Today, Li Hang and Li Tie were on duty at the watchtower.
Li Hang was very carefully observing the surroundings.
Ever since Li Hang was punished for playing on his phone during his last watchtower duty and failing to notice a zombie attack in time, he no longer dared to relax his vigilance while on duty.
The watchtower was over ten meters high, providing a clear view of the distant forest.
Li Hang continuously held a pair of binoculars, scanning the area around the forest, while the nearby super-long-range searchlight also moved constantly.
Suddenly, he saw two shadows emerge from the forest.
Without any hesitation, he blew the whistle in his mouth.
Beep!
The sound of the whistle instantly attracted everyone's attention, and they all looked towards Li Hang.
Li Hang quickly shouted, "Zombies! I see two zombies!"
The people who were building the wall, like startled birds, immediately dropped what they were holding and ran towards the main gate.
The main gate was not open, but the small gate had always been open.
As everyone had previously agreed, if an alarm was sounded from the watchtower, everyone was to immediately stop what they were doing and return to the base without any delay.
This time, most of the people were mobilized for the wall construction because they were pressed for time.
Over twenty people ran towards the small gate.
Li Yu, Li Tie, Li Gang, Zhao Dapao, and Yang Tianlong stood at the very front, holding submachine guns, protecting the retreating crowd.
Not opening the main gate, but opening the small gate, was a decision made after careful consideration.
The main gate was inconvenient to open and close, while the small gate excelled in convenience and speed.
Moreover, the small gate was not small at all, with a width of 1.5 meters!
Given the small number of people, the small gate was perfectly adequate for three people to enter simultaneously.
Furthermore, the forest was tens of meters away from the construction site, so it would take some time for the zombies to arrive, and Li Yu, Li Tie, and others were outside to block them with gunfire.
Even if a zombie horde truly attacked, everyone could calmly retreat back to the base.
However, in times of danger, much of human nature is exposed.
Li Yu looked at the forest behind him, seeing only two zombies, so he focused more attention on the small entrance.
He wanted to use this opportunity to see what these temporary workers would do.
Would they scramble to rush through, or would they do something else?
However, many people at the base, initially panicked when they heard Li Hang say there were zombies, but gradually became less nervous later on.
They had already killed zombies many times, so they entered the small gate in a very orderly fashion, without a chaotic rush.
Among the temporary workers, Ding Jiu was about to enter when he looked back and saw Li Yu still standing outside.
He instantly pulled his foot back and then rushed towards Li Yu.
Another man, the one whose wife and daughter Li Yu had saved, saw Ding Jiu's action and showed some struggle on his face, seeming hesitant.
But then he remembered the scene of Li Yu saving his family, and he also recalled saying to Li Yu that his life would belong to Li Yu from then on.
So, he no longer hesitated, picked up a rebar from the ground, and followed Ding Jiu, running towards Li Yu.
Li Yu looked at the two people in front of him, their faces full of expressions of heroic self-sacrifice.
He was a little surprised, but his inner approval of them also increased somewhat.
He turned his head and saw that everyone had already returned inside the main gate, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he said to Li Tie and the others, "Let's go back to the base too."
Zhao Dapao, who was standing nearby, saw the two zombies had already emerged from the shadows of the forest, so he put down his submachine gun, picked up his crossbow, and fired continuously at the two zombies.
Thud! Thud!
The two zombies fell to the ground.
Li Yu looked at the two temporary workers still standing there, patted them on the shoulders, and said with a smile, "What are you standing around for? Let's go back to the base first."
So everyone returned to the base, but after waiting for a long time, no new zombies appeared.
Li Yu couldn't sit still, so he took Li Tie and others with high-beam lights to investigate.
After checking the forest and finding no new zombies, he had everyone come out again.
Weng City construction continued!
After the incident just now, people talked less and instead accelerated the construction progress.
Perhaps the gradual decrease in zombies in the previous days had made them somewhat complacent, but that recent scene felt like an invisible whip, urging them to complete the construction as quickly as possible.
Time passed bit by bit like this.
It was already the third day of construction, and due to everyone working overtime through the nights, the Weng City wall was almost completed.
Since it had been sunny these past few days, the wall that was initially built had already become very sturdy from the sun.
However, concrete walls have a characteristic: immediately after construction, especially after being exposed to intense sun, they need to be sprayed with some water to cool down.
This helps to improve the stability and toughness of the wall.
So these past few days, Li Yu and the others also sprayed some water on the wall surface.
On the third night of Weng City construction, the wall was basically completed.
The wall was completed two days ahead of schedule!
The main gate was also installed.
This main gate was also found at the steel market before, and by welding, it was made into a suitably sized door.
This main gate was somewhat heavy, with a thickness of nearly 40 centimeters.
Although it was manual, using the principle of leverage, it could be opened and closed by rotating a wheel on the Weng City wall.
Li Yu was very satisfied after this main gate was installed.
And in these past few days, Li Yu and the others hardly saw a single zombie on the wall, as if the world had suddenly paused, or as if it had instantly returned to before the apocalypse, with no zombies in existence.
During this time, Li Yu still took a few workers and stood on the wall every day, spraying water downwards.
After the wall was built, it was as if a heavy stone had been lifted from everyone's hearts.
They finally felt much more at ease.
During this time, Li Yu also got to know these workers:
Ding Jiu had actually been glorious before, but later, due to various reasons, he fell into a state of self-doubt and eventually became dispirited.
However, because he had to support his family, he later resorted to doing odd jobs to survive.
The other person, the one whose wife and daughter Li Yu saved, was named Wang Cheng.
He had always worked locally, previously specializing in driving trucks for deliveries.
But later, due to long hours of transportation, frequent overnight shifts, and often being away for deliveries with no time to accompany his family, he eventually returned home to find work nearby.
The other three workers were also neighbors from Lai Dongsheng's wife's family's vicinity.
According to Lai Dongsheng's wife, these people were all quite hardworking and had good character.
Li Yu did not commit, but through building the wall together in the past few days and the appearance of those two zombies, their performance was acceptable, so Li Yu made no other moves.
Two days later.
Weng City was already built, its main gate was also ready, and the wall had become very hard after several days of watering and repeated exposure to the sun.
However, at this moment, Li Yu's heart still felt restless.
The zombies had not arrived yet, which made him worried:
According to his past experience, too long a zombie silence period meant a longer time for zombies to gather.
This also meant that the zombie horde would be larger!