Chapter 72
After two months, the temperature reached the highest temperature in Ji Yang's memory: sixty-five degrees.
Even at four or five in the morning, which should be the lowest temperature of the day, the temperature has not dropped below 50 degrees Celsius without you noticing. If you are not careful at night, you can die of the heat.
Even though the buildings in the base themselves have insulation materials, and a large number of solar panels are installed to ensure basic electricity for the survivors, the air conditioners are also upgraded for free, so they only need to pay a relatively low electricity bill to enjoy the air conditioning.
However, many people still cannot afford air conditioning, so some families gather in one room with trusted relatives and friends to save electricity.
But more people still died from the high temperature.
For this purpose, the authorities opened an underground safe zone for collective cooling off during the day half a month ago. Survivors are accommodated here free of charge, but the conditions are limited and there is no private space at all.
Even so, the underground summer retreat was still packed.
As a result, a series of thefts and other incidents suddenly became rampant, leaving the security guards extremely busy, and the crematorium, which was already busy all the time, became even busier.
In addition, the semi-finished thermal insulation clothing at the base is selling like hot cakes. The price has not increased, and there is a purchase limit per person, but the supply is still in short supply.
More and more people are dying in the early stages of extreme heat.
House prices in Districts 2 and 3 have fallen, but those in District 1 have risen.
Because there is a basement in Area 1, the temperature can be lowered by about ten degrees.
This is especially critical at this time.
The few remaining villas and small courtyards were also sold out, and the rent rose to 10,000 yuan per month.
Just when the situation was becoming more and more serious, good news finally came - Lake City had developed thermal insulation clothing that could withstand temperatures of 70 degrees!
Xie Muchi came back from a business trip, exhausted all the way. Although he had a space, there were many people around him, so he basically didn't use it. He ate and drank like other traders, so it was normal for him to be darker and thinner.
High temperatures make food spoil more easily. It is impossible to eat fresh meat. The most you can bring is some dried meat that will make your cheeks hurt after chewing it. When you go out, you can only bring compressed biscuits and some dry food that can be preserved for a long time, such as pancakes.
Don't get me wrong, the pancakes at this time have no fillings, they are just plain pancakes.
There is no sauce at all.
Because of the high temperature, the sauce cannot be stored.
Just drink it with water, sprinkle some dry seasoning powder on it, and swallow it raw.
Xie Muchi was worried that Ji Yang would lose weight because he couldn't eat delicious food. Ji Yang looked at Xie Muchi, who had already lost weight, and told him with heartache to quickly take out some meat and eat something good. There were no outsiders here, so he could eat as much as he wanted.
Although his space is not static, many things are semi-finished and can be eaten after slightly heating.
Xie Muzhi shook his head: "Wait a moment."
His beautiful eyes were still staring at Ji Yang without blinking. It had been a long time since they last saw each other, and he missed her very much. However, he had just come back from outside and was sweating all over. Even though he paid attention to hygiene, he still couldn't avoid having some body odor, so he could only look at her more.
Ji Yang felt uncomfortable being stared at, so he simply stood up, walked over and hugged her.
Xie Muzhi wanted to retreat, feeling a little embarrassed: "I'm sweating..."
"It's okay, I'll take a shower later." Ji Yang said generously. Why was she so shy? She touched his waist generously, and the muscles under her hand immediately tensed up. This narrow waist and these muscles were enviable, and she... liked it very much.
Ji Yang exercises regularly, but he also eats a lot, so he doesn't usually have such strong muscles.
Every time they meet again after being apart for a while, there is always a sense of strangeness. In fact, if you think carefully, the time they spend together is not that much. Even though Ji Yang lives in the base, even though the two of them are already living together, they go out late and come back early, so they can only chat for a short while before going to bed.
Xie Muchi was so hot from being touched, but he hugged Ji Yang honestly with his hands.
After hugging for a while, the longing for separation was swept away and the two separated. Xie Muchi first went to fill the two water towers with water. He had filled them with water before he left, including the car's water tank, which could be used for half a month under normal use. He also asked Zhou Baoping to deliver a liter of water every day, which was more than enough.
