Chapter Five: Wherever You Are Is Paradise

  The sentry squad at the valley mouth had changed shifts five times, and Sergeant Jiang Yunzhi also came to the first floor hall to check several times. Each time, Tian Tang Niao's answer was: The commander is sleeping.

  There are many after-effects of time-traveling, and being disoriented is almost a compulsory course for every time-traveler. Without any mental preparation, one has to face an unknown world, which not everyone can easily withstand. Moreover, after continuous turmoil for over ten hours, physical strength also reaches its limit. Therefore, Comrade Shao's sleep was a deep, dark, and confused one, which can also be understood as an unconscious psychological escape from fear.

  After all, Zhong Yi was just a young man in his twenties, who had just left campus and had not truly faced social and military life. He didn't seem like a pure iron soldier on the surface, without experiencing life's hardships and setbacks, how could he be truly strong and tough?

  He came to Australia just before graduation, only to learn some regrettable news. When Zhong Yi had just entered the military academy, he met a girl named Ning Xue at an event organized by the capital's military schools. She was a third-year student at the Capital Military Medical Academy. During that event, they played a duet of "Guan Shan Yue" on the piano and violin, their performance was incredibly harmonious, making it hard to believe it was their first time playing together. The thunderous applause from their fellow students also brought the two young people closer together. Although they didn't meet often, they would always make plans to spend holidays together, leaving behind happy memories in famous mountains and beautiful villages. In Ning Xue's senior year, they made a plan to come to Australia together after graduation to see the Great Barrier Reef, the Sydney Opera House, watch the sunrise at Uluru, and also to see the bird of paradise that Ning Xue loved the most.

  Just before Ning Xue's graduation, Zhong Yi suddenly received a message from Ning Xue: A chance encounter of beauty does not mean we can be together for life. I've thought about it for a long time, and actually, we're not suitable for each other. Let's break up! Zhong Yi, you're a great guy, forget me, and I wish you can find the girl you like!

  This sudden news disrupted Zhong Yi's happy university life, and he even thought it was a prank by one of his friends. But from that day on, he really lost all contact with Ning Xue. He couldn't find her, her phone was turned off, and when he asked Ning Xue's friends, they just shook their heads, "Zhong Yi, forget about Ning Xue, she's not worth your further investment."

  What's going on, two years of feelings just ended like that? It can end, but at least give me a face-to-face explanation. Through the words of friends, Zhong Yi finally understood that it seemed Ning Xue had changed her mind, Ning Xue got to know a military second-generation in the army, and they could give her a better future.

  A game, a dream, Zhong Yi alone in the bar by Lugou Bridge got drunk for one night, using a remembered college punishment to exchange for the remaining two years of desperate military school life. A man must fight for his dignity, Zhong Yi wants to use his own efforts to prove that someone's choice was wrong!

  His hard work paid off with the first place in the graduation ceremony, and when he went on stage to receive the award, he was still thinking proudly: Ning Xue, this is my answer to you. But then a letter handed over by his roommate instantly made Zhong Yi collapse. It was a letter left by Ning Xue for him, a letter that had been kept in his roommate's hands for two years.

  It turned out that Ning Xue hadn't changed her mind, but she had been diagnosed with a terminal illness during a physical examination before graduation. Before returning home for treatment, she begged her classmates and friends to keep it a secret from Zhong Yi, just so as not to affect his studies. She knew Zhong Yi's personality all too well; if he found out the truth, he would drop out of school and stay by her side. But she didn't want that, knowing how crazy he was about tanks and armored troops...

  "If I could cure my illness, I would come to you at the first opportunity, beg for your forgiveness and tell you how much I love you. If not, I will look forward to the next life, meet you again and fall in love with you again."

  "I want to tell you, I've never regretted falling in love with you. Knowing you is the greatest happiness of my life! Please take good care of yourself for me, whether it's this life or the next, wait for me... I love you!"

  This was the last paragraph of that letter, the heartbreaking final paragraph! Ning Xue's home was in a remote small county town. It wasn't until three days later that Zhong Yi finally saw Ning Xue again - the photo on her tombstone showed Ning Xue with a smile, pure as a lotus flower.

  Came to Australia, just to fulfill Ning Xuesheng's wish before his death, see the Great Barrier Reef, see the Sydney Opera House, see Uluru sunrise, only, haven't had time to go to Papua to see the bird of paradise, and was brought to 1934 by a base car at Ayers Rock.

  Zhong Yi, who had just woken up, felt a bit suffocated in his chest. He had another dream about Ning Xue, where they went on a date and he gave her a bouquet of crane flowers. But Ning Xue pouted and said, "I don't want the heavenly bird flower, I want to see the pink heavenly bird."

  With a wry smile, Zhong Yi shook his head, feeling the corners of his eyes growing moist. "Ning Xue, even if there's a paradise bird, for me, wherever you are is paradise..."

  "Reporting officer, the mineral processing plant has been completed." The gentle and charming voice of the female anchor sounded particularly out of place at this moment.

  "Sometimes you're really annoying!"

  "Reporting to the superior officer, this is my duty, I think the construction of the base is the most important!"

  "Alright... fine, you're a competent deputy officer, I'll be right there."

  Let's put personal feelings aside for now, it's 1934 and the intelligent system Heaven Bird is right, building a base is the most important thing. Sitting back in front of the control panel on the second floor, apart from the power plant and mining refinery on the construction interface, the third building unit, the barracks, finally lit up. This is an extremely important building unit, only by building the barracks can you open the defense interface and character interface, no need to look at the introduction in detail, click confirm, the location of the barracks is also placed next to the main building of the base, the exit facing the small square of the main building, waiting for six hours. The finger lightly pulled out, and the line of sight was transferred to the holographic screen, the position of the refinery was like a huge building with a large chimney standing tall, an armed mining truck quietly stopped next to the refinery, waiting for instructions from the base.

  "Can you now detect the mineral deposits around the base?"

  "Report to the superior, after completing the survey, within a 50-kilometer radius around the base, there are three exploitable mineral deposits. Two iron mines and one gold mine were found. The easiest to exploit is the open-pit iron mine located 30 kilometers away, which is that red giant stone called Uluru, with an exploitation value of 25 million funds; Another iron mine is located in the Magreshev mountain range, but it is buried deeper, and with the current mining capacity, it will be more difficult to exploit, requiring larger-scale mining equipment. The gold mine is relatively far from us, beyond the 50-kilometer radius, we only detected the mineral vein of the gold mine. Therefore, I suggest that the superior start exploiting Uluru red giant stone nearby."

  Zhong Yi smiled, "I observed the celestial phenomena at night and had already calculated that large red stone. It's just that for this 25 million funds, we would have to excavate the world's largest stone, and there will be no more Els Giant Rock in the future."

  Upon receiving the order, Jiang Yunzhi assigned two Red Guards with driving skills from the security team to operate the ore car and instructed them on precautions.

  Zhong Yi sighed softly, the base reward of this class of warriors is useful, without them, the mining cart would have to wait until the military camp was built and soldiers were recruited before it could be operated.

  Looked up at the remaining funds of the base, building a power plant and an ore processing plant consumed 2,800 funds. Let's take a look at how much funds can be recovered from each iron ore car later. After the military camp is built, soldiers can be recruited, and these funds will have to be calculated.

  Close your eyes and recall the financial arrangement strategy when playing games in the early stage. Although there are many differences here compared to the game, it can also be borrowed.

  Suddenly, a urgent voice of a female anchor came from beside his ear: "Report to the superior officer, the mining truck has been attacked and requests support."

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