Chapter 096 Chapter 96
Ji Yang let out a deep breath.
Is this damn doomsday going to kill everyone step by step? !
The extreme heat ended early and the earthquake came early, and the advantages brought by rebirth were completely gone. So for what will happen next, Ji Yang can only cross the river by feeling the stones and treat it with caution.
But the endless natural disasters are really exhausting.
Polar night.
If it really comes to this, how long will it last?
What is even more frustrating is the lingering fog that arrives on time every day and dissipates under the sunlight. If it really is the polar night, will the fog not dissipate?
By then it was night and foggy, and the lights couldn't increase visibility much. It was simply... the buffs were stacked up!
Ji Yang thought a lot and asked immediately: "How far has the new base been built? When can we move in?"
Xie Muzhi was caught off guard by her thoughts and paused for a moment before saying, "It's almost done. It will be basically completed in two months at most. The authorities will speed up the process once they realize the possibility of polar night."
Ji Yang pursed his lips: "Is there enough time?"
"We will make it in time!" Xie Muzhi said affirmatively: "Up to now, there are more and more soldiers stationed here, and all the bases in the central region have gathered here. With so many people gathered together, the speed will only get faster and faster!"
Ji Yang can only look forward to this.
With Xie Muchi's reminder, she also began to record the time of sunset every day.
In fact, this change was slower than she thought, so she did not notice it at first. Only after carefully recording the data did she realize that the sun would appear one or two minutes later every day than the previous day, and the sunset would also be one or two minutes earlier.
Occasionally, there will be a rebound and the sun will come out a few minutes earlier.
Judging from the overall data, the sunrise time is getting later every day.
After recording for a few days, the Spring Festival arrived.
This is the fifth year of the natural disaster, and most people have reached despair. This year has been even more depressing than the previous one. The authorities have no time to organize any celebrations this time, and all their energy has been used to receive survivors and personnel from other bases in the construction of a new base.
They just set off some firecrackers symbolically, and the base cafeteria provided an extra bowl of meat soup. Everyone could get a bowl for free, and you could vaguely see some minced meat, so that was considered a celebration.
On the morning of the third day of the New Year, Xie Muzhi, who had rested for two days, went to work again. Ji Yang got up with her, had breakfast, and took a walk in the yard. Xixi and Wangwang followed her closely.
After several consecutive days of air quality testing, no viruses or the like have been detected in the air. The fog composition is safe, so you only need to wear a mask.
Not only she wore it, but both of them wore it together.
Ji Yang was holding two frisbees in his hands, and when he took a walk, he would throw them for them to pick up. The yard was not big, but they had a lot of fun playing, especially Xixi. Although she was getting older, she still liked to play these games, especially with her owner.
While playing, Ji Yang looked up at the sky from time to time.
The sun hasn't come out yet.
Looking at the time again, it was already past the time when the sun came out yesterday.
The weather was not too bad, not too dark. At least the sun would come out now, so the sky was already bright. After waiting for more than a minute, the sun could be vaguely seen rising on the horizon.
Ten minutes later, the sun rose completely.
It was already half past seven.
Normally in winter, the sun rises around seven o'clock.
Fortunately, the progress of the polar night is not too fast.
Ji Yang took the frisbee back for the last time, rewarded Xixi and Wangwang with a piece of meat each, and then prepared to go back for another nap.
Ji Yang usually has nothing to do and likes to sleep very much.
Maybe it’s because I suffered too much in my previous life.
Before she could go in, footsteps were heard outside.
Xixi immediately ran to the gate of the yard and looked over there vigilantly.
The thick fog had not yet completely dissipated, and visibility was poor. Fearing an ambush, Ji Yang quickly reminded: "Xixi, come back!"
Xixi hesitated for a moment, bared her teeth towards the outside, and growled a warning, but still obediently returned to Ji Yang and looked at the timid one. Probably hearing that the other party was bigger than her, she lost the majesty she showed towards the mouse and hid behind Ji Yang.
"Don't be nervous, I'm not a bad person." A slightly low male voice sounded, and after a while, the footsteps got closer and soon appeared outside the yard.
He was wearing a simple white shirt and trousers, with his hair neatly short and styled, revealing a handsome face with solid muscles bulging slightly, and the flesh color faintly showing through the shirt.
