Chapter 192 One District Down, Ten Farms Up
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Bennie had been glued to the radio every day, waiting to hear when Theresa would give up, when she would finally crack under pressure and abandon her suicidal ns. But all that waiting only brought him to March 30th–and the news that the zing Sun Alliance hadpletely taken over the High–Tech District.
Theresa had done it.
In the coldest month of the year, she led her people through a full–scale offensive and chewed through the entire High–Tech District. It had taken one month.
Of course, casualties were inevitable. K1 Camp had lost 13 soldiers. Ember Camp had lost 20. Spark Camp had lost four. zing Sun Camp, which had only sent three personnel, suffered zero casualties. The worst injury came when Tyger sprained his ankle saving someone. Compared to the oue, that was nothing short of a miracle.
All 150,000 zombies in the High–Tech District–wiped out.
Over 100 survivors rescued.
There were things that would never happen unless someone dared to start. And once someone took the first step, regardless of oue, miracles could follow.
When Bennie heard Theresa had actually seeded in capturing an entire district, he waspletely shaken. <i>She </i><i>really </i><i>pulled </i><i>it </i><i>off</i>?! <i>Even </i><i>if </i><i>the </i><i>High</i><i>–</i><i>Tech </i><i>District </i><i>was </i><i>the </i><i>least </i><i>popted </i><i>and </i><i>most </i><i>open </i><i>of </i><i>the </i><i>five </i><i>major </i><i>zones </i>in <i>Ansford</i><i>… </i><i>she </i>still did it<i>! </i>
“Ding<i>–</i><i>The </i><i>High</i>–<i>Tech </i><i>District </i><i>has </i><i>been </i><i>sessfully </i><i>reimed</i>. <i>As </i><i>a </i><i>reward</i><i>, </i><i>your </i><i>territory </i><i>has </i><i>been </i><i>upgraded</i>. <i>You’ve </i><i>received </i><i>ten </i><i>automated </i><i>farming </i><i>rigs</i><i>–</i><i>capable </i><i>of </i><i>cultivating </i><i>up </i>to <i>100,000 </i><i>acres </i><i>along </i>with <i>10,000 </i><i>automated </i><i>irrigation </i><i>units</i><i>, </i><i>ten </i><i>instant </i><i>noodle </i><i>production </i><i>lines</i>, <i>and </i><i>ten </i><i>dehydrated </i><i>vegetable </i><i>processing </i><i>lines</i>. <i>From </i><i>now </i><i>on</i>, <i>all </i><i>farnd </i>within <i>your </i><i>territory </i><i>will </i><i>yield </i><i>twice </i><i>as </i><i>much</i><i>.</i>”
“Phase One isplete. Everyone-” Theresa had just started addressing the group when the reward screen popped up. “Screw it–distribute the supplies! Take a few days off! Kyle, Tyger, you two stay here and inventory the loot. I’m heading back!”
Without another word, she left behind the entire squad, climbed into her armored car, and sped back to
camp.
The sound of the vehicle tearing away echoed in disbelief behind her.
Vrooooom<i>! </i><i>Vroooooom</i><i>! </i><i>Vroom</i><i>! </i>
The engines roared. Everyone stood there stunned, watching her vanish into the distance–but within seconds, joy over the loot drowned out any confusion.
Supplies<i>! </i>
Theresa shot straight back to her residential zone. It had been a full month since shest returned, and the farming area had already expanded a bit. Thanks to Hugo’s greenhouse system, the crops had survived the winter. With the worst of the cold now behind them, it was time to scale up production.
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Sheid out the automated farming <i>rigs </i>the system had granted her and began formally nning out her camp’s farnd. She divided the cultivatable areas into ten distinct farms and assigned two residents to cach–fully mechanized, fully automated.
In an instant, productivity exploded.
Her camp only had about 40 people, and before this, they could barely manage the area of a single farm. Now, with half the manpower, they were cultivating ten times thend. She reassigned the surplusbor to the production lines, where they began processing excess food, especially highly–demanded goods like instant noodles and dehydrated vegetables.
Once Theresa gave the order, her people moved immediately. With full mechanization in ce, a single person could sit inside a vehicle and till 1,000 acres with ease.
The entire zing Sun Camp mobilized. Within two days, they hadunched full–scale mechanized production. All ten massive farms were now active, and the processing lines for instant noodles and dehydrated vegetables were up and running. Her camp might’ve been small, but its output was worth more than a hundred othersbined.
Meanwhile, at Kl Camp…
“Your camp’s way better than mine,” Theron remarked, walking alongside Lucas as they toured his base.
Ever since Lucas gained full control over Kl Camp, thanks to Theresa’s Evoloid, things hadpletely transformed. Life for the residents improved, and overall order had tightened. Even the shantytown had undergone a dramatic cleanup, with better hygiene and living conditions.
“I’ve still got a long way to go,” Lucas said grimly. “We haven’t even resumed production.”
So far, not just Lucas–but every camp he knew of–had failed to restore production. It was just too difficult.
“What about Hall then?” Theron asked, referring to Theresa. “What’s her zing Sun Camp like these days?”
Lucas hesitated at the question, then turned to him with a look of sincerity. “Would you believe me if I said… I’ve never actually seen her camp?”
Theron stared,pletely confused.
Half an hourter, Theron and Lucas arrived at Theresa’s bunker, and the moment Theron saw it, he froze -the thing was built like a fortress.