Chapter 878 - 285: Convincing Liu Bi, Hydropower Station Activated! (Part 4)

Chapter 878: Chapter 285: Convincing Liu Bi, Hydropower Station Activated! (Part 4)

The beds are tidily arranged, and the supplies stacked on the floor are neatly categorized and placed.

Walking out of the room, the corridors between rooms show not a speck of garbage, and the floor is level and clean.

Even the trash bins are clean to an unbelievable level, with some flowers and plants transplanted around, exuding a strong sense of life.

"These are all..." Liu Bi pointed at the small modifications within the area, even noticing wooden toys for children placed in front of doors.

"The basic area of the houses is the same; these extra arrangements were spontaneously modified by the residents themselves," Cheng Ye explained with a smile.

The communal living quarters remain collective in nature, while family houses belong to individual families’ small spaces.

Even if it’s rented, the sense of belonging is irreplaceable, especially after a tiring day when a family returns to their separate room to drink nutrient paste and laugh together. This warmth far outweighs any verbal comfort in soothing the heart.

"Good, well done, very well done!" Liu Bi stopped in his tracks, saying "good" three times, his tone full of praise.

He stays in the industrial area managing distribution, seemingly indifferent to worldly affairs, yet using the opportunity of material allocation to indirectly see the different development philosophies of each satellite city.

Managers like Cheng Ye, who consider everything from the residents’ perspective, are indeed few and far between.

"Your grandfather and father, both emphasized the grassroots foundation. Especially Brother Long, back when he led the team to explore, just one word from him and thousands of people were willing to follow him desperately. I originally thought I had to take you through some major events for you to understand this principle. Now it seems I was overly concerned," Liu Bi sighed, but Cheng Ye remained silent.

Because Liu Bi still didn’t know, Dapo Town was no longer merely a satellite city belonging to Happiness City but was now the territory of Inspector Cheng.

This was his own domain, so naturally, it must be meticulously managed from the start and not treated with a task-driven mindset.

The last two remaining three-story small buildings—on the right is the Dapo Medical Station.

Though called a medical station, it also serves as a temporary school. The first floor is planned as wards and a diagnostic area, while the second and third floors have been entirely converted into classrooms.

Medical personnel from the Buffer Zone have already been gradually reassigned following the restructure, and Zhu Xiang, with great effort, only managed to recruit three male nurses to Dapo Town.

The only doctor in the town now was specially requested by Cheng Ye with Wei Zhou’s help.

Currently, thirty people have been selected from the residents to receive basic medical training.

Expecting these people to perform sophisticated surgeries is obviously unrealistic, but as long as they can handle common external injuries and are willing to continually learn and improve, it’s enough to support the basic medical needs of Dapo Town.

The other building, the materials purchase and sale station, is similar. The first floor imitates the Buffer Zone’s material station, making it easy for residents to exchange daily living supplies.

The second floor is the current office area of Dapo Town; every room is full of people, including the engineering team brought by Lin Xu and a few engineers sent to assist from Wenlu County.

Furthermore, for Dapo Town to develop, the accounting system must be well-established from the start.

Cheng Ye does not have professional personnel for this at hand, so he temporarily asked Long from Celestial Essence Community to transfer three people over.

He doesn’t expect perfect accounting records, but at least they must be clear and free of fraud or deception.

On the third floor is the office and residence of Cheng Ye, Wang Kang, and Luokuke.

Five rooms are left here, each with the same area.

Opening the middle room’s door, the simplicity of the furnishings exceeded Liu Bi’s expectations.

At first glance, the most prominent thing is a solid wood desk, piled full of engineering drawings and various documents, with plenty of scattered open books on the floor.

Inside is a simple reception area, with a square wooden table surrounded by a few wooden stools.

Going further, there’s a small resting compartment. Liu Bi stared at the floor bed in the compartment, paused for a moment, and couldn’t help asking, "Do you usually sleep on the floor?"

"Well, everything is kept simple at the beginning..." Cheng Ye scratched his head.

"No way, Old Niu, write it down. Buy a bed to send tomorrow, choose a good one."

"Yes!" Niu Fu was also taken aback by the simplicity of the setup, unable to restrain a sigh, "Inspector Cheng truly inherited Cheng Wu’s commitment to integrity!"

"Haha..." Cheng Ye chuckled awkwardly, hoping Niu Fu would still speak this way next year.

He’s not someone who can endure hardship for long.

Once Dapo Town develops, a grander office than Ding Yishan’s must be set up.

All material conditions must be maximized to make outsiders feel Dapo Town’s strength and grandeur as soon as they enter.

After several people sat around the square table, Cheng Ye picked up the kettle and cups from the floor and, while pouring water, succinctly recounted all the major events that occurred over the past three months.

At first listen, the time seemed short, but the density of events that followed was akin to several years’ worth.

From the full-scale outbreak of the Stand-In Starfish, to the gradual decline of the Buffer Zone, to the arrival of the Void Mist covering Sand Province, and the wanderer migration triggered after the Void Mist connected to the Firewood Shelter City...

"Wait, wouldn’t this C35 that wandered over be that Yu Yong?" Liu Bi, initially listening with a frown, realized the problem as soon as he heard that tens of thousands in a shelter city had died from the outbreak of a mother source, which then wandered into Happiness City.

"Yes, he is that C35..."

"An infection source capable of destroying a satellite city; why is he so... weak?" Liu Bi said in astonishment.