Ji Yang only went to the space to take a bath in the last few days, and took a bath outside at other times.
The body is clean.
At this moment, the iron sheet of the water tower had been heated to a scorching heat by the sun during the day, and the temperature had not yet dropped. When the water was put in, it soon became somewhat warm, so there was no need to heat it specially, and one could wash directly with it.
Ji Yang took a simple shower, which took less than ten minutes.
After she finished washing, Xie Muchi took the next step.
It was already late, past three in the morning. After he finished washing carefully, Ji Yang heated up the dishes he had brought out. She had only eaten her meal at twelve in the morning and had a fruit salad at two in the afternoon. She was still full, so she didn't eat anything.
Xie Muchi could only eat by himself and feed the two that came over.
After eating, I went to wash the dishes.
Xie Muzhi's space has a dishwasher, so he can just throw the dishes into the dishwasher. He doesn't have to do it himself. Then he said, "Hu City already has heat-insulating clothing that can withstand up to 70 degrees. They have sold a batch to us and they just arrived."
Semi-finished products are really not enough.
Especially when the highest temperature reached 65 degrees, as long as the sun came out early in the morning, Ji Yang could feel the scorching temperature gradually touching her skin through the thermal insulation clothes after staying outside for a while.
The only good thing is that this thing is recyclable.
You can sell it to the official, and the recycling price is five or six thousand depending on the condition of the item. It's a bit unfair, but you can get some of your money back. Anyway, it only scams rich people, and two or three thousand points are really nothing to rich people.
Sell this and buy a new one, and it will be much easier to go out at night wearing insulated clothes.
There is no need to worry about it within an hour at least. At night, when there is no direct sunlight, it may last longer.
Ji Yang immediately looked forward to it: "When will it be sold?! Will it be priced very high?!"
"I'm not sure about that. The stuff has just been delivered to the base, and the authorities are still discussing how to deal with it. The quantity is small, and if we want to buy the first batch, the price will definitely not be cheap." Xie Muchi said.
This is not a problem. Ji Yang lay down and said casually: "It's okay. I have too many points to use up now."
Xie Muzhi chuckled. It was probably Luo Laosan who told him about Ji Yang's balance. He also lay down and hugged her with a happy look: "I almost forgot, rich woman, I'm here to hug your thighs."
Ji Yang clicked his tongue: "Let me see how you hug me?"
Xie Muzhi silently took the air conditioner remote control, turned down the temperature again, and placed a few ice buckets around. Then a thin blanket appeared in his hand, and he covered the two of them with his head. His voice suddenly became a little hoarse: "Hold like this..."
Ji Yang: ...There's no need to make such a big fuss, right?
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A short separation is better than a new marriage. Xie Muchi was also tired, so he gave himself two days off. Then the two of them stayed in the house for two days without any shame.
It was not until the third night that Xie Muzhi went to work with satisfaction.
Ji Yang was lazily browsing the forum.
Don't say dirty words casually, she just responded casually, Xie Muchi seemed to have heard some order, he had been running around for days but was still in no hurry to rest, as if he wanted to make up for the two months of separation.
My waist hurts a bit.
For the sake of his health, Ji Yang decided to rest for a few days.
Soon the forum page appeared, but surprisingly there was no news about the heat-insulating suits. It was estimated that the official had not yet decided on the final price. Ji Yang looked at it for a while, didn't find anything new, and exited again.
She was tired today, and the temperature was relatively comfortable late at night, so she was lazy and did not move all the planting boxes on the first floor out to bask in the 'moonlight'. She just went to water the plants when she got up and washed up.
It has been almost two months since she planted them. She usually applies fertilizer, loosens the soil and waters them regularly according to the planting methods described in the materials. She lets them go out to bask in the moonlight every night, but not in the sun. The sun at this time can directly kill the fresh tender leaves after a while.
But the gains were not great.
The best lettuces are all wilted, with yellow tips, and look malnourished. Not to mention the other vegetables, which are all skinny and small, even though there is plenty of water!
