Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Night falls.

It's the weekly movie day again.

In the building behind West Third Street in the business district, the big screen was lowered again.

A large number of survivors gathered behind West Third Street. Some of them came here early with small stools to reserve a seat.

For many people, the weekly movie viewing is their only chance to relax.

The commercial district now has three horizontal and vertical roads, forming a nine-square grid.

The middle is the main street.

The left and right sides are secondary streets.

West Third Street is located in the northwest corner of the business district.

Chu Juan and others from Plant Charm also came here to watch the movie.

The reason why they were so leisurely was that they finally accepted the call-up and joined the Oil City Planting Team.

Because of the severe drought now, all things are withering, a large number of trees have died, and the number of wild vegetables and fruits has naturally decreased.

They could not get enough food in the wild, so they had to join the planting team.

This joining made them regret it deeply.

I regret not joining in earlier, the benefits are so good.

What's the point of working so hard and taking such great risks to search for food outside?
Now, an experimental field has been allocated to them in the southern area of ​​the trading market, and several greenhouses have been built to allow them to carry out experimental planting.

The area is not large, only thirty acres.

Once the buffer city wall of the oil city is built, greenhouses will be built immediately and people will start planting.

However, there is a shortage of people who know how to plant. In order to support the North, the headquarters base previously dispatched a group of key planting personnel to the North. They spent several months teaching the members of the affiliated forces in the North how to plant.

It takes a long time.

In order to stabilize the planting in the north, some core planting experts were left there.

There are also huge greenhouses in the Dazhangshu headquarters base, which also requires a lot of planting workers.

Therefore, greenhouses were also built in the buffer city of the oil city, which inevitably required a large number of planting workers.

With the lessons learned from previous experiences, they recruited some people with planting experience in advance.

Once the greenhouse is built, planting can begin immediately, which will be much faster.

Not only did the people from Plant Rhythm join, but also Lin Muguang and others from Qingtian Garden.
These three greenhouses are experimental, and each team is given a piece of land and the same seeds to see who grows better.

Later, they were given different positions based on the results of the crops they grew.

The weather has turned cold again recently. It is still around 20 degrees during the day, but only around 10 degrees at night.

Many of the survivors who went to the movies no longer wore short sleeves, but put on a coat to keep warm.

In the huge crowd, a group of people gathered together and watched the big screen in the distance with great interest.

"Brother, it's more fun to stay in the trading market. There are also movies to watch." Wang Gang wrapped his coat tightly and said with a smile.

Wang Ou raised his lips, "Yes, now everyone works during the day to build the wall, meals are provided, and everyone can save some points."

Chen Chen watched the dragon logo appear, followed by the name of the movie.

He patted Xiao Fei beside him excitedly, "Xiao Fei, science fiction movies, don't you like watching science fiction movies?"

Xiao Fei ignored him.

Chen Chen looked at him suspiciously, only to see Xiao Fei with a melancholy look on his face.

"What's wrong with you?" Chen Chen was confused. Now he didn't have to worry about food and clothing, nor did he have to take risks to go out on missions in exchange for points and food. Although he was a little tired during the day, his quality of life was much better than before.

What's there to be dissatisfied about?

"What's wrong?"

Xiao Fei raised his head with a look of longing in his eyes.

"I think it would be nice if Xiaoya was still alive."

Hearing him talking about Xiaoya, Chen Chen also fell silent.

They can't forget what happened in Tong City.

Now when I think back to the foreign soldiers I met, I still feel a bit hateful.

If the people from Oil City hadn't rescued them, they would probably have died.

Chen Chen put his arm around Xiao Fei's shoulders and squeezed them hard.

"Those people are dead, our revenge has been taken, and Xiaoya's spirit in heaven would also hope that you continue to live well."

"Okay, let's stop dwelling on the past and look forward."

Xiao Fei looked at the dark night sky with flickering eyes.

"it is good."

Under the dark night sky, the earth was pitch black.

The lights on this side of the trading market are flickering, and it is bright.

The purple, blue, yellow and white lights interweave, giving people an unclear and blurred feeling, making people feel extremely unreal when they are in it.

The existence of the trading market is like a ray of light in the darkness, illuminating many survivors. It is also like a harbor on the stormy sea, shielding them from the impact of the storm.

Let them find a little comfort in this cruel end times.

Although the weather is getting colder, the trading market is still bustling.

Especially in the commercial area, it is the busiest at night.

Down-to-earth hawking sounds, pedestrians dressed in all kinds of strange costumes, rough retro signs hanging high, and flashing neon lights.

The air was filled with the smell of barbecue mixed with rust.

All of this combines to create a prosperous commercial district.

Water Dragon Bar.

To the explosive music, men and women danced wildly.

Ji Ba and Guo Xingchen were sitting at the bar. They met in the duel arena.

After a fight, Guo Xingchen won.

One is ranked 4th in the duel record ranking, and the other is ranked 23rd.

Although Ji Ba is a bit timid, he does have some real skills. After winning the battle against the Elite Steel God Liang Lecheng, he made rapid progress and won several battles in a row.