He had a gentle smile and seemed very friendly.
There was no smile in his eyes. When he appeared, he subconsciously looked around the situation in the yard. The scrutiny in his eyes made Xixi and Wangwang feel uncomfortable and almost angry.
Ji Yang squatted down and touched them soothingly, looking at him quietly.
Gu Mingchao was not alone, as could be heard from his footsteps, but he was the only one in front of her. Was he on guard? Or was he trying to show his goodwill?
After waiting for a while, the other party didn't speak, and Gu Mingchao's smile froze. He could only take the initiative to speak: "Hello, Miss Ji, I am Gu Mingchao."
Ji Yang stood up and nodded politely: "Well, hello."
Gu Mingchao's smile froze again. He pinched his knuckles with his thumb and smiled suddenly: "Miss Ji is really interesting. No wonder she refused to come to my birthday party. But this birthday party is the first time that my Gu family has interacted with everyone after the natural disaster. I have invited all the younger generations in our community. If Miss Ji doesn't come, won't I be embarrassed?"
Ji Yang also laughed and asked, "What does it have to do with me whether you have face or not?"
Gu Mingchao: “…”
The scene seemed to freeze for a moment, the smile on his lips slowly faded, his dark pupils stared at Ji Yang, his expression seemed a little scary, but it was fleeting: "I still remember the shot that Miss Ji fired."
Ji Yang had no expression on her face: "So what?" She asked calmly: "You want to use this to threaten me? To make me compromise with you? What's the benefit? What will happen if I don't compromise? Kill me?"
Gu Mingchao's eyebrows jumped and he was about to speak.
Ji Yang stopped him and continued, "I'm sure you've learned a lot these days. We have a lot of weapons. Mr. Gu, if you're not satisfied, just come at me. I have to use up all my ammunition before I die anyway."
"Miss Ji, there's no need to go this far, right?" Gu Mingchao's lips twitched slightly. He just came to show goodwill, not to attract hatred!
Ji Yang spread her hands: "Then your previous words are unnecessary. What's the point of threatening me and winning me over? Let's not talk about anything else. That quota..." Gu Mingchao's pupils shrank suddenly, and she said frankly: "I don't need it. I had the opportunity to get a quota before, but I gave it up."
Gu Mingchao immediately said: "What if I can give you two?"
Ji Yang was even more speechless: "No need, we have already figured it out. If we can survive, we will live. If we can't, we will die. We should leave those places to more useful people."
Gu Mingchao remained silent, looking at her, as if trying to figure out whether what she said was true or not.
Not to mention anything else, but he was shocked to find that when Ji Yang said he didn't need a quota, his attitude was really indifferent, without any intention of showing off.
He was a little disappointed, but soon put on a polite smile again: "Okay, I understand, I just hope Miss Ji won't regret it."
Ji Yang smiled: "Thanks for the reminder, I don't think so."
Gu Mingchao looked at her deeply, then turned and left.
Ji Yang also relaxed.
Although, having said that, she still wanted to survive. She was so confident because she had the space in her hands. She was already so lucky, so she should give that precious spot to someone more capable.
Moreover, the quota is so valuable that even if the Gu family unites all the forces they can, the base will not compromise.
Even though natural disasters are difficult, the authorities are never at the mercy of others.
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Before noon that day, the Gu family sent a small piece of cake as a gift to every household in the community.
This time Ji Yang didn't refuse.
It is enough for everyone to maintain polite peace and friendship.
In the evening, a lively party broke out in the center of the villa.
In fact, during the extremely hot period of the past two years, there were occasional similar activities in the community, basically a few families with good relations got together to have fun, and several families liked to sing, but they were all very restrained, and the noise they made was far less than what it is now.
I don’t know how much money the Gu family spent on this. The aroma of various foods, the lively and rhythmic sound system, and listening to the sounds, it seems that there are also pop singers who were very popular before the disaster singing.
Gu Mingchao's birthday party only invited young people. Some older people who were too embarrassed to go would go nearby and listen.
In addition to the people in the community, the same is true for people outside the community. In fact, many people from District 2 were also invited, so the coming and going attracted a lot of attention.