After watering, Ji Yang thought about harvesting the lettuce tomorrow and went back to the basement.
In addition to these, the daily tasks of the space still need to be done.
After the 1,350 square meters of land originally used to grow potatoes and sweet potatoes were cleared, various grass seeds were sown. The grass had taken root a month ago and was planned out for distribution to poultry.
Coincidentally, the total area of the breeding area was exactly 1,350 square meters. There happened to be an extra 1,350 square meters at this time. Ji Yang was too lazy to plan carefully and directly chose to double the area of all poultry.
That is to say, currently rabbits are 600 square meters, hen and quail together are 300 square meters, pigs are 500 square meters, chickens and ducks are 160 square meters each, geese are 80 square meters, cows are 400 square meters, and sheep are 500 square meters.
Cattle and sheep are relatively difficult to reproduce, so there is not much change in their numbers. However, this time there are almost sixty more piglets, plus ten half-grown wild boars. Their daily food intake is shocking.
The remaining species reproduce faster.
Without Ji Yang's obstruction, the population seemed to have expanded by a quarter.
In addition, the birds that had been raised in the fruit area also revealed their true appearance after growing for so long. It can be said that Ji Yang's luck was not very good. There were a total of five species of birds, all of which were common birds - sparrows were the most, followed by magpies, thrushes, crows, and swallows.
These also need to be fed by Ji Yang.
Maybe it was because as the owner of the space, Ji Yang had restrictions on them. She had been worried that they would eat her fruits after they grew up and could fly, but now they all behaved well. Instead, Ji Yang would take the initiative to feed them food every day, such as rice, some fruits of not-so-good quality, vegetable leaves, etc. For those who like protein, she would feed them cockroaches, and they would eat them all.
Therefore, now she collects the cockroaches killed every day and puts them in the space, so she can save a lot every day.
In addition, they would also take the shrimp heads, fish heads and other leftovers from their meals, dry them in the sun and grind them into powder. Whether they were used to feed fish, birds, chickens or pigs, they were very popular.
Because of this, when Ji Yang went out for a stroll at night, she heard people complaining about her being stingy. The garbage collector couldn't find anything good at her doorstep, and the amount of domestic waste was pitifully small.
Ji Yang: ...
She is not ashamed of this, but rather proud of it.
She is reluctant to waste resources. She will not throw away anything that can be used, used in the future or reused. If she really doesn't like mice, she would even keep them.
After finishing her daily tasks, Ji Yang took another look at the pond. She no longer needed to feed the pond. After the ecological environment improved, the big fish ate the small fish, the small fish ate the shrimps, and the shrimps ate the water plants. Occasionally, she would throw some minced meat, corn kernels, etc. into the pond as a snack.
When the water quality is very good, the things in it will multiply very quickly.
Those few rare aquatic species that were originally in poor condition are now growing well in it, but their reproduction speed cannot keep up with others, so their numbers are still small.
Ji Yang has started to harvest a batch of fresh fish, shrimp, eels and the like every few days and put them in the static space. The amount he can harvest is also increasing. At the beginning, it was only about ten kilograms, but now he can harvest more than thirty kilograms.
Fresh fish and shrimp are better than frozen ones, so Ji Yang now eats freshly caught fish and shrimp.
As for the original one, just leave it aside for now.
Everything was done, and there was a lot more stock in the static area. Ji Yang exited the space contentedly and went to the refrigerator to find today's meal.
Xie Muchi is back, and her meal is back too.
When I opened it, it was sweet mung bean porridge and pumpkin cake, making it a sweet meal.
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After dinner, Ji Yang went back to rest.
After having another meal in the early morning, I took Xixi and Wangwang to play in the space.
It's too hot outside and exercising can easily lead to accidents, but cats and dogs are energetic creatures. If they don't let out their energy, they will either feel uncomfortable or destroy the house. Therefore, a space with a constant temperature of 20 degrees is just right for them.
Now that the breeding area has been expanded, Ji Yang takes them to move among a group of animals.
