Chapter Fifty-Seven: The City That Never Sleeps

The sudden end of the world only changed the living environment of human beings, and did not bring much damage in other aspects. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info The factory, the equipment, the manpower are still there, the only difference is that there is no constraint and at the same time hope is lost.

On the night before New Year's Day 2023, the members of the expedition team made a low-key return to the survival base.

That night, Chutian found Division Commander Liang and united many team members to secretly hold a meeting to continue to improve the plan for the city that never sleeps.

The next day is New Year's Day, January 21 is Chinese New Year's Eve, and January 22 is the Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger.

Before the Spring Festival, Chutian hoped that the Sleepless City plan could be launched smoothly, and it was naturally inseparable from the cooperation of Master Liang.

The City That Never Sleeps project is to rebuild a new city. It's not just about bringing the night of the new city back to light. The ultimate goal is to restore the production capacity of human beings to the pre-apocalyptic level, and gradually exceed the pre-apocalyptic development needs. This idea was unanimously endorsed by many members of the team.

The reconstruction of the new city, now that the city that never sleeps plan has been launched, the manpower and material resources required are very huge, and it cannot be carried out smoothly by relying only on the resources of Qingshan. On the side of the base, after such a long period of development, Division Commander Liang is already the leader of the base.

I haven't seen him for a while, and the qi on Master Liang's body has become a lot more aggressive, and it seems that he has dealt with a lot of traitors and criminals in recent times. Regarding the security issue on the side of the base, he has always been in charge, and Chu Tian is only responsible for the security of Qingshan.

In troubled times, the student union has attached great importance to public security, and the punishment methods formulated are also much more severe. Once it was discovered that the people who deliberately caused the incident, they were directly detained and handed over to the Ministry of Construction.

There is no death penalty here in Aoyama, only the punishment of hard labor, which is very serious, and few people try it.

The merger of the bases was carried out privately, and in terms of management, there was no conflict between the Tsingshan Research Institute and the Han City Survivor Base. Tsingshan provides a plan to focus on research, and the base mobilizes manpower to implement the new city plan.

In the last days, people's hearts are unstable, and almost all production has come to a standstill.

Every day, the survivors in the base consume a lot of resources. If we can't speed up the pace of resuming production, then the living human beings will only live in an old city, in an abandoned city.

After losing, you know how to cherish it.

Reality is not a fairy tale world, from ancient times to the present, human beings have reproduced to the present, all on their own.

Many of the previous plans only solved the problem of food and clothing, but did not solve the problem of development.

Since when Chutian came back, he had already seen the street lights laid on both sides of the road, it showed that the thermal power plant had already begun to operate.

Thermal power plants rely only on thermal energy compared to other power plants. Now the advent of the oil tree will further improve the thermal energy problem. The scale of the thermal power plant rebuilt at the base can be expanded again.

Electricity cannot be stored on a large scale and at low cost, so the next thing to discuss is to optimize the power generation efficiency of power plants and build new city power grids.

The construction of a new power grid is a big project, but it is worth investing a lot of manpower and material resources in the base.

If the new power grid can spread all over the night of the new city, then the night security problem will be greatly alleviated, and a large number of manpower can be drawn out to invest in the development of the new city.

After bidding farewell to Master Liang, the research institute took over what the expedition team brought back.

The next day, the Mercenary Guild began to release a series of large-scale tasks related to building a power grid.

After this period of development, a large number of researchers have also been sent to the base to merge into the Qingshan side, and there has been a major breakthrough in the communication area.

After the communication problem was resolved, some of the electronic devices were modified and could be reused, which optimized the guild's efficiency. Now the mercenary guilds of the entire Han City have been linked.

Mercenaries are the product of interests. With the development of the new city, the mercenaries were gradually merged by the newly formed army.

There is nothing more worthy of mobilizing human enthusiasm than a direct exchange of interests. Nor is there such an institution that is more trustworthy than the military.

Since Chutian indicated that he would no longer participate in the management of the base, the new army is slowly developing and growing. This virtually shows that Division Commander Liang has begun to take over the management of the base in an all-round way.

It is a very logical thing for the army to take over the base. In a sense, the Qingshan Research Institute managed by Chu Tian is the largest mercenary organization in the base.

