Chapter 242: I

In the morning, Zhang Su let Tan Hua drive a few technical personnel to Niujuanzi Town to continue repairing the excavator, while he stayed in the camp to participate in various tasks.

The preparation for the networking meeting, the cleaning of hygiene in various areas of the camp, the manufacturing of defensive facilities and weapons, the picking of crops, and the feeding of pigs and sheep (here it needs to be supplemented that feeding pigs uses old corn collected from villages. Many farmers around Qincheng will plant a few acres of corn or sweet potatoes, and after harvesting, they dry them on the roof. They eat little themselves, mainly using them to feed livestock).

Each task had a person in charge, and Zhang Su didn't need to do the work himself. He mainly conducted condolences, letting everyone feel care and importance. It really had the flavor of a leader coming down to inspect.

Whether it was the seemingly important defensive fortifications or the smelly feeding of pigs and sheep, the respect received was the same. In this atmosphere, everyone's emotions had obvious changes.

The originally boring work became more mission-oriented, letting everyone be clearer that every thing done could make the camp better and make their own lives better, personally feeling this change.

There wouldn't be a situation where there was no you when enjoying happiness, but everyone shared the suffering when it came.

"Brother Su, Teacher Yu, busy? Do you have time to say a few words?"

Zhang Su nodded and watched Yu Wen leave before looking at Chen Hanzhou: "Anything else?"

Chen Hanzhou unfolded the paper in his hand with some inconvenience and said, "I have always wanted to develop the use of my right hand, but I wasn't satisfied with the several versions of weapons I designed. Later, I thought of a plan, but the camp's welding machine broke again. It just so happened that Brother Su brought one back from Xidaying Village. Teacher Yu, can you help build this?"

"It seems that this change of yours should be related to being bitten by a zombie before. Don't worry, I'll take you..."

"Just say it, what are you hesitating about?"

"Hmm!" Chen Hanzhou nodded.

Chen Hanzhou said very firmly: "I can be sure that it wasn't like this before the snow, because my left hand wasn't flexible, and I was injured several times some time ago. Look, the scars are still there!"

Zhang Su shook his head with some worry.

After discussing the mechanical prosthetic limb, Yu Wen saw that Chen Hanzhou still didn't mean to leave. With his agile mind, he could naturally see that Chen Hanzhou still had words to talk to Zhang Su next, so he said, "Mr. Zhang, I'll go back and study the drawings."

"Yes." Yu Wen nodded and said, "Just like the plan to settle United Village, radiating to the surrounding area with Tian Ma Yu as the center, opening up safe zones from nearby villages, the population living in each village does not exceed a certain number, and they are closely connected, and it will not cause a large concentration of population, avoiding to the greatest extent... Little Chen?"

"I said why Pei Lan was sticking with you every day, writing and drawing, it turns out she was designing a mechanical punk arm for you!"

The design drawing was drawn very meticulously, from the inside to the outside, even with internal perspective drawings.

Chen Hanzhou didn't feel happy because he had gained special abilities. The unknown power made him feel a hidden unease, fearing that the end of this change was zombie transformation. After all, he had had a unique encounter!

"Do you think it's related to being bitten by a zombie? Didn't you find it before?"

"Then you have to ask Teacher Yu..." Zhang Su handed the design drawing to Yu Wen.

Yu Wen put on his reading glasses, looked at it seriously, and said, "Others are not difficult, it's just that the treatment of this joint part may require very special materials. It is estimated that it is not easy to find now. Let's build other parts first, and then think of a way later."

Zhang Su's eyes narrowed, and he said, "Xiaoshan treated you?"

Seeing this, Yu Wen prepared to leave, not hindering the two from talking.

"This happened after the snow!"

"No... it's me, I'm a bit not right!"

A strange look appeared on Chen Hanzhou's face. He walked two steps closer and said, "When we went out to catch zombies together yesterday, my hand was scratched, and my foot was sprained. I didn't care at the time. When I returned to the camp to prepare to treat the wound, I found that the wound was gone, and my ankle didn't hurt anymore!"

Just as they were talking, the voice of Guo Dachao came from the walkie-talkie hanging on Zhang Su's waist.

The excavator was very important to them and could not be lost.

"Brother Su, Brother Su, the excavator is repaired, started successfully, all the diesel stored in the camp has been poured in, it will definitely be fine to drive back, it's just that the bucket has some problems, it can be repaired slowly, it doesn't affect driving. Should I drive it back to the camp now?"

"Okay, then thank you very much."

He took off the walkie-talkie and said, "Drive it back, park it in Madianzhuang first. Thank you for your hard work."

"Brother Su, Teacher Yu."

