As Chen Yu and Lin Lele stepped out of the Shiban Mountain Tunnel, a biting cold wind swept over them, carrying fine snowflakes that made them shiver involuntarily.
"Minister Feng, what are you doing here?" Chen Yu asked in surprise as soon as he stepped out of the house, seeing Feng Xinran pacing back and forth in the snow outside the Shibanshan Tunnel.
"Chen Yu, why have you been gone for so long? Do you know how worried I've been about you?" Feng Xinran's eyes reddened as she hugged Chen Yu tightly.
However, she quickly realized her lapse in composure, hurriedly let go of his hand, gently wiped the corner of her eye, and tried to make her voice sound calm: "I heard you're back, and I have a lot to report to you."
"Hehe, let's discuss everything at the meeting." Chen Yu smiled somewhat awkwardly.
"Mm." Feng Xinran nodded silently.
Since the afternoon meeting was scheduled for 3 p.m., and it was only 1:45 p.m., there was still plenty of time before the meeting started.
Chen Yu decided to take a walk around the base first and did not drive.
The three strolled through the base, and looking up, they saw a bustling scene.
Various large factory buildings are scattered around in an orderly manner. A thin layer of ice crystals covers the snow, reflecting the weak sunlight and adding a touch of vitality to this cold winter day.
Various ice and snow structures stand on the snowfield, like elves from a winter dream, using ice and snow as brushes and the cold wind as ink to outline a wondrous world of different shapes. Some resemble castles from fairy tales, with icicles entwined between towering towers, shimmering with crystal-clear light; others are like ancient altars, surrounded by fences made of snow blocks, exuding a solemn and mysterious aura.
These ice and snow buildings are the residences of the new residents of "Tianyu Base".
At the "Tianyu Base", new residents must first have their own houses. If they are specially recruited scientific research and combat personnel, the base will allocate housing for them. However, if they are ordinary residents, they need to build their own houses.
In this extremely cold post-apocalyptic world, the snow on the ground is more than ten meters deep. The long-term extreme cold environment means there is no need to worry about it melting, making it the easiest building material to obtain.
Therefore, most of the new residents built their houses using local materials, specifically ice and snow.
Since everyone had a relatively free time and virtually no entertainment, they devoted most of their energy to the personalized decoration and creative design of their igloos. Each new resident hoped to showcase their unique personality and love of life through their own little house.
Looking further afield, about 10 kilometers from Shiban Mountain, you can see a tall ice wall that surrounds the entire base. This ice wall is known as the "Great Wall".
This ice wall is 20 meters high on average and 5 meters thick on average.
The Great Wall is not yet completed; workers can be seen busily reinforcing and carving on the ice wall.
Those workers were ordinary residents of the base. Each person was allocated a limited amount of food per day, which was basically enough to only eat until they were half full. If they wanted to eat well, they could only obtain extra rewards by completing tasks for the base or by contributing their professional skills.
Building the Great Wall at the base is just one of the tasks. Residents can also dig up trees in the snowfields in the mountains or do construction projects for the base (such as staff dormitories and factories) to earn points to exchange for food.
These were all rules established by Chen Yu at the beginning of the "Tianyu Base". It's not that he was exploiting everyone, but he couldn't let the unemployed people in the base be idle. After all, where there are people, there is a world of its own. If there are too many unemployed people, they won't have to worry about food every day. When they are bored, they will think about all sorts of things. If they get angry, they will get into conflicts with others, and even have some rebellious ideas. This is the situation that Chen Yu least wants to see.
However, Chen Yu was not a heartless capitalist. Although he encouraged the residents of the base to work, he would not exploit them.
An average adult can earn 8 points for working 8 hours a day (the maximum working hours stipulated by the base), regardless of gender.
At the "Tianyu Base", the points redemption rules are as follows: (1 jin is the unit) all kinds of grains = 4 points, chicken, duck and fish = 20 points, pork = 30 points, beef and mutton = 60 points, vegetables and fruits = 200 points.
In other words, an average adult can earn an extra 2 jin of grain per day's work. With the 2 liang of grain provided free of charge by the base, a single person only needs to spend 4 points per day to eat their fill. The remaining 4 points can be saved up, and after saving up for 5 days, they can exchange them for 1 jin of chicken, duck, fish, and meat.
At this point, some people might think that "Tianyu Base" is even more unscrupulous than a black-hearted factory.
But don't forget, this is an extremely cold apocalypse. Food and other supplies are dwindling as they are used. In such an extreme environment, it is impossible to produce resources.
In reality, Chen Yu was the one who lost out the most. He had painstakingly accumulated these supplies before the apocalypse, all from zero yuan. All the labor of the base residents was for building their own homes and for fighting for the future of humanity. Chen Yu himself did not gain any benefit; it was purely a one-sided sacrifice on his part.
Of course, there are advantages, namely that the base belongs to him and he is the boss of the entire base, but what good is that?
Being a leader and having to work hard all day to serve everyone and the residents of the base is simply asking for trouble. It's better to just lie down in the post-apocalyptic bunker.
However, having chosen this path, Chen Yu has no regrets. After all, only by uniting can humanity have a chance to survive. It would be meaningless for him to live alone.
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