◎Happy 147th Day: Capital Underground◎
Squad leader Luo agreed with Jiang Muyun's method.
The main thing is that Xiaobai and the others look really restless, so it would be better to leave someone here to watch them.
With the help of the soldiers, Jiang Muyun and others packed up the supplies they brought, and specially took out the box containing Xiaofen and earthworms, as well as the two mutant fish that were frozen hard.
"These are important samples we're going to hand over to the Capital Research Institute," Jiang Muyun said. "If it's inconvenient for us to carry them with us, please keep them safe and return them to Professor Chen once his identity has been verified."
Squad Leader Luo agreed based on the principle of trusting first, and in front of Jiang Muyun and others, he ordered people to take them away separately and keep them well.
This kind of thing is likely to be related to biological and chemical weapons. Even if Jiang Muyun and the others said anything, Squad Leader Luo would not let them keep it.
Jiang Muyun took out some of the things in his pockets, leaving only some emergency items such as salt and sugar on him.
No one said a word about the dagger hidden in his clothes.
You always have to keep something in reserve.
If Captain Luo ordered a body search, they would hand it over.
If you don't mention this, then everyone will pretend not to know.
Team Leader Luo seemed to understand and didn't ask anyone to search again. He just smiled and asked someone to copy down the ID numbers of several people, and then asked someone to take the things away for inspection.
Jiang Muyun felt that the capital's shelter's attitude towards survivors was terrifyingly good.
So good that she even felt it was a little abnormal.
There is a huge gap between these professional soldiers before the apocalypse and the private armies formed after the apocalypse. The temperaments of the two are completely different and it is easy to distinguish them.
Even people like Captain Yu and Meng San from the North District Base who came out of the army, ordinary survivors who were trained according to the old methods after the apocalypse, cannot compare with veterans like them in terms of spirit and energy.
Jiang Muyun was certain that the group of soldiers in front of her were definitely professional soldiers who had enlisted before the apocalypse and received professional training. As a result, the possibility that this shelter was under the official jurisdiction of China was infinitely increased.
If it weren't for the door and these soldiers, Jiang Muyun would have suspected that he had entered a den of thieves.
For example, the kind that specifically tricks ordinary survivors into the base and locks them up as food reserves.
However, more than half an hour later, Jiang Muyun found that it was not that the shelter was lax in management, but that she thought too simply.
"Go ahead," Team Leader Luo said to Jiang Muyun and the others, pointing to a row of security checkpoints. "Don't worry, it's just a one-time occurrence. This little bit of radiation won't have any effect on the human body."
"Not only humans have to survive, but mutant animals have to survive too," Squad Leader Luo reminded.
Well, no wonder there was no intention of searching me just now. It turns out there is such a thing when entering the shelter.
Then there is really no need for them to rely on manual body searches.
The security check machine was located in an empty corridor after they walked up the first flight of stairs.
Jiang Muyun took a quick glance and found that the part she could see was more than a hundred meters long.
There are only two lights in this corridor that is more than 100 meters long. One is in the middle of the corridor, next to the security check machine. It should be installed to facilitate security checks.
There is a lamp at the corner at the end of the corridor. The light not only illuminates the corridor, but also the other side around the bend. It is very energy-saving and environmentally friendly.
There were several storage boxes placed next to the security check machine. Jiang Muyun thought about it and decided to hand over all his belongings.
Anyway, her real belongings are all in the space, so if she encounters an accident, she will not be completely helpless.
Unsurprisingly, hot weapons such as guns, bullets and ammunition were taken away by the shelter, and condiments such as salt and sugar were also taken away for unified inspection.
As for some common daily necessities, they were taken away and disinfected.
According to the staff in charge of security inspection, if these items are found to be ok after inspection, they will be sent back together with the batch of supplies they sent out earlier.
After passing the security check, walking through the corridor and turning the corner, there is a T-shaped corridor with a familiar silver-white door on both sides.
Captain Luo opened the door on the left. Behind the door were two passages separated by metal plates, and on both sides of the passages were two conveyor belts made of metal mesh belts.
