Natural Disaster: I Started By Hoarding Tens Of Billions Of Supplies

Chapter 237: Base Construction (2)



Quan Yuanwei drank as well and said, "There are three types of bases out there. The central government establishes official bases, military bases are established and controlled by the military, and private bases are owned and operated independently."

"Currently, there is only one official base in Shoudu City, along with two military bases across the country. One is here in Juncheng City, and the other is in Jiangcheng City, about more than two thousand kilometers from here. The Air Force controls the military base in Jiangcheng City, and the army controls the military base here."

"As for private bases, they are scattered throughout the country. The biggest one is in Haicheng City, more than seven hundred kilometers from here."

Sima Yun added, "The Juncheng Military Base is currently being built about two hundred kilometers outside of Juncheng City."

"They are in the first phase of construction and are now recruiting survivors to help build the base. Survivors who participate in the construction will receive two meals a day and a house once the first phase is completed."

After listening to their explanation, Long Yu and Yao Ran exchanged glances.

They had already secured resident permits in the base for their friends, including the Sima and Quan families. However, sharing this good news with them would likely require Yao Ran and Long Yu to explain how they obtained the resident permits from Xu Qipeng.

As they both considered this, Shi Xuan spoke up, "I heard we need to pay to enter the base." Sima Yun nodded, "My elder brother asked a friend and found out that survivors who don't participate in building the base need to provide supplies to gain entry."

"To enter the official base, each person must hand over 10 kilograms of food. To join the military base, each person must hand over 40 kilograms of food. Entry requirements for private bases vary depending on their rules."

Hearing this, Huang Qian and the others fell silent.

With such high entry requirements, most survivors wouldn't be able to join. Many don't even have enough food to satisfy their hunger, so asking them to hand over 10 kilograms or 40 kilograms of food was essentially a way to prevent them from joining the base.

"Do you know when the base will be complete?" Jia Xiang asked.

Sima Yun shook his head and replied, "There is no news about that, but my elder brother said that construction was delayed because of the fire. The high temperatures caused the gas pipes and gas station to explode, spreading fire everywhere."

"There is no water to put out the fire, so it is hard to control it while building the base. There is also a shortage of workers, so it might take at least half a year to finish the first phase of the base's construction."

Listening to his answer, Huang Qian frowned and asked, "How large is the base? Will it have enough room to accommodate all survivors in Jiangcheng City?"

Quan Yuanwei replied, "They said that after the first phase is complete, it can accommodate up to three million people."

Shi Xuan sighed when he heard that and said, "With the high requirements to join the base, there won't be many survivors that can go to the base."

Long Yu agreed, "Indeed. Only people with capability can afford to hand over 10 kilograms or even 40 kilograms of food to join the base."

After a moment of silence, Quan Yuanwei asked, "Will you guys go to the base?"

Yao Ran had secured resident permits for them, so they should go. She nodded and said, "Yes."

Hearing this, Sima Yun and Quan Yuanwei exchanged glances before Quan Yuanwei said, "We won't go."

The others looked at them, and then Quan Yuanwei added, "We have a lot of family members, and we don't have enough supplies to pay for entry fees. You guys can go ahead. We will try to gather enough supplies first before going to the base."

Seeing that he looked embarrassed, Yao Ran decided to tell them about the resident permits. She looked at Quan Yuanwei and said, "We can all go to the base together. I have secured the resident permits, and we only need to go when the base begins to accept people."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

As soon as her words fell, everyone except Long Yu was shocked.

Huang Qian looked at her curiously and asked, "Yao Ran, are you serious? How could you get the resident permits so quickly?"

Yao Ran had prepared for this question and calmly replied, "I know Commander Xu. He is the son of my grandfather's best friend, and he promised to let me live in the base with my friends."

She looked at Sima Yun and Quan Yuanwei and added, "That includes you two and your families."

Sima Yun and Quan Yuanwei were stunned when she said that.

Before they could react, Yao Ran added, "However, we only have permission to live in the base and choose the location for our houses. We still need to build our own house before we can move in."

Shi Xuan thought for a moment and said, "Since we need to build our own house, we should start collecting materials."

Huang Qian nodded in agreement, "We can check the warehouse area. There should be a warehouse used to store construction materials. Iron bars and other steel materials should be fine after being submerged in water and frozen into ice, but materials like cement would be unusable now."

"Then we can try searching unfinished buildings. There should be some materials on the higher floors." Jia Xiang suggested.

Yao Ran thought for a moment and said, "It will still be at least half a year before we can go to the base, so I won't collect the materials for now."

In her previous life, the base had managed to build enough living spaces for the survivors who went there. At that time, people didn't need to build their own houses. However, they had to pay extra to rent or buy a house in the base.