bayedsolid Chapter 265 Living Area
Chapter 265 Living Area
Tashan is like a tireless piece of construction machinery.
He picked up the oil drums and trudged back and forth between the oil depot and the ground.
There are so many oil drums here, it's a pity the convoy can't carry that much oil.
"So much oil, we can't take it with us! What a pity!" Fu Xiaojian's eyes were full of reluctance.
"I have a way to take it away!" Chen Pei said.
Xu Si couldn't help but look at him.
He knew that Chen Pei was referring to the "Resonating Conch," whose "all-encompassing" characteristic allows it to hold 30,000 cubic meters of liquid.
That's equivalent to roughly 18 barrels of gasoline.
He can take most of the oil drums and gasoline from the oil depot, so the fleet will basically say goodbye to fuel shortages.
However, if this strange object is used as an oil storage device, it will almost certainly weaken Chen Pei's combat power.
Especially in desert environments, their combat effectiveness is almost halved.
However, since Xu Si has already given away the rare item, Chen Pei's choice is no longer Xu Si's concern.
A moment of silence fell over everyone, and all eyes turned to Chen Pei.
The boy stood at the entrance of the oil depot, holding a conch-like object in his hand, his gaze calm.
"A rare object?" Fu Xiaojian asked.
He remembered the strange object, but did not know its specific characteristics.
"Mm." Chen Pei nodded.
In fact, his sequence is greatly limited in the desert, and he cannot even use the commonly used Ten Thousand Serpents.
After entering the desert, he was almost invisible. This resonating conch shell is now his trump card, designed to cope with the current water shortage.
However, the team's needs outweighed his own, or at least that's what he thought.
Everyone's attention was focused on the snail shell, which was warm and smooth, with its spiral patterns shimmering with a faint blue light under the dim light.
"This..." Fu Xiaojian was somewhat troubled, his trouble being the ownership and distribution of the gasoline.
If they can really take the gasoline away, then according to the previous logic, this would be Chen Pei's own spoils.
According to the principle of contribution, the gasoline should belong to Chen Pei himself.
However, this was a matter of life and death for the team, and he could not allow Chen Pei to monopolize it.
But he couldn't go back on his word and force Chen Pei to contribute.
"Great, as long as you can take it with you, it'll still be yours, Brother Chen Pei. If I want to trade with you, you'll have to give me a discount!" Just as Fu Xiaojian was in a dilemma, Ta Shan said casually.
The others also spoke kindly to Chen Pei, without any intention of morally blackmailing him.
This relieved Fu Xiaojian and calmed him down.
No one disappointed him; not a single person said anything that could undermine unity.
What belongs to someone else belongs to them.
Chen Pei felt a little embarrassed by being surrounded by so many people.
Since Xu Si gave him this strange object, he has hardly used it, and it is still empty inside.
He walked to the nearest row of oil drums, and with the help of the special properties, streams of gasoline burst open the drum lids and surged towards the conch-shaped opening like water snakes.
Meanwhile, Li Miao, Shao Bing, and others seized the opportunity to open all the oil filling ports in the oil depot.
Under Chen Pei's guidance, not a single drop of oil was wasted, and it was all poured into the small conch shell in his hand.
The entire process lasted about ten minutes, during which all the barrels of fuel stored in the oil depot completely disappeared.
However, the pouring process did not stop; the real bulk of the money came from the oil reserves in the depots.
Deep inside the oil depot, the fuel stored in huge sealed tanks is being drawn by an invisible force, transforming into dark oil streams as thick as oil drums, breaking free from the constraints of the pipes and rushing toward the screw outlet.
The process was eerily quiet, with only the gurgling sound of the flowing liquid echoing in the empty oil depot.
The fist-sized conch shell did not increase in weight by even a fraction.
"Great!" Tashan couldn't help but cheer, his rock-like face filled with amazement.
This is the most direct contrast to the scene of him struggling to move the oil drums just now.
The others weren't idle either; some were dismantling car parts, especially tires.
These are all military supplies, far superior to their already tattered tires.
Even if the models don't match, there's still Wang Hu!
The convoy's trip was worthwhile even just for the underground level alone.
The looting of supplies on the basement level was in full swing.
Chen Pei practically emptied the oil depot; Yang Fan, on the other hand, was fascinated by the various firearms in the armory, examining several well-maintained assault rifles as if caressing a lover. He also discovered ammunition boxes, grenade boxes, and even an RPG-7.
Wang Hu, along with Xiao Wu and Shao Bing, carefully inspected the off-road vehicles, and the disassembled vulnerable parts filled several ammunition boxes.
Jiao Jiao was eager to get a new vehicle and had already driven a wheeled armored vehicle out to replace the supplies in the car.
Su Su continued searching for other supplies on the first floor.
Xu Si's attention had already shifted to the entrance leading to a deeper level.
It was a passageway located in a corner of this floor, sealed off by a thicker alloy gate.
The gate was tightly closed, and the electronic lock panel next to it was dull and lifeless, but the gate itself showed almost no signs of rust, making it stand out from its surroundings.
The second floor is the living area, and there must be supplies stored there.
This was also Xu Si's destination on this trip.
As for Nirvana, it abandoned its vehicles and went to devour the fighter jets in a corner where no one could find it.
Perhaps fighter jets would suit his taste better.
With a few sword strikes, the heavy alloy gate collapsed directly at Xu Si, revealing a dark downward passage.
The star vein was the first to probe in, and the scene it returned made Xu Si raise an eyebrow slightly.
The basement level is an equipment depot, but this area is a completely different world.
The dormitory area is neat and uniform, with metal bed frames arranged in a strict matrix. Most of the beds are empty, but a few beds even have thin blankets folded into tofu blocks on them, only covered with dust.
The corridor is lined with closed doors, and signs with Arabic script and simple icons: canteen, medical station, recreation room, gym, and even a room labeled "library/archives".
The atmosphere of daily life is much stronger than in the upper floors, but it is also frozen in a moment of sudden interruption.
There were no corpses, no bloodstains, only an eerie stillness as if the pause button had been pressed.
Footsteps echoed in the empty corridor.
Xu Siping led the way, followed closely by Fu Xiaojian and Tashan, while Yang Fan held a silver spear and remained on guard.
Since neither of them needed to change cars, it saved them a lot of trouble.
"Knife, where's the switch here? It's so dark I can't see anything!" Xu Si had star-like eyes, and although Fu Xiaojian had a flashlight, his field of vision was still very limited.
Xu Si sensed it.
At the innermost part, near the lower entrance, a concealed emergency power distribution system was discovered.
Xu Si closed a huge power switch.
"Bang, bang, bang..."
As the lights came on, the second-floor space was fully revealed.