Beneath a four-meter-high wall, a group of workers in overalls were busy at work.
However, unlike ordinary workers, they are all superhumans recently recruited by Uncle Yun and his team.
A middle-aged man with his feet dangling in mid-air is painting a wall.
The workers bustling about below each used their own special abilities; some were incredibly strong, while others were agile.
"Dinner's ready! Dinner's ready!" Just as they were busy, a middle-aged woman wearing a blue wool coat, who looked quite capable, walked over in a hurry. It was Sister Li, who was currently in charge of the daily management and cooking here.
"Dinner's ready! You're eating so early today, that's great!"
"Let's go! I'm done! Let's go eat!"
Upon hearing that it was lunchtime, the workers excitedly rushed to the dining hall.
"I wonder what dishes we have today!" A burly middle-aged man exclaimed excitedly, almost spitting on his companion's face.
"Who cares! It's so much better than the chaff and wild vegetables we used to eat."
"Do you even need to tell me that!" The middle-aged man rolled his eyes.
As they spoke, they arrived at a spacious warehouse with a wooden sign hanging above it, bearing the words "Canteen" written in vigorous calligraphy.
This place was originally an empty warehouse, but because of its central location, it was converted into a canteen.
A steaming hot meal had been prepared long before their arrival.
The snow-white steamed buns were piled up in the basin, like a small mountain.
There was also a large pot of stewed cabbage and tofu, along with thinly sliced, golden-brown fried pork belly.
The other dish was stir-fried tofu with lean pork, topped with bright red dried chilies, scallions, ginger, and garlic—it looked incredibly flavorful.
These tofus are made fresh from soybeans grown on our planting base. Tofu is an essential source of high-quality protein.
The warehouse is even preparing to open a new tofu workshop. In addition to daily use, any extra tofu can be taken to the market for exchange or directly roasted into dried tofu.
You can also make tofu pudding for breakfast in the morning.
Anyway, Lei Siming's side can harvest a batch of soybeans every now and then.
In addition to the two dishes, there was also a large bucket of radish and minced meat soup, with the radishes also harvested from the planting base.
The workers, who were already starving, quickly grabbed their plates and lined up.
Gao Feng was the one serving them food.
Today's lunch consisted of two steamed buns, a large spoonful of cabbage and tofu, and another large spoonful of dried tofu. Soup was self-serve.
These dishes wouldn't have been anything special before the apocalypse, but now they represent the dream life of ordinary citizens in City A.
"Don't rush, take it one at a time!" Gao Feng said while serving food and maintaining order, while Sister Li was handing out steamed buns.
"Thank you, Brother Feng!"
"Thank you, Brother Feng!" the workers said hurriedly after receiving their meals.
These people have been here for so long that they have long since adapted to the pace of life here.
Moreover, when recruiting, Ye Ning specifically instructed that as long as the person was of good character and honest, they should be selected.
No matter how strong their superpowers are, those who are aggressive and violent should absolutely not be allowed in.
There are more than a dozen long tables in the cafeteria. After getting their food, a group of people sit around the tables in twos and threes.
“Our living standards are almost on par with Xinyuan Group now!” A thin, small, and timid-looking young man said weakly from the side. His special ability was to weaken attacks.
From an appearance standpoint, this superpower is quite suitable for him.
"What do you know!" a burly man with dark skin and a muscular build retorted in a deep voice. "I know people at Xinyuan Group. I heard from them that apart from the security department, everyone else only gets two packs of instant noodles a day. They're not even full, and they still have a ton of work to do every day. They're exhausted."
"No way! I heard that Xinyuan Group has amassed a lot of resources. They can't be this stingy!" Everyone else looked surprised.
"What?! It's true that they looted a lot of supplies, but they're really stingy. They only give us two days' worth of instant noodles a day, and we work twelve hours a day. Even then, they often cut corners." The big man said seriously, his eyes wide with anger.
"Xinyuan Group treats its employees like this!" the short boy exclaimed in shock. Xinyuan Group used to be considered a leading enterprise in City A, and its employees were known for their high salaries.
"That was before, not now. Don't you think about how much they did to plunder supplies before? What's so strange about that?" The burly man who spoke used to live in the west of the city. He had personally witnessed how the people from Xinyuan Group plundered supplies and how the security personnel treated human life like dirt.
He has no other goal than to accumulate enough points to bring his family over. In the apocalypse, the greatest happiness is for a family to survive.
Everyone at the base has their own tasks, so Ye Ning and Xiao Jingchen discussed and established a points system.
Earn points daily based on your contribution level.
Points can be redeemed for almost anything, and they are essential for daily life. Two points can be redeemed for a lunch, and one point can be redeemed for a breakfast.
In addition, various daily necessities, from small items like towels and toothbrushes to large items like alcoholic beverages and medicines, can be exchanged.
Even mobile phones and game consoles can be redeemed with points, of course, if you have a very high point requirement.
Of course, what's most tempting for some people right now is that once they accumulate 1,000 points, they can bring a family member in.
Many people are desperately accumulating points, which is a fatal temptation for middle-aged people.
For young people, the temptation comes from mobile phones and game consoles, even if they can only play offline.
"I'm full, I'm full! I'll go get another bowl of soup to help with digestion!" The middle-aged man rubbed his stomach.
"Today is Wednesday, and we can rest this afternoon. Does anyone want to go out?" The base provides them with four days off each month. During these four days, they don't need to spend points to eat, and they can also go out.
"No, no, you guys go ahead!" The middle-aged man waved his hand. "I need to hurry up and get some work done to accumulate points, so I won't go for now!"
He only needs 300 more points to bring his wife and kids over. Now he just regrets that there are too few opportunities to earn points and he can't accumulate more at once.
"Okay, then I won't go either! I'll just save up more points." In the end, no one went out; they wanted to stay here and accumulate points.
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