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After the rain, under the sunset, a rainbow emerged.

This rainbow, semicircular, hung at the horizon, a vast and vivid rainbow.

It was beautiful.

People on the walls, all wearing wet raincoats, stretched out their hands to feel, and the rain had stopped.

So they took off their raincoats.

After removing the raincoats, the clothes inside were also wet.

A few remained on duty atop the wall, while the others returned to the living quarters of the base, changing into dry clothes. These days, even the air felt damp, and clothes sticking to the body for a long time were extremely uncomfortable.

Li Yu stayed behind, along with Dapao and others. These men just sat on the wall, puffing clouds of smoke.

Leaning against the wall behind them, occasionally a fresh breeze blew by, making them feel unusually comfortable.

A gentle breeze wafted through.

The smoke drifted away with the wind.

”Everyone get ready, in a few days, we’ll head to Southern City,” Li Yu said calmly, startling everyone.

Everyone was a bit surprised since the Zombie Tide had just ended, and Li Yu was already planning to deal with the lingering threat of the Salvation Army, but no one was overly shocked. After all, they had known Li Yu well enough to know he was not one to leave enemies alone overnight.

Previously, they had been whittling down the manpower of the Salvation Army, and after Brother Mao and others were killed, their second in command was also eliminated.

Now that the Zombie Tide had just ended, Li Yu and his people were unharmed, the base had zero casualties, but it was different for other factions.

Taking advantage of the Zombie Tide, the Salvation Army might be weakened, the perfect time to strike hard!

”Okay,” Yang Tianlong was the first to respond.

”No problem, actually there’s not much to prepare, we could go right now,” Dapao took a deep drag of his cigarette, exhaling the smoke before speaking.

”I’m going as well,” the sloppy one said from top of the wall.

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Hearing everyone’s responses, Li Yu felt good inside.

As they lived longer through the apocalypse, they had experienced various events together, resisted Zombies together, faced enemies together, and survived dangerous situations together.

Their trust in Li Yu had grown even stronger, with each decision he made in countless choices gaining their trust step by step.

This time, it would be the farthest journey they had taken in the apocalypse.

Therefore, they needed to prepare well, and Li Yu was also contemplating how to go about this trip and who should accompany him.

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Fourth Uncle came to replace Li Yu, who then climbed down from the wall, greeted Dapao and the others, and returned to his room.

The past month had been exhausting both physically and mentally.

Now, he could finally take a good bath and rest a bit.

To rest well, and then it would be time to deal with the Salvation Army, plant late-season rice, expand the wall, enhance the wall, and strengthen their power...

He was also considering the performance of the new people who had recently joined the base.

Those workers, who were already veterans of the base, needed to gradually have some permissions extended to them, and then there were people like Song Min who had performed very well in this Zombie Tide, showing exceptional resilience.

Last time, they had obtained many firearms from the armory, many of which had not been used, and these guns had always been in the possession of a select few, not distributed to everyone.

Regarding the future development plan of the base, whether to expand and how to expand were questions to consider.

Thinking about it gave Li Yu a headache, so he decided not to think anymore, climbed out of the bathtub, and dried his body and hair.

After bathing, Li Yu lay straight on the bed, which was soft and warm, and he quickly fell into a deep sleep.

A quiet night passed.

The next day, Second Uncle found Li Yu and they discussed matters on planting late rice. The recent torrential rain had made this the first time that the entire Mountain Pond reservoir was filled completely.

The water level also reached its highest height, the deepest part of this Mountain Pond reservoir is over 20 meters, almost the height of 9 floors.

Li Yu had never seen the Mountain Pond dried up before, with a very strong capacity for water storage.

After all, this Mountain Pond reservoir had originally acted as a water retention pond in this large tract of fields, providing water through its gates to irrigate the fields during drought periods.

Li Yu and Second Uncle went together to the edge of the Mountain Pond. Before this torrential rain, they could still walk down another 20 meters, but now, they stopped right there at the side of the mountain path.

The recent torrential rain was immense and filled up the Mountain Pond, submerging most of the willow trees, leaving only their upper halves visible which looked quite abrupt.

However, the small boats were still floating on the surface.

Second Uncle looked at the Mountain Pond with some concern, finding that it was too full. Although there had never been any problems over the years, the astonishing amount of water stored still felt somewhat terrifying.

”Yu, should we release some water from our Mountain Pond? I have never seen its water level so high before,” Second Uncle hesitated for a moment before finally speaking up.

Li Yu pondered by the shore for a while; he remembered that in the post-apocalyptic world, especially after prolonged torrential rains, droughts often occurred.

Moreover, it was only June now; the upcoming months of July and August were the hottest times of the year, likely to experience drought.

This stored water was very important!

”Don’t release the water. We still don’t know what the weather will be like next. If it rains again, we can discharge the excess water, but not from the Mountain Pond. Since it’s full, let’s keep it. We’re planning to plant late rice next, and having the water keeps us more at ease too,” Li Yu said.

Upon hearing this, Second Uncle looked at the alarmingly full Mountain Pond and said, ”This is the first time I’ve seen the Mountain Pond this full. I was just worrying if the pressure might be too much for the dam?”

Li Yu responded, ”I asked Grandpa before, and he said the foundation of this dam was originally laid with concrete under the ground. From here to there, it’s all concrete, quite solid. My dad also said it’s basically fine; he even replaced the cement pipes here a couple of years ago.”

”There shouldn’t be any issues. Look at the dam, it’s almost 20 meters high, and everyone usually walks on top of it,” Li Yu added.

Reassured by this, Second Uncle let go of his worries. Indeed, he was overly concerned. A normal dam is usually only about eight or nine meters high, but their dam was originally meant to be a path, so it had been specially widened, making this 20-meter wide dam easily capable of holding back the water from the Mountain Pond.

The two walked down from the Mountain Pond, chatting as they went.

On the way, they saw Peizhen, the young daughter of Fourth Uncle, leading several younger children with sticks, herding cattle and sheep up the mountain.

Li Yu cautioned, ”Don’t go near the Mountain Pond! Understand? The water is deep.”

”Okay, big brother,” Peizhen, somewhat intimidated by her elder brother, obediently responded.

However, cousin Zhang Zhixing wasn’t afraid of him at all. With a face full of innocence, he said to Li Yu, ”Big cousin, I want to ride the cow. Lift me up.”

Li Yu was amused but ultimately let Second Uncle go back first; riding the cow wasn’t so easy. Falling off could easily result in being trampled.

But kids are curious, and rather than having them sneak around and try, it’s better to supervise and let him experience it.

So they found a young calf and lifted young Zhang Zhixing onto it, his face full of excitement, as he had longed to sit atop a cow.

”Ha ha ha ha ha ha,” Zhang Zhixing held onto the slightly protruding horns and laughed joyfully atop.

The other kids also ran over, shouting, ”Big brother, I want to too.”

”Cousin, I want to ride the cow too!”

”I want to.”

After the rainstorm,

The sky was clear, the mountains verdant with lush greenery.

At the foot of the mountain, the grass was dense, swaying like waves as the breeze passed over.

Dozens of cattle and sheep grazed, heads bowed.

Seven or eight children surrounded a young calf.

A handsome, tall man held the calf’s rope, steadying it, smiling as he let each child take a turn sitting on its back.

A sound of pure, beautiful laughter filled the air, fluttering with the wind towards the gardens, the residential areas, the gates,

and out towards the vast, blue sky...