Ji Yang seemed to be able to hear the noise of people coming to watch outside even when he was at home.
Some people just come to join in the fun, listen to the soft sounds, and reminisce about the peaceful and beautiful days. Some people's eyes become darker as they listen, as if some huge wave is brewing.
Probably the only ones who were not very interested were Ji Yang and Xie Muzhi.
At around six o'clock in the afternoon, Xie Muchi came back and disinfected and washed up immediately. Then he went to see Ji Yang record the time of sunrise and sunset. Then the two of them had dinner, watched TV or played games for a while, and it was almost time to go to bed and rest.
The days were calm and regular.
The noise outside was simply ignored.
After the birthday party, the community became quiet again.
Outside the community, it is getting busier and busier day by day.
The new base has not been built yet, but the number of people migrating from other bases in the surrounding areas is increasing day by day. No matter how much the base controls it, it cannot change the fact that there are too many survivors and the management is understaffed, so a bad case happens from time to time.
Area 1 is visited almost every day, and the patrol officers' salaries have been increased because the workload is much heavier than before.
But the security team is pretty strong, and the owners of the community have more or less got some weapons and learned how to use them safely and correctly, so currently no one can break through the defense and harm the owners.
The situation in other communities is different. The situation is probably comparable to the situation during extreme cold when the base has not yet been established and there is a shortage of food. Even if the official security guards form a team to patrol, it is still useless.
It was late at night and there was heavy fog, so visibility was low.
Once the attackers were mixed into the thick fog, it would be difficult to find them even if the solar lights in the base were still working. There have even been two cases where they took advantage of the thick fog to attack security guards who were accidentally left alone.
The heavy fog did not make people blind, but when it was late at night and there were not enough street lights, the vision was still affected. It would be more difficult to notice if someone was hiding in the corner or other places.
Just as he got closer, he was struck with a fatal blow.
The security guard's pistol was stolen, and within two days, several shootings occurred outside the base. The culprit was not arrested until a month later because they had a clue. When they robbed again, the other party also had a gun and more bullets than they had stolen.
After this incident, the base has become more strict in managing the entry and exit of personnel.
The situation during the polar night was also guessed by ordinary survivors.
Fortunately, at this time, the base is basically half-completed and is open to people in need to choose houses in advance. If you buy a house here and want to change the location of the base later, you will have to compensate for a new house.
Therefore, Ji Yang and Xie Muzhi were also eligible to choose a house in advance.
The first area this time is still of the three-story villa type, but the area they occupy is large and small. Ji Yang and Xie Muchi are just two people, plus a cat and a dog, so they don’t need too much space, so they chose a moderate location that is neither on the edge nor close to the center.
In addition, the added points can be used to make requests for subsequent house construction.
Ji Yang decisively chose to add points. The requirement was also very simple, to turn her house into an iron barrel!
The polar night is accompanied by heavy fog. When the day comes when it is really pitch dark, one cannot imagine what will happen. Even neighbors may attack you.
It is impossible for the authorities to protect them all the time.
So let's turn the house into a castle, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. They can launch an attack from the third floor. It would be best if the key points of the walls are electrified and the yard is also electrified.
After Ji Yang finished speaking about her requirements, the staff member who was in charge of connecting with her looked a little surprised: "Are you sure you want to abandon the appearance and improve the defense?"
"That's right!" Ji Yang nodded: "By the way, is there any power grid in the base? We want to buy some too."
The staff nodded: "Yes, OK, then I will redesign it for you..."
Although this request is a bit unusual, it is not surprising. The rich always have the strongest sense of crisis. The staff thought that she would have to arrange it for her own family later.
Living in an apartment building does not give you as much sense of security as living in a single-family house.
Unfortunately, there are not enough points.
Both parties are professionals and have basically had a plan in mind, with detailed requirements. The construction of the house is progressing smoothly. The walls will definitely be thickened and raised, and the third floor will be renovated to a certain extent, with a part extended out. What looks like a balcony is actually an attack platform.
The electric fence covers the entire fence including the yard, and the surrounding land has to be deepened to prevent people from digging tunnels in as much as possible, so the cement used for paving the ground has to be thicker.
Weak points such as glass doors must also be made of bulletproof and explosion-proof materials.
