Chapter 88: Chapter 88: The Residence and Radar
The construction of the barracks is also quite costly.
A single barracks actually costs a hundred thousand gold!
Fortunately, in the virtual world, the barracks can be half-recycled, so Ye Fan only spent fifty thousand gold to build the barracks.
However, if he wants to continue mass-producing soldiers and increase the number of barracks, it will require the full payment of a hundred thousand gold.
Around four in the afternoon, the barracks were completed, and Ye Fan immediately set up the commander’s quarters and then inspected the barracks.
This isn’t the barracks from the game but a living area for a battalion of soldiers, accommodating over five hundred people for training, resting, and living.
The barracks have everything a real one should have, such as a drill ground, fitness area, shooting range, canteen, and dormitories—all are well-equipped.
There are even separate garages for many vehicles.
Looking at the lush greenery beside the drill ground, Ye Fan couldn’t help but marvel at the wonder of this system.
With the successful construction of the barracks, the logistics support team and medical personnel immediately moved in.
Everyone quickly found their positions.
Rows of green barracks were lined up, with each company having its own designated place.
The entire camp covers an area of a hundred and fifty thousand square meters, mainly due to the space the drill ground and shooting range take up—not too large, but barely sufficient.
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After dinner, Ye Fan’s commander’s quarters were completed.
The cost wasn’t high, only five thousand gold.
It’s a three-story villa with a basement level.
When Ye Fan placed it in the predetermined location, he was still a bit taken aback by the villa.
The building is in the Qin Han style, ancient and elegant, with carved beams and painted rafters.
But it’s quite different from a regular villa.
The seemingly exquisite decorations are actually very sturdy and solid.
The unique design of the rooftop helipad can be accessed via a spiral staircase inside, allowing him to reach the top and depart by helicopter.
Of course, that would require an actual helicopter.
Because the house is built on a gentle slope, beautiful stone steps were automatically generated, and there are even trees providing shade around it.
Although there are no artificial mountains or fountains, a pond is near the villa. There is a side gate when constructing the courtyard, providing direct access to the pond.
The pond’s water supply, designed by engineers, connects to the villa’s purifier, ensuring a 24-hour supply of hot water once electricity is provided.
Outside the villa’s wall, there’s another wall.
The space between the two walls is for positioning Light Prism Towers and even an Air Defense Missile System, but those defensive weapons are too expensive and have not been unlocked yet.
Ye Fan was setting up the radar while walking inside the villa.
In front of the villa is a flag, the Dawn Army’s banner, fluttering in the wind.
The basement is a garage, accessible for Ye Fan’s Iron Armor, and next to the garage is a warehouse, which houses the control room for the surveillance monitors.
The entire villa is equipped with dozens of surveillance cameras, overt and covert, ensuring no blind spots.
Upon entering, Ye Fan found soldiers from the guard platoon already present at the control room, taking turns on duty, with beds for resting inside.
The first floor connects to the second with a large living room.
The walls automatically generate a large map of the surrounding thousands of kilometers, with mountains, rivers, cities, and villages clearly marked.
There’s also a kitchen on the first floor, but there’s no chef currently, as the Su Family Sisters are with their parents, so Ye Fan dines with the soldiers.
The second floor includes a study, gym, bedroom, balcony, among others.
The third floor has Ye Fan’s master bedroom; lying in bed, the ceiling is made of bulletproof glass, allowing him to gaze at the stars.
Adjacent is a guest bedroom, reserved for Ye Fan’s guards and medical staff, ready to ensure the Commander-in-Chief’s safety.
"Too extravagant, so many bedrooms are such a waste of resources."
Ye Fan murmured as he walked onto the third-floor balcony, overlooking the entire base.
The only place higher than here is the distant radar station.
The radar station’s construction is cheaper than the barracks; the virtual radar isn’t recyclable, so Ye Fan only spent forty-seven thousand gold, also accommodating a squad of soldiers and technicians.
