Ancient Gene [End Times]

"Tell me." He Siming said.

Liao Zewen: "I know your position, so I will not make any excessive demands. I just want to say that no matter what happens in the future, I hope we can be friends."

Liao Zewen is very aware of his situation.In fact, for him, the biggest difficulty in running this base may be the official attitude of the government.

In today's troubled times, everyone is having a hard time.The higher authorities deliberately let private bases like Liao Zewen share some of the pressure.But it is also preventing them from giving birth to dissent.Raising tigers is an infestation, and there are many lessons to follow in history.

He Siming smiled and said, "You can rest assured about this, as long as you have a clear conscience, we will never be enemies."

"Then don't worry." Liao Zewen took a sip of his wine and said with a smile, "Compared to others, I don't want to be enemies with you. First of all, I really like you, and secondly..."

"You can't beat us either." He Siming said bluntly.

Liao Zewen was not annoyed, but nodded with a smile: "That's the truth."

The meal was quite enjoyable, and then Liao Zewen left.I only pointed out the best places not to go to them, and let them go shopping by themselves.

This meal was full, and the two of them couldn't eat anything else for a while.But after walking in this snack street for a while, there are several takeaways in hand.

It doesn't matter, they are hungry anyway, and they can give it to Bao Xinyu and Tiangui later.

After leaving the snack street, I went to other streets to have a look and bought two sets of clothes and some gadgets.

Just when I was a little empty in my stomach, I went back to the snack street and saw a teahouse nearby.

Speaking of which, teahouses were almost extinct before the end of the world, and only a few of them remained in some very particular places, but the general consumption of those places was relatively high, and it was definitely not something that a few people could afford.

Qin An passed by a few times before the end of the world, and he was not willing to go in to have a look. He saw the signboard saying that even if the store entrance looked rough and modern, he dragged He Siming in.

"Welcome, what would you like to drink?" The clerk greeted with a smile when he saw someone.

Although I don't know the two of them, but seeing that they are well dressed and have ruddy complexions, they seem to be people enjoying the blessings after the end of the world.Such people generally spend more, so they don't take it lightly.

"What's there?" Qin An walked over and asked for a list to read.

It is said to be a teahouse here, but it should be called a tea bar, and there are not many serious teas on it.It is also understandable that except for teas like Pu’er that get better with age, other teas are considered old teas now.There are not many left.

There are many other kinds of weird teas, such as scented tea, tree tea, and even tree root tea.At the bottom, there are even milk tea and coffee.

"What is four-leaf tea?" Qin An asked.

"It's tea made from four kinds of leaves. There are quite a lot of people drinking this kind of tea. I recommend you to try it." The waiter smiled.

"Are you talking about cups or pots?" Qin An asked again.

"Usually they are bought in pots, but if there are a lot of people and they drink ordinary tea, they can also be sold in cups. We also have some snacks that go well with refreshments, both traditional and Western." The waiter turned over the list and said, "Yun Pian The cakes are made from the newly harvested glutinous rice, and the raw materials are fresh, so I recommend trying it.”

"This is southern dim sum." Qin An has heard of it, but he has never eaten it.

The waiter nodded and said: "Our chef opened a dim sum shop in Hangzhou before. When the world was in chaos, he happened to be traveling here, so he stayed."

"Then let's have a pot of this four-leaf tea, a serving of cloud cake and a serving of chestnut cake. Is there a private room?" Just tired from walking, this place is quite clean, and it's a good place to rest while drinking a pot of tea.

"Yes, please come with me."

They went upstairs together and entered the box, which was actually just a simple decoration, but the chairs were more comfortable than those downstairs.

It looks like there may be a service charge here.

The waiter left after delivering the people, Qin An sat down and looked around.

"The teas here are quite weird. Let's see if we can buy some teas we've never heard of before we leave, and try them one by one when we go back." Qin An said with a smile.

"This is a commercial secret, so someone will take it out easily?" He Siming put the things on the chair next to him, then took out the things one by one, counted them to see if there was anything left behind.

"It's been a while since we went shopping like this." Qin An poked his head to watch him count.

After Beijing began to restore order, the two actually seldom went out for shopping, because usually it was hard enough, and most of the time during the holidays was spent in the dormitory, watching mobile phones under the covers, or doing something they loved.

The last time I went shopping seriously was two or three months ago.

"We seem to have a similar snack street in Beijing." He Siming said, "I was driving an electric car on the road that day, and I smelled a smell of fried stinky tofu."

