Chapter 6
"I've heard from Anna that you answered the first question in the Gein Tower." She maneuvered her wheelchair to the desk and gestured for Jiang Fei to sit down on the chair next to her. "Please sit down. You are a lifesaver to our base."
"No, that's a bit too exaggerated." Until now, Jiang Fei had no sense of substance about this world. She really couldn't bear being suddenly honored as her savior.
The base manager, named Coyne, folded her hands on her lap. "No, I'm just stating the facts. We had already given up hope of surviving this winter."
She continued, "The base is running low on supplies, and the energy isn't enough to sustain us through the freezing winter. Before you arrived, we had originally planned to evacuate to the nearby D-1 base, but as you know, they're a similarly sized base, unable to accommodate so many people at once, and they refuse to accept the elderly."
This makes sense in the end times. After all, with limited resources, we have to ensure that young and middle-aged people can survive. To some extent, the elderly are a burden. But Jiang Fei comes from modern society after all. She can understand this idea, but it does not mean that she absolutely agrees with it.
"But the supplies we have now should be enough to get through the winter, right?" Jiang Fei asked.
Coyne's office is located on the top floor of the underground base building, and he can have a panoramic view of the entire base through a full wall of floor-to-ceiling windows.
She pushed her wheelchair to the French window and looked down. "Well...but what about next winter? What about the days after that? We have to take a long-term view."
Jiang Fei agreed with her opinion, "Yes, so I will continue to go to the tower to answer questions later."
"Of course this is very important, but besides that I have a few small questions that I hope you can answer." Coin turned the wheelchair around so that she was facing Jiang Fei. "Did you escape from Sky City?"
"Me?" Jiang Fei asked back, "Why do you feel that way?"
"The reason Sky City is so abundant isn't just because they master cutting-edge technology, but because they've trained a group of people specifically dedicated to climbing the tower." Coin's expression unconsciously grew serious. "They're the only ones in the world who can achieve this."
No, is there a possibility...that she is from another world?
"But at least I can't do you any harm now, and no matter what, that batch of supplies was only available because of me." Jiang Fei knew that her identity was always a big problem, and she still had to trouble the other party to apply for a new computer for her, so her tone was not so aggressive. "I think we should be in a cooperative relationship now."
"Of course, you're right. I prefer a cooperative relationship to a hostile one." Coin's lips curled up, and he smiled politely. "I just don't want to draw any more fire."
"Do you know what happened to the last base that took in residents who escaped from Sky City?"
Jiang Fei crossed his arms over his chest and went into a defensive state, "What will happen?"
"It disappeared directly from the map. Well, this is the result of angering Sky City." She said lightly.
She was responsible for the lives of everyone in the base, so of course she couldn't be so careless as to treat Jiang Fei as her own.
Jiang Fei nodded thoughtfully. She heard Coyne say, "Your room is ready. The dormitory isn't very soundproof, so is it okay for you to stay in the single room in the office area?"
In name, it was for her to sleep well, but in reality, I was worried about her as an outsider, so I planned to observe her for a while.
The single room is also good. She can study the system prompts that pop up by herself.
"Yeah, okay, I understand."
"It will take some time for the application for the optical computer to be approved, probably within a week. If you have any questions, you can ask Anna or come to me directly." Coyne checked the time. "It's getting late. You must be exhausted today. Go to bed early."
After leaving Coyne's office, Anna waited outside and then took her around the office building. Finally, they came to a single room and swiped the access card to open the door. The facilities inside were quite complete, and there were also some furniture.
"Then I wish you a good dream tonight," said Anna.
Jiang Fei closed the door and found the light switch on the wall.
Snap——
All the lights in the room came on, and she squinted her eyes, which took a moment to adjust to the light.
It was not time to rest yet, so she opened the system panel, called up the system prompts, and carefully thought about what these data meant.
Did she have to light up every base? And what was the definition of saving the world? Was it restoring it to its original state? That was a bit too difficult, and it involved infrastructure, which she, a liberal arts student, was not good at.
But there was one thing she was very clear about, that was her current reputation value was too low, which prevented her from viewing the relevant information of this base.
Anyway, let's take it one step at a time. The first goal is to increase her reputation. She rubbed her cheeks. After setting the goal, sleepiness also swept over her. She yawned and went to the bathroom to wash up.
