Chapter 197 Extra
The great disaster was blocked outside by the country. According to the supervision and detection on the ground, there is already a vast ocean above the underground city. But this is only temporary. The tsunami has not stopped yet and the heavy rain is still continuing. Because of the collapse of the Mount Everest snow mountain, the river water here has surged. However, everything in the outside world can only wait for nature to absorb it. It is no longer something that can be intervened by human power.
In the dungeon, because a large number of survivors poured in within a short period of time, the total capacity is three or even four times the initial preset number, so the subsequent issues are of paramount importance.
Fortunately, most people were cooperative. They received food and clean water and went to the waiting area for inspection and registration as arranged. But some people just put down their bowls and started cursing, especially when they saw the living environment in the underground city. They criticized the government even more, saying that it was discriminatory and that the rich were living a life of luxury and luxury while not caring about those freezing to death on the roadside.
Those who made the fuss originally wanted to incite the power of the masses. Apart from anything else, why could those high-ranking officials live in villa areas surrounded by green plants, while they could only sleep in small single rooms without even a window?
Unfortunately, these people chose a very inappropriate time. A thrilling race against the death has just ended. If it is left in the dungeon for a while to let the people who have recovered feel the gap deeply before making a fuss, then this matter may be difficult to resolve. But if they make a fuss now, most people have not yet recovered from surviving the disaster. They have finally found a place to settle down without high temperature and sea water overflowing. Who has the energy to make a fuss?
The result was that the cells in the dungeon welcomed their first guests.
And each of those who came in from outside was given a small booklet, which clearly listed the rules and regulations of the dungeon, the payment methods of the dungeon, how to rent a house, the monthly food purchase amount, the housing benefits that can be brought by a full-time job, in addition to this, there are also the consequences of burglary, robbery and murder, gang fights, and even malicious incitement.
Things are different now than they were in the past, when people who committed theft or robbery in small amounts would be released after a few months in prison. But now, crimes that seemed minor in the past, such as stealing a dime of food from others, will result in a minimum of five years of re-education through labor, and the heaviest punishment is naturally life imprisonment. The death penalty is really a waste of manpower, and there are fewer and fewer people sentenced to death. The death penalty is far less severe than life imprisonment.
The construction of the entire underground city is still expanding outward. In addition, people cannot stay in the underground city, and living resources will emerge on their own. Those energy sources still need to be mined, especially they also have to check the situation on the glacier. The energy under the glacier is something that cannot be missed. Whether it is for people's livelihood or strategy, it is something that cannot fall into the hands of other countries.
Therefore, apart from supplies, what is most lacking now is manpower. The higher-ups are probably hoping that someone will show up at this time so that they can give them severe sentences and make an example of them. If these people who come in later are not subdued, the security of the entire underground city will be difficult to manage in the future.
The underground city was in chaos during this period, with too many people and too mixed crowds. It took a lot of effort to clear out the area where Mu Nan and the others lived. Those who originally lived here had to be re-checked and had physical examinations and blood drawn. It was probably because they were worried that there would be some infectious diseases after the people from outside were diverted here in order to accommodate more people.
Although they stayed at home the whole time this time and did not run outside for shelter, nor did they experience any hardships, they were never as nervous as this time. They were so nervous that even though they did not suffer any physical hardships, they truly felt like they had escaped death in their hearts.
Early in the morning, Mu Nan woke up in Qin Huai's arms. The light from outside came in through the thin curtains. Qin Huai saw that he was awake, so he turned over slightly, held him in his arms, and gave him a gentle and lingering good morning kiss.
Mu Nan stretched out his hand to push him away, shaking his head left and right to avoid Qin Huai's kiss. He said in a hoarse voice, "I haven't brushed my teeth yet."
Qin Huai smiled and said, "I didn't either."
Mu Nan tilted his head in disdain: "It's unhygienic."
After pinching the nose of the person who disliked him, Qin Huai got up and said, "I'll go make breakfast. You can sleep for a while."
Mu Nan stretched out on the bed, rolled over for a long time before getting up to wash his face and brush his teeth. By the time he finished his personal hygiene, Qin Huai had already prepared breakfast. He had stewed bone soup yesterday, so this morning he had bone soup wontons.
It was a bit late today, so Qin Huai ate breakfast faster. Mu Nan poked the wonton in his bowl and looked at Qin Huai and said, "When can you take a day off? You worked overtime for several days in a row, and you didn't even say you could take a day off."