"Then let's go back and take some time to take a good look." Qin An sighed, "The current Beijing is almost different every day. We have to look more and enjoy it in time."

"That sounds weird." He Siming tidied up his things, put them in a bag, and put them under the table. Just at that moment, the waiter knocked on the door and came in, putting down the freshly brewed tea, cloud cake, chestnuts, etc. Cake has to wait a while.

There are windows upstairs, you can see the scenery outside the window.

Qin An poured two bowls of tea.The tea drinking utensils are the more traditional tea bowls, just like those seen on TV.This is the only item in this store that looks more like something in a teahouse.

Qin An smelled the fragrance of tea.Take a sip.

It is said to be leaves, it really smells like leaves.I can't tell what the leaves are, but they are all familiar.Drinking it into the mouth, the taste is slightly bitter and sweet, with an indescribable aroma.

This taste is quite different from tea, but it is inexplicably delicious.

"We can take this back home." Qin An said with some surprise.

"Let's discuss it later when we go downstairs." He Siming blew on the heat of the tea and drank two more sips.

Neither of them can be regarded as fastidious people, they chatted without saying a word, looked at all kinds of people outside the window, and ate snacks.

This feeling is quite artistic and reassuring.The two drank all the tea, and it had been more than an hour.

At this time, it was already close to the afternoon, and the two of them packed up the unfinished snacks, and discussed with the store, spent more money to buy several kinds of tea here, and then entered a nearby hot pot restaurant, after eating When they went back, the observation group had already gathered together to chat. When the two arrived, their eyes were focused on the two of them at the same time, which made Qin An feel embarrassed.

"Where did you go?" Sky Ghost stood up.

Qin An raised the hand holding the things: "I went shopping."

"If you come back later, it will be dark." Tiangui was a little helpless, and motioned for the two to sit down.

Several people will hold a small meeting to organize everyone's findings and insights here.Tomorrow, I will inspect some other places, and I will fly back in the afternoon to end this inspection.

When his mouth was dry, Qin An took out the newly obtained four-leaf tea and cloud cake and put them on the table, and everyone tasted them together.

Although they came here in the name of the observation group, in fact, for Qin An and the others, coming here is no different from playing.

As long as there are green and blue fields here, the safety is very high, and the consumption is not too high. Whether it is eating or playing, it is very enjoyable.

But on this day, Liao Zewen just had a chat with Qin An in the morning, and he never showed up after that. Except for Qin An's team, the other members of the observation team were still curious about Liao Zewen. It is inevitable to lead to Liao Zewen.

Qin An and the others seldom spoke about this topic, and listened to them make their own conclusions.

Qin An had a personal relationship with Liao Zewen, so he didn't open his mouth out of suspicion.

Finally, listening to their chatting and typing on the keyboard, Qin An felt a little sleepy, so he dragged He Siming into the bedroom and squinted his eyes to rest.As a result, I woke up at [-] o'clock in the evening with an empty stomach, but looking down from the window, there was only light outside the base, and most of the places inside had already turned off the lights. It was obviously not suitable to go out for supper.

Fortunately, there are pastries packed by the two of them, which can make do with a bite.

When I woke up the next day, it was just after seven o'clock.In the end, people under Liao Zewen came and called them away, and they went to see the morning exercise of the Self-Defense Forces in the base.

This can be regarded as a semi-secret of a base, and Liao Zewen just showed it to everyone.

Qin An's belly was so hungry that he watched the self-defense army's morning exercise for half an hour, and then watched the civil organization's unified training in the base for half an hour.

In the end, Liao Zewen took them to visit the outskirts of the base and some of the most effective traps in dealing with mutant animals.

Finally, when Qin An finally sat at the dining table, he almost swallowed the stainless steel dinner plate together.

Finally when it was time to go back, Liao Zewen personally escorted them to the plane.

Qin An waved to Liao Zewen: "When you go to Beijing, you must contact me. If you are free, I can show you around Beijing."

"Definitely." Liao Zewen waved his hand, watching everyone get on the plane, and after the plane took off, he turned and left.

In fact, both of them knew very well that even if Liao Zewen had the day to go to Beijing, he might not have time to wander around.

Now Liao Zewen's status is quite special, and there is no way to be so free in many things.

Ever since they went to Liao Zewen's base, Qin An and his party didn't have any major tasks that winter.

Because of the freezing weather, mutated animals lacking such powerful heating as humans can only find places to nest for warmth, and there are very few that can support their bodies to attack humans.