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The price of this renovation is several times more expensive than before.
But Ji Yang really had no shortage of money. After confirming the budget, he immediately handed over half of his points as a deposit and the workers quickly started working. Xie Muchi had to work and only had two days off a month, so Ji Yang was the one who was responsible for supervising the work.
The car at home was already broken, so Ji Yang took Xie Muchi to unload the usable things, and had the rest towed away by official people to be sold as scrap. Then he went out again and brought back another car to use as a tool for entering and leaving the base.
She is very cautious and is afraid of being attacked from behind when riding an electric scooter. This kind of highly defensive vehicle makes her feel at ease.
However, even so, every time she drove in and out of the community, she was still stared at by countless pairs of eyes. In fact, she was not the only one who drove, many families in Districts 1 and 2 had cars.
Ji Yang didn't build the underground garage at first, but someone else did.
In addition to underground garages, there are also special sheds for cars to prevent them from exploding in extreme heat. Therefore, even when acid rain came, many people's cars were still in good condition, and the earthquake did not damage the cars. Now that the temperature is no longer extreme, the cars can be used just fine.
The preliminary preparations have been completed. Now, it is no longer large trucks that enter and exit the base. Basically, at a glance, all you can see are private cars. One car after another goes to the new base to supervise the construction along the road that was repaired at some unknown time.
It wasn't just Ji Yang's family that wanted to improve their defenses. Everyone who had a sense of crisis thought the same way.
The price of electricity has increased several times.
This time, she chose several houses nearby. Seeing Ji Yang and his team working on the construction, some people came to ask about their design plans and which defense type was better. Just one more glance at the skinny survivor in the crowd made them feel a chill down their spine.
Even the base itself supports them in improving the defense of their houses.
Only someone with a motive would have such a defense.
Because of this, neighbors have been communicating more frequently, discussing with each other better defense design methods. However, few people completely give up on aesthetics like Ji Yang. It is normal to spend a few more points to improve the appearance as long as it does not affect safety.
Ji Yang was too lazy to do it. The polar night was just around the corner. A month had passed, and the length of daytime hours had dropped from more than ten hours to only seven or eight hours.
Occasionally it's cloudy and rainy, and it gets dark even earlier.
The fog lingers and gathers whenever there is no sunlight.
If she had not checked many times and confirmed that there was really no life in the fog, she would have suspected that there were some insects mixed in from time to time. But even if there were no insects, the volcanic ash mixed in it was also a pollutant, which was very harmful to crops.
Even though the base had made sufficient preparations, it still had a headache about food. In order to avoid too much loss, the food that was supposed to continue growing was harvested more than half a month in advance, which was one-third less than the expected harvest!
This was told to her by Zhao Xing, who worked on the farm.
Ji Yang did not contact her deliberately, but Zhao Xing would take the initiative to contact her, but not often. Everyone was busy with their lives and squeezed their energy to the last bit. Maintaining social interactions was no longer meaningful for many people.
She contacted Ji Yang just to tell her the news and remind her to stock up on food.
Ji Yang thanked her for her kindness, and within two days, she harvested a batch of mature potatoes in the space. At the same time, she did not plan to continue planting medicinal herbs in the fields. After harvesting one crop after another, she would switch to planting potatoes and sweet potatoes, which are high-yield crops.
Many people died in the riot when the special medicine was exposed. The news of the special medicine became known to everyone. Rivers of blood flowed and everything was corroded by acid rain. Even if the survivors were ready to make some moves, they were unable to make any big move for the time being.
As time goes by, more and more special medicines are produced.
For this purpose, Ji Yang also learned from Xie Muchi which medicinal herbs were scarce, and the two of them planted a lot of them in their space. As thick fog fell and the polar night was about to come, the officials were busy and confused, but the two of them found an opportunity to deliver all the medicinal herbs over.
The number was too large, so the two of them had to divide it up several times. However, it was late at night and the thick fog was relatively more advantageous for them, as it was not easy for others to notice anything unusual. Therefore, after this wave of gifts, the professors in the research institute straightened their backs a lot.
In the end, the number of special medicines was much greater than in the previous life.
This was because the base had collected enough medicinal materials in advance, and also because the research direction was known in advance so that the subsequent research consumption was much less than expected, and also because Ji Yang donated a lot of medicinal materials from time to time.
