The city salvage mission, originally scheduled to last seven days, was only completed on the fourth day because of the need to bring additional survivors back to the base.
The supplies have been collected. Today is the last day, the final gathering day for the survivors. After this day, no matter if there are still people who haven't come, they all have to leave.
With so many people, the food we brought is not enough, and the resources are insufficient, so we must return to the base as soon as possible.
There were too many survivors, more than a thousand people, and they were all placed in the cargo hold. This ship was originally a cargo ship, so the load was not a problem.
But people can't stay in the cargo hold for long.
But the return trip is less than a day’s sail, so it doesn’t matter.
Zhao Xian was on guard against them. Their luggage was stored separately, and people and luggage were placed in separate cargo holds. People had to be searched before boarding the ship.
Even if you pass the body search, you must stay in the cargo hold and cannot come out.
The patrol soldiers on guard are armed with live ammunition and are very strict.
This makes people feel that this is not just a mission to transfer the survivors. Zhao Xian is also under a lot of pressure to bring them on board.
There are more than a thousand people, but there are only 50 patrol soldiers accompanying this trip.
In case of a riot...
To Zhao Xian, although this group of people are residents in his jurisdiction, they are also equivalent to an unstable bomb.
Not everyone can decide to take the bomb on board, especially as the return trip might not be a peaceful one.
The atmosphere of the whole ship was unusual.
This morning, Qiao Xuejun entered the cargo hold wearing a mask to count her own goods. For this trip, the supplies she needed were shelves and plastic baskets.
Used as planting racks and planting baskets in the greenhouse.
She is very satisfied with the shelves, which are of various specifications, and the smallest one is 4 layers. For example, wooden shelves can only have one layer due to load-bearing reasons, which means that a 2-acre greenhouse can only grow 4 acres.
But this four-layer rack is equivalent to growing 8 acres of more crops.
Zhao Yun, who was standing by, accompanied Qiao Xuejun to take inventory. He was the one who designed the greenhouse, so he knew the details. He said happily, "Teacher Qiao, this trip is really worth it!"
Qiao Xuejun wrote down the number of shelves in a notebook and agreed. A muffled voice came out from the mask: "Some are profitable."
Zhao Yun said: "In the cabin, Teacher Qiao, are you still wearing a mask?"
Qiao Xuejun doesn't like wearing a mask, and everyone who often hangs out with her knows this. She's very active, and she feels uncomfortable breathing with a mask on.
She doesn't wear a mask if she goes out for a short time or stays indoors.
But today, Zhao Yun saw that she was wearing the mask tightly and did not take it off even in the cabin.
Qiao Xuejun paused, her voice inexplicably gnashing her teeth: "I... have a slight cold. Wear a mask, it will be better."
Zhao Yun immediately looked at her and said, "Then Teacher Qiao, you need to find a military doctor. Don't resist if you feel uncomfortable. I think Mr. Xun is in trouble and he hasn't recovered yet."
Xun Muqing has not been able to leave the cabin since he was dragged by the sea monster for half an hour that day.
Qiao Xuejun: "She's not well yet?"
Zhao Yun: "She had a high fever for two days, and it was said that she just broke down yesterday. She is still suffering from a severe cold. The conditions on the ship are not good, and there is no IV drip for her. She will be hospitalized directly when she returns."
Qiao Xuejun: "It will be fine once the fever goes down."
If the fever recurs, it will be dangerous.
Zhao Yun was concerned: "So, Teacher Qiao, don't hold on. If the cold gets worse, it won't be a small matter."
Qiao Xuejun: "I know. It's okay."
She doesn't have a cold, it's just... she was kissed too much yesterday, and she feels a little uncomfortable meeting people today without wearing a mask.
She was afraid that Zhao Yun would ask something else, so she turned to the main point: "Based on this quantity, we should be able to build a greenhouse, right?"
"Okay." Zhao Yun walked to a corner. "Look at this. They have collected some tarpaulins for you. But these tarpaulins are all in bits and pieces. They are the kind of tarpaulins used on other people's signs. They don't seem to be suitable, do they?"
Tarpaulin is used to provide windproof and heat insulation in greenhouses.
Qiao Xuejun looked over and touched it: "It's not thick enough, but if you put it outside the fish skin, it can also serve as a layer of protection. You can use it."
Zhao Yun nodded: "It's just too broken. The pressure is on the tailor studio to see if they can sew it together."
Qiao Xuejun doesn’t know this either, but Sister Li should have a way.
She also recorded the weight of the tarpaulin.
"Teacher Qiao is here too."
A man walked in from the door and greeted Qiao Xuejun. This was Engineer Xu, the person in charge of the ironworks.
Qiao Xuejun: "Come and count the materials?"
Engineer Xu also held a pen and paper in his hand and nodded: "Yes, there is nothing to do now, let's count it first."
He was in charge of the work at the ironworks. His department had the most stuff here, basically accounting for 70%, and was the main target this time.
Zhao Yun chatted with him: "Have you collected 70% of the target materials this time?"
Engineer Xu nodded and said, "It's just barely possible. Although we didn't get as much as expected this time, we have more people. With more manpower, we can work faster. The next fishing team should be able to set off soon, right?"
Zhao Yun: "The weather experts have made a prediction. They said we can still sail once, but at best it will take 5 days. In 7 days the temperature may change drastically, the ice area will shrink, and the sailing conditions will be dangerous."
Engineer Xu nodded: "Five days is fine, isn't it five days this time?"
Qiao Xuejun was recording the cargo data while listening to their conversation.
The system said: "Host, the temperature will not drop significantly in 5 days, and it will probably take about 1 month."
Qiao Xuejun: "Yes, I understand."
The system continued: "The temperature can drop to minus 72 degrees Celsius. Even if these people in the city survived until now, they are likely to be frozen to death. Perhaps we can take advantage of this month to bring more people out?"
Qiao Xuejun's face became serious. They had already done their best with more than a thousand people.
Even if there were other people, there would be no way to save them. Although there is still a month before the big drop in temperature, the temperature was already very low before that. The current situation is already very complicated, and the situation on the sea surface will be even more complicated in a few days.
It would be dangerous to go out to sea again.
The ultimate goal of the system is to build large cities with large populations, so it naturally wants as many people as possible.
But Qiao Xuejun’s current goal is to stabilize the situation.
"It may not be easy to manage more than a thousand people. If there are more, we don't know what will happen."
The system did not question Qiao Xuejun, nor did it continue to make suggestions. Instead, it said with a bit of excitement: "Host! Now we have reached the goal of 5,000 people! We can have ice-footed horses!"
Qiao Xuejun: "When will it be sent?"
System: "In order to reduce the abnormality caused by the host, the Ice-footed Horse will randomly refresh on the isolated island on the road that must be passed. If it passes by, it will remind the host. Please rest assured!"
Qiao Xuejun nodded: "Does that mean I have to catch those horses from that isolated island, put them on the boat and bring them back?"
System: “That’s right!”
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