End of the World

The iron gate is 4 meters high, with watchtowers on both sides and connecting passages on the door frame. The iron gate is driven by an electric hydraulic press and requires a password to start.

There is a small room under the watchtower with a built-in diesel generator, which serves as a backup power source for the big iron gate.

"Oh my goodness, this means our door is really big!" Dafeng said, and climbed up the watchtower impatiently, and the four followed him up one after another.

Just as expected, the road outside the door was a dirt road, and no one knew where it extended to. It was a road that did not exist on the map.

There is a slope outside the door, with a slope of more than ten degrees. On the right side below the slope, you can vaguely see parked vehicles, but they are blocked by big trees and cannot be seen clearly.

Chen Guangjun noticed that there were many cameras everywhere on the outer wall. The defense system here should be no less than the previous Shitaishan Prison.

"Although I don't know where this road leads to, I think it is necessary to cut it off to prevent others from finding this place!" Wu Bin said.

Chen Guangjun nodded in agreement, and Dafeng asked, "How do we cut it? Dig it up?"

He Yuxin, who was standing next to him, looked at the trees on the roadside and thought of a solution.

"You can plant trees. Remember, Mu Ruonan and the others built the walls of the logging camp with fresh trees, and they made sure they survived!"

Walls made of trees are indeed stronger than ordinary civil walls. More importantly, they grow naturally, do not require frequent maintenance, and have their own camouflage. The disadvantage is that they have a long growth cycle and are only suitable for long-term planning.

Wu Bin smiled and thought it was a good idea. If possible, he would also like to plant a circle of trees around the power station to prevent others from approaching easily.

The buildings in the living area are much richer, all of which are two-story bungalows, so as not to be too much higher than the walls.

The living area has a basketball court, a badminton court, and ten small buildings. It covers an area more than twice that of the functional area. In addition to the cafeteria, there is also a chess and card room for entertainment. In short, the living facilities are complete.

The design of the building is similar to the previous checkpoint barracks, with a central hall and two rooms, more than enough to accommodate a family.

"Wow, that's great!" He Yuxin fell in love with this place the instant she saw it, especially the small balcony on the second floor.

"Wu Bin, how about we live on the second floor in the front row?" She actually wanted to occupy the room directly.

The first row has a wide view, and the reservoir can be vaguely seen through the woods. The roof has been insulated to prevent the building from being too obviously exposed. The camp and the entire power station have a high degree of greening, and the buildings are almost all under the shade of trees, so that the lighting in the room may not be very good.

"Okay!" Wu Bin promised her that as the captain, he still had the right to choose a room.

"You can also take a look at which room you like!" Wu Bin said to Chen Guangjun and the other two.

"I'll live wherever the infirmary is!" Chen Guangjun didn't care, and it also confirmed his relationship with Fang Xiaoyun. After all, they were trapped on the roof together during the disaster, which was a special fate.

"I live downstairs from Brother Bin!" said Dafeng.

"Me... me too!" Yan Nuoling glanced at Dafeng and said.

He Yuxin raised her eyes and looked at the two of them, but did not expose them.

But Dafeng looked at Yan Nuoling and asked curiously: "Why are you following me?"

Wu Bin was speechless. Was this guy really stupid or just pretending to be stupid? He patted his shoulder and said, "I'm not living in the same room with you, so you're not allowed to miss me!"

He Yuxin covered her mouth and chuckled. Feelings need to be cultivated. Dafeng may not have any feelings for Yan Nuoling now, but they will fall in love after living under the same roof for a long time.

"You kid, don't you want to occupy the two bedrooms and one living room alone?"

"No, I just don't... take care of it... She, a girl, can't stand it!" Dafeng defended, "Let Qiao Xinghua live across the street, so that she can find fault with him when she has nothing to do!"

"…You can find fault, but fighting is not allowed. If Meng Zihan agrees, I have no objection!" Wu Bin said.

"She...she...!" Dafeng scratched his head. Well, he didn't dare to hit Meng Zihan. The result would be that he would be beaten by her. It was okay to joke around normally, but if he really did that, she would not give him any face.

There is also a parking shed on the north side of the living area with a total of six parking spaces and two military green Sinotruk single-axle trucks parked there.

"Cars can come in, but we can't find the way?" Wu Bin said.

There is another cave entrance further north, closer to the waterfall. It is a passage that is five meters high and six meters wide. The passage was dug out of the mountain and there should be a larger space inside.

The five people walked over and stood outside the cave. It was pitch black inside without any light. Although it was a military facility, Wu Bin still felt a little uneasy.

There was no one in the power station, not even a zombie.

The five people took out flashlights and entered the cave to explore together. After walking about ten meters into the passage, they saw a large iron door that was the same as the main gate, and it was not closed.

When I got closer, I found that the door was twenty centimeters thick, a complete explosion-proof door. I didn't expect that there was such a space in the power station.

After passing through the gate, the space inside suddenly became clear. When I shone the flashlight beam, I found that the space was more than ten meters high above and more than ten meters wide on each side.