This complex relationship is due to the contributions made by Chutian and the team he leads to the base. Since returning from this expedition, Chu Tian has figured out a lot, he doesn't want to take over the management of the base, and managing this part is too much of a delay in his personal time.

Everyone's goals are different, and if he hadn't experienced many tribulations in the afterlife, Chu Tian would be happy to take charge of a large base. His mind is now all on his cultivation, and this trip has also made him realize the inadequacy of his ability.

With a treasure like the Dream Stone, it is natural to speed up the speed of cultivation.

Chu Tian's qualifications, in the crowd, can only be regarded as average. With the advantages of "rebirth", the strength of the individual is still at the peak of the third order. If he can't further expand his advantage, he will still be slowly surpassed by those cultivation geniuses in the base.

The merger of the research institute into the Han City base was held in private, according to the results of consultation with Master Liang. During the Spring Festival of the Year of the Tiger, plans to rebuild the new city will be announced, and the status will be formalized for many institutions, including the research institute.

Once the plan to rebuild the new city is announced, it is equivalent to "self-reliance".

It has been so long since the end times came, the ability of the state to rule has existed in name only, and people have become more and more realistic. The reconstruction of the new city is not only to correct the name of the scientific research institute, but also to correct the name of the newly established army, but also to correct the name of the base.

In today's situation, the base has long been isolated, and not only because of the blockade of the city by plants.

Rebuilding the new city is just for a better life.

In the next few days, Master Liang kept sending people over to hand over some manpower and materials to the research institute. Wang Meng, White Butterfly and others are still on the base side, if there is no accident, after the announcement of the rebuilding of the new city, they will gradually move back to the research institute.

The research institute will take the lead in implementing the Sleepless City plan, because the implementation of the plan here is much smoother than that of the base.

The first thermal power station was built on the side of East Lake, very close to the research institute. The new city government is also near East Lake, but there will be no such thing as a government there soon, and it will be renamed Jingzhou Base.

The name was naturally given for the sake of future development, Han City is the capital of Jing Province, and it will take over more survivors after the Wood Tribulation.

Among the harvests of this expedition team, the seed of the ancient giant tree is definitely the biggest harvest. The seed was eventually planted next to East Lake, and soon a small sapling grew.

As Chu Tian personally guessed, after this plant is close to the water source, it will gradually grow into a big tree, not to mention a sea of flowers. So the little tree that grew out was still named the Ancient Giant Tree by him, although now it looks like it doesn't match the word "giant".

This plant was not found in the previous life, maybe the plant was for some reason and eventually did not grow and died unexpectedly. It is not surprising that among the species that have perished on the earth, plants definitely belong to the most numerous, and the reason for their extinction is not all because of human beings.

The research institute only took a small part of the tissue from the seeds of the ancient giant tree, and did not destroy the main tissues of the seeds.

Planting the seeds on the edge of the East Lake was just Chu Tian's personal idea, he wanted to see what the Ancient Giant Tree would grow into in the end. Because according to Zhang He's research, this seed contains very vigorous vitality, and it is definitely the most vigorous of all the plants found so far.

After Chu Tian's observation, what the roots of the ancient giant tree absorbed was also the special energy emanating from the depths of the earth. Almost all the vigorous mutant plants absorb this kind of energy, perhaps the outbreak of the wood tribulation, the official explosion of this underground energy.

After the ancient giant tree was planted, the growth rate of nearby plants became very slow. Some mutated plants, after transplanting here, did not undergo more mutations. It seems that this ancient giant tree limits the growth rate and mutation rate of nearby plants, and it is reassuring to know that this restriction is not large.

The three plants that accompany the Ancient Giant Tree, the Oil Tree, the Vampire Vine, and the Flower Sea Shrub, all have some of the abilities of the Ancient Tree. The relationship between the four plants is very complicated, and it seems that it is also a coincidence that they came together.

After returning from the expedition group, the Mercenary Guild sent out some people to collect many plants along the Second Bridge. The botanical lab has suspended a large part of its projects to study these plants.

