Chapter 069 Chapter 69
This is a huge beast.
As soon as it appears, the other cars around it look incredibly petite.
The dark green color and tall stature make it look a bit bulky, but the nine-meter-long body is very spacious, with air conditioning, two refrigerators, a microwave, an oven, and even a small kitchen all available in the car!
The reason why an RV is called an RV is that it includes most of the tools needed for living.
In fact, there are bigger ones, but for convenience, and because she was alone, she customized a nine-meter-long one.
Because she stuffed it into her space not long after buying it, and now it hasn't been registered, so there's no need to remove the license plate.
She opened the car door and started the engine. The lights came on immediately, illuminating the basement. Then she opened the back door. Electrical appliances in RVs are usually rechargeable, which is safer and more economical. But now there is no place to flush and charge them, so solar panels have to be arranged.
Every time he left Jiafu Community, Ji Yang would take down the solar panels on the balcony and take them away. The size was just right for the roof of the RV.
The only thing you need to consider is whether the height when exiting the garage is sufficient.
Ji Yang turned on both the cabin air conditioner and the front air conditioner and sat for a while. When she felt the temperature had dropped, she went to drive. She hadn't driven for a long time and was still a little unfamiliar with the car. She practiced in the basement for a while. After she got the feel for it, she found the exit and drove out.
The huge car body came out of the passage steadily, with the headlights illuminating the front, giving a much safer feeling than a small electric scooter. She had the car body specially modified to be bulletproof and explosion-proof, which made the car consume more fuel, but also made it particularly resistant to impact.
After driving up, Ji Yang did not stop, but rushed out in one breath and wandered around the city.
The road is not flat, not because of the road itself. It has been soaked in water for so long and washed away by floods. Many things have finally settled slowly, especially the mud that has been washed away. In most places, you can't see the original appearance of the road.
But none of this is a problem in front of this car.
As long as it is not a big obstacle, just push over it.
If the mess is too big, Ji Yang needs to get off the car and clean it manually.
After driving for more than half an hour and visiting the surroundings, Ji Yang discovered that there were very few people who still insisted on living in the city. At least, looking all the way, she only saw one bright light, and that light looked like they lived in a group and were quite far away.
Ji Yang did not get close, guessing that it was a private base or gang set up by someone who did not want to go to the base.
She drove very fast, and when she finally drove back, she had already driven all around, leaving traces of wheel runover everywhere, which could conceal the origin of her car.
When I returned to the community, it was only 11 o'clock in the evening.
After parking the car downstairs of the apartment building, Ji Yang got out and started installing the solar panels.
The car always has to have some traces before it can be taken out. The solar panels have been installed, and it's just right that they will be exposed to the sun more tomorrow to charge the batteries. These things are not complicated. It only takes about ten minutes. After climbing up and down the ladder that comes with the RV several times, she successfully installed it.
It’s still early, and the next step is to officially move.
Ji Yang let Xixi out and let it enjoy the air conditioning in the RV and watch the door at the same time. She went to move things twice to make it look like there were at least traces of people walking on the corridor.
I ran back and forth a few times and considered it as exercise.
Ji Yang was busy for half an hour. Finally, she returned to the RV, took out a few cardboard boxes, and took out some precious medicines she had prepared one by one, and then various types of vaccines.
These vaccines have their own storage requirements and are placed in small medical refrigerators. There are quite a few of each, but it is impossible to take them out directly. Just one or two are enough.
You have to choose carefully, and choose the ones with a long shelf life, which will not expire within at least half a year.
After some careful selection, I finally classified them and placed them according to different storage conditions. They are located in the corners of the RV and usually covered with curtains so that they do not attract attention.
Next are gasoline and diesel.
Then there are solar panels, batteries, disinfectants and other things that are needed now.
Finally, her personal daily necessities.
Beds and cabinets are definitely not suitable for moving.
Therefore, what you need to take are some clothes, shoes, food, drinks, pots and pans, gas stoves, gas tanks and the like.
