Chapter 8: Preparations
After inspecting the arsenal, Jiro's sense of security increased significantly.
As the days of the apocalypse drew closer and closer, with soldiers, food, weapons, and cannons in hand, could he be as stable as Mount Tai and not fear the wind or waves?
"Your Excellency Commander," Suzaku reminded him, "a batch of vehicles has just been delivered to the refurbishment workshop. Do you want to take a look?"
"Go! Let's take a look!"
Jiro nodded and went straight to the first floor.
Last time, he had ordered Adam to purchase a batch of trucks and forklifts.
Then he suddenly thought, why not buy a little more?
After all, it was impossible to produce armored vehicles alone in a short period of time, and temporarily modifying them with other vehicles was absolutely sufficient for the initial stage of the apocalypse.
Therefore, Adam placed another order and ordered many types of vehicles. At this moment, they were being delivered to the shelter continuously.
In the maintenance and assembly office on the first floor, there were rows of large trucks, pickups, off-road vehicles, as well as dozens of buses and heavy excavators.
"Tsk tsk tsk, not bad!"
Jiro immediately laughed upon seeing this.
These vehicles, if well modified, were not necessarily inferior to military armored vehicles.
Imagine a heavy excavator driving down the road, off-road pickups firing on both sides of the convoy, and a bus carrying people and goods.
What zombie could stop this kind of convoy?
Once doomsday comes, it can attack everywhere!
There is absolutely no need to hide in a shelter to survive.
"Adam, make a drawing of the modification plan!" Jiro ordered.
"Yes, sir!"
"The vehicle has been scanned and modification blueprints are being designed..."
"The design is complete, accept it!"
Adam's mechanical voice kept sounding!
The tablet in Jiro's hand flickered for a while.
A large number of drawings were revealed.
Adam used his powerful computing power to design dozens of modifications, from exterior to interior and engine modifications.
"Don't be so troublesome!" Jiro frowned and reminded, "These vehicles are only used for transitional use. Once the production line of armored vehicles is developed, their role will be greatly reduced, and no matter how powerful the modification is, it will be useless."
"We don't have much time and manpower to waste at this time, and we don't have the energy to make large-scale modifications to these vehicles, so everything must be simplified!"
"In short, replace the glass of each car with bulletproof glass, or simply hang an iron plate to block the zombie attack!"
"The front and rear bumpers of the vehicle must be replaced with anti-collision devices, and it is inevitable to hit zombies during combat driving. These are essential and nothing else needs to be changed."
Jiro kept making his own demands!
Adam immediately reviewed these transformation drawings.
With a clear goal, the drawings quickly narrowed down to seven or eight.
"Yes, not bad!"
Jiro looked at it and smiled with satisfaction!
The drawings that Adam came up with were quite in line with his wishes.
Take the modified drawings of a bus for example. The four wheels must be replaced with explosion-proof wheels, the glass must be replaced with bulletproof glass, and pieces of steel plate are hung on the outer layer.
The most exaggerated one is the heavy bulldozer!
It is equipped with steel plates on the front, rear, left, and right sides!
Straight to a giant steel monster!
Once on the road, no zombie tide can resist its crushing.
In addition, the cost of this modification is also very low, and the modification scheme is not complicated, and any soldier from the maintenance team can easily complete it.
"The maintenance team sent some people to complete the modification of these vehicles as soon as possible," Jiro said.
"Yes!"
Bailu quickly agreed.
"Yes!" Jiro nodded and whispered to himself: "Everything is ready."
In the current situation, there isn't much he can do.
Time passes minute by minute.
The entire sanctuary operates constantly like a war machine.
When the natural disaster comes, it will depend on luck whether it's life or death!
"However, it's possible to select a group of talents in advance."
Jiro frowned and pondered the feasibility of the idea!
The number of artificial humans in a satellite-level shelter is limited and can only accommodate up to 5,000 people. Naturally, other habitable spaces cannot be wasted.
In the apocalypse, talent is also an extremely important resource.
All kinds of top-notch scientists, technicians, soldiers, and teachers will be the most valuable sparks for humanity.
Jiro now has absolute control over the shelter and is completely capable of accepting some special talents, which is much better than accepting survivors after doomsday breaks out.
"Adam, search for all kinds of scientists and technicians in this city!" Jiro casually ordered: "Make a detailed list."
"Yes!" Adam agreed and then reminded: "Master should want to recruit these talents, right? Most of them have already received notices, and if anything happens, they will hide in the official shelter in advance. You really don't need to contact them."
"I won't take the initiative to contact them." Jiro smiled indifferently: "But once a disaster happens, there will always be people who won't take refuge in shelters for various reasons. I need to know who should be rescued and who shouldn't."
"Of course!"
Adam quickly began to gather information on various talents!
With his own shot, no one can escape surveillance.
"Also!" Jiro continued: "The list of the city's major orphanages is also on the list. When the end comes, I will take these orphans to protect them."
"Yes!"
Adam nodded again.
Jiro smiled with satisfaction and said nothing more.
Children are the future of a country and civilization.
If he wants to choose a group of people to live, he hopes that these people are hopeful children, even if they don't temporarily help the shelter, he doesn't want these children to die in difficult times.
And children's plasticity is the strongest!
Minors are trained in the shelter and can become his absolute loyalists in the future, which is also something beautiful for him.
"Master, see, the list has been completed and the candidates on the list have also been monitored."
"Among them, there are 14,326 talents from all walks of life in the city!"
"There are 7,785 children under the age of 18 in the city's orphanages!"
As Adam reported, he displayed a large number of lists.
Jiro looked at the information, a look of anticipation shining in his eyes.
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