"Sister, it looks like we have to go in." The gypsy man also noticed it. He sighed softly and whispered beside Jiang Yan.
"Yeah." Jiang Yan nodded and didn't say much.
The two of them were originally standing in the team, so this was a bit redundant.
"By the way, meeting each other is also a fate. Let's get to know each other formally, Jiang Ye, Jiang of the Yangtze River, Ye of Liu Ye." The other party turned around and looked at her, stretching out a hand.
Jiang Yan: "Su Yan, Su of Su embroidery, Yan of color."
"Ah, your last name is Su? What a coincidence, I came from Sucheng! Before the end of the world, I was working in IT. Seeing that you were so good at martial arts just now, I would like to ask, were you a martial arts coach before?"
Jiang Yan nodded: "Yes."
She wore snow goggles as usual today. The other party couldn't see her expression and eyes, but he could clearly hear the impatience in her tone, so he had to smile and said: "Awesome, you are a coach at such a young age!"
Jiang Yan stood up straight and stopped talking.
She always felt that there were a few eyes not far away quietly watching the words and deeds of everyone in the team.
They seemed to be secretly observed by someone.
Jiang Ye, who was turned away, was silent for a few seconds, stretched his frozen feet, and spoke again.
However, this time it was not greasy chatter, and his tone suddenly became serious:
"By the way, Su Yan, you must remember to be careful after entering the base. I always feel that the management methods and work style of this base are a bit absurd."
Jiang Yan pretended not to understand, "What do you mean?"
"I'll tell you a story and you'll understand." Jiang Ye glanced at the people who were chatting next to him, and continued:
"Before the end of the world, I saw a news report that a company was originally recruiting only one person in a certain year, but it received hundreds of resumes in the end. At that time, there were no computers to assist in screening, so guess what?"
Jiang Yan: "?"
"Their HR manager randomly picked out half of the resumes and threw them into the trash can. He said that those who were thrown away were unlucky.
Only those who were lucky are eligible to enter the remaining screening stages. Does our current situation resemble it? It seems that this base has long been overcrowded, and the class structure has been fixed.
What they need now is just the labor after the initial screening. After all, those who didn't survive were either unlucky, physically weak, or had altitude sickness and couldn't adapt to the plateau living environment.
And the scene just now was obviously deliberately leaving us outside the base for some kind of test. We are bait, but--"
The other party suddenly stopped talking, and changed the subject: "In short, what they did was absurd and weird, so you just need to be careful."
Jiang Yan glanced at him and said "yeah" without comment.
Under Xue Miaomiao's rule, it was not uncommon to use humans as bait.
But, they could obviously rely on robbing.
It's not impossible to rob all those who have RVs and various supplies, then drive them out and release mutant rats. It's not impossible to do such a thing.
The operation of destroying cars and people and damaging supplies like just now is indeed a bit weird.
And don't the outsiders who enter the base normally enter in the past?
Why did they happen to meet?
Do they have to choose auspicious days and times?
Jiang Yan took a breath silently.
The "creaking" footsteps came from far away, and the man with the loudspeaker stepped back to the front of the team:
"Everyone is lucky to survive. According to the usual situation, after passing the inspection and entering the base, they will go to the base management center to register. But today's situation is special, I will lead everyone there.
At present, it is assumed that everyone needs to sign a labor agreement. Once you enter the base management center and there are supplies to exchange, you will come out separately! In addition, the base laboratory will come to pick people soon. If you are lucky enough to be picked, you will have no worries about food and clothing and don't need to sign a labor agreement!" As
soon as he finished speaking, the people who were originally a little depressed suddenly became excited.
The four words "no worries about food and clothing" are so attractive in the end times!
After all, the survivors who can still rush to the Flame Base with cars and supplies nowadays are relatively well-off and powerful.
No one wants to do hard labor, live in a big bunk bed, and eat porridge every day.
When Jiang Yan heard his words, her face became inexplicably solemn.
Laboratory, picking people?
Interesting.
It turns out that the ridiculous drama performed outside before was a preparation for what will happen later?
"Leader, what does it mean that the laboratory is picking people?" There were still people with clear minds who said something.
"Those who are selected will become laboratory testers, and the base will provide free food, clothing, housing and transportation." The man explained loudly.
"Tester?! God, it sounds so grand!"
"Are we considered to be the survivors?"
"Free food, clothing, housing and transportation, my God!" The crowd was boiling again.
Jiang Ye turned his head and leaned close to Jiang Yan's ear, sneering:
"Hehe, this guy is really good at fooling people. The word "tester" can mean both the person who does the experiment and the person who is being experimented on.
There is no such thing as a free lunch, especially in this doomsday environment. These people are so easily fooled, I'm afraid their brains are frozen!"
Jiang Yan heard his words, but did not express her opinion.
Some people wanted to ask questions, and then the man on the loudspeaker waved his hand, "Let's go!"
The team began to move forward.
After entering the base, Jiang Yan discovered that there was an ice wall not far away.
On the ice wall, there were also soldiers with guns standing.
It seems that the defense of this base is indeed tight.
The area between the two ice walls is very wide.
There were some igloos built on both sides, most of which were shops.
The things sold were very shabby, old clothes, old hats, some old tools and so on.
There were also special sales of sterilized rat skins and dried rat meat.
Those sharp and hard rat claws and rat teeth were tied to wood to make weapons and tools.
In severe cold weather, such weapons and tools are much better than ordinary metal knives.
The way to buy is also very simple: barter.
Jiang Yan had a sense of déjà vu as if she had suddenly returned to primitive society.
Others also looked around and whispered.
Those people in the shops were chatting with their hands folded, with an expression of wanting to buy or not.
Some people also glanced at the people in the team from time to time, revealing a trace of disdain and contempt in their numb eyes.
"How can it be the end of the world, and there is still xenophobia?" Jiang Ye muttered again.
Jiang Yan smiled and said nothing.
She clearly realized that Jiang Ye looked like a chatterbox on the surface, but he was actually very thoughtful.
He was always so superficial in front of her, which made her more alert.
The team walked along the outer edge of the ice wall and stopped in front of an ice house with a sign that read "Outer City Management Center of the Flame Base".
Everyone followed the man with the loudspeaker and walked in one after another.
The ice house was as high as a two-story house.
The first floor was an empty hall, and the second floor had a corridor built along the edge with wooden boards.
At this moment, several people were standing above the corridor.
The leader was a young woman wearing a white coat inside and an orange down jacket outside.
Although her face could not be seen clearly because of the mask, at first glance, she had a beautiful temperament.
It was in sharp contrast to the people in the hall who were ragged and looked like refugees.
Xue Qian Meixue?
Jiang Yan suddenly thought of this person in her mind. (End of this chapter)
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