Surviving the Long Night: Starting from the Gas Station and Infinite Upgrades

Chapter 56 Expansion, Commercial Street and Risk Warning

Faced with Wang Jian's question, Lu Sheng looked around and then held up his palm towards him:

"Don't rush, I will provide you with a venue, but a shop can't be opened in a day, and you need to be prepared."

Seeing Wang Jian's confused look, he reasoned with him:

"Besides people, there are only night beasts here. You can't eat night beasts, so where will you get your food? Don't you need to find a food supply channel that's closer to you first?"

And not just one, you need at least two, so that if something goes wrong with one of them, you have a backup plan.

Seeing Wang Jian nod thoughtfully, Lu Sheng continued:

"It's not winter yet, but you need a cold storage to store food. If you don't want to buy a new one right away, you should get a used refrigerator, right?"

There are also all sorts of kitchen utensils, pots and pans, tables and chairs. I'll take care of the shop and renovations; you go and prepare them first, and when you come back, we can open for business right away.

Wang Jian felt that Lu Sheng's consideration was very thorough, and immediately nodded:

"Okay, I'll get ready right away. Station manager, let's exchange contact persons. I'll contact you when I'm ready."

"no problem."

Lu Sheng raised his bracelet, exchanged contact information with the other party, watched him jog back to the car, and then led Cheng Qiushui to continue walking towards the warehouse.

When he reached the warehouse entrance, he stopped and looked at the abandoned commercial street to the west.

When arranging accommodations for Liang Shan and his group, Lu Sheng had already inspected this place.

There are about fifteen shops on the street, all of which are two-story. Ten of them are in relatively minor condition, three are slightly more serious, and the two at the east and west ends are the most serious, with half of them collapsed.

The problems of shops and accommodation can be solved simply by extending the perimeter wall and making the commercial street part of the camp.

"Boss, what are you looking at?"

"Your new home."

Hearing Cheng Qiushui's curious question, Lu Sheng gave a brief reply and walked into the refueling warehouse.

Seeing that Lu Sheng was about to do the work himself again, Liang Shan stopped him, looking very troubled.

"Station manager, you're the leader. It's not right for you to do this kind of hard labor with us."

"Leaders and workers simply have different roles; both contribute to the development of the camp. There's no reason why leaders can't do the work."

Lu Sheng smiled and refused him, then said:

"I happen to have something to discuss with you. Let's talk while we work."

Liang Shanjian couldn't stop Lu Sheng, so he had no choice but to help him build the watchtower.

As Lu Sheng assembled the mortise and tenon jointed wooden parts, he talked to the other person about expanding the camp:

"Liang Shan, your team is now considered one of the camp's own people. I plan to build an additional section of wall to enclose the commercial street within the camp."

This way, even in rainy weather, you won't have to worry about being attacked by ferocious beasts on your way in and out of the camp.

Upon hearing Lu Sheng's idea, Liang Shan was both surprised and delighted:

"Station manager, this is great! Can I share this news with others?"

"sure."

With Lu Sheng's permission, Liang Shan immediately stopped what he was doing and shouted:

"Put down what you're holding and look at me, I have something to announce!"

He raised his hands:

"From now on, our living area will be surrounded by walls and officially become part of the camp!"

The workers were taken aback at first, then they became excited. From their cheers, Lu Sheng understood the gist of it.

He had promised to let them stay, but these people didn't fully believe him. Coupled with the sentry selection process, many people were worried that in the end only the selected people would be allowed to stay.

This concern stems from years of wandering and the familiarity with broken promises, as well as the reality that while a camp has been built, their living quarters are located outside of it.

Now that they heard their lodgings would become part of the camp, they finally felt relieved.

After the cheers subsided, the workers threw themselves into their work with even greater enthusiasm, and finally completed the construction of the second watchtower in the afternoon.

Then, just like the first time, taking advantage of a break in the rain, the group placed the watchtower at the west gate, and Lu Sheng used materials to upgrade it.

As everyone watched the watchtower reconstruct its even more majestic form in the light, they were still amazed, even though they had seen Lu Sheng's methods many times before.

"Liang Shan, three people take turns on each watchtower to ensure that there are people at the top and bottom of the tower. An extra person is arranged to take turns resting with the other two to ensure that there are people around 24 hours a day."

"Just turn on one navigation light; we don't need to turn this one on. Turn on the northeast gate tower at night, in case of any unusual activity..."

Lu Sheng raised his bracelet, tapped it a few times, and shared a contact with Liang Shan:

"Report any abnormalities to it immediately."

When Liang Shan saw the contact information shared, the name was Zhao Cai. He remembered that this seemed to be the robot dog that Jiang Shutong followed.

Noticing Liang Shan's expression, Lu Sheng explained:

"Don't overthink it. People need to sleep, but it can respond 24/7. Just treat it as a transit station."

After receiving the message, it will relay it to me or the person specifically responsible for handling it.

"Alright, I'll go and select the remaining four sentries."

Lu Sheng added another sentence:

"Besides selecting sentries, another thing we need to hurry up with is processing the timber into long stakes for building the wall. We can start building the wall as soon as the materials are ready."

Liang Shan nodded. This was the matter he cared about most, and even if Lu Sheng hadn't said anything, he would have put it first.

After assigning tasks, Liang Shan led the workers back to the gas station warehouse to continue processing timber. Cheng Qiushui did not go back with them.

He only spoke after Liang Shan and his group had walked away:

"Boss, Liang Shan needs to be kept in close watch."

"What's wrong with him?"

"His position is the leader of the team, but as the camp develops, his core forces will be assigned to positions that the camp needs, and he himself will gradually be marginalized."

Cheng Qiushui shared her understanding:

"A team doesn't need two leaders. It's fine if he's willing to let those who are subservient to him leave one by one. But if he's not willing to accept it, such a person is most easily instigated by external forces."

Based on my observation, he's unlikely to be the former. When you mentioned the person he was reporting to, there was obvious dissatisfaction in his eyes… May I ask who that person is?

Lu Sheng briefly explained the concept of attracting wealth to Cheng Qiushui. After a moment's thought, Cheng Qiushui became even more certain of her idea:

"From the perspective of camp development, your arrangement is the most suitable, boss. No one can stay vigilant 24 hours a day, but machines can."

But I'm pretty sure that from the very beginning, Liang Shan's heart has already developed a distance from yours.

"This gap is still very small. How would you like it fixed?"

Lu Sheng felt that Cheng Qiushui's words were somewhat provocative, but he had to admit that there was some truth to what she said.

However, since the other party had raised the issue, he figured Cheng Qiushui must have already come up with a solution:

"Qiushui, what do you think we should do?"