Chapter 83 Polar Night [VIP]

The weather was sunny and bright for three consecutive days, and the sky was clear. The shelter did not contact Tang Tian again, perhaps because they were concentrating all their efforts on building the base.

Tang Tian did not take the initiative to contact the shelter, so the two parties have been out of touch for some time.

Wei Mingxia took advantage of the good sunshine and quickly took out all the bedding to dry in the sun.

Tang Yi also often takes Tan Tan for a walk, as the latter's experience requires far more energy than that of an ordinary large dog.

Such a leisurely daily life makes people feel as if they are back to an afternoon before the end of the world.

After eating, drinking and exercising for a while, Tang Tian's mind became active again.

The current condition is very suitable for going out.

But she always felt that if she wanted to get a large number of valuables again, she would either have to fleece the people around her who had them, or go to other big cities to look for them.

People in the upper area of ​​the shelter almost always stay where they are, and they try not to go out if possible. If they still have some, they probably won't throw it away easily.

Gold, in particular, might even be used as currency after the base is built and better and more authoritative laws, regulations, and rules are promulgated.

Well, until then, let’s just grab as much as we can!

So this time, Tang Tian took the initiative to contact the shelter.

She lied and said that she had found an unattended underground warehouse and some supplies inside, which she wanted to exchange with the shelter.

The shelter was at a critical stage in the construction of the base, so he agreed immediately and arranged a time to meet to inspect the goods.

But this time, Tang Tian was not going to get away with it by using dried vegetables and meat.

The apocalypse continues to this day. Except for the enclosed planting areas, it is difficult to see wild vegetables and wild animals. Even the number of gerbils has been reduced by half, which may make people more suspicious.

As for packaged pickles and dried goods, you can't always be so lucky that you can always find large quantities. It seems strange no matter how you look at it.

In fact, Tang Tian's system is very suitable for cooperation with the official. As long as there is enough time, it may be able to feed the entire shelter.

But Tang Tian was worried that if she told the truth, not only would her family be invited for tea, but the subsequent situation would also gradually become more complicated and troublesome.

Perhaps it was because she was controlled by Tang Haifeng, Jiang Yao and others in her previous life. Even if the authorities could protect and treat them well, it was not clear about others. People's hearts were fickle and uncontrollable, and she did not want to take any risks.

Almost all the equipment in the system is related to food. If there is a machine that can deliver supplies anonymously, she can directly deliver the excess supplies that cannot be eaten silently, which would be even better.

So this time, Tang Tian chose a batch of supplies that were not food but were also very important - sugar.

She has already bought a sugar-making machine, and she can harvest sugarcane and sometimes sugar beets from the fields.

Both of these crops are extremely suitable for making sugar. When the Tang family is hungry, they just take out a piece of sugarcane, which is enough for them to eat for a few days, and use the rest to make sugar.

So far, in addition to the batch of sugar he stockpiled before the end of the world, Tang Tian still has a lot of white sugar that he has not consumed.

As for another equally important seasoning - salt, Tang Tian has not yet developed a stable production. He only occasionally harvests salt in the workshop, so he plans to put it off until later.

The sweet taste of white sugar can not only save lives, but also plays a great role in industrial, chemical and medical fields. It may be more precious than food.

…

So that morning, after Tang Tian finished breakfast, he drove a medium-sized van loaded with all the packaged sugar to the shelter.

The bright sunlight is reflected on the front glass, and the sky is clear and the air is fresh.

The thermometer in the car showed around 25 degrees, and after opening the window, a gentle breeze blew on my face, with a faint smell of dust.

But the wind had become very clear, and the vision had returned to its original clear state.

The earth was empty, the soil cracked, and the whole place was desolate and silent, with life withering away. Tang Tian drove the car, and the only sound around her was the roar of the engine.

Not far from the shelter gate, Tang Tian looked up again and was surprised to find that there was an extra wall in front of her.

The wall looks very solid. I wonder how high and thick it will be in the end, but the previous gate of the shelter is no longer here.

Tang Tian frowned. Fortunately, the distance here was not far. She used the intercom to contact directly and got the correct location of the gate.

It's about a few hundred meters away from here, but at the speed of driving, it's not a big problem.

The gate of the quasi-base was indeed three or four times larger than before, and there were workers building it next to it.

Some were holding documents and discussing things, while more were doing physical work.

Fortunately, there was a checkpoint here, as well as a gate for people and vehicles to enter and exit. Tang Tian completed the registration as usual and drove to the office area.

Yang Gan had already asked people to wait. The temperature was neither too hot nor too cold and it was really comfortable. It would be okay to wait a little longer.

Just seeing the truck full of sugar, the officials' mouths were wide open, and they were extremely excited.

A truckload of sugar weighs at least several hundred kilograms. Even if it is not used in industry, it can be of great help in diet alone!

