Chapter 24 Unrated Contaminated Zone
The first two days after moving in were very busy for every household.
I was busy finding out the prices at the base and going to the service hall to apply for a resident card and points card.
After inspecting the base, the town's sentries held a meeting.
They unanimously decided to form their own search team to go out and find supplies and hunt mutated animals.
The area is rich in resources. Even if you can't hunt any mutated animals, you can still earn points by digging up some wild vegetables or carrying back some coal and other necessities.
The coal they are currently using is provided free of charge by the base on the same day.
The quantity is small, and it can only last for about half a month.
Coal is a necessity; even if they don't sell it, every household still needs to stock up on some for their own use.
The mutated animals are extremely aggressive, very difficult to hunt, and extremely dangerous, requiring a lot of luck to hunt.
Cheng Dongshu was conflicted.
He was a Class B Sentinel. On his first day after moving in, the Special Abilities Department sent someone to find him and tell him that he could join the base patrol team.
Its main duties include patrolling the base for security and maintaining public order. Sometimes it is necessary to go out on missions to clear out mutant species around the base.
I get a fixed salary and 800 points a month.
The salary of a Class A sentry is 1,500, which is nearly twice that of a Class A sentry.
They also have other missions issued by the base, with generous mission rewards.
For example, the outposts outside are responsible for monitoring polluted areas in various places, and the sentry teams stationed there are all Class A sentry teams.
They rotate every two months.
During their deployment, A-level sentries receive additional subsidies, plus mission rewards, and sometimes earning several thousand points a month is not a problem.
Sentinels can only awaken their spiritual form once they reach Rank B.
The major bases wouldn't even consider recruiting sentinels below rank B, so Cheng Dongshu was the only sentinel in town to receive a recruitment notice.
After all, it's a stable job.
Cheng Dongshu was somewhat tempted.
But the younger brother joined the town's self-organized search team.
Hunting mutated animals is dangerous, and he was somewhat uneasy about the other sentries in town, who were all low-ranking.
"Brother, it's okay, you go to the patrol team."
His brother, Cheng Dongqing, said, "Even if we come back empty-handed, at least you have a fixed salary, so I won't starve to death."
"Besides, don't you have four days off every month? When you have time off, you can come with us and earn some extra money."
After hearing his younger brother's words, Cheng Dongshu hesitated for a moment before finally making up his mind to report to the Special Abilities Department tomorrow.
Once he gets to know the base sentries, it will be easier for people in town to get things done if they have someone at the base.
As for the ordinary people in the town, those with physical strength are also trying to find work at the base.
However, things didn't go smoothly, and we encountered setbacks at every turn.
Even the job of sweeping the streets is so popular that there are so many people vying for it that all the positions are already filled and there is no shortage of people.
The women then thought of going outside to collect wild grass, weave straw sandals and hats, and sell them at the base.
Qingshan Town is resource-scarce.
Most of the shoes they wear are homemade, and many of them have weaving skills.
So the town's search team's first job was to help collect wild herbs, and they would get a commission from the money they made selling them.
But there is a problem.
Dawn Base has strict management; items can only be sold at fixed stalls. They have already inquired and found out that the monthly rent for a stall is 200 points, and a better location is 300 points.
Most importantly, card readers are only available at the stalls.
Everyone is now penniless.
Forget about renting a stall, we don't even have money for bus fare.
Having no other choice, He Xiang had to swallow his pride and go to Yun Zhao, "Sister Yun Zhao, could you lend us two hundred points?"
He explained the situation.
"People in town can share a stall. Anyone who wants to sell something can take it and put it there to sell. We will pay you back as soon as we make money."
Upon hearing this, Yun Zhao took out a points card from the Dawn Base and transferred 300 points into it.
She handed the card to He Xiang and said, "This card is valid in all four bases. You can use it for now, but it would be best to go to the service hall and get two cards for the Dawn Base."
One hundred extra, just in case.
He Xiang: "Okay."
After He Xiang left, Yun Zhao began to calculate his points.
I spent 150 points to buy furniture, part of which was a deposit for a bird stand.
She transferred 1,000 of the remaining 4,500 points to Aunt Zhao for her recent living expenses.
Also, I need to take the children to school tomorrow morning to register for enrollment.
Seven children require 2,800 points, leaving only 700 in my account.
It's impossible to eat meat at every meal now.
I need to earn points as soon as possible.
As a guide, she could actually hold consultations in the counseling room in her spare time.
I just don't know if I can receive two salaries.
After thinking for a moment, Yun Zhao dialed Minister Duan's number and said that he would report to the Operations Department immediately after sending the child to school the next day.
Minister Duan: "Okay, I'll be waiting for you at the Operations Department tomorrow."
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Minister Duan put down the phone, turned to the people sitting in her office, and gave them a stern warning.
"When you meet them tomorrow, be sure to act humble!"
"learn!"
Minister Duan glared at them, then turned to Xie Tu and said, "Especially you, as the team leader, you need to take good care of the new team member and help her get familiar with the operations department as soon as possible."
Xie Tu replied naturally, "Yes."
The four team members are discussing and planning to hold a welcome ceremony for the new team members tomorrow.
That day, everyone only had a brief glimpse of her and felt that her slender figure appeared exceptionally fragile, as if a gust of wind could blow her over.
"Captain, how about we have barbecue tomorrow?" Tao Haohao asked.
Xie Tu glanced at him. "Didn't we just eat that a couple of days ago?"
Duan Xi immediately jumped in, "How can that be the same! We need to welcome our new team members tomorrow."
This time, we must make the captain bleed a lot and win back the 500 points he lost in the bet!
Xie Tu was too lazy to waste words, so he simply took out his points card and threw it at them, saying, "Get lost."
"Okay!"
The group happily took Xie Tu's points card and, along with Song Liang, made a swift retreat.
Minister Duan stared at Duan Xi's departing figure, his expression one of utter disappointment.
"Don't always spoil them."
Xie Tu raised his eyelids slightly. "Why didn't the minister say that in front of them just now?"
The sentries in the operations department lived a life of constant danger.
We are constantly facing various unknown dangers.
No one knows that they might one day perish in some polluted area.
Including Xie Tu.
Minister Duan didn't want to continue the topic, so he changed the subject and said, "Tomorrow you and Yun Zhao will take a compatibility test."
Xie Tu's eyes flickered. Having no reason to refuse, he simply replied, "Okay."
He then asked, "We've been resting for several days now, when will the next mission come down?"
Minister Duan picked up the water glass on the table. "The mission has been postponed for a few days. The guides need time to adapt. Also, Jiang Mu's team still hasn't come out from Dawn Base."
Xie Tu paused, "Contaminated Zone 88?"
Minister Duan: "Hmm, the task priority is orange, no rating."
A contaminated area without a hazard level assessment represents... the unknown.
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