Chapter 1740 Why should I pay back the points I borrowed based on my own ability?

In order to prevent gasoline from spilling on the wall corridor, they always put the sprayer against the buffer city wall to spray outside in summer.

After receiving Fang Jingxin's reply, Xia Tian used the torch he had prepared in advance and put it on the spray nozzle and dipped it in some gasoline.

Then the torch was lit with fire.

Snow fell on the torch, making a squeaking sound.

Gasoline is difficult to dissolve in water, and gasoline is lighter than water, so gasoline can burn even if it is poured into water.

Xia Tian held the torch tightly, aimed at the location outside the buffer city where gasoline had just been sprayed, and threw it with all his strength.

Wuwuwu——

The torch spun in the air and fell onto the snow outside.

In an instant, the torch touched the gasoline, and a low "hissing" sound sounded,

Immediately, a burst of flames shot out from the snow and quickly spread around.

The flames danced as if alive, greedily swallowing the gasoline and dyeing the snow orange-red.

The firelight illuminated the sky, casting an orange dream over the surrounding snowscape.

The blending of snow and fire, the collision of cold and heat, create an otherworldly beauty at this moment.

The snow begins to melt, and steam rises, intertwining with the flames to create a picture of movement and stillness.

The snowdrops dripped, mixed with the gasoline on the ground, and quickly evaporated, making a slight sound. The flames looked brighter against the snow.

Soon, the flames spread all over the place where the gasoline was sprayed.

Under the burning of the fire, the snow below continued to melt.

When they pushed the sprayer forward for hundreds of meters, the snow behind them had collapsed and sunk by one meter.

Snow is inherently fluffy, and the volume ratio of snow to water of the same weight can reach 10:1.

The higher the height of the snow accumulation, the snow on top will continue to sink due to the influence of weight pressure, and the snow will be compacted.

And now gasoline is sprayed and the fire is lit.

The flames melt the snow, and the weight of water is much greater than that of snow.

Hua Hua Hua——

Large tracts of fluffy snow are collapsing and sinking, and as time goes by, the sinking speed becomes faster and faster.

It’s a sigh of relief to see the snow level drop in summer.

He hates winter the most.

Tap tap tap——

At this moment, Fang Jingxin hurried up from below.

"How's the effect?"

As he said that, Fang Jingxin lay on the edge of the wall and looked outside.

"It's not bad. If you look at the front part, the snow has sunk a lot." Xia Tian said to Fang Jingxin.

The tank truck below and the sprayer above move forward side by side, and they must be consistent, otherwise the length of the oil pipe will not be enough.

Xia Tian looked at the upper and lower sides at the same time. Once the speed of the oil tanker below slowed down, he asked the person pushing the sprayer to also slow down and coordinate the upper and lower sides.

The sprayer does not move very fast, maintaining the walking speed of a normal adult, which is about five kilometers per hour.

The buffer city wall covers an area of tens of thousands of acres and has a circumference of nearly 20,000 meters.

20 kilometers, at a speed of five kilometers an hour, it requires continuous spraying for nearly 4 hours.

The flames below continued to expand wherever the sprayer sprayed.

During these few hours there were four stops while the oil pipes were being replaced below the tanker truck.

Eighty tons of gasoline were all sprayed outside the buffer city and ignited.

Four and a half hours later, they were back where they started.

But there are still 40 tons of gasoline left.

After returning to the starting point, the gasoline here had long been burned, and the white snow was covered with a layer of black and yellow sediment.

In addition, the height of the snow has also dropped from more than four meters to just over one meter.

However, after the burned snow turned into water, it was frozen and condensed into ice again due to the low temperature, turning into a high-density ice wall.

"Fang Gong, there are still 40 tons of gasoline, do you want to continue spraying?" Ding Meng's voice came from the intercom.

After Fang Jingxin saw the sinking snow, he picked up the walkie-talkie and replied:

"No need, the snow below has solidified and turned into ice. There is no need to spray it any more. Just save some gasoline."

"Okay, then I'll have someone call it a day and take the gasoline back." Ding Meng replied.

"good."

Afterwards, Ding Meng asked his men to close the gate of the oil tanker and pull out the connected oil pipe.

Take the oil tanker and drive towards the oil city.

More than one hundred tons of gasoline, this is a very important batch of materials, so he, the captain of the combat brigade, was asked to personally lead the team.

Fang Jingxin looked at the collapsed snow and fell into deep thought.

At this time, such a scene appeared inside and outside the buffer city.