These things are also indispensable.
It also has to be able to prevent it from breaking down quickly in this extremely hot environment.
This is another distressing thing.
As for the pot of lettuce that she had planted on a whim as an excuse, Ji Yang also took it out. The lettuce had just grown in the space and was still a little tender, but it was okay to eat. She pulled out the vegetables, leaving only the foam box and the soil inside, and found a corner to put it down.
Ji Yang had gotten enough sleep before and was full of energy. She didn't feel tired even after all the hard work. In order to ensure that she didn't reveal her tracks, she made a list and wrote and drew for fear of missing any of them. Whenever she thought of one, she would immediately take it out and find a place to put it. She was busy until two in the morning.
At this point, just hearing it makes people want to sleep, but their schedules are already reversed. It is now two o'clock in the afternoon, and it is still early, so they can continue to be busy.
Take this opportunity to take out some of the potatoes and sweet potatoes that were previously inconvenient to take out.
Ji Yang had collected a lot of cars before the flood, but those cars currently have no keys. Otherwise it would have been much easier to just take the cars out and put them in a large truck, which would weigh several tons.
And now, it can only be placed on the ground.
For safety reasons, Ji Yang also went around each building to make sure there was really no one else there.
Otherwise, such a big move is really unjustifiable.
After the inspection, she took out a few pieces of cloth, overlapped them and spread them on the ground, temporarily separating the entire ground from the food. Then, with a thought, the sweet potatoes and potatoes that were originally densely stockpiled in the space suddenly appeared in it.
The cloth was very large, so a lot of potatoes and sweet potatoes were put on it, densely packed. I only stopped when the cloth could not be piled any longer.
Ji Yang brushed the dust off her hands and looked around. Because she was far away from the crowd and the heat was intense, and there was no food, there were not many rats and cockroaches, but she still saw some in the corridor as she climbed up and down.
She didn't want the food to be contaminated by these things, so she simply took out the pesticides and sprayed various pesticides and disinfectants with both hands about one meter away from the potatoes and sweet potatoes.
The area was too large and two bottles were not enough, so two more bottles were added to complete the circle.
The intention is not to kill them, but to ensure that the food is less disturbed.
After doing all this, Ji Yang looked at the time. It was exactly five o'clock in the morning, so it was time to rest.
——
With Xixi keeping watch and in the RV, Ji Yang slept soundly.
The RV still has surplus power. When the sun rises, the solar panels can absorb energy and convert it into electrical energy. The efficiency is much higher than it was decades ago. Under such strong sunlight, the solar panels on the top of the RV can fully support the use of the RV, and there may even be some left over that can be wasted.
Even such bright moonlight can be absorbed by solar panels, but the effect is close to zero.
The sun is so strong that we can’t go out during the day. We use all the time to sleep. We don’t even have to worry about anyone attacking us.
When Ji Yang got up to go to the bathroom, he opened the window and looked outside.
However, at ten o'clock in the morning, the air was distorted, and the dazzling sunlight made her eyes sore at a glance. She quickly put on sunglasses so that she could see the situation outside. She didn't know the exact temperature, but it had only been five hours since the sun came out, and the sweet potatoes and potatoes that were still fresh in the space had become visibly dry.
Seeing this, Ji Yang suddenly slapped his forehead.
Oh no, I should have taken out the fruits in the space and dried them.
She planted a lot of fruits. Now the fruit trees are bearing fruit and are about to mature. But in addition to these, there are some fruits that are not growing on trees but have already matured.
For example, grapes, strawberries, and blueberries are also delicious when dried!
It's a pity that she didn't dare to go out at this moment.
Not only did she not dare to come out, even the rats and cockroaches did not dare to come out at this moment. At around six in the morning, when she was still awake, Xixi noticed something unusual and pulled her to pay attention. Ji Yang used a flashlight and saw rats and cockroaches that had smelled something from somewhere and were running over one after another to eat the food.
