Volume 5: The Destruction of the Gods Chapter 52 Taking Over the Granary
The next morning, Shen Jin was woken up by a phone call from Liu Jin, "Boss, the head of Hulu City government wants to see you!"
"Huh? Haven't you sent them away yet? Didn't I tell you to send them to Zhang Qiang in S City yesterday?"
"Uh... Boss, you asked us all to go out yesterday to build a 6-meter-high single-layer city wall first, and postpone the rest of the work. My brothers have already finished the basic city wall overnight and are just about to send it to City S!"
“Oh, it seems so!”
In order to ensure safety, Shen Jin first asked his extraordinary people and the construction team to repair the city wall and enclose a part of the territory to prevent the zombies from the surrounding mountains from sneaking in.
Although they claimed that they had cleared out all the zombies in Hulu City, they did not actually clear out all the zombies in the mountainous area. They only cleared out the urban area, suburbs and other places that could be considered cities. The large mountain ranges in the northwest of Hulu City all followed the ancestral mountains of Q City... The terrain was complex and changeable, and the vision was severely blocked. There was no need to go into the mountains to clear out the zombies, as it was too inefficient.
"Why are these people meeting me? They're complaining again... No, no, just send someone to send them away!"
Liu Jin said in embarrassment: "Boss, they are occupying the granary in Hulu City and they have a group of extraordinary people here. If we force them to leave... we will have to fight. Look at this..."
"This group of people! Fighting zombies is useless. After we finish, they are dragging us down and making trouble. It's so annoying. Don't move yet. Wait for me!"
Shen Jin would not let them fight. Some people in official uniform might be shameless, but those soldiers were loyal and good people. They should not be hurt at the hands of their own people.
The granary in Hulu City is actually not very big. It is far smaller than the one in Q City and is probably only half the size.
But this is enough to feed the original 2 million local residents of Hulu City for a year, not to mention the population size after the apocalypse. As long as it is handed over to Shen Jin for safekeeping, it will be enough to feed them for 20 years.
Shen Jin came to the granary in the suburbs, which was just on the edge of their city wall, 15 kilometers away from the city center.
Liu Jin and his guards were confronting the people inside. The outside of the granary was built with simple defenses such as iron nets and earth walls. Soldiers were standing on several lookout towers, holding military crossbows in their hands, staring down.
But Shen Jin could see that there were not many soldiers, and he also felt that there was no aura of high-level extraordinary people here. The most powerful ones were only two second-level extraordinary people.
The leader was a woman in her 40s, dressed in a white suit, looking very energetic and imposing. "Hmm... she looked like the leader I often saw on TV before!"
Shen Jin was wearing quantum armor and flew quickly in the air. It was not until he landed in front of the woman that the sonic boom sounded. Shen Jin arrived first, and the sound followed, "Pa pa pa~!"
The extremely high speed penetrated into the pores of the middle-aged woman's body with a unique momentum, making her tremble and feel panic.
If Shen Jin loses balance, she will be smashed into a meat pie...
But the woman did not move, because she knew she could not escape and it was useless to move. When others saw the speed, it was too late to rescue her. As soon as they thought about it, Shen Jin had already arrived in front of the woman.
The strong wind blew her black hair back, and one could tell from her facial features and crow's feet that she was once a beauty.
Shen Jin's quantum armor turned into particles and flowed into the energy source on his chest, revealing a casual outfit. "I heard... you want to see me?"
Surprise flashed across the woman's face. At this encounter, she realized the gap between herself and the other party. Even if all the extraordinary people on her side attacked together, they were helpless against this armored man and were even easily defeated!
She took a deep breath, her body trembling slightly as she stretched out her hand: "Hello...! I am the official from Hulu City..."
"Stop, stop, stop! I don't want to hear about your official position before the end of the world. Those are useless now, aren't they? Just tell me what you want. I suggest you think about it before you ask, so as to avoid some unpleasant things!"
Aggressive!
Shen Jin didn't indulge her. The world was still waiting to be saved. He didn't have time to argue with the former government officials. He had already argued with those people once when he was in Q City last time. It was very meaningless.
There were some people in black suits standing behind the woman, mostly men. They frowned and looked a little unhappy, but no one spoke first. This was not a good time to retort. They were not stupid. On the contrary, they might be the smartest people in this city.
