That night, Lu Yuan and Anna spent a comfortable night in their room.
Then, early the next morning, shouts and calls could be heard outside.
Those who need to queue will have to take a number and line up again today to prepare to board the ship.
Lu Yuan glanced at the boarding order and numbers, and suddenly felt that the journey was going on for a very long time.
There are thousands of people ahead of us, and this ship can only carry a few dozen people each day, making only a few trips a day.
Sometimes, during times of war, operations may be suspended, and it's possible that they might be suspended for ten days or half a month.
Therefore, it would be extremely difficult to go back directly from here. As for going back early, Lu Yuan didn't have high hopes; he just hoped to get back in time.
Over the next week, Lu Yuan and Anna finally settled in the house and became familiar with the neighbors.
However, compared to Lu Yuan and Anna, the neighbors around them were all very proud.
Lu Yuan could understand, since they were all from wealthy areas and had some assets; otherwise, they wouldn't be able to afford to live in such a place.
However, what made Lu Yuan and Anna feel somewhat helpless was that they had to go to the square every day to queue up for the next day's oxygen supply.
Because this is not a major oxygen-producing area, their oxygen supply can only be obtained from the black market at the front lines.
The price of oxygen is posted daily on the black market.
After all, this kind of thing is not easy to store, and the amount of oxygen a person consumes each day is also limited.
Therefore, in order to obtain more oxygen, everyone has to collect some oxygen every day; otherwise, if it is kept in oxygen tanks, the oxygen concentration will gradually decrease.
That morning, Lu Yuan was woken up again, and Anna couldn't help but open her eyes after hearing his voice.
When she saw that Lu Yuan had already gotten up, made the bed, and was getting ready to wash up, she quickly opened her eyes and planned to follow him.
However, when Lu Yuan saw her, he shook his head.
"Forget it, you don't need to go today. I'll go. You just stay home and look after the house. Leave everything else to me!"
Anna sounded a little nervous as she said, "It's okay, I can come along too. I don't have anything to do at home anyway!"
Lu Yuan smiled slightly, gently pressed down on her shoulder, and put her back in bed: "Alright, stop arguing. I'll be right back. You should just stay home and rest. It's still early, and the queue outside is going to be long today!"
After saying that, Lu Yuan got up and left the room. Anna was tucked into bed and watched him leave with bated breath.
Lu Yuan brought his and Anna's spare oxygen cylinders with him; the two of them would use one cylinder every two days.
However, Lu Yuan had quite a few oxygen cylinders on hand, so he bought more in case of emergency.
The reason Lu Yuan always carried so much oxygen was because he was worried that one day the price of oxygen would suddenly increase or the supply would be cut off, which would be a real problem.
After all, the oxygen supply in this place is not always sufficient; there was even a supply disruption a few days ago.
The black market oxygen supply started at seven in the morning, but by ten o'clock that day no one had come. Everyone was terrified, worried that the oxygen would be used up.
After putting on his clothes and shoes, Lu Yuan carried his things to the square.
People were already lining up to buy oxygen. Although the line was long, Lu Yuan wasn't worried because the oxygen was being bottled and dispensed very quickly.
The portable oxygen cylinder can be filled in less than half a second by simply pointing the nozzle at the supply center's nozzle and pressing lightly.
The main reason for not using liquefied oxygen is that it is extremely dangerous and very heavy. Pressure relief valves would not be adequate at this time. The atmospheric pressure ratio on Earth is already problematic, so oxygen cylinders, especially liquid oxygen, are prone to explosion.
Only in places like the black market, where oxygen is supplied in a centralized manner, will oxygen be compressed into liquid oxygen for use.
Their oxygen valves can be monitored at any time, and the pressure of the valves can be adjusted.
Zero zero zero!
A bell rang out from ahead, and everyone quickly returned to the line, lining up to buy oxygen.
The team moved quickly, but when the price list was posted in front, a chorus of discontent immediately arose from the front of the team.
Lu Yuan glanced in the distance and saw that the sign, written with a fluorescent pen, read "Ten yuan per can".
"Holy crap, no way! Yesterday it only required two grains of gold sand, and today it only requires ten! That's way too expensive!"
Even a wealthy person like Lu Yuan felt it was a bit expensive, let alone other people.
Soon, protests erupted from the crowd.
"What does that mean? It's increased fivefold! That's way too expensive!"
"Yeah, who can afford this? It's a five-fold increase! Can you unscrupulous merchants even make it work?"
"We strongly demand that the price of oxygen be brought back to two yuan!"
"Protest! Protest! I don't want ten dollars, just two dollars!"
The group in the crowd began to raise their oxygen cylinders and wave them in the air.
The black market vendor also looked helpless. He stood on the platform, picked up a megaphone, and kept shouting at the crowd to suppress their cries.
After a while, the shouts from the crowd gradually subsided.
The other party was also exhausted. With his hands on his hips, he looked at the people below and explained, "Please understand, everyone, this price was not set by us. There was a problem at the military headquarters at the front. The military set this price, so we had no choice but to raise it accordingly. The oxygen is provided by the military. You think it's too expensive, but we think it's too expensive too!"
But the people below remained relentless.
"What a joke! How could that be? We haven't heard any gunfire, and the Earthlings' fleet hasn't even arrived. Why would they increase their numbers? They must be lying to us!"
"That's right, who would want to buy at this price? I'm not buying it anymore. I see you guys have your oxygen ready. When are you going to buy it? Anyway, we still have some oxygen left over!"
As a result, the people below left the line one after another. When the salesman saw this, a helpless look appeared on his face. If they didn't sell oxygen for a day, they would lose a lot of money every day.
However, some people remained in the line, not intending to walk with them.
After all, oxygen is something no one would complain about having too little of, even if it's a little more expensive. If it really ran out, you might not even be able to buy it again, let alone have ten gold sands and only one gold bar left.
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