Chapter 34 p1
Soon, the last moving operation was over.
This city was officially declared over. The Changnan Base had become the new home for most people.
Besides the original survivors of Changnan City, there were also those from the surrounding several cities. Those who were a little closer had all gathered here. It could be said to be a super-large base built with the strength of the entire province.
It was no different from a small town.
This was Ji Yang’s first impression of the base.
As Xie Muzhi had also moved, if she wanted a sparring partner, she could only go to the base. It just so happened that Ji Yang was also quite curious about the base in this life. So, after she had arranged a time with Xie Muzhi, she immediately went.
Fortunately, the straight-line distance between Jiafu Community and the Changnan Base was about thirty kilometers. This was a little different from the base in her previous life, but the location had not changed much.
She didn’t know how she had contacted Xie Muzhi with the walkie-talkie at home.
Perhaps he had just happened to be out of the base at that time.
This trip was a bit far, and it was to a strange place. Ji Yang didn’t bring Xixi, for fear of causing any trouble. She first put it in her space.
She raised her speed to the maximum and, in forty minutes, she reached the vicinity of her destination.
But she was shocked from a long way off.
The base seemed to have risen from the ground. It was not built directly on the ground, but was built against a mountain, a huge platform. A rough estimate put it at a height of twenty to thirty meters from the ground. Around the platform were tall and thick city walls.
The main gate of the base was also exceptionally large. The base’s sign was hung above, and below was a gate that seemed to weigh a thousand jin. At this moment, the main gate was open, and a specially built road connected the main gate of the base and the ice and snow ground. At this time, there were many people coming and going.
Even living in the base, most people still couldn’t stay in the base all the time, but had to go out to search for various supplies needed by the base to exchange for points, to support themselves and their families.
Besides these people, there were also some people who couldn’t enter the base for the time being. They didn’t have enough points and were unwilling to take the risk to find supplies, so they just stayed at the entrance of the base.
The base naturally couldn’t let these people be.
If it were in a peaceful era, with abundant resources, it would be no problem to take out a portion to support them. But at this time, if the base were to do so, those who risked their lives to collect supplies would not be happy.
In comparison, the base could only be ruthless and ignore them.
When this group of people realized that they couldn’t get any handouts from the base even if they sat and ate their mountains empty, they would still obediently go to work.
Ji Yang rode her motorcycle all the way to the vicinity of the base, attracting a lot of attention. It was not strange to have a car, but a single person, and a girl at that, could easily arouse others’ greed.
But soon, a person came to greet her. “Here, here!”
The people who had just had a greedy thought looked over. When they saw that it was Luo Laosan, their minds immediately cleared. To be able to have a connection with that group of people, and to have Luo Laosan specially come to pick her up, she must have a strong background and could not be easily provoked. Otherwise, if they were found out, they would lose both their people and their wealth.
Ji Yang also saw him and quickly drove over.
When she arrived, Luo Laosan explained, “The boss is not done with his business yet, so he asked me to come and pick you up. Miss Ji, have you applied for a residence permit? Why not apply for one first? There’s also a point card. You can buy whatever you want. You can also apply for a temporary residence permit, which is valid for seven days. After seven days, you must leave the base. If you’re caught, you’ll have to do hard labor for free, which is very troublesome.”
Ji Yang nodded. “Okay, I have all my documents with me.”
Luo Laosan acted as a guide and took her to apply for a residence permit.
Everything was done near the main gate of the base. There were multiple checkpoints here. When you entered, you would first be checked for dangerous items, such as explosives. Knives and sticks were not within the scope of the check.
Then, there was an identity verification.
After the verification was passed, you would get a point card that was bound to your identity. This was the new ID card of the Changnan Base. However, for the time being, Ji Yang’s was still a temporary one. She needed to pay two hundred points to get a formal residence permit.
If she couldn’t pay, she would either have to leave, or pay fifty points for a temporary residence permit, or accept the base’s arrangement to do hard labor. When she had saved up enough points, she could apply for a formal card.
Ji Yang naturally chose to take out supplies from her bag to exchange.
She had considered this when she had come this time, so she had directly brought a burlap sack of Chinese cabbage, a total of eighty-three jin. When it was converted into points, it was 2490 points. Seeing this number, Ji Yang raised an eyebrow. The purchase price was actually thirty points per jin. Then the selling price would definitely be more than that. She asked, “The price has gone up again?”
