Happiness System

The cracks are not scary; what is scary are the creatures in the cracks.

It has now been confirmed that monsters exist in more than 90% of the cracks, and this crack is no exception.

The fact that the authorities still choose this route shows that other routes are more dangerous!

And the authorities also brought weapons this time. In addition to fetching water, they also had the task of destroying the monster.

According to the images sent back by the surveyors at the risk of their lives, the monster in the crack is indeed a magpie.

The abstract records: There is a bird on the Beihao Mountain. It looks like a chicken but has a white head, mouse feet and tiger claws. It is called the "鬿雀" and it also eats people.

This is a flying monster that eats people. What’s even more terrifying than the legend is that it can grow bigger!

In its normal form it is about the size of an ordinary poultry rooster, but when it needs to attack, it can grow to the size of an ostrich, and its wingspan is nearly twenty meters wide when spread to its maximum.

The seemingly soft feathers are also one of its most powerful offensive weapons, and the attack power of its wings is no less than that of its claws.

This mutated bunting is fast and destructive, and its feathers are stronger than iron, so its defensive capabilities are top-notch!

In short, it’s not easy to deal with!

"Huh? He's not here? Did he fly away to move or did he go out to look for food and hasn't come back yet?"

While everyone was retreating defensively, Qin Xi walked towards the crack instead.

"You sense that the stork is not here?"

For fear of attracting mutant beasts and lure out the sparrows, no one dared to turn on the lighting equipment. Qi Jingyan was afraid that Qin Xi would miss a step and fall, so he hurried to grab her.

"Well, there is no dangerous aura here, and I saw a feeling of oppression in the image, but now this feeling and aura are very weak, which means that the stork has been gone for at least two days. If we are not in a hurry to kill the stork, we can go to the beach to get water first, and make plans when we come back."

The psychics have very sharp eyes and ears, and Qin Xi did not deliberately lower his voice, so his words were naturally heard by most people, but many people sneered at them.

"Humph, when will it be her turn as a woman with long hair and little knowledge to show off!"

"Tsk, that's right, the top ten psychics haven't spoken yet, but she's the only one showing off and talking nonsense!"

"Walk so close, are you in a hurry to feed the monster?"

A bunch of unfriendly and strange words spread throughout the water-fetching team in an instant.

Of course there are different voices.

Someone who was on good terms with Team Canglan immediately responded with sarcasm: "I'm not planning to be the boss of anyone. I'm just expressing my own feelings objectively. If you don't want to hear it, you don't have to. It's not you who's telling me!"

"That's right, eavesdropping is justified!"

"Don't you think before you speak? Look at your ranking first. If even the person ranked 29th doesn't have the qualifications to speak, then some people don't even have the qualifications to stand here!"

"What do you mean 29th? He went on a mission half a month ago and missed the last evaluation. Maybe he's already in the top 25!"

"How about we take a bolder guess and say maybe he's in the top 20?"

The base requires those with special abilities to take an ability assessment every month and then rank them. Simply put, the stronger the ability, the greater the responsibility!

When they came back from the mission in November, Qin Xi and Qi Jingyan had another quarrel. After making up, they continued to go on the mission. They missed the perfect opportunity and forgot about the evaluation.

But even if their abilities have not been updated, Qin Xi is still ranked 29th, and Qi Jingyan is still in the top ten!

Qin Xi didn't care about the other people's foul mouths. After discussing with Qi Jingyan, Qi Rui's team and a few team leaders with whom he had a good relationship, they sent people to cut down the trees.

They can't jump over a distance of nearly ten meters!

Including Fu Zhuohui's team, a total of six groups worked together to cut down twelve large trees, took the thicker trunks that were more than ten meters long, and made four of them into a bridge.

Fu Zhuohui first fooled the official people, and then went over to their own team.

When those who spoke ill of Qin Xi were about to cross the bridge, the last person to cross the bridge immediately collected the tree trunk.

"They are probably rested enough and can go cut trees. We didn't rest just now and went to the front to rest first. You decide for yourself whether to wait with me at the front or wait here for them to join us at the front."

After saying hello to the officials, several teams began to march quickly again.

We were delayed for a while and they haven’t eaten yet!

People with special abilities can eat too much. If they don’t replenish their energy in time, they will have no energy to do anything!

The official people are also speechless about their childish behavior, but the people on the other side still need to be criticized!

The official leader was Xia Mingyuan, the nephew of the big boss. He gave a few words of scolding and then ran away with half of the men.

Didn't you hear there's no danger?

Those people are just asking for trouble, so they deserve to be punished!

He won't keep me company!

After walking two or three kilometers ahead, they came to a relatively flat road, where Qin Xi and his team temporarily camped.