She was panting heavily while her hair was being blown dry, and when her hair was half dry she lay down on the bed and fell asleep.
*
The next morning, she woke up at around seven because of her biological clock. There was nothing she could do. In modern society, the distance between her residence and workplace was very far, so she had to get up early to commute.
She lay on the bed to organize her thoughts, then sat up with a somersault.
After quickly washing up, she opened the wardrobe. There were a few very simple clothes hanging inside. She picked one of them at random, put it on, and walked out.
The office building has a total of five floors, and she lives on the third floor. According to her observation, only captain-level figures like Anna can enter the fourth and fifth floors. The third floor is the daily office area, and the office is also very small, it is a double room.
After all, there are less than three digits of people in the base, and there are not that many things to do.
Jiang Fei stayed outside the office on the third floor for a while and was discovered by one of the civil servants. His hair was a rare dark green color. After seeing Jiang Fei, he waved to her with a little excitement.
"Ah, she's looking at me! My expression just now shouldn't be weird, right?" The man with dark green hair adjusted his collar.
The man sitting opposite him had dark red hair. "Green, you're not going to peacock, are you?"
"What's with all the peacock-spreading? Red, you're exaggerating! I'm just excited! After all, she's the one who can answer the tower questions, and I heard Gru say the scores are very high, like... 96 or 97. Even those guys in Sky City can only guarantee 70 points, right?"
Green curled his lips in dissatisfaction. The man called Red said calmly, "She seems to be coming over here. Is she going to come into our office?"
Hearing this, Green quickly put away his unhappy expression, and immediately raised the corners of his lips, his expression as gentle as possible.
Seeing this, Red muttered softly, "And you still say it's not a peacock spreading its tail."
At this time, there were several knocks on the office door. Green couldn't wait to say, "You can come in!" His foot under the table was kicked by Red. He coughed, "Ahem, I mean - please come in."
Jiang Fei didn't notice the two people's little movements. She opened the door politely and asked, "Am I disturbing you guys from working now?"
Reid: "Of course."
This time it was his turn to be kicked by Green under the desk. Green said hurriedly: "No, of course not. Today... well, it's not very busy."
Red looked at his colleague Green with dead eyes as he lied with his eyes open.
"But he seemed to be..." Jiang Fei had indeed heard Reid's voice just now.
Green looked at Reid and threatened him with his eyes to change his words. Reid reluctantly changed his words, "You heard it wrong. I meant, I didn't disturb you."
"Hello, my name is Jiang Fei, and I'm a new member who joined the base yesterday." Jiang Fei introduced herself first.
Green already knew Jiang Fei's name, or rather, everyone in the base also knew Jiang Fei's name. He excitedly introduced himself, "My name is Green, and the person sitting opposite me is Red. We are his colleagues."
"Anyone with a discerning eye can tell that we are colleagues." Red complained mercilessly.
"Okay Green, I'm here to ask if there's anything I can do to help in the base?" Jiang Fei urgently needs to do something to improve his reputation.
Red spoke first, "If you really have nothing to do, go to the cafeteria and help with cooking, or maybe repair some equipment, or at least teach those little idiots."
"Hey, Red!" Green heard that Red was sending Jiang Fei away, and he was a little angry, "She shouldn't be asked to do these things!"
After all, in Green's eyes, people who can answer the tower questions should not do these chores, but Jiang Fei doesn't think so.
When she heard what Red said, her eyes lit up. Indeed, he provided many options for increasing reputation points, and they all sounded feasible. She left the office without much hesitation.
Before leaving, she said to Red with gratitude: "Thank you so much, Red!"
After Jiang Fei left, Green was stunned. "I was the one who was friendly to her, why did she only thank you?"
Red said nonchalantly, "How should I know?"
The first thing Jiang Fei did after coming out of the office building was to head straight to the cafeteria. Breakfast had already been prepared, and they were now preparing lunch. The cafeteria auntie saw Jiang Fei and said with a smile, "Are you here for breakfast?"
Then he handed her a sandwich. She took a bite of it and said vaguely, "Is it okay if I want to help out in the restaurant kitchen?"
Her most important goal at the moment is to increase her reputation. Generally speaking, helping with work will increase her reputation a little, right?
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