"This is the passage for survivors carrying mutant animals." Squad Leader Luo waved his hand. Three female soldiers from the soldiers who had been following them with guns in hand stood at the right entrance of the passage, motioning Jiang Muyun and the others to enter. "Ladies, go from the right, men, go from the left. Once you enter, take off all your clothing and accessories and spread them out on the conveyor belt. The mutant animals will follow you in."
Jiang Muyun and Tang An took Chen Cheng, Xiaobai and the others into the house as they were told. After the sleepy Xiaolan crawled in dragging his long tail, the silver-white door slammed shut tightly. At the same time, the passage was illuminated by purple lights and the conveyor belt started moving.
"Don't be nervous. Disinfection is required before entering the shelter. This is a necessary process and is also for everyone's safety." A soldier touched Chen Cheng's head and took the lead in taking off all his clothes and equipment and spreading them on the conveyor belt. Jiang Muyun and others followed suit.
Jiang Muyun originally thought that this was just a simple ultraviolet disinfection cabinet, but when she was halfway there, she suddenly smelled a pungent smell. Xiaobai, who had a keen sense of smell, sneezed several times, and Chen Cheng's pink-feathered parrot dived directly into Chen Cheng's palm.
The soldier who had first comforted Chen Cheng said, "This is a disinfectant made by the research institute using mutant plants. It's harmless to humans and mutant animals."
Jiang Muyun nodded. If it was harmful, Xiaobai wouldn't just sneeze.
Jiang Muyun bent down slightly and put his hand in front of Xiaobai's nose to make it feel a little better.
Xiaobai's mood has always been unstable, and Jiang Muyun doesn't want it to be stimulated again.
After walking through the disinfection passage, there is an empty room separated by a row of synthetic boards. There are benches in the room, which seem to be a place for survivors to put on clothes.
Whether it was the long corridor where Jiang Muyun and the others passed through the security checkpoint, or the current disinfection passage, all the facilities were obviously set up to accommodate a large number of survivors, and the procedures were quite complete, and it could be seen that they had been in operation for quite some time.
That is to say, all survivors who enter the shelter, including permanent residents nearby, have to go through this every time they enter the shelter.
Jiang Muyun gained a further understanding of the perfection of this shelter.
I don’t know how many beatings the survivors in the capital have endured to build the shelter into this state.
A soldier brought all their clothes over. Chen Cheng placed the pink-feathered parrot on a stool and asked curiously while putting on his clothes, "Sister, if a lot of people come in, won't the clothes get lost?"
"Generally not. Everyone follows their clothes and takes their clothes away directly after leaving. If there are any forgotten ones, they will be sent over there." The soldier pointed to the empty room at the edge.
"Of course there are people who deliberately steal other people's clothes." Another soldier laughed and said, "Then you have to hide them yourself."
"In the shelter, if someone gets into an argument with the owner due to something like theft or robbery, and is assaulted by the owner, we won't punish them as long as they can provide proof that the item belongs to them."
Jiang Muyun kept moving his hands and asked, "What if there's no evidence?"
"It's usually possible to produce evidence, because we have a notary office. Many survivors, upon entering the shelter, first pay to go to the notary office to register all the non-consumable items they brought in, including socks." The soldier who had spoken raised an eyebrow. "If you really can't produce evidence, then we'll all be fined."
Tang An asked, "Is there a fine?"
The soldier smiled and said, "Part of it. We'll record it in the files first, and the punished person can use supplies to clear the record. Of course, if you don't want to clear it, that's fine too. The shelter is so big, and there are many dangerous jobs that are undermanned. When we really can't recruit enough survivors, we'll use them to do voluntary labor."
Jiang Muyun didn't care about anything else, only the sentence "the shelter is so big" caught her attention.
Judging from the cost of these security and disinfection equipment, the scale of this shelter cannot be small.
But how big does it have to be before there are not enough survivors?
Jiang Muyun and the others went through all the security checkpoints and officially checked in. It took them roughly an hour before they officially stepped into the shelter.
After registering, they received their supplies and exchanged three mushroom bags and a small bag of sugar for universal points in the capital's shelter.
They used these points to pay for the storage fees for prohibited items, and also stored things like kayaks and oil drums that they didn't need at the moment and took up a lot of space. They also went to the notary office to take photos of all the supplies they brought in and registered them.
Jiang Muyun checked their supplies and found that except for hot weapons and drinking water, almost everything else was returned intact.
