Summer of the seventh year of the natural disaster.
They lived in the Peacock Base for five years, during which they experienced tornadoes, sandstorms, acid rain and earthquakes.
Fortunately, the email sent by An Jingzhi worked. All the houses built later were built with the highest level of protection measures and barely survived the disasters that followed.
There has also been considerable progress in research on grain cultivation.
Today, the entire base can produce and sell its own products, and even have surplus to process into supplementary foods.
What the public has not known is that their various high-tech equipment has gradually failed, and satellites that could be launched before can no longer be launched.
It’s not because of technology or resources, it’s simply because they encountered some invisible obstacles, as if their technology was slowly being locked down.
Only An Jingzhi knows some of the situation. This is the self-protection mechanism of this planet, and it is also a step forward in the change of this universe.
Districts one to three of the inner city remain within the same range, but the original outer city has been changed to the central city, and the outer city has also expanded outward by fifty miles.
In the past few years, less than 500,000 people have been rescued through radio broadcasts and dispatched rescue workers.
It was once a large city with a population of tens of millions, but due to the continuous natural disasters, only one in ten people remains.
As more and more people arrived, there was simply not enough material to provide everyone with housing similar to that in the inner city of Midtown.
So when a disaster occurred later, the central city and inner city areas were only affected by a small fluctuation, and the outer city areas were the most dangerous.
The population originally was only about 500,000, but after several years of disasters, it is now only about 400,000.
This was the result of the rescue efforts of the Peacock Mountain staff, otherwise more people would have died.
The consequence of stability is power struggle. Previously, with the threat of death in front of us, everyone was busy surviving and had no time to fight for these things. Now they feel that they can withstand natural disasters.
Some people began to have other thoughts.
An Jingzhi met Dao Qingmin half a year after arriving at the base. He learned from him that Old Man Dao died in the skyfire and several children died of high fever after the skyfire ended.
His wife also died because she could not bear the blow of losing her loved ones one after another.
As for other relatives, because the fire from the sky fell so fiercely and quickly, everyone was separated while hiding, and now I don’t know if they can be found again.
Every time the base went out to rescue survivors around them, Dao Qingmin would volunteer to go along, just to see if he could find his relatives.
An Jingzhi guessed that it was probably impossible to find it. It had been the fifth year, and people nearby who knew about the Peacock Mountain Base should have come here a long time ago.
Dao Qingmin knew it in his heart, but it was just a thought in his mind. If there was no news, he would just pretend that the person was still alive.
Taking advantage of the holiday, several people went out to buy things together.
Now the base no longer uses food as wages, but instead uses a new type of currency.
The salary of an ordinary patrolman is enough to cover the monthly expenses of a family of three.
"Give it to my uncle and aunt for me." Dao Qingmin handed the things he bought to An Jingzhi.
"What? You're not coming to my house for dinner?" An Jingzhi asked directly as he handed over the food.
In the past few years, Dao Qingmin has sent many gifts home to repay his family for the help they had given to Grandpa Dao and his family.
Now An Jingzhi has climbed to the position of captain of the patrol team in District 2, and he was responsible for recruiting Dao Qingmin.
"No," Dao Qingmin shook his head and said, "I want to be alone today."
An Jingzhi did not force him. He watched Dao Qingmin leave before going home with Xin Ruoyao.
"Has someone tried to win you over again recently?" Xin Ruoyao said.
An Jingzhi nodded and said, "They've started arguing again. I don't know what they're arguing about." He remembered that he had clearly stated in the email that this was an unprecedented disaster.
We have almost mentioned the types of disasters, so why do these people still have nothing to do after eating?
Even if he could become the leader of the base, what would it matter? Did he really think that everything would be over after just surviving an earthquake?
"People are always greedy." Xin Ruoyao said.
This life was more comfortable than the previous one. In the previous life, she could only wander around the outer city, hanging her life by the belt, with no food to eat. Every day, she tried every means to avoid the tracking of wild dogs and go to the wild to collect mutated plants grown after the natural disaster to barely survive.
It’s nothing like this life, where I arrived at the Peacock Base early and became a patrol member.
Even those who were struggling to survive in the outer city area in this life lived more comfortably than in her previous life. In her previous life, there was not so much food to supply the outer city area.
"Have you noticed it's getting hotter outside?"
An Jingzhi nodded. How could he not notice that it was only nine o'clock in the morning and the temperature outside was at least 35 degrees.
"Perhaps the next natural disaster is about to strike. The cracks caused by the earthquake haven't been repaired yet, and this natural disaster is right behind them. The leaders of these bases are still thinking about fighting for power and profit."
Xin Ruoyao thought for a moment and said, "Not everyone wants to fight for that power, like the leader of the Peacock Mountain Army."
"He is indeed a respectable old leader."
If it weren't for the army leader suppressing the situation, the quarrel would have probably turned into a huge uproar.
As long as the army exists and the military leaders have no bad intentions, no matter how much noise is made below, the military power is in the hands of the other party, and they can only resort to formalities.
"Have you ever thought about sitting in that seat?" Xin Ruoyao stopped and turned to look at An Jingzhi.
An Jingzhi was stunned for a second, then laughed in surprise: "I'm almost crazy."
If technology was not locked by the rules of the universe, he would still have a chance. Now, it is good enough that he can save his family.
"Did you hear my conversation with that guy yesterday?"
Xin Ruoyao apologized, "I didn't mean to eavesdrop on your conversation. I just happened to pass by and heard it."
An Jingzhi explained, "That person wanted me to canvass votes for the leader behind him in District 2. I won't do such a thankless task. It's meaningless."
When I got home, the house was already filled with the aroma of food.
The resources in the entire building are not as scarce as when I first arrived. I heard them cooking a few dishes and then discussing it with everyone in the building.
Today, the living standards of every household are almost the same as those in the 1980s and 1990s.
"I'm back, wash your hands and have dinner."
After a quick cleanup after dinner, the family took out all the food and continued cooking. All the prepared meals were stored in Xin Ruoyao's space.
Others thought the disaster was over, but their family knew very well that it was far from over, so when they were free, they would cook all the food and put it all in Xin Ruoyao's space.
Sometimes when I really can’t let go, I will eat those that are not too filling or too hungry first.
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