Chapter 46 [VIP]
"The boss said this is charity, and I believe it anyway," Fu Chun said. "Don't worry, the people at Taoyuan Base, including us, are easy to get along with. As long as you're diligent, you can survive here."
Compared to other bases, Taoyuan Base's rent is straightforward and affordable. And that's the only direct charge; Mingzhu doesn't bother to charge any additional fees.
In order to help new residents integrate into the Taoyuan base more quickly and survive in the snowy season, loan services are provided.
Borrow 100 Starlight Coins and repay 110 Starlight Coins. The loan term is six months. It's too cold to go out and search for supplies in exchange for Starlight Coins now, but you can do so after the extreme cold ends in a month. Six months is enough time for new residents who accept the loan service to earn more Starlight Coins.
"I don't know when this awful weather will end," Liu Tianfang said somewhat dejectedly. "In just over a month, many people have died in City F. More people died than during the initial zombie outbreak."
"The main reason was the sudden drop in temperature in the middle of the night, dropping to zero degrees Celsius. It was like going straight from summer to winter. Everyone was actually in a state of lack of food and clothing, and malnutrition. This sudden drop in temperature was..."
Liu Tianfang couldn't continue, his voice choking. He was lucky; just a few days after the extreme cold arrived, he had acquired fire abilities. Thanks to his fire abilities, he and his parents had managed to survive until now.
If Zhang Junfang and the others hadn't come, Liu Tianfang and his family of three probably wouldn't have been able to hold on for a few more days.
As a psychic, and a fire-type psychic at that, Liu Tianfang might be able to survive to the end, but his family would definitely leave first.
Until this point, Liu Tianfang might feel that life is very difficult and he would collapse and die in vain.
"How long will it take us to get there?"
"It will probably take another six hours," Fu Chun replied, adding, "That's an optimistic estimate. If something unexpected happens, it will probably take about ten hours to reach Taoyuan Base."
"The road conditions outside Taoyuan Base are bad?"
"Not really. When we were preparing to repair it, extreme cold weather hit and we were stranded. But the roads in Taoyuan Base are clean, all paved with bluestone slabs."
"Bluestone?"
"Yes. Taoyuan Base, as the name suggests, is a very ancient base."
Time passed quickly as they talked, and the five heavy trucks met another driving team halfway.
"Lao Zhang, where are you coming from?"
"City F."
"We're going to F City. What's the situation in F City now?"
"Well enough."
"The day before yesterday, the Tornado Squad went to City E. You don't know how dire the situation is. There are less than a thousand living people in the entire city. Before the apocalypse, would you have believed that? A city's population would be less than a thousand. Before the apocalypse, even a small town on the 18th tier would have had a population of several hundred thousand."
At this point, the voice suddenly became low.
An indescribable silence instantly spread. Neither side spoke for a long time, and then Zhang Junfang spoke first.
"It will get better and better in the future because we have the Taoyuan base."
"Yes! We have the Taoyuan base." The man who spoke, his eyes slightly red, then asked, "Do you need any help?"
Zhang Junfang nodded, "We need a convoy to transport the survivors."
"I have three buses here. First, we'll transport people, then we'll get resources," the man said cheerfully. "When I got here, the boss said we'd need a lot of stone, water crystal cores, steel bars, glass, and so on to build a hot spring."
"All of us came out when the weather was nicer."
"Isn't it said that the extreme cold weather will end in a month and a half? If we build a hot spring now, will the temperature in the future become even colder?"
"That's not the reason. It's just that the boss has been unlucky. It's been too difficult lately, and the supposedly winter-exclusive Hot Spring Manor map set hasn't been refreshed. This time, it finally refreshed, but it's 7 meters short of materials, so he issued a task to collect building materials for the Hot Spring Manor."
"By the way, Lao Zhang, when you go back, you can collect some more resources to bring back. Our Taoyuan base has always been short of resources."
“It should be said that there is a lack of resources for construction.”
"That's about the same."
After a few words, the private team, which was obviously on good terms with Zhang Junfang, headed towards City F, and happened to catch up with a new wave of survivors who had rushed to the central square of City F after hearing the loudspeakers.
This wave of survivors was significantly larger than the first wave of survivors who were picked up. Fortunately, the Blazing Team arrived.
Only then did they pick up all the gathered survivors at once.
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"The weather is bad. We have to wait for 10 hours before returning to the city of F, so that the survivors can respect their own lives. I hope everyone will seize this last opportunity and come to the central square to follow us."
