"Don't push, there's enough for everyone!"
"Where's your crystal core? Show it to me."
...
The henchmen next to Zhao Hui were maintaining order. These survivors were afraid that if they offended them, no one would come out to sell food anymore, so they were all very obedient.
A hint of sarcasm crept into Lin Ruo's smile. If everyone had listened to the arrangements made by the B City base like this, things wouldn't have turned out this way. People always have to suffer losses to learn from experience.
However, the price offered by the base and Zhao Hui was indeed expensive; one crystal core only cost two kilograms of grain, and how long would those two kilograms of grain last?
These people abandoned by the base had no choice. At least they could get an extra half jin of grain when buying from Zhao Hui, and they had to survive.
The city has collapsed, and there is still a lot of water underneath, making it impossible for anyone to live there. These crystal cores were dug out of the ruins by their joint efforts. They came to Yanshan Mountain on their own, and there are mutated animals everywhere. Only the two bases are relatively safe.
At least they can exchange crystal cores for food; otherwise, what would they eat?
Seeing that so many people had crystal cores to exchange for food, the other survivors also went down the mountain in groups, wanting to take advantage of the still low water level to check the ruins below to see if there were any more crystal cores.
With so many crystal cores at the foot of the mountain, if they can collect them before the water rises, they can last for a while longer.
Three off-road vehicles followed the path left by the tents to the main gate of the B City base. The superhumans guarding the gate had already received a notification from Chen Yu and knew that people from the Qiyuan base were coming, so they did not stop the vehicles.
Upon entering the B City base, Lin Ruo jumped out of the car. She didn't care about the outcome of the negotiations; what she cared about was her crystal energy cannon.
She moved stealthily toward the research institute. Last time, she only saw the changes at the entrance of the B City base, but this time she deeply felt the overall changes at the B City base. There were fewer people, but they seemed to be more united.
Suddenly sensing something amiss with her mental energy, she glanced at him and rushed toward the mountainside.
This area has reached the edge of the mountain near the B City base. The surrounding area is brightly lit. All the houses that were originally on the ground here have been demolished, and a huge pit has been dug out. There are also many large construction vehicles around.
Many survivors were busy working in the pit with tools. Although they were tired, hot and sweating profusely, there was still a hint of a smile on their faces.
As these survivors worked, huge boulders were carried out of the pit. Nearby, others carried the boulders and began to cut them into the same size using a stone cutter, which was then transported to a distance and stacked up.
Everyone has their own job, and no one's job is easy. The area of the dug pit is rapidly spreading outwards.
When she got closer, she stood on the nearest stone building and looked down. What was going on?
As they dug larger and deeper, even extending into the mountainside, Lin Ruo had a rough idea of what they were doing: building an underground base.
The B City base acted swiftly as expected. In the previous life, many bases were not built until a year after the extreme heat, by which time many survivors had already died in the extreme heat.
Moreover, the earth had been baked by the sun until it was devoid of moisture and cracked open, making it much more difficult to build an underground base back then than it is now.
Lin Ruo glanced at the survivors working below a few more times, then turned and quickly disappeared into the night.
The weather is extremely hot these days, and almost everyone has adjusted their schedules, working in the evenings, including these researchers.
Lin Ruo made his way into the research institute, where all the lights were on, making it as bright as day. Two standing air conditioners in the lobby were blowing air out, and the temperature inside the research institute was indeed much lower than outside.
People in white coats passed by one after another, but this time they were wearing modified short-sleeved shirts and shorts under their white coats. Even so, these researchers would occasionally wipe the sweat that was about to drip from their foreheads with their sleeves.
Lin Ruo skillfully went upstairs. There was an air conditioner in the stairwell, and a cool breeze touched Lin Ruo's cheeks, drying the sweat on her face.
She quickly found the research lab where she had seen the crystal cannon before. The lab door was open and the air conditioning was on. A dozen or so people in white coats were repairing a model of the crystal cannon. After scanning it with her mental energy, Lin Ruo's eyes lit up slightly. Although she didn't understand the working principle of the crystal cannon, she could tell that the energy structure problem of the crystal cannon had been solved.
This is the most difficult part of the crystal energy cannon. Once this part is solved, the crystal energy cannon should be successfully developed in less than six months!
Lin Ruo stood in the invisible water membrane, watching the dozen or so people discuss and modify the components of the crystal energy cannon. The crystal energy cannon was developed six months ahead of schedule? What a coincidence.
Regardless, she had her expectations in mind and didn't linger there any longer, knowing she wouldn't learn anything there anyway, so she turned around and left the research institute.
She originally intended to leave directly, but her mental energy suddenly sensed energy fluctuations from different supernatural abilities.
She looked in that direction, raising an eyebrow. Had a fight broken out? Or was the B City base conducting training for a demonstration?
Her mental energy quickly spread in that direction, and she soon "saw" the situation there.
"Boom!" A huge explosive bomb flew rapidly toward Chen Yu, who was stationed at the entrance of Zheng Qiming's villa. Immediately, a burst of electricity appeared on Chen Yu's body, and an electric net pushed the huge explosive bomb into the sky. The explosive bomb exploded in mid-air.
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