The reason why drinking water was also excluded was because Jiang Muyun discovered that some of the drinking water that was returned seemed to have been replaced by someone.
She didn't remember the bottles of water she brought from home being so clean.
"These drinking water bottles were replaced in equal quantities by the shelter." Squad Leader Luo looked at Jiang Muyun holding the bottles of water and took the initiative to explain, "We will take this measure for anything that cannot be confirmed to be safe and cannot be fully disinfected in a short period of time."
Gao Liang hissed softly, as if startled by the caution. "Is this... someone poisoned someone before? Are there still people seeking revenge at this hour?"
"It seems your living conditions were quite good before." Squad Leader Luo said with a wry smile, "It's not about revenge against society, it's mainly because we're afraid of the epidemic."
After hearing what Captain Luo said, Jiang Muyun was silent for a moment before saying, "Are the several shelters in the capital connected?"
Jiang Muyun seemed to be asking a question, but his tone was firm.
The sanitary conditions in the apocalypse are terrible, and various epidemics emerge one after another, but the South One Base has always been relatively safe. Even if the seeds of plague are discovered, they can be nipped in the bud in the bud in time.
The main reason is that they are located in the suburbs, far away from the city center where there are the most corpses and the worst environment.
As more survivors gather in the suburbs and a base is built, all household waste, excrement, and human or animal corpses can be properly handled, and the chance of an epidemic breaking out will naturally decrease.
Ansan's geographical location is similar to that of the Nanyi Base.
If it weren't for the fact that the shelter in Anshan is connected to the capital city, given Anshan's conditions, there would be no need to spend so much money on epidemic prevention.
Jiang Muyun had a rough idea of what the capital had been busy with over the years.
The capital's underground city.
It doesn't sound like a small project.
But for Jiang Muyun, everything from the newly developed plant disinfectant after the apocalypse to the apocalyptic new city of which she had only glimpsed the tip of the iceberg, all made her feel an infinite expectation for the future.
It was not known if it was because they brought a few mutant animals that appeared to have extraordinary fighting power, but Jiang Muyun and the others were almost escorted to the residential area by Team Leader Luo and his men.
Even after they had passed the security check, the soldiers never put down their guns, as if they were escorting serious criminals.
When Jiang Muyun and others arrived at the residential area, this sense of déjà vu became even stronger.
To be fair, the living conditions provided by the shelter for Jiang Muyun and others are quite good.
Jiang Muyun roughly estimated that the room was about 50 to 60 square meters.
There was definitely enough food for the seven of them, including three dogs, a snake, a cat and a parrot.
There are four bunk beds in the room, as well as tables, chairs, benches, and radiators. Even pet food bowls and bird cages are provided. It can be said to be quite thoughtful.
If this room wasn't surrounded by walls on three sides and an iron fence on one side.
If it weren't for the fact that their neighbors were indeed carrying mutant animals and were not wearing striped pajamas, Jiang Muyun would really have suspected that his identity had been exposed and he was now being locked up and interrogated.
Jiang Muyun repeatedly confirmed, "We really have passed the inspection, right? Or is this a converted secret prison from before the apocalypse?"
"That's not right. How can a prison let you put up curtains behind the bars?" Squad Leader Luo said shyly, "We have no other choice. If we don't keep the place like this, if your cats and dogs get angry, we won't be able to stop them."
Jiang Muyun looked around. On the left side of their house, a calico cat the size of a Siberian tiger was scratching the floor, and on the right side, a Pekingese with protruding fangs was grinding its teeth on the fence.
I don’t know what the neighbors across the street raise, but their home decoration style is even wilder. They don’t use fences, but densely welded iron mesh, which is now creaking from being hit.
According to Team Leader Luo, an elderly couple, their children, and more than ten quails live next door.
Those quails are really small, about the size of ping-pong balls, except that their claws are a little sharper. Their owners have to pay a maintenance fee every month for the shelter to repair their iron mesh doors, walls, floors and ceilings.
"But they have been taught to be very well behaved now. A few years ago, they were scratching the furniture and made that family go bankrupt." said Team Leader Luo.
Jiang Muyun glanced at Chen Cheng's pink-feathered parrot.
I don't know if this little thing has any other abnormalities besides being able to point the way.
