CHAPTER XXIII

Looking at this news, others were shocked that the epidemic could be controlled or even cured, but Li Jie was shocked by the first one!

It turned out to be artificial!?

Water pollution turned out to be man-made!?

What are these people thinking? Li Jie really can't figure out that in the end of the world, the entire Huaguo, the city that is still under the control of the state, is only Tucker City! How could anyone do such a thing?

However, it is more cruel than Li Jie imagined.

In Tucker City, there are various theories about the so-called "purification theory" and "extinction theory", and all this kind of rhetoric comes from a superstitious organization hidden deep in the people-Protestantism.

At the heart of Protestantism is the idea that there is too much filth in the world for God to bear, that all the survivors of humanity in the old age are blasphemers and must be destroyed, and that God's followers will have eternal life in the kingdom of God and their families will be sheltered...... And all the infected are the shells left by the Catholics who have gone to the kingdom of God, and the purpose of their leaving these shells is to save the remaining blasphemers, in other words, if you encounter the infected, please don't resist, let it go, it is sent by God to redeem you! And if it was your family, then don't rebel against its good intentions, it just desperately wants to be reunited with you in the kingdom of God......

Such absurd remarks turned out to be quite marketable!

However, it's not that people are stupid, it's that many people still can't believe that their family members have become infected like the walking dead, or that they are dead......

Unwilling to accept this, they work in the place arranged by the political axe during the day, and return to the lonely apartment at night, thinking that their former family is no longer around......

As a result, the rhetoric of "Protestantism" spread far and wide.

originally had a hint of self-comforting nature, and did not necessarily believe in the so-called kingdom of God, but the so-called three people became tigers, there are many such arguments around them, and many people began to unconsciously let themselves choose to believe, believing that their family members are not dead......

Therefore, in just one month at the base, dozens of people have committed suicide, and the one who poisoned the water source is even more surprising, it turned out to be a major!

His parents and wife were already infected, and his four-year-old son, who was infected in front of him in Tucker City, was forced to carry out a clean-up plan......

At night, holding the toys that his son used to play with, lying in the place where he once slept, and even looking at his son's small bowl while eating, the officer who was responsible for guarding the equipment and facilities of the water source finally collapsed.

He doesn't want to believe everything now, he prefers to believe that now is God's test for him, and that children, parents, and wives are waiting for him in the kingdom of God......

The first to notice his anomaly was one of his soldiers, who had only been in the army for a year and had a lively and reliable personality, but no one knew that the big boy had already converted to the so-called Protestant ......

So, in the so-called Protestant temptation and inducement step by step, the major made a big case that shocked Tucker City and almost destroyed Tucker City......

Even, if it were not for another place, which was not under the jurisdiction of this major, the source of domestic water was strictly guarded, and the soldiers in charge of guarding the water source strictly enforced all kinds of protective measures and refused the major's many non-official visits, and even this water source would be polluted!

And if they succeed, the consequences are unimaginable......

It is precisely because of this that Tucker City, after many discussions, has been considering whether it is appropriate to release some news to relieve people's tense nerves.

Li Jie is even more just, at this time to propose a new game plan, greatly alleviating the constraints caused by the lack of resources! This is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for the state!

According to the harvest of the previous three days, 137 pieces of gold can be obtained every day, which is enough to resurrect 17 people!

In other words, if you can save 17 infected people in a day, then 510 people in a month!

That's a huge number!

The entire city of Tucker, with a population of nearly one million, now has a daily infection count of around 30 people.

In other words, if all the gold nuggets were put into use, then the number of people dying from infection every day would be reduced by more than half!

However, it is a pity that this method has too many uncontrollable factors, the main factor is that this technology is not its own, and we don't even know its specific principle, but it is ridiculous like playing a game, just according to the rules of the game, they are cured......

In order to appease people's hearts, in the end, the political axe decided to throw out such a good "fake news" to stabilize the citizens of Tucker City and let them see hope.

And in private places, the recruitment of so-called "volunteers" has begun......

