They were only away for a few days, and life in the small town hadn't changed much. People continued to live their lives as usual. At most, they would complain a few times about the hot weather, but it had little impact on them.
After all, Shi Jiu had also arranged freezers in the town, and there was never a shortage of goods in the big shopping malls. They could buy most daily necessities at any time. The place where they worked was also a constant temperature place. Even the farmlands and ponds outside were only slightly hotter, and most of the heat was absorbed by that layer of film.
Therefore, for those living in small towns, this hot summer is at most just a hotter summer. Apart from the sudden temperature rise at the beginning that makes the body feel uncomfortable, there is basically no impact afterwards.
After completing a day's work or tasks, they will lazily lie down on the comfortable bed or sofa at home and relax with their mobile phones.
The game limits their time. Regardless of age, they only have two hours of game time. But the only good thing is that it can be paused at any time and the two hours can be accumulated.
In addition to games, there are many other things to do, such as watching some movies, TV shows and variety shows. Even if they don’t know the people in the shows very well, it doesn’t affect them getting together to talk about the plots.
After the town was upgraded, a lot of software was added to the mobile phones, such as novel software, which greatly enriched their leisure time.
But many people also go to one place: the forum.
This function has been there since the beginning, but when they clicked in, they found that only people with mobile phones could speak, and it was a real-name system, meaning that the nickname was their own name. Many people thought this was meaningless, took a look at it, and gave up because they didn't find anything new.
But after people from City A came in, they found that some of them had bought mobile phones but did not come to live here, so they posted comments in the forum and asked a lot of questions. This aroused the interest of many people, and they also promoted the benefits of the town in the forum.
However, there were only a few people in City A, and they all moved here soon. As the temperature rose, many newbies who knew nothing about the city also moved in, and after the software was upgraded, the city they were in was added at the end.
A few days ago, they found that many people with the suffix "City" came in and asked questions in the forum, and the content they asked was confusing.
[Moran-City C: Where are you? ]
Moran - City C: I see there are tens of thousands of people online. Are you all from City B?
They looked at the suffix of City C displayed on it and felt very magical. They only knew about City A next door before. How did this City C that suddenly appeared come about?
Gao Ziang - City B: Yes, you're from City C. Do you sell things from our town there?
Moran - City C: Yes, someone from City B came to our base yesterday to help us. It's incredibly hot here. If they hadn't provided us with so much supplies, we wouldn't have been able to survive. I'm planting trees now, so I can get unpolluted soil for planting.
As soon as Moran said this, many people immediately jumped out and started talking about their lives in the small town on the forum. Moran was so envious even through the phone.
She immediately took out her phone to show He Huai. After understanding what happened, He Huai said that the small town was really nice, but they still had to survive here first, so he continued to work.
There weren't many people from City C in the forum, because they wanted to save the crystal cores and slowly buy the much-needed supplies. Things like mobile phones, which looked very high-tech at first glance, were not within their consideration. So there weren't many people there. After learning about the situation in the town on the forum, they all privately thought about how to get through it.
Later, as Shi Jiu found two other cities, the environment in City E was much better, so many people appeared in the forum and it became very lively for a while.
Shi Jiu looked at the scene on the forum and was not surprised. When she was planning to implement this plan, she had guessed that people outside would use various methods on the forum to find out the news here.
The plan she had set before was to first cooperate with City C and City E. She would provide vehicles, supplies and other things, and they would send people to the surrounding cities they knew to provide assistance. Finally, they would help her promote the small town of City B. As long as she succeeded in one city, she would immediately provide more important supplies to the other party, and then let the cities they came into contact with cooperate in the same way. Going down layer by layer, most places could be helped.
In this way, she can also earn crystal cores from the supplies she sells, and her popularity will also increase. If the weather returns to normal later and their crystal cores are used up, she will consider continuing to deal with zombies, or come to live in City B and help her town upgrade again.
She looked at the slowly rising red bar on the progress bar and thought this method was not bad.
Finally, Shi Jiu also hopes that they can survive better in this hot weather. The end of the world cannot exist forever, and people must continue to live.
She sat by the window, gazing into the distance. After the town was upgraded, a large area of virgin forest was opened up in the northeast of City A, and after systematic transformation, it became a beautiful park.
"Perhaps this place can be renovated..."
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After Qi Yun prepared the meal, he planned to go to school to pick up the children. The weather has been hot recently, so it was just the right time for him to eat. But just as he was about to go out, he saw Gao Ziang coming back from outside.
"Are you back? I was just about to pick up Duoduo. You should take a rest first." After saying that, Gao Ziang didn't look very good, so he asked curiously, "What's wrong with you?"