Don’t they also need to be equipped with iron mesh doors?
Chen Cheng also thought of this, so she asked the question directly.
Squad Leader Luo waved his hand and said, "No, no. They're just unable to keep those quails captive. They won't lay eggs if they're caged. If your quail is good-tempered, you can just keep it in a cage."
Squad Leader Luo smiled and said, "It's okay if they don't have to be caged. Any damage caused by mutant animals due to negligence by their owners will be double the compensation. It will be recorded in the archives."
Everyone had heard from the soldiers during the security check what the consequences would be if it was recorded in the file.
"The specific regulations in this regard, as well as other precautions regarding the shelter, and a map of the shelter you're in are all posted inside the settlement." Squad Leader Luo escorted the men to the door and watched them lead Xiao Lan into the house before he completely relaxed. "My mission is complete. Do you have any other questions?"
Jiang Muyun glanced at the shelter map on the wall and gently tapped the location of the medical point marked on it. He turned to Team Leader Luo and said, "Professor Chen, is the old lady who came in with us here now? Can we go visit her?"
When Chen Cheng heard this, he immediately looked at Team Leader Luo eagerly.
Squad Leader Luo thought for a moment and said, "It's best not to go out these few days. Also, the higher-ups are verifying Professor Chen's identity. We'll come back and let you know after that. You won't be able to see her even if you go there now."
Seeing the disappointment and sadness in Chen Cheng's eyes almost overflowing, Team Leader Luo added, "But don't worry about her safety. Until her identity is verified, she will enjoy the highest level of protection in our Anshan shelter."
As for after verification?
If it's fake, send it back and treat it as an ordinary survivor.
If it is true, then it is not worthy of the highest standards of their Anshan shelter.
Jiang Muyun always felt that there was something wrong with what Captain Luo said, but she couldn't put her finger on it.
Several people thanked and said goodbye to Captain Luo. Jiang Muyun was just about to move a stool to sit down and rest for a while, and think about how he got that weird feeling before, but he found that the stool here couldn't be moved at all.
Jiang Muyun looked down and saw that all the tables, chairs and benches were nailed to the floor.
Not only the tables and chairs, but also the pet food bowls, bird cages, and bunk beds, all the furniture provided in the shelter were nailed in place.
Captain Yu shook the birdcage twice, but it didn't even shake. The material was quite sturdy.
Captain Yu was bewildered. "No way? Are they afraid that the survivors will just move the things away?"
Jiang Muyun intuitively felt that this couldn't be the reason.
If we want to prevent survivors from stealing things, there is no need to go through so much trouble. We can just register the items provided in each settlement, verify them when leaving the shelter, and pay double compensation to anyone who is missing.
I can't really say what's wrong, but it just feels awkward.
"Let's boil some hot water to soak our hands and feet." Captain Yu dug out a sheet metal stove and a kettle from among the large bags. "I just checked the prices here, and we can still afford drinking water. Let's boil a few bottles for tonight."
Although they didn't stay in the cold wave for long, they couldn't withstand it because it was too terrifying.
Even in just a few minutes, several people's hands and feet suffered varying degrees of frostbite.
Jiang Muyun and the others didn't care. This kind of mild frostbite would be fine after warming up. It was impossible for the kid Chen Cheng to endure it like them.
Jiang Muyun made a simple bed with a moisture-proof mat and a blanket, and asked Chen Cheng to sit on it and take off his shoes and socks first. "First, get some hot water for Chen Cheng to soak in. We'll go to the medical center later to check on the situation and buy some quilts."
Captain Yu responded and had just lit the fire when someone came over and knocked on the door.
The person knocking on the door was a young girl. She looked about the same height as Chen Cheng, but judging by her voice, she seemed to be an adult.
Jiang Muyun and the others hadn't drawn the curtains, so the girl stood outside the fence and took a look inside. She then said, "I live next door to you. I just heard you say you were going to boil water at this time?"
Before Jiang Muyun could get up and open the door to talk to the girl in detail, the girl said, "Be careful when you boil water. Don't let me put out the fire in time and set my things on fire. My things are all notarized. If they burn to my place, you will have to pay for it."
After saying that, the girl turned and left without even giving them a chance to say hello.
Jiang Muyun felt that the feeling that something was wrong came back again.
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