"A duo of soldiers advanced quickly and both drew their sharp knives. One of them smoothly opened the glass door in front of them, casually catching the attention of the walkers who were stunned in the room. They immediately located the humans.
Everyone scattered to the corners of the room and walked towards them with claws and teeth exposed. The appearance of these walkers was truly terrible, and Berry even felt a chill run down his legs.
"Don't you want to give it a try?" Welles looked at Barry curiously.
In fact, this was the first time Barry faced the undead face-to-face. Some people may ask, how can such a tough guy, a soldier who has experienced the battlefield, be so fearful?
In fact, if you think about it, no matter who it is, it is clear that anyone trapped in a room surrounded by hundreds of walkers, having witnessed the scene of their comrades biting others, and without the possibility of making much noise, facing walkers after so long is difficult to digest.
Barry had been alone in this state for a year and a half, and this chronic fear of the unknown gave him a legitimate fear of the undead.
Seeing Barry's cowardly expression, Welles beside him seemed disgusted and completely forgot about his performance in the elevator: "Look, these bastards are easy to deal with."
Welles walked to meet them, but there were only three or two walkers, and two soldiers guarded him during his confrontation with these walkers.
Looking at Barry proudly, he rubbed his machete against one of the walkers, only to realize that the others' eyes had been fixed on the equipment in the lounge for a long time.
Airon walked to the front of the main console, looked at the control buttons, and couldn't help but glance at Barry.
"Tell me about the functions of this place."
With Barry's presentation, people's eyes gradually opened. Right now they are on the throne of an emperor.
With this power in their hands, if anyone dared to harm them, they could directly bombard them with missiles, and even the largest communities should surrender without resistance.
After observing the headquarters, Barry led a group of people to a larger space under the mountain where military equipment was stored, enough to arm a battalion of troops.
Sophisticated individual equipment, security supplies, large-scale war equipment, anti-missile systems, heavy artillery, tanks, Humvees, trucks with hypersonic missiles, and multiple rocket launchers were all available.
Many people here are retired or active soldiers, and now they were able to get closer to equipment they haven't even seen, and some of them have only heard of it.
"Airon, if this had fallen into enemy hands, we would have been screwed..."
"Hahaha, we won..."
Upon hearing the excited shouts of his subordinates, Airon also smiled. These things would bring great changes to the overall power of their bases.
The next thing to consider is how to convert this military base into an underground fortress that can survive for a long time isolated from the outside world but connected to the central base.
Welles stood in front of a missile truck, then walked towards some missiles placed on a special shelf: "We are the ones who will fuck those bastards from the CRM."
"Let me ask, do these vehicles have special entrances and exits?"
Barry nodded strangely and pointed to the distance as something natural: "Of course, they do... In fact, there is an entrance over there, but it's a bit far. The entrance and exit are located in the dam not far away." Speaking of this, Barry suddenly thought of something and looked at Airon with some uncertainty.
"What's up?"
"May I ask, Commander Airon, where exactly do you come from?"
Without hesitation, Airon casually pointed in the direction he came from. "It's on the first floor where you were trapped just now. Isn't there a special entrance upstairs? I have the keys!"
Barry looked surprised and his eyes widened, but then he calmed down and pointed out, "This place was originally a warehouse used during World War II. Later, it was transformed into a secret missile launch base. That's why the two parts are separated. At first, I thought you came from the entrance of the dam. Yes, but obviously, you haven't driven here before, that's why I'm surprised."
"Isn't that the entrance?"
Barry shook his head and said with a touch of rejoicing in his tone, "Now that I know, you are very lucky to enter through that place, as it is an entrance that has not been used for a long time. It is said that if you don't have a matching key and try to force entry, the bomb will detonate, because some important things were actually stored there years ago that the government was worried would fall into the wrong hands."
Welles asked with a little interest when he heard the words, "Oh? What kind of important things?"
"They are just some antiquated machines, an assembly line for making weapons and ammunition, and a batch of valuable raw materials. Everything was sold after the war. It is said that they were bought by a very mysterious wealthy man, but no one came to transport them. So they have been stored in this place for a long time."
Upon hearing this, Airon's mind was reminded of the villa, and the wealthy man mentioned must be the owner there.
However, these words immediately stimulated his nerves, his eyes widened and he unconsciously looked at Welles beside him, seeing the same expression on the other side.
"Are you saying... that you can make weapons and bullets in this base?"
"Of course, you can, because no one has come to collect them, and they are still well installed. As long as you turn on the electricity, you can produce ammunition."
Airon immediately thought that this place would become his central base, it had absolutely everything and was really not far from Atlanta.
"After exploring all the facilities here, I will immediately contact the central base to come with some vanguard troops to protect this place. This place may just be a place for a group of unwanted veterans to retire before the end of the world, but now this place is the most important not only in this country, but in the whole world."
The next day, everyone explored the entire base and cleared out some walkers that were on other floors. The cars outside were covered with special tarps.
The next morning, Welles connected to the central base.
"Zz... Tyler, send an order for everyone to gather."
Just as the high-ranking officials of the S.C.T. were ecstatic about what they found in this place, on a road tens of kilometers west of Atlanta, there was a modified RV driving with a motorcycle hanging behind it.
At this moment, more than a dozen people in the RV were chatting animatedly. If you look closely, there are several very familiar faces.
There's Oscar, this huge and strong guy who shone in the operation to eliminate enemies. Negan is also there. Originally, Airon wanted him to go to the CRM, but after thinking about it, he believed it was unnecessary.
Also, even if he goes, there's no guarantee he can take an important position like Jadis did. By then, Lucille will be a woman with a child and her health is still not good. Obviously, it's not realistic to leave Negan there without utilizing his talent.
Therefore, I grant Negan authority higher than class two but lower than class three. So, this time he's with Merle.
As for Jadis in Washington... She still doesn't have a really good plan. The other two are Aaron and Eric. These men weren't at ease at the central base, and even now they still missed Alexandria. So now, when Merle returned, the two of them went with him after deciding together.
The RV slowly parked on the side of the road, and some people got out of the car and dispersed to clear the walkers.
Daryl was among them. He shot a walker at the front of the RV with a crossbow arrow, then put the crossbow on the ground, held a dagger in his back hand, and knocked down the two walkers following him again, and finally stood up straight and looked back.