He used food and toys to lure them to run and patrol, and successfully made the two of them exhausted. After they had rested in the space, Ji Yang took them out.
Wangwang seemed to like that place very much. After coming out, he kept coming over and entwining his tail around her legs to act coquettishly: "Meow meow..."
Two months later, it was no longer a half-grown kitten, but was almost indistinguishable from an adult cat. It ate well, drank well, and got enough exercise. It looked very strong, and its previously lame leg seemed to have healed.
Ji Yang stroked the soft flesh under its chin and suggested with a smile: "Next time, you can't stay in there all the time."
"Meow~" Wangwang responded very sensibly. I don't know if he understood or not, but he didn't rub against her anyway.
At dawn, Xie Muchi came back with a flat box in his hand. There was nothing written on it. I didn't know what it was, but as soon as he walked in, Xie Muchi said, "This is a heat-insulating suit."
"How many points?" Ji Yang immediately asked curiously and opened the box.
Before she completely opened the box, she heard Xie Muzhi whisper in her ear: "You don't have to buy it."
Ji Yang:?
The doubt on her face was too obvious. Xie Muzhi, who had a strange look on his face, hesitated when he saw this: "You really don't know?"
Ji Yang: "What should I know?"
Xie Muzhi: "The official has been contacting Hu City these past two days to see how many sets can be allocated to Changnan Base before deciding the price. Then we got the news: the person who took the lead in developing this heat-insulating suit said that you saved him in the beginning. He plans to move to Changnan Base and bring some of his team members with him. The official price of this heat-insulating suit is 15,000 points per piece. You don't have to buy it. As a thank you, two sets of the free ones given to the base are for you. That's it."
The words sounded normal, but the tone became more and more sour. He kept looking at Ji Yang, staring at her expression, as if he was afraid to see an expression on her face that would make him unhappy.
As he was talking, Ji Yang also opened the box, and found that it contained indeed two sets of heat-insulating suits.
The size of the thermal insulation suit is fixed, and the fabric has a certain degree of stretchability, similar to a shark suit. It is worn inside, feels cool and very comfortable.
But after listening to Xie Muzhi's words, Ji Yang looked confused: "When did I save him?"
Xie Muzhi:?
The two looked at each other, both confused.
"Really not familiar with him?"
"I don't know him." But this is not important. Ji Yang was more surprised by another point: "Why did he bring his team here? Isn't it good in Lake City? Besides, since he can invent this, he must be very good in other places. Will the Lake City base be willing to let him go?"
Xie Muzhi's expression became serious when he talked about business. "A few days ago, a message was sent from the capital base. After many discussions, the five major bases have been determined as the next key bases. If a bigger disaster occurs and a large number of personnel are lost again, in order to integrate resources to protect the remaining survivors, the surrounding bases will immediately bring all their resources to the five major bases. Among them, Changnan City, as the central region, is one of the five major bases. Even if they disagree now, they will all gather here at a certain time."
I see…
Ji Yang suddenly got goosebumps.
Has the country already planned to this point? !
When Ji Yang was in a trance, Xie Muchi already knew that she really had no impression at all. In this case, he felt relieved, and he took out a large bag of things from the space.
With the slightest movement, the crisp sound of jade colliding inside could be heard, which was very pleasant to the ear.
"Here you go." Xie Muchi handed it over. He had forgotten these things when he came back two days ago. When he went back to look for them today, he was teased for being so eager to go home for the first time. This gave the group of people an opportunity to make fun of him: "Speaking of which, why didn't you bring those jade polishing machines? Otherwise, we could have some fun now."
Ji Yang: "...I'm too lazy to move it. It's a bit heavy."
"That's true." Xie Muchi nodded. He was actually a little disappointed that Ji Yang didn't call him at the beginning, but he was indeed busy.
After handing the things over, he said something and went to wash up.
Ji Yang and the others left, and she also threw the two bags into the space. Anyway, Xie Muzhi never rummaged through her things. Finally, she took out the heat-insulating suit and thought about going out to try it out. Now that the sun has come out, the temperature has begun to rise steadily. It's just right for her to wear it and feel it.