At the beginning of the apocalypse, or as the apocalypse approaches, the threats of zombies and mutant plants and animals will make it difficult to survive, not to mention the frequent natural disasters that are happening now.
At this time, when survival was facing a huge threat, humans still failed to stop fighting among themselves.
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There are indeed still good people, but as the saying "Kill the saints first in troubled times" spreads, purely good people are even less likely to live long.
Many so-called saints were killed, often by the very people they saved one moment and then stabbed in the back the next.
After so many times, how could the remaining 7 people dare to accept other people's kindness casually? They were afraid that it was a sting operation.
Therefore, only after two attempts did they gather nearly 3,000 survivors. The majority of the people, relying on sufficient supplies, were in a wait-and-see state.
"Wait another hour?" Su Ge, the leader of the Blazing Team, approached Fu Chun and asked curiously. "Why wait another hour? The weather doesn't look right to me."
"Don't be such a jinx."
"I'm not saying that. Trust my instincts."
Fu Chun had a cold expression on his face and said nothing more.
Su Ge, who was bored, touched his nose, but was not angry. Instead, he continued to nag in Fu Chun's ear.
How can such a nice person talk so much nonsense!
Fu Chun was speechless, wishing he could plug his ears with cotton. He was such a good talker, so blunt. He shouldn't be the captain of the Blazing Fire Squad, he should be the president of the Chatterbox Committee Association.
"Can you please shut up?" Fu Chun said helplessly.
"No." Su Ge said firmly.
After a while, maybe ten minutes or so, a few people came over. They were filled with fire, and it was obvious that they were fire-type mutants.
"People with fire abilities are everywhere." Brother Su was extremely surprised.
"This is the best explanation for why life has finally found a way out." Fu Chun yawned, and when they arrived, Fu Chun nodded and asked them to wait for a moment.
Several people looked at each other and couldn't help asking, "Can't we ask in the car?"
"There's no room on the bus," Fu Chun answered honestly. "My team members have already gone to find a bus, and they're planning to rely on the old guy to take us back with the convoy."
There are seven of them in total, all of them are mutated military dogs, strong and tall. In addition to pulling carts, the military dogs can also carry several people on their backs.
However, Fu Chun did not intend to let the survivors ride on military dogs, because the mutated military dogs were actually very vigilant and almost impossible to be touched by outsiders except their handlers.
Fu Chun didn't want anything to go wrong, so he had the remaining team members split up and search for a car. They didn't need a complete car, but it had to have four wheels.
While Fu Chun was speaking, seven mutated dogs squatted not far away like small cars. They looked lazy, but were actually very alert. When Fu Chun was speaking, their ears stood up.
When I see them, I feel safe.
The few of them had nothing to say and waited obediently on the side.
About 7:30 minutes later, the team that went out to look for vehicles found seven vans. All of them were drivable, but they were running low on gas. So they simply followed the original plan and had the seven mutated military dogs pull the vans and follow the convoy.
Soon, 7 is 20 minutes passed.
An hour later, only about a hundred people showed up.
Fu Chun was a little disappointed, but he didn't say anything. He directly got on the old friend's back, directed the convoy to drive, and led the old friend in the lead, leading the other six military dogs to run quickly.
Coincidentally, not long after they left, it started snowing in City F. Soon, the gap in City F that had been opened was frozen again by the heavy snow.
On their way back, they almost encountered a blizzard. Fortunately, the blizzard was not strong that night, so they were able to return to Taoyuan Base smoothly at noon the next day.
The day after returning, the blizzard suddenly intensified. The blizzard, comparable to a typhoon, violently destroyed buildings wherever it passed, uprooting even the mutated plants and shattering them into pieces.
However, when the blizzard passed through the Taoyuan base, its attack power was instantly weakened by the protective shield.
The naked eye could see that the areas not covered by the protective shield were in utter devastation. Even dead branches and rotten leaves were flying everywhere, encircling the entire Taoyuan base. It obscured the sky, blocking out the sun. Apart from Taoyuan base, the rest of the area was completely engulfed, with not even sunlight visible.
As it was not yet dark, there were still many people on the street. Many people saw this shocking scene and could not help but gasp.
"Oh my god, is this a blizzard? It's too fierce!"
"Is that a bloodthirsty vine? Damn, that's awful!"
"The people targeted by it are miserable. They are sucked into mummies." Someone made a precise complaint!
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