Chapter 103 Open up a plantation

The appearance of the thick fog, as well as the subsequent eternal night and acid rain, make it no longer suitable for people to continue living on the ground.

Not only is it unsafe, but it's also not conducive to management. Building an underground city can solve all these problems."

Listening to Zhang Yuan's explanation, Liu Ruyan thought it made a lot of sense.

However, looking at the newly decorated bedroom in front of her, Liu Ruyan couldn't help but sigh.

"Just got this home ready. Does it mean we can't live in it for long?"

"We can still live here for a long time. After all, to accommodate all the people in the base, the underground city will be large - scale. The current situation is different from before the apocalypse, and it won't be built quickly. It might not even be completed in a year or two."

Liu Ruyan agreed with this point.

Building an underground city is by no means an easy task.

However, Zhang Yuan said he was going to work. What kind of work?

"Are you planning to dig the soil?"

Hearing Liu Ruyan's question, Zhang Yuan burst out laughing. "If it's just digging the soil, then I'd rather not go."

"That's true."

How many contribution points could one get from digging the soil? It would be better to stay at home with that time.

Before Liu Ruyan could continue asking, Zhang Yuan explained on his own. "The underground city not only has to provide a living place for the base's people but also ensure safety and have certain offensive capabilities. What I'm going to do is related to this aspect."

Hearing Zhang Yuan's explanation, Liu Ruyan nodded in understanding. "I see. Then will you have to go there every day?"

"I'm not sure yet. After all, it's still in the preparation stage. Construction will probably start after all the street lamps are installed."

One has to eat one bite at a time and do things one by one.

Liu Ruyan shifted her position to a more comfortable sitting posture. "I don't know anything about this. I can't possibly go dig the soil, right?"

She had stockpiled so many supplies after being reborn and didn't want to dig the soil.

"Of course, you're not going to dig the soil." Zhang Yuan tried to hold back his laughter. "But apart from digging the soil, there are many other jobs. For example, being a supervisor."

Liu Ruyan looked at Zhang Yuan in surprise. She didn't expect him to say that.

Building the underground city is the base's affair. To be a supervisor in this project, if one has no power or influence, it's simply out of the question.

Since Zhang Yuan could say this, Liu Ruyan believed he could definitely make it happen.

But after careful consideration, Liu Ruyan still refused.

"There's no need for that. We're not short of contribution points. You're not going just for the contribution points either. Our situation is different.

I'll just stay at home."

Seeing that Liu Ruyan was serious and knowing that she really thought so, Zhang Yuan didn't insist. "Just as we agreed before, if you don't want to have too much interaction with the base's official side, leave this matter to me.

If you want to stay at home, then stay safely at home."

With the two of them reaching an agreement, they put this matter aside for the time being and resumed their regular lives.

The base was quite efficient. Three days later, the installation of street lamps began.

Liu Ruyan originally thought that the street lamps would only be installed on the main roads. She didn't expect that even the road outside their courtyard would have a street lamp installed every three meters.

With the street lamps, apart from other things, those who went out to fetch water every day didn't have to be overly terrified.

Although the thick fog had just arrived for over ten days and they were in the base, there were quite a few people who had ulterior motives.

Even though Liu Ruyan and Zhang Yuan didn't go out, they learned some news from Sun Jianming.

During this period, quite a few people were robbed while out.

The thick fog was the best cover for those criminals.

They rushed out without any warning, snatched things, and ran away before others could react.

Those who were robbed wanted to chase after them, but under the cover of the thick fog, they didn't know which direction to chase.

Some who reacted quickly managed to catch up, but unfortunately, not only did they not get their things back, but they also got beaten up.

Such things happened in the base every day.

Even if the security team had extraordinary abilities, they simply couldn't handle everything.

Therefore, the installation of street lamps was carried out around the clock, working overtime.

Moreover, the base also called on everyone to go out in groups and not be alone, so as to avoid many unexpected incidents.

But in fact, this couldn't solve the problem fundamentally.

Because sometimes, the danger came from the people around.

After the thick fog persisted for a month, everyone was forced to get used to the life with thick fog everywhere.

Since all the street lamps had been installed, people went out in groups of three or five, and the number of security team members had increased a lot, patrolling outside all day long. The number of robberies had decreased significantly.

But this only guaranteed a certain level of safety.

For people to survive, not only safety but also food and drink were more important.

There was no shortage of water for the time being. Although the water pipes still hadn't resumed water supply, water could always be pumped out from the pump room.

Not lacking water only ensured that people could survive. To live well, food was even more essential.

Potatoes and sweet potatoes had long become the staple food for most people, but eating only these was obviously not enough.

Due to the thick fog, fewer people went out hunting.

There were few types of meat available for sale in the base app's mall.

The few remaining types were also sold in limited quantities every day, and the prices were exorbitantly high.

Just when people were about to riot due to the food problem, another announcement was added to the base app.

After continuous research by scientists, some new varieties had finally been developed.

The new varieties included wheat, rice, as well as corn and sorghum.

These could all be used as staple foods and had various ways of being cooked. If they could be harvested successfully, they could meet the daily needs of the people in the base.

These new varieties had been planted in the experimental fields and could now be put into large - scale planting.

These crops were not like potatoes, sweet potatoes, and snow fruits. They needed a large area to grow and couldn't be planted at home easily.

To plant these crops, large - scale cultivation was necessary. Otherwise, after painstakingly taking care of them for several months, the final harvest wouldn't even be enough for two days' consumption.

In order to plant these crops, the base had opened up a plantation outside the base and was recruiting workers within the base.

Those who were willing to farm would take a bus to leave at a unified time in the morning and return at a unified time in the evening.

The wage was two contribution points per day, paid daily.

In addition, after the harvest, each person could get 100 catties of grain, and they could choose the variety.

As soon as this announcement came out, many people got excited.

They were busy every day just to earn contribution points and have enough to eat.

Now there was a job in front of them, which not only gave them contribution points to buy food in the supermarket now but also ensured they could get a share of the harvested grain in the future. How could they not be tempted?

As for the hardship of farming, no one cared at all.

Compared with survival, hardship was nothing.