Chapter 1112: Borrowing People, Unexpected Gains!

Life for the residents of Pingtan Shelter was poor.

This was the reality that Sumo saw with his own eyes while going down the spiral staircase.

I don’t know how these gopher guys tolerate the closed space. They have lived in a place with less than three square meters per person for more than two hundred years, and they are still used to this kind of narrow space.

This is simply scarier than going to jail!

The dungeons set up in the territory are at least eight square meters per person. Compared with this place, it is simply paradise.

Somo's expression was a little subtle.

He somewhat understood why the residents in this shelter showed such strong purchasing power when they encountered fresh vegetables.

These poor people can hardly even take a few breaths of fresh air, let alone mature plants on the surface.

Perhaps it is not the taste of those vegetables that wins the popularity, but the atmosphere of freedom that attracts gophers to buy them one after another.

They try to use this method to adapt to and perceive their future life in advance.

"Pingtan Shelter has a total of twenty-one floors, and the sixteen floors above are the living floors for residents. Theoretically, the comfortable capacity here should be 30,000 people, and the maximum cannot exceed 50,000 people. Unfortunately, as time passes, Over the years, the residents of the shelter continued to multiply, and eventually this limit was seriously exceeded, which led to today's evil consequences. "

Yehu continued to introduce.

They are all idle in the shelter, unable to get out to work on the surface.

What else can you do?

Initially, there were only a little over 20,000 people in Pingtan Shelter, but after only three generations, the number soared to 100,000.

Life was harder then than it is now.

Many families of five have to live in a space of less than five square meters. It can be said that there is nothing else to do except sleep.

"Many people can't bear to live in such a miserable life in the shelter. Especially as the living environment further deteriorates, more and more people have begun to propose to open up new gathering places on the surface, or build in another place. Ideas for new shelters.

The shelter manager at the time did not refuse, and of course he had no reason to refuse. After all, the manager also had a very large responsibility for the deterioration of the living environment. Under this indulgence, at least one-third of the people went to the earth. "

“Many of the homeless people you see in the city today actually have ancestors who were residents of shelters.”

"So this is how the homeless people came here?"

Sumo said slightly surprised.

He had always thought that homeless people were the people who had no shelter in the pre-war era and had escaped and multiplied by themselves.

It never occurred to me that the ancestors of these wanderers were also gophers.

"The impact of the nuclear war was too great. Although there is a natural harbor around Qinggang City where a large amount of seafood can be caught, those seafood have long become extremely ferocious under the influence of radiation. It is no exaggeration to say that compared to When the biennial beast disaster breaks out, the combat power of the Radiation Beast is no less impressive."

“If we just relied on homeless people to reproduce on their own, I’m afraid they would have disappeared in the city long ago.

Speaking of this, a look of emotion appeared on Yehu's face.

When this situation first occurred in the shelter, each resident was given the opportunity to choose. They could choose to continue living in a small space or go out and explore.

But as many people step out of the shelter and realize that the outside world is not as peaceful as they imagined, these people inevitably have the idea of ​​​​returning to the shelter life.

By this time, those who remained in the shelters had discovered that their living conditions were getting better and better as these people left.

Naturally, conflicts broke out from here.

Many shelters have begun to introduce rules that as long as you step outside the shelter, you will be expelled and never return.

The start of the rule operation went quite smoothly.

Because more than 99% of the people saw the tragedy outside and the restrictions of this rule, they gave up the idea of ​​leaving the shelter, so naturally no one objected.

However, not long after, as the number of people increased again, new conflicts inevitably appeared.

Either limit the population growth of the shelter, or expel a group of people out at regular intervals.

In order to maintain combat effectiveness, and no one knows which shelter to start from, a new rule emerged.

Elimination system.

For example, in Pingtan Shelter, residents on each floor have monthly mission plans.

If the monthly tasks are not completed three times in a row, an entire layer of people will be kicked out of the shelter and left to survive in the ruins of the city outside.

He was one of the people who was almost kicked out of the shelter back then. If it hadn't been for good luck later, he might have died in a nook and cranny long ago.

"Then these homeless people in Qinggang City all ran away from Qinggang Shelter back then?"

"I'm not sure about this. It may be from other cities."

No one keeps statistics on the origins and origins of the homeless.

