doomsday exile

On New Year's Eve, Lu Di's dormitory door was knocked early in the morning.

Finding that the person guarding the door was Yan Long, Lu Di decided to pretend to be asleep, and the salted fish remained motionless.

Then his computer terminal beeped, and he received a new study material from Yan Long.

Lu Di: "..."

Lu Di laughed angrily, opened it, and sat up suddenly.

The operation and learning manual of mechanical exoskeleton, the use and basic knowledge of three types of mechanical exoskeleton field equipment...

Lu Di couldn't wait to open it to have a look, but another prompt popped up on the virtual screen, "You haven't declared for this study course, do you want to join the course scheduling application at the location (Shangdu) of the instructor (Yan Long)"?

Lu Di gritted his teeth and refused, he will not open the door today.

It's a pity that he took a slow step and didn't turn off the computer terminal cleanly, so that the communication dialog box popped out again stubbornly.

"Pass the course with honors, and you can receive a modified version of the mechanical exoskeleton from the Kunlun base."

"If you fail the first assessment, you will lose precious time to discuss the exoskeleton skin with Professor Xia's team."

"You can only receive it when you refer to it, and you can't freely decide the skin shape of the exoskeleton."

A series of three notifications flashed on the screen, reflecting Lu Di's indescribable expression.

At this moment, Lu Di felt the familiar feeling of being overwhelmed by the opponent's abundant resources and strong capital again.

Fighting wits and courage, what a ghost!

The poor can't fight it!

It's too much to give!

"What kind of biological AI, are you an elf made of a fox? So cunning?" Lu Di opened the door and asked with black lines all over his head.

Yan Long narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard the word fox, but he didn't speak.

Lu Di resentfully began to pack the things in the dormitory.

In fact, he doesn't have many personal belongings. Originally, he came to the Shangdu base empty-handed.

The ship-in-a-bottle model placed on the window sill, the green potted plant in the corner was given by Zhu Zhu, and some festive little things distributed by the special executive team and the Shangdu base as the New Year is approaching, such as zodiac blessing stickers and white sheep cups.

Although there are still more than ten hours before the New Year, various images of the zodiac sheep can be seen everywhere on the Internet and in reality.

Lu Di doesn't need a cup, but the shape of this sheep cup is very cute, and it is placed in the dormitory so that the place does not look empty.

Yan Long coughed lightly and signaled Lu Di to look at the box at the door.

"What is this?" "New Year's gift, I gave it to you in advance."

Lu Di checked the box suspiciously. It was a courier box with links to shopping websites on it.

"Pillow?"

Lu Di put on the gloves and tried them on. They were extremely soft to the touch, like flowing water inside.

There are a total of five pillows in the box, big and small, with different materials, including water pillows, latex pillows and sand-shaped memory lazy pillows.

Yan Long remembers the first time he went to Lu Yun's house. Lu Yun had the habit of sleeping with a teddy bear, and other personalities also followed this habit. Although Lu Di emphasized that most of the personalities didn't like it, Yan Long believed that Lu Di's Salted fish are used to lying on the bed even in the energy ion state, so it is hard for Lu Di to refuse to be surrounded by soft things.

As for the mattress?First of all, we need to see which pillow Lu Di prefers, and then customize according to the information.

Lu Di looked at a box of pillows with a complicated expression. Is anyone's New Year gift a pillow?

Thinking of the sand sculpture video he had seen before, Lu Di thought to himself, as long as it is not the long salted fish pillow, at least the gift giver is sincere?

As for the gift I really want, of course it's a mecha... oh no, a mechanical exoskeleton!

It's a pity that Yan Long is too strict. If you want to get any expensive gift, you must first learn how to use it. This is really unfriendly to Xianyu!

Lu Di couldn't help but think about the soap operas and novels that his brothers and sisters watched, and the supercars given by the boss, without asking whether the recipients would drive or have a driver's license!What if not?Should luxury cars worth tens of millions be placed in the yard as decorations?

Not right, Lu Di thought blankly, at least there must be a yard or a parking space!

In the community where Lu Yun rented, the parking space was only for sale and not for rent, and it cost 50 yuan, which was more expensive than some cars.

Compared with this, Lu Di's mood is much better.

After all, he lives in the house for free now, there is no property fee, and he does not need to pay for his studies.

Not to mention the parking space for the mechanical exoskeleton, you don't even have to worry about maintaining Lu Di. You can also participate in the "design" appearance and get a "customized" product carrier, but the price that Xianyu has to pay is just learning.

Lu Di: "..."

What kind of New Year's education plan is this?

"Let's go, Captain Yuan and the others are already waiting." Yan Long said with a smile.

"...They also need mechanical exoskeletons." Lu Di asked warily.

In Yan Long's eyes, Lu Di's reaction now is like a little fox guarding the vines.

Grapes are temporarily out of reach, but they are reluctant to part with them.

Hearing that he had to learn to climb trees if he wanted to eat grapes, he reluctantly agreed, and when the little fox heard the movement around him, his ears immediately stood up, very vigilant, lest more people would learn to climb trees.

However, Yuan Zhongxia and others did not need to learn. The full-body mechanical exoskeleton at the Kunlun Base was too bulky for them to perform tasks.

"No, the class won't start until tomorrow afternoon, and everyone is waiting for the party."

Only Lu Di was lying in the dormitory and sleeping late.

Lu Di was not very interested in the party, mainly because he saw the daily arrangements for New Year's Eve two days ago.

Do cleaning and cleaning (obviously technology has developed to automatic cleaning, the situation is still coming in the new year), making dumplings, singing in a chorus, and watching the Spring Festival Gala.

Is this interesting?