Under Zhang He's catalytic ability, the growth form of the oil tree in the laboratory is relatively fixed, and when it grows more than one meter, it will store the excess energy in the pod fruit. Once the fruit is ripe, it will fall to the ground, and when it encounters the right soil, it will take root and sprout again.

The vampire vine has a weak ability to hunt on its own, and after leaving the ancient giant tree, it grows very slowly, and appears to be a pure carnivorous plant. Only a small number of vampire vines were cultivated in the lab, and some of them were given to the base to dispose of the dead.

Since the seeds of the giant tree were removed, the Flower Sea Shrub seems to have grown into some completely new plants, which rely heavily on vampire vines. Without the energy supply of the vampire vine, the newly grown flowers and shrubs are far less resilient than before.

Those flowery plants were eventually retained, and most of them were planted on the periphery of the institute. The flowers of this new plant have a very good soothing effect on living beings, especially human spirits.

This point is a fight with the mutated roots of the camphor tree. The white roots of the camphor tree, which possess some of the powers of the Dream Stone. Wear a small piece on your body to accelerate your comprehension of your abilities while sleeping.

The saplings of the ancient giant tree, on this side of East Lake, grew extremely fast. In just three days, the height has exceeded one zhang, and the body of the tree is enough to have the thickness of the mouth of the bowl, and there are no other branches for the time being, and it feels that the whole growth process is like a bamboo shoot, which grows straight up.

It is certain that the seeds of ancient giant trees developed by the river, which should have been caused by ground movements. The seeds are located too deep, even if they are close to the river, and the water source is not sufficient, so they grow in such a deformed way.

In his spare time, Chu Tian basically stayed near the Ancient Giant Tree, using the Dream Stone to familiarize himself with his ability.

Since comprehending the realm of water system abilities, Chu Tian's understanding of the five elements abilities has also been deepening. He had a feeling that the five elements ability should be able to be comprehended by individuals at the same time, which should be due to the complex genes of human beings.

In the previous life, there was a rumor about human potential: every human being's body contains genes for many abilities, and as long as you can comprehend some corresponding mysteries, you can comprehend the corresponding abilities. These abilities include abilities, bloodlines, talents, and more.

This rumor is a bit fantastical, because according to this statement, everyone can comprehend many abilities.

After such a long period of cultivation, combined with the information from within the research institute and his own experience, Chu Tian found that this rumor might be true!

The genetic structure of human beings has been deeply studied long before the end of the world, and it was concluded that many genetic fragments in the human body have never been used! These seemingly superfluous genetic fragments are a portrayal of the evolutionary path of life on earth!

From the most primitive single-celled lifeforms, to fish, reptiles, to humans, many kinds of genetic fragments can be found in it!

With the help of the Dream Stone, Chu Tian recalled the superfluous memories of his past life. In my previous life, there were indeed some geniuses who would have two or even more abilities.

Just like Chu Tian himself, that is, he practiced martial arts and practiced water system abilities, the two are two systems, and they do not conflict. Martial arts strengthening**, ability strengthening spirit, the two belong to a complementary relationship.

Chu Tian's cultivation of martial arts and abilities was not a manifestation of genius.

His martial arts cultivation has progressed very slowly, and the water ability is still activated with the help of the bloodline of water creatures. Then, if you use the bloodlines of other creatures, it seems that you can also activate the abilities of other lines.

I can't help but think about it. Those "dragon-blooded warriors" in the previous life, as well as those mysterious "god-making plans", seem to show that with the help of external forces, various potentials in the human body can be stimulated, and these potentials hidden in the human body have infinite possibilities!

Martial arts cultivation, there is not much progress in a short period of time, it seems that after the outbreak of the wood tribulation, looking for one or two heavenly treasures, can there be a breakthrough. Now all that can be considered is the ability, after all, the help of the Dream Stone for the ability is the most obvious.

The Five Elements ability is relatively the most common, and according to the speculation of professionals in this area, the genes of the Five Elements ability are closely linked. With the help of a Gene Potion, it is only one of the most obvious genes that is stimulated.

On New Year's Day, the institute and the base did not have any major activities, and everyone was busy with things on the day of the Spring Festival. The high-level personnel are seizing the time to prepare materials, and the lives of the low-level personnel have not been affected, and they can be ordinary or, sometimes, the greatest happiness.