Qin Huai smiled and said, "Don't think about taking a break. We are all under water now. Although the huge impact has passed, if we are not careful in the future, the entire underground city is still in danger of being flooded. The defense engineering team must be on standby at all times. It's good enough to be able to go home after get off work every day."
Mu Nan: "Then are you going to work in shifts later?"
Qin Huai nodded: "Yes, there has to be someone guarding there all the time, so we can only take turns. You can go with Jian Chu and the others to have your blood drawn this afternoon. My unit will make arrangements here, so I won't go with you."
Watching Qin Huai finish his breakfast and ride away on his bike, Mu Nan didn't waste any time and finished the unfinished food in his bowl in a few bites. He still had a lot of things to do today. He had to wash the clothes accumulated in the past few days, clean the yard, clean and disinfect the house, and go for inspections in the afternoon. He really had no time to spare.
His family was busy, and people outside were busy too. The streets of the entire community had to be cleaned and disinfected. Fortunately, everything else was lacking, except water. There was still water above their heads, which was all water from the snow mountains. Not to mention drinking and drinking, the water could be drained down and used for cleaning after disinfection. There was no problem at all.
When they lined up for the checkup at the appointed time in the afternoon, Song Jia said to them happily, "Do you know who I found?"
Jian Chu: "It's either the Cai family or Sun Sisi and the others."
"No, all of them!"
Mu Nan was a little surprised: "Are they all okay? Where are they settling now?"
Song Jia shook his head. "It's not good. It's pretty miserable. They don't have a place to stay yet. They themselves can't tell where they are under quarantine. They actually entered Tibet a long time ago, but the entrance is blocked. The number of people allowed in every day is too small. They waited at the gate for many days, but then something went wrong and the gate was opened directly to take people in first. Then they followed the crowd and ran in."
Mu Nan: "Now that they are all inside, they should be safe. We'll see what arrangements are made. How did you find them?"
Song Jia said, "I saw Cai Wentao's message on the missing person board, and I contacted him and found the right person. They were all together, the old, the weak, the women and the children. They didn't go with Daniu at the beginning, so it was not easy when they wanted to leave. They suffered a lot along the way, and endured the high temperature while hungry. I heard that Uncle Cai's health seems to be not good."
This time, even Xu Ming and Yu Feng, who had not had much contact with the Cai family, looked over. Yu Zibai frowned slightly: "What's wrong?"
Song Jia sighed, "They were hungry. Although life was not easy in the past few years, at least they had something to eat every day. They didn't get hungry even if they didn't eat enough. But they suffered a lot on the way to Tibet. Even Xiaozhu was almost gone. If it weren't for Aunt Yin's close watch and Uncle Guo's vigilance, Xiaozhu would have been stolen. In order to let his family eat more, Uncle Cai could only eat less himself. As a result, he vomited blood while waiting in line at the door."
Mu Nan exclaimed: "What about now?"
Song Jia: "It's not bad. After they came in, they were given some relief food. At least they can eat. I asked Cai Wentao to find out where they are now. Even if they are under quarantine, they can still get some food in from outside. After he finds out, I'll see if I can send them some food. Even if they are given relief meals, they probably won't be full."
Yu Feng said: "Don't they have money? They may not have food, but if they left on their own and transferred their houses, they should be able to get some money back."
The money outside can be used just as it is inside. When he first came down, he had plenty of time, so he was quarantined for seven days. Although he was locked up, he could still buy food with money.
Song Jia: "They were out of money. They left in a hurry and exchanged most of their money for food. They ate part of it themselves and used part of it for travel expenses. When they first entered Tibet, they had no money, no food, and no drink. Later, they relied on the two grain cakes that Sun Sisi had scraped together to get through. You can imagine that there were so many people, and a grain cake was only the size of a palm. They survived for more than ten days."
Jian Chu: "Then we'll transfer some money to you, and you can give it to Cai Wentao so that he can buy some food to support himself."
Song Jia looked at him helplessly: "If I could transfer the money, I would have done it a long time ago. Their identities here have not been verified and registered yet, so there is no way to transfer money online."
Yu Feng said: "Leave it to me, I'll ask someone to find out."
When Qin Huai came back in the evening, Mu Nan told him about Song Jia's contact with the Cai family: "When I left before, I really thought it might be difficult for us to see each other again in this life. Although the Internet is very convenient, the entire underground city is so big that it is impossible to find it just by looking for it. I didn't expect that we are so predestined. I said before that I owed Yang Jing and the others a meal. It seems that they are destined to have this meal."
Qin Huai handed him a plate of peeled pomegranates and said, "It's fine once you get in touch with them. But before they settle down, tell Jian Chu and Song Jia not to run around or leave the community to meet them."
