Chapter 55: Prisoners

　　It took some time for everyone to clean up the third floor of the base, and they found a lot of military supplies in the warehouse, including a large amount of aircraft fuel, rifle ammunition, and various weapons.

　　The most conspicuous among them are dozens of rocket launchers and nearly a thousand rounds of rocket launcher ammunition.

　　Judging from the model, it should be the most common LAW rocket launcher, which is an anti-tank weapon with very simple operation and a very practical heavy weapon.

　　Due to limited transportation capacity, after some discussion, Leon will take a group of team members back to the base first, and hand over the security of the military base to Rick and Sean, as well as two other soldiers. They will stay in this base temporarily and be responsible for meeting the logistics personnel who will arrive later.

　　The return journey of more than 100 kilometers was uneventful. Even if there were robbers, not many of them dared to provoke the convoy of more than a dozen cars.

　　After being away for two days, he returned to the base and before he even sat down, little Amy came to him with various matters.

　　"Boss, the inventory of luxury goods in the warehouse is close to the material restriction line you set."

　　The so-called material warning line set up by Lyon means that the stock of such materials is no longer enough to meet daily consumption for about three months.

　　He took the document from Amy's hand and examined it carefully. He found that the basic supplies in the warehouse were sufficient and enough to last for a long time. What was lacking were high-end consumables such as chocolate, beverages, and alcohol.

　　This is not surprising. The salary and benefits of the Umbrella Company are quite generous. After everyone's daily expenses, there will basically be some surplus for them to enjoy material things such as alcohol, candy, etc.

　　Especially the treatment of the security department, compared with their generous salary, the consumption of daily food and accommodation really accounts for a small part. This group of strong men are the biggest consumers of tobacco, alcohol and other items. In addition, Europeans and Americans do not like the habit of storage, so it is no wonder that these supplies are consumed so quickly.

　　Leon hesitated for a few seconds, nodded and said:

　　"Don't worry about this. In about a month, we will be able to open the road to the department store."

　　"By then, we will be able to replenish all the supplies, including alcohol, beverages and candies. I will have the explorers pay special attention and try to find their warehouses in Atlanta."

　　The two then talked about planting issues.

　　Amy brought a cup of hot coffee to Leon, sat on the desk with her legs crossed, and said:

　　"Miss Maggie has returned to the Hershel Farm."

　　"The land around the artificial lake has been planted with vegetables. We have also built a simple fence for protection. According to Miss Maggie's estimation, those vegetables can probably meet the daily needs of more than 200 of us."

　　Leon took a sip of hot coffee and said:

　　"That means it can meet almost half of our vegetable needs, right?"

　　Amy nodded and said with some regret:

　　"There is too little land near the artificial lake, and it is difficult for us to expand the vegetable planting area."

　　Leon didn't think so. He tapped the table and said to his assistant Amy:

　　"Don't let the terrain limit your thinking. Now, there is a large vacant area within the wall. We can find someone to demolish those useless buildings. We can build a large greenhouse inside the wall and grow the plants we need all year round."

　　"We can also plan out a piece of land, even build a fence in the suburbs outside the city, and raise chickens, pigs, or even cows and horses, just like Hershel's farm."

　　"We still have enough time to implement these things, but these are things we must do in the future. The materials left over from the peacetime era will eventually run out, and the new era needs us to create it ourselves."

　　The two discussed some company affairs. After having formal patrol officers in the base, all employees seemed to be more honest and obedient than before. After all, most of the people here were ordinary people with families and relatively kind natures.

　　At this moment, Colonel William's communication suddenly came in.

　　"General, we have captured an exploration team from Feisier Town, a total of three people."

　　"They had no communications equipment on them, so no one could guess it was us who did it."

　　"We are now on the third floor of the underground parking lot. Would you like to come down and meet us?"

　　Leon was delighted that he had caught the man so quickly, he was indeed a professional soldier.

　　"Wait a minute, be nice, I'll be down soon."

　　He looked up at Amy and said:

　　"Amy, hurry up and arrange the manpower. Put the greenhouse plan and livestock breeding plan on the schedule. See if we have any professionals."

　　"If we lack the relevant knowledge, we can go to the library of the Polytechnic Institute."

　　The assistant put away his notebook, prepared the coat that Leon needed for going out, and said as he put it on:

　　"Got it, Boss. Our logistics department is not too busy right now. We should be able to spare 50 people to take charge of this matter."

　　Leon nodded.

　　"I'll leave this matter to you."

　　Leaving the warm and comfortable private office, I came to the slightly chilly third floor of the underground parking lot.

　　There is a private dungeon here specially built by Umbrella Corporation to detain hostile personnel who are worth keeping alive.

　　In the dungeon, Lyon met Colonel William and the three newly captured prisoners.

　　Two men and one woman, all young people in their 20s.

　　Looking at the childish and fearful expressions on the three people's faces, Leon decided to adopt a polite approach before using force.

　　He had three cups of hot coffee and some food brought to the three young men.

　　Watching a few young people wolfing down the food.

　　He smiled and said in a gentle voice:

　　"My name is Leon Custer, and I'm a doctor."

　　"You can call me Mr. Custer."

　　"I want to ask you a few questions. I hope you can answer me truthfully. Don't worry. We are not bad people."

　　"As long as you behave yourself, we won't hurt you."

　　The older, brown-haired boy said hesitantly:

　　"Please ask any questions you have, Mr. Custer. We are just ordinary survivors and may not know the answers."

　　Leon nodded and asked without changing his expression:

　　"What are the names of the three of you, where are you from, and why are you with the army of Faithel Town?"

　　The brown-haired boy considered his words, pointed at the black-haired boy and the blonde girl beside him, and said:

　　"My name is Rob, his name is Arant, and this girl's name is Kinley, and the three of us are from Tennessee."

　　"After the disaster, we followed an army and fled around, and later set up a camp in a factory near Birmingham."

　　"Three months ago, the camp in Birmingham was destroyed by zombies, and our small group was separated from the larger force."

　　"While wandering around, we encountered this group of people. They stole our supplies, kidnapped our relatives, and forced us to work for them."

　　"And it brought us all the way out of Tennessee and here."

　　"Many of them were not soldiers, but desperate criminals who had gathered together. Under the leadership of Lieutenant Nawick, they found a military warehouse and took away many military uniforms and military supplies."

　　"Along the way, any survivors we met were coerced by this group of people and forced to search for supplies outside."

　　"They didn't give us any equipment, and many people died at the hands of zombies."

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