Farming game: Survival for all [StarCraft]

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After treating the wound, Xia Ji put the blood-stained sheets aside. Due to weather reasons, the clothes and quilts were washed in a washing machine that combines washing, dehydration and drying. Now there was a power outage and it was raining, so even if she washed them by hand, they wouldn't dry, so it was better to put them aside.

After finishing the cleaning, Xia Ji felt hungry, but she couldn't find anything to eat after searching the whole house. Then she realized that because it had rained for two months, the original owner's appetite had decreased, and she had no desire to buy food. Slowly, the stock was eaten up by her. When Xia Ji came through, the original owner had not eaten for more than a whole day.

She tried hard to recall. Good, there was no such thing as a 24-hour convenience store on Hope Star. Moreover, due to the shortage of various supplies, the Huameng was now in the 'ticket era'. Although private transactions were still allowed, the prices were so high that they could only be considered luxury goods. Most citizens, including the original owner, had to rely on the monthly state-supported nutrient solution and the low-priced supplies from the supply and marketing stations to survive.

Then you can only sip water and go to sleep.

When you fall asleep, you won’t be hungry anymore.

After Xia Ji convinced himself, he lay down on the bed. He thought he would toss and turn, but his body was too weak and he fell asleep soon.

When I woke up the next day, I was still woken up by the knocking on the door.

"Xiao Xia, Xiao Xia, are you there?" The voice was very urgent.

"I'm here, what can I do for you?" Xia Ji was half asleep, thinking it was from his previous life, so he just answered casually. But on Hope Star, it was unwise to speak suddenly when you couldn't tell who the person was, because you didn't know how high the risk would be for a single person to expose himself at home.

Fortunately, this time it was Aunt Zhao from the neighborhood committee and her husband who were knocking on the door. They had no bad intentions and breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good. Is your phone out of battery so you didn't answer the call? OK, go ahead and have some rest. I'll go to the next house."

As soon as the voice at the door faded away, Xia Ji almost woke up. She found that the wound on her hand no longer hurt. When she opened her hand, she saw that it had already healed. It seemed that the blue crystal was indeed effective. It was a pity that she could only get 100 of them in one pass, and they were used up in an instant.

But why did Aunt Zhao knock on the door but not come in?

After digging through the original owner's memory, Xia Ji frowned, and soon she found that her bad guess came true, because, in addition to the original owner, someone else in this community committed suicide last night due to rainy day syndrome.

Fortunately, the person lived with his best friend and was found early. His bleeding had been stopped and he was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment.

At such times, the neighborhood committee staff has the obligation to confirm the safety of every resident in the community. Making a phone call is the most basic thing to do. If someone doesn't answer the phone, they must go to the house immediately to check.

The original owner's phone was out of battery, and she didn't receive a call, so Aunt Zhao came rushing over in a hurry. In fact, it was not even five o'clock yet.

Xia Ji got up and went to look for the original owner's power bank, charging cable and mobile phone. Before logging into Hope Star, human's mobile phone technology had developed to the point of virtual screens and solar charging. However, when it rained, the automatic solar charging function failed and the technology regressed. Charging could only be done with charging cables, and power banks also returned to the stage of history.

The virtual screen can still be used and has an anti-peeping function, which is similar to her game system screen, except that only she can see her screen, while Xiwangxing's mobile phone screen has an anti-peeping function. Others can see a light screen and know that you are using the phone, but cannot see what's on the screen.

The principle seems to be that the screen is unlocked using iris technology. The original owner is not in this line of work, so he is not very clear about the details.

Her cell phone is a watch model, which is not easy to lose when worn on the wrist and is also convenient for doing things. On Hope Star, most people's cell phones are of this model. If it was before the end of the world on Blue Water Star, cell phone models were all kinds of strange, such as doll models, bread models, and necklace models. As long as you like to spend money, you can customize them. But after the end of the world, you would be lucky to be able to buy a wrist-shaped cell phone.

I woke up, but Xia Ji couldn't fall asleep for a while. I opened the game panel and saw that several hours had passed and the game had only loaded to 10.48%. Compared with the "Dream Town" in the previous world, the opening progress of this "Cross-border Manor" was indeed slow.

I hope the wait is worth it.

The phone was charging and the game was loading but I couldn't play it. It was blocked after I finished the last game. It was getting dark. For a moment, Xia Ji found himself really having nothing to do. He simply lay back on the bed and thought about all sorts of things. If he could fall asleep, he would sleep. If he couldn't, he could deal with it later.

Then he got up again. It was already twelve o'clock in the afternoon. The rain outside was a little lighter, but there were still thunders from time to time. Xia Ji picked up his mobile phone and saw that it was only charged to 40%. The power bank was out of power.

Damn, it looks like I’m about to have my first ever battery anxiety attack.

Xia Ji suppressed his slight irritation and planned to put on his raincoat and go to the supply and marketing station to buy some food first, and then go there to pay to fully charge his phone.

The supply and marketing station is actually a small supermarket, but these three words represent the country. Buying things here is more convenient and cheaper than outside.

When Xia Ji came over wearing a raincoat, the supply and marketing cooperative was already crowded with people. Everyone was in a rush to buy things, and the atmosphere was even more tense than usual.

She looked confused and happened to see Aunt Zhao coming out after buying something. She hurried over to ask what was going on.

"It's Xiao Xia, didn't you read the news? The country said that the sea monster on the Blue Water Planet has mutated again. This time it has wings and can fly for a short time. It crashed and sank our fishing ship. Once the ship sinks, the food will be wasted. The food supply next month will definitely decrease. Everyone has to quickly take out the remaining tickets in their hands to purchase, otherwise the tickets will rot in their hands and have no place to use them."

