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Eating meat with big mouthfuls, drinking wine happily, the old people basking in the sun, doing what they can with their hands, and the children learning skills on how to survive in the apocalypse. This is definitely a new era in the apocalypse.
A life with hope is much better than waiting to die in despair.
Xu Xuening watched as carts of grain drove by, and the pedestrians on the road didn't rush over to grab the grain like crazy. She suddenly thought of Yang Jiaoshu, who studied grain, and wondered how he was doing now.
After the end of the world, the population of Huacheng is less than one percent. Large areas of houses in the East District are vacant, and jobs are vacant everywhere. People are urgently needed. Compared with the previous situation where one hundred people were seeking one job, the gap is huge.
Countless cars were transported outside and put under unified management. After all, in the apocalypse, very few people could drive, and most people were struggling to make a living. After the streets were cleared, the once congested streets were now completely free for driving.
Xu Xuening stretched lazily on the broad street, squinting as the sun shone golden light through the cloudless sky. The abandoned factories in the neighboring province had been closed down, and the azure sky had once again taken on the hues of an oil painting.
This is a scene that cannot be seen before the end of the world.
When Xu Xuening thought of this, her mood improved again.
"Xiao Zhang, let's go find someone to have dinner with." Zhang Kaiyue, who was responsible for following Xu Xuening, immediately became happy when he heard that they were going to have dinner.
"Sister, shall we go out to eat? I heard there are some really delicious restaurants in the South District. The beef there is absolutely amazing..."
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In the School of Life Sciences, everyone in a white coat is busy as hell.
Their hair turned white with worry, staring at the cells in the test tubes, wishing they could cut off their own flesh and feed them to them, just so that they could grow quickly.
But cells are different from humans; they don't work overtime.
Even though these old grandfathers and uncles in front of them have white hair and bald heads, they still absorb the nutrients in the liquid slowly and grow slowly.
"Professor, at this rate, the plant cells we brought back might die before they can even begin to grow into crystal nuclei."
"Professor, let's apply to the people above us again."
"Do you think I didn't apply? All the labs are applying for crystal cores now. Do you know what Director Zhao said?" Professor Yang's hair was turning gray at the temples. After returning home, he threw himself into his intense work. The continuous overtime work had made his head feel a little dizzy. He was not young anymore. After two nights of hard work, he was almost exhausted. Not to mention that plants needed crystal cores to recharge, he wanted to chew a few crystal cores to give himself a boost. Twelve cans of Red Bull wouldn't be enough to keep him awake.
"Professor," a young man ran over, but before he could even open his mouth, the angry professor yelled at him and spit in his face.
"Professor, professor, the professor is not your father. No matter how much you shout, you won't get the crystal core." Professor Yang roared angrily.
"No, there's a woman outside looking for you. Your girlfriend." The young lab assistant looked at the professor innocently, not daring to reach out to wipe the saliva off his face. Standing in front of the professor, he looked like a frail boiled chicken.
"Bullshit, my wife is my only girlfriend, stop tarnishing my innocence here." Professor Yang cursed angrily, took off his gloves and walked outside.
Looking at his back, the innocent assistant who was scolded rolled her eyes at the ceiling above her head, "A sixty or seventy-year-old old man, he's still innocent, he's not a virgin."
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"Ms. Xu." Professor Yang grinned immediately after seeing the person at the door. He looked towards Xu Xuening and said, "Oh, Comrade Xiaohan didn't come with you?"
"Professor Yang, I passed by here to see you. How is the experiment going?" Xu Xuening said.
Professor Yang's temper flared up at the mention of experiments. "Don't even mention it! Since I came back, none of the crystal cores I applied for have been approved. I never expected crystal cores to be so expensive these days—more expensive than gold. It's like buying a house." Even the usually honest and steady Professor Yang couldn't help but complain about work. The situation was changing, and the higher-ups were still fussing over experimental funding.
"Hey, crystal core, we have it." Zhang Kaiyue accidentally blurted out a word after hearing what Professor Yang said.
"Really?!" After hearing this, Professor Yang immediately rushed to Zhang Kaiyue's side, held Zhang Kaiyue's hand affectionately, and looked into Zhang Kaiyue's eyes. Zhang Kaiyue was so disgusted that he got goose bumps all over his body. Is this old professor a pervert?
"Comrade, for the sake of everyone and our motherland, could you please transfer your crystal core to us?"
"Let go!" Zhang Kaiyue was held by the old man's hand and tried to shake him off repeatedly. He didn't care what Professor Yang said at all.
"Professor Yang, please let go first. The crystal core problem will be easy to handle." Xu Xuening was quite surprised to see Professor Yang acting like this. She had never realized that this professor was such a dramatic person before!
"No, no, we can't let go. If there is no crystal core in the experiment, our entire country will starve." Professor Yang shook his head like a child and said in a cheating manner.
"Professor, don't worry, there is definitely one. Let go first, otherwise the cooked duck will fly away."
After Xu Xuening said this, Professor Yang, who was afraid that the crystal core was really gone, let go of his hand.
"Pooh!" Zhang Kaiyue took three steps back and looked at Professor Yang as if he was looking at an infectious disease.
"Young comrade, I have no ill intentions." Professor Yang smiled, trying to gain Zhang Kaiyue's favor.
"I don't care if you have any ill intentions." He almost shouted: "Go to hell." Since coming to Huacheng, he has never encountered such a situation. After being treated like this by Professor Yang, he must take a good bath when he returns.
"Okay, let's not talk about this for now. It's all misunderstandings." Xu Xuening tried to smooth things over.
"Yes, it's all a misunderstanding. It's a wonderful misunderstanding, hahaha!" Professor Yang nodded quickly.
Hearing what Professor Yang said, Zhang Kaiyue's face turned even darker. Who told you it was a wonderful misunderstanding?
"Come on, I'll take you to dinner. The School of Life Sciences has very little funding for experiments, but the food is always good. We grow our own plants, and raise chickens, ducks, cattle, and sheep. It's absolutely natural and pollution-free."
Nowadays, being able to get beef and mutton late is more rare than Chinese New Year. Hearing that there are these delicacies, Zhang Kaiyue decided to suppress his anger and go eat with Xu Xuening and the old pervert. He must eat it back to make up for his hurt heart.
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