End of the World

Outside the power station, an iron gate blocked the convoy's way, and Chen Guangjun had been waiting there for a long time.

The steep slope outside the power station is a bit abnormal. It is wet on rainy days and few cars in the convoy can drive up it.

"How do I open this door?" Qiao Xinghua couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the big iron gate. Before he even went in, he was shocked by the iron gate and was extremely looking forward to what was inside.

"Just turn on the power and enter the password to open it!" said Chen Guangjun.

"There's no way. Where is the password?" Qiao Xinghua couldn't help but shook his head.

"It's not that there is no way. We can bypass the security system and directly power on the electric hydraulic machine that controls the gate. Maybe it will be possible to open it!" Chen Guangjun shrugged and said. They have plenty of time to do it slowly.

"Expert!" Qiao Xinghua gave a thumbs up.

Chen Guangjun waved his hands, not knowing for a moment whether he was praising him or not, as if saying so made him sound like a notorious bandit in the past.

"Take the diesel and follow me!" Chen Guangjun put on his raincoat and threw away his umbrella.

Qiao Xinghua told everyone to stay in the car and then he carried a barrel of oil and climbed into the power station with Chen Guangjun.

"It's great!" Qiao Xinghua found that the environment was even more beautiful than the photos he took.

"Now is not the time for visiting, come quickly!" Chen Guangjun carried the oil barrel and walked towards the backup generator at the gate.

There was still some fuel in the generator. Chen Guangjun started it and the light at the door came on. The gate had no power yet, so he found the distribution box and closed the emergency power switch. Only then did the gate control console light up.

"Go ahead and look for it. It requires a six-digit letter or number password!" Chen Guangjun said as he fiddled with the console.

"Are you kidding me? Where can I find it?"

"You look for it, I'll go study the gate's drive device." Chen Guangjun said and went outside.

Qiao Xinghua searched around the console, wondering how the password could be placed there. He walked out of the control room.

"How's it going?"

"We have to ask Brother Zhao for tools." Chen Guangjun kicked the door and saw the hydraulic device.

"That'll take a while!" Qiao Xinghua said. Just as he finished speaking, the sound of a rumbling car was heard.

The last few cars escaped and caught up.

"Uncle Zhao, can you hear me?" Qiao Xinghua took out the walkie-talkie and called.

After a while, I received a reply from Zhao Bofeng: "Received, please wait a moment!"

"Uncle Zhao, bring a set of tools over here!"

The Scania behind slowly stopped.

"Okay." Zhao Bofeng replied, put on his raincoat and took the tools over.

Zhao Bofeng came in carrying a box of tools with difficulty. He didn't know what Qiao Xinghua was going to do, so he brought a large box and was breathing heavily from exhaustion.

"Uh, actually there is no need to bring so much!" Qiao Xinghua was stunned.

"So, what are you going to do?"

"Take a look at the hydraulic device of the gate and see if you can short-circuit it to start it!" Qiao Xinghua pointed to both sides of the gate.

Zhao Bofeng went over to check and looked at the big iron gate, but he was not sure.

"It's a bit risky. For hydraulic devices like this one with a safety system, if you bypass the direct power supply, it may damage the motor or the entire hydraulic device!" Zhao Bofeng said to the two.

"Do you have any way to open the door?" Chen Guangjun asked.

"Yes, the hydraulic device is very simple. I removed a hydraulic oil pump and control valve from the excavator and modified it to open the door!" Zhao Bofeng patted the iron door and continued, "I'm worried that it has a safety lock and needs to be unlocked!"

After Zhao Bofeng mentioned this, Chen Guangjun remembered that he had overlooked the security lock. The core of the password is not to control the opening and closing of the door, but the lock.

Chen Guangjun looked again and found that there was a thick metal pillar passing through the top and bottom of the two doors, and two on each side, which firmly fixed the doors to the frame. It could even withstand the impact of a tank. It was very strong.

"It's better to find the password honestly. I guess it will take two days to saw the door open!" said Chen Guangjun. The door locking devices are all located underground and there is no way to unlock them.

Zhao Bofeng used a hand saw blade to scratch the lock bolt a few times, but there was not a single scratch left. This was an alloy with extremely high hardness.

This will be their home from now on. It is impossible to open it by violence, and it is not worth destroying the gate.

Now we can only say that the army is awesome. The gate alone is enough to make people helpless. The convoy does not have any powerful characters like in the movies who can crack the code.

Qiao Xinghua went to pick up Leng Chuan and Lan Yuxuan. They were not sure why the military base was so safe. They didn't even dare to dream of cracking the military system.

Qiao Xinghua asked the two to give it a try without worrying about triggering the alarm.

"Xinghua, what's going on?" Wu Bin's voice came through the intercom.

"The door requires a password and cannot be opened. I'll let Lengchuan try to crack it!" Qiao Xinghua replied, causing Lengchuan to shake his head helplessly.

"What a joke! Don't make things difficult for them. There is an officer's room in the barracks. Go there and look for the one with a five-pointed star on the door," said Wu Bin.

"Okay, over!"

After the communication was completed, Qiao Xinghua and Chen Guangjun went straight to the officers' dormitory.