What Wu Yongming said privately was indeed true. How could so many supplies be found just by searching?

But perhaps because they were afraid that she would go back on her word, they immediately accepted the sugar and exchanged it for various supplies that Tang Tian wanted.

And because of the preciousness of white sugar, he.

The entire car was filled, and Tang Tian left without saying much and returned with a full load.

And on the road,

I don't know if it's official or not - it's also to fill the manpower, you know, building a base, a lot of people.

All in all, Tang Tian returned home safely. She packed the supplies and placed them in the system warehouse according to their types.

Looking back, I realized that I had already stored about eight or nine thousand liters of fuel, and the medicines for treating common diseases could probably be eaten like candy beans.

And it can be said that most of these were obtained for free!

It’s really comfortable to get free wool!

"Are you ready? You can eat now."

Wei Mingxia brought out the last dish from the kitchen and shouted to Tang Tian.

Tang Tian came to her senses, turned off the system and went to the dining table.

The table is still filled with freshly baked home-cooked dishes that are emitting steam: fried noodles with cabbage, tofu in tomato sauce, crispy prawns, and stir-fried lamb with green onions, each of which exudes a rich aroma.

After a hearty meal, Tang Tian took a shower. At this temperature, there was probably no need to turn on the cooling device.

However, the mother and her two daughters still chose to sleep on the floor on the first floor, pulled up the curtains, and replaced the mats with bedding.

As night falls, the moon is dim and the stars are sparse. It seems to be a very ordinary night that we experience every day.

…

“Hmm…”

Tang Tian wakes up first every day. She yawns first and then slowly opens her eyes.

However, unexpectedly, the room was still pitch black, as if covered by a thick blanket.

Tang Tian felt confused, but immediately realized something was wrong.

She found the alarm clock, and the time shown on it was clearly early in the morning.

A few days ago, during that rare period of good weather, the sun would rise on time every morning, bringing warmth and infinite vitality, urging everyone in the world to start a new day of life.

But today was different.

Tang Tian's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly stood up and went to the window, pulling open all the curtains.

After seeing the scene outside, her pupils trembled slightly.

The sky outside the window was still a deep dark purple, and in the distance a round bright moon was emitting an unusually soft and bright light.

The stars twinkled and reflected each other, stretching endlessly, even connecting with the lights turned on somewhere on the ground.

Everything seemed to be the same as before Tang Tian went to bed.

But Tang Tian understood that the difference had already been created.

There will be no mistakes in time, but the weather nowadays is most likely to change!

Tang Yi and Wei Mingxia also stood up. They were fully awake and saw the darkness outside the window in disbelief.

"This... I'm not still dreaming, am I?"

"I'm not dreaming. I think this might be a new type of natural disaster, only more bizarre than before!"

Tang Tian pulled up the curtains again with a serious expression, turned over his hand, and a round ball of light appeared in his palm, emitting bright light.

"You mean... the sun didn't rise as usual. Does that mean the world will remain in darkness forever? Isn't that polar night?"

Tang Yi's face looked gloomy even in the light, and she seemed to have roughly understood the seriousness of the matter.

"There are polar nights in some areas, but they're not this severe, and they always end. If we're truly experiencing polar night here, then... when will it end?"

Tang Tian slowly shook her head:

"Honestly, I don't know either. I can only count the days like any other natural disaster. But luckily, we have a system, so at least we won't have to worry about food and drink. We just have to make sure no abnormalities occur again."

Wei Mingxia sighed:

"Besides, the base is still under construction, and I don't know if it will be affected!"

Just as the three had discussed, when the polar night arrived, the people in the quasi-base found that the sun did not rise but remained in the night, and they were indeed in a panic.

But later on, it was discovered that apart from this, the temperature had not fluctuated dramatically, and no mutated monsters had appeared. Coupled with the official emergency soothing measures, the panic finally began to calm down a little.

But lighting is necessary in the dark, and it happened that due to the previous salt storm, the power towers in the area were damaged and the entire shelter could not be powered.

Therefore, for the time being, electricity was only supplied to the most important places, and various generators were used to supplement the rest of the places.

The upper class has been provided with generators and fuel, and some families have started to generate their own electricity.

But many civilians do not have these supplies and can only continue to endure the darkness, which is much better than the extreme cold and heat in the past.

The construction work of the base could not be stopped and had to continue, so lights were used on the construction sites and work continued.

Fortunately, at this time, the group of gerbils seemed to have disappeared, and at least they would not interfere with the construction work.

But the bad news is that without this group of gerbils available, the amount of meat available is also reduced accordingly.

During the period when gerbils appeared frequently, people in the shelter ate gerbil meat almost every day. If they couldn't finish it, they would make it into jerky, pickled meat and meat sauce for preservation.