Following the footsteps of Hunter Tiger, Sumo quickly climbed the stairs to the last floor of the residential floor.

The further down you go, the better the living conditions are.

By the time we reach the sixteenth floor, everyone's living space has been enlarged to a full "ten square meters."

Although it still sounds like a quite small number, when you consider that the rooms on the upper floors can only accommodate one bed for sleeping, and cannot even move around, you can understand how big the gap is.

In addition, the public living space here is much larger than above.

Standing on the stairs and looking inside, Sumo even saw a greenhouse separated by glass, with many green plants growing in it.

However, unfortunately, with the large amount of fresh fruits and vegetables imported into Tianyuan Territory, the greenhouse here should have been abandoned. Many plants look a little withered and yellow, obviously lacking people to take care of them.

Continue to go down to the 17th floor.

The space here has become larger, and there are even no separate residential rooms.

What surprised Su Mo was that in the center of this space, he actually saw a "live" nuclear power plant!

It was about the size of a van, making a clacking sound, and continuously outputting energy to various locations in the shelter.

"Is this the source of energy for the shelter?" Su Mo said excitedly.

The tiger hunter nodded.

"Yes, the energy supply of the entire shelter comes from this machine."

"How long can it last, cough cough, I mean, can this thing be used directly, without any restrictions?"

"No restrictions?"

The tiger hunter shook his head like a splash drum.

"Of course there are restrictions. Nuclear generators need special fuel rods to start. And fuel rods need to be purchased from the Foundation's merchant ships, or exchanged from the teams of enterprises."

"What, you still need fuel rods?"

Su Mo was quite surprised.

If it is a proper nuclear fusion reactor, it only needs ordinary seawater and some light nuclei to achieve it.

Otherwise, how can it be called "inexhaustible" clean energy.

But if special fuel rods are needed, then this nuclear generator

is not the same as the nuclear generator on the Red Spider, and it still cannot get rid of the manufacturer's restrictions.

"Yes, the service life of a fuel rod is one year. In the past, when the Foundation's merchant ships came, this was the best-selling and most sought-after thing. Every shelter needs to rely on fuel rods to maintain underground energy supply."

Hunting Tiger sighed.

"It's a pity that I didn't take it seriously when the Foundation merchant ship came last time, and I only grabbed two. If I can't find a new replenishment channel next year, I'm afraid the Pingtan Shelter will really be abandoned like the red core."

Two?

Su Mo's face showed a hint of amusement.

However, he did not choose to continue asking, after all, this is the ultimate secret of every shelter.

Perhaps Liehu has hidden some more, but in order to prevent someone from "borrowing", the excuse of two is indeed a good one.

"This thing is nothing to look at. If you are interested, I can even sell you one, but you have to find the fuel rods yourself."

"Forget it, it will be a waste without fuel rods."

Su Mo shook his head and rejected Liehu's proposal.

If it is true as he said, the operation of this thing still requires fuel rods.

Then it is meaningless to buy it back.

After all, there is an industrial core that can manufacture nuclear power generators in the institute.

And after the seventeenth floor, the eighteenth floor, the nineteenth floor, and the twentieth floor below.

The three floors are all the territory of the Pingtan Army.

"The Pingtan Army currently has a total of 9,300 people. Including the guards responsible for the safety of the shelter, there are a total of 11,000 people, which is about a ratio of 6 to 1. It is a relatively medium ratio in the entire Qinggang City."

Following Liehu, he focused on visiting the military reserves of Pingtan.

Su Mo's eyes showed a thoughtful look, and he couldn't help but have a better understanding of the strength of the Blue Star Gophers.

The Pingtan Shelter, which has a population of only more than 60,000, has more than 10,000 armed personnel.

And this ratio is not even ranked in Qinggang City.

Doesn't it mean that there are shelters that are more militaristic than Liehu and support more troops?

Look at the information on the world chat.

Many players have also thought of attacking the shelters of those Gophers while the Metal Sigh disaster continues.

Now think about it, it's a ridiculous idea.

Tianyuan Territory is definitely a relatively large gathering place for Earth players, but there are only a few thousand soldiers that can be mobilized.

Even if this number of people attacked by surprise, it would be difficult to defeat a medium-sized shelter head-on.

