binnovel Chapter 115 Heading to the Port
Chapter 115 Heading to the Port
Upon returning to Shuguang City in the afternoon, Li Chenglong instructed the special forces team to return to their dormitories to rest. He then went to the logistics department to store the collected rice, flour, and cooking oil. He and Yun Qian also went to the newly built large warehouse and moved a significant amount of grain and oil from his own storage space to make room. A month prior, under Li Chenglong's orders, Li Jianguo had organized the construction of several large grain depots. These warehouses were originally intended to store future harvests from the fields. Although not yet fully completed, they could hold over two hundred tons. Liu Dongliang's security department had also assigned more than thirty people to guard the depots in shifts, ensuring no problems would arise.
After returning to the logistics department with Yun Qian, he explained the situation. Yun Qian was very happy to hear that a large amount of various supplies were stored at the port. Li Chenglong arrived at Alice's central computer room and saw Alice sitting there with her eyes closed as soon as he entered. Sensing Li Chenglong's arrival, Alice opened her eyes and said, "You haven't been here for the past two days. What brings you here today?" Li Chenglong scratched his head sheepishly, "I've been leading the special forces to explore Linhai City these past two days, and I also need to strengthen our weapons, so I haven't been here. By the way, what were you doing just now?" Alice smiled and said, "I was processing some junk data. I just did a deep scan of all the mainframes in this central computer room and found a lot of junk files and redundant data, so I cleaned them up and also strengthened the firewall."
Li Chenglong asked, "The points information of over 2 people is sent to you every day via the crystal computer, plus various documents and information. Isn't that too much of a burden for you? Perhaps I could send a few people to help you?" Alice chuckled, "Given the current amount of information in Dawn City, I can process it in the blink of an eye. I'm one of the pinnacles of technology on Meral Star. Although I'm not as powerful as my sister, the mainframes in this computer room alone could easily handle half of all the data from your China." Li Chenglong was somewhat surprised, "You're really that capable?"
Alice explained, “As I told you before, our planet Meral is a planet where magic and technology advance in tandem. Just like your superhumans and Awakened Ones, they are very common on our planet. The Gilians developed the Z-virus to target us, causing us severe losses. Later, they released it onto your Earth, which ironically made many of you superhumans. For example, your storage space isn't really a superpower; it's the result of a combination of Meral's space technology and magic. The same goes for your Sea of Spirit and Tower of Power. Space technology covers every aspect of our planet. We're basically all cities; there's not much extra land because many people have storage spaces. And people like me, including your Dragon Spirit and Yunlan's Little Phoenix, are products of magic and computer technology. Artificial intelligence combined with magical power creates beings like ours, similar to the spirits or elves in your legends.”
Alice talked a lot, but Li Chenglong was completely confused, and towards the end he couldn't understand a word. He immediately stopped Alice's lecture: "Alright, alright, I understand now. I came to ask you something. I'm planning to go out with Yunlan in the next couple of days, for about a week. I wanted to know if we'll encounter any dangers in Dawn City recently." Alice slowly replied, "Probably not. Giant beasts don't appear that frequently. Recently, the zombies near Dawn City in Linhai City have been mostly cleared out by you. As for the sea, there haven't been any unusual movements, so there shouldn't be any problems in the short term." Li Chenglong was very happy to hear Alice say this: "That means Yunlan and I can go and retrieve some supplies without worry."
He channeled some spiritual energy into the ring on his left hand and began contacting Yun Lan. Three seconds later, Yun Lan's voice came through the ring: "I'm in the office. What's up?" Li Chenglong told Yun Lan about the port situation and asked her to use the computer in the city lord's office to notify the commanders of all departments and combat battalions to attend a meeting to discuss the port trip. The meeting was held in the conference room on the eighth floor. Forty minutes later, Zheng Yong, along with the battalion commanders and political commissars of various combat battalions, Ma Tiancheng, the deputy city lord of Dawn City, Yun Qian and Shen Menghua from the logistics department, Zhao Xin and Liu Dongliang from the security department, and Yang Liu and Zhao Liying from the special forces team, along with dozens of other leaders from various units, arrived at the conference room.
Li Chenglong cut to the chase, saying, "The Jinghai International Trade Port, more than 200 kilometers away, reportedly has several cruise ships and cargo ships docked there. If we can get our hands on those, we won't lack fuel and chemical raw materials for quite some time. So I'm thinking of taking a unit there to see if those things are still there. If they are, we'll bring them back. If we can't bring them back all at once, at least we'll scout the route so we can continue to retrieve them later." Ma Tiancheng said, "That's good news. The fuel problem has been troubling us. If we can really get the crude oil and refined oil from the tankers, we'll truly solve our urgent problem." Shen Menghua also said, "Especially the crude oil, from which we can extract a lot of chemical raw materials, which we need for many of the things we produce now."
Seeing that the leaders of all departments agreed to the operation, Li Chenglong nodded and said, "Since everyone agrees, let me talk about the troops that will be going on this mission with us." He looked at the expectant eyes of the battalion commanders and smiled, saying, "This time I plan to take the Third Battalion." As soon as Li Chenglong finished speaking, Hao Dahai jumped up excitedly, while the other battalion commanders looked somewhat regretful. Li Chenglong continued, "In previous missions, the Third Battalion has been stationed at home; it's time for them to go out and explore. However, 600 men in one battalion is indeed a bit too many. This time, our main purpose is to scout the situation, so I will only take half of the Third Battalion plus the entire special operations team. Without further ado, we will depart tomorrow morning. Over 340 men will travel in 10 troop carriers and several off-road vehicles, aiming to reach the target location within a day."
After the meeting, Yunlan went to the Dawn City granary to clear out some of her storage space. Unlike Li Chenglong's, which was divided into several sections, Yunlan's storage space consisted entirely of warehouse areas, where time flowed still. However, it wasn't as large as Li Chenglong's; although it was currently level 6, it was only about the size of six football fields, and its height was 50 meters. Like Li Chenglong's, the top was inlaid with several huge glowing stones, providing illumination for the storage space. Yunlan returned home quite late, and Li Chenglong had prepared dinner and was waiting for her. Yunlan said, "The Dawn City granary is so large, but the security team only has about thirty people guarding it. I feel like the defenses are a bit insufficient." Li Chenglong smiled and said, "Actually, it's enough. There are cameras in every corner of the granary, and there are dedicated personnel in the duty room to monitor these cameras. Moreover, the surveillance footage is transmitted to Alice in real time. Once a problem is discovered, Alice will send the person's information to the security department. Security is absolutely guaranteed."
That night, the two lay in bed. Yunlan rested her head against Li Chenglong's chest and suddenly said, "I think I'm pregnant!" "Huh?" Li Chenglong was shocked. He immediately tried to use his True Dragon Eye to scan Yunlan, but she covered his eyes immediately. "Don't look." Li Chenglong, his eyes covered, said, "So fast? I think I didn't use protection on the first day." Yunlan laughed loudly, "Just kidding, it can't be that fast, hahaha." Li Chenglong scratched his head helplessly, "You're joking about this? I thought you were really pregnant, you made me happy for nothing." Yunlan stared at Li Chenglong: “I’m also conflicted. If I really get pregnant, wouldn’t it be irresponsible of us to give birth to him in this environment?” Li Chenglong kissed Yunlan. “If you really are pregnant, then I will work even harder to build our Dawn City into a better place and create a peaceful living environment for you. Believe me, we will soon end this chaotic world. Then we will no longer care about the troubles of the world and can properly appreciate the beautiful landscapes of our motherland.” Yunlan pressed her head against Li Chenglong’s chest again, touching her still-flat belly, lost in thought.