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Ever since Tucker City TV announced the good news that LT-001Y, the original germ that caused the outbreak, had been successfully suppressed in the laboratory, the Tucker base had entered a state of revelry.

At the end of May, a new news was announced again - the Chinese Academy of Sciences recruited infected people under the age of 12 to participate in the clinical trial of the treatment agent in the entire Tucker City, and noted that the failure rate was about 30%.

However, even so, it still gives everyone hope!

Li Jie understands that this is in accordance with his previous advice, implementing the so-called "sunrise plan" to treat children under the age of 12.

After finding out the situation, this condition will be gradually relaxed, and the ultimate goal is to maintain the number of children who can be treated per day to about 10 per day.

The rest of the places will be allocated to scientific research personnel and important figures in the military and political fields, depending on the situation.

Counting the so-called failure rate, it is enough to give you an explanation.

Yes, it's a hoax, but in order to stabilize the nerves of the survivors in Tucker City, which are almost crumbling, this lie must be maintained.

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The time was fast approaching June 1.

Li Jie and Zeng Pei held hands and walked on the streets of District 6 of Tucker City, watching the pedestrians coming and going, Li Jie also noticed that people's faces were no longer tense, and some pedestrians on the road had begun to smile.

It is the light of hope that shines into people's hearts.

The whole Tucker City gave Li Jie the feeling that it was finally no longer a big prison, but really like a city.

As more and more survivors are flocked to Tucker City by military bases in various regions, the number of survivors in Tucker City is also steadily increasing.

After this lesson, the entire Tucker City finally stopped focusing on construction, and began to grasp the construction of spiritual civilization, and countless former entertainment industry practitioners were pushed to the forefront, cross talk, storytelling, and even shorter TV series, reflecting the tenacity and unyielding movies of human beings in the apocalypse, even if they seem rough compared with before the apocalypse, they are still presented in a large number of people's lives and help people regain confidence.

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"Well, what do you buy for Xiaoxi?" Zeng Pei muttered dissatisfiedly as he walked around. Looking left and right, I couldn't find a single baby toy.

Children's Day has arrived, and the two want to give Xiao Chen Xi a toy to celebrate the child's first Juneteenth.

But after all, in the apocalypse, even though Tucker City's industry has been gradually rebuilt with the efforts of the political axe, there is still no company specializing in the production of toys.

In fact, the concept of a corporation does not exist in Tucker City right now.

Because, everything is state-run.

Yes, state-run. Everyone here will be assigned a job according to your individual ability, power plant, iron factory, miner, etc., etc.

Everything is adjusted according to the construction plan of Tucker City, no longer according to the previous market economy, after all, only in this way can the few remaining resources of the people be used to the maximum.

Coming to the People's Square in District 6 again, looking at the increasing number of small private stalls, Li Jie understood that the profession of businessman, which has existed since ancient times, is also gradually rising in Tucker City.

When people come to Tucker City, they bring a lot of things in large and small bags, and there is a market for them, and every time the military collects some of the materials back, some of them will be taken out and sold, and the food and water stamps in the hands of the people will be collected.

This thing is now fully usable as currency.

"Huh!" Zeng Pei looked at an 80-year-old man pushing a small cart, and the cart was filled with caramel-colored candy people!

"There's even a sugar man! Let's buy this! Zeng Pei's eyes lit up suddenly, looking at the lifelike butterflies, big roosters, and other traditional patterns, he liked it very much.

"Okay!" Li Jie smiled and nodded.

"Uncle, how do you sell this one?" In Cao Siyuan's vigilant eyes, Li Jie stepped forward and asked the old man.

"5 tickets." The old man was smart, looked up at Li Jie, and said with a smile.

"One, no, two!" Li Jie paid quickly, while Zeng Pei on the other side was excited to pick left and right, and finally chose a phoenix and a butterfly. Happily held it in her hand, and I didn't know if I bought it for my child or for herself.

Looking at the happy Zeng Pei, Li Jie was a little touched in his heart.

