novelsite Chapter 52 Sentinel, Lost Man, and Night Rescue
Chapter 52 Sentinel, Lost Man, and Night Rescue
Standing atop the watchtower, Lu Sheng had a view of the entire camp, which was still quite empty at the moment, but he already had plans for its future development in mind.
"Liang Shan, there are two positions for the watchtower: one for guarding the top and one for opening and closing the door at the bottom. Two such towers need to be built in total."
He pulled himself back from the edge of the railing and started talking to Liang Shan about the choice of sentries:
"Adding one more person to take shifts would make the work of these six people very tedious. In case of an emergency, they would need to provide support from above. So there are two requirements: they must be able to endure the strain and have good marksmanship."
I know your team far less well than you do, so please let you decide on the personnel. Is that alright?
Upon hearing this, Liang Shan immediately nodded. He knew very well that although Lu Sheng had kept them, no place would support people who ate for free.
Moreover, more and more capable people will surely come to this camp in the future.
Only by becoming an integral part of the camp's operation can one truly be considered to have taken root.
Lu Sheng arranged for his men to serve as sentries, which he saw as not only a sign of trust, but also as a way for six people on his side to obtain residency permits.
"Don't worry, we have several suitable people available. They can start working immediately if you need them."
Liang Shan tried his best to restrain himself, but his voice still couldn't help but reveal his excitement.
"There's no rush. Let them rest for a day today. Once the personnel are selected and the second tower is built tomorrow, they can all start working together."
"Okay, I'll do whatever you say."
After explaining the selection of sentries, Lu Sheng was about to go down when Cheng Qiushui suddenly called him back.
He stood at the edge of the watchtower, pointing in one direction:
"Boss, there's a car coming this way, and something's surrounding it."
Following the direction he pointed, Lu Sheng squinted and looked carefully. Sure enough, he saw a speeding car surrounded by many dark figures, undoubtedly ferocious beasts.
"Liang Shan, you take the men back first. Qiu Shui, you go down and open the door to help them."
Liang Shan and Qiu Shui responded in agreement and followed one after another down the ladder.
Lu Sheng raised his bracelet and contacted Lin Ran:
"Lin Ran, find a cloth bundle under the bedside table on the left side of my room. Take it, along with your gun and some bullets, and come to the northeast gate."
"receive."
Upon receiving Lin Ran's reply, Lu Sheng took a deep breath, knowing that his camp was about to welcome its first guest.
A moment later, Lin Ran climbed up the watchtower and handed the cloth bundle in her arms to Lu Sheng.
Lu Sheng opened the package, inside was an extended barrel for a revolver.
"Look east, there's a car being chased by a ferocious beast. I'll deal with the ones illuminated by the lights, and you take care of those hiding in the darkness."
"learn."
Without exchanging any further words, the two quickly set up their guns.
The vehicle's condition, as seen through the scope, was far from optimistic; a ferocious beast had already jumped onto it.
After a brief moment of aiming, Lu Sheng fired the first shot, knocking the ferocious beast attacking the windshield off the car. Lin Ran, who was next to him, then pulled the trigger, killing a ferocious beast on the side of the car on the spot.
Seemingly noticing the support, the route, which had been swaying due to the interference of the ferocious beast, straightened again and headed straight for the camp.
As they got closer, Lu Sheng noticed that the car was attracting a lot of ferocious beasts. Beasts kept surrounding the car, only to be thrown behind it, resulting in a large group of beasts chasing after it.
Lu Sheng and Lin Ran fired their guns in succession, eliminating the ferocious beasts that jumped onto the car one by one. During this time, the car got closer and closer to the camp, and Cheng Qiushui opened the iron gate at the right time.
Upon seeing the door open, the speeding car swerved sharply without a word, executing a perfect arc drift as it crashed into the campsite.
Cheng Qiushui immediately closed the door, and several ferocious beasts surrounded him, but he did not panic at all and continued to pull the iron door.
Lu Sheng and Lin Ran fired a few more shots, taking care of most of the ferocious beasts surrounding Cheng Qiushui. The last one took advantage of the moment when he closed and locked the iron gate, and pounced on it.
However, Cheng Qiushui was prepared. He turned to the side, locked the door with one hand, gripped the short knife tightly with the other, and swung it fiercely, piercing through the beast's jaw.
He then turned around and used his strength to pin the beast to the ground, executing it.
Bang, bang, bang!
Behind him, a large number of belated ferocious beasts kept ramming the iron gate, but to no avail. Although their claws were less than half a meter away from him, they could not advance any further because of the iron gate.
A little later, Lu Sheng and Lin Ran came down from the watchtower and led Cheng Qiushui toward the guests who had come that night.
After the guests parked the car, they didn't open the car door and get out until Lu Sheng and the others came over.
He was a young man who looked to be in his early twenties.
"Thank you so much. I almost thought I was going to die a horrible death."
He bowed to the crowd first, then explained why he was walking at night:
"I took the wrong turn because of some things, and when I came to my senses, it was all dark around me, and I couldn't even tell which way was which."
Fortunately, I saw the light from your lighthouse, and on a whim, I rushed over, and thankfully, I was saved.
"You're welcome. I'm Lu Sheng, the stationmaster here. You're quite lucky; this watchtower was just built tonight."
Lu Sheng gave a brief greeting, then pointed to the two-story container building not far away:
"You can stay overnight there, it's 500 yuan a night."
"Okay, okay, no problem. I'll pay. I'll just stay in the car. By the way, my name is Wang Jian."
Wang Jian tapped his bracelet a few times, transferring 500 credits to Lu Sheng, and then thanked the group again.
"Today has probably been the most dangerous day of my life. If it weren't for everyone's help, I would definitely be dead in the wilderness. Thank you so much."
"You're welcome. Get some rest. I'll come back tomorrow to see you off."
Wang Jian nodded, then looked around and noticed that the camp was much more spacious than he had imagined.
"Station Chief Lu, is this place still under construction?"
"Yes, the wall was only built recently."
After receiving Lu Sheng's affirmative answer, Wang Jian raised his hand to ask everyone to wait for him for a moment, and then quickly ran back to the car to search for something.
A minute later, he came over with a small notebook and handed it to Lu Sheng.
Lu Sheng took it and looked at it:
"Chef's certificate?"
"That's right, I'm a chef, and I'm looking for a job."
Wang Jian began to recommend himself:
"As the saying goes, food is the first necessity of the people. Station Master Lu, you definitely need a skilled chef here. The guests coming and going will not only stay overnight, but they will also need to eat."
Being well-fed and sleeping well are the greatest happiness in this day and age.
Lu Sheng thought about it and realized that as the camp developed, it would indeed need a cook, but that was something for later.
Right now, I'm still eating compressed biscuits, and I haven't even solved my food supply problem yet. Suddenly jumping to eating stir-fries is a bit too big a leap.
Seeing the expectant look in Wang Jian's eyes, he had a flash of inspiration:
"Wang Jian, to tell you the truth, we don't need a chef as good as you right now, and we can't give you a job, but I can give you something else, like... a shop."