Epoch of Twilight

After Ye Qiuyu fed Chen Jiayi and wiped her mouth, Luo Yuan called her to stop: "Doctor Ye, come here!"

Ye Qiuyu didn't know what was going on, and hurried over: "Mayor Luo, you called me!"

"This is your share!" Luo Yuan picked up the remaining energy crystal and handed it to her,

Looking at the almost completely transparent sheet, Ye Qiuyu was taken aback for a moment, and then her breathing became a little short, but she quickly shied away and said, "This... this, Mayor Luo, this is too precious!"

"Don't worry so much, here you go, just take it!" Luo Yuan patted her shoulder lightly: "Just do things with your heart in the future!"

This was Luo Yuan's first intimate contact with her body. The hot palm seemed to penetrate the thin clothes and seep into the skin. Ye Qiuyu trembled all over, his face turned pale, and then turned red again.

At this moment, her heart was in a mess, and she didn't know what to do. She was always thoughtful, and sometimes a common sentence would be broken, crushed, and chewed repeatedly in her heart:

"Is this a hint? What should I do? Is it a verbal refusal, firmly rejecting it, or pretending that I don't understand, and accepting it first, or just pushing the boat along!"

Luo Yuan watched her turn white and red, and her expression changed. He thought her face was tender and dared not accept it. He couldn't help but grabbed her hand and put the energy crystal in her palm: "Take it!"

Ye Qiuyu stared blankly, her body was in a daze, as if she had completely lost her thoughts. After a while, she came back to her senses, only to find that Luo Yuan had already walked to Chen Jiayi's side!

She bit her lip, let go of her hand, and looked at the thin and light energy crystal nucleus in the palm of her hand, but felt as if it was as heavy as a thousand weights.

...

In the early hours of the morning, a piercing alarm bell rang suddenly.

Cui Weichuan, who was still asleep, closed his eyes and was dazed for a while, then suddenly he woke up completely with a jolt.

Today was his first day at work, so he couldn't be late, he quickly got up and turned off the alarm.

He was originally a low-level civil servant in Motu City (Chapter 311), but unfortunately encountered a major earthquake at that time, and the entire Motu City was buried underground. He came to Hope City as a refugee.

At that time, Hope City accepted a large number of refugees from all over the world, including civil servants like him, and it was impossible to assign corresponding jobs to everyone.

After waiting for a few days, he was assigned to the first steelmaking plant in Hope City as the deputy chief of the logistics department.

This career is not bad. To some extent, he has even been promoted a small step. He has always guessed that there are some off-site factors, because he knows a big man, and he and her daughter can He came to Hope City alive and was saved by this big man. Perhaps it was because of this aspect that he was promoted exceptionally.

That period of friendship, or even just acquaintance, may be insignificant to that great man, but to him, it may be a turning point in his life.

However, the good times didn't last long. The devastating disaster a few months ago turned his factory into ashes in an instant.

He was lucky. He happened to be on the day shift that day and was not in the factory, so he survived.

During that period of time, the entire City of Hope was in chaos and darkness, and crying continued all night. Everyone in the City of Hope was wearing mourning, and some people vented their despair about the future. Occasionally, gunshots could be heard on the streets.

This was the day he dreaded the most. He and his precious daughter were huddled in this hut and dared not go out for a few days.

Fortunately, such days did not last for a few days, and everything began to improve, the order of the city was gradually restored, and the light came to Hope City again, but since then, he has completely lost his job.

The days of being unemployed are quite difficult, and he can only queue up to go to the public welfare canteen to fill his stomach every day. Although he will not starve to death, it is impossible to eat well or to be full. Even if you want to buy some small items for your home, you have to think twice.

As a newly immigrated refugee, he didn't have a lot of savings, and it's already depleted by now.

Facing such a poor life, he can bear it, but he doesn't want his daughter to suffer with him and be discriminated against by other classmates in the boarding school.

He must have a job!

Fortunately, after the end of the world, learning is completely free, otherwise he would not even be able to pay his daughter's tuition.