The special medicines are purchased in order of contribution. If the contribution is not enough, you can use points to buy them. The base has already started selling them publicly three days ago.
The price is still very high, 15,000 points per copy, limited to one copy, purchase on demand.
Compared to the more than 50,000 points in the previous life, it’s simply cabbage!
Of course, even if it was cabbage, there were still many people who could not afford it. But the prices of the items were clearly marked here. Even if they could not afford it at the moment, they could still work hard and get some supplies to exchange at the base. There was still hope. Therefore, the survivors who were about to cause chaos again immediately became busy earning points, and most of their firepower was directly dispersed.
The remaining people looked at each other in bewilderment at the scene of their disbandment, and finally went to work dejectedly.
Everything was progressing faster than Ji Yang had imagined.
With the polar night approaching, it seems that the authorities are also anxious and want to resolve all crises as much as possible before the polar night arrives.
The emergence of the special medicine calmed the restless hearts of a large number of survivors. The remaining needs were housing and food. With the participation of a private base headed by the Gu family, the two sides traded a lot of food. The price of coarse grains in the base itself was already very low, and it did not drop this time, but the share that could be purchased by a single person each time was doubled, and the price of refined grains was slightly reduced.
If everyone is guaranteed to have food in stock, the possibility of riots will be greatly reduced.
This information was brought back by Xie Muchi.
Ji Yang listened and felt that her decision was right. As expected, she worked for the government and knew more information. After listening, she couldn't help but ask, "It can change the prices of goods. How much food does the Gu family's private base have in stock?"
Xie Muzhi shook his head: "Not sure, but definitely not less than 500,000 kilograms."
If it were the previous two years, 500,000 kilograms might not be a big deal, as the human population was too large and the amount of food consumed every day was a huge amount. But in the current situation, 500,000 kilograms is really a lot.
Not to mention that this is just a minimum guess.
Could the real thing be one million?
Ji Yang made a bold assumption, and then suddenly something happened to him and he looked at Xie Muchi.
The two of them have been together for many years and have a tacit understanding. Just when the topic was about this, Xie Muchi raised his eyebrows slightly: "You want it too?"
Ji Yang nodded. "It's useless to store so much food in the space. If every household has enough food stored before the polar night comes, there shouldn't be too much trouble."
Although the two spaces combined are not enough to feed so many people in the base, it is good to have a little more. In case of chaos, there might be one less person besieging them. Besides, with the Gu family's hundreds of thousands of kilograms of grain in front of them, their grain is not conspicuous.
The most important thing is the polar night and fog. There is no safer time than this.
"Okay, let's think of a way." Xie Muchi agreed readily.
Ji Yang's eyes curved, and he began to think about what excuse he could use to send the food away.
How much is appropriate to give?
When will it be delivered?
The opportunity will come soon.
As the new base was about to be completed, Ji Yang's home, which was simple and rough to begin with, was the first to be completed in the villa area, so he no longer had to be a supervisor. At this time, the daytime hours had been shortened to four or five hours.
Most of the rest of the time is spent at night.
The two men immediately pretended to move, put the daily necessities in the courtyard in the car or tied them to the roof of the car and moved them away. After locking the door, they told the security guard in charge of guarding the area. Xie Muchi also took a week off, and the two drove out.
Ji Yang was very familiar with Changnan City, but after the earthquake, the topography had changed dramatically. The products of modern civilization had become ruins because of these natural disasters and were completely unusable. It took him almost three hours to find a place with its back against a small hill, facing the ruins of the building, and more than 30 kilometers to the right. The location of the base was located.
There is a large sunken open space between the two hills, which is in the perfect location.
Ji Yang, holding Xixi's hand, and Xie Muzhi, holding Wangwang's hand, rode their electric scooters around the area for several kilometers and checked carefully. It was just as night fell and thick fog gradually appeared.
As soon as she had a thought, the open space here was suddenly filled with the carcasses of poultry, including rabbits, domestic pigs, wild boars, a small number of cattle and sheep, and a large number of quails, fowl, chickens, ducks, geese, etc., roughly estimated to be more than a thousand kilograms.
This is the first batch.
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