#420 - Chapter 420: Start saving (a photo of a million words~~)

"Thank you! Thank you, Brother Yu! After our family finds a water source, we will definitely repay you!"

This Sister Lin, after receiving the half-filled mineral water bottle, repeatedly thanked Yu Dong before leaving for her residence.

Yu Dong, who had lent out the water, helplessly shook his head and turned back to his small home.

They, the Level 1 personnel who had just returned from the life zone, were the envy of other survivors.

They could participate in tasks issued by the Green Source Base and have a meal at their workplace during lunch.

After finishing work in the afternoon, they could also receive daily wages in the form of food.

It was said that in addition to unlimited drinks while working, each person could also receive 1 liter of clean drinking water from their workplace to take home for free after work.

The benefits were amazing!

Compared to those who hadn't even reached Level 1, they still had to go out and risk their lives to find supplies or look for food and drink in the wild.

It was the difference between having a secure job and being unemployed.

"Is it already so difficult to find water outside? Alas, this world is truly terrible."

Yu Dong sighed, feeling sorry for his compatriots.

He was fortunate to have come to Green Source earlier this year, otherwise, he might still be like Sister Lin and the others, without Level 1 status.

Some time ago, everyone relied on going out to find supplies or trading with Green Source. At that time, everyone knew there was a division between Level 1 and Level 2 personnel, but most people only focused on qualifying for Level 2.

Because only by reaching Level 2 were they allowed to enter the three large residential areas.

Basically, no one dared to think about the higher Level 3 personnel, as they were all selected by Green Source upon arrival.

Ordinary Level 1 personnel could only live in the Green Source Zone around the Green Source Base.

Therefore, to this day, there is still a mixed living situation of many Level 1 and non-level personnel.

After all, there are limited outdoor buildings, and they cannot be too close, otherwise, the attraction to zombies at night would be too great.

For example, Sister Lin and her husband were survivors who had just arrived last month.

They barely qualified to trade with Green Source and entered this residence on the outer edge of the Green Source Zone.

Her husband would team up with other survivors who didn't even have Level 1 qualifications to go out and find supplies.

And Sister Lin would join other older people, or women and children with weaker strength, to look for edible things and water sources in the surrounding area.

Almost all survivors knew what happened during the water pollution at the beginning of the year, so naturally, they would not randomly drink unknown water found on the roadside.

Most survivors would collect rainwater or run further to some flowing rivers to collect water, then boil it at home for drinking and storage.

However, it hadn't rained for nearly a month recently, and many small rivers outside had dried up, and even many of the ponds that were commonly seen after spring had begun to dry up.

Survivors needed to run to even more distant places to have a chance to find new water sources.

There was no need to ask; Sister Lin and the others had misjudged the location of the original water source today, finding it dry, and didn't have enough time to find a new location, so they ran over here to borrow water.

In response, people like Yu Dong, who were relatively wealthy, were mostly willing to offer some help.

Of course, this was limited to drinking water that was not yet considered precious.

If they asked to borrow food?

Then goodbye.

The atmosphere in the Green Source Zone is now extremely orderly.

Under the iron-blooded policies of the Green Source Base in the past, and the bloody reality, the survivors who stayed here did not dare to do things like killing and robbing food.

Otherwise, someone would run under the surveillance cameras outside and shout, and the law enforcement team from the Green Source Base would immediately rush over.

So, for the time being, there have not been major conflicts between the non-level personnel and the Level 1 personnel living together.

After all, they can still survive, so who would want to seek death?

Moreover.

Some private transactions have also appeared in the Green Source Zone.

Those who have food will always find a way to attract those survivors who need it to come close.

For survival, humans are willing to abandon many bottom lines.

The base turns a blind eye to this.

As long as they don't cause trouble and there is no coercion, then it is the survivors' own business.

Night falls.

Flickering flames rise everywhere in the Green Source Zone, marking the beginning of the night life for the survivors in each settlement.

Those with good conditions can take out precious food and cook a little to fill their stomachs.

Those who are worse off can also dig out tree bark, tree roots, and wild vegetables from outside, barely eating them to at least not starve to death.

The survivors staying in the Green Source Zone always find their own way to survive.

Entering June.

Survival only becomes more difficult.

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Green Source Main Base.

Leader's Office.

Very rarely, Wang Yang, Tang Jinming, Zhao Ling, and others came here in the evening to find Qin Jin.

"President Qin, our people were patrolling the Green Source Zone today and discovered some problems, so we came to report to you and get some ideas."

As soon as Wang Yang came in, he went straight to the point.

Qin Jin was originally reading a book, but now he had no intention of continuing to read, and signaled the latter to continue.

"It's like this, we found that the water shortage outside is getting more and more serious, and many of the previously accumulated ponds and streams have dried up!"

"Actually, we noticed it some time ago, but we didn't expect that it hasn't rained recently, and now the situation is getting more and more serious!"

"Boss, should we take some countermeasures?"

Wang Yang said in one breath all the situations that their cadres had discovered today.

Zhao Ling had only been depressed for a day or two, and today she quickly came out of the haze and returned to work.

Hearing the reports from the cadres, Qin Jin remained expressionless.

In fact, he still relatively approved of their work in his heart.

So they finally discovered it.

This year's summer is an unbearable hot summer.

The long drought has only just begun.

"Yes, I have also noticed what you said. Don't worry, I have made some preparations, and I will issue some new regulations tomorrow."

Qin Jin nodded to the management cadres.

Before, he had asked the various departments of the base to prepare, and now that the situation outside has become like this, it is time to implement the preparations.

Waving away the cadres, Qin Jin took out the information that had been prepared in the drawer and was waiting to be implemented and checked it.

On it were some development adjustments for the base!

The base's ponds have always had rain shelters to block them, and there are separate water diversion ditches for drainage when it rains.

And the base's planting irrigation is also a water giant, and drip irrigation technology has already been used.

Domestic water and water for production and development also need to be controlled.

According to his understanding.

Currently, the water storage capacity of Reservoir No. 1 (small) is still above 90%, mainly used for drinking and cooking.

The water storage capacity of Reservoir No. 2 (the main base's large pond) is about 80%, used for the base's domestic and production water.

The final Reservoir No. 3 (newly built at the branch base) has only about 50% water storage capacity, partly because it is newly built and there is insufficient water storage time, and also because the base's recent large-scale development has used a lot of water.

Therefore.

It is time to start saving water.

(End of this chapter)

[Thank you to Boss Jueying for the great health care! And the power generation from other partners~~~! Million-word group photo~~~!]