Qin Cheng took Chen Yuan and walked out of the station with a smile: "Nonsense, you haven't been here for a long time!" The last time you were here was in March last year. It's been almost a year! If you don't develop at all, you won't really be compared to you. ”

Indeed, the last time Chen Yuan went to Shenwu Pass was when he returned to the Steel Fort from Yangcheng in March last year. Later, in May, the zombie army in Qiha City began to move. Chen Yuan and the others sat in the Iron Castle and never left.

Chen Yuan smiled, still admiring: "But your development speed is really fast enough!" In less than a year, the entire settlement has already undergone earth-shaking changes! It's so refreshing! ”

Qin Cheng jokingly said, "This is a must!" ”

But at the same time, he also said seriously: "But this is actually thanks to you. If it weren't for your help the year before last, we laid down Zhangbei County and rented a piece of land in the northeast for us, so that we would have achieved a bumper harvest that year, and we would not have been able to spare energy for development last year. ”

He looked at Qin Mengyao not far behind, put his arm around Chen Yuan's shoulder, and joked in a low voice: "So when our old man sees you now, it's like seeing his own grandson-in-law." Very happy! ”

"Hey, hey!" Chen Yuan couldn't help laughing.

The relationship between him and Qin Mengyao has long been recognized by the two families. It's just that when it comes to getting married, neither of them thought about it so early.

On the one hand, after all, the current environment is not very stable, and last year's great war has always warned people that even a large settlement as powerful as the Steel Castle cannot be said to be as stable as Mount Tai in the last days. If you're not careful, you can be destroyed at any time!

In such an environment, Chen Yuan, as the supreme leader of a settlement, shoulders the safety of hundreds of thousands of people, so it is natural that he still has to focus on the construction of the settlement. Qin Mengyao also understood.

On the other hand, because of the strengthening effect of spiritual flesh, the lifespan of human beings has also become longer.

According to Dr. Hu's predictions, the future human life expectancy may reach between 300-400 years, and possibly even longer. So they still have time in the future, and they don't need to rush it.

Then, Chen Yuan asked again: "By the way, when will the people from the American side arrive?" ”

Qin Cheng replied: "They should arrive at about two o'clock in the afternoon." When you set out from Steel, they were already out of America. ”

Qin Cheng explained: "It was supposed to arrive at noon today, but they need to bypass the sky above the northern capital on the way, there are too many flying corpses there, and it is not safe in the stratosphere." So it will take a little more time. ”

Chen Yuan nodded and continued to ask, "Then how many people will they come this time, and what exactly do they want to talk to us?" ”

"About five or six hundred people. One military transport plane, one armed airliner, six fighter jets escorted the escort. Then Qin Cheng said: "What exactly is being talked about, but I didn't say it clearly. Let's just say it's a look, and then talk about some cooperation on weapons. You know, diplomatic things, in general, are vague, and you don't see a rabbit or a hawk. ”

Chen Yuan nodded, indicating understanding. In fact, Chen Yuan had already known about the situation in the United States by sharing the information on the Shenwu Pass.

Similar to Huaxia, the originally densely populated eastern and western coastal areas and southern coastal areas of the United States have long been reduced to a paradise for zombies.

But they have vast Midwest and North Midwest, which are vast and sparsely populated.

In most cities, the original population was no more than 50,000. Even the combined population of some state capitals (equivalent to the provincial capitals of Huaxia) barely exceeds 10,000.

Compared with Huaxia, a county town has a population of more than 100,000 or 200,000 at every turn, which is simply a small thing.

Moreover, in the United States, the control of civilian guns is relatively loose, and many families have guns.

And in the last days, they will have daylight again.

Therefore, not only is the reaction speed faster than that of Huaxia, but the resistance is also more powerful, and the number of survivors is naturally quite large.

As a result, their original population was only one-sixth of the size of the mansion. However, the number of surviving people after the end of the world is about the same as that of today's mansions.

That's a six-fold higher survival rate! The advantages are general.

Later, the American survivor population soon established many survivor settlements on the islands of the Midwest, the North Midwest, and the Northeast.

At present, there are more than 100 medium-sized settlements with a population of more than 10,000 in the United States, nearly 20 large settlements with a population of more than 100,000, and 8 super-large settlements with a population of more than 400,000.

The strength is also very strong.

It's just, in Chen Yuan's opinion. Many settlements in the United States are not well located.

With the exception of a few settlements built on canyon walls and islands in the middle of the lake, the rest will only be settled in some mountains and remote areas. Because there are few zombies, they have survived until now.

They can't help it, because they really don't have a choice. The plains and plateaus of America, even the mountainous terrain, are relatively simple. The complexity of the terrain is not comparable to that of the mansion.

For example, although their north-central region is somewhat similar to the Northeast Plain of Huaxia, the winters are long and bitterly cold, which is suitable for human survival in the last days.

But it's relatively arid. There are relatively few rivers and cannot form a large number of rivers in the middle of the river.

In only one place, the river has a large bend in the shape of a zigzag, forming a peninsula with an area of about 200 square kilometers. It was here that the local survivors established a super-large settlement with a population of more than 400,000.

The central and western regions are plateau and mountainous terrain. It's even more arid, with almost no rivers.

Moreover, the mountains are not contiguous, but many mountain packs are scattered on the plateau, which cannot form an effective defensive terrain.

There is only one Grand Canyon, and people can establish settlements on the rock face of the Grand Canyon.

But it's usually not large.

And beware of sneak attacks from crawling corpses and flying corpses.

In addition, in the northeastern part of the country, there are huge lakes and islands.

These islands are usually far from the shore, some even more than 20 kilometers. It is a great place to evacuate.

But there are fewer than 10 islands.

And all but two of them are relatively large, all of them are small islands.

There are no survivors except for one mega-settlement with a population of more than 400,000, a mega-settlement with a population of around 200,000, and five small- and medium-sized settlements with populations ranging from 1,000 to 30,000 people.

Because it used to be a relatively densely populated area.

(End of chapter)