Apocalyptic Reincarnation: Start with a 30-million Bonus

On the other side, where Captain Lv and others are located, it’s not far from Xin City.

In the base...

A scene of tranquility.

Yet within this tranquility, Li Yu was also thinking about how the base should develop in the future.

In this apocalyptic world, weakness is a sin and strength is the only truth.

No one will talk to you about morality, rule of law, or relationships; only when your fists are strong enough can you feel confident.

The old ways of connections, power, and money before the apocalypse have all become utterly useless now.

Interpersonal communication has become more realistic, somewhat cold, but highly efficient in dialogue.

No one talks about ideals and freedom, no one discusses dreams and the future, because in this apocalypse, being able to survive till tomorrow, getting a full meal, is already a fortune.

Currently, the base has 70 people, of which more than 60 are capable of fighting, both men and women.

This number has roughly reached the scale Li Yu had anticipated.

He too had thought about expanding the number of people, but before his rebirth, he had seen too many large gathering places that eventually fell apart due to food issues, causing internal conflicts and making management extremely difficult.

In the fifth year before his rebirth, there were hardly any large gathering places left because they couldn’t be sustained.

Under the dual threats of natural disasters and zombies, there was an abundance of uncertainties.

He had personally experienced it; a gathering place that looked exceptionally strong, with thousands of people!

Yet, due to a blizzard, the crops froze to death followed by torrential rain and a Zombie Tide.

Food crisis, too many people, extremely difficult to manage, differing opinions, and finally, it collapsed!

Under a ruined nest, how can there be any intact eggs.

That time, he almost died too.

Afterwards, he never joined any large gathering places again, because although they meant more strength, they also meant, should there be a problem that couldn’t be solved, the consequences would be even more tragic.

However.

If he doesn’t expand the base, it also means fewer people, and perhaps by leveraging a head start, he might snatch some firearms, but after all, bullets will run out. It’s not a long-term strategy.

However, if you want to expand the group’s size, you’re faced with the same major problem: Food!

He had thought about forming a strong team, recruiting talent, building factories, developing technology. But doing all these needed people and finding these people.

No doubt, this was extremely difficult.

Take the simplest example. Manufacturing firearms and bullets – just making bullets was already tough enough.

Bullet manufacturing involves pressing, requiring a large number of molds, the specific dimensions of which are confidential; generally, workshops don’t have such conditions. If you want to make your own bullets, you must overcome the challenge of mold dimension control.

Then talk about guns!

The structure of firearms can be broken down into the stock, magazine, barrel, cartridge, piston, gun mechanism, firing pin, sights, front sight, trigger, receiver, grip, gun cleaning rod, recoil spring, piston cylinder, gas vent, trigger stop iron, bullet in the chamber, muzzle brake, magazine clip, and safety stop iron, among other components!

Among them, the most challenging one is undoubtedly the ”barrel”!

The barrel, as a major component of a firearm, runs straight through the chamber.

On the battlefield, when the bullet is fired, the expanding gases produced by the explosion of gunpowder or by air pressure push the bullet through the barrel, turning it into a high-speed projectile that ultimately strikes the target.

If pulling the trigger doesn’t smoothly release the high-energy bullet from the barrel, it can cause a ”chamber explosion,” which harbors a fatal risk!

To ensure good hardenability, through hardenability, and machinability, the material’s grain size must reach level 4-6 and the structure must be uniform!

After resolving the material issue, one faces the exacting challenge of crafting the gun barrel. One must consider numerous details, such as the firing pin and linkage engagement points, and even pull out fine rifling in the already thin inner wall of the barrel.

Rifling is the soul of the barrel! It imparts the rotational force to the bullet, allowing it to maintain its predetermined direction and hit the target after leaving the barrel!

If we are just making simple ones, that too requires many processes, perhaps before the apocalypse, some parts could be purchased and assembled.

But now, in the apocalypse, everything is desolate, and there are no complete parts available, just making them on our own. The difficulty is too high.

To produce these things, it is necessary to have professional talents, and the number of people must inevitably increase.

Only by achieving a certain scale can we support this venture. We need some people for protection, some for farming, and some specifically for scientific and technological production.

But once again, it falls into a vicious cycle.

Too many people — natural disasters, Zombie Tide, various accidents, not enough food, prone to collapse.

Too few people — unable to achieve economies of scale, lack of talents, not enough strength for resistance.

It seems that whether there are too many or too few people, the end is always extinction.

This apocalypse is not friendly to humanity.

This apocalypse is not just about zombies; it’s also just about his rebirth skills bringing a Prophet-like advantage.

No superpowers, nor systems, what he has is just his ferocity!

Kill to stop killing! The killing intent is severe!

But as time passes, it’s not just him who is ruthless. Everyone who has survived is ruthless.

This issue still troubles Li Yu.

Originally, his initial plan was to not have too many people, but later when farms were planted at the base, it was discovered that it could support more people, and then more people were admitted.

These people were all carefully vetted before they were allowed to join.

So far, based on his interactions, these people have still satisfied Li Yu.

Standing on the base’s wall overlooking the distant mountains, Li Yu feels the heat gradually lessen.

A breeze blows by, and Li Yu hears footsteps beside him.

It’s Second Uncle.

Second Uncle looks at him, then stands next to him, and neither of them speaks.

He lights a cigarette.

After taking a puff, he lets the smoke blow away in the wind for a while.

Second Uncle then says, ”Li Yu, sometimes, you can share your thoughts or concerns with us more. Don’t keep everything bottled up.”

Li Yu nods silently, stays quiet for a few seconds, and then says, ”The base has inevitably been exposed by now. I have no regrets about the people I’ve killed, but I always worry about the development of the base. With more people, management inevitably becomes difficult, and food becomes the biggest problem. But with too few people, it’s also hard to survive in this apocalypse.”

Second Uncle reflects for a moment, then directly says, ”What’s there to be conflicted about? Just carefully choose your partners, control the number of people within a range we can handle, isn’t that good?”

Li Yu feels as if a fog has lifted upon hearing this. The observer is confused; his constantly perplexing issue seems trivial when Second Uncle mentions it.

Right! If it’s hard to manage many people and we can’t afford to keep them, why not just carefully select useful people to join?