As a result, they all failed halfway.
The poisoned, half-dead mouse squeaked again, attracting other mice. By the time she saw it, most of the mice in the circle were dead.
She hurried downstairs and threw them aside, then sprayed the insecticide again.
But in the end, some people were lost.
In such a huge group, it can be ignored.
*
When it got dark again and the temperature dropped to over 40 degrees, it was time to go out, but Ji Yang did not leave.
After a whole day of exposure to the sun, the iron sheets outside the RV were scorching hot. On a whim, she stuck a mouse on it and instantly smelled the burnt smell and... the aroma of meat through its hair and skin.
But this level is not enough for the car and the fresh potatoes and sweet potatoes.
For this purpose, she specially washed the car, and reluctantly rubbed it with mud and sand, leaving some traces of "age" on the car body. Only then did Ji Yang stay for another day.
This time during the day, she put out fruits such as grapes, blueberries, and strawberries that she grew herself.
The food in this space was not as delicious as described in many novels. On the contrary, because the seeds were either bought by her or left over from eating fruits, they had not been strictly screened. Therefore, the taste of the fruits grown was slightly worse than those bought before the disaster.
Especially the watermelon, the seedless watermelon that was produced before the natural disaster. I took it out now and chilled it in the extreme cold. When I put it in my mouth, it tasted so cool and refreshing, and sweet to my heart!
No need to spit out the seeds.
But she couldn't grow this kind of watermelon.
She also bought the seeds, as she was reluctant to waste them because the seeds from seedless watermelons have no reproductive capacity.
Therefore, for this kind of dried fruit, Ji Yang would only use the fruit seeds that he grew himself.
It was just an experiment, so she didn't take out too much, just about ten pounds. After a day of scorching sun, at around nine o'clock in the evening, Ji Yang came out lazily to check the situation and was stunned.
In one day, the raisins...are done!
Dried strawberries are not quite ready yet, but dried blueberries are also ready.
It’s absolutely amazing!
Ji Yang packed the raisins and dried blueberries into bags, and put the strawberries into storage. She would probably dry them in the sun next time she had a chance. This also opened up new ideas for her. There are many things she can do in extreme heat.
At 11 o'clock the next night, feeling that it was about time, Ji Yang drove his motorcycle more than ten kilometers to the base to contact Xie Muchi. However, when he received a response, Xie Muchi's side seemed very lively.
But after waiting for two seconds, I heard a response again and everything became quiet again.
Xie Muzhi: "We were having a feast just now, what happened?"
Ji Yang: "Eat a feast?"
She was stunned. Such an old word.
Xie Muzhi explained: "It's being run in Districts 1 and 2, and there are a few other people running it."
Ji Yang understood that only they had the ability to do this, and it had nothing to do with her, so she continued, "I have dealt with it here. There is an extra batch of goods, which may require a truck to move. If you have time, bring some people over, as well as sacks and the like."
"Right away." Xie Muzhi immediately replied, "I'll talk to them. They'll be there in about an hour."
"Yeah." Ji Yang responded without saying much, and quickly rushed to Jiafu Community.
She basically had nothing to do from then on. After Xie Muchi's people came and handed over the potatoes, she could drive her chariot back!
From now on, I will only come out once a month at most to make a show of it and bring back some supplies.
You can spend the rest of your time staying at home and trying every possible way to utilize the space and stock up on more food, because you can never have too much food.
——
Xie Muchi arrived almost twenty minutes earlier than he said.
A familiar modified off-road vehicle came speeding over here, with the headlights on, shining straight over here. The people in the car could see clearly the large vehicle parked between the two buildings in the community.
"What the hell?!"
"Ji Yang is awesome! He can even do this!"
"Boss, compared to this, your car is so weak..."
Zhou Baoping and others sitting in Xie Muzhi's car let out ignorant exclamations one after another. Before the car came to a complete stop, they all started to open the door and wanted to get out to take a closer look at the big guy.