After all, although human players have attribute bonuses on the game panel, they have never experienced such a life-and-death fight.

Especially in cold weapon combat, it depends on the word "bravery".

Even if the quality of the mole man's army is poor, they have experienced large and small battles.

Three against one, it can always be fought, right?

If a war is really launched, the players will have no chance of winning if their numbers are three times or more than the opponent's.

"You have too few soldiers. Once a war breaks out, it will be difficult to keep such a large territory."

The two came to the twenty-first floor, which is the last floor of the Pingtan Shelter.

Seeing that Su Mo was still in deep thought, Liehu smiled.

"Are you considering expanding? I can lend you some well-trained Pingtan troops and let them help you train soldiers."

"Based on past experience, it will take about half a year to train them to a level that can fight."

Su Mo looked at Liehu in surprise.

Unexpectedly, before he even brought up the idea of ​​borrowing people, Liehu actually said it first.

"How many people?"

Liehu stretched out his right hand and pointed two fingers.

"Two hundred?"

"Two hundred is not enough, at least two thousand!"

Liehu said with a happy expression, and even wanted to add a few more to this number.

For the current Pingtan Shelter, supplying so many soldiers is actually a great pressure.

Especially after several wars, Liehu has discovered the current problems of the Pingtan Army.

There are too many veterans and too few new recruits.

Those veterans who followed him to fight more than ten years ago are now in their forties.

Not only has their combat effectiveness declined seriously, but the key is that they are in a position to recruit soldiers, which makes it impossible for him to continue to expand the army.

Like the previous managers, he would fight a war to the end to consume these people. Liehu can't do such a thing.

After all, these are his comrades, brothers who have fought for their lives on the battlefield.

But if he continues to support these people, sooner or later the combat effectiveness of the Pingtan Army will decline to the bottom and usher in a tragic defeat.

So it is better to lend these veterans out, not only do you not have to be responsible for their material supply, but you can also earn a favor. The most important thing is that you can expand the position and recruit a group of new soldiers to supplement the combat effectiveness.

"Are you sure they are willing?"

Su Mo raised his eyebrows, a little moved.

Although he had guessed that Liehu would definitely not lend out the combat power, it must be those old veterans.

But this is exactly what he wants.

The current Tianyuan territory has no ability to train new people.

We just need a group of experienced veterans to supplement the foundation and create a complete soldier training mechanism.

In addition, although these two thousand people are old, their combat effectiveness cannot be ignored.

At least under reasonable command, the combat effectiveness that can be exerted must be stronger than the current guards.

If these people can be borrowed permanently, it would be great news!

"The duty of a soldier is to obey orders. Believe me, they may refuse to live on the ground before, but now..."

The tiger hunter smiled, first pointed to the ground, and then pointed to the direction of the South Guava Bunker.

During this period, the Alliance garrison at the bunker has been replaced by four batches.

Almost every batch of people who came back were reluctant to leave, always asking when it would be their turn to be on duty again.

"If I hadn't restricted them, I'm afraid they would have been unable to hold back and wanted to go to the ground to have a look."

"That's good, you have to choose some obedient ones for me."

"Don't worry, I don't have any troublemakers under my command!"

The Tiger Hunter smiled comfortably, then remembered the main purpose of today, and hurriedly said:

"Speaking of which, I plan to learn from that Kevin kid and build a sub-base behind the warning wall. What do you think?"

"Sub-base? Then you don't plan to manage this western suburbs?"

"No matter, this place is too big and too broken. Even cleaning up the ruins will take a lot of effort."

The Tiger Hunter said impatiently.

And he picked up a report from his desk and handed it over, which showed the recent material expenditure.

Su Mo flipped through it casually and immediately understood why he gave up.

Unlike the Horsens Shelter, the Pingtan Shelter did not deliberately store reconstruction materials in the past few decades or hundreds of years.

The people here never thought about living on the ground from beginning to end.

Or those who have this idea are not crazy enough to rebuild civilization above the shelter.

The recent infrastructure construction has used the strategic materials stored in the Pingtan Shelter.

It would be fine if there were merchant ships or passing caravans from the Foundation to replenish them.

But considering the uncertainty of the future, it is no wonder that Tiger Hunter would think so.