Meanwhile, back at the base.
Inside the base, the continuous fighting had left everyone somewhat fatigued, but it wasn't overly difficult.
Under a clear division of labor, everyone could get enough rest, with only 8 hours of guard duty each day.
Among them, Song Min and the others felt it most strongly; they had faced a zombie horde before.
They still remembered that zombie horde; they had chosen a relatively tall building, but they didn't expect zombies to keep jumping down from the adjacent building, and they had been focused on resisting them.
They faced problems of insufficient manpower, insufficient physical strength, and insufficient food.
If Li Yu and his group hadn't sent them some supplies before the zombie horde broke out, because Song Min and the others had informed Li Yu about the enemy's news.
Otherwise, Song Min's supplies would have run out long ago.
At this time, Song Min's wound had not yet healed, and it had been almost a week; normal walking was not a problem, but she definitely couldn't get it wet, so Li Yu didn't let her go to the wall to resist zombies.
Instead, he arranged her in the monitoring room, letting her pay attention to the environment there.
Today was Song Min's shift in the monitoring room, and the young girl who had fought all day yesterday resisting zombies, the Optimistic Xiao Han who used to follow Song Min, was now on her rest time.
She had a total of 16 hours of rest, and after sleeping, she had nothing to do, so she came to the monitoring room to accompany Song Min.
"Song Jie, I heard we're having lobster and fish for lunch today!" Optimistic Xiao Han said, her apple-like face beaming with a bright and innocent smile.
Song Min's eyes were on the monitoring room screen, and when she heard Xiao Han speak, she turned her head to glance at Xiao Han, seeing a hint of sparkle at the corner of her baby-faced mouth, which made her chuckle.
But it was just a quick glance; after seeing her, she quickly looked back at the monitoring room screen, as she dared not let her guard down.
She also spoke in a teasing tone, "Eat, eat, eat, all you know is eating; look, your face has gotten fat."
"Gulp." Optimistic Xiao Han swallowed, seemingly feeling her mouth wet, and wiped her saliva with her right hand.
"Am I really fat? Song Jie, I'm already so thin." Her apple-like face furrowed, and as her brows furrowed, her whole face seemed to crumple into a ball.
Then, she touched the little bit of flesh on her belly, not much, just a small lump.
She then started smiling again and said, "Song Jie, my little belly has gotten smaller. I've lost weight, I need to eat well."
Song Jie looked at Xiao Han, who had only recently become an adult; she had always been the team's cheerful person, optimistic, positive, and lovely, as if she were carefree every day, with a smile always on her face.
A warm current flowed through her heart; this little apple-faced girl, on her day off today, specifically came to the monitoring room to accompany her, which was very thoughtful.
"Song Jie, is your wound better?" Optimistic Xiao Han raised her baby-faced little face and asked with concern.
She had already convinced herself that she wasn't fat and could eat more, so she had thrown Song Min's comment about her being fat to the back of her mind and started to be happy again.
"Much better, the wound has started to scab over. Little Li Doctor told me to apply medicine and take some medicine on time every day, and it should be fine in a few days," Song Min said softly.
"Mm-hmm, that's good. Speaking of which, we are so lucky to be able to come in here. Thanks to you, Song Jie," Optimistic Xiao Han said.
"The boss is a reliable person, and his strength is also very powerful. Since we have joined, let's work hard. You should know that there is no gain without effort. Since they let us in, we should also work hard together," Song Min said earnestly.
"I know, and I also cherish being able to come in," Optimistic Xiao Han echoed with a nod.
"Song Jie, do you still remember when we were in the county town? Wow, if you ask me to go back now, I simply can't accept it," Optimistic Xiao Han said, seemingly recalling her previous state with some lingering fear.
"Mm!" Song Min, following the monitoring screen, saw the team resisting zombies at the gate, and she also wanted to join, but she couldn't due to her injury.
Although Song Min only replied with an 'mm,' this did not affect Xiao Han's desire to speak, so she opened her mouth again and said:
"Song Jie. I heard that our base mainly relies on solar power generation. And I heard there are many storage batteries! I heard before that even without sunlight to recharge, they could rely on the electricity in the storage batteries for more than half a month!"
After speaking, it seemed she hadn't finished, and her little mouth started chattering again: "Now I hear them saying that they've also installed hydropower generation! If we save electricity, we can use it indefinitely. Wow, that's so cool. I didn't expect us to still have electricity in the apocalypse!"
"I saw that they all have iPads, and I heard recently from Miss Li Yuan that everyone who joins the base will get one, and we'll be getting them soon too! They had apparently downloaded many movies and TV series, and millions of novels before.
Wow wow wow, then I can read novels again. When I get my iPad, I'll read novels while keeping my window open in my room, listening to the rain, and eating dried sweet potatoes..."
Song Min listened to Xiao Han chattering on and on, and suddenly heard something interesting, so she asked, "Dried sweet potatoes? Where did they come from?"
Xiao Han opened her mouth and said, "They planted them in the mountains before, and some that were hard to store were dried as snacks, and there's also corn that can be made into popcorn. I heard we also planted peanuts here, so we can make roasted peanuts then..."
As soon as she started talking about food, Xiao Han began chattering non-stop again.
The base area was large enough that besides planting rice, they also planted some sweet potatoes, corn, and other coarse grains.
They even planted many fruit trees in the mountains last year and harvested some. Some were simply made into dried fruit.
They could also be used as snacks usually.
"Oh, right, Song Jie, I heard there's also a cinema here. I haven't been there yet, but I heard it's almost identical to cinemas before, just a bit smaller."
Song Min just listened quietly to Xiao Han speaking, a faint smile appearing on her face, indicating approval. Such days truly offered hope and were truly flavorful.
This was living, not just surviving. Not struggling to survive, not living on the brink of life, death, and hunger.
"Song Jie, I went to see yesterday, and there's also a library here, and there are so many books there. It seems they moved all the books from two bookstores. There are just too many books!"
"Song Jie, I heard that here, every once in a while, there will be an outdoor party! I heard there's a lot of good food when they have parties, and there was even a bonfire party before. It was right under the Big Camphor Tree, and I heard they roasted whole pigs and whole sheep, oh, and they also said there were delicious drinks like Very Cola and Jianlibao!"
"I really want to participate too. I wonder when it will happen again." As she spoke, a glistening substance began to drool from the corners of her mouth again.
"Song Jie, I also heard that there are so many fish in that mountain pond here. This heavy rain caused the water to rise, and some fish jumped out. I heard they'll be making fried fish for lunch..."
"Who told you that, and why is everything you hear about food?" Song Min said with a smile, listening to the apple-faced girl chattering beside her.
"Miss Li Yuan! She's so nice, and when I asked her, she also likes to eat. Now we're good friends. I really like playing with her..."
Song Min smiled and shook her head.
In the monitoring room, two figures sat in front of the screen, with sounds occasionally coming through, though it was mainly Optimistic Xiao Han speaking, and Song Min mostly responded with a smile and a nod.