Mu Nan asked in confusion: "Why? Are you afraid that they have suffered too much outside and their mentality has changed, so they hate the rich newspaper?"
Qin Huai pinched his genuinely confused face with amusement: "What are you thinking about? It will definitely be chaotic outside for a while. You have also heard from the big guy about black spot disease. What is this disease, what are the symptoms, how long is the incubation period, there is not even a specific explanation from the top until now. In addition to these, contaminated food and water sources can cause too many infectious diseases, so it is best to stay at home and stay away from people. As long as they are still in the underground city, after the quarantine observation period, they have updated their ID cards. We will try our best to help them if they have difficulties in life, but don't go out rashly to contact people."
Mu Nan thought so too, and they knew very little about black spot disease. However, judging from the attitude of the higher-ups, this didn't seem like a very serious disease, otherwise they would have taken various warning and epidemic prevention measures a long time ago.
Thinking of some articles he had read online before, Mu Nan said, "Brother, have you heard of the theory of viral evolution?"
Qin Huai washed the sweet pomegranate juice off his hands, sat back on the sofa, picked up his laptop and turned on the computer, and replied with one mind: "Everything will evolve, even inanimate objects will continue to evolve due to human needs. If you ask me about the end of the virus, then I have never seen it."
"It's not that kind of evolution. I don't remember what virus it was, but it was named. It says that the origin of human development was a viral infection. The first to infect apes and primates was the ape. The virus then changed their genes and brain capacity. Anyway, it changed the apes' brains and made them develop into ape-men. Then the virus gradually integrated into the genes and coexisted with the human body until it developed to today and became us humans."
Qin Huai turned his head and glanced at Mu Nan: "You want to say that the black spot disease that we know nothing about now is another kind of evolution? What kind of evolution will it be? If the whole body is covered with these black spots, it can resist the strong light and ultraviolet rays outside and survive in an increasingly hot environment?"
Mu Nan imagined this possibility based on Qin Huai's description, and immediately shook his head with trembling: "That's too ugly, forget it, I don't want this kind of evolution."
Although the matter of evolution is just idle talk, the various unknowns about the black spot disease are indeed the most discussed things in the dungeon now. The main reason is that the higher-ups only announced that the disease is not contagious due to ordinary contact, but did not explain the specific situation. What is most puzzling is that people with black spots on their bodies have no other signs except those spots, and they are still living well without any pain or itching.
But people are still mostly afraid of unknown things, so no matter how much they emphasize that ordinary contact will not be infected, people still resist contact with those with black spots on their bodies, and even more so after the initial mutual help when facing life and death. Some voices on the Internet have gradually become unpleasant.
What a clean home that has been polluted and the virus brought in. Some people even say that the entire human elite must be destroyed for a group of inferior people.
Mu Nan was shocked when he saw this kind of speech: "I think that people who can say such things can't be very powerful elites. People with bad character will never be very powerful."
Jian Chu said with a smile: "But sometimes character is not linked to ability. Look at those massacres in history who had bad character. You say he has no ability, but his name is engraved in history."
Mu Nan sighed and said, "Those are all from abroad. In our country, respectful and humble virtues are engraved into our genes. Those with poor morals are all scum."
Song Jia, who was playing games nearby, interrupted: "Speaking of foreign countries, do you know that there is a country that is now requesting to be incorporated into the underground city?"
Mu Nan and Jian Chu shook their heads at the same time: "I haven't heard of this news. What's going on?"
Song Jia: "I don't know which country it is, but they asked for help through the satellite system. They seemed to be offering to use their scientific research technology in exchange for the qualification to enter the underground city. They even asked directly for half of the usable area, but they didn't agree."
Mu Nan looked at Song Jia in surprise: "Where did you hear this news from? Why do I feel like you have such a wide range of channels to get the news?"
Song Jia raised his eyebrows proudly: "Don't you see what I do? As a moderately famous broadcaster, I must have more online information channels."
Jian Chu: "Is this true? Why do I feel like this is all fake news from other people's YY? Not many people in our country knew about the underground city before. How can people know about the underground city when they have to use a satellite system to call for help?"
This question made Song Jia ask: "Uh... maybe it's a greeting during the exchange?"
Jian Chu: "Greetings, how do you greet? Ask how your country is doing now? Is it good? Oh, it's fine. We built an underground city, and everyone is fine. Underground city, awesome, then let half of the place be for our country to live in. We have many scientific research achievements, you can take whichever you like, how about that? This kind of greeting?"