He went into the bathroom, washed his face, brushed his teeth carefully, cleaned up his personal hygiene, then went to the closet, took out all the clothes he could wear, and put them on one by one. When working in the field, he must keep warm.

He put on all the clothes he could wear, and suddenly he was sweating hotly. He wanted to take off a few clothes, but after thinking about it, he decided to forget it. After a few steps, he reached the basement floor, which was only one floor away from the outside world. The temperature will drop a lot.

At last he dug out a fur coat, leather gloves, and leather boots, held them in his hand, and closed the wardrobe.

This three-piece cold-proof suit is quite heavy, especially the fur coat, which weighs more than 20 catties. The outer layer is only a layer of animal skin, which is as thick as 3.5 millimeters. The inner lining is soft red hair like flames. No matter how cold it is after going up, it seems to be covering the stove.

At the beginning, Cui Weichuan waited in line for a full day in an environment of more than 30 degrees below zero in order to snap up cold-proof clothes that were sold in limited quantities, and finally bought clothes for him and his daughter from the hands of the salesperson, and spent all his money on this. most of the savings.

But before wearing it for a few days, he regretted it a lot. As the heating lamps gradually installed in every corner of Hope City, the temperature here gradually became warmer like spring, so this expensive leather jacket became an ornament in the closet. Every time he saw it, he felt so distressed that he was about to twitch.

But everything is a drink and a peck, and this job clearly requires that you bring your own leather jacket. Thinking of it now, Cui Weichuan has to feel that he has the foresight.

The salary for this job is quite high, three times that of ordinary workers, and because of his management experience in previous jobs, he was hired as the captain to manage a hundred people, and his salary was twice that of ordinary workers. It doesn't have to be as tight as this.

He closed the door, walked out of the house, and soon came to the basement floor.

This layer collapsed during the disaster, but it was repaired later, and traces of cement repair can still be seen now.

He found that he was not the first, there were hundreds of people earlier than him, and now a part of the space here has been transformed into an open-air dining hall, and these people are having breakfast at this time.

Smelling the aroma of food, Cui Weichuan's stomach couldn't help beating, and he immediately went to the service window to order a portion.

While chatting with the chef, he got the good news that there is no limit to the food here. These days, Cui Weichuan is half hungry every day, and the life is miserable, and now he can finally eat well.

While he was eating, more and more people came, and the cafeteria, which was originally cold and quiet, soon became crowded with people.

His dining table was gradually full of people.

"Hey, Chief Cui!"

"Ah, Lao Hu, you're here too." Cui Weichuan looked up and found that it was a colleague from his department, and said hastily.

"What can I do if I don't come, I can only eat here now." Lao Hu said with a wry smile, his face was full of scum, obviously during this period of time, he also lived in a rather downcast situation.

"Who is not the same, this is the first time I have had a full meal!" Cui Weichuan also felt the same way.

"Tell me, how many people are here today?" Lao Hu looked at the people in the cafeteria and asked suspiciously.

"Ten to twenty thousand!"

"I can't stop, at least there are more than 30,000. Have you heard that the groundwater here is almost exhausted, otherwise why would you go to mine ice in the icy world?" Lao Hu suddenly said mysteriously.

"You can't talk nonsense!" Cui Weichuan said quickly: "Be careful not to be overheard, let alone now that Mayor Luo is here, what are you afraid of, even if the aliens are all dealt with by him, I am afraid that there will be no water."

Old Hu shrunk his neck, feeling a little scared. Now Hope City is still under martial law, but there is no freedom of speech. In other words, once you are suspected of inciting *inciting* riots, or spreading* rumors, there is no good fruit to eat: "You Look at me, I'm used to this big mouth, and I can't change it, eat, eat!"

"Is your daughter in the first grade?" After a while, Lao Hu asked again.

"Yeah, I go home once a week and find that I've gained weight." Speaking of his daughter, Cui Weichuan couldn't help showing a doting smile on his face.

"Of course I'm getting fatter. The school meals are not comparable to our public welfare cafeteria. There's no limit there." Old Hu said enviously.

...

As time goes by, the number of people continues to increase.