Now that they have lost their gerbils, they can only rely on the remaining meat to replenish their energy.

The planting area can be said to be the focus of the shelter's care. You should know that Lin Zhiqiu and others have taken their research on crops to a higher level.

By then, those crops will probably have to be traded privately with Area Q so that everyone can get what they need.

So most of the electricity goes to those crops, which are still mostly grown indoors.

Moreover, Wu Yongming and Yang Gan were still worried that some unexpected problems would occur later. Not only did the base have to continue construction in coordination with the neighboring district, but it also had to speed up the progress.

…

After studying the light-attribute ability, Tang Tian discovered that this ability did not seem to be as useful as other types of abilities. In the polar night, it was more often used for lighting.

It is already midnight. If you want to use light balls for illumination, you need higher-level supernatural powers.

So Tang Tian created some special dishes such as tamagoyaki and sweet and sour ginger, and whenever it was daytime, she would roll out a few balls of light to replace the sun.

As for the Jiangnan Liyuan, which was only owned by their family, even if it was lit like a light bulb, probably no one would come here on purpose. There might be no strangers around here.

After collecting the gold coins earned from the food store, there are more than five million in the gold coin column.

As usual, Tang Tian opened two ability columns for each person, and then began to spend gold coins on a large scale.

First, upgrade the farmland to the highest level LV5, and then purchase equipment.

After buying a batch of old equipment, Tang Tian chose to buy two new equipment: a stone mill and a braising pot.

The stone mill can process rice, wheat, beans and other grains into powder, pulp and other products, which can produce more food. As the name suggests, the stew pot is specially used for stewing food!

Unfortunately, one braising pot can only be used to braise one part of the body, and cannot be used to braise all the parts at the same time.

Wei Mingxia also made braised food at home, often putting several parts of the meat together. The aroma filled the whole house, making people salivate.

Although she didn't know the difference between the system's braising pot and the real one, Tang Tian still took out a sufficient amount of beef from the warehouse with great anticipation, intending to make a pot of braised beef.

In addition, she also found that she had collected a lot of stamps, which meant that they had survived in the apocalypse for many more days.

However, as the days of survival went by, the number of items exchanged with stamps became more and more.

Tang Tian calculated that this time's stamps could just be exchanged for a new device, so she exchanged them all.

"Ding. You received 1 yogurt can."

It turns out that this yogurt jar has a similar effect to the soda machine and candy machine, and the yogurt produced can also be used to restore mental strength.

The production cycle is just longer, but the recovery amount is increased.

Tang Tian started the machine without hesitation, put a piece of fruit in it, and started making yogurt pots.

After it was finished, a can of blueberry yogurt automatically appeared in the warehouse. This yogurt was filled in a container similar to a can and could be drunk by just pulling the ring.

But speaking of blueberries...it's time for her to try learning the purple power.

After buying the recipes for dishes of other colors, Tang Tian took a look at them. It was now midnight, and the purple dishes contained special abilities that were very suitable for use at this time.

She then opened the purple cooking recipes and quickly found the ability: [Dark Vision]

This ability allows her to see things clearly in front of her at night without relying on light!

Bright light can easily expose her whereabouts, but with this ability, she can walk conveniently in the dark!

But will this ability to use the eyes consume a lot of mental energy like clairvoyance?

Whenever Tang Tian thought of that exhaustion, her scalp would tingle.

So she first made a low-grade blueberry bursting toast and ate it. It was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and the blueberries and cheese on it really complemented each other.

She couldn't tell the difference indoors, but after using her superpowers many times, she could feel that the superpowers were waiting for her to activate.

"Come on, Tan Tan, let's go for a walk!"

"Woof!"

Tantan was originally biting a toy in his nest. When he heard that he could go out, he quickly spat out what was in his mouth and trotted over excitedly.

I don’t know if there is electricity in Jiangnan Liyuan, but none of the street lights are on.

Far away from her villa, Tang Tian found that she could clearly see other scenes, including the ruins of the villa, the bumpy ground and the dry land.

But he still knew he was in the dark. If it was a more advanced dish, would there be other changes?

But fortunately, this time I have night vision, which is very important in the polar night!

…

The Tang family and others spent some time in the polar night.

Tang Tian once tried to go to the trading market in the shelter to see if there was anyone willing to exchange valuables.

It turned out that the entry of outsiders was temporarily restricted there, probably because they were concentrating on building the base, and even she was treated equally, so she had to give up for the time being.

But the downsides of not having the sun are quietly eroding everyone's body.

Insomnia, drowsiness, and fatigue are just minor issues, but most people have already begun to experience symptoms of lack of energy and time confusion.

Some people who were already on the verge of mental collapse even experienced hallucinations and auditory hallucinations, and there were even several large and small accidents on the construction site.

