Chapter 757

Dark clouds pressed against the city, the cold wind was blowing, and a thick mist of yellow smoke was set off, and there was a faint smell of frost and snow in the air...

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The snowflakes in the shape of hexagonal diamonds fluttered down one after another, and misty clouds shrouded the entire Yongcheng, ethereal and desolate.

Yongcheng is located in the extreme south of China. The weather has always been hot and humid. Even in winter, it rarely snows. Even if it does snow, it is only very fine snow.

Almost knee-deep snow has already accumulated on the surface, and the whole world is white, like a sea of ​​frost and snow. castle.

"Pharaoh, you're wearing too few clothes, look how you are frozen."

"Hey, I know it's cold... but I've already put on all the clothes I can wear... Actually, it's fine. I will naturally warm up with more work, hehe."

The middle-aged man named Lao Wang gave a simple and honest smile, showing his mouth full of white teeth. He was breathing thick white smoke while speaking, his hair was covered with hoarfrost, and his rough cheeks had long been frozen with fine lines. crack.

He was wearing seven or eight thick clothes, wrapping himself like a big fat man, but these clothes were all dirty and tattered, and at first glance they didn't have any thermal effect, so he wore so much Still know how to tremble.

"This weather...it's terribly cold, not to mention minus 30 to 40 degrees, right? Grandma's...this kind of temperature is not uncommon in the north, but the air in our south is humid, and when it gets cold, it's like soaking in ice. Shui, I hid in bed last night and woke up from the cold in the middle of the night..."

Another middle-aged strong man clasped his arms, his teeth were chattering, he wore an old thick military scarf around his neck, and a peaked cap on his head... It is very funny to wear a peaked cap on such a cold day, in fact He also wanted to wear a warm hat, but supplies were in short supply in Yongcheng, and many warm clothes were not enough.

"Tsk tsk, the weather is getting more and more unusual... Not to mention that he hasn't seen the sun for months, and now it's snowing heavily on his grandma's... What should we do? Should we continue to work? It's snowing. Is it really possible to continue building the city wall if it is so big?"

"Hey, how can we get steamed buns if we don't work? My whole family is counting on me for this job..."

"Yeah, the people in the army are not so kind. They don't want to raise waste wood for nothing... If you want to eat well, you have to work for them..."

A large group of men gathered together, letting the wind and snow blow down, one after another fell on their faces, and the crystal water droplets of Huacheng slipped across their necks, making people gasp for breath.

Now, it is winter season.

In Tiannan Province, in the past, December was only late autumn, and people usually only wore autumn clothes, and some stronger children even only wore short sleeves, but this year is different... because this year is the In the first year of the end of the world, the magnetic field, climate, ecology, and shell of the ball were already in chaos, so it was not uncommon for Yongcheng to experience heavy snowfall in December, and the temperature dropped to minus 40 degrees.

Although it is not unusual, many people have not been psychologically prepared and have not taken preventive measures... They were caught off guard immediately.

Just ask, in a chaotic city like Yongcheng, seven million ordinary citizens can't even eat enough to eat, and people starve to death every day, the quality of life is naturally extremely poor, and the issue of warmth is naturally impossible to take into account. , the lowest temperature in the past few months was only minus ten degrees, wear more clothes and endure it to get through it...

But now,

The weather is already cold enough to freeze urine, and it is unbearable for ordinary people, so the weather is so cold that it suddenly rises to the biggest enemy of survival!

The survivors who lived in the buildings lived a little more comfortable... But there are also many poor survivors who have not been assigned housing for the time being, and can only live in wooden sheds, bridge piers, basements, and abandoned remnants. These buildings can't shelter from the wind and rain at all, and when the cold wind blows, it is guaranteed to be able to blow through the heart...

I don't know how many people will freeze to death after the heavy snowfall last night. Perhaps, after this cold wave passes, those people who freeze to death will not even have a chance to collect their bodies...

"Come, come, be quiet, the people from the army team are finally here!"

Suddenly, such a sentence was shouted from the crowd, and many men who were shivering in the cold wind turned their heads quickly, only to see a team of soldiers pushing a few wooden carts to this side with difficulty. Come.

"Everyone, no matter how hard it is to work in the cold and heavy snow, it must be very wrong and very hard... But no matter how wronged and tired, you must persevere. The work of building the city wall is urgent, and we finally waited for this opportunity to breathe. We must not neglect this hard-won opportunity because of this blizzard…”

An officer at the head stood with his hands behind his back, so imposingly he raised his head and said to the nearly 100 men.

"Lieutenant Liu... That's right, but the snow doesn't stop falling, and it's almost freezing to death, and the snow that gets on it is almost knee-thick... Look..." Lao Wang's migrant worker bent down and said in a humble tone.

