The Reborn Otaku's Code of Practice for the Apocalypse

"Yesterday, the mobile phone signal was cut off again. They repaired it for nothing last time." While eating barbecue in a very carefree manner, while admiring the snowy scenery outside the window, the two talked about what happened in the base in the past few days.

Fortunately, Luo Xun and the others went out to the base at the beginning of this month and got a lot of crystal nuclei, otherwise they would have no chance to leave the base at the end of the month.

"I heard that this year's Spring Festival will be the same as last year. The Spring Festival Gala will be played on the loudspeaker. Now it seems that there is no chance at least in the Gregorian calendar year." Yan Fei glanced at the road behind the community— — There used to be vertical shelves with loudspeakers hanging on them.But now even the wooden frame with the horns on it is gone, it seems that all of them were stolen back and burned as firewood, not to mention the horns on it?It disappeared as early as 800 years ago.

"By the way, I'll try the radio!"

The two found the radio that had not been used for a long time - because after having a mobile phone, unless there is no signal, the base will regularly send messages to all survivors who have mobile phones every day, from water safety to some of the latest base regulations. , You can also check the records afterwards, so few people who are used to using mobile phones still listen to the radio.

So some background music was added to their barbecue dinner date...there was actually some useful news on the radio.For example, in the past few days, I have been broadcasting over and over again how to keep warm at home as much as possible, and be careful not to be poisoned by carbon monoxide, how to deal with frostbite, and other precautions.

When the two ate mutton kebabs, the news on the radio changed from the safety precautions in the snow to something like that—it was actually broadcasting information about the ability team.

The two looked at each other in surprise, and quickly pricked up their ears to listen carefully to the news inside.

Previously, in order to limit the expansion of the supernatural team and reduce the grouping phenomenon of the survivors of the base, the barracks took a series of measures to address these problems, such as allowing each team to increase the materials and crystal cores that need to be paid every month.That's why Luo Xun and the others took the risk and rushed out at the beginning of the month.But now, seeing that the end of December is approaching, the base has finally made a final decision in response to this news - because of the frequent occurrence of extreme weather in recent days, this regulation has been postponed until February next year, and the payment has been made in accordance with the regulations The team of supplies and crystal nuclei does not need to pay again in February of the next year.But each team still has to complete the corresponding tasks every month according to the rules before the restructuring...

According to the previous rules, the lowest-level teams like Luo Xun and the others don't need to do special missions at all, only the upgraded base has requirements for them.

The two looked at each other and laughed: "Sure enough, it has changed again."

"Well, there will be a lot more time after February, but the number of people leaving the base will also increase greatly."

Luo Xun has no objection to this: "Even if there were no such regulations, there would be absolutely no shortage of people who would leave the base after the beginning of spring. This year's heavy snowfall was beyond everyone's expectations. Before the winter last year, everyone still had the things they collected from the city. It can last the whole winter, and this year, the food left over from before the end of the world is no longer available, and the amount of food in the base is also limited, even we feel that life is tight, let alone other people's homes?"

This is the case when Luo Xun's family has crops, and those who can only rely on points and crystal cores to exchange food at the exchange window every day can imagine their days.

A few days after the new notice of the base was issued, the entire base ushered in the public New Year.Calculated by the lunar calendar, this year's Chinese New Year and the public New Year both fall in the same month, in January.In order to appease people's hearts and deepen everyone's cohesion towards the base, the military decided to let everyone feel the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year during this month-of course, firing artillery is still not allowed, whether it is private or official.

On New Year's Day, Luo Xun and the others turned on all the radios in each room, and everyone could hear the music, cross talk, etc. programs that were played in turn, whether in the usual room or in the corridor.

Li Tie and the others had a good harvest a few years ago. They moved almost all the resources they could find to their homes. They piled up a large box of hard disks for storing information, and there were many information materials even their own. I don't even know what it is.

Sometimes they will also drop some folders that are temporarily transferred and marked as more urgent and important into their own hard drives... Ahem, everyone has curiosity.And they really don't have bad intentions, and they don't have time to check these things carefully when they get home.

During the Spring Festival, Li Tie’s department specially gave them a three-day holiday. Xu Mei and Song Lingling started meeting early in the morning—this was what they saved in advance before the base’s new food was laid down. Now the base has already There is no rice for sale at all, and there is only rice in the exchange window.Even if many people still have crystal nuclei in their hands, they have nowhere to exchange noodles.Even Luo Xun and his team only had enough dumplings left for everyone to eat twice.

They plan to divide the noodles into two parts, use part of it today, and eat it again at the Lunar New Year at the end of the month.

Li Tie and the others helped chop the mutton stuffing. In order not to be heard by the outside, they ran to the middle of room 1603 and set up two large chopping boards, one for chopping mutton and the other for chopping vegetable stuffing.

