"Don't you care?!" The people questioned Yi Gao.
Yi Gao shrugged: "She hasn't done anything yet, and I have no right to control what she says."
He looked like he was going to wait for Hao Jian to kill before he came forward to take charge. In a peaceful era, he would definitely be sprayed to death, but the guards around him felt very happy. They were chilled by these people, and if they didn't breathe a sigh of relief, they would really be suffocated.
At this time, a few people in the crowd finally squeezed out, and they said: "Everyone calm down. Chief Yi also has their difficulties. Those who don't want to join can just sign up, go back obediently and eat and wait to die, and no one is forcing you. no?"
Their words also resonated with some people. Those who took the lead in inciting emotions just now shrank, and those provocative words were also drowned out. Although these people with conscience came out a bit slower, but finally let Yi Gao see a little reason for their support.
"People involved in the search and rescue work still provide three meals a day, with the same portion size, and those who perform well can enjoy preferential treatment." Elgo said simply.
"What preferential treatment?" Someone asked.
"Priority electricity, priority water, priority access to good resources."
Rewards that seemed useless in the past now have a great temptation for them. They must know that the public facilities in the refuge are limited. In order to save space, the toilets are all the kind of gutter.
There are only twenty showers. For a shelter with tens of thousands of people, there may not be a line of people who take turns showering 24 hours a day.
And although there is river water around, but I am worried that the water will carry zombie viruses, so I dare not use it easily. Water resources become extremely limited. Basically, a person can take a bath every three days, and there is only one bucket of water for bathing.
As for electricity, it is basically priority public use, such as night lighting. As for ordinary people, they may queue for three days, and the amount of electricity they get can only charge their mobile phones for two cells.
Although some people feel uncomfortable with such a harsh living environment, the only advantage here is relative safety and food supply.
Let them stay at home, either starve to death or be killed by zombies, so the environment is not at all unbearable compared to being able to survive.
But after they came here, they saw that everyone was the same, and their hearts were naturally balanced, and there was no other pursuit. If someone can enjoy preferential treatment, how can it make them willing
So in just one afternoon, hundreds of people signed up. It's just that Yi Gao only needs 21 people, and these 21 people will be divided into three groups and take turns to go out with them to clear the zombies. Because it takes forty-eight hours of observation to return from the outside, only one group goes out every day, and the remaining two groups are responsible for the safety and order of the island.
These twenty-one people must be in good health and willing to sign the life and death certificate. Because of this life-and-death situation, a group of people were persuaded to be dismissed, and finally a good candidate was selected at night.
Seeing that the matter was resolved, An Minghui couldn't help but say to Hao Jian, "You are so bold that you don't worry about those people swallowing you alive?"
"Do you think the zombies can be wiped out within a year?" Hao Jian suddenly asked a question that was wrong.
An Minghui said: "It depends on when an antiviral antidote is developed. Why do you suddenly ask this?"
"Because I feel that no matter whether such an antidote can be developed within a year, the order will not be restored within five years after the end of the zombie apocalypse."
An Minghui pondered: "The zombie apocalypse, the description is quite appropriate."
If the situation improved, Hao Jian would not describe this era in this way, because the emergence of the system on another level made the situation more severe than they thought.
"So in extraordinary times, extraordinary means must be used. With your usual set of rules, order can be maintained for a period of time, but it cannot be maintained for a long time."
An Minghui smiled: "No one knows what will happen in the future. When that day comes, the situation will change, and the rules will also change."
An Minghui asked Hao Jian and Lian Runing to arrange a tent so that they could rest well and have energy and energy tomorrow. Each of them also prepared a basin of water: "It was specially prepared for you for the sake of your dedication. Although a basin of water is not very useful, it is still ok to wipe your body."
Hao Jian and Lian Runing had already deliberately ignored the hygiene situation, but since the other party thought about them so much, they didn't need to be hypocritical.
After wiping, Hao Jian went to find Xin Ting.
Xin Ting's situation was similar to theirs, because after her arm was checked and there was no trauma, they brought her some medicated oil to rub.
However, Xin Ting has been using the medicine that Hao Jian gave her to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. Maybe it is because of the psychological effect. She thinks the effect of this medicine seems to be very good. Symptoms can be alleviated a lot.
"They didn't embarrass you, did they?" Hao Jian asked her.
"No, how could you come out?" Xin Ting stretched her neck, "Where are Peng Mao and Ru Ning?"
"They're resting. I'm here to tell you something."
Xin Ting was a little nervous. Her sixth sense told her that it is not good for ordinary people to say such things. But this is what Hao Jian told her, maybe it will be good news
"Tomorrow, I have something to do with Lian Runing and need to go out. Your arm is not yet healed, so stay here with Peng Mao!"
Xin Ting breathed a sigh of relief: "Where are you going?"
