Hearing Huang Simiao's explanation, Shen Jing looked slightly disappointed.
The base authorities still haven't considered restricting electricity use in the central area.
If we keep giving special treatment to people in the central area.
Even if they go back to the city and find a lot of generators, it will be difficult to take care of the many survivors in other areas of the base!
After all, the base is just too big. If we use electric fans, ice makers, and air conditioning fans, not to mention the isolation zone, even Zone C where Shen Jing is located will not be able to function properly. In that case, the internal strife will definitely impact the base faster than the mutated plants!
However, a large-scale summer retreat can also be built inside the base.
Similar to a large pre-apocalyptic processing plant, as long as the air conditioning is on inside, survivors can continue working in the safe zone.
Labor is exchanged for points, and points can be redeemed for electricity resources.
If this happened before the apocalypse, it would probably trend on social media several times.
The cost will ultimately come from the survivors, making them work for free just to enjoy air conditioning? That's wishful thinking.
However, in the apocalypse, everything is just a paper tiger when it comes to survival.
Huang Simiao's eyes lit up after hearing Shen Jing's suggestion. She excitedly said, "Zhang Run said the same thing! But the other people in charge at the base objected. They said the base needs outdoor labor more right now!"
In other words, rather than letting the survivors comfortably enjoy air conditioning indoors, they would rather have the walls reinforced as soon as possible!
More people need to be sent out to search for emergency supplies, or additional personnel need to be deployed to patrol the surrounding area.
Anyway, the central area has no shortage of daily supplies, and what we are more afraid of is the gathering of survivors or the weak defense of the base's outer perimeter!
Shen Jing thought to herself, "As expected, it's the group of people who want to retire comfortably in the central area who would worry about and oppose this."
But as the base commander, He Qing shouldn't be allowed to be so tightly controlled by them.
The two went downstairs together, and neither of them mentioned what had just happened.
Because they all knew that if He Qing didn't deal with the stubborn faction in the central area, the large-scale summer resort security zone couldn't be built.
As they walked downstairs, the heat rising from the ground rushed towards them.
The road surface temperature is nearly 60-70 degrees Celsius, enough to fry an egg!
“Ah Jing, we’ll meet at the base entrance. Then I…” Huang Simiao wanted to say that she would leave first. She knew that Shen Jing was not willing to have too much contact with them, so it was better to leave tactfully before she kicked her out.
"Get in my car, do you really want to walk all the way to the base entrance?" Shen Jing said, pulling her hand.
"Can I...can I?"
"Woof woof!" Where should I sit then?
Shen Jing patted Vassi's head. "You can sit in the back and rest."
This also subtly hints to Vasily to find as many traces of advanced zombies as possible.
Although Huang Simiao is outgoing and friendly, she is also very sensitive.
Some socially awkward people are actually more vulnerable than those with social anxiety; they are just good at pretending.
"Okay, let's go."
"Waaaaah, Ah Jing, you're so kind!"
He then gave Shen Jing a hot and spicy hug!
Shen Jing was exhausted by her antics, mainly because both of them were covered in sweat!
Even at 4 p.m., there were few pedestrians on the road; most of the survivors in the base had become night owls.
Anyway, they felt that the base was relatively safe at night, and even with their irregular sleep schedules, there would be no danger.
Shen Jing and Huang Simiao walked to the parking lot and found that the parking lot had been reinforced with a membrane structure parking shed!
It's like putting an umbrella over a car, solving the problem of sun protection for the vehicle.
It can insulate against heat, prevent explosions, block ultraviolet rays, and effectively reflect some of the heat!
The treatment offered by paid parking lots is indeed different.
However, Shen Jing had also placed a sunshade on the roof of the car beforehand, similar to the kind in a driving school car.
It's better than nothing, at least it can block out the sun.
"Ah Jing, there have been a lot of car fires outside the base recently..." Huang Simiao said anxiously in the car. It wasn't that she was deliberately jinxing things before setting off, but there had already been casualties, so she couldn't afford to be careless!
"It would be great if ice-type or water-type ability users appeared as soon as possible." Shen Jing checked the tire pressure and replied to Huang Simiao helplessly.
"Unfortunately, I'm just a wood-type..."
Shen Jing almost forgot that she was a wood elementalist. "Then you can try to encourage the growth of climbing vine seeds and let them twine together to form an umbrella."
In my previous life, those with the Five Elements ability truly made the most of their abilities.
Her thunder and fire were also inspired by them.
Huang Simiao took a seed out of his pocket. "I think it would be very difficult to even get it to germinate. Maybe I'm just too weak."
"Take advantage of this trip to collect as many crystal cores as possible for upgrades."
"Okay! I understand, thank you for teaching me these things, Jing."
Huang Simiao secretly marveled that Shen Jing had actually turned on the car's air conditioning, while everyone else just rolled down their windows to save fuel.
She sat comfortably in the passenger seat and continued, "Actually, other teams at the base have gradually discovered crystal cores, but He Qing has been secretly ordering people to buy them, so there haven't been any cases of self-destruction due to consuming crystal cores. We can also upgrade with crystal cores, but I feel that they are not very useful."
"While absorbing crystal cores, we must also accumulate experience through actual combat."
"Sigh, there will definitely be many opportunities for real combat in the future!" Huang Simiao said with rare pessimism as he looked ahead, "There is some unusual activity on the back mountain of the base. He Qing and Zhang Run went to check and suspect that there are traces of mutated animals or plants crawling there."
That means they arrive faster than zombies!
While zombies were trapped in the city, danger from nature arrived even earlier!
Upon hearing her words, Shen Jing couldn't help but recall the capital base from her previous life.
Back then, the ones who launched the sneak attack on the survivor base were something no human had ever imagined... animals from a zoo!
During the snow season, even humans struggle to survive, let alone animal protection organizations. Yet, animals without cages are more adapted to the extreme post-apocalyptic environment than humans.
Some animals that were sensitive to the cold also underwent physical mutations, allowing them to thrive in the apocalypse without even needing to hibernate. Others, like Vasily, mutated and gained supernatural abilities, even developing sentience and becoming leaders of the mutated animals.
They lie in wait during the snow season, only occasionally venturing out to forage.
But when the extreme heat arrives, they begin to violently attack survivor bases across the land!
Some small bases were utterly incapable of resistance and ultimately became slaves to the animals, meaning humans were ruled by animals. In these small bases, animals made up half the population! These mutant animals even cruelly preemptively killed the young and strong adults to ensure their own safety!
Shen Jing was unaware of the situation at the western base at that time.
She just thought of the blood-soaked capital base, as if she had encountered the most ferocious beast in ancient times.
Shen Jing looked at the survivors who were cooling off in the shade on both sides of the road.
Humans have long forgotten the memory of being threatened by ferocious beasts, but they will eventually have to face it all again.
No one can escape!
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