The buffer city wall is 8.5 meters high, with a depression in the middle, about ten meters wide.

In areas where the sprayed gasoline was not burned, the snow was still more than four meters high.

It presents a "concave" shape.

According to this method, it will be possible to use gasoline to ignite it later, but the effect will be smaller the further you go.

Because the bottom layer of snow has solidified into ice, the bottom layer of ice will not be able to collapse next time.

Calculating this, using this method should be able to last about a month.

But can there really be a blizzard next month?

neither knows.

That's it, Fang Jingxin asked people to put away the sprayer and oil pipeline for easy use next time.

In the trading market.

It's freezing cold.

People who don’t have jobs basically don’t go out except to buy food at the trading market and go downstairs to fetch water.

In the tough winter, for many people who don’t have jobs and can only rely on savings points to make a living, the competition is now who has saved more points.

The more points you have, the calmer you are.

No one knows how long the ice disaster will last. Looking at the balance of points in the number card, which is decreasing day by day without increasing, it is anxious for many people.

This feeling of eating up all the money is very uncomfortable.

Especially for some people who had jobs or completed some tasks earlier and received points, but spent lavishly, they now have few points in their hands and can only live a tight life.

They even squat in the task hall, looking for some tasks to do.

There are relatively few such people.

After all, in the end times, most survivors have a sense of crisis and are used to saving and hoarding.

However, there are all kinds of birds in a big forest.

There are many people, and there are all kinds of people.

A corner of the task hall.

Jiang Chao, wearing a thick cotton jacket and a black knitted hat, huddled in a corner and stared at the big screen in the mission hall.

He had been here for two days, but had not received any suitable work.

He signed up for the wall guard and passed it, after all, he was a level 4 member, but he was rejected at the physical examination.

During the last thunderstorm disaster, he ran up to survive and survived by chance.

After the thunderstorm disaster, he also welcomed spring.

He was bold and joined the logging team, which earned 0.65 points a day, and food was provided.

In addition to the logging team, he also participated in the construction of the buffer city.

He worked for half a year, but he did not save many points.

In theory, participating in this kind of base engineering task basically provides food, and more than 0.5 points are credited every day. If there is no other consumption in a year, you should be able to save 100 points.

The rent cost is extremely low. He lives in a medium-grade B-class housing, which only requires 0.01 points a day, and less than 2 points in half a year.

And because he is a level 4 personnel, if he is willing to lower the housing grade, he can go to the third grade, that is, C-class housing, for free.

But he has always been reluctant to go, because he thinks it is cheap.

As a proud level 4 member, how can he live in the worst C-class housing? Most people at the same level as him live in B-class housing.

However, because he likes to play and whore.

He is a frequent visitor to Tingfeng Tower, and he has even taken care of Da Mimi and Di Tongnaya.

Tingfeng Tower is a den of money, especially these two top players, the points spent are even more terrifying.

In addition, he likes to show off and often invites some workers to dinner and drinks.

As a result, after the blizzard, all the original construction workers in Buffer City were laid off, and the wall guards and snow clearing personnel were re-selected.

He had the opportunity to participate, after all, he was a level 4 personnel.

The treatment of rank here in Oil City is very obvious.

Generally, when recruiting workers, people with high ranks are given priority, unless the person's physical fitness does not meet the standard, they will be rejected.

This is the case with Jiang Chao. Because he often hangs out in bars and Tingfeng Tower, he even sells the corn tortillas distributed to him at a low price in exchange for points to buy alcohol in order to drink more.

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Over time, his body collapsed.

During the physical examination for the recruitment of snow sweepers, he was rejected because of his poor physical condition.

After buying a corn tortilla yesterday, there were only 0.1 points left in his points card. Now he can't even afford a corn tortilla.

If this continues, he will starve.

He ate the corn tortilla he bought yesterday for two days.

If it was when he had a job before, he could finish a corn tortilla in one meal.

Jiang Chao finally gave up when he saw that the text on the display did not change.

Even if there was a job, it is estimated that with his current body, he probably couldn't handle it.

He stood up with a heavy heart. Because he squatted for a long time, he felt dizzy when he stood up. He leaned against the wall for a long time before he felt better.

Alas.

What should I do?

Suddenly, his eyes lit up.

"Zhao Weiguo owes me two points. I'll go ask him for it!"

"And Chai Gui, Wang Er and the others. I invited them to drink so many times before. I asked them to lend me a few points. They will lend me some for the sake of our past friendship!"

Thinking of this, his eyes became brighter.

