Mobile City Travel Guide

Chapter 102 Busy with Worldly Affairs in the Underworld (4K)

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After some thought, Li Xin began a simple estimation.

The karmic retribution accumulated from killing 1000 ghosts is enough to kill an ordinary ghost messenger.

Based on this ratio, the number of enemies that coffin nails can deal with will increase exponentially, from 10 to 100 to 1 million.

This thing is useful, but you can only hold one at a time. Once you've used it up, you can make a new one, and you have to accumulate karma again. If there were no limit to the number, its power would be off the charts. The Starfire could make tens of thousands of coffin nails. Who in the underworld could stop it then?

Once the new coffin nail was made in the production workshop, a new goal was set.

Kill 10 ghosts.

Therefore, when facing an existence on par with Meng Po, one should be able to put up a fight.

The Xinghuo continued its smooth journey, while Li Xin got busy with a major task.

Take care of the three thousand or so new people who have joined the city.

These three thousand people are not three thousand pigs; it's not as simple as just setting aside a piece of land and feeding them.

Each of them has different ages, genders, hobbies, specialties, and a range of emotions. Their needs go far beyond just food and drink; they also require living space, clothing, and daily necessities.

Furthermore, with a large number of people, various cliques and social relationships will form.

He used to not care about the number of people in Lixin, but now that he has become the manager of a city, he deeply feels how complicated it is.

He summoned Lu Chen and the management team for a meeting in the conference room, as usual.

The person in charge of the catering team spoke first.

With the sudden increase of about 3,000 people, the catering team was under immense pressure. The original canteen, which could only accommodate about 300 people at a time, was now unable to cope.

Therefore, he made two requests.

First, expand the catering staff. Second, build at least four more canteens on different floors.

In fact, when the city system was initially designed, catering was originally classified under miscellaneous tasks.

As the population gradually increased, the city cleaning, catering, and warehousing services in the miscellaneous tasks group were all separated into their own units.

The new signature is required.

"By the way, is there still a problem with the food supply?" he asked.

"There's no problem for now. The emergency biscuits and canned food provided by the Ark organization last time were plentiful," the person in charge replied. "Add to that the dinosaur meat stockpiled in the primitive world, and the vegetables and fruits currently grown in the city, and we should be able to survive this world."

Li Xin nodded and continued the discussion with everyone.

During this period, the accommodation problem for 3000 people was basically solved.

After undergoing a round of expansion, the internal space of the Xinghuo ship increased more than tenfold, which naturally made it able to accommodate the cargo.

Currently, the basic accommodation is still in dormitories ranging from four to eight people, and the residents are usually families or friends.

People who prefer to be alone often feel uncomfortable when they have to share rides with strangers.

Dormitory buildings are usually equipped with a wardrobe, a table, and a few chairs.

As for the toilets, sinks, and kitchen, they are all public spaces.

Li Xin also felt somewhat helpless about this. He naturally hoped that everyone could live a better life, but given the current conditions of the Xinghuo, it would be difficult to even achieve "personal space".

Furthermore, it cannot provide individual water and electricity supply, although the pipelines in the city have already been laid.

In addition to the dormitories, the management also specially built a number of individual single rooms. Especially at Lu Chen's suggestion, Li Xin also added a number of living rooms for three people.

This is equivalent to a "luxury home" in the city, where residents can enjoy their own personal space or live in the living room with their families.

However, the house is not as easy to obtain as imagined; the new system requires a very high number of points to redeem.

"There's also an elevator," Lu Chen reminded him.

Each time a mobile city expands, it brings about a large-scale increase in height and space, so the supporting transportation facilities also need to grow accordingly.

The residential and freight elevators on the Xinghuo ship have been completed and are now in operation.

Not only that, but many new escalators have also been built throughout the city.

Li Xin couldn't rely solely on his two legs for walks, as it was too tiring. So he built a two-pedal balance scooter in the production workshop, and Lu Chen and the others followed suit and built one as well.

Upon closer reflection, this should be considered the first generation of transportation in the city.

He originally wanted to end the topic and continue the discussion, but he was stunned when he saw a line of data listed by Yunzhi.

"Why does the elevator use so much electricity?"