Xie Muzhi's mouth twitched. He had long been accustomed to the "pullbacks" of people around him. He parked the car unhappily and said, "Okay, get out."
He also unbuckled his seat belt and got out of the car first.
The person hasn't completely calmed down yet.
I heard those people yelling like crazy again: "Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!"
Um?
Xie Muchi followed the sound and saw... a hill blocked by a huge doomsday chariot.
This is actually a pile of potatoes and sweet potatoes!
"This must weigh several tons, right?!" someone murmured. The tanks are awesome, but at this moment no one can help but get excited at the sight of piles of food. This is the most intuitive need!
Even if it's just potatoes, sweet potatoes, or other whole grains.
Even so, they are reluctant to eat rice and flour for every meal.
Ji Yang's eyes wandered for a moment. She had no idea how many kilograms it weighed, so she simply nodded: "Well, where's the car? Otherwise, how are we going to move these things?"
"The car is behind and the truck is driving slowly." Zhou Baoping said hurriedly.
After calming down from their excitement about the food, they became fascinated with the RV again. However, they were too embarrassed to go inside, so they all just stood outside looking at it. Only after Ji Yang took the initiative to let them in to take a look did they go in.
As soon as he entered, he saw Xixi lying comfortably, and Zhou Baoping immediately went over to masturbate, envious and jealous: "You really know how to enjoy yourself!"
I have a great life with a good master.
Xixi lazily moved its tail and lay down to be stroked. It didn't want to come down anymore and stayed in the RV. It was so comfortable in there and the air conditioner was on all day long.
After petting the dog, several people exclaimed in surprise one after another. Xie Muchi was also curious about their exclamations, so he went in to take a look, and then showed the same surprised expression.
The level of perfection of this RV was amazing enough even before the natural disaster!
Several people were very sensible. They just took a look around and came out without opening the things inside. Otherwise, they would be even more surprised. The refrigerator and cabinets were full of good things.
Of course there is another reason, because Ji Yang has too much stuff, even if the space in the carriage is large enough, it is still filled with boxes. Therefore, the space left for passing through is very narrow, and one can only take a quick look at the infrastructure.
After waiting for a while, the truck arrived.
Ji Yang and Xie Muzhi moved the RV and off-road vehicle out first, otherwise it would be inconvenient for the truck to move the goods. Then they started working hard. There was nothing for her to do at this time. She didn't want to do such hard work.
The wounds on Xie Muchi's hands and knees had not yet fully healed, so he was unable to do such heavy work, so the two of them acted as supervisors on the side.
There were a lot of things, and they were not in bags but scattered ones, which made it more troublesome to sort them out. Fortunately, there were enough sacks, so we packed them one by one, carried them up, and finally placed them in neat rows in the truck basket.
The truck that drove over was not an oversized semi-trailer, but just an ordinary small or medium-sized truck.
But unexpectedly, a point popped out while I was installing it.
Ji Yang actually didn't know the exact weight. She just took it out without weighing it in the space. After she finished loading it, she heard them estimate that it was at least three tons.
Actually, if converted into points, it’s not much, but since these things are food, they are important enough.
After everything was moved, Ji Yang drove his RV and left first. Xie Muchi immediately abandoned the RV and sat in the passenger seat: "Tsk, I realized I was the one who hugged the thigh~"
"I'll hold it for you when I get home." Ji Yang also smiled. Seeing Xie Muzhi nod seriously, she said, "Aren't you curious about how I got it?"
Xie Muzhi nodded honestly: "Curious, but just say it if you want to."
Ji Yang liked this about him. He didn't have the idea of controlling everything. However, she wanted to make a living, so she explained: "I used the vaccine to save someone before. These are the rewards. I didn't have anywhere to put them at the time, so I took them now."
"Vaccine?" Xie Muzhi was a little surprised: "You have all these?"
"Yes, we have some common vaccines, as well as insulin and other things." Ji Yang looked at him expectantly, "Some of them only have a shelf life of half a year. Can you take a look later and try to replace some of them when you get back?"