Suddenly she realized something and immediately ignored the thermal insulation suit.
There is a small watery area in the space again!
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So what treasure did Xie Muzhi bring back this time? !
His casual attitude caused Ji Yang to think that it was no different from before and he didn't even look at it.
That’s good now. I hope Xie Muchi won’t ask whether the treasure inside is good-looking or not.
Ji Yang was sweating profusely, yet at the same time he was delighted by the extra space.
The water looked similar to the pond's previous state.
But Ji Yang always felt that the color seemed a little bluer?
Looking closely, it seems to be a little deeper.
She probed downwards and found that this place was also deep and shallow, with the middle being the deepest. She probed all the way down, but surprisingly... she didn't reach the bottom!
The further she went down, the deeper it felt.
It was as if her thalassophobia had struck at this moment. She felt panicky and quickly regained consciousness.
deep sea?
Ji Yang suddenly thought, is this extra thing the sea?
Looking at the shallower areas around, it is only about 100 square meters in size. There are not many shallow water areas, estimated to be about one or two meters. There is indeed sand under the water.
Ji Yang blinked and suddenly laughed out loud.
marvelous!
We have freshwater creatures, and now we have seafood too!
You have to find a chance to go to the beach, provided that this area is at the maximum level.
This way you can pack in more seafood.
Ji Yang quickly recorded this matter in his memo.
Then she began to think about how to get more jade. It was too difficult for Xie Muchi to save so much. He had been away for a month and only got so much. Moreover, she was sure that the large bag of jade that Xie Muchi brought back was definitely not enough to completely open the fourth space.
Before this, the jade that had been accumulated several times had no reaction.
The sea is deep. Although her space is only 10,000 square meters at most, it simulates the sea like a pond. The depth is so terrifying that it seems impossible to explore the bottom. More energy will be needed.
The only way is to go to the birthplace of jade.
Just like the places Xie Muzhi and I went to before, we would find the place where the jade was stored and take all of it at once. We would need more than one to completely upgrade the space.
But so much time has passed, and except for those that need to be cut open to know their quality, the remaining truly top-quality ones have probably already been divided up.
So far, although the value of jade is getting lower and lower, and those with lower quality are basically no different from ordinary stones, the real top-quality ones still have market value. When I went there last time, the survivors there also mentioned that those gang leaders like these and are searching for them everywhere. Some of them they have are still secretly hidden by themselves.
When all the items in the city have been collected, the only thing left is to search the mining areas.
I wonder how many good ones are left for her?
Ji Yang sighed in sorrow.
On the contrary, she was not worried about going out, because the complete version of the thermal insulation suit she wanted most had already arrived, and there was also an RV. There was so much space and supplies that she could not use them all, so she did not have to worry about suffering during the trip.
I really want to go directly to that group of people’s warehouse and take advantage of them!
Ji Yang's heart suddenly moved. By the way, when did the several major bases go to Yun City together to suppress bandits in the previous life?
After the authorities took away most of the supplies from that group of people, I wonder if the remaining jade and other things can be kept?
She wanted to find a leak...
"What are you thinking about?" Xie Muchi's voice rang out. He had just taken a shower and looked fresh. He had shaved his hair at some point. His cheeks were thin, but his features were handsome. He looked even taller and thinner in the loose short-sleeved shirt.
But when he came over and hugged Ji Yang, she could clearly feel the muscles on his chest through the thin clothes.
Ji Yang said lazily: "Thinking about what to eat later?"
Xie Muzhi also immediately started thinking: "Eat grilled fish? The pond is about to burst, we have to eat more."
"Okay." Ji Yang loves everything as long as it's delicious, and nodded immediately.
Xie Muzhi nodded, and when he realized that he didn't see the big bag anymore, he casually asked, "Did you put it away? Do you have anything you like?"
