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

Chapter 64 The Dispute: Battery and Machine Gun Installation

Lu Sheng sent a message to Cui Shou via his bracelet. Upon receiving the message, Cui Shou immediately jogged over and stood in front of Lu Sheng.

"Shou Cui, there's something I'd like to ask you about."

"Ask me anything, stationmaster, and I'll answer to the best of my knowledge."

"The remaining four sentries haven't been selected yet. Is there some internal reason I'm unaware of?"

Upon hearing Lu Sheng's question, Cui Shou remained silent for a moment, then quickly glanced around before nodding slightly.

"Tell me, I won't tell anyone you said it."

"Hmm... okay."

Through Cui Shou's explanation, Lu Sheng understood the whole story.

Liang Shan's team is roughly divided into two factions: one is Liang Shan's brothers, and the other is the children raised by the elders.

There are six sentry positions. Although they could be divided equally between the two sides, some people on Liang Shan's side raised objections. Gu Yan and Cui Shou are children raised by the elders and have already been designated by Lu Sheng, so they do not need to participate in the competition.

So the old man's children should choose one, and Liang Shan's brothers should choose three, but the old man disagreed.

They argued that Gu Yan and Cui Shou were selected based on their own abilities, and that the remaining four positions should still be divided equally.

"The elderly know their days are numbered and they hope to make sure their children's future is settled as much as possible."

After listening to Cui Shou's account, Cheng Qiushui offered her comments, and Cui Shou nodded in agreement.

"Such disagreements have occurred many times in the past, but this time is different. The elderly feel that their children really have a chance to have a stable home."

Cui Shou kept his head down as he spoke, but he secretly glanced at Lu Sheng, as if wanting to see Lu Sheng's reaction to his words.

After hearing the whole story, Lu Sheng sighed softly and turned to look at Cheng Qiushui:

"Qiushui, I'd like to trouble you to go and find Liang Shan and tell him that the remaining four people must be selected before dark today."

"Boss, I'll go right away."

Seeing this, Cui Shou asked in a low voice with some concern:

"Station manager, are you angry? Conflicts like this have happened often before, we can handle them, don't worry."

"I'm not angry, it's just that the sentry's position is very important, as it relates to the safety of the entire camp."

Lu Sheng waved his hand:

"You go back first."

Cui Shou nodded, not daring to ask anything more, and quickly ran back to the watchtower.

As dusk approached that day, Cheng Qiushui led two men and two women to Lu Sheng and told him about the remaining four sentry candidates.

Facing Lu Sheng, the four introduced themselves in turn.

"Station manager, my name is Yang Feng."

"Station manager, this is Yin Zheng."

"Station Master Lu, my name is Guan Rui, you can just call me Xiao Rui."

"Stationmaster, my name is Xu Jing."

Lu Sheng nodded, then turned to look at Cheng Qiushui:

"What did you tell him?"

"The people sent by the Lu family will arrive soon. If they can't decide before dark, the remaining four positions will be theirs. Liang Shan and the elders will all be at peace in no time."

Listening to Cheng Qiushui's story, Lu Sheng felt that sending him over was indeed the right thing to do.

He turned to the four people in front of him and divided them into groups:

"Yang Feng, you go to Gu Yan and Cui Shou's group. The remaining three go to the West Gate Watchtower. You can discuss the shift schedule yourselves. If anything happens, report to Zhao Cai through the bracelet."

The four nodded in unison, and shortly after they left, a small light on the top of the West Gate watchtower lit up, a sign that the sentry was in position.

Seeing that the camp's watchtowers were finally starting to function normally, Lu Sheng breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to ask Lin Ran if she knew how to install a light machine gun when he got back.

If she knew how, she would use the first half of the night to load up the light machine gun and further improve the camp's defenses.

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Lu Sheng was pondering the arrangements for the first half of the night when Zhao Cai sent him a message. It was a report from Xi Men that they had spotted a vehicle approaching the camp.

A moment later, Wei Fa drove through the west gate of the camp and parked the car in front of the container hotel, following the message sent by Lu Sheng.

After getting off the bus, he immediately saw Lu Sheng waiting there.

"Brother Lu, the solar panels and battery pack you requested are on the truck, along with an armored power cable. Do you need any installation workers? I know some of them."

"No need, we have people here who know how to pretend."

Lu Sheng waved and walked towards the truck's cargo platform. In the dim light, the old solar panels and battery boxes were crammed together, looking like a pile of rusty scrap iron.

But he knew that this was the camp's future energy guarantee.

In two more days, the weather will clear up, and the entire camp will have plenty of electricity.

He sent a message to the workers, calling on everyone to come and unload the goods, and also sent a message to Cheng Qiushui, asking him to bring the ladder and electric cart.

Nighttime construction is dangerous in this era, but now with the protection of walls and the warning of watchtowers, construction can be carried out at night.

Upon receiving the news, the workers poured out of their dormitories and began unloading the goods. Cheng Qiushui not only brought tools but also Lu Zheng, who rolled up his sleeves and joined the workers.

"That's a rare sight indeed! How did you manage to convince him?"

When Lu Sheng saw Lu Zheng moving goods, he asked about Cheng Qiushui, who was carrying the same board as him.

"I didn't say anything. He only went to sleep late at night, but when he heard what I was going to do, he came along. He still had the camp construction on his mind."

"I underestimated him."

The two stacked the solar panels onto an electric cart, and the workers carried the cart to stack the panels on the open ground next to the container hotel.

In Lu Sheng's plan, a semi-open parking lot will be built next, and these solar panels will be installed on the roof of the carport.

After all the solar panels and battery packs on the vehicle were unloaded, he hauled the last load of solar panels to the folding house.

The folding house has only one floor and is currently the only place where solar panels can be installed using a ladder.

Lin Ran was already waiting on the roof. After Lu Sheng and Cheng Qiushui brought the solar panels up, she began to connect the wires and carry out the installation work.

A few hours later, gazing at the neatly arranged solar panels covering the roof, she wiped away a bead of sweat.

"Lu Sheng, I've got this all set up. The solar panel array, the battery box, and the electrical wiring for the whole house are all connected."

"Thank you for your hard work. I'll notify Lu Zheng... Oh, I almost forgot you're here, cousin, go and bring the car over."

Standing on the ground, after arranging for Lu Zheng to leave, Lu Sheng shouted towards the roof again:

"Lin Ran, I have a question for you. Do you know how to install a light machine gun?"

"...Yes, I know how. Did you get it?"

Lin Ran walked to the edge of the roof and saw Lu Sheng pointing her in the direction of the gas station:

"Two of them are in the warehouse, along with baskets of ammunition. I plan to mount them on the watchtower."

After hearing Lu Sheng's idea, Lin Ran pondered for a moment and suggested:

"Lu Sheng, I have a better idea: just install a fixed bracket."