Early the next morning, Li Yu and his second uncle arrived at the first underground floor of those two long buildings.
This first underground floor was completely enclosed, but it also had dozens of exhaust fans.
When the large door of the first underground floor was opened, it mostly contained miscellaneous items, and because it hadn't been opened for a long time, a foul odor immediately wafted out.
Li Yu turned on the lights.
Thump, thump, thump.
The incandescent lights overhead turned on one by one, like a carousel.
With the lights on, the two stood in the vast space, silent.
Footsteps echoed.
Li Yu then turned on the exhaust fans.
The sound of the exhaust fans broke the silence of the space.
Li Yu looked at some of the construction materials and other miscellaneous items in front of them and said, "Second Uncle, have someone clean this up later. We should have enough seeds. Talk to my mom about it later.
Let's get this done as soon as possible. When we return, I hope this place is already on the right track."
His second uncle replied, "Don't worry, leave this to me."
Li Yu then looked around the underground room. When it was originally built, they had considered the possibility of various extreme weather conditions, so they took everything into account during construction.
Although this underground room looks dusty now, it is waterproof and exceptionally sturdy.
Because it is underground, it naturally has a constant temperature effect. Although it's not perfectly constant, the temperature difference is much smaller compared to above ground.
Since they were going to plant crops, the most important point was lighting, which could be provided by LED plant lights. Next was water, which could be supplied through soil cultivation, hydroponics, or even aeroponics.
Aeroponic cultivation is similar to a humidifier, where plant roots are placed in an enclosed space and water is supplied by misting.
This misting cultivation method was essentially invented to conserve water resources, and its effect is quite good.
Temperature was not the biggest problem for the base. The base had tens of tons of gasoline and diesel for power generation; there were also hydroelectric generators; currently, solar photovoltaic was used the most, and they couldn't even use all the electricity generated from that alone.
In this underground room, the central air conditioning could be run 24 hours a day, and humidifiers could be used to maintain the temperature.
Li Yu walked around the underground room twice, found no problems, and then left.
He was leaving the day after tomorrow, so he also needed to prepare well.
According to their plan and calculations, there were three potential locations for a Military Base: Laowu Mountain in the West, Eastern Yin Mountain, and Zhuge Mountain to the South.
They couldn't split their forces to search these three locations, as they had always followed a lean troop strategy, and their manpower was limited. If they split again, their strength would be divided into three.
Since they couldn't split up, there had to be an order of priority: first go to Zhuge Mountain in the South, then to Eastern Yin Mountain, then return to the farm base for resupply, and finally go to Laowu Mountain in the West.
South.
Li Yu fell into thought.
Wiping off sweat, it was already October, and the temperature was still above 39 degrees Celsius. The outdoor temperature from noon to evening could reach 45 degrees Celsius.
It was indeed a bit hot. At midday, he had planned to walk around the base to experience this weather, but then he thought better of it.
Originally, after the drought days, it had rained for a while, and the weather had cooled down considerably.
Who knew that after October 1st, the temperature would really feel like it was melting everything.
It wasn't until evening that he left the villa and went to the parking garage, where he saw a row of vehicles.
They were sending ten people this time, so it was best to drive more vehicles with larger capacities for transportation back later.
However, he then reconsidered that if they truly found a Military Base, one trip certainly wouldn't be enough to transport everything back, so they needed to consider everything comprehensively.
They would drive five vehicles.
One anti-riot vehicle, three heavy trucks, and one Unimog.
These five vehicles were the most durable ones in the base.
The Unimog, with a full tank of fuel, could travel from Beijing to the westernmost part of Xinjiang, so this vehicle wouldn't need refueling once filled.
The three heavy trucks also had a range of 1000 kilometers, so they could bring some fuel this time, but not too much.
After checking the vehicles, Li Yu returned to his room and prepared everything he needed to bring.
Protective armor, helmet, night vision goggles.
Besides him, everyone else who was going on this trip was preparing their own things.
Because this trip primarily involved driving, they could carry more items, so they brought a lot of food.
Time flew by like a white colt.
In a flash, it was October 7th. Everyone was in high spirits that day, and Da Pao even seemed a bit excited.
Find weapons, kill whoever gets in the way.
Li Yu looked at Da Pao, and then saw Song Min next to him. These two were now a recognized couple.
They weren't shy about it, and Li Yu also advocated for freedom in love. If they got together, he let them be, as long as it didn't affect important matters.
Ready to depart, the gate opened.
Just like that, they set off. Li Tie, driving the Unimog, was excited and led the way; Li Yu was in the last anti-riot vehicle, with Li Gang driving beside him, and Li Hang controlling the drone, flying it into the sky to observe the surroundings.
Li Yu looked out the window. The weather was good, sunny and bright, just a bit hot.
He remembered Yu Tong and him a few days ago.
Since then, their relationship had grown closer. They usually appeared as a couple when out and about, but there was a reason she wasn't allowed to come this time: she had been feeling unwell recently, and Li Yu wanted to take care of her, so he didn't let her come along.
Thinking that she wasn't allowed to come this time, she was a little miffed.
Li Yu smiled slightly, thinking of Yu Tong's somewhat annoyed expression.
He'd deal with her when he got back.
Everyone drove south like this. Actually, their initial plan was to go East first, then South, and then West, which would have been a more direct route.
However, they also had to consider a problem: looking at the map, the distance to Zhuge Mountain in the South was two hundred kilometers, and then to Eastern Yin Mountain was over three hundred kilometers. If they were to complete the entire journey and return, refueling would be an issue.
Additionally, they couldn't stay outside for too long, so they devised this plan: South first, then East, then return to the base, and finally West.
The vehicles passed the Gas Station in the town. According to the navigation map, going straight South to Zhuge Mountain via the National Highway would be a detour.
They chose a more direct route.
However, this road was not as wide as the National Highway, but it could still accommodate vehicles like their Unimog.
Heading South, Captain Lü and his team were residing at a location ahead of them.
From an initial thirty-plus people, Captain Lü's team had now dwindled to fewer than 20 individuals.