Luo Xun and Yan Fei took Zhang Su with them, and went to the place agreed with other teams early in the morning to trade vegetables—for Chinese New Year, these teams were also planning to buy more vegetables to go home to feed the team members.

On the way before they arrived, the three knocked down two groups, a total of eight people who wanted to rob.When they arrived at the destination, they met a few guys who came over to inquire about the situation and were directly bombed by Zhang Su.

No way, who asked them to pull things behind them, and at a glance, they knew that there were materials in those dark boxes?People who block roads and robbers also have to celebrate the New Year!

Just after handing over the things, someone secretly fired a cold shot at them in the snowdrift on the sidewalk full of snow. Yes, it was a cold shot. If Yan Fei was not on guard at all times, the shot would hit Luo Xun who was holding the crystal nucleus up!

With a sound of "chi", Zhang Su raised his hand and counterattacked with the wind blade, directly cutting off the man's hand holding the gun. The man was startled, howling, dropped his hand and the gun, turned around and ran away.

This sudden situation made the members of a certain team who had just finished trading with a few people on the opposite side froze for a moment, and laughed twice: "I didn't expect there to be robbery in broad daylight."

Luo Xun smiled at him, his expression looked so kind and cordial: "We're all used to seeing blood every day when we go out. The security outside can't be compared to that in the new district."

The man didn't know what to say, so he smiled awkwardly, loaded the car with his own things, and left.

"It's all over?" Yan Fei confirmed to Luo Xun that everything in the metal box was empty.

Luo Xun nodded, and checked the messages on his phone: "It's all over, let's go back."

"Don't you want to buy food in the cafeteria?" Zhang Su picked up the gun with blood on it, and kicked the severed hand to the side of the road without looking at it. This thing is a trophy, and now it can sell a few bags of instant noodles. What about the price?

"Someone came to the cafeteria to buy it the day before yesterday, and I think we'll have to wait until after the Chinese New Year if we want anything else." Luo Xun stuffed his phone back into his pocket, patted Zhang Su on the shoulder, "Add buffs!" Why did Zhang Su come out with them?Of course it's because of his wind ability!If it wasn't for the fact that he had slipped his mouth last time, Luo Xun would not have known that Zhang Su was able to bless those close to him with wind powers, reduce their weight, and speed up their walking in places with strange terrains. speed.

Zhang Su waved his hand helplessly. He could only bless three or four people other than himself with this ability at a time.Because he was afraid of trouble, he never mentioned it before. He knew that once Luo Xun found out, he would definitely squeeze his labor power!Now look - sure enough?

When a few people returned home, the minced meat had already been chopped and adjusted to taste.Xu Mei led everyone to squeeze the water out of the cabbage. When Luo Xun and the others came back, she hurriedly greeted them, "See if the noodles are ready? We'll make the stuffing right away."

"Okay." Luo Xun responded, washed his hands and checked the condition of the dough.Yan Fei divided the crystal nuclei one by one, put them in different bags and stacked them on the shelf next to the door of the room, and said to everyone: "The crystal nuclei are all divided, and everyone will take their own when we leave later."

"oh oh!"

The music on the radio sounded in the room. Xiao Xinran first hugged the little guy to play with, then rode on its back after a while, and let a certain dog that transformed into a mount take her wildly around the room.The children's laughter and everyone's talking and laughing made the sound of the music program on the radio almost inaudible, but this heart-warming atmosphere really warmed everyone's heart.

The base also began to work overtime for the two holidays within this month-clearing heavy snow from the streets.

It is unrealistic to spread salt, because salt cannot be produced for the time being, and all the salt in the base today is obtained from a few places specialized in transporting salt before the end of the world. Although there are a lot of them, they dare not use them recklessly.

Fortunately, there are a few snow plows in the base. They have worked overtime and manually cleared the snow these days, and finally cleared the snow on the main roads first.

Listening to the broadcast on the radio, I will work overtime to clear the heavy snow in the surrounding small streets in a few days, and encourage everyone to make a contribution to maintaining their homes, take to the streets together to clear the snow in the community and nearby streets, etc.

Dumplings stuffed with mutton taste very fragrant. On New Year's Day, everyone ate so much that their stomachs were full, and they still lingered on the taste after returning home.

After three days passed, Li Tie and the others went back to work in the military camp. When Luo Xunzheng and Xu Mei were researching whether duck meat could be used as minced meat and what kind of vegetables would be suitable with it, music came from the mobile phone hanging on the hanger.

Yan Fei got up and walked to the hanger to help him take out his mobile phone. After scanning the name of the caller on it, he raised his eyebrows in surprise: "It's Han Li calling."

"Han Li?" Didn't they go to work early in the morning?Why did you call back suddenly?Luo Xun quickly answered the phone, and heard a low voice from inside: "Brother Luo, we are packing up and going home in a while."