The woman hesitated for a moment, then put on a smile and said, "I don't think we should be hostile to each other, because we are all Chinese. What you have done also proves that you are responsible extraordinary people in this country. This country needs more organizations like yours to survive!"
Shen Jin nodded in agreement: "Indeed, if everyone is as useless as you, this country will be doomed..."
"Haha...haha, sir, you really know how to joke." The woman laughed awkwardly a few times, trying to cover up her embarrassment. "The situation here in Hulu City is special. We are indeed not capable enough to recover it, but we have also taken in a lot of ordinary people recently, which is considered to be our contribution. Now that the zombies in Hulu City have been cleared, I plan to go to the military base of the previous army to receive the previous equipment and set up a Tianluodiwang branch. I will report all these to my superiors. Here... I sincerely invite you to join the Tianluodiwang branch. Brothers like you who are so good at fighting, I think the combat department is prepared for you. When the time comes, you will be the head of the combat department, and we will be in charge of logistics and provide you with military funding support!"
The woman spoke very coherently. It seemed that this paragraph had been discussed several times. Others behind her quickly said, "Jia Sz is right. A strong combat team like ours should play its role in the combat department. In the future, we can even gradually recover L Province! This is a good thing that benefits the country and the people. It will go down in history in the future!"
"The military and politics are inseparable. Let's work together to develop Hulu City so that the people can feel at ease. We still have great prestige here!"
"Once we reestablish contact with the Heaven and Earth Network, we will have a fixed supply system. By then, our number of extraordinary people will experience an explosion, and we will continue to grow bigger and stronger in the future. As you know, the Heaven and Earth Network is our official support. Without official status, it would be impossible to get supplies!"
These former officials began to use soft or hard methods to get Shen Jin to work with them.
Shen Jin and Liu Jin looked at each other, and saw the shock in each other's eyes, "Liu Jin...didn't you tell them our true identity?"
Liu Jin suppressed his laughter and said, "Pfft! I haven't had time yet... I'm busy building the city wall!"
Shen Jin looked at these former government officials who were trying to seize power from him with some pity: "How long have you not contacted Tianluodiwang? Oh! By the way... I have a satellite receiver of Tianluodiwang and have been paying attention to you. I have never seen anyone in charge of Hulu City participate in the meeting. Isn't that right? Didn't you use the satellite phone to ask for support?"
These people were a little surprised. The woman said in disbelief, "The satellite phone is out of power... Have you contacted the headquarters of the Tianluodiwang?"
Liu Jin said quickly: "More than just a connection, we are a branch of the dragnet and a close collaborator!"
Shen Jin thought about his daily supply of supplies to Tianluodiwang and nodded, saying that what he said was correct.
Jia SZ continued, "Tianluodiwang also has a military-political division. If you want to emulate the Tianluodiwang General Administration, you should cooperate with us! Let's build an internal and external coordination organization in Hulu City. Believe me, managing so many people is far more complicated and troublesome than you think. If it weren't for the fact that we were all leaders of Hulu City before, we wouldn't be willing to take on this job, but! We must take on this responsibility! Well, since you and Tianluodiwang are in the same camp, then we are a family. Come on, follow us to the military base, contact the headquarters there, and then we will talk about the next task allocation!"
The others also became confident. If it was an outside organization, they would need to talk to them carefully, fearing that they would do something irrational. However, if it was someone from the Tianluodiwang organization, they would not have to worry so much. They were all people from the system, and they had to follow rules when doing things. They were playing games, not fists.
Shen Jin looked at the inexplicably confident woman and reached out to stop her. Those people looked at Shen Jin with puzzled eyes.
"Liu Jin, do you remember the last time we rescued those people from Q City?"
"Remember! They said a lot of bullshit too!"
"This scene and conversation seem familiar..."
"Huh? It seems so. Although the expressions are different, the basic meaning is the same. They have no ability, and after seeing others taking over, they become jealous and want to seize power!"
Liu Jinchi's naked words instantly angered those people in black suits. They quickly argued, "How can you slander someone's innocence out of thin air? Military and political affairs...how can you call it seizing power? Vulgar, my sister is educated!"
"This is...working together for development and considering the people. Do you understand management and the rule of law?"