Except for Chen Guangjun, Wu Bin and other three were seeing such a large space for the first time. It was even larger than the airport hangar. You have to know that this was inside a mountain. The military was really generous.

However, such a huge space seemed very empty and they didn't see anything. So the five of them moved forward and continued to explore deeper.

"Look, there's something over there!" Dafeng shone the flashlight to the left and found some huge objects wrapped in plastic film that reflected the light.

The five people walked quickly over and came to the front. They had no idea what the thing was. There seemed to be some animal excrement on the plastic film and on the ground as well.

"This...!" Yan Nuoling subconsciously looked up and was so shocked that she was speechless.

Chen Guangjun quickly reached out to block the light of her flashlight.

"Don't take a photo, this is a bat nest!"

Chen Guangjun couldn't tell what kind of bats they were, but he said don't disturb them as there would be plenty of them.

"Bat nest? Can they be eaten?" Dafeng couldn't believe it, his first thought was to eat it.

"If you want to get Ebola from eating it, just try it!" Chen Guangjun couldn't help but roll his eyes at him.

"I didn't expect them to be so selective about where to go!" Wu Bin whispered, "We can only wait until the power is restored before we can drive them away!"

Knowing that it was a bat's nest, the five people quietly retreated. He Yuxin and Yan Nuoling felt a little disgusted when they saw the bats. They were like mice with wings. One or two was okay, but too many was unbearable.

The power station is generally fine, but I can't be sure about the generator.

It was still early, so Chen Guangjun decided to go out and see the situation outside the power station and walk along the road outside. He asked the four people to stay at the power station while he went out alone.

As soon as he came out of the power station, Chen Guangjun saw the vehicles parked outside. They were dark green military earth-moving machinery, including bulldozers, excavators, graders, cranes, etc.

There were about a dozen of them parked under the shade of the trees, definitely an engineering team.

Hoping they could be used, Chen Guangjun did not check them but walked along the road. The dirt road surface was sprouting green life again, and their prosperity represented the end of humanity.

At the power station, everyone was tidying up the room. The room was not messy, but from some traces it could be seen that the troops here retreated in a hurry.

Wu Bin came to a room with a red star on the door. This was the commander's room, and the furnishings inside were different from the others.

There are two photos and two banners hanging on the wall.

The silk banner was issued by the Central Military Region Command and is a collective honor for the 107th Engineering Company. The 107th Company was originally stationed here, but why is there a "工" in front of it? Engineer? Or something else?

The photos are two group photos. One is of all people in military uniforms, and the other one has half the number of people, who appear to be all wearing white coats. They should be technicians from the power station.

Wu Bin counted and found that there were more than 200 people in the two photos. The number of barracks here did not seem to match the number of people. The barracks were standard rooms and there were no dormitories. Could it be that the technicians' rooms were located directly next to the generator room?

On the desk in the room, there was a leather-wrapped notebook. Wu Bin opened it, but unfortunately it was not a diary, but a memo.

The earliest date recorded in the memorandum was three years ago and recorded some engineering matters.

Wu Bin believed that this should be an upgrade project of the power station, and the 107th Company should have moved in at that time to replace the original troops.

Wu Bin skipped the process and went straight to the final date.

The disaster happened on Friday, July 3rd last year, because Wu Bin had just passed the second subject at that time and the school was closed that afternoon, so he took a leave to take the exam.

The last date of the memorandum was August 20th of last year, which means that the power station was still operating for a month and a half after the end of the world.

The memorandum did not mention why the retreat took place suddenly. It only recorded the retreat process, including shutting down the generator sets, closing the water turbine inlet, shutting down the power supply to the distribution room, opening the dam's flood control and discharge gates, and finally closing all safety gates.

The memo mentioned closing all safety doors, so why wasn’t the explosion-proof door of the giant warehouse closed, and it turned into a bat cave? Was there something wrong with the initial execution of the procedure, or did they come back later?

In the cafeteria, all the tables and chairs are arranged in an orderly manner without a trace of clutter. There are more than a dozen tables that can accommodate more than a hundred people for dining at the same time. When a convoy arrives, there is enough space for everyone to sit down.

He Yuxin and Yan Nuoling went straight to the kitchen, which was just as bright and tidy. Seeing such a kitchen, their mood became better.

The kitchen was fully equipped with pots, pans, and kitchen appliances, and was in no way inferior to the kitchen of a five-star hotel. Many of the appliances and kitchen utensils were things the two women had never seen before, and there was even a kitchen air conditioner overhead.

The kitchen uses a gas stove and an induction cooker, but neither of them works. He Yuxin can't find the gas bottle under the stove. There is a valve in the gas pipe, and the pipe is directly connected to the underground.

He Yuxin opened the valve, but there was not a drop of gas. It was strange. Could it be that the gas came from the gas pipeline?

There is no water in the kitchen faucet either. The water should be taken from the reservoir, through a pressure pump and a water purifier. There is no water without electricity.

The power station also has a sewage purification device, and all water sources will be discharged downstream only after purification.