Chapter 38
After get off work, the dinner looked the same, but the meat patties tasted different, and the steamed bread slices were sweetened with honey this time, and the water was also different, it was purple grape flavor.
Xiaoli took Li Hao to the logistics department and got new bedding and ID cards before they got off work. If she hadn't seen Li Hao working hard, Xiaoli wouldn't have helped him.
With the help of the live broadcast in their headphones, Li Hao and Xiao Li had a friendly exchange and learned some information.
There are more than 10,000 people here, and the water is fixed and will be delivered from the shelter near the sea during the "network opening week".
The entire shelter had thirty-three floors, each with its own distinct facilities and properties. Twenty years had passed since the disaster they spoke of.
"...Your current daily points are 90. The commercial street here is on the eleventh floor. You can go there to look for anything you want to buy. Tomorrow morning, work starts at 9 a.m., so you'd better leave at 8 a.m. and have breakfast in the cafeteria. I have other things to do tomorrow, so I won't call you."
Xiaoli took Li Hao to the dormitory area and then they separated.
After returning to the dormitory, a lot of messages came from the base. The first one was about important arrangements. They hoped that Li Hao could obtain the parts of the [microbial fuel cell] she was currently making, preferably the finished product.
Li Hao decided to take a look at the commercial street during his lunch break tomorrow, as he might find a lot of things there.
The next day, breakfast consisted of steamed buns and a cup of soy milk. This means that people here can drink three cups of water a day. Each cup holds about 300ml, so three cups equals about 1,000ml, just enough for the body's needs. Furthermore, the base's temperature was perfectly warm, minimizing perspiration and evaporation. The food also contained some water.
Of course, Li Hao still lived a relatively comfortable life. She kept a lot of water in her space ring, enough for eight glasses of water a day. And Li Hao was already planning to learn the Water Ball technique as her next spell.
At noon, after lunch, she went to the commercial floor. As soon as she walked out, she felt the lively atmosphere. There were many small stalls in the elevated area. And there were shops next to them.
Li Hao walked around and took a good look around. There was a special store that had the bracelet she wanted to buy, but the cheapest one cost 1,000 points.
Everything in the store can be purchased with points, but the things sold by vendors can be purchased not only with points but also through barter.
The most traded items here are water and food. It seems that even if the food in the cafeteria is delicious, people get tired of it after eating too much.
There are also some entertainment products, home visits to furniture, and small items.
But she also found some useful things, such as second-hand bracelets, which were much cheaper. Li Hao couldn't identify many electronic products. Some of them could be guessed through other people's conversations, such as the one in front of her.
“…giving you the best warm experience, making your bathing time a sauna-like experience.” Well, it seems that there are many people who are not used to bathing.
Li Haokan won a prize on a second-hand bracelet. The other party offered 700 points. Although it was second-hand, it was still in pretty good condition.
"...If you have two kilograms of rice or something else, you can exchange it." said the man.
In this world, food and water have become hard currency, even controlled resources. A person's salary can only be exchanged for two kilograms of rice.
However, the government here does a good job. Although it is poor, everyone lives well and can even enjoy entertainment and improve their lives.
In the afternoon, Li Hao worked as usual. A girl next to him had already started talking to him.
After Zhao Xiaoshu introduced herself, she started chatting with Li Hao. She really wanted to know which shelter Li Hao came from, the situation in other shelters, and what happened to her during her wandering.
Of course, Li Hao evaded all of this, but he also told some half-true and half-false stories.
The other party even took her to the bathroom. It seems that no matter where you are, sometimes friendship begins with going to the bathroom together.
"I have never been out. The assessments for the exploration team are so difficult, and there are so many people who sign up every year. Even for the top two levels and the lowest research positions, there are not so many people who sign up." Zhao Xiaoshu was very curious about Li Hao, a person from outside.
"Even during Internet Access Week, if you want to meet people from other bases, you can only see them through videos," Zhao Xiaoshu continued. "You're the first person from another base I've met."
"It's my honor. You are also my first friend from other bases." Zhao Xiaoshu has a good personality and is quite similar to Li Hao, a host friend. She is a chatterbox. As long as she starts, they will talk about everything under the sun.
"During Internet Week, I met a few netizens who told me about other bases. One was right by the sea, and they could even shower directly there. You could even soak in the bath. Do you know what soaking in the bath is..."