After half an hour—

Lu Di, who manipulated two brooms with two gloves and tried his best to sweep the garbage towards Yan Long, said that it was quite interesting.

Yan Long turned his head, and the rag he was holding in his gloves was fluttering in the air, grabbing the garbage.

Occasionally, the garbage and dust that he didn't catch also passed through Yan Long's body and landed on the ground again.

"Cough cough."

Yuan Zhongxia choked on the ashes twice, squinted his eyes and asked, "What are you doing?"

When he opened his eyes again, he saw that the broom was working seriously, and the rag was sliding up and down the glass window, doing it very steadily.

The corner of Yuan Zhongxia's mouth twitched, and he said with a headache: "Hurry up, the progress of the special execution team has been slowed down by you. The other teams have finished their work and are going to make dumplings."

Lu Di silently looked down at the gloves and found that they were covered with dust.

I'm afraid it needs to be disinfected.

The place where the dumplings are made is in the second canteen. There are always several canteens in a large base, otherwise you have to go back and forth to waste time for a meal.

The canteen is decorated with many red lanterns, as well as blessing characters and zodiac pendants.

Making dumplings is a common item in team building. Lu Di was surprised to see Yuan Zhongxia pick up the dumpling wrappers and wrap them quickly and well, while a group of team members simply applauded him.

"Fourteen, fifteen..."

I have to cheer and shout from the side.

Look at the opposite side of Yuan Zhongxia again, good guy, it's from the logistics department, who can make more dumplings within 5 minutes of the competition, and the quality is better.

"Whoever loses will eat a bowl of dumpling wrappers without filling."

Lu Di silently stood behind the crowd, looked up at Yan Long: "Can you do it?"

"No." Yan Long thought for a while, and then said, "If we lose, who will eat the dumpling wrappers for us?"

That must be the rest of the team.

"Is Professor Xia not here today?"

"We're all going home, we won't be back until tomorrow."

While talking, I saw the person in charge of arranging the venue carrying green plants and potted flowers in.

The Shang capital is like spring all the year round, and flowers are an indispensable decoration during the Chinese New Year, and the most common ones are plum blossoms and jasmine flowers.

It has been raining recently and the flowers were supposed to arrive in the morning.

In the cheerful and lively atmosphere, Lu Di saw that these people looked worried, as if they were talking about serious topics, so he quietly moved a few steps closer and eavesdropped openly.

"...The rain is even heavier today, and the old town on the side of Banggang is flooded."

"At this time of year, it doesn't rain so much."

"It's not the business capital's problem. It's raining in most of China."

These days, Lu Di is in the base and cannot see the weather outside. In the south, let alone a week of rain, even a month of continuous rain.

Lu Di opened the computer terminal and found that today's light rain icon has changed to "moderate rain".

Business is an emerging city, and the drainage system is very good. Unless there is a heavy rainstorm all day and one night, there is basically no need to worry. Lu Di feels that it should not be as simple as rain.

"The rain on our side is okay, so it just falls casually. I heard that there are several cities in the southwest that are about to be flooded. There is a base that didn't even eat dumplings, so it was directly transferred to check and strengthen the embankment, etc. In another month, when the spring flood comes, the dam will definitely not be able to withstand it."

"It's New Year's Eve, hey——"

In previous years, winter and New Year's Eve in the south were the most comfortable. This year, Shangdu didn't even have a sunny day, and the wind blew on my body and made me feel cold.

After Lu Di listened quietly, she recovered and found that Yan Long had also walked beside her.

"Is it because of the volcanic ash?"

"It's not all... In recent years, there has been too much ice melting in the polar regions, and there have been more snowstorms and floods."

Water in nature is cycled, and when icebergs melt, the excess water has to go somewhere.

Lu Di rubbed his brows and sighed: "The matter of Torresi's health care products has not stopped yet. After arguing for such a long time, how come no country has come out to speak out? Who was tricked by Torresi Company? Isn’t it counted? Just say a word, and the messy media will disappear. When is this? Are you still thinking about national interests to maintain the economic blockade and suppress anyone?”

"That's not it."

Yan Long just said these four words, and then kept silent.

Lu Di slowly opened his eyes wide, and he realized something.

"Wait, they really don't plan to take care of it?"

"On the surface, it is said that the attack on the Medusa is being investigated, and it is inseparable to ask about the 'poisoning' of Torresi's health care products. Lacey's own problem...follow the procedures in their country, test first and then check the data, and there will be no news for at least three months."

Isn't that a wave of victims already dead?

Lu Di blurted out: "So they also think there are too many people?"

How is this different from "Apocalypse"?

The really rich and powerful people have their own nutritionists and medical consultants, and they will never buy this kind of health care products sold in supermarkets.

People without money can't afford health care products, and the middle class is the one who died the most in this wave.

——Thinking that I am so well-known that I can compete for a place in a shelter, but if I don’t have one, I can also enter simple shelters such as subways and air-raid shelters, and I can receive relief food with the divided community and citizenship cards.

As for the bottom of the slums who were receiving relief before the end of the world, they would probably be abandoned directly, so there was no need to bother.

"How much population can this reduce?" Lu Di said incredulously, "A small country with a few thousand, a big country with tens of thousands, what can it do?"

"It's really not a big deal, and it's really unnecessary, as you said, but... whatever it means, it's mainly 'nothing to do', which is in line with their usual style."

Yan Long lowered his eyes, his expression flashed with anxiety.

Lu Di looked at him, and instantly recalled it.

There was the Medusa attack before, and the Torresi health product incident later, the rift between countries is getting bigger and bigger.

In other words, we couldn't get together in the first place.

The efforts of the Earth Federation to call on all countries to cooperate were ultimately in vain.

So, let's fly separately when the disaster is imminent.