Zhu Xiao’s eyes flickered with indecipherable expressions.
He leaned towards the skinny driver and whispered, "Skinny Monkey, have you tested that walkie-talkie from Big Camphor Tree Base before? What was the effective range again?"
Upon hearing this, Skinny Monkey immediately grasped his friend’s idea, pulled out a walkie-talkie from a nearby bag, and chuckled, "20~30 kilometers. We are now forty kilometers away from Big Camphor Tree Base. We can get in touch after covering some more distance."
Zhu Xiao pondered for a while, then yelled towards Dong Tai, "Where are you coming from? What’s your name?"
"Juzi Island, Dong Tai. We are here to help Ju Tianrui," Dong Tai immediately responded.
"I know the place you mentioned. Alright, have your people clear the way and . But don’t get too close," Zhu Xiao shouted.
At this moment, he was unsure whether these people were telling the truth or lying.
If they were honest, then they were allies, and there would be no harm in taking them along.
But if they were lying, eyeing Big Camphor Tree Base with bad intentions, then it would be perfect. He would inform the base on the way to be ready and deal with them.
Everything would have to wait until they could contact Big Camphor Tree Base to know the final outcome.
Hearing Zhu Xiao’s response, Dong Tai was overwhelmed with great surprise.
After calming his emotions, he shouted to Zhu Xiao and the others, "Okay, thank you."
He then walked back and signaled everyone to move their vehicles away.
After clearing the road, Zhu Xiao had his men stay alert, and then ordered Skinny Monkey to drive.
Upon seeing them approaching in their vehicle, Dong Tai immediately jumped into the vehicle, the cool air from the air conditioning hitting his face.
His face pressed against the air conditioner vent, he yelled at the driver, "Drive, follow them, quick, quick, quick, we can’t lose them."
The driver hurriedly reversed the vehicle, spinning the tires, and promptly turned the corner.
Meanwhile, Zhu Xiao and his group drove out of the space they had cleared.
"Follow them," Dong Tai shouted.
As soon as the words fell, the driver followed right behind.
A minute later, Zhu Xiao watched the vehicles maintaining a distance of fifty meters.
His gaze was unfathomable.
Inside Big Camphor Tree Base, in the First Outer City.
Residential Building.
After Xiao Jun and others went to the steel plant with Lao Lu, He Chao, and others, and brought back a vast amount of steel and coal,
based on the materials and points exchange, the points they earned would actually suffice for entering the city. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novel(ꜰ)ire.net
But there was another requirement.
They needed to pass through loyalty, character, and personality assessments to determine their suitability in joining Big Camphor Tree Base and their genuine commitment and execution of Big Camphor Tree Base’s ideals.
This assessment required the core members of the base—Li Yu, Second Uncle, Third Uncle, Fourth Uncle, Uncle, Second Uncle, Father Li, Li Hang, Lao Lu, Li Tie, Li Gang, Yang Tianlong, Dapao, Ding Jiu, Yutong, and others to vote.
They would vote and decide whether this team was allowed entry.
Of course, under special circumstances, Li Yu held the right to veto and decide.
However, up to now, Li Yu hasn’t exercised this power much, as generally, if he felt someone could enter the outer city, others also agreed.
Thus, as of now, Xiao Jun and his group’s status remained as extra staff.
But since Xiao Jun and his team came directly to the First outer city, moving elsewhere would be troublesome; moreover, there are already many people in the Second Outer City, so they were temporarily allowed to stay in the First Outer City.
Ever since Xiao Jun entered the First Outer City, although the air was cooler and the food sufficient for several months, he still found it difficult to sleep at night.
Looking at the window, where condensation from the stark indoor/outdoor temperature difference had formed dewdrops, he muttered to himself, "Such high temperatures, I wonder how the Camp Commander and the others are doing now....sigh....."
There’s more to come later, around 9 o’clock. Brothers and sisters,