That night, Su Nian and Jing Mo fell asleep listening to the laughter of children in the base.
Nothing happened that night. The next morning, Su Nian and Jing Mo woke up early.
After all, I was in an unfamiliar place and it was impossible for me to sleep so deeply.
It was only six o'clock in the morning when the two of them packed up and came out of the house.
Originally Su Nian thought it was early enough, but after coming out he found out that Feng Xiuli had already left the base with Wang Dacheng and some others and went to sea.
After the surprise, I can only sigh that life is not easy.
When Su Nian and Jing Mo were about to leave, the people in the base warmly saw them off to the gate.
After driving out of the base, Su Nian actually felt as if he was in another world.
This small base, shrouded in thick fog, has average food and drink, but the atmosphere is quiet and peaceful, and everyone works very hard.
They help each other and they respect the old and love the young.
A small base, like a paradise in the end times.
Although he only stayed there for one night, Su Nian had a very good feeling about it.
Su Nian looked back.
The car had driven out for some distance. Looking back, all we could see was thick fog, but we could no longer see the base.
Jing Mo smiled and glanced at Su Nian, "What are you looking at?"
Su Nian retracted his gaze, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Nothing, I just think this base is good, I hope they can always live in peace and stability."
Jing Mo heard this but didn't say anything.
In the end times, everything changes rapidly.
No one knows whether this base can continue like this.
Even if Jing Mo didn't say it, Su Nian understood this truth.
However, Su Nian also felt that although he was born in the end times, he could not completely lose hope.
Su Nian quickly adjusted his mood and found the map. "We are not familiar with Haiqu City, so we should walk slowly on the road."
Although they had the route map given to them by Kong Jianming, there were also various electronic maps of Haiqu City downloaded in advance.
But after all, it is now after a major earthquake, and many iconic buildings have been destroyed.
There was thick fog blocking the view and it was easy to get lost.
That is to say, the two of them had a good sense of direction, so they explored the way and carefully verified it, so as to avoid going back.
But even so, the two of them struggled until mid-afternoon before finally reaching the second base.
The first base was rebuilt on the basis of a scenic spot, while the second base was expanded on the basis of a seaside military base.
The gate of the base that Su Nian and Jing Mo saw now was built later.
After entering, it is the outer city of the base.
This is another difference between the second base and the first base.
Although there are some relatively important places in the First Base, there is no distinction between inner and outer cities.
But in the second base, the inner city and the outer city are clearly divided.
This was clearly written in the information Kong Jianming gave them.
Jing Mo drove the car and gradually approached the gate of the second base.
There were two cars ahead of them, so they had no choice but to stop and wait.
After waiting for about five minutes, the car in front finally drove into the base.
Jing Mo drove forward, but was stopped by the gatekeeper, "Please swipe your card."
There is a card swipe machine at the gate of the base, just like the one at the entrance of an automatic parking lot.
Only after swiping the card will the barrier blocking the road open.
Jing Mo lowered the car window and handed a cigarette to the man guarding the door, "Brother, this is our first time here and we don't have a card."
When the man saw the smoke, his eyes lit up.
Although it was just a cigarette, it was enough to excite him.
You have to know that it is already three years after the end of the world, and cigarettes have been out of production for several years.
Those who can still get cigarettes nowadays are all very capable people.
The man took the cigarette with both hands, his face smiling like a flower.
"It's OK if you don't have a card. Anyone can enter our Second Base. However, those who don't have a base citizen card must pay three kilograms of food when entering the base, and then they can receive a temporary identity card that can be used for three days.
However, this card can only be used when entering and leaving the base. If you want accommodation and meals, you have to find ways to do so on your own."
Hearing the man's words, Su Nian and Jing Mo frowned at the same time.
After the extreme cold came, the First Base cancelled the rule of paying food to enter the base, and even searched for and rescued survivors and brought them back to the base for resettlement.
Why is it that when we get to the second base, we have to pay food just to enter the base?
Three kilograms of food per person doesn't sound like much.
But now it is the third year of the apocalypse. There has been no agricultural production for three years, and everyone is basically living off their savings.
Taking out three kilograms of food just to enter the base, the price of the ticket is really a bit high.
When Su Nian frowned and thought, she heard Jing Mo said with a smile, "Besides food, can anything else be done?"
The man also smiled, "That depends on what it is."
Jing Mo took out a wrinkled cigarette box from his pocket and said, "I still have half a box of cigarettes left. Can you please take a look at it, brother?"
As he spoke, Jing Mo opened the cigarette box so that the man could see clearly what was inside.
There were about ten cigarettes in the box, and the man's eyes began to sparkle. "Yes! We are brothers. In this world, we rely on our parents at home and brothers outside, right?"
The man took out two cards from his pocket, swiped them on the card reader, and handed them to Jing Mo. "There are checkpoints in many places in the base. If you want to go through, you have to swipe your cards. Be sure to put the cards away. Otherwise, if you are found without cards, you will be kicked out of the base."
Jing Mo took the two cards in one hand and handed over the cigarette box with the other hand, "Thank you, brother!"
After saying goodbye to his brother, Jing Mo drove into the base.
As the car window closed, the smile on Jing Mo's face disappeared.
"Everyone who enters the base without a base ID card must pay for food. This is a considerable source of income for the base."
If one person weighs three kilograms, one hundred people would weigh three hundred kilograms.
With such a large base, the daily income must be quite a lot, right?
I don’t know who ends up with these “city entry fees”.
Su Nian's voice also took on a chill, "No wonder there is a small base in Haiqu City."
If the second base is good enough, even if it is like the first base, I guess no one would set up a small base outside and struggle to survive with their people, right?
The entrance fee just to enter the city is so expensive, so what price will it cost to stay in the base?
As the car passed through the gate, Su Nian and Jing finally saw the appearance of the outer city of the second base.
The road is very wide and there are street lamps on the roadside. The light is very strong, as if the lights are dispelling the thick fog.
There are shops on both sides of the road.
All the shops were open and lights were on inside.
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