Seeing that he couldn't find anything to do in the task hall, he went back to collect debts and borrow some points from others to help him get by.

Thinking of this, he pulled down the knitted hat on his head, pushed open the curtain of the task hall of the trading market and walked out.

Snowflakes fell on his shoulders, and he shuddered.

He was hungry, but he had eaten the last small piece of corn tortilla at noon today.

Wipe, wipe, wipe——

Two snowplows passed by, and he quickly avoided them.

Looking at the snowplow leaving, he had a look of envy in his eyes.

If I were in better shape, I would probably have a stable job now.

A few months ago, he also disliked the work of a construction worker because it was too tiring.

He seems to want something that is not tiring and can earn a lot of points. It is best to do something that earns points without having to do anything.

But no matter how good his thoughts are, reality will not change according to his will.

The job he once despised was now unavailable.

well.

He sighed again and walked past the snow plow that had just passed by.

Since the ground had just been cleared by a snow plow, there was only a thin layer of snow that had just fallen, making it more comfortable to walk on.

In this crazy weather, if the snow is not removed for a few hours, your shoes will easily get stuck in the snow when you step on it.

On the road, he saw many snow plows and trucks transporting snow. Around these vehicles, there were some workers with shovels working together below.

He tightened his cotton-padded jacket and returned to the residential area with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Trading bazaar residential area.

Area B.

The fourth and fifth level members live here.

Level 4 members only need 0.01~0.03 points to stay here for a day.

But fifth-level members need 0.1 to 0.3 points to live here.

The price has increased tenfold.

Although the average fourth-level personnel do not live a particularly good life, at least compared to the vast majority of fifth-level members, they are still relatively good.

But there are exceptions. For example, fourth-level members like Jiang Chao are not as good as fifth-level members.

There are also wealthy people among the fifth-level members.

For example, some people who open stores in commercial districts have many points, so they don’t care about spending more points to get a better living environment.

No matter in all aspects, the trading market favors high-level people, such as: housing, medical care, work, etc.

They can spend less points and enjoy better treatment.

The reason for this is to encourage everyone to make more practical contributions and contribute to the development of the trading market.

Area B, Building 34, No. 302.

Jiang Chao opened the door and saw Zhao Weiguo sleeping in the bed at a glance.

"Who are you? You are not from our dormitory, are you? Get out quickly." A strong man sleeping next to the door was woken up by the cold wind blowing in. He looked at Jiang Chao with an unhappy face.

Jiang Chao quickly closed the door and apologized repeatedly.

"Sorry, I'm looking for Zhao Weiguo."

The strong man saw him closing the door and didn't bother him. He pointed to Zhao Weiguo, who was sleeping on the top bunk of the third bed, "That's him."

Jiang Chao hugged the strong man and expressed his apology.

Then he walked straight towards Zhao Weiguo.

"Weiguo, wake up." Jiang Chao pushed Zhao Weiguo's shoulder.

"Who?"

Zhao Weiguo woke up from his sleep, turned over and saw Jiang Chao standing beside his bed.

"Hey! Brother Chao is free to come and play with me today? Why, are you planning to go to Tingfeng Tower again today? Bring me with you. You invited Wang Er last time, so I can't say no to you if you don't!"

Seeing the arrival of the powerful Jiang Chao, Zhao Weiguo suddenly became more awake with a smile on his face.

Jiang Chao couldn't help but feel a little proud on his face when he heard Zhao Weiguo's compliment.

"Easy to say, easy to say, buddies."

As Jiang Chao talked, he felt something was wrong. He came to ask for the bill, so why did he have to treat him again?

That's not right.

Soon, Jiang Chao reacted and coughed:

"Ahem, but it's not a good day today. I have other things to ask you for."

He felt that asking someone to get his points back would be unspeakable and would hurt the relationship between brothers.

So he didn't directly ask Zhao Weiguo to return the points to him. Instead, he implicitly took a roundabout way and thought about how to get Zhao Weiguo to offer to return the points himself.

"What else?" Zhao Weiguo rolled his eyes and asked tentatively:

"Anything good to introduce?"

"No." Jiang Chao hesitated and shook his head.

After Zhao Weiguo heard that he said no, he looked at Jiang Chao's condition and the clothes he was wearing.

Instantly he understood why Jiang Chao was looking for him.

I thought to myself:

Want points?

What the hell, why should I return the points I borrowed to you based on my ability?

His smile faded and he said sadly:

"Brother Chao, I just have something to ask you for help. You know I rarely ask anyone for help."

When Jiang Chao heard this, he frowned and asked:

"What?"