Although he has a great effect on the base, causing his food, clothing, housing and transportation to be covered by the military, his parents and wife have been idle at home and can't go anywhere every day, which is not a good thing for them.

But do you give them jobs? Li Jie was a little hesitant, he didn't know what to do, all he could do was to take them out for a walk often.

"Yikes! Pancake fruit! Just like a child, Zeng Pei, who was holding candy people all over the street, suddenly exclaimed again, Li Jie turned around and looked, sure enough, there was a stall selling pancakes and fruits.

The excited Zeng Pei stepped forward to ask the price, 8 food stamps, and a reduced pancake fruit, just freshly baked.

Flour paste, no eggs, just a tiny slice of greens, smeared with bean paste, a thin slice of meat, a biscuit, and a doomsday version of pancake fruit is done.

Li Jie felt a little weird, is it really delicious with such a local material? After biting down, he froze all of a sudden, rolled his eyes, stiffened his head, and held back some satisfied expressions: "Hmm~ It's okay, you can taste it too!" ”

Zeng Pei laughed and ran out: "Okay, you can eat it yourself~hahaha~"

Li Jie was annoyed and angry, raised his foot and chased after him, wanting to give Zeng Pei the pancakes and fruits in his hand, and the two fought all the way, making the people next to him envious.

The two people who had enough to fight found a stool and sat down, Li Jie thought about it for a while, and then said, "Why don't we open a restaurant?" ”

"Huh?" Zeng Pei looked at her husband suspiciously.

Li Jie put his face close to his wife, rubbed the ends of her hair, and staged a standard ear and sideburns grinding, and then explained with a smile: "Didn't you want to go to work a long time ago and wanted to open a small restaurant with me?" ”

"Hmph, that was before, isn't there a cafeteria now?" Zeng Pei leaned on Li Jie and said relaxedly.

"The canteen in our No. 1 compound, the meal must be better, but at most it is the level of ordinary home-cooked food before the end, and the canteen of ordinary units does not have such good conditions, and now if you want to improve your life, you can only eat stalls at night." Li Jie explained, seeing that his wife was thoughtful, he continued: "Moreover, we have nothing to do every day, and we are idle when we are idle, opening a small restaurant and doing some small business is also considered to kill time." ”

"Thinking about it is a play!" Zeng Pei glanced at Li Jie, snorted, and then said, "Then let me ask you, why do you need so many food stamps and water stamps?" ”

One sentence stopped Li Jie!

Yes!

Why do you need food stamps and water stamps?

I don't need money to eat and drink!

My salary is enough to improve my life! So why am I working so hard to earn food stamps?

Seeing that Li Jie was stunned by his words, Zeng Pei couldn't stop laughing......

It wasn't until the evening that Li Jie suddenly realized that everything he had pursued in the past had suddenly lost its meaning at this moment.

Even if you have food stamps and water stamps, there is no place to spend them!

All of a sudden, Li Jie was a little unable to find the north - a society that chases money and measures everything by money, and now it has suddenly become a so-called planned economy, and money has almost lost its temptation, which makes Li Jie a little overwhelmed.

Just when Li Jie was confused, something unexpected broke out in Tucker City again.

About 50 kilometers south of Tucker City, in the desert, which was originally the site of an ancient river, a domestic company contracted 1,000 acres of desert here before the end of the day to do the work of managing the desert.

After 7 years of continuous investment, the sand here has been gradually controlled, and the trees and herbs have been cultivated here, improving the local situation and developing into a small oasis.

After the apocalypse, it was abandoned for a time, but it was soon discovered by the state and used to make use of it, and now, it is the main vegetable production area of Tucker City, mainly planting psammophytes that can grow without greenhouses, such as sammophytes, piglets, etc.

However, the latest batch of survivors came to Tucker City, and one of the survivors made a high-profile statement that his company had developed the desert and operated it as an oasis so that crops could be grown here, and that the use of the Tucker Municipal Axe by the city without the company's permission violated their company's legitimate rights!

As soon as this news came out, the entire Tucker City was shocked!