"Okay!" Xie Muzhi agreed immediately: "I will complete the task."
These are all good stuff!
There are so many things that can be changed!
Moreover, after a while, there will be more modified cars, the trading scope will be expanded, and the value will be higher.
Xie Muchi has already started to think about the rich people in his memory who can be used as trading partners. Without being restricted to the base, there are many options. He started to think again: "What do you want?"
Ji Yang tilted his head, turned the steering wheel, and said casually: "Food, ordinary food, I will sell it to the base for points after the trade."
Xie Muzhi was stunned, then smiled again: "Okay."
Ji Yang has no shortage of points, nor does he have shortage of food.
Even after such a long time, he hasn't seen Ji Yang go to the supermarket in the base. Maybe now she doesn't even know where to pick up those receipts. The reason for wanting points is self-evident.
——
It was already three o'clock in the morning when we returned to the base.
In just two days, only the main gate and some important places in the base had lights on, while other places were still pitch dark.
There are busy pedestrians everywhere. Outside the base, there are always things that survivors need, such as water sources hidden in the wild, wild animals, large numbers of rats and cockroaches, and various metals in the ruins of the city.
It would be profitable to get some of these things and bring them to the base.
Even in extreme heat, the official is still short of manpower, the rich still need help with work, and various transactions between ordinary people still exist. As long as there is demand, the base can operate safely.
In addition, high temperatures are not without benefits. When the temperature exceeds 50 degrees, most viruses cannot withstand the high temperature and die. Some remain in the bodies of the infected people but do not continue to spread. The number of infections, which was almost out of control, miraculously did not rise again.
As fewer and fewer people were sick with the plague, the numbers began to slowly decline.
However, in comparison, the total number of people infected has actually dropped significantly due to the hail in the past few days.
People who are already physically weak are more likely to survive unexpected events.
Therefore, even if more people appear, they cannot compare to the previous number. It is just like Ji Yang’s feeling when he was on a mission and was greatly surprised to find the survivors in Changnan City and Yun City.
Of course, it is definitely better than it was back then.
The car entered the base smoothly and immediately caused a lot of discussion.
Even though everyone was numbly trying to survive in the scorching heat, they were still shocked by the huge thing. Some young people had a little more time to spare, and when they saw this thing, they were drooling with envy: "Ahhh! This car is so cool! Which big guy got this! It's cooler than all the cars I've seen at the base!"
Ji Yang was very happy to see their reactions. It was worthy of her having spent a lot of money to customize it. It was so expensive!
The car drove smoothly into the community. This time, it did not go to Xie Muchi's courtyard, but came to her yard. Xie Muchi also had a copy of the key here, so when she went back, she found that the solar lights in the yard that had been destroyed had been turned on again.
At this moment, the whole yard is illuminated.
Xie Muchi went down first and opened the gate.
Ji Yang drove in carefully and straightened the car body so that the door was facing the main gate. This made it convenient for entering and exiting, and also shielded the main gate from the sunlight, so her modified RV was not afraid of the sun.
Turn off the engine and get out.
As soon as I went out, I felt a wave of heat blowing towards me.
Temperatures over 40 degrees should not be underestimated.
Xie Muzhi handed over a cup of iced mung bean soup: "You take a rest first, I'll ask someone to come and move the luggage?"
"Okay." Ji Yang nodded and handed him the raisins and dried blueberries: "These are your rewards. Whoever is willing can come over. The rest are yours as snacks."
Xie Muzhi smiled: "With this thing, they all rushed to do it."
As expected, as soon as the intercom rang, many people came running over. They had agreed that four people would be enough as there were not many things. However, ten people came. They were all young and strong and worked very hard. They did not ask for any reward as soon as they arrived and just started moving the things.
Put it wherever you are told to put it.
It took only a few minutes to get everything done. Then he greeted Ji Yang shyly with a smile, and waited hesitantly for the reward, which was raisins!
