133: Chapter 133 The Iron Wall Arrives! Veteran Engineers Assemble an Infrastructure Team

6:00 AM.

Outside the main entrance on the first level of Polaris.

Zhao Tiezhu stood on the dry, snow-free dirt ground.

Behind him were three hundred people arranged in two columns.

The entire personnel of iron wall.

iron wall itself was parked two hundred meters to the right of Polaris.

Its engine was in idle warm-up mode.

Zhao Tiezhu turned around to face his people.

"Brothers."

His booming voice echoed across the empty ice field.

"From today on, iron wall is a transport vehicle, not a home."

"Home is here."

He pointed his thumb behind him, indicating the airtight door of Polaris, which was four meters wide and six meters high.

"After going in, everyone register according to the rules of the City Resident Management System."

"Once you've registered, if you hit someone on this vehicle, the system won't let you kill them."

"If someone hits you, they won't be able to kill you either."

"But that's no excuse for you to go around picking fights."

He scanned the team.

"The City Lord's surname is Lu, his name is Lu Chen, twenty-two years old."

"Don't let his age fool you."

"He is the one who used a Ray Cannon to take out three transport vehicles and six 105mm cannon in three shots."

"He is also the one who rammed the drive shaft of the Ice Thorn Lv.4 Main City head-on."

"He is also the one who dismantled an lv.3 fortress in thirteen minutes."

"On this vehicle, he is the one in charge."

"The rules are simple: he manages the vehicle, I manage your daily lives; both sides cooperate and don't interfere with each other."

"Do you understand?"

"Understood!"

The three hundred people answered in unison.

"Go in."

The three hundred people filed into the first level of Polaris.

After counting the heads, Zhao Tiezhu walked to the elevator and took it up to the third level.

In the cockpit, Lu Chen was checking the radar panel.

"Are they all in?"

"Three hundred people, not a single one missing."

Zhao Tiezhu sat down on a folding chair.

"I brought a medic named Sun Ke, who has already gone to report to the medical bay on the second level."

"Have the medicines been transferred from The City-State?"

"Zhou Yuan coordinated it yesterday afternoon, and the first batch of basic medicines will be delivered this morning."

"One hundred doses of antibiotics, fifty doses of painkillers, and fifty trauma suture kits."

"Is that enough?"

"It's enough for emergencies."

He rubbed his hands together.

"City Lord Lu Chen, I brought two other people I wanted to talk to you about."

"Who are they?"

"One is named Han Zhengqing."

"Who?"

"The former chief engineer of the industrial zone in Black Rock City-State. He is sixty-three years old and worked in The City-State for thirty years. He is an all-rounder in welding, smelting, and mechanical repair."

Lu Chen tapped his fingers on the armrest.

"Chief engineer?"

"Yes, the technical director of the second-level industrial zone of The City-State. He managed two hundred technicians under him."

"When Ice Thorn bombed The City-State, the industrial zone was completely destroyed, and he survived by crawling out through the maintenance passage on the second level."

"During the migration, he was in the first batch. After entering Polaris, he has been wandering around the first level, observing the weld seams for two days."

"He came to find me yesterday, saying he wanted to see you."

Lu Chen remembered.

Lin Wan had mentioned that an old engineer had been observing the weld seams on the first level for a long time.

"Let him come up."

"What about the other person?"

"The other is named Song Ya, thirty-one years old, formerly a senior agricultural technician in the sixth-level agricultural zone of The City-State."

"She was Lin Wan's colleague when she was in The City-State. She has done eight years of soilless cultivation and nutrient solution formulation."

"Does Lin Wan know her?"

"Yes, they have a good relationship. When she heard that Lin Wan was working as a Botanist on Polaris, she took the initiative to come over, wanting to help."

"Send her to the greenhouse to find Lin Wan."

"Okay."

Zhao Tiezhu stood up, ready to leave.

"Battalion Commander Zhao."

"Here."

"From today on, your iron wall will follow behind Polaris, maintaining a distance of five hundred meters."

"Although iron wall has been downgraded, its engine is intact, its tracks are intact, and its load capacity is still there."

"When we subsequently degrade the wreckage, some large components can be loaded onto iron wall for temporary storage."

"To avoid piling everything up on the first level of Polaris and taking up space."

Zhao Tiezhu grinned.

"I'm familiar with transport work. iron wall has been hauling cargo for eight years."

He walked into the elevator, and the elevator door closed.

Fifteen minutes later.

Han Zhengqing walked out of the elevator.

Sixty-three years old, graying hair, back held very straight, with old scars on his hands from decades of welding.

He walked into the cockpit.

He didn't look at Lu Chen.

He looked up, staring at the supporting steel beams on the ceiling.

He looked for five seconds.

Then he lowered his head and looked at Lu Chen.

"You are the City Lord?"

"Yes."

"Young."

Han Zhengqing sat down on a folding chair, resting his hands on his thighs.

"I won't waste words; I'll get straight to the point."

"Speak."

"The steel structure precision of this vehicle of yours exceeds the standards of the Pre-Civilization Federation. The consistency of the weld seams and the metal crystal arrangement are not something that current technology can achieve."

"I won't ask how you did it; that's your secret."

"But you have 48,000 square meters of space in your hands. With 30,000 people moving in, relying solely on system-generated facilities won't be enough."

"You need people to help you with the renovation and maintenance of living facilities."

"Adjustment of water pipe interfaces, distribution of circuit terminals, optimization of ventilation ducts, installation of beds and partitions."

"The system can't help you with these things; they need to be done by hand."

He spoke at a steady pace.

"I have a roster of technical workers from the industrial zone of Black Rock City-State, and there are 147 people still alive."

"Among the 147 people, there are 32 welders, 28 mechanics, 19 electricians, 15 plumbers, and the rest are general laborers."

"If you organize these people into an engineering team, I will lead them. You tell me where to modify, and I will modify it."

Lu Chen looked at the old man who was forty-one years older than him.

"How is the salary calculated?"

"What salary?"

Han Zhengqing raised his voice.

"You give 30,000 people a home with a constant temperature of twenty degrees, give us nutrient bars to eat, and give us hot water to drink."

"Isn't that enough for a salary?"

"I worked as an engineer for thirty years, and all The City-State gave me was food, clothing, and a bed."

"What you give is ten times better than The City-State."

He stopped talking.

"Don't be polite with me; just use us."

Lu Chen tapped his fingers on the armrest.

"I approve the establishment of the engineering team."

"You are the chief engineer, and you are responsible for the deployment of the 147 people."

"The first task is the expansion and renovation of the residential area on the second level."

"Sixty beds are not enough. According to the pace of 30,000 people moving in batches, at least 3,000 beds are needed."

"Where will the materials for the beds come from?"

"There are spare steel plates and angle iron on iron wall. If that's not enough, steel from the collapsed areas of The City-State can be recycled."

"What about welding tools?"

"There are basic welding tools in the industrial processing area on the first level, which were automatically generated when the system upgraded."

Han Zhengqing stood up.

"I will go and check the equipment this afternoon."

"Work starts tomorrow."

He walked to the cockpit door, stopped, and turned back.

"City Lord."

"What?"

"I have never seen the weld precision of this vehicle of yours in my entire life."

"If you need any manual work, don't look for anyone else; look for me."

He left.

Lu Chen leaned back in the driver's seat, looking at the total number of registered residents on the panel.

The numbers jumped, 1,912 people, rising every hour.