The numbers on the screen were clearly displayed, and the city's elevator system ranked first in daily electricity consumption.

So he started reading, sweating profusely.

Currently, Xinghuo has repaired a total of about twenty elevators of various sizes.

Freight elevators are equipped with high-power motors for greater power, consuming tens of kilowatts per trip.

Residential elevators consume less power.

The city has 3,000 people coming and going every day, and the electricity consumption reaches an astonishing amount.

Li Xin felt a pang of heartache.

The electricity is supplied by the city's energy resources, and the importance of the city's energy resources in keeping the Xinghuo spacecraft mobile and constantly in motion is self-evident.

Urban energy requires the consumption of oil, natural gas, or coal for supply.

In other words, this elevator is actually burning these resources.

With this in mind, Li Xin quickly made adjustments.

"The freight elevator can only be opened when it reaches a certain capacity, and the residential elevator can only be used when the maximum number of people is reached," he said. "If someone is found to be using it without authorization, their points will be deducted directly."

While it's a bit abstract to restrict the use of an elevator right after it's been built, Lixin is even less willing to put on a show of wealth beyond its means.

Ultimately, it's because the Xinghuo satellite has not yet achieved complete freedom in accessing electricity.

That topic was considered closed, and everyone moved on to the next matter.

A major expansion of recruitment.

The majority of vehicles are undoubtedly the vehicles themselves. Whether it's fighter jets, warships, tanks, or even various vehicles used for resource gathering, they all need to be driven.

This one task alone requires a large workforce, and the compensation is also very high.

As for how to train, they naturally crammed everyone into the city simulation training cabin.

Yunzhi provided the required personnel data.

"1000 people?" Li Xin asked in surprise. "Isn't that a bit too many?"

The other party gave a fitting reason.

Land, sea, and air vehicles are not just about stuffing a person into the cockpit; they also require a crew.

For example, a main battle tank requires a driver, gunner, commander, and loader.

Although a fighter jet usually only requires one pilot, it requires four or five ground crew members for maintenance.

A warship requires even more, with multiple positions such as helmsman, navigator, fire control officer, radar operator, and communications officer. Add to that the engineers in the engine room, emergency personnel from the damage control team, weapon system loaders, and radar sonar technicians, and the number of people starts at forty or fifty.

"Maybe we should just abandon the naval fleet," someone couldn't help but suggest. "That would save a lot of manpower."

Li Xin shook his head.

The Xinghuo ship must have a complete combat capability, including land, sea, and air forces.

the reason is simple.

You can never imagine what the next world will be like.

If a piece of the fighting force is missing, it's like a wooden bucket being missing a plank, rendering the other intact planks useless.

"How about this, let everyone learn how to use land, sea, and air vehicles at the same time?" Lu Chen suddenly had a brilliant idea. "That way, when we arrive in the new world, we can use the appropriate vehicles depending on the situation."

"That's right." Li Xin's eyes lit up, and everyone else suddenly understood, praising him repeatedly.

But Yunzhi poured cold water on everyone's hopes.

An ordinary person's learning ability is limited. It is already extremely difficult to master one type of vehicle, let alone learn three types of vehicles at the same time: land, sea, and air.

In fact, Li Xin should be grateful that he has such a heaven-defying device as the "City Simulation Training Pod". Otherwise, if he wanted to cultivate talent, he would have to have a systematic education system and academy like those world-class organizations.

"In fact, you should expand the population to 1," Yun Zhi said.

Li Xin waved his hand.

He wanted to as well, but the Starfire simply couldn't handle so many people, so he could only take it one step at a time.

"I'm leaving with these 1,000 people," he said. "If anyone needs more, keep talking to me."

In an instant, almost everyone raised their hands.

Li Xin was stunned.

"You want them all?"

As the old saying goes, a surge in population and urban expansion leads to a sharp increase in demand for living supplies and supporting services.

The agricultural group wants to allocate more land and manpower to continue expanding the scale of grain and vegetable cultivation, as well as raising more poultry and livestock.

The city maintenance team stated that the Xinghuo is now more than ten times larger, and relying solely on the existing manpower would likely exhaust them; they hope to increase the manpower several times over.

The cleaning team seconded the motion.

