The document specifies the working hours, from what time to what time, as well as the job duties and the resources that can be obtained in exchange for this job.
The woman turned around happily. She could read; after all, the nine years of compulsory education before the apocalypse hadn't been for nothing.
The notice stated that the job involved cleaning the streets of the South District from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., and the items available for exchange were two packs of compressed biscuits and 1,000 milliliters of water.
The water is all stored, edible water provided by the superpowered individuals; they need to use their own containers to collect it, as everyone knows.
Ye Shang looked at the long line of people who could only get a little food by coming here.
Chen Zhong felt helpless looking at these things. These things happened every day, and he could only watch; there was nothing he could do about it.
Then we went to the East District, but we didn't go to the North and South Districts. They were similar to other bases, with management and people with superpowers living there.
The East District is a hotbed of mutations; some become superhumans here, while others mutate into zombies, most of whom are burned.
However, Ye Shang had also raised this issue: if zombies could evolve and regain consciousness, could a city be specifically chosen to house them?
This question has drawn both opposition and support. Opponents argue that zombies have always been a major enemy of humanity, and the two sides have been locked in a life-or-death struggle.
Even before they were conscious, they wouldn't be polite to humans they saw; eating them was the most basic thing they did.
Those who support this view believe that if the zombies regain consciousness, they will stop eating people. Many people have had friends or family members turn into zombies, and they hope that these people can recover.
The two sides held different attitudes, which led to the proposal failing to proceed, and the major bases continued to incinerate the failed mutations.
However, nowadays everyone will observe them for a period of time first, locking up those who have just mutated into zombies. After a while, if they still become zombies and show no signs of becoming human, then they will be taken away and burned.
This method was also proposed by Ye Shang. She said that if some people react a little slower, then the alienation will naturally be slower as well. What if someone regains self-awareness after alienation?
For example, wasn't Zhao Xiang's wife, Qian Yue, like that back then? Her initial reaction was to eat raw meat, behaving exactly like a zombie, only without such an extreme reaction.
This allowed Zhao Xiang to fill up completely.
After discussions among all the senior executives, they concluded that this possibility could not be ruled out and immediately issued this order. However, regardless of which district it was, the first and most important base to be established would definitely be in the East District!
Even in the face of such difficulties in District 10, the defenses of District 16 remain the strongest.
After inspecting the buildings in the East District, Ye Shang expressed his satisfaction. "Not bad," he said. "Only when lives are in danger will equipment be squeezed out, even if it means squeezing it out from between our teeth."
In the evening.
Each person was given a small piece of compressed biscuit and some water. After eating, Ye Shang returned to the room that Chen Zhong had arranged for him.
The environment was just average; there weren't even any streetlights, and the room only had a light bulb of about five watts.
I walked all night by moonlight, without a single street lamp.
Ye Shang was almost fully clothed and ready to lie down.
At that moment, the time machine received a communication notification. Seeing that it was Qingli, he clicked to answer.
Seeing that she was sitting directly on the edge of the bed, Qingli asked, "How's the situation over there?"
Ye Shang looked listless: "Not good, rather bad."
Qingli replied, "I know the Tenth Base is still facing difficulties, but I have prepared a lot of materials and manpower, which will be distributed to the latter three districts later."
Ye Shang asked, "How will we solve the food problem?"
Speaking of this, Qingli's expression relaxed a bit. "I heard that the agricultural researcher Nanxian and his colleagues have developed a way to grow wheat and rice without soil."
Ye Shang was surprised: "Then what should we use to plant it?"
Qingli said, "I've seen it. They use superpowers. Plant-type superpower users can pile up their plants to a certain extent, then burn them. The resulting ash can then be mixed by earth-type superpower users to make crops that can be grown on a large scale."
Therefore, this basically depends entirely on the abilities of the superhumans. There have been earth-type superhumans before who can create soil out of thin air, but unfortunately, none of them can be used for planting.
Now, combined with plant-based ability users, it has a synergistic effect where one plus one equals two.
Ye Shang's mood improved considerably. These were all grains, meaning he would at least be able to eat freshly grown crops.
"However, I'd like to ask, is anything grown using this edible?"
Qingli smiled and nodded: "Yes, Nanxian showed me those crops that mature in a short period of time. There is no problem with their genes. Perhaps because of the superpower, they even taste better than those grown in ordinary soil before the apocalypse."
He paused for a moment, then added, "There's another aspect: these foods will have some benefits for people with superpowers, but we haven't tested them on ordinary people yet, so we don't know if there will be any difference."
The physical constitutions of people with superpowers and ordinary people have always been different. If people with superpowers eat something, it may enhance their abilities, but will it cause any problems for ordinary people?
This problem still requires experiments to be conducted on the south side.
Ye Shang nodded, indicating that he understood. "By the way, I plan to have Wang Shuli, the captain of the Seventh District, come here for a while."
Qingli immediately understood what she meant: "Okay, I'll send him a file tomorrow."
He is now seated at the Fifth Base, which is clearly becoming the central hub of power for all the major bases. Qing Mingxiu has tried to contact people from other bases to hold meetings at the First Base, and so on.
But everyone's explanation is that they are all now under the command of Captain Qingli. If you have any words or instructions, just have Captain Qingli issue the order.
Because of this, Qing Mingxiu lost his temper quite a bit. He never expected that the knife he had nurtured would deliver a fatal blow to him.
Chen Zhong's ability to lead a small team is beyond doubt. After all, the number of people is small, but managing an entire base is a bit too much for them.
When he was first transferred there, he received many horoscope documents and various questions from Chen Zhong almost every day.
He was still at sea at the time, and he provided guidance on everything he could. As for the things he couldn't, he took some time to deal with them after returning to base in the last couple of days, but there were still some that he was too busy to handle, so he put them aside.
As for Wang Shuli, whom A Shang mentioned, he had seen him many times. Every time the Seventh Base held a meeting, it was the base commander and the brigade leader who came.
Ye Shang responded softly and didn't say anything more. Qing Li then brought up a few more topics, and after chatting for a short while, they each hung up the video call and prepared to go to sleep.
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