There are 1,300 such shelters across China, each with its own unique environment. Some are located on the coast, where resources are relatively abundant, while others are located in areas with very limited resources, relying on resources from other bases for support. However, these bases are needed to maintain their position, as satellites in space require them.
When the network is connected, these satellites will be turned on to open the network for communication between all shelters.
There is also communication with shelters in other countries.
Internet Access Week is a celebration for all shelters. It is an event that everyone in the shelter looks forward to.
At this time, all countries on the blue planet will hold a unified meeting to exchange research results and formulate plans for the next year.
Li Hao was moved by Zhao Xiaoshu's words and could feel his excitement and anticipation.
But unfortunately, even if you are a chatterbox, you can't talk about everything.
What exactly was the disaster? How far had their technology advanced? What was the nuclear radiation Li Hao had encountered earlier? Why did the plants become extinct? There were so many questions to answer.
In the next few days, Li Hao worked diligently, and he and Zhao Xiaoshu visited all the floors of the shelter. Li Hao also took out something to set up a stall and exchanged it for something else.
It was fitting for her to be from outside. She took out a pair of earrings. This kind of jewelry could occasionally be found at street vendors, and exchanged them for 300 points.
One day, she saw a plant for the first time in this world, but it was contained in a glass jar. It was brought back by an exploration team.
"Although this plant has radiation and pollution, it is still okay to appreciate and absorb plant oxygen," the man introduced.
He listed the price at 2,000 points. This plant, which could be found everywhere in Li Hao's world, was sold at a high price here. And it was quickly bought.
Zhao Xiaoshu watched Li Hao's eyes follow the plant as it left and said, "This is too expensive. I've thought about saving up to buy one like this before, just to keep at home for viewing, but even if I did, I wouldn't be able to maintain it; it needs water. I'd rather buy a ticket to the park and enjoy the plants."
Surprisingly hearing that there are other places where one can see the plants of this world, Li Hao discussed it with Zhao Xiaoshu and bought tickets to go to the park together the next day. Entrance here requires a fee, so Li Hao didn't know about this place.
After entering, I originally thought that there would be plants everywhere, but that was not the case. Every plant was covered with glass. There were hundreds of species of plants. It was called a park, but in fact it was more like a museum.
The only big tree worth seeing is in the middle.
After Li Hao walked in, he noticed a display screen on the glass panel. Li Hao looked at the information on it. Pollution value: 871 points
I didn't expect that the characteristic of this world is the radioactive plants. Li Hao chatted with Zhao Xiaoshu next to him for a while and found out that this world is not without plants. Although the earth's temperature is abnormal and most plants have died, there are still many areas where plants survive.
But after that catastrophe, everything on Earth was contaminated by pollutants. The most important thing was that the land was also inevitably contaminated, either by nuclear radiation or by "that".
That again? Li Hao really wanted to know what they were talking about.
"Many scientists are now researching how to treat these pollutants, but unfortunately, we have no solution to them, and we can't even solve the pollution they cause."
Zhao Xiaoshu felt a little depressed when talking about this.
"My mother named me Xiaoshu because she hoped that one day we could walk under the little tree and look at the lush green world."
Li Hao didn't want his friend to feel bad, so he quickly took her to see other plants. They even saw a blooming orchid. Unfortunately, they couldn't smell its fragrance. Looking at the pollution level marked at 1,000 points, Li Hao thought of the healing technique he had learned some time ago.
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The ten days passed quickly. Li Hao could leave at any time without having to worry about anything.
The base wanted her to earn more points so she could buy some things to bring back, but Li Hao had her own opinion.
"I want to come clean and tell them directly that I am a time traveler." Li Hao said after thinking for a while.
"This is unsafe." Someone at the base raised this opinion.
"I want to help the people in this world. They are so much like us, just like us in the future." Whether it was the people or the things in the shelter, Li Hao was deeply touched.
She did not suffer any hardship here and was well taken care of.
A win-win situation for both worlds is also possible. This world needs its own help.
She traveled through time not just to find good things and strengthen her own world.
She also wants to repay the help given by these worlds.
"Technology can't solve the pollution, but magical healing can help them. I can't just stand by and watch them die."
That's right. That time while strolling in the park, Li Hao casually cast a healing spell that passed through the glass and landed on the orchid. The pollution value, which had been over a thousand points, dropped by a hundred. To cover up the incident, Li Hao even pretended to have a stomachache and left the park early with Zhao Xiaoshu.
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