After looking at the old map, I found that this location is a plain area. There are no towns or dense forests nearby. Generally speaking, there will not be large-scale attacks by zombies and mutant beasts.

As a temporary base, this location is great!

"The food is so good? No wonder Fu Lao Er always comes to your place!"

"Captain Xia, would you like to eat something together?"

Seeing Xia Mingyuan coming in, Qin Xi quickly took out another set of bowls and chopsticks.

"It's a good feeling!"

Xia Mingyuan naturally sat down and joined them without hesitation. He was in the army all year round. Even at the end of the world, he was either leading a team on a mission or training in the army. He didn't even have time to go home.

As for the food in the army, the emphasis is on large quantity and balanced nutrition, and the taste is just so-so, so don't have too high expectations.

Especially after the end of the world!

After that group of people had a good meal and rested, the rest of the group came over panting.

"Let's go, brothers, let's keep going. We should be able to reach the repaired road in Jinshi in about two hours. Then we can continue riding the bus!"

New arrivals: ???

Do you have to be so petty? It was just a few harmless words!

There were official people present, and they were all acquaintances, so they had to give them some face. Therefore, Qin Xi and his friends could not move too fast.

The consequence of the speed reduction was that they took three hours to travel a distance that would normally take two hours!

It is extremely hot, with long days and short nights. It starts to get dark at 8pm, but it starts to get light at around 4am in the morning, and by 5am you can already see the road and buildings clearly.

By the time they reached the repaired road in Jinshi, it was already past one o'clock.

No one even had time to rest and rushed to finish the last bit of the journey.

In the meantime, Xia Mingyuan left the team with several hundred people and rushed to the Jinshi base.

When we arrived at the beach, it was already dawn.

After dividing up the territory, the Canglan team immediately took out the water purification equipment and installed it.

"Brother Yan, it's been half a year since the end of the world. Most bases have their own network infrastructure. Why is there no communication between bases?"

Qin Xi looked at everyone busy at work and couldn't help but ask the questions in his heart.

Qi Jingyan shook his head, "It's not that simple. If the base is controlled by the military, it's fine. If it falls into the hands of the government, they would rather keep their own camp.

In the early days, everyone was busy with construction and no one could manage anyone else. In the later days, most people were probably busy seizing power.

When things settle down, the air route is cut off and the land route is also blocked...

More than 70% of the people in the country have turned into zombies.

Zombies, mutants, wild beasts, huge rifts... there are too many factors!"

Seeing Qin Xi's confused and thoughtful look, Qi Jingyan rubbed her head and continued, "Not every person and every team is as lucky as us.

That earthquake not only caused a large number of casualties, but also destroyed more than 90 percent of the machinery and equipment.

There were also large families that had intact helicopters, but most of them were shot down, and not many people were able to successfully migrate and escape.

There were also people from nearby bases who risked their lives to come to the Beijing base for help, but they all had a narrow escape and only one in ten could arrive safely. After coming here, they were unwilling to go back.

Base... Human selfishness is beyond your imagination."

Qi Jingyan didn't say much. He felt that Qin Xi had been avoiding politics, and she was not very willing to participate in diplomacy, so that even though she was very capable, she was still jokingly called a captive canary.

The improved version of the water purification equipment is priced at 135,000 points per set, and the Canglan team bought two sets at a friendly price of 100,000 points.

One set of equipment can filter out 20 tons of clean water that can be drunk directly per day.

Most teams chose the rental model. They might not be able to spare 135,000 points, but they did not feel much pressure with 15,000 points a day.

The base's water quota is 200ML per person per day. Except for the slums that do not have a water purification network, the water limit for each household in each apartment complex is one ton of water per month. The part of this water that exceeds the quota is points per ton.

If the water supply is not enough, residents must go to the water plant or exchange center to buy expensive water. The official price is RMB 30,000 per ton.

Excluding the risks in the middle, 15,000 points in exchange for 20 tons of water is simply a bargain.

"Brother Yan, I don't think there's much risk near the coast. Let's go fishing! The creatures in the sea reproduce too fast. If we don't work hard to fish, they might become a disaster. By then, they might evolve and come ashore, causing disaster for the country and the people!"

Seeing Qin Xi's eager look, Qi Jingyan's face turned black.

If you want to eat it, just eat it. You say it so righteously!

The official side also intends to go out to sea to fish, but the deputy captain is only in charge of water purification, and the fishing matter has to wait until Xia Mingyuan returns from the Jinshi base.

The families that were on good terms with the Canglan team had made good gains by following them before, so they decided to follow their pace this time.

"This is bait. It worked fine last time, but the fish in the sea have probably mutated again. I guarantee it won't work this time. Come get it if you want it!"

Before boarding the ship, Qin Xi took out a box of special fishing baits and divided it into several teams. They and the Qi Rui team got another box.