Therefore, there are fewer and fewer mutated animals outside Beijing.Beijing simply reduced the attendance of high-level mutants.Instead, they closed the door and concentrated on training.

Although the intensity of training has increased, it is still much more leisurely for Qin An and others.Because they didn't have to deal with those mutated animals and didn't consume a lot of physical strength, several people began to gain weight at a speed visible to the naked eye.

During this period, there were still no new jade tokens.

Summarized the jade cards that are currently in hand, or known.The remaining jade cards that have not yet been handed in are the Si card, the Wei card and the Shen card.Lin Nuan tried to deduce their special abilities through their characteristics, but in this way to find jade tokens, the gains were still limited.

Shortly thereafter, it entered a global cooling.On the Beijing side, the lowest temperature detected was close to minus [-] degrees.

Even if the heating is good, it is difficult to resist the almost abnormal low temperature. Many people in Beijing froze to death.

Now, even the arrangement to go out to deal with the mutated animals has been cancelled, and the door is closed to deal with the difficult problem of cooling down.

In the military compound, each room has a charcoal basin, which is used to burn charcoal for heating. At the same time, a carbon monoxide alarm is placed to prevent the harmful gas produced by insufficient coal combustion during the heating process.

At the same time, a small window was opened in the windows of the corridor to ensure ventilation at all times, and it was stipulated that the doors of all rooms could not be closed to ensure air circulation.

He Siming is fine these days, because there is enough food, He Siming can mutate fluff at any time to keep himself warm, but Qin An's life is not so good, especially in the early morning, Qin An's sleep is getting deeper and deeper, faintly There is a posture of hibernation.

He Siming had no choice but to pull Qin An to do more exercises to warm up his body, and even at night after the complete mutation, he would make his body bigger and press Qin An under his body to keep him warm.Because Qin An is a reptile, his need for oxygen is low when he sleeps. Even if he covers his mouth and nose, and borrows the little breathing space left, Qin An can sleep until dawn.

After persisting like this for half a month, the cooling still has no meaning of warming up.

On the contrary, Lin Nuan felt sorry for everyone, so she directly remodeled her big dining room into a large heating room, and also piled up folding beds in the corner, so if you are afraid of the cold, you can sleep in it without any problem.

There are thick insulation panels on the walls inside the heating room, and detachable insulation layers are installed on the windows, and inside, there are several generators modified from exercise bikes.The electricity stored in the generator is connected to several electric heaters.

If you think it's not hot enough in the house, you can always work out on the exercise bike.While exercising and warming up the body, it will also generate electricity. The electricity generated can drive the electric heater to heat up the room. In addition, this room already has heating. Even if the outside temperature reaches minus [-] degrees, the temperature inside can always be guaranteed at [-] degrees. The speed goes up, and everyone is even wearing vests and shorts.

Of course, because of Bao Xinyu's presence, everyone can enter Bao Xinyu's Little Thousand World at any time.

Although it is winter in Xiaoqianshijie, the temperature is only ten degrees below zero. It is easy to keep warm at such a temperature. Put two electric heaters in the room and turn up the temperature a little, and the room can be very warm.

What Lin Nuan meant was that they had to spend at least eight hours outside for training during the day, and for the rest of the time, whether to generate electricity here or enter Xiaoqian World to enjoy happiness, all depended on their own plans.

Qin An pedaled on the exercise bike for a few days, the room temperature was getting warmer and warmer, and his body was getting warmer and warmer. In the end, he simply stayed here for food and lodging, and regained his summer vigor.

Because of the extreme cold, most of the seawater in the coastal areas was frozen, and the extreme cold caused marine life to lose its vitality, which temporarily eased the pressure on the coast.

It's just that the biggest problem is that the coastline is starting to rise continuously.Perhaps because of the continuous melting of polar glaciers, the current coastal area has flooded more than 100 meters of space on the shore.

This is definitely not a good thing.

Of course, these are not issues that Qin An needs to worry about.

During this period, Qin An didn't have enough space to increase his body training, and he didn't have any battles to participate in, so he concentrated on training his ability to control the jade token.Because his jade card ability is conscious communication, which consumes mental and physical strength, and does not require any special movements, just sitting there without moving.

Almost all the staff choose to live in this heating room, but they prefer to live in Bao Xinyu's space, after all, they have a motivation for life.

Basically all the crops they planted before have been harvested. After using the machines stored in the Tiangui space, after processing, what everyone usually eats is basically grown by themselves.