Although it’s not fresh, it’s still fruit!
The last person got half a pound, and they all left happily, as if they had won a lottery. The remaining Xie Muchi stayed on the first floor, waiting for the group of profiteers to come over occasionally and then grab a handful.
Raisins are sweet because they contain a lot of sugar, and they are a good way to replenish energy.
When Xie Muchi paid the fee, Ji Yang had already taken Xixi inside for a walk. After being flooded once, the condition of the house was much better than expected. The water came and went quickly. In just a few hours, the remaining water also evaporated quickly, including the basement.
The tiles look so alive.
As soon as she entered the basement, she could feel that the temperature here was a little lower than outside. The obvious coolness made her feel comfortable. She took out the thermometer and waited for a while, and saw that the temperature was finally set at 35 degrees.
With this temperature, before the natural disaster, it would be impossible to survive without air conditioning.
But nowadays, it is very cool.
When the human skin is exposed to high temperatures of over 40 or even 50 degrees for a long time and the temperature suddenly drops by ten degrees, the coolness will be particularly noticeable.
This is just the beginning of the extreme heat, and the temperature will continue to rise. By then, living in the basement will be a good choice, so most of the things we just moved in, which are for daily use, are placed on the first floor, and a small number of heavier and less used things are placed on the second floor.
The only trouble is that it is too hot outside, so there are many kinds of insects in the house, especially in the basement. At first glance, it seems that there is almost no place to step, which makes people's scalp tingle.
This place is almost completely enclosed with tiles. There are no sewers or furniture, so it is inevitable to see these guys at a glance.
Ji Yang took a quick look and then decisively took out a crossbow from his bag and started firing.
Crossbow arrows can be recycled. At most, they need to be polished when they are worn out. There is no need to worry about waste. There is no noise. With a "puff", a mouse is pierced.
Then the second one, the third one...
Rats are very smart animals. After discovering that several of their companions had died, they immediately tried to escape through the exit. There was a staircase connecting the basement and the first floor. The rat just rushed up and thought it could run away, but it was immediately caught by Xixi who was guarding the door, who quickly pounced on it and bit it to death.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak!”
The mouse's painful cry rang out in the house.
But it disappeared in a short time.
The noise scared the rats on the first and second floors so much that they started running around.
The only things left were cockroaches. There was not much ventilation in this place, so Ji Yang didn't dare use insecticide. She was thinking about what to do. When she got to the first floor, Xie Muchi came over holding Wang Wang. Her eyes lit up: "Quick, catch some chickens!"
Xie Muzhi:?
Xie Muchi, who had never played like this, was completely bewildered, but he still put a few chickens in the basement. The chickens were stunned at first, and were a little wary of this unfamiliar environment, but soon discovered that there was food everywhere, and immediately rushed over flapping their wings.
Just a few cockroaches, not enough for them to eat!
Xie Muzhi's mouth twitched: "This method is not bad."
Looking back, there was something even better. As soon as Wang Wang landed, he ran over happily and rubbed against Ji Yang. Then he found that there was a mouse here. He immediately put on a serious face and limped over one leg, rushing towards a mouse in the corner. He caught a fat mouse in an instant and growled triumphantly: "Meow!"
Xixi was unwilling to be outdone, so she also tried to catch mice. Although her skills were not as good as Wangwang's, her legs were good and her movements were more decisive. After a while, she came over with a mouse in her mouth to offer her treasure: "Woof!"
Ji Yang walked over with a smile, touched each one, and praised, "Good cat!"
“Good dog!”
Finally, she came to Xie Muchi, tiptoed and kissed his lips, and praised him in the same way: "You too~"
She was originally worried that cockroaches would be difficult to deal with without the space, but now there are new ones. The mice are left to Xixi and Wangwang, and the chicken can easily deal with all kinds of insects and cockroaches. It's perfect~
Xie Muzhi: ...
Feeling weird~?
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