"I can't say that. If we come back alive, we will still leave. You and Peng Mao will be here. After all, it is safer here."
Xin Ting was sure that "stay here" in Hao Jian's sentence was different from the previous sentence, and she subconsciously objected: "You want to leave me?"
After finishing speaking, she also felt that her words were a bit inappropriate, and said, "I mean, are you two planning to go to Nanfang City together?"
"Well. Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to live alone, and you're also afraid of facing zombies? Here, there are more than 10,000 people with you and someone to protect you. Staying here is far safer than following us."
Xin Ting opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but she couldn't.
Hao Jian saw this and went back.
In the past, she would never have explained so much to others as she was alone. Every decision she made, the right to choose was in her own hands. However, in the past few days, she also regarded Xin Ting as a companion, so she informed her a little responsibly.
Back at the tent, Lian Runing was sitting on the lawn looking up at the night sky.
This Jiangxin Island is a place for sightseeing, and the lawn is indispensable. Although it was trampled and almost withered before, after a drizzle a few days ago, the grass grew tenaciously.
Hao Jian said, "How do you feed mosquitoes outside?"
Lian Runing smiled and said, "I'm wearing long sleeves, hey, sit down and watch the stars for a while!"
Hao Jian sat down beside her, but remembered a question, and asked the system in his mind: "Can mosquitoes transmit viruses?"
"The problem of the host is also what the existing experts are studying. According to preliminary research, animals in the phylum Arthropoda are very sensitive to the Q virus, and once the Q virus is implanted in them, they will die. So they do not Does not have the ability to carry the Q virus and transmit it to humans."
Hao Jianfu said to his heart: "Does that mean that humans can use the sensitivity of arthropods to the Q virus to develop related drugs or materials to detect people who are infected with the Q virus?"
"correct."
It's a pity that Hao Jian didn't study this subject, otherwise he would have joined the research after knowing the research direction.
Hao Jian listened to Lian Runing talking about the differences in the night sky while talking to the system. Her dual-purpose skills were so perfect that even Lian Runing didn't notice anything wrong.
"It's rare to see so many stars, although it's less than what I saw when I was in the summer camp, but this is a city, and the city's night sky hasn't been so bright for a long time!"
Hao Jian said: "Perhaps after the disaster, no one drove the car, the factory stopped, and the biggest source of pollution became zombies, so the scenery that was once taken away by humans has been taken back by nature!"
"When I was a child, my parents said that the stars in the sky changed after people died, but now they seem to be quite similar. These days, tens of millions of people died every day, and then the stars in the sky increased... The old sayings are not without reason.”
Hao Jian didn't practice Ru Ning so much sentimentality, she got into the tent: "A little sleepy, can you rest?"
"..." Lian Runing felt that Hao Jian was unpleasant sometimes, but considering that Hao Jian didn't have enough sleep time, it was rare to be able to sleep longer now, so she didn't say anything.
Back in the tent, this small tent barely allowed two people to sleep, and in the cramped and windless environment, both of them felt very stuffy.
Lian Runing simply changed her short sleeves, but she was a little embarrassed when she saw Hao Jian, so she turned her head and asked Hao Jian, "I'll change to short sleeves, you..."
Hao Jian closed his eyes and said, "I don't see it. There is no light in the tent, so I can't see clearly. Besides, you've seen all of my body, so if I look at it, it can be considered even?"
Lian Runing's face flushed, she stared at Hao Jian, but found that Hao Jian was just talking, and the whole person turned around and was confronted by her.
She quickly changed her clothes, and was laid down facing Hao Jian. After thinking about it, they seemed to be in a feud like this, so she turned back and lay down.
It happened that Hao Jian heard the movement and turned back, and her hand was put on Lian Runing's. The latter only felt that the back of his hand was covered with a cool palm, as if something spread from his hand to his heart.
Hao Jian was about to move away, but Lian Runing held her hand back, a little shy: "Your hand is cold and comfortable."
"It's comfortable, then hold it longer!" Hao Jian said.
Lian Runing didn't know what she was thinking just now, but she actually said such things to Hao Jian, but in this hot summer, there is no fan, air conditioner, or fan, which is the coolest object she can touch.
"Why don't you talk nonsense?" Lian Runing asked.
Hao Jian opened his eyes and looked at her with a half-smile: "Do you like listening? Or... do you like me teasing you?"
"No!" Lian Runing quickly retorted, "I just think that you are more energetic!"
The time she had known Hao Jian was very short, but in just a few days, she could have a clearer understanding of Hao Jian.
Before Hao Jian gave her the impression that she was smart, vicious, calm and self-controlled, as well as someone who didn't fit her age, sometimes even too perfect to be a human being.
It is precisely because she can laugh, tell bad jokes or rude words that she can see her more real side and feel that she is actually just an ordinary person.
Hao Jian smiled softly.