Zhao Shufen was not afraid to tell Xia Ji about this, because it was not a secret. Past experience told the residents of Hope Star that whenever an accident occurred on a fishing boat, it would definitely affect the food supply, because the main food source for the residents of Hope Star was the fish from the Blue Water Star.

Although the major countries of the Blue Water Star had already built bases, planted crops, and raised animals on the Hope Star a long time ago, they have not made any breakthrough progress, especially when it started raining on the Hope Star, which made it even more difficult.

In the past, Hope Star relied on the materials transferred from Blue Water Star to survive. Later, when they saw that the materials were getting less and less, and Hope Star could not achieve self-sufficiency, they set their sights on Blue Water Star. The mutation of Blue Water Star caused the death and extinction of most land creatures and a few marine creatures, but there were still some marine creatures and amphibians and reptiles that had a glimmer of hope, and marine creatures from ancient times began to appear.

Together with various seaweeds with strong reproductive capabilities and some small fish, they began to evolve and mutate on the Blue Water Planet.

Therefore, the blue planet, which is about to become a completely mercury planet, actually still has food.

Therefore, the country began to send large spacecraft to the Blue Water Planet every three months to catch edible fish and seaweed, and then send them back to the Hope Planet to be made into nutrient solution or other things.

Now, ordinary people in Huameng can buy 15 to 30 bottles of nutrient solution raw materials from these fish and seaweeds every month at a low price.

Although this nutrient solution cannot achieve a comprehensive balanced diet and its taste is hard to describe, it is the best way that the Huameng can come up with to save its people. Whether it is sending fishing ships or making edible nutrient solution that meets basic human needs, the cost behind it is supported by the country. Otherwise, many residents of the Huameng would starve to death.

Just like in other countries, weren’t there many people starving to death? It was only after several civil wars that action was finally taken and the price of nutrient solution was barely stabilized.

But compared with Huameng, the price of nutrient solution in other countries is still two or three times higher.

"Use whatever tickets you have now, there aren't many left."

Aunt Zhao kindly reminded Xia Ji again, and then she and her husband and daughter carried the things back home.

Among the many Hope Stars whose families are broken up, there are not many families like Aunt Zhao who still has a husband and daughter. Perhaps it is precisely because of this that, in this era of transition from the old to the new, Aunt Zhao still retains her kindness, unlike most people who have become hard-hearted and wary due to various hardships.

But you can't blame yourself. If it weren't for that, you might not be alive today.

In this era, it is indeed very difficult for people to survive.

Just as Aunt Zhao said, when Xia Ji went in, many shelves in the supply and marketing station were empty. Although it was the coupon era and purchases were limited, there were only so many supplies and so many buyers, so it was normal for supply to exceed demand. Once some shelves were empty, they might not be replenished for a long time, or might never be replenished unless something else replaced them.

Xia Ji had been hungry for a long time and didn't care about anything else. He went straight to the food area, squeezed in from a crowd of people as if he was squeezing into a Spring Festival train, and ended up with disheveled hair. He got two bottles of slimy fish nutrient solution.

The slimy fish is a mutated fish that appeared after the end of the world on the Blue Water Planet. It makes a "gu gu" sound, is covered with mucus, looks like thorns, and tastes very bad. However, due to its large number, easy catch, rich protein and non-toxicity, it has been included in the diet of the Hope Planet and used to make nutrient solution. Its taste and texture are the most disgusting of all nutrient solutions. If the country's material supply is normal for a period of time and there is no bad news, you should not buy it if you can.

But when a fishing boat is attacked by a sea monster and sinks, no one will be picky. They will buy whatever they can without any hesitation.

If you hesitate, you won’t even be able to buy the nutrient solution for the slimy fish.

Just like the summer festival, what we caught were the last two bottles of slimy fish nutrient solution.

He opened the phone on his wrist and paid 200 yuan. The hungry Xia Ji didn't care about his image anymore. He walked to the side, unscrewed the cap of the nutrient solution bottle and poured it into his mouth.

Then, I almost vomited because of nausea.

If she hadn't covered her mouth at the critical moment, she would probably have to do voluntary labor for fifteen days for wasting food.

In this day and age, wasting food is a serious crime written into the law. If someone is caught wasting food, they will be punished, such as cleaning, volunteering to help in state-owned factories, and other labor. They will only be released after the term expires.

If food is wasted more than three times and is recorded in the file, the amount of low-priced nutrient solution per month will be reduced to less than 10 bottles.

The nutrient solution is in a semi-gourd-shaped glass bottle that is narrow at the top and wide at the bottom. One bottle contains about 300 ml, which is enough for one day. When the fishing boat has a poor harvest, 15 bottles of nutrient solution per month can keep it going even if there is no money to buy extra food. But if it is reduced to less than 10 bottles, it will be very difficult.

In addition, food is precious in the end times, and few people will violate this law.

After forcing himself to swallow the nutrient solution, Xia Ji immediately screwed the bottle cap on, then quickly walked to the only place where there was no purchase limit and bought a glass bottle of water. After gulping down the water, he felt like he was coming back to life.

However, Xia Ji's actions were noticed by everyone. It was the fifth year of Hope Star, and basically no one would react so strongly because the fish tasted bad, unless...

The man's eyes flashed, and he followed Xia Ji while he wasn't paying attention.

(End of this chapter)