With 12 wins and 0 losses, it can be said to be the new dark horse in the arena.

However, this dark horse is somewhat annoying because his opponents can never guess what tactics he will use.

The way he defeated Liang Lecheng was by using the despicable method of kicking him in the crotch, and in subsequent matches he also used various despicable means such as bending his fingers.

After the battle with him, Liang Lecheng specially ordered a pair of steel underwear from a cold weapon shop to defend against opponents like Ji Ba.

Jiba was a little tipsy, patted Guo Xingchen on the shoulder and said:

"Lao Guo, I plan to go out for a walk in a few days, do you want to come?"

Upon hearing this, Guo Xingchen asked with a puzzled look:

"Why? What are you going out for? Our gladiatorial contest isn't over yet! The final bonus points can only be obtained after the final event is over."

"integral?"

Jiba smiled when he heard this, "It's okay, I have points."

The fight with Liang Lecheng brought out the biggest dark horse in the history of the arena.

The odds are as high as 1:15.

Jiba Soha won himself and won more than two hundred points at once.

With so many points, you would be a rich man in the entire trading market.

Guo Xingchen thought about him buying himself to win, and then he smiled and said:
"You're damn lucky that you can use such a method. But I heard that Liang Lecheng got a pair of steel underwear and said that next time we fight, I will beat the shit out of you."

Jiba rolled his eyes, "I'm not afraid of him, I'm undefeated till now! After I play ten more games, I'll be able to surpass you in the rankings!"

Guo Xingchen looked at him with disdain and said:
"Boy, you are afraid to continue playing the next game."

Suddenly, he looked at Jiba with great generosity and said:

"Don't worry, brother. If Liang Lecheng dares to cause trouble for you, I will definitely help you. Besides, you don't have to be afraid. The management of this trading market is so strict that Liang Lecheng dare not mess around."

"I also don't like that so-called Steel God of War. If I were to meet him, I would definitely help you beat him again!"

"Hahaha." Jiba laughed.

"No, I just want to go out for a walk. I've been staying in the trade fair for almost two months and I'm tired of it."

Guo Xingchen frowned and said, "You are tired of being alone. I think you are tired of living!"

He moved closer to Jiba and whispered:
"I heard from the grapevine that a natural disaster might break out soon. If you run out now, you'll be asking for death, right? Listen to your brother, staying in the trading market is safer than anything else!"

"You've seen the trading market, isn't it good to stay here? It's safe and convenient. There's wine and women everywhere. It's like a paradise in the end times. What are you thinking about?"

Guo Xingchen's persuasion did not make Jiba change his mind.

He took a sip of the sweet potato wine, turned around and shouted to the bartender at the bar:
"Waiter, give me a bottle of 22-year-old Niulanshan!"

The bartender looked at the drunk Jiba and thought that Jiba definitely couldn't afford this bottle of wine. However, out of courtesy, he still said politely:
"Hello, guest. This is a rare collector's edition of wine. One bottle less for each bottle you drink. The price is 50 points."

What does 50 points mean? A construction worker only earns 0.5 points for a day's work.

It takes 50 consecutive days of work to earn 100 points.

If a person worked on a construction site for 250 yuan a day before the end of the world and worked for 100 days, that would be 25000 yuan.

It’s like spending 25000 yuan on a bottle of wine, what a luxury!
Moreover, this bottle of Niulanshan was the most common liquor before the apocalypse, selling for more than ten yuan a bottle.

But now the same purchase price would cost 25000 yuan!

Scarcity makes things valuable. Some things that were once common before the end of the world have become many times more expensive in the end of the world.

Jiba glared, "What? You look down on me?"

“Swipe my card!”

He took out the number card from his pocket and threw it on the bar.

"hurry up."

The bartender was about to take the card, but was held back by Guo Xingchen.

"No, a whole bottle of sweet potato wine will do."

"Old Guo, you look down on me too, don't you? We must teach Niu Er a lesson!"

"Don't bother. One bottle of Niu Er can buy more than a dozen bottles of sweet potato sour. They are all the same! Sweet potato sour is good enough!"

Guo Xingchen looked towards the bar with sharp eyes.

"Get the sweet potato yakisoba! Use my card!"

Then throw a number card to the bartender.

Jiba was unhappy now, and was about to speak when Guo Xingchen picked up Jiba's card and said to the bartender, "Go to the barbecue restaurant for me and buy twenty skewers of barbecue. Use his card."

Upon hearing this, the bartender looked at Jiba.

Jiba had no choice but to say, "Okay."

Twenty skewers of barbecued meat also cost 6 points, which is equivalent to the points that a construction worker can earn after working for more than ten days.

A bottle of sweet potato cake also costs 6 points.

Now each of them has six points.

Guo Xingchen pressed Jiba down on the stool and tried to persuade him earnestly:

"Ji Ba, you are a person of true character. There are very few people like you, so I am willing to make friends with you."

"It's not easy for us to earn points. Although you have a lot of points now, you can't squander them like this. Brother, save your points well. There will be plenty of opportunities to use them in the future. It's not pleasant to be hungry."