Ji Yang felt a chill on his back, and immediately kissed him with a smile. Seeing that he wanted to talk, he kissed him twice more, kissing him so hard that he felt dizzy. He coaxed him, "I like everything you gave me! Be good, I'm hungry~"
Xie Muzhi heard this and said, "Okay, I'll go kill the fish."
After saying that, he let her go and disappeared.
Back to space to work.
Ji Yang wiped her sweat and opened the forum to check the task section, wanting to see if the official mission to suppress bandits in Yun City would require ordinary survivors to participate? Of course, she didn't plan to participate, so she planned to go at a certain time, but once ordinary people participated, the mission time would appear.
However, after refreshing the screen, she found no relevant tasks, so she quit out of boredom and went to a video software to find a variety show to watch. It was very thoughtful of the authorities that the software could even send barrage comments as long as there was an internet connection.
It's more interesting than watching videos alone.
After finding the video, Ji Yang clicked pause and waited for another ten minutes before Xie Muchi showed up with a semi-finished grilled fish. The fresh grass carp was slaughtered and fried in a pan, then the ingredients were stir-fried, and finally some side dishes were prepared, put into the pot, and slowly boiled with the soup.
The fragrance spread.
The grilled fish was too hot, so after Xie Muchi came out, he took out several ice buckets. They were filled with water from the pond and put directly into the refrigerator to freeze, which was completely enough.
Speaking of which, the water in his space pond is not infinite.
As a trader, Xie Muchi could often get water by smuggling it through space, but he could only pump two tons of water a day at most. If it exceeded two tons, the water level in the pond would drop significantly and it would take three days to recover.
He didn't know the principle, but Ji Yang inferred from it that the water in his pond was not infinite either.
However, whenever she remembered it occasionally, she would deliberately pump out one or two tons of water and store it in a water tower in a static space, so that she would not use too much at one time when she needed it in the future.
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Let’s put the space upgrade aside for now.
This cannot be rushed. As for the creatures in the sea, they are different from the aquatic creatures on land. The ocean has a strong ability to regulate itself. Even if it is extremely hot, most creatures will not become extinct. There is still a lot of time.
If the authorities really take any big action, Xie Muchi will definitely tell her.
Ji Yang chose to lie down.
After leisurely finishing the meal, she immediately turned hostile and ruthlessly rejected Xie Muchi's invitation to exercise together. She put on her heat-insulating clothes, asked him to take out more vegetables, and went upstairs to dry them.
Xie Muzhi wanted to help, but was rejected.
Ji Yang actually just wanted to experience the feeling of wearing a heat-insulating suit.
The effect is really good. There is also a hat that covers from head to toe, and you can just put on a loose short-sleeved shorts and shorts on the outside. Once you go out, you can clearly feel the sun on your body, but the scorching temperature is firmly blocked by the thermal insulation suit, and your skin doesn't feel burning at all.
She slowly spread out the vegetables and arranged them, then waited for another ten minutes in the sun with an ice cube in her mouth. The air was scorching hot, and her nose felt hot and burning when she breathed, as if she would have a nosebleed at any time, but other than that, everything else was within the tolerable range.
It seems to feel better than the thermal insulation suit in my previous life!
Ji Yang wondered who this scientific research giant was that she had saved.
As she thought about it, she seemed to remember that because Xue Yuanyang had a heart-warming response, she saved one more person, but that was the end of it at the time, and she didn't take that person to heart, and she didn't pay any attention to him when she retreated later.
Could it be that the unlucky guy who looks so young is the one who developed this thing?
The answer was revealed in the evening half a month later.
After coming back and resting for two days, Xie Muchi, who had been working diligently, suddenly gave himself a day off. Ji Yang was wondering when he heard someone visiting. He went out to take a look and saw a face that looked familiar but not very memorable appeared in front of him.
The young man looked to be no more than twenty-five or twenty-six years old. He looked a little more fair-skinned in the extreme heat. He was wearing a white shirt and was no longer as disheveled as he had been last time. He looked quite handsome.
"It's really you." Ji Yang looked surprised.
Xie Muzhi: "...You said you didn't know me?!"
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