"It's just that some people have no idea what they are thinking about." Gao Ziang got angry when he mentioned this matter.
When they started work in the morning, there were already a lot of people in the workshop. As long as their behavior was qualified and their movements were standard, the system would not issue a warning. They had been doing this for several days and were familiar with many procedures, so they started talking while working.
"I've heard there are so many people from different cities joining the forum lately. I don't know what the boss is thinking. Aren't the people in our small town enough? Why is he trying to recruit people from other cities?"
The person who spoke was Qian Li, who had been sarcastic to Chen Hua when he was cleaning up the zombie scene. At that time, he was still the captain of a team of superpowers. However, the zombies in City B were almost cleared out later, so it was better for him to come and work in the factory. At least in the current temperature, it was quite comfortable.
Once people feel relaxed, they can't stop talking. Before, he was just a big talker, making sarcastic remarks here and a few sarcastic remarks there. Before, Chen Hua was busy finding a way to deal with the zombies and ignored him. Now that there are so many people talking, things are different.
As soon as he said this, many people frowned and looked at him. Seeing that he had attracted everyone's attention, he became even more excited. "I'm telling the truth. Think about it, if everyone outside rushes into the town, what will we do?"
He didn't say much, but he led everyone to think that if there were more people, they would have to compete with others for jobs, housing, supplies, etc. This is indeed not a good thing.
"Yeah, so what are we going to do in the future?"
"I saw on the forum that there are still quite a few people here. I wonder if there will be more and more cities joining in the future."
After hearing Qian Li's words, they started chatting unconsciously, and many of them agreed.
Gao Ziang was one of the first people to come in. He witnessed with his own eyes how the town developed from a hotel at the beginning to the huge town it is today. Even so, they still had enough food and drink here, and now there were all kinds of job opportunities, which were much better than before.
"Qian Li, you seem to have come in later. The boss just wants to help more people. What's the town missing from you now? Besides, it's not your place to comment on how the town develops. If the people before you thought the same as you, how could you still live so comfortably here?"
Gao Ziang's words made Qian Li look a little unnatural. He coughed twice and said weakly, "How can it be the same? Back then, there were fewer people and we came in to help build the town. Now that there are more people, we naturally have to restrict them!"
"Haven't you noticed that the area is also expanding as the number of people increases? Even if the number is constantly increasing, the town hasn't imposed any restrictions, and the supply of materials is normal. Now is still a special situation. The temperature outside is so high and the weather is abnormal. What is your intention in turning away the refugees at this time?"
Meng Xingxiu on the side also spoke out against him, saying that it is not wrong to be a person who only cares about himself. People are selfish, and there is definitely nothing wrong with thinking about oneself under normal circumstances.
However, the current environment is severe, and it is difficult for people outside the town to survive. They still have to enjoy the comfortable air-conditioning here and think that the town should not let them in with a condescending attitude. When they thought of this, many people present thought of their previous embarrassment and difficulties, and looked at Qian Li and those who agreed with his views with strange eyes.
"This... I'm just saying it. I'm not really going to risk my life to prevent them from entering. This town is not without its own people. Shouldn't we let the boss decide what to do?"
Qian Li was completely panicked after hearing this. He just said it casually and didn't expect Gao Ziang and the others to be so emotional.
After listening to the whole story, Qi Yun also felt that these people were really going too far.
"Let's eat first. I guess there are more than just these people who would say that. There have been more people in the town recently, so it's normal to have some conflicts."
What Qi Yun said was also true. After the life in the small town became comfortable, many people had some free time. It just so happened that the things happening in the forum attracted the attention of many people, and they also said a lot of bad things secretly, with roughly similar purposes.
When Shi Jiu received the message, he was still planning the layout of the park on his tablet. After hearing Qin Lou's words, he gave the order directly.
"Since they are so resistant to outside survivors coming in, let them try out what it's like to be outside. They are so comfortable in this small town."
If the whip doesn't hit you, you won't feel any pain. Even if you stop them from talking, there will still be all kinds of words. Why not solve it at the source? The town is not saturated yet, why stop people from coming in?
So, in the morning, they were still talking loudly at their respective workstations or tasks, and some even said words that were more harsh than Qian Li's before, but in the afternoon they appeared next to the small dark room, and they appeared in groups.
Shi Jiu divided them into a large circle and set a two-hour experience period. This is also a punishment mechanism set out in the small dark room, which can simulate various environments.
Naturally, she chose to synchronize the temperature with the outside environment so that they could feel the "love" of the high temperature.
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