Wu Bin put down the walkie-talkie, took out the officer's memo, and asked He Yuxin to see if there was a password recorded on it. Of course, this possibility was not high, and Wu Bin himself would not write the password in any memo.

He Yuxin read the entire memo and found no password.

"Let's go in too, Brother Tao, I'll leave this to you!" Wu Bin said as he put on a raincoat.

"Go, go. Don't come back if you can't open the door!" Chen Haitao waved his hand.

Qiao Xinghua almost lifted up the floor in the room, but he didn't find any information related to the password.

The code is either somewhere in that bat nest over there, or in the power station control room across the way.

So Wu Bin took a flashlight, took simple protective measures and went in to investigate. When he passed by two military trucks, he stopped and searched the cars with He Yuxin.

A folder was found on the seat of the truck. When it was opened, it contained two documents with red headers, which were emergency retreat orders from the Central Military District Command.

According to the general description in the document, in August last year, the shelter located in Chaoheling, where the Central Military District Headquarters is located, was besieged by nearly 10 million zombies from three neighboring cities.

The shelter was built within a month based on the Chaoheling base, and the hastily constructed fortifications were not complete.

Just a few words can make you feel the tense situation at that time. A million zombies were already despairing, let alone tens of millions.

The document ordered all troops to retreat eastward, including the s00055 unit. It turned out that there was only a number but no name.

The loss of the shelter and the headquarters made the existence of the power station meaningless, so the troops were simply transferred away.

The second document was consistent with the emphasis in the memorandum, shutting down the generators and closing all safety doors, with an additional item requiring troops to reset the power station's safety system.

"Reset, does that mean the password is reset?" He Yuxin said puzzledly.

"It's much simpler if that's the case." Wu Bin put away the documents and went straight to the gate control room with He Yuxin.

Lan Yuxuan sat in front of the computer. She couldn't even get into the military system, let alone crack the password. Leng Chuan also had no idea.

Seeing Wu Bin coming in, Leng Chuan could only smile bitterly.

He Yuxin walked to Lan Yuxuan's side and Wu Bin nodded to her.

He Yuxin understood and said softly, "Enter six zeros and give it a try!"

"Six zeros?" Lan Yuxuan was confused, but she did as she was told. She entered six zeros into the control system and pressed the Enter key. The buzzer sounded and the system prompted that the password was incorrect.

He Yuxin shook her head, Wu Bin gestured to continue, and Leng Chuan looked confused.

"Enter the numbers one to six in order!"

“?” Lan Yuxuan didn’t understand, and the input was still wrong.

At this time, the alarm outside rang. Fortunately, there were no zombies here, and because the power was completely cut off, no other alarms were triggered.

"I'll handle it, go on!" Wu Bin handed the folder to He Yuxin and pulled Leng Chuan out to deal with the alarm. They couldn't stop it, so they had to dismantle it.

"Sister Yuxin, you still have one more chance. If you enter the wrong information again, the system will be locked." Lan Yuxuan reminded.

He Yuxin had a headache. Did they reset the password? What would the reset password be?

Qiao Xinghua and Chen Guangjun rushed over when they heard the alarm.

"What's wrong?" Qiao Xinghua asked.

"What did you find?" He Yuxin did not answer, but asked them both.

Both of them shook their heads. He Yuxin sighed softly, then thought of something. She opened the folder and looked at the power station number. If the password was reset, the number would be more confidential and only military personnel would know it.

"You enter this." He Yuxin pointed to the number on the command document.

"Okay." Lan Yuxuan took a look and entered it for the last time. s00055 was exactly six digits.

"Don't blame me if I can't untie you!" He Yuxin looked at Qiao Xinghua and the others, and said embarrassedly.

"It doesn't matter." Qiao Xinghua shook his head. At worst, the door could be taken down.

"I confirmed it!" Lan Yuxuan let out a long sigh and tapped the keyboard with her slender fingers.

The alarm stopped instantly, there was a sound from the door, the indicator light turned green, and the two rotating lights on the door frame lit up, making a beeping sound.

With a click, the door unlocked and slowly opened.

"It actually worked!" Qiao Xinghua was delighted and gave He Yuxin a thumbs up.

"How do you know the password?" Chen Guangjun asked with a smile, looking at the open door.

He Yuxin handed the folder over directly. Chen Guangjun took it, glanced at it, and gave He Yuxin a thumbs up. He reacted quickly and guessed what the army was thinking.

"Huh, well done!" Wu Bin came in and said to the two women.

The door was opened. The next step was to find a way to get the convoy into the power station. This steep ditch was slippery and would probably be difficult to get into.

Leaving Leng Chuan and Lan Yuxuan in the control room, the others returned to the motorcade and first let Qiao Xinghua's RV try to go uphill.

The RV took a running start for a distance, then stepped on the accelerator and rushed up the ramp in a flash, seemingly with ease.

Zhao Bofeng shook his head. Other heavy-loaded vehicles couldn't do that. Even if they were going down a slope, they might get stuck and slip halfway. RVs were designed for off-road use.

The other vehicles are very ordinary road trucks. Although it is said that there are only cowards but no bad cars, the angle of this steep slope is well considered, with a steep bottom and a gentle top.

This means that the speed when rushing up the slope cannot be too fast, otherwise the front wheel will jump up directly when it hits the slope. If it is too slow, it will not be able to go up.