In addition, there is a "vehicle logistics team" that specializes in serving and repairing various vehicles. They also requested additional manpower. In reality, in peacetime, they only need to build vehicles and deploy them to the outside world, but vehicles are often damaged and consumed when they are recovered, especially after battle.

This all needs to be handled by the vehicle logistics team.

When the era of "vehicle explosion" arrives, the size of this group will also increase dramatically.

"Alright, alright, I'll give you as many people as you want!" Li Xin waved his hand.

From a management perspective, he would love for everyone to have something to do.

On the one hand, this keeps everyone busy, which indirectly maintains the city's stable operation. On the other hand, everyone can earn points through work, exchange them for things, and see their lives gradually improve, naturally strengthening their sense of belonging to the Spark.

After arranging the personnel issues, he rubbed his hands together and signaled Yunzhi to bring up the new projects in the city.

City shops, cinemas, and libraries.

The City Store is an official franchise of the Spark, specializing in selling a range of daily necessities and appliances, as well as snacks made from the fruits and vegetables available on the Spark. Examples include potato chips, bread made from flour, and dried fruit.

As for the cinemas and libraries, they naturally benefited from the data copied from Tianyou 03.

It contains over 12,000 anime and film works, as well as over one million books of various kinds.

With the cooperation of Yunzhihe's production workshop, a library and a cinema will be built.

The library is completely free to enter, while the cinema is temporarily free to enter, but will start charging points for entry in the future.

Yunzhi was in charge of scheduling the films, selecting from the twelve thousand films and television shows in rotation, and having the cinemas screen them several times a day.

In addition, they plan to build a gym, a billiards room, a small park, and other facilities near the new location.

Ultimately, the main purpose is to improve the lives of residents.

After all, people take to mobile cities not only to survive, but also to live like human beings.

Li Xin also specifically asked the infrastructure team to do one thing.

When installing cameras and surveillance cameras in the city, make sure to cover every main road and corner.

The footage will be uploaded to Yunzhi's main control system, where she will monitor it 24/7.

The main reason for doing this is to maintain discipline in the city.

Although most people are honest, when there are many people, petty theft, fighting and brawling are more likely to occur.

Whether in reality or in a post-apocalyptic world, discipline is paramount. Any slackening can easily lead to major problems and even cause the team to collapse.

Li Xin naturally didn't want to turn the city into a prison, but without rules, there can be no order. He would rather be stricter himself than have a lax internal system.

"By the way, when we grow to a scale of hundreds of thousands or even millions, we'll have to build prisons in the city from time to time, right?" Lu Chen suddenly had a whimsical idea. "And we'll also have to build courts and add more judges."

"Are there mobile cities that have prisons and courts inside?" someone asked curiously.

Li Xin nodded slightly.

He dared not say much about other things, but there must be some world-class organizations that possess mobile cities capable of supporting civilizations.

The scale of that is simply unimaginable.

Finally, a big problem arose.

That is, a lack of water.

When Yunzhi brought it up, everyone was incredulous.

Having accumulated resources in the primitive world, the Starfire is now rich in resources and lacks almost nothing.

Li Xin was the first to come to his senses.

This time it's the underworld, where there's no water, or rather, "usable water".

To be fair, who could have imagined that the next world would be like this?

The Starfire's storage compartments are still full of fresh water, but it still consumes a lot of water a day for 3,000 people.

Left with no other choice, Li Xin had to have Yun Zhi start restricting water usage right now.

Each person is supplied with water according to a daily quota. Laundry and dishwashing are done in a unified manner every few days. After the wastewater is recycled and treated, it is used to flush toilets.

As for taking a bath, forget about it.

"Let everyone try to endure this for as long as possible. This time, we only need to stay in the underworld for a month, and the time will pass quickly."

He sighed.

Before the meeting adjourned, Li Xin instructed Lu Chen to establish a new group.

Medical team.

After all, there are over three thousand people in the city, and there are plenty of minor ailments like headaches, fevers, bumps, abrasions, chronic illnesses, and sudden medical emergencies.

Medicines, equipment, hospital beds, and other medical supplies should be provided as much as possible.

After leaving the conference room, Li Xin looked out at the lifeless world and only then came to his senses.

When things got busy in the city, it was so hectic that he almost forgot he was in the underworld.