Chapter 151: Overground City and Underground City
Mu Qianqian came closer to Nan Ci with some curiosity, "Nan Ci, Nan Ci, open it quickly and see what's written on this paper!"
Not only Mu Qianqian was curious, but Nan Ci was also very curious. He opened the paper in his hand when he heard this.
The piece of paper is about the size of an A4 paper, with a simple map drawn on it and some densely packed words underneath.
Nan Ci read ten lines at a glance and quickly finished reading the words above.
The map is the topographic map of the base, and the text below is a brief introduction to the base.
If these things enter the base, you can find out everything clearly with just a little inquiry.
However, knowing these things before entering the base can help them be mentally prepared and avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble.
Overall, the pack of cigarettes Nan Ci just gave was not a loss.
This base, as Chen Guoping said, calls itself the No. 1 base in City X.
These words are engraved above the gate of the base.
It's just because the words are carved on the ice wall and can't be seen clearly from a distance.
As the first base in City X, entry is not free.
Everyone who wants to enter the base must pay ten kilograms of food.
Those who don't have food can also pay 20 kilograms of fuel.
These are just entrance fees.
The base is divided into the above-ground city and the underground city. Whether you want to live in the above-ground city or the underground city, you need to rent a house. Different facilities, different levels of warmth, different geographical locations, etc. will lead to different rents.
Of course, the rent at this time is not money, but food or fuel.
If you can't get food or fuel, it's almost impossible to move inside the base. It's no different from being outside the base, and you're still at risk of losing your life at any time.
The above-ground city is equivalent to the outer city, and the underground city is the inner city.
Anyone who has the ability will choose to live in the underground city.
One reason is that the dungeon is warmer, and the other reason is that the facilities in the dungeon are more complete.
Whenever they have a choice, they will basically choose to live in the underground city.
This base was started to be built after the earthquake, and it has been several months now. Countless manpower has been invested during this period to achieve its current scale.
The entire base now covers an area of 100,000 square meters.
It sounds like a lot, but it’s really not that big.
If the base is a rectangle, the length and width are 1,000 meters each, and the area of the two bases is 10,000 square meters.
It is not even as big as some of the communities that existed before the end of the world.
The residential areas before the end of the world were basically high-rise buildings, covering an area of 10,000 square meters, and the number of people that could be accommodated was definitely many times more than it is now.
However, after heavy rain, blizzard, earthquake, and such a long period of extreme cold, the number of survivors has been greatly reduced. This base covers such a large area and has so many survivors. It is already a very large base.
This is just the above-ground city. The paper does not indicate in detail how many floors the underground city has and how many survivors can live there.
It is easy to imagine that the dungeon, as the inner city of the base, is also a core location. It is impossible to write all the information on a piece of paper so that everyone can know it.
Nan Ci had just handed the paper in his hand to the old Taoist priest when he heard Mu Qianqian snort.
"You have to pay an entry fee to enter the city. Ten kilograms of food or 20 kilograms of fuel, this is already a huge amount of supplies for ordinary survivors!"
Seeing Mu Qianqian's angry look, Nan Ci couldn't help laughing, "What's there to be angry about? They run a base, not a shelter. It's not strange that they charge an admission fee."
"I know... I was just thinking, since it's an official base, shouldn't it accept survivors for free?"
Nan Ci raised his eyebrows, "But what should we do after we accept the survivors for free? Should we provide them with shelter, food, fuel, and clothing for free? People are never satisfied, and it is impossible to provide for everyone unconditionally in this situation. It is better to set the conditions here from the beginning and let everyone fend for themselves.
Furthermore, I think there should be some work for these survivors to do in this base, so as to ensure that they can survive smoothly."
It’s just that the exploitation may be more severe and life may be more difficult.
Mu Qianqian was not an angry young man. She quickly calmed down and smiled at Nan Ci somewhat embarrassedly.
"Nan Ci, you are really smart. You figured out the interests involved so quickly. I can't do that. I am too stupid most of the time."
"You don't have to say that." Nan Ci said seriously, "In fact, you are just stupid a little bit of the time."
Mu Qianqian, "???"
Mu Qianqian looked at Nan Ci with a question mark on her face. After she realized what Nan Ci was saying, she rushed up and kept tickling Nan Ci.
The two of them played around for a while and felt the RV moving forward.
Although it is moving, the speed is very slow.
At this speed, we'd be lucky enough to get in before dark.
But it doesn’t matter even if they can’t get in. They live in the RV anyway, so they won’t feel cold even at night.
As time passed, a crazy evening breeze suddenly arose, and it was much colder than during the day, and even the wind and snow were stronger.
The survivors in the queue were shivering with cold, but no one dared to make a fuss and they continued to move forward slowly.
Nan Ci didn’t think that these people didn’t make trouble because they had higher quality.
People are about to freeze to death, who cares about quality?
The reason they don't make trouble must be because this base has the means to suppress them by force, and they all know what the consequences of making trouble will be, so they are so well-behaved.
The base's tough stance has its advantages, and Nan Ci and his companions have also benefited from it.
Their RV was too eye-catching, and the sleds tied to the back made many people eager to try it.
However, because of the threat of the base, no one dared to make a fuss at the gate of the base, which saved Nan Ci and his team a lot of trouble.
After another half an hour, it was almost dark and it was finally Nan Ci and the others' turn.
Zhou Ziyang lowered the window of the RV and looked at the people outside. "Do you need to register?"
“Need, need!”
The staff nodded and said politely, "We need you to register your name, and then we will issue you an ID card. You need to carry the ID card with you at all times, otherwise you will be considered an illegal resident, and you will either be fined or kicked out of the base."
"Then let's register! My name is Zhou Ziyang, and they are..."
Zhou Ziyang reported the names of several people and took out the food that he had prepared early in the morning.
(End of this chapter)
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