Mu Nan was laughing so hard on the sidelines that he almost fell off his chair: "Jian Chu, you are so mean."
Song Jia looked at Jian Chu with disdain: "Even if it's just fantasy, I'm still happy, hum!"
While they were chatting leisurely in the dessert shop that had just been reorganized and reopened, a group of skinny people were released from an isolation point on the other side of the dungeon. Although they were under isolation and observation, for them, these days were no different from recuperation and breathing regulation. They had no shortage of water, and although they had no money to buy food, they were given meals every day. The money they spent during these days had already been recorded in the account and would have to be repaid in the future.
But there is still a future, and even owing debts becomes a happy and beautiful thing.
Life is like this. Sometimes you think you have reached the bottom of the road, but as long as you persist, spring will come.
Too many people suddenly entered the underground city, but the actual living area could not accommodate all of them, and it was impossible for people to sleep directly on the streets. Although the streets in the underground city could be considered indoor buildings, and even the streets were much more comfortable than the outside due to temperature control, the entire underground city would be in chaos if this were the case.
Therefore, most people are working overtime to build temporary accommodation points. Some people in special professions or relatives of martyrs registered on their ID cards will be given priority.
In addition, there is another priority situation, that is, families with children.
Although the population of the underground city has exceeded the limit, population reproduction is still the top priority in the future. Those who have children or are pregnant will be arranged separately. The Cai family was given priority because of Xiaozhu. When they came out of the quarantine point, houses had already been allocated for them to rent.
But the rent is not cheap. Even for a small house of 60 or 70 square meters, the monthly rent is over 100 yuan, and the water and electricity bills are even more expensive. So I have arranged it for you, but it is up to you to choose whether to rent it or not.
They can rent a house, even though they are penniless and still owe money, but they have to find a way to rent it even if they don't have money. If they think the house is too small and not spacious enough, they can move to a bigger one when they have the conditions. The key is to find a place to settle down first.
And they are not without a way out. At least in this dungeon, they still have people they can ask for help.
The Cai family now has a place to live. Although the house is small, they have been through hardships together during this period, so they originally thought of letting Yang Jing and the others live with them first. After all, a large number of people are pouring into the underground city, and it is too chaotic. At least they can find a place to live first and make arrangements for the future.
More importantly, with the support and mutual help along the way, Cai Wentao's love for Yang Jing has grown from a superficial liking to a deep love, and Aunt Yin also likes this independent and strong girl very much. It would naturally be best if they could become a family.
Unfortunately, Yang Jing refused. She didn't deny that when they were about to give up, the support and encouragement from the broad shoulders beside her did make her heart beat at a certain moment, but Yang Jing could distinguish the difference between this momentary heartbeat and the feeling of living with it for a lifetime.
Perhaps due to the trauma of her childhood, she has never had any illusions about marriage or her future partner, and even the thought of an uncertain life, the fear of the unknown can shatter all her heartbeats. No matter whether she will regret it when she thinks about it in the future, this decision is the one she will not regret at the moment.
Even Tu Juan, who has always been vaguely afraid of men, advised her to think about it. Cai Wentao's character has been proven through adversity. If nothing else, a boy like this will at least not turn the marriage into another tragedy.
Yang Jing smiled, looked at Tu Juan and Sun Sisi, and held each of them by the hand: "I don't want to just muddle through just because we can get by. Anyway, the three of us have been together for so long. If you find someone you like in the future, I will help you prepare your dowry. If not, then we will grow old together."
Tu Juan smiled and said, "You should prepare a dowry for Sisi."
Sun Sisi rolled her eyes and said, "You make it sound like I hate getting married so much."
Yang Jing looked at them and said, "We don't know what kind of life we will live in the future, are you afraid?"
Tu Juan shrugged: "What is there to be afraid of? What else can happen? The worst has already happened. No matter how hard it is in the future, it will be sweet."
Sun Sisi: "I know Mu Nan has transferred money to you. Anyway, having food to eat is enough. Go and get some accommodation first. I hope we can get a house soon. This place is similar to the past. After we settle down, will we become office animals again? Actually, being office animals is not bad. 997 is happiness."
The three girls held each other's hands and followed the crowd that came out of the quarantine point one after another. The Cai family was going to rent a house, so they walked in another direction. When he looked at Yang Jing, the other party didn't look back until Aunt Yin urged him. Cai Wentao followed his family to leave. At this time, Yang Jing turned his head, but just for a glance and then retracted his gaze.
There are many kinds of days. Maybe the right one is the long-lasting one, but happiness is the life without regrets.
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