"Okay, stop arguing. Let's go contact the Dragnet headquarters. Then we can clarify the right and wrong. Let's just follow the headquarters' arrangements, okay?"
At this moment, Shen Jin suddenly sighed, "Ah..."
"Do you know what happened to those people after the officials in Q City said that?"
The woman asked, "How...?"
"I left them an intact body..."
Everyone: Σ(°△ °|||)︴
The atmosphere suddenly became quiet, and the air around them seemed to be frozen...
After a moment, Shen Jin raised his lips slightly: "I lied to you!"
The members of Hulu City government only then realized that they were sweating profusely . The woman wiped her forehead and laughed awkwardly: "Haha~! Sir really likes to joke, you don't look like..."
Shen Jin's mouth curled up: "How can it be a complete corpse? Wouldn't it turn into a corpse? I scattered all the ashes!"
Everyone: w(°Д°)w
At this moment, they thought of the strength of Shen Jin's side and were instantly intimidated. They really had this ability!
Shen Jin looked at the group of "scene people" who were about to be frightened, and patted the woman on the shoulder. "Big sister, before I change my mind, bring your people out quickly. I will have my men send you to S City. If you have any tricks or words, go and use them with Zhang Qiang and the others. They won't work with me!"
Shen Jin didn't use much force, but the woman's shoulders seemed to be bent by the heavy burden, and she could hardly straighten her waist.
After that, these people didn't say another word. They packed up their things and gave up the granary. Shen Jin sent some people to take them to fly to S City, which only took half an hour.
The granary was completely taken over by Liu Jin's people. After counting the amount of grain in the granary, Liu Jin cursed: "Fuck it! The amount of grain reserves is not even half full! They took it all???"
The grain storage here is already half the size of that in Q City, and the actual storage space inside is even less!
It definitely wasn’t all eaten by humans. A 9-month-old human can’t eat so much!
There are only 40,000 tons of grain in the warehouse, basically rice, and only half a tank of cooking oil, 150 tons.
This is less than 1/4 of Q City’s grain and oil reserves. Shen Jin was speechless. He should not have let them go so easily. He should have asked them why the grain reserves required by the country were so limited.
This definitely doesn’t meet the requirements!
"I'm so angry! How can you be greedy for such life-saving supplies?"
Shen Jin was angry for a long time, but there was nothing he could do. It was difficult to say who did this kind of thing, or maybe... everyone did it.
The guards used their cube-forming abilities to load the food in the granary into steel storage boxes. Liu Jin looked at his watch and said, "Brother Jin, it's time to hold a meeting with the survivors of Hulu City!"
It is now 9 o'clock in the morning. Shen Jin nodded, and a layer of silver-white armor appeared on his body, wrapping him up. He accelerated instantly. The next moment, Shen Jin was already in the air. Liu Jin could only see a series of phantoms left by Shen Jin's super fast speed.
"Tsk tsk! Boss, this outfit is so cool! If we give each of our brothers a set, won't we be invincible?"
A younger brother said, "Captain, we are lucky to follow the boss. Do you remember when the boss saved us from the reproductive zombies? At that time, the boss was still wearing steel craftsman soul armor. Later, after the boss put on the black fishing net armor, we wore steel armor. Now the boss has changed his armor again. I guess we will soon wear black fishing net armor, so... as long as we keep following the boss, sooner or later we will be able to wear this awesome equipment!"
Liu Jin thought about it and realized that this is the truth!
"That's right, Sun Li and his men have worn the boss's black fishing net armor. It is said that it uses electricity for defense and can automatically activate the defense field. It is very powerful! I'm sure our guards will be able to get it too!"
"It's a good idea to hang out with the boss! These days are becoming more and more promising~!"
"Let's go! Let's go to the China World Trade Center. After we finish our work here, I'll treat everyone to grilled fish for lunch today!"
“Ooooooh!”
Grilled fish is not expensive in No. 1 Home, because there are plenty of fish in the sea after spring comes and flowers bloom. In addition, No. 1 Home has a special seafood farm, and fresh fish, shrimp and shellfish can be bought in grocery stores, which is much cheaper than pork.
"Let's go, let's fly too!"
The guards put on [electric jet packs] and headed to the International Trade Building in Hulu District.
