Chapter 42 Capital Military Base Underground City
He Liang, standing in the shadows, was dumbfounded, somewhat relieved that he hadn't become their enemy.
He didn't even see when or where Yu Miaomiao took out the grenade.
It seemed to appear in her hand in an instant.
The dog was still anxiously running around. Its owner was out fighting and hadn't taken it with him. How awful! It decided to punish its owner and ignore him for three minutes. Hmm... three minutes might be too long. Two minutes, then!
After dealing with those people, the two ignored the corpses.
In the apocalypse, with corpses strewn everywhere, who would care where or how these people died?
However, Yu Miaomiao noticed the sub-crystal bracelets on their hands. In her previous life, the sub-crystals inside the bracelets could be merged without password or user restrictions. So she removed all the bracelets from these people and put them into her space. She would go to the capital later to see how many sub-crystals were still inside. The bracelets were the only universal trading method in the entire country after the natural disaster.
As the two walked toward He Liang, He Liang had already taken out the RV and obediently sat back on the roof.
Let's keep going!
Objective: The capital city's military underground base.
Time: June of the Doomsday Era (January 1st is the date of the disaster)
There are about two days left to reach our destination.
For the rest of the journey, she and Lu An did not plan to stop and camp any longer. They headed north, taking turns driving, hoping to reach the capital as soon as possible and then rest.
In the pitch-black night, with no one around, the RV looked like a lonely island, floating on the boundless ice.
Inside the car, the scene was quite different. Lu An was driving, and the stereo was playing classic songs by their favorite singers on a loop. Yu Miaomiao was humming a song, holding a bag of potato chips in her hand, with various drinks beside her. The dog was circling around and wagging its tail, occasionally cleaning up the potato chip crumbs that Yu Miaomiao had dropped on the ground.
The two cats snuggled up on the coral fleece rug, making sure they got enough sleep so they could hunt more chickens on their next hunt!
"An'an, if you're sleepy, just call me and I'll take over. I'm going to take a nap first."
Yu Miaomiao patted her round little belly; she was full, and as expected, sleepiness came over her.
"Okay, go to sleep."
"Okay, drive carefully, take it slow."
Yu Miaomiao filled Lu An's thermos with hot water and took out some bread, pastries, and snacks from her spatial storage to ensure her best friend had enough to eat and drink before finally going to sleep with peace of mind.
After driving in shifts for more than 20 hours, they finally arrived in the capital city at noon on the second day.
Within the capital city, people came and went in a hurry. Some people heard the roar of the Unimog engine, looked up at them, and a fleeting look of envy and loneliness crossed their faces.
However, the security situation in the capital was much better than in the provincial capital. Although the crowds gathered, they lined up in an orderly manner to wait to enter the city.
Yu Miaomiao drove her car to follow the SUV in front, and queued up in the car lane to wait to enter the city.
He Liang sat on the roof of the car, peeking out from the shadows and looking around. To be honest, he was quite nervous, wondering if his earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of supernatural ability) would be retained by the military base.
In her previous life, Yu Miaomiao had heard about some of the situation at the capital's military bases.
The military base in the capital was originally built twenty years ago. It is a civil defense system located underground in the city center of the capital and is now under the independent jurisdiction of the capital's military.
Originally built to defend against nuclear war, the underground city is interconnected and has a vast depth and cross-sectional area. Survivors call it the underground Great Wall, the most solid underground fortress in China.
In the previous life, when entering the provincial capital's military base, each person needed to pay 10 kilograms of food or other non-renewable resources at once. Now, entering the capital city would only require double or several times that amount. While waiting in line, Yu Miaomiao switched seats with Lu An. Lu An was in charge of driving, while Yu Miaomiao went to her space to retrieve some supplies to be handed over and put them in the RV's storage room.
They prepared a total of 100 kilograms of food, including 30 kilograms of relief food distributed monthly by the rescue team, which was rice that had been soaked in water and then reprocessed; 50 kilograms of potatoes, which had been frozen in the extreme cold in advance and were rock hard. They had a large stock of potatoes, and since they were not potato fanatics, they didn't feel bad about taking them out; the remaining 20 kilograms were some coarse flour.
Prepared according to the amount of 50 kilograms per person, Yu Miaomiao was worried that it would not be enough. If they saw their three little ones, they would ask for extra taxes, and she would not be able to conjure up supplies on the spot. So Yu Miaomiao took out an extra 50 kilograms of promotional rice that she had bought before the apocalypse from her space. It was also frozen in advance so that no one would notice anything unusual.
The procession moved forward relatively quickly. There were relatively few people driving, and most of the survivors were people who originally lived nearby and came on foot. The non-motorized vehicle procession was winding and spectacular.
Even in the face of natural disasters and apocalyptic events, China, as a populous country, promptly launched emergency rescue and relief efforts, helping a large number of ordinary people survive the extreme cold.
When it was finally their turn, a young soldier saluted them and signaled for the passengers to get off the bus for identity registration.
After Lu An and Yu Miaomiao got out of the car, the soldier politely asked, "Are there only the two of you in the car? Everyone needs to get out for inspection. Including... including cats and dogs."
The soldier's mouth twitched noticeably. There had been quite a few high-ranking officials and nobles who had entered the ranks recently, and many of them brought pets with them, but this was the first time he had ever seen one with three pets, all of them plump and chubby.
"Not two people, but three. And three little ones." Yu Miaomiao told her frankly that she had no intention of playing any tricks; she wanted the three little ones to have the right to live openly and honestly in the underground city.
"Where is the other one? Tell him to get off the bus and register quickly. We still need to board the bus for a routine check. Please don't mind."
"I'm here, just a moment." He Liang poked half his head out from the roof of the car, startling the soldier so much that he backed away. Seeing a ghost in broad daylight was unbearable.
"You... come down and talk."
The soldier's voice trembled slightly, and he took a half-step back very seriously, but then he thought that it might be some kind of superpower, so he was not so nervous anymore.
The three of them went to the registration desk on the right to register. The soldier and several other soldiers got into the car for a routine check. Yu Miaomiao had tidied up the car beforehand, so there was no chance of her being exposed.
"Hello, welcome to the Capital Underground City Base. Please provide valid identification. If you have lost your identification, please register via facial recognition at the window next to you." A row of young women sat at the window, their friendly and patient explanations of what was needed and the procedures were very helpful.
"Beep—Yu Miaomiao, from Ningcheng…" The information screen in front of the window displayed Yu Miaomiao's identity information. The young lady at the window was also stunned when she saw her place of residence. It's rare to see someone who has come from so far away.
"Hello, would you like to hand over supplies to the base, or choose to be selected as an ability user, or participate in the base's military equipment test?"
"What's the difference?" Yu Miaomiao was still undecided about whether to reveal her spatial ability and did not make a decision immediately.
"In exchange for the right to enter the city, each person needs to pay 100 kilograms of grain. After entering the base, they need to participate in the base construction regularly, which is generally some heavy physical labor."
Once a superhuman is selected, they only need to pay 50 kilograms of food and do not need to participate in labor. They can go to the mercenary mission hall to accept missions and earn sub-crystal points, which is relatively free.
After passing the base's military equipment test, you can enter the base without paying for food. You will need to participate in the base patrol team weekly, earning sub-crystals based on work hours, and will be subject to military-style management, with one vacation per month. You can choose according to your abilities.
If you can't meet these requirements, the government won't abandon you. You can go to the official base, where you can enter by paying 10 kilograms of food. If you have no supplies at all, you can also go to the official base to take on missions to earn supplies before entering.
It's quite humane.
But after hearing this, some people were happy while others were sad.