Now there are more than 40 extra pheasants, all of which were hatched after the original pheasants laid eggs.

Compared with the first-generation pheasants, these second-generation pheasants are much more docile from birth. When people walk into the huge cage made of nets, these pheasants will come to get close to them.

The same is true for rabbits. The original rabbits have grown up and started to give birth to young rabbits.But Lin Nuan still chose to take these baby rabbits away, and only let these poor little guys eat the mother rabbit's milk for three days before starting artificial breeding and feeding.This kind of cub, who has been familiar with human taste since childhood, will be very docile when he grows up.

Everything in the space seems so peaceful and comfortable.The longer you stay inside, the more reluctant you are to leave.

A dozen or so people have actually formed a small village inside and developed it.

After winter this year, there is a new resident in this space, and that is Xiao Hai.

Lin Nuan completely separated Xiao Hai from the guard team she trained, and sent the team originally brought to Beijing back to the Northeast to protect the people in the manor.

Because after entering Beijing, Lin Nuan had cultivated a new batch of trustworthy talents. These people who had condensed a lot of Lin Nuan's hard work had to stay in their hometown to protect their families.

And so far, Tiangui and others haven't gone home to take a look for more than a year.I don't know what happened to the big willow tree that carried the two grandfathers of Tiangui.

Another month passed, and the time directly entered the twelfth lunar month.

Even in the past, the twelfth lunar month is the coldest time of the year. After the end of the world, it is even more terrifying. The lowest temperature outside has already begun to approach minus [-] degrees.

In this environment, if a person goes out naked, he will be completely frozen inside and out within a few minutes.

The Beijing side saw that Lin Nuan's situation was good, and began to follow this model, investing a large amount of budget to make simple generators and electric heaters.In fact, the principle of electric heating is very simple, and the cost is not too high.

After the production was completed, a thick layer of insulation was built in some large and closed spaces such as stadiums and swimming pools in the past, and then the beds for accommodation were placed, and heating things such as generators and mats were installed in them.

Afterwards, a group of people were first selected to try to settle in, and after confirming that the indoor temperature could be guaranteed to be above [-] degrees, they began to build such huge group dormitories on a large scale, so as to ensure the safety of more people's lives.

When many people gather together, there are many problems that need to be faced.For example, the noise problem.Needless to say, when people gather together, there will be a lot of voices. If you live together, there will always be people who snore, talk in sleep, or some people can't sleep, and there is also the noise caused by the generator.

And these problems are almost impossible to solve. We can only arrange the elderly and children to a relatively quiet corner first. If we can’t stand it, we can also use points to exchange for sound-proof earplugs. The effect is still very significant.

Qin An knew about this through Lin Nuan.

I also looked at the monitoring in Lin Nuan's laboratory. There are more than 2 people living in the Water Cube alone, and the rest of the larger enclosed sports spaces have a considerable population.And with so many people living together, they all began to adapt.

There's no way I can't get used to it, because it's easy to freeze to death if I rely on myself to keep warm outside, but here, if I wear at least a little thicker clothes, I won't feel the cold at all.

Nothing is more important than being alive.Just live on.

In fact, for people in Beijing, such a cold winter is no better than other seasons.In other seasons, although they have to face the danger of individual mutated animals attacking in, or need to earn points to support themselves, and now the government pays for all food, drink and lodging, their original privacy space is gone.Not only that, tens of thousands of people live in groups, not to mention the possible quarrels, the noise and smell alone are enough to make people collapse.

You know, in this environment, some people may not have bathed for more than a year.

Just stick to the past.

At night, when Qin An and He Siming were lying in the container villa in the space, guarding the warm nest, and lying on the bed, Qin An couldn't help but ask, "Tell me, if we don't have the current ability, how can we face the current situation?" What can we do about the situation? Should we also live in the group dormitory with tens of thousands of people?"

He Siming thought about the scene he saw from the surveillance during the day.

Can't help frowning.It's not that he hates those people, but that he really can't stand such an environment.

"Even if we're not mutants, it's not difficult for the two young men to earn enough fuel. We should be able to persist if we insist on living in a place with heating," He Siming said.

Qin An knew that He Siming was a very clean person.But think about it, those who have to live in groups, before the end of the world, are they not people who love cleanliness?

But now that the situation is going, what can be done.

"I heard that at the end of the decade, the temperature was as low as minus one hundred degrees, and many people froze to death at that time. Do you think it will be that cold now?"