novelraw Chapter 335 - 1: Space Ability and Water Superpower_3
Chapter 335 - 1: Space Ability and Water Superpower_3
milliliters, but it won’t be enough to die.
But to think about planting anything more is just wishful thinking.
Third are the flying insects.
It’s been three years, the meteor wave has long dissipated without any residual effects, but the flying insects are everywhere. Once they find something edible, they swarm like locusts. Now they are simply in a dormant state due to the lack of resources.
The base has already detected five nearby insect gathering points, but the biological instinct makes them still pursue the most suitable areas for survival after radiation mutation—they all stay near the edible underground water sources.
Either above or beside.
They instinctively know that those are places with abundant moisture, more suitable for dormancy and survival than other places.
The base is too afraid to act rashly, so far unable to do anything.
The insects are radiation-infectious, and although the underground water source is alluring, once contaminated, the interconnected currents in one place could affect all. Before they come up with a foolproof plan, the entire base is still miserably conserving water and planning meals.
But this situation won’t last long.
The reserve food is far from enough, the entire country has 174 such bases, each facing the same crisis. And people, in a state of famine, can’t keep their rationality for long.
...
Chu River sat in the temporarily assigned room, pondering over the world’s background, unable to suppress a sigh.
Well then.
This world, there’s nothing enjoyable left.
The place she lives in is still pretty good - a forty-square apartment, all household items are fairly complete, except there’s no food or water, everything else is fine.
After all, three years after the disaster, the country’s strong regulatory power has long arranged these things properly, and the previously halted factories have gradually resumed.
Although resources are insufficient, normal daily use is not a problem, it’s just that washing and changing clothes are somewhat unrealistic.
Because of insufficient productivity, everyone has only one set, and the base does supply living water, but it’s transported by car from the distant riverbank every day, and it’s limited.
Overall, basic life necessities are all there, but everything feels very strained to use.
This world is too miserable.
Chu Fa Da let out a woeful sigh, then released her spiritual power outward, finally condensing into a cup of icy blue milk tea that could only be seen, not drunk.
...
Li Chang’an, as the head of Red Star No. 24, naturally did not immediately contact this new batch of survivors, and Chu River didn’t mind, since the base gives newcomers a three-day adaptation period with food and drink.
After three days, whatever you do depends on your citizen points.
Of course, points must be earned according to labor within the base.
Unfortunately, the whole city looks barren, with not a hint of greenery on the streets. The once-flourishing flower shops and restaurants are nowhere to be found. The little supermarkets have everything except liquid drinks, alcohol, and food.
Everything requires points.
A lollipop finally appeared on the shelves for a limited time, and it starts at ten points—even though the resident handbook explains that superpower users go to the power plant to generate electricity by hand for an entire day, the basic salary is only 25 points, with any extra earned based on additional effort.
For Chu Fa Da, who doesn’t have many hobbies, it came close to forcing her to gnaw on tree bark.
Too miserable, too miserable.
She wandered aimlessly by the street, shaking her head and sighing that she couldn’t stay here long, it’s better to complete the task early and move to the next world.
After all, desire is the root of everything.
She looked at the car wash by the roadside, with its pitiful staff wiping cars with dry cloths, watching them painfully spray the mirror with a kettle, and felt even more depressed.
—Demonstrate her ability to invent and create, and surely, now she could also enjoy the treatment of a daily cup of milk tea.
But things like milk tea and snacks, only it’s enjoyable when everyone can have them. If only one person can enjoy them...
It’s not appealing.
...
Chu Fa Da finally rubbed her hands together, feeling that the key lay with that head, Li Chang’an.
To see Li Chang’an is to see Chang Geng.
To see Chang Geng is to see the plot of this world.
Then she could proceed with a targeted approach and increase her efficiency.
Chu River counted the people she had met over the past two days and blindly guessed the Water Ability User ranked after her.
After all... it’s been three years since the disaster, all the trees and grass have withered, with not a single survivor. Under the threat of insects, even the little green left is probably kept hidden in the deepest rooms.