"Also, don't leave the trading market. Play in the arena and have points. We can come here to drink every day. How great is that."

Faced with Guo Xingchen's repeated persuasion.

Jiba was silent for a long time.

Suddenly he said:

"Thank you, brother. I understand what you said, but I want to go to Huashan to see the scenery. The clouds are so thick, the scenery of Huashan must be good."

"Why do you want to go to Huashan?"

"Because I want to go to Huashan." Jiba replied.

"Why should we go? It's very dangerous now!"

"But I want to go."

"Run out now, it's so far, you may not come back!"

"But, I want to go."

"Why do we have to go to Huashan?" Guo Xingchen asked again.

Jiba answered seriously: "Because I want to go."

Guo Xingchen was about to continue asking,

But he suddenly fell silent, and he inexplicably remembered a nonsensical comic strip he saw before the end of the world.

That is a conversation between two seagulls:
Where do you think we are going?

【I want to go to the pier to get some French fries. 】

[You misunderstood me. I meant what is the ultimate goal of our life and what is the purpose of our life? ]

[To get some fries for the pier.]

The "seagulls" are convinced that everything they do will ultimately be in vain, and the meaning of struggle is just to be able to walk to the dock and eat some French fries leisurely.

Although on the surface it is a conversation between two seagulls, it actually reflects the question of the meaning of life.

What is the purpose of living? What is the meaning of living?
Do you live to survive physically? Or do you live for some meaning, to prove that you are better than others? Or do you live to change the world? Or what?
do not know.

But at this moment, Jiba made Guo Xingchen suddenly feel that Jiba's attitude towards life was different from that of ordinary people.

It doesn't need any meaning.
I just want to go to the pier to get some French fries, I want to go to Huashan to see the scenery, I want to go.
If you want to, then go ahead.

Whatever you want to do, as long as you can accept the consequences, go for it.

Life may not need any meaning, but it may be more of an experience.

Guo Xingchen can't do this, but Jiba can.

At this moment, Guo Xingchen understood Jiba.

He raised his head, smiled and said, "Okay, be safe and I'll wait for you to come back."

Jiba also smiled, "Okay, come back and buy me a drink."

"to make."

The next day.

West District of the Trade Fair.

This is mainly an industrial area. Industries in the trading market are concentrated here, and the boiler room under construction is also here.

zizi——

Workers continuously feed wood into the crusher, which crushes the wood into chips of about 5MM.

The crushed wood chips are then conveyed to the dryer for drying, so that the moisture content of the materials reaches about 5-10%.

Behind the dryer, several workers put the dried, crushed and dried raw materials into the rod-making machine, and extrude them under high temperature and high pressure to make high-quality machine-made hollow wooden sticks.

After the hollow wooden sticks are made, they are then conveyed to the carbonization furnace.

Workers put hollow wooden sticks into the carbonization furnace for carbonization.

After carbonization, place it in a cool place to cool.

Lao Wang came over pushing a cart with cooled charcoal in it.

He raised his head and looked at the warehouse where the charcoal was stored, in a daze.

There were many workers on the ground, stacking charcoal in the factory where charcoal was stored.

The huge factory building is filled with charcoal mountains that are seven or eight meters high, 10 meters wide and 20 meters long.

This is only part of the charcoal that has been made.

The charcoal making factory does not use the traditional method of making charcoal in a mud furnace, but instead uses a modern charcoal making machine and a one-stop assembly line, which is extremely efficient.

In the past half month, part of the wood transported from outside was used to make wooden furniture such as wooden beds, and the other part was used to make charcoal.

But the amount of wood cut down and transported in every day is simply too much.

The wood is being consumed more slowly than it is being transported in, causing it to pile up more and more.

If a large amount of wood had not been made into charcoal, the amount of wood in the South District would be even more terrifying now.

A worker who was cooling the charcoal saw Lao Wang in a daze and couldn't help shouting:

"Lao Wang, what are you daydreaming about? Hurry up and pour out the charcoal."

slam-la-

Lao Wang poured the charcoal as carefully as possible to avoid breaking the prepared charcoal.

"Why do I want to stockpile so much charcoal? Look at all this charcoal. When can I use it up?"

The worker who was urging Lao Wang said nonchalantly:

"Who cares? Just push the cooled charcoal over here."

Lao Wang curled his lips and thought to himself: I really admire Lao Liu, he can't even be lazy.

But being hurried, he did not dare to stay and pushed the cart back to the factory where the charcoal was cooled.

Being lazy is a technical job. In fact, it doesn’t matter whether you are busy or not. You just have to make the managers see that you look busy.

Ever since the Natural Disaster Research Institute informed Li Yu that a freezing disaster might break out, Li Yu ordered the three locations of the Dazhangshu forces to prepare for defense.

Whether it is the boiler heating system, or the cutting of trees, stockpiling of wood, charcoal, coal, ore, coal, oil, and food, it is all in preparation for this.

The Big Camphor Tree Base, the North Territory, and the Oil City are all working at full capacity, doing their best to stockpile these things in preparation for the long ice disaster.

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