The staff member who was settling the account for her nodded with a heavy heart. “With the continuous low temperature, these things will only become more and more expensive. After all, the consumption is far from being able to keep up with the output. This was readjusted after the base was officially opened. It is said that the price will be slightly adjusted about once a month in the future. Now, Chinese cabbage is thirty-three per jin.”
Luo Laosan smacked his lips, also with a lingering fear. They followed their boss and rarely needed to spend points to buy anything from the base. When they saw this price, their hearts also ached. “Who can still afford to eat vegetables?”
“Isn’t that right?” the staff member also muttered, “When will this damn natural disaster be over?!”
Even though they had jobs, they were usually reluctant to buy them.
Ji Yang took the point card and went to the office building to pay the points. Soon, the point card was upgraded to a formal card, and she also got a grain ticket book. With this, she could get a portion of the survival supplies every ten days and go to the base’s supermarket to buy supplies.
She didn’t need this, so she casually put it in her bag.
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After everything was done, Luo Laosan enthusiastically took Ji Yang to tour the base.
A brand new base, different from the one in her memory.
The base had become much larger. For more convenience, the base was divided into four gates: east, south, west, and north. It just so happened that due to the geographical location, they faced different cities. The one they had entered was the north gate. The living area was also divided into a villa area, a high-end residential area, an ordinary building area, and a dormitory building and a large common room.
However, the villas and high-end residences here were naturally different from before the disaster. A detached villa was just an ordinary two-story building, with a slightly larger area, with two hundred or three hundred square meters, and the price was also different.
The high-end residences were even smaller, basically within two hundred square meters.
Considering the other natural disasters in the future, all the buildings had at most seven floors.
This was more or less the same as her previous life, except that there were more tall buildings in her previous life.
As you entered from the main gate of the base, you could see a commercial street. Now, there were more resources preserved, and some people had opened shops, but more were setting up stalls.
The road was wide and well-built. As you went in, you could see some security pavilions, police stations, and other places.
Near them was the high-end residential area.
In the middle of this high-end residential area was the villa area, a safe and quiet prime location, and also the most prosperous place in the entire base.
At this time, it had been two or three months since the base had opened. Human adaptability was also strong. As she walked along, Ji Yang even had the illusion of a bustling city. For a moment, she was even in a daze, thinking that the apocalypse was over.
However, when this street reached the latter half, many sallow and emaciated people were holding up signs with various words to promote themselves. Some were really looking for a job: [Five years of housekeeping, quick and efficient, only five points per hour]
[Professional manicure, all kinds of styles at your fingertips, only ten points per time]
[Strong, hardworking, looking for a job]
Of course, there were also some that were not so serious: [Broad shoulders, long legs, eight-pack abs, you can take me home for just twenty points~]
Ji Yang took a few more glances and saw that the person holding this sign was not even as tall as the housekeeping auntie next to him!
The person was also constantly looking for a target. When Ji Yang looked over, the person immediately noticed, and his eyes lit up, wanting to come over.
Luo Laosan’s heart immediately sounded an alarm. He immediately went around to block between Ji Yang and the person, facing the other party, and glared fiercely.
When the person saw Luo Laosan, he immediately became timid and shut up. He could only look at Ji Yang’s direction with pitiful eyes, hoping that the other party would take pity on him.
Unfortunately, after Ji Yang had taken that glance, she immediately went to look at other things.
After wandering for a while, Luo Laosan saw that it was about time and said, “Let’s go to the boss’s territory.”
“Mm,” Ji Yang nodded.
Luo Laosan immediately rode his electric bike and led the way in front. Yes, he had been following all the way on an electric bike. This was because his level was high. Those who were a little lower could only ride a bicycle.
In these times, electricity was very expensive!
Fortunately, their boss had gotten some talents and had created a physical power generation. Every day, they would hire people and they would work out for a while. The electricity charged in a day was enough to fully charge five electric car batteries, and there was still a lot of spare power that could be used for heaters. It was simply a savior in the extreme cold.
When Luo Laosan led the way, he took Ji Yang to the villa area.
You still needed a pass to enter here, and the owner had to give a heads-up in advance. Otherwise, you couldn’t enter easily. Ji Yang was amazed. In her previous life, she had never been to the villa area. Even when she had learned martial arts with Xie Muzhi during the extreme heat, she had gone to an ordinary residential area.