By around ten o’clock tonight, the radar station will be completed, and maybe by dawn, another structure might appear.
The mining facility is exceptionally expensive, reaching two hundred thousand gold, whereas the tank factory can be recycled, the mining facility can’t even be partially reclaimed.
Ye Fan has fourteen thousand gold left, which isn’t quite enough.
"Perhaps after building the radar, the next focus should be on that officer training center? Sending officers to gather resources might be a good idea."
Ye Fan is short-staffed; while the current personnel are skilled fighters, their expertise is specialized, and none can assist him significantly.
The guard platoon is fully deployed, and Ye Fan went to check on Xiaoba by the pond, who had consumed a lot of food and was blowing bubbles peacefully.
Seeing Ye Fan with Zhuge Yunxue, Xiaoba excitedly splashed water everywhere.
Ye Fan nearly got soaked, while Zhuge Yunxue remained dry.
Sometimes, Ye Fan wonders if this Xiaoba, retrieved by Shen Ruihui, has intelligence close to that of humans.
After staying a while in the quarters, the base gradually quieted down as it grew late.
At ten, Ye Fan went to the radar station to position the completed radar, then immediately began producing the officer training center, costing fifty thousand gold, likely appearing by the next morning.
Entering the radar station’s yard, he encountered a massive spherical building several dozen meters tall.
Inside, a radar was spinning continuously.
The facility is guarded by only a squad—some guards, a military dog, and several technicians—a total of eight Red Alert Units.
But it needs to be incorporated into the camp’s organization.
Luckily, Ye Fan had left space earlier; otherwise, subsequent units couldn’t emerge.
Upon entering, Ye Fan saw the enormous radar screen here.
The radar covers a vast range, with a radius of fifty kilometers, making everything within this range clearly visible.
"Sir, the radar can be viewed here, inside the base vehicle, or in your command quarters," introduced the radar operator to Ye Fan.
"Oh! This is indeed impressive."
Ye Fan walked over for a closer look.
From here, he could not only clearly see the entire base but also a large area of the back mountains.
He could observe the circumstances in six or seven nearby towns, including Baoshan Town.
Even at the edge of Qinghe Town, across two rivers, forty kilometers away, a portion of Xiyuan Town is visible.
Ye Fan felt his eyes weren’t enough.
It’s as if the dark world suddenly lit up, revealing everything around him.
"This is Baoshan Town, Yunxue, where we nearly reached yesterday."
"Yes, sir, and see, there’s a distinctly blue light spot in Baoshan Town, likely an Evolver."
Ye Fan noticed this blue light spot and surmised it must be the tax officer those two survivors mentioned.
He speculated that his situation had probably been relayed, and if the tax officer continued upstream along the river, they might meet tomorrow.
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Ye Fan’s intuition didn’t deceive him; currently, in Baoshan Town, the tax officer from the Huacheng Survivor Alliance was inventorying the taxes collected along the way.
Tax Officer Wang Dashan, an Evolver, accompanied by twenty guards.
They drove over a dozen heavy trucks and a military jeep, meandering from Huacheng.
They traversed three small towns and over ten rural areas, gathering resources and nearly filling the vehicles.
At Huatan Town, they acquired over a thousand kilograms of grain and some fuel. His next destination is planned for tomorrow morning.
Two survivors informed him that a Dawn Army might be nearby.
They reported encountering a man and a woman claiming to be from the Dawn Army—the woman was beautiful, the man a bit of a jerk.
Wang Dashan was indifferent towards this so-called Dawn Army; in the Huacheng domain, no one dares challenge the Survivor Alliance’s authority.
Tomorrow, at dawn, he plans to lead his convoy further upstream along the river.
His group includes experts in tracking; any nearby activity won’t elude them.
He handled his AK, pulling the bolt twice.
Rifles from Rakshasa are issued to all their armed personnel, providing the tax officer significant confidence.
"Dawn Army... quite the audacity! Best they know their place and don’t force me into bloodshed!"