Most importantly, many people finally used up their previous gerbil meat and began to survive on compressed biscuits and edible plants distributed by the shelter.

But eating these can only barely fill your stomach, and it is far from enough to work.

But now there is a shortage of manpower everywhere in the construction base. Even the cheapest daily wage as a bricklayer can earn you food for the day, so there are still many people who want to work.

Some of them are criminals who were sentenced to forced labor for minor offenses, doing heavy work and only getting enough food to sustain their lives every day.

The serious criminals who have not yet been dealt with are also undergoing labor reform, but the workload and hours are greater, the food they can eat is even less, and they are forced to continue working overtime. It can be said that their suffering is utterly unbearable.

Therefore, at each construction site, there will be several armed team members responsible for guarding these prisoners to prevent them from suddenly going berserk and rebelling.

The upper class people who originally had supplies around them had also used up most of them at this time.

But many of them are still unwilling to work and receive pay in person, so a new trend has formed in private.

They found some unknown way to buy slaves from the black market for their own entertainment, and also had the latter work for them in exchange for wages.

These things had all taken place in the corner, and if we went out together, who would have thought that slavery had begun to appear in this world? So it was kept secret, even the shelter was unclear.

Of course, like the flesh/skin trade of the past, it has also begun to slowly develop, but once the door is closed, no one will know about this kind of thing.

After all, the shelter was currently busy building the base, and L didn't bother to care about how the unknown darkness had become so turbulent.

The Tang family was not aware of any of this, but they stayed at home and still did not give up fitness and studying.

The Tang family's light-attribute energy ball can emit light like sunlight, and shining it on your body is almost like basking in the sun.

But it must be made with ingredients such as ginger to be effective, other light attributes will not have this effect.

However, such an effect requires more mental energy to achieve.

Therefore, Tang Tian often chooses to use batteries. After the batteries run out of power, he uses electrical properties to recharge them. Only in the third stage will he use a generator.

So if you save some of the fuel you have saved, it will probably last you forever.

And fortunately, when I was stocking up before the end of the world, I also stocked up on some nutritional supplements, which can also make up for the vitamins I lack.

Well, but my family has always eaten normally, so we don’t lack those things. We are just in case.

Since the sun no longer appears, the brightest thing in the sky is the mirror-like moon.

Because there is no sunshine, the temperature outside has slowly dropped, and now it is only around 15 degrees at night.

If the polar night continues, the temperature will probably continue to drop, but it is estimated that extremely low temperatures like the extreme cold will not occur again.

Fortunately, people can survive at this temperature.

Tang Tian looked at the perpetual calendar and after tearing off a page, she realized that they had gone through another whole year and were preparing for the New Year.

The New Year nowadays is not as prosperous and lively as it was before the end of the world, not to mention the dark night outside, which seems to swallow up all hope of survival.

But the Tang family is an exception. Tang Tian still doesn't want to miss the New Year's Eve dinner.

So on New Year's Day, the Tang family worked together to prepare a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner: dry pot cauliflower, golden shrimp balls, boiled fish fillets, mouth-watering chicken, braised pork with preserved vegetables, and sweet and sour pork tenderloin.

Of course, there are also braised goods made in a braising pot, such as braised beef, chicken feet, duck gizzards, duck necks, offal, bean curd rolls, etc. After the meal, there is also a fruit platter and dessert made by Tang Yi.

Some of these are made in the system, which is more convenient than doing it in reality.

The food was served and Tang Tian turned on the TV.

But now there is no program, it is just a medium. She picked a good replay of the Spring Festival Gala from a certain year.

But the most useful communication device now is still the radio. In order to prevent missing the latest news, Tang Tian always keeps the radio next to her and charges it.

Halfway through her meal, she turned the radio to the official channel and heard the Chuncheng report being broadcast over and over again.

Tang Tian turned off the TV and listened quietly with Tang Yi and Wei Mingxia.

It seems that there really is good news for the New Year. Even the voices reporting on the radio have a strange kind of joy in their tone, almost making their voices slightly distorted.

After a large-scale mobilization, the construction of the Chuncheng base was finally basically completed, and most of what remained was some repairs.

Excluding the central base which serves as the central hub, the rest are divided into four bases in the east, south, west and north.

Chuncheng has a total of five official bases, which can accommodate a total of tens of millions of people, which is almost the number of people who survived after Chuncheng was swept by natural disasters.

The northern base consists of S Area, Q Area and U Area. These three areas were closely connected before the end of the world. It is also a relatively small official base and is officially named Changping Base.

After a while, when the base is completely completed, the survivors in the original shelter will be rearranged, and then the gate will be opened to allow outsiders to enter.

The Tang family was quite pleased to hear the news. It finally felt like they were united.

But the news that was broadcast right after made them silent for a while.