As soon as she entered, Ji Yang was completely shocked.
As expected of the rich.
Even in this kind of environment, the villa area was still built very beautifully. Although the area was not large, the style was beautiful, and there were courtyard walls in the front and back. The walls were all painted in various beautiful colors that were very popular before the apocalypse. If it weren’t for the bad environment and the inability to plant flowers, it would have been even more beautiful.
Of course, such a large villa area was not full. Many detached small buildings were still in the renovation area, and some were directly empty.
Luo Laosan explained with a smile, “There are still some houses here that haven’t been sold, but they can also be rented. The price is very worth it. It’s only five thousand points a month, with a minimum of three months. If you want to buy, you have to exchange it with precious resources. So, if you like it, you can totally rent one, find someone to renovate it, and move in. It’s also very quiet.”
Ji Yang was really a little tempted.
The distance between the buildings here was larger than she had imagined, and there was a lot of space. It was obvious that many factors had been considered in the initial design, and the villa area had been given enough preferential treatment under the limited conditions. It was not a loss for this group of rich people to have been cheated, no, to have spent so many resources to exchange for it.
But a brief moment of temptation was not enough to make her move.
Her little nest was still better!
Ji Yang shook her head. “I’m not moving for now.”
Luo Laosan sighed in regret and took her around for a while before coming to a position near the middle of the villa, not the best, but not far either.
As soon as she entered, Ji Yang saw various supplies scattered in the courtyard. Some were packaged, and some were exposed. A path was cleared in the middle to go into the house. The main door had a thick curtain. There were several fire basins and heaters in the house, which was very warm. There were also several “daoye” eating inside.
Seeing Ji Yang, they all stood up and greeted her.
Liang Yuan and Zhou Baoping were also among them.
“Ji Yang, you’re here?!” Zhou Baoping said in surprise, “I haven’t seen you since that time. I’ve missed you.”
Ji Yang smiled. “Hello, I don’t like to go out.”
Zhou Baoping agreed, “You’re quite a homebody, but it’s a kind of happiness to be able to stay at home at this time.”
Ji Yang smiled and took out the gift she had brought from her bag. “I brought some fruit. You guys have a taste.”
It was mainly strawberries, small tomatoes, and oranges. The quantity was not large, only about four or five jin.
Luo Laosan and the others’ eyes went straight. Ji Yang hadn’t traded with fruit for a long time, and the previous fruit had long since been sold to those rich people. They hadn’t eaten it for a long time. They were all happy but also a little embarrassed. It was Luo Laosan who directly accepted it.
Miss Ji was not short of these things. If she brought them over, it was with sincere intentions. Being too polite would be a disservice.
After chatting for a few sentences, Xie Muzhi came down from upstairs. The conditions here were even better. He wasn’t wearing a cold-proof suit, but a black sweater and black long pants, which made his handsome face even fairer and more handsome. And his long legs were exceptionally superior.
The moment he saw Ji Yang, the corners of his lips curled up unconsciously, and he called out, “Ji Yang.”
It was a very calm voice, but when it reached Ji Yang’s ears, it made her heart tremble. Her gaze swept over his beautiful peach blossom eyes. For the second they met, her heartbeat was a little faster than before. She quickly looked away.
Xie Muzhi’s eyes flickered. He came over in a few steps and took her bag. He was almost stabbed in the back by the heavy weight. He quickly stabilized himself and said in a steady tone, “Go upstairs. I’ve boiled some tea for you.”
Ji Yang felt that this person was a little too attentive, but she had been used to being attended to before. In addition, the two of them were already familiar, so she did not refuse. She let him take her bag and followed him up.
She had put a lot of things in her bag, just for the convenience of taking out anything without anyone suspecting, as long as it was not opened.
When the two of them reached the corner of the stairs, the few people downstairs immediately looked at each other, all winking strangely, and then showed a slightly lewd smile. “Hmph…”
“Oh yo…”
“I was wondering why the boss came down every five minutes before. It turns out he was waiting for someone~”
“The temperature is not very hot now, but he’s wearing so little. Tsk tsk…”
Luo Laosan got goosebumps listening to it. Ugh, so cheesy!
He said in a rough voice, “Hurry up and eat. Be careful not to be heard.”
Miss Ji is still unwilling to live in the base. It’s clear that the boss is the only one who’s interested. They can’t let them mess it up.
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