Chapter 058 God-level Prophecy
CCTV is about to launch a daily bombardment of propaganda on what an "artificial sun" is and the benefits of building it in various provincial capitals. It also admits that building an artificial sun now can replace all of this without knowing when the dark days will end.
Let everyone not worry, once the artificial sun is built, all difficulties will be solved, let people tighten their belts and get through this period, so many people began to look forward to the artificial sun.
The apocalyptic rumors on the Internet have been refuted. China can grow crops again. The fresh vegetables grown in various places on the news stations also look lively and lovely in front of the cameras. China is now riddled with holes, and the government is using various methods to plug these holes.
Jingshu didn't know how to comment on the artificial sun. After all, it was a cutting-edge technological force, and it couldn't be said that it had occupied all the people's energy and killed many people.
After all, it was successful during the Dark Days, and it also mass-produced some food and saved many people. The most important thing is that in this year of drought and water pollution, it finally saved many people who were about to die of thirst.
Therefore, Jingshu is not qualified to evaluate this great livelihood research, nor does she want to care about these things that are far away from her. Jingshu just wants to live a more comfortable life in the end times.
Now the key point: stop gas.
It is the middle of the third month of the apocalypse. There is only 3.5 hours of electricity every day, and all water has to be delivered by water trucks. Now Jingshu is told that after the artificial sun project is implemented, all people will have to stop using natural gas. This is a bit of a headache for Jingshu, who has a lot of food to eat.
The news advises everyone to prepare more cooked food and store it. If natural gas is cut off, you can use coal or induction cookers instead.
The coal manufacturer had tripled the price the next day, anticipating a flood of buyers... but not many people came. A few days later, he realized that most people were out of vegetables at home and their frozen foods were almost gone. A month later, the rice cooker would be able to cook noodles and rice, so even if there were some vegetables but no oil, they would have to cook them all together.
So what's the point of using coal? To fry the air?
Before long, private coal and charcoal were confiscated in various places.
The people who were clamoring at the beginning later realized that without water, vegetables, oil, and seasonings, what else could they do with natural gas?
"Let's eat, let's eat!" Grandma Jing brought the last dish of stir-fried king oyster mushrooms with green peppers to the table. Jingshu also served winter melon meatball soup to everyone. A sip of soup before the meal would make you live to be ninety-nine.
Since the villa was fully equipped with circulating water for washing vegetables and abundant seasonings, Grandma Jing, Grandpa Jing, Third Aunt and Wu Youai all had their evening meal in another villa.
"Third sister, it's not easy for you to work. You only get this little meat every day. Just take it home and eat it." Jing's father said helplessly, pointing at the braised chicken on the table.
"It will go bad if it's not in the refrigerator. Don't you care?" Jinglai urged them to eat quickly.
During this period, my third aunt went to the west of the city to process cooked food for the government. She brought back all the cooked chickens, pork elbows, etc. distributed every week and put them in the refrigerator of the villa. Although she said she could take them when she wanted to eat them, she never took them once.
"Your third aunt is just so proud, don't pay attention to her. She just feels embarrassed that her mother and daughter are having dinner at your place." Grandma Jing whispered to Jingshu.
After dinner, Jing's father put the plates and bowls into the dishwasher to wash them automatically. Jingshu and her family sat in the much smaller dining room, had some fruit after dinner, and held a family meeting.
Master Jing was the first to speak: "The current situation is even worse than the famine we experienced back then. We could at least grow food back then, but now we can't at all. I don't think that artificial sun in the news is reliable."
"I go to the slaughterhouse in the west of the city every day. Now the poultry has been almost processed. It's too tragic. If they kill them at this rate, there won't be any animals to be seen in Wucheng in the next few years. After they finish eating the frozen meat and this batch of cooked meat, they will find that they won't be able to eat meat for a long time to come." Whenever Third Aunt thought about not being able to eat meat for a few years, she felt uncomfortable all over.
Jing's mother said, "If we don't have vegetables, we can grow them. If we don't have electricity, we can generate electricity here. If we don't have natural gas, we can only use the stove. There are several tons of coal in the backyard, but I don't think it's enough. It is said that long-term high temperatures will cause sea levels to rise. What if there are long-term ice and snow in the future? I will buy some more tomorrow."
Tons of coal should be piled outside our villa!"
"Okay, I'll build a small house outside and remove it when the Dark Day is over." Jing's father also agreed.
"Dad, you and grandpa should renovate the chicken coop and add a new floor. There's not enough space." Jingshu quickly made the request.
Wu Youai adjusted the frame of his glasses and showed everyone a picture on his phone. "Not only that, but in the past two months, the crime rate has increased by 80%, and the robbery rate has increased by 600%. The professor said that many people were arrested in Wucheng because they had no food, and then they were recorded as hungry for a few days and then released. This means that 66% of people will commit crimes again, and 30% will commit more rampant crimes..."
"Let the tiger go back to the mountains!" Jing Nai was terrified. "Don't go out these days! You're doing evil!"
Wu Youai's glasses flashed: "Grandma is right, it's just letting the tiger go back to the mountain on purpose."
Jingshu raised her eyebrows. She lived a confused life in her previous life. She basically didn't understand anything and survived in a daze. It was only much later that she learned all the inside stories.
Nothing happened in this life. Could it be that Wu Youai knows something?
"Why?" Jingshu asked with interest.
"Relax management and lure criminals into action, letting them stir up even greater chaos. That way, they'll have a reason to round them up and save some food. Judging from the current situation, China can't maintain a food chain cycle. But if they give up one group, another group will die, saving the rest. Of course, they'll choose to give up the criminals..."
"Although this is just a random analysis by our instructor, Wucheng will definitely not be peaceful in the future. Let's think about what we should do if we are targeted or chased by a group of people with knives. After all, your villa is so luxurious and there are so many foods." Wu Youai bit off most of the apple in one bite.
"Fuck, fuck, fuck! This random analysis is so accurate! This is a divine prophecy! Why didn't I think of it in my previous life? I have never figured it out. The inhumane riots lasted for half a year before they were really suppressed. The means were so gentle before, and so bloody afterwards. No one was left alive... Those who escaped for a while, and those who came out to collect relief food because they had no food would be directly shot dead. It's completely two different styles." Jingshu clenched her fists, and her hands crackled. It seems that even if she were to live again, there are still many things she has kept in the dark.
"What exactly is your professor researching? He talks nonsense all day long." The third aunt was dissatisfied with her daughter's intimidation.
"Grandpa, Dad, let's set a trap just in case." Jingshu suddenly said.
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