Chapter 199 - 191: Conspiracy
Some people wanted to approach the perimeter wall again so they could get a clearer view.
After all, it's quite normal for someone to think they are seeing an illusion when a huge wall suddenly appears in a wilderness.
A buzz-cut headed straight out of the forest and walked toward the direction of the wall.
"Stop! Don't go out." Suddenly, a man behind him said in a low voice.
The buzz-cut didn't want to pay attention to him. Who are you to tell me what to do?
Seeing that the buzz-cut ignored the man, another man with tattoos immediately stepped forward, grabbed him and dragged him back toward the forest.
On the wall, atop the Observation Tower, Li Yu seemed to hear something, as his hearing was usually quite good.
He turned his head and looked in one direction, catching glimpses of several figures.
But the figures moved quickly and disappeared in an instant.
"People? More than one." Li Yu narrowed his eyes. He doubted if he had seen wrongly. But being cautious, he picked up the walkie-talkie.
Speaking to his aunt, who was on duty in the monitoring room, he said: "Auntie, check camera number 35. Look at the footage from 2 minutes ago, see if there were any people."
"Okay," she replied immediately.
There were too many cameras, not seeing immediately was quite normal, but the cameras were recording.
Yu Tong was sitting beside him, arranging lunch, and upon hearing what Li Yu just said, she spoke with a hint of alarm, "Brother Yu, are there people?"
Li Yu hesitantly replied, "Not sure, I didn't see clearly. Let Auntie check the cameras."
Messy Yu Tong put down her food, her gaze fixated on the area outside the base, she looked for a while, then took out a telescope to look further afield.
But the forest obstructed the view making it hard to see clearly.
Less than 30 seconds.
The aunt replied, "Li Yu, Li Yu, there are people, lots of people. I just saw 7 people, but they appeared briefly then left, just now there was one trying to come towards our base, but someone pulled him back."
Li Yu remained calm.
He pressed the walkie-talkie and said to Second Uncle, who was having lunch in the base, "Second Uncle, situation here. Call Second Uncle, Third Uncle, Uncle, Yang Tianlong to come here. Urgent! Bring guns. Also, inform everyone else, the base is entering Level Three security status."
Since some people could find this place, not clear how many there are—maybe just these seven, but possibly many more. This uncertainty made him very uncomfortable.
Not knowing the enemy's strength, it's better to assume they are stronger than they appear.
Second Uncle was eating when he heard Li Yu, didn't ask questions.
He immediately put down his food and informed everyone about the situation.
Calling Third Uncle and others, carrying guns, they ran toward the wall, not forgetting to take his share of food along.
Humans are iron, food is steel, felt anxious without a meal.
Especially in post-apocalyptic times, wasting food is exceedingly foolish.
Everyone ran to the Observation Tower, which was connected to the wall, the tower couldn't accommodate so many people, so some were on the wall.
"What's happening, Li Yu?" asked Second Uncle.
"People are coming, I saw a few figures just now, and later got confirmation from my aunt, she told me there were seven or eight people outside our base just now," Li Yu said gravely, with a stern look.
"People?" Yang Tianlong said nearby.
"Then, let's get ready earlier. We don't know how many of them are coming. We need to increase our vigilance. Our base's perimeter wall is too long," Second Uncle furrowed his brows, speaking coldly.
"That's what I was thinking too. Today Haoxian and Haoran are on duty at the back door, Xiao Hang, you go there and take a look," Li Yu said.
"Now our base wall is manned by 4 people, two in the Observation Tower, two patrolling the wall. In this situation, I think we should directly quadruple that."
"16 people, ensure this number stays constant on the perimeter walls, all equipped with submachine guns, rifles. Two per team, four teams stay in fixed positions, four teams patrol the perimeter walls continuously.
Additionally, move the light machine gun at the main gate, and all the bullets there. Also, move up the hand grenades.
Furthermore, add two more people to the surveillance room, report immediately if anything happens."
Li Yu methodically arranged what needed to be done.
Everyone agreed, countless decisions had proven Li Yu's correctness.
"Should we go out and search?" Second Uncle thought and asked.
Everyone pondered, Li Yu thought as well, but ultimately felt it was inappropriate. They were unclear about the enemy's situation, whether they had guns, and how many people they had.
Recklessly going out, what if they get defeated one by one.
Hearing Li Yu's arrangements, everyone started to act according to the assigned tasks.
....
On the other side, the tattooed man was pulling the small buzz cut guy, retreating backward.
There were also some people trying to rush to the perimeter wall, but they were stopped by a dozen individuals, the very group from Poyang Lake. Squad leader, Second, Fourth...
"Squad leader, what should we do?" Fourth asked.
"Wait and see, see if we can get a piece of the action." the squad leader said.
.....
After locating the people at the base, they returned to the main troop, the big-headed mature man saw them returning and asked, "Did you find them?"
The tattooed man replied, "We found them, by the time we got there, they were just cooking, it smelled incredibly good, and they have a super tall perimeter wall, about 12 meters high."
"How many people?"
"Only saw two for now, they probably didn't notice us," the tattooed man said.
"Hmm, you did the right thing," the mature man seemed to recall something, saying to the others, "Do you guys want to eat? If you want to, then don't go over there. Can you climb over the wall?"
Many people, after hearing the big-headed man's words, suppressed their thoughts. They indeed thought about going over, but after seeing that wall, a lot of their ideas were dismissed.
How to storm inside was a big problem.
The squad leader felt extremely uneasy, originally because the defense was not strong enough, which led to it being overrun by these refugees.
Sigh...
The big-headed mature man asked, "Did you see what weapons they have?"
The tattooed man replied, "I just saw a crossbow. And spears."
The big-headed mature man breathed a sigh of relief and seemed to remember something else, "Do they look like soldiers or something?"
"Probably not, they were a man and a woman."
"A man and a woman, hmm."
The big-headed mature man then looked towards the brother and sister squatting nearby. A thought emerged in his mind.
Since they have seen them.
Since forcefully breaking in is difficult.
Then let this brother and sister go ask for help, if they can open the door.
Maybe there's a chance.
With his mind made up, the big-headed mature man put on that warm jovial smile and looked at them: "Do you want to do a good deed?"