Life went on at a leisurely pace, and people almost forgot about the zombie virus.
Everyone lived in peace and contentment. Ye Yunyi's wild rabbits had several more litters of baby rabbits, and the number of pheasants was also increasing. The farm started selling eggs, chicken, rabbit meat, and baby chicks and rabbits.
People with abundant resources will buy chickens and rabbits to raise at home, and some people will also start making snacks or daily necessities to sell.
Ye Yunyi planned to turn the vacant space of the former gymnasium into a market, where people would set up stalls every day, and she would collect a certain amount of stall fees to cover site maintenance and pay wages to sanitation workers.
From then on, the market became lively. People who didn't want to cook could go to the canteen or buy snacks at the market. There were also many skillful people who could make daily necessities, such as traditional perfumes, skin care products, shampoos, and so on.
Some even made their own clothes or knitted scarves to sell.
There were also people who worked there, creating a thriving and prosperous scene.
The local area network has been restored for a long time, but some households still do not have electricity. They are reluctant or unable to buy solar generators, and even if they wanted to, they couldn't find any. However, those households without electricity always contact Wang Zixiang and Ye Yunyi to ask for a solution.
To enrich everyone's lives, on weekends when there are no classes, the school will project some previously downloaded movies and TV series.
It's also a joyful experience for everyone to sit together and watch a movie or TV series.
One day, a child approached Ye Yunyi and excitedly said, "Auntie Yiyi, I saw a survival show today. They used river water to generate electricity. Don't we have a river? Can we use river water to generate electricity too?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Yunyi had a sudden realization: couldn't hydroelectric, wind, and nuclear power plants all generate electricity? Why rely solely on solar energy? She really had such a fixed mindset.
Ye Yunyi not only praised him but also gave him a tangible reward. The boy was very proud, and his grandmother was even happier, praising her grandson's intelligence to everyone she met.
Without hesitation, Ye Yunyi decided to build a hydroelectric power station in the community to supply the community's electricity needs.
So he posted a notice looking for people with expertise in electrical engineering, and actually found two. Although they weren't experts, they knew a little bit. They hadn't brought it up before because they had too many concerns. This time, the kid's suggestion was adopted and implemented, and they even received a reward, so everyone became bolder.
Yes, people living in villa areas are all well-off, and those who are well-off are certainly not ordinary people.
After discussion, everyone agreed that building a hydroelectric power station would require tools, blueprints, and reference books.
Ye Yunyi remembered Zhao Yong saying that the guards were looking forward to going out on missions every day, but the supplies in the suburbs were almost exhausted. The city was too dangerous and there was not much shortage of supplies, so they were all put to training and to do guard work in the neighborhood.
So he asked Zhao Yong to organize two teams to go to the city library and the north of the city. This time they would be going quite far, so they needed to make preparations in advance, including weapons, ammunition, routes, and food.
Two days later, everyone prepared to set off. After such a long time away, they were all quite excited. They had thoroughly explored the area, covering about 10 miles from the villa district, and the journey had been smooth. However, as they ventured deeper into the city, they encountered more and more zombies along the way.
These zombies were noticeably different from those in the suburbs; their clothing was more fashionable, though many of their clothes were tattered. Having roamed the streets exposed to the elements for a year, their vitality was truly remarkable; at the slightest sound, they would come running in droves.
Ye Yunyi and her group floored the accelerator, managing to outrun them. The closer they got to the city, the more zombies they encountered, including some dressed in summer clothes—apparently infected later in the process.
They made it to the city center library without incident. There were many zombies at the library entrance, densely packed together. There were still many residential areas around the library.
The houses in the city center are quite densely packed, and many people rent or live in the city for work, so once they get infected, it is generally uncontrollable.
Seeing such a horde of zombies, everyone held their breath. So Ye Yunyi and Xiao Deng led a team inside to find information, while Zhao Yong led a team outside to provide backup.
They climbed up the soft ladder through the back door of the library, where there were relatively fewer zombies.
The library was relatively safe; it had been closed before, and with the introduction of e-books, few people came to the library anymore. Although the library was large, there were 10 of them who came in, and they searched separately by area, quickly finding the relevant materials.
Having come all this way, they brought a lot of useful books, covering medicine, astronomy, geography, philosophy, science and technology, economics, literature, management, psychology, and law.
This might be a habit they developed while collecting information outside; they never leave empty-handed, and they bring back anything useful or helpful.
Unable to reach them, some people even packed the books up and hung them outside the window. Others took the books while chanting, "This is all part of civilization! Human civilization cannot be interrupted."
When they came out, they still alerted the zombies. After another difficult shooting battle, they were able to put the book in the car and return to the car unharmed.
This wave resulted in the loss of many bamboo arrows and even bullets. Two guards even faced off against zombies and nearly had their necks bitten.
"As expected, those zombies in the suburbs are just a training ground for newbies. They're obviously no match for a different map," someone complained.
"I wonder if things will be better near the North Gate. Isn't there an ambulance there?"
"Go and see for yourself. Be careful this time, and don't be greedy."
...
They were talking and chatting on walkie-talkies.
The closer they got to the north gate, the more zombies there seemed to be. They were all wondering, "Aren't we going out to find supplies? And if we're going out to find supplies, aren't we going to clear out the zombies?"
But this time their goal was clear: once they got the generator materials, they had to get back as soon as possible.
Fortunately, this zombie virus spread relatively slowly, unlike in many apocalyptic novels where it suddenly breaks out, spreads rapidly, and turns the world into a zombie apocalypse. The places they went to, which were less frequented by others, didn't have many zombies, so the survival pressure wasn't as great.
They got the generator without any trouble; it was even safer than the library.
"I didn't expect it to go so smoothly."
"Yeah, I was worrying about nothing."
"Look how cool I was killing those zombies!"
"Pshaw, who do you think you are? You're nowhere near as handsome as me. I can take them all down in one slice, like slicing a watermelon."
...
Just as everyone was chatting enthusiastically, Ye Yunyi suddenly slammed on the brakes, and the cars behind her followed suit, making a screeching sound as their tires rubbed against the road.
A car blocked Ye Yunyi's path, and Ye Yunyi and Xiao Deng assumed defensive and offensive stances.
But the car on the other side opened a crack and shouted, "Help! Help!"
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