If there's something you really can't handle, isn't there a helicopter here? Try to fly it north to Shenlongjiang Province. My Dawn City is located at the intersection of Huacheng, Ice City, and Coal City. Come find me there."

"Don't worry, Boss Ye! I'll make sure to manage the Shannan Base well!"

Lawson's way of addressing Ye Fan changed repeatedly, from the initial Younger Brother Ye, to calling him Elder Ye, then Leader Ye, and now, Boss Ye.

This also represented Ye Fan's continuously rising status in Lawson's eyes.

Ye Fan nodded, stood up, and boarded the combat helicopter, which took off and left.

After leaving the Shannan Base, Ye Fan first returned to the train station.

The locomotive was completely repaired and reattached to the carriage.

Ye Fan didn't reclaim this train station.

Because many people had already seen this station, reclaiming it now would seem too abrupt.

However, Ye Fan didn't leave anyone here either. All the trains were gone, and leaving a few staff members here would be redundant. After all, an empty station wouldn't attract anyone's interest.

After waiting a while for the troops to return, everyone began boarding the train.

All soldiers entered the carriages, while the vehicles drove onto the flatbed carriages.

The soldiers swiftly covered everything with black tarpaulin; from the outside, no one could see what was hidden underneath.

When producing the vehicles, Ye Fan had calculated everything, loading tanks, armored vehicles, ferocious dragons and tigers, and other vehicles just right onto the flatbed carriages.

And some temporary collected ordinary vehicles were left here at the train station, whoever wanted to take them could take them.

In the post-apocalyptic world, vehicles were really not worth much; vehicles globally had no owners, more than enough to use.

After loading the vehicles, the soldiers returned to the carriages.

This armored train had large carriages, wider than normal ones.

For example, in the sleeper carriage, while regular trains have single-side sleepers, this one had double-sided sleepers.

Normal carriages have three-tier sleepers; this one had five-tier sleepers!

Therefore, the loading capacity was quite large; one carriage had 400 berths.

There were six carriages in total here, with five carriages providing 2,000 berths, accommodating 2,000 people.

The carriage where Ye Fan was located had half the space as berths, capable of accommodating 200 people.

The remaining half of the carriage was converted into Ye Fan's temporary residence.

Inside were sofa beds, a fridge, a television; the environment was quite nice.

Ye Fan could take the combat helicopter to fly back first, but having not received news of major changes in the north, he decided to travel back with the train first.

After all, inside the train were Zhuge Yunxue, Xiao Jing, Zhao Xiaoman, and other girls. Riding a train was stable and allowed for enjoying the scenery along the way.

It's about enjoying with the people, after all.

Ye Fan didn't want to develop any bureaucratic style, being aloof and unreachable.

Here, with the sofas and beds, it was much better to mingle with comrades.

Two sofas were placed face to face, with a table in between.

On the table were playing cards; Ye Fan prepared to play three-card poker with the three ladies.

There was nothing significant to bet on, so Ye Fan suggested using slapping the palm as the bet; ten palms equated to a pinch on the cheek.

If someone didn't want to accept the punishment, they had to demonstrate greeting customs from different countries and nations to the winner, as a sign of goodwill, and to test their experiences.

All three ladies gladly accepted.

The gambling session was about to start.

Shen Ruihui patrolled inside the carriage with Xiaotian.

Occasionally passing by Ye Fan, he always felt that although the leader had a commander's pouch to freely take things out or put them away, the leader wouldn't cheat.

Ye Fan glanced warily at Shen Ruihui, secretly giving Xiaotian a command: if Company Commander Shen made any sudden moves, Xiaotian must pull at his pants to stop him from coming over.

"Woo~~~!"

The loud train whistle sounded outside.

Clang clang~~~!!!

The armored train began to slowly move.

The surrounding scenery retreated.

After spending over a month in Luqi Province, it was finally time to leave.

Ye Fan and others didn't feel much, but Zhao Xiaoman, who had lived here all her life, was full of emotions.

Having grown up here until the age of 19, she was leaving in such a way.

But it didn't seem like a bad thing; ever since meeting Ye Fan, she felt her luck had improved.

For instance, the first hand she got was three Ks.

Zhao Xiaoman's fair little face showed brightness, and she was full of confidence, ready to slap others' palms this time.

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