Chapter Fifty-Four: Building Military Camps

  Tang Tian wanted the villagers to demolish all the uninhabited houses in order to clear out enough space to build a military camp. The blueprint of the camp was only one page, and no one knew how big it would be after completion. Helpless, Tang Tian had no choice but to have all the other houses demolished as well.

  Moreover, the houses in Shijiazhuang are purely made of stone, and after demolition, these stones can be used to build walls around the barracks, making it their own base.

  Tang Tian took a look and found that Shi Jia Village was nestled among several large mountains, which had almost all been moved halfway. It's hard to imagine how many generations of effort it would take to create such an impressive project.

  The dozens of households in Shijiazhuang Village were scattered over an area of one or two miles, with a relatively flat terrain. After demolishing those houses, the place would definitely be sufficient.

  Moreover, the ground is all stone and it's not afraid of variant beasts coming out from underground, making it the most ideal place to establish a military camp.

  Those dozens of people were all familiar with dealing with stones, and when they started demolishing the house, it was incredibly fast. By the time Tang Tian came to inspect, two houses had already been demolished, and the stone materials had been pushed into a cart and piled up neatly in one place.

  From a distance, Tang Tian saw Zhao Daniu and those people demolishing houses together.

  "Boss Tang..."

  With the arrival of Tang Tian, these people all asked him how he was doing, but didn't know what to call him. The name "Tang Boss" was thus spread among everyone and they all started calling him that.

  "You all continue, don't mind me, I just came to take a look," Tang Tian said casually, not paying attention to them, but instead walking straight towards Zhao Daniu.

  Coming to Zhao Daniu's side, Tang Tian said: "Daniu, you were called here to supervise them, why did you also join in? Just watching from the side would be enough".

  As Tang Tian arrived, Zhao Da Niu stopped what he was doing and wiped the sweat off his brow, saying: "It's alright, I'm strong and used to doing this kind of thing. Having nothing to do actually makes me feel uneasy all over."

  Tang Tian didn't say anything to such a response, maybe he was too simple-minded or thought it was stupid. Anyway, he himself couldn't understand this kind of thinking, why sit comfortably and not do things.

  Don't get hung up on this issue, Tang Tian asked: "Since you're familiar with such things, tell me, how long will it take to demolish all these houses?"

  "If all the uninhabited houses in the village were demolished, it would take at least three days, which is already the fastest speed," said Zhao Daniu after some thought.

  After hearing Zhao Daniu's answer, Tang Tian fell into deep thought. Three days was a long time for him, and with each passing day, this world would undergo tremendous changes. In the almost isolated Shijiazhuang Village, he had no idea what degree of evolution the zombies or mutated beasts outside would reach in three days.

  Every minute and every second is extremely precious for Tang Tian now. With this thought in mind, he looked around and observed his surroundings.

  "Actually, if we work overtime, it's possible to finish in two days, but that way everyone will definitely be exhausted. If it's really urgent, I can go and rush them." Seeing Tang Tian still not looking very happy, Zhao Daniu hastily said.

  After all, he had been living with these villagers since childhood, and the simple-minded him did not want to be punished by Tang Tian because of this.

  Tang Tian didn't understand architecture, he just knew that when his school was repairing the teaching building before, it would take almost several months to complete one building. Demolition is much faster, machinery can demolish a large area in one day. However, the houses in Shijiazhuang are not so troublesome, they are all made of stone, without any steel or cement, and purely relying on manpower to dismantle them is already very fast.

  "So, Big Cow, come take a look. Starting from here, all the houses within a radius of several hundred meters will be demolished, and those trees and whatnot will be cut down and taken away. How much time do you think it'll take?" Tang Tian said, pointing ahead.

  Zhao Daniu also took a look at the area Tang Tianzhi was pointing to, and after some thought, said: "This place only has over ten houses, it won't take much time, if we hurry, we can finish before nightfall".

  "Alright, since that's the case, you go and tell them to clean up this place before nightfall. I'll come back tonight." Tang Tian was still satisfied with Zhao Daniu's response. It was only noon now, and having half a day to tidy up the place was already quite fast.

  At this moment, Tang Tian ordered and left by himself, Zhao Daniu also instructed those people to leave.