There were six or seven drawings on the paper. A rough look felt like some kind of online game equipment design sketch. A closer look would reveal it was a prosthetic weapon worn on the arm.

"You guys talk, the size of that tree over there is not bad."

His first reaction was that Zhong Xiaoshan gave Chen Hanzhou a zombie thalamus, but after asking, he felt something was wrong. That kind of thing was life-saving, and small injuries and pains shouldn't use it. He had specifically instructed that Zhong Xiaoshan shouldn't make an exception.

The two ended the call, Zhang Su pointed to the camp direction, and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to Dr. Fu's place, and by the way, arrange for a few people to meet Dachao and the others!"

"The problem is here, our population is still too small, and we can't spare manpower if we want to build on a large scale, but once the population rises, I'm worried that it will attract large zombie swarms. It's very difficult to balance this matter."

Without high-precision machine tools, then rely on manual modification. Anyway, it's not a precise part, mainly focusing on being usable.

Saying that, he stretched out his left hand, and there were indeed some scars on it, not only strip-shaped scratches, but also burn scars the size of coins, etc. Losing the dominant hand and starting to train the non-dominant hand was a difficult process, which could be described as covered with scars.

Zhang Su swung the axe and chopped on the trunk, while taking out a cigarette and lighting it.

"No problem, people will go to escort immediately!"

"No." Chen Hanzhou shook his head and said, "I feel very magical. Later, I tried it secretly again. The wound cut by a knife, this long (stretching out his finger to gesture), can heal in less than ten minutes, without even a scar. Brother Su, do I have some illness?"

The people from the Azure Dragon Corps would come to collect grain in a few days. Nothing could be done during this period. It was better to hide first and start digging defensive fortifications after dealing with the matter.

"The farmland under the mountain cannot be left idle all the time, otherwise the difficulty of reclamation will be greater. There is no hope this winter, but we must arrange planting next spring."

"Okay."

Zhang Su and Yu Wen were discussing future development plans. Chen Hanzhou walked close, holding a piece of paper in his hand, looking a bit hesitant. "I have something, can I say it?"

The sleeve length covered the entire arm, and armor-like design elements were added to the joints, which could move freely. The head was designed into a threaded structure with metal as the material, and then according to different scenarios, different operation heads could be replaced, including daggers, machetes, hammers...

Attraction was no longer a hypothesis. After a period of verification, it had been completely confirmed that attraction was an existing phenomenon, but the rules of this phenomenon hadn't been figured out yet. As far as what was known now, it was positively correlated with the population size.

Chen Hanzhou hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Teacher Yu, wait, it's mainly to ask you for help."

Zhang Su smiled. He would often pay attention to the situation of the team members, plus his hearing was extraordinary, so many things couldn't escape his ears. It was just that some topics weren't sensitive, so he listened and was too lazy to manage. Otherwise, with so many people talking, there would be too much information and his head would explode.

"Oh? Then let me listen."

Zhang Su took the paper curiously and looked at it with Yu Wen.

Saying that, he handed the A4 paper to the two.

In the afternoon, Zhang Su was swinging an axe in the mountain stream with Yu Wen to cut wood. After a period of cutting, this area was emptied, and it was a good place to arrange training.

Chen Hanzhou scratched his head in embarrassment: "I don't know if it can be built?"

Zhang Su asked with a frown.

"The farmland under the mountain cannot be left idle all the time, otherwise the difficulty of reclamation will be greater. There is no hope this winter, but we must arrange planting next spring."

"Alright, it's not hard work, but Brother Su, the excavator makes a bit of noise when it starts, I'm afraid it will lure some zombies, maybe we need some brothers to meet us."

Yu Wen stood still with a smile, leaning on the axe.

"Stealthily, wouldn't it be that you got Pei Lan pregnant?" Zhang Su saw Chen Hanzhou's serious expression, a look of wanting to speak but stopping, and couldn't help but shudder in his heart.

Yu Wen stopped his movements, adjusted his glasses, and said, "Mr. Zhang, extend your previous plan again, I think it is very suitable for the direction of development."

Chen Hanzhou was very happy. After losing his arm, he was more optimistic than before, probably because he had walked back from the line of death, and many things were seen through.

Arranging for Lu Yubo to take a few elite soldiers to meet them, Zhang Su and Chen Hanzhou came to Cuilengxuan.

"Are you talking about the problem of nearby villages?" Zhang Su knew what Yu Wen was talking about.

Awoo, awoo...

In a guest room of Cuilengxuan, the petrified-skin zombie was still howling, but the sound was smaller and hoarse. It seemed that even a zombie-fied throat couldn't withstand such persistent shouting...

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