When the time came to six o'clock in the morning, a team of heavily armed military police and a large number of civil servants who presided over the work began to enter the first floor.

"Workers of the 1st Brigade, gather towards me!"

"Workers of the 2nd brigade, gather towards me!"

"The 3rd Battalion..."

...

"The 32nd Battalion..."

"I'll take a step first!" Cui Weichuan said when he heard the brigade he belonged to, and hurriedly stood up and rushed over.

...

"All the squadron leaders come out, organize their teams, and report the number."

...

The workers in the reconstruction area are both workers and reserve soldiers. Almost everyone has undergone military training. In just a few minutes, the workers who were originally huddled in a mess formed a square formation!

As the exit steel door "rumbled" opened, the black workers walked out of the dungeon one after another with neat goose steps.

"Hiss, it's so cold!" The gas that came out of his mouth turned into fine shards of ice in an instant, Cui Weichuan tightened his clothes, and couldn't help but began to tremble.

The sky outside was dark, as if it was filled with ink. This was the first time he had gone outside since the disaster. He had estimated the coldness outside before, but he never expected it to be this cold.

Even wearing a thick fur coat, the chill still couldn't stop creeping into the bones.

He touched the high-strength liquor in his arms. To keep out the cold, it was distributed for free before departure. Originally, he thought it was unnecessary, but now he couldn't help but want to take a sip, but he just thought about it. It's going to be another day today. I can't bear a few sips of this half-jin bottle of spirits.

The 15th Brigade arrived at the selected area and stopped.

"I know everyone is cold, so I'll make a long story short!" The team leader took out the tin horn and shouted loudly: "The working conditions this time will be quite difficult, and many people may already regret it now.

I know that many people have received rumors or have speculated, but unfortunately, this time the situation is as everyone guessed, Hope City's groundwater is on the verge of depletion.

If Hope City runs out of water, I think everyone knows the consequences.

So this job is not just a simple job, it is also for you, for the entire City of Hope, you have no possibility of quitting!

Now the ice mining has officially started, and each captain leads your team members to come here to pick up tools. "

While talking, two trucks had stopped here, and the workers on the trucks kept throwing tools down.

Cui Weichuan didn't expect to be guessed by Lao Hu. He was heavy in his heart. He greeted the players in his team and got the tools. The tools for mining ice were quite simple. Each team got three thick metal stakes tied with ropes. To smash the ice, a lot of iron rods, and five crude wooden sledges.

As for construction machinery such as excavators, there is no one at all.

Even the trucks left quickly after throwing away the tools. There were only two trucks in the entire brigade, each of which was extremely valuable. In this cold weather, it was impossible to stay outside for too long. The ice is not loaded onto trucks until it is transported to the basement level by sleigh.

Mining work will soon begin.

After Cui Weichuan assigned the tasks, he took the lead and everyone lifted up the metal stakes and started smashing ice cubes.

The metal stake was 30 centimeters thick and weighed 800 kilograms. It was lifted with ropes and the other four people. Each person had to carry at least 160 kilograms.

Fortunately, he followed Luo Yuan all the way to Hope City and ate high-grade food, which gave him quite good strength.

But no matter how hard he tried, he was just an ordinary person, and the work of smashing ice was quite tiring. Not only did he need to keep shouting to cooperate, but the ice was incredibly hard.

It often takes more than a dozen hits before it can crack, and it will finally break after repeated hundreds of times, and then change to another place. Naturally, other people will mine the broken ice, fill it with a sled, and send it to basement one.

But there is one good thing, that is, he no longer feels cold, instead, he is sweating a little, until it was almost noon, and he didn't take a sip of the strong wine in his arms.

This is a sudden commotion in the distance, and one of the workers stopped suddenly.

"Why did you stop suddenly?" Cui Weichuan almost ducked, and suddenly said with some displeasure, such a heavy metal pile, if you stop rashly, you don't know if there will be an accident.

The other party said in an excited tone, his face was flushed, and his face was full of excitement: "Mayor Luo, it is Mayor Luo who came here for inspection!"