  "Brother Tang, Zhang Yu has left. Look at this," Zhao Yue'er said as soon as Tang Tian returned to the house, and handed him a piece of paper.

  Tang Tian furrowed his brow as he took the paper, and didn't have much thought about Zhang Yu's sudden departure. He said lightly: "Left? When did she leave?"

  "Just as I brought her into the house to comfort Liu Xin, when I went in, I found that she had left without knowing what time it was. She only left this note behind. It's so dangerous outside, will a weak woman like her be in danger?" Zhao Yue'er explained, then looked at Tang Tian, waiting for his response.

  He didn't answer her question and instead opened up the note to take a look.

  "Tang Tian, thank you for saving me earlier, but as you said, I'm just a useless waste who can't do anything. Staying here will only cause trouble for everyone, so I've decided to leave. It may be dangerous outside, but I don't want to be a burden on others, especially in this unpredictable and perilous world. I owe you a life, if...if possible, I'll find a way to repay you in the future..."

  Tang Tian finished reading and casually tore it off, saying to Zhao Yue'er: "Don't mind her, let her go if she wants to, it's so dangerous outside, I hope nothing happens to him. Alright, if there's nothing else, let's go cook some food, I'm still hungry."

  "You can't be so heartless, it's so dangerous outside, how can a weak woman like her survive, she may not even make it out of the forest?" Zhao Yue'er said with a frown, looking at Tang Tian's indifferent expression.

  "Maybe, but it's her own choice, no one forced her. If she stayed, I could give her a stable life, but I couldn't arrange her fate for her. Everything is her own choice."

  As for Zhang Yu, Tang Tian didn't have much of an impression. The feeling she gave him was that of a timid and fearful rich miss who had been spoiled too much, a typical pretty vase. As for her departure, Tang Tian didn't take it to heart, whether she lived or died was her own fate.

  "Alright, maybe you're right, I'll go cook. Honestly, I've almost become your personal chef," Zhao Yue'er complained rarely. As for Zhao Yue'er's departure, she had no way to stop her, after all, it was so dangerous outside, and she couldn't possibly run out to find her.

  "What about Liu Xin?" Tang Tian asked, still mindful of Liu Qiang's last words, just as Zhao Yue'er turned to leave.

  "Just as you went to your brother's place, I and a few aunts cleaned up here. We cremated Liu Xin's father and mother and buried them in a place. Liu Xin fainted from excessive grief and is now sleeping inside the house. You can go see her when you have time." Before entering the kitchen, Zhao Yue'er threw out a sentence.

  "Heh heh, looks like this girl still has some feelings for me despite not caring about Zhang Yu's affairs", Tang Tian chuckled to himself as he noticed Zhao Yue'er seemed a bit colder towards him.

  ……

  After eating the meal made by Zhao Yue'er, Tang Tian finally got a good rest. The events of the day had left him feeling somewhat fatigued. He slept soundly and woke up at dusk. Only then did he get up and head to Zhao Daniu's place to see how the demolition of the house was going.

  When he arrived here, Tang Tian was suddenly delighted, because the place of hundreds of meters in length and width had been cleared out, the houses were demolished, and it instantly became a huge open space, with an area of at least several hundred meters in length and width, which is equivalent to tens of thousands of square meters.

  "With a place this big, it should be enough to build an army camp, right?" Tang Tian muttered to himself as he looked at the site in front of him.

  "Tang brothers, everything is settled here, I've told them to go somewhere else. How's that?" Zhao Daniu said as he walked up beside Tang Tian.

  "Alright, it should be fine now, you go ahead and take care of your business, I'll handle things here."

  Tang Tian casually sent Zhao Daniu away.

  Although they were full of curiosity about what Tang Tian wanted to do, those people didn't have their own supervisor, so it was hard to say whether they would slack off or not. Zhao Daniu didn't ask anything and just left on his own.

  Alone in front of such a large venue, Tang Tian took out the military camp map from his ring.

  "Barracks blueprint, exclusive to military profession, costs 10,000 demon coins to build a barracks, can summon troops from it by spending demon coins, only the builder can recruit, can be upgraded, meets construction conditions, whether to build barracks immediately?"

  As he took out the blueprint, Tang Tian also received a hint of sound in his mind.

  "Confirmed construction", with an excited heart, Tang Tian firmly spoke out these two words.