"Well, the Army Corps will naturally be considerate of everyone... The workers who continue to work today can each receive three more steamed buns..." The officer patted the carriage of the small wooden cart and smiled.

"Wow, that's great!"

Three steamed buns are too important for the survivors of the doomsday era. Don't think that only fist-sized steamed buns are cheap, but this is enough for an adult man to have a full meal. For a strong man who has to support his family, it is tantamount to a fortune...

To be honest, there is not much left in the army. Although they rely on those magical plants to absorb the flesh and blood of insects for nutrition, they can produce more than one million kilograms of food every day, but they still have too much porridge and not enough porridge to distribute... Yongcheng is a great place. In a real city, its center of gravity is inclined to useful people. Even if it occasionally sympathizes with the elderly, the weak, the sick and the disabled, it is impossible to fully take care of the lives of the weak...

That's right, Yongcheng provides free food to the weak every day, two steamed buns for adults and one steamed bun for children. However, this is simply not enough to eat. If you want to avoid starvation, then you can work for the army. Let's build walls, build houses, help with transportation, enlist in the army, grow crops, please the officers...

"In addition to getting three more steamed buns, the army team will also assign some worm eyes to each household. These worm eyes are high-energy fuels. Once ignited, a roaring flame can emerge, which lasts for several hours, enough for Warm up at night."

The officer raised his eyebrows, and while speaking, he took out a worm's eye of a flying dragon louse from his pocket. Then I lit the insect's eye with a match, and I saw a blue flame burst out with a swish, and then it burned extremely vigorously. The flame was one meter high. times!

That's what high-energy bug eyes do.

The insect eyes of the first-level and middle-level sickle beetles are used for lighting, the insect-eyes of the first-level high-level red-topped beetles are used for barbecue cooking, and the insect-eyes of the second-level low-level flying dragon louse can be used to ward off the cold. The biological energy contained in this thing is terrifyingly high. , I don't know what the ingredients are, in short, its burning value is thousands of times that of coal!

As for the insect eyes of the second and middle rank and above, that is a strategic resource, which is more extensive and rare. It is mostly used for casting, melting, enchanting, making talismans, magic blessings, etc. Only the inheritors can use them, and they will definitely not flow to the people. of.

"Uh, when did the Army Corps become so generous..."

There were whispered discussions in the crowd, and everyone's eyes were shining, and there was a sense of astonishment that the blooming water of the iron tree was flowing backwards. Since the accident of Commander Lu Dingyun, the army has rarely sent supplies to ordinary survivors on a large scale. Now, even if there is, it is only a small amount of food. Now in the heavy snow day, the army team is sending so many low-level insect eyes that they have saved for free. Although it is reasonable, it still makes people feel a little unbelievable.

"The army has always been very generous, especially after Commander Lu and Commander Chu passed away one after another, and Commander Ran took over power..." The second lieutenant officer coughed and opened a box on a small wooden cart, revealing the low-level insects inside. Jing, shouted:

"Come here, everyone will take three insect crystals. It's best if they can be fused to strengthen their strength. Even if they can't be fused, it's an extra wealth for you..."

"Wow! Three insect crystals?"

The migrant workers who built the city wall were all stunned, and then they burst into cheers in unison, and they all stared at each other with round eyes.

Don't look at the three low-level insect crystals, which are garbage to the inheritors. Super experts like Li Jiayu, Ran Hongxia, Yang An, and Gu Qing may not even look at the low-level insect crystals. For ordinary people, it is still a good treasure that cannot be reached. In the black market, a good low-level insect crystal can even be exchanged for ten pounds of food, and if it is a red-topped beetle crystal that can improve arm strength and leg strength. Spotted beetle crystals are even more valuable, at least 30 catties of grain can be fried!

Thirty catties of grain is enough for an ordinary person to eat for nearly two months, so there is a saying in Yongcheng: a low-level insect crystal is equivalent to a human life.

Not every ordinary person can fuse worm crystals to strengthen their physique. About half of them have the aptitude to fuse worm crystals, and the remaining half will be weak ordinary people for the rest of their lives. , can never become strong enough to have the power to protect himself...

"Yes, it's three insect crystals. You should be glad that the army has changed its policy... Now the policy implemented by Commander Ran is..."

The officer took a good look at the migrant workers and said word by word:

"Everyone is a soldier!" (To be continued. "This article is provided by the breaking dawn update team x-on:小爱332335" If you like this work, you are welcome to ◣First Release◥ to vote for a recommendation vote and a monthly pass. Your support is my biggest motivation. .)