"What's wrong?" Luo Xun's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't directly ask his guess.

"...We are out of work." Han Li's voice dropped significantly again, with self-mockery in his tone, "We'll go home and help you farm... Our nerd team really lives up to its name now."

He didn't say anything about the specific situation, but Luo Xun and the others could guess that it was pretty close. After hearing his words, Luo Xun said with a smile: "Then come back quickly. Sister Xu is just saying that she will use the cotton cloth at home to sew socks. Sew your own socks."

"Oh!" Han Li also understood Luo Xun's meaning, answered with a smile, hung up the phone, turned around and walked back to the place where they had worked for a whole year.

Seeing him come back, Li Tie winked at him and asked in a low voice, "Have you greeted Brother Luo?"

Han Li nodded and said: "Well, Brother Luo said let's go back and sew socks." He couldn't help laughing as he said that, and the two slowly packed their respective things together.

Over there, He Qiankun was typing rapidly on the keyboard with his chubby fingers. Han Li and Wang Duo were dangling beside him, blocking other people's view of the screen.

The four of them gathered around He Qiankun's table and pretended to pack their things slowly. After He Qiankun finally heaved a sigh of relief and pulled out a USB flash drive from the case, everyone speeded up and put away all the things they had left here. Pack everything up, bid farewell to former colleagues and leaders, then turn around and leave.

Some of the newcomers who replaced Li Tie and the others stood at the door, watching the back of the dog leave like a bereaved dog.Some people are happy, excited, and contemptuous, while others are melancholy and emotional.

In the separate studio deep in the computer room, several engineers who were hired by the military alone and arranged accommodation in the barracks all worked in these rooms. After hearing that Li Tie and the others had been resigned, most of them There was no response - Li Tie's job here is just to do odd jobs for them, to do some repetitive work and work that doesn't require too much energy. For them, anyone can do this job.

Some people frowned, suppressing the unhappiness in their hearts: "In exchange for a few proficient, computer language, and professional counterparts, in exchange for a few second knives, how long will it take for them to learn these? Is it worth the loss of giving those five boys a few more days off?"

The staff who moved the materials in and told Li Tie and the other party that they had left laughed quickly and said, "There is no other way, isn't it? Why did the five of them live too far away? If something happens in the computer room, call them It’s not convenient to come here…” He leaned over to the engineer and whispered, “More than half of the new arrivals are specially arranged, and the other four are direct nephews of the base leaders, Mr. Yang Just wait a little longer."

The man named Yang Gong spewed out various breaths from his nose, opened a few folders unhappily, thought for a while and sent an email to the group: "Let these troubled ones sort out these things first. ... a week!"

The person who tipped off the news turned away with a cold sweat and a stiff smile. Those things... Even if Li Tie and the others were busy for less than half a month, they couldn't finish it...

Hearing that the group of five was dismissed, all the members of the otaku team decided to welcome the five poor unemployed children at home.Compared with voluntary resignation, being passively resigned is definitely different from the blow and damage to the soul.

Sure enough, after Li Tie and the others came back, Wang Duo hugged Zhang Su and rubbed against Zhang Su's neck, begging for comfort and stroking.

Li Tie and the others were also in a low mood, and even He Qiankun's eyes were a little red.

Several people explained briefly, saying that they were notified to pack their things and go home as soon as they arrived at the barracks today. They didn't even have time to prepare.

Wu Xin was very indignant about this: "Why didn't they say it earlier? They gave us three days off before, and we thought we could work for a while after the Chinese New Year! Several TV dramas haven't been copied yet!" Why do I always feel that what he resents the most is that the TV series has not been copied?

Wang Duo was still hugging Zhang Su's neck at this time, squeezed into a chair with him to show his affection, and after hearing this, he raised his head and shared his morning achievements: "I asked a few people secretly, and they said that yesterday and the day before yesterday Today, our leader called them and asked them to work overtime for two days to teach a few newcomers what we usually have to deal with at work!"

"That's right! There are three people who have never met before today, and they are sitting where we went to work!" He Qiankun also remembered that he had something to deal with today, and it was better for a few people to find a way It was only done after I fooled the person sitting in front of my desk away... In other words, fortunately, they were not allowed to pack their things after they were fired, otherwise they would be fired directly after a busy day, and they would not even have time to deal with things on the computer , it will be more troublesome then.

"There are four. Four new people have arrived in the past two days. One of them has been in Li Gong's office since we arrived. It is said that they are relatives and sons of the leaders of the base school." Wang Duo once again Show off.

After Li Tie and the others heard the news, their anger levels soared again - they were replaced by colleagues who knew some technology, were from the military, and the base was easier to find, and we had worked together for a while. Although they would be angry, they were only Just angry.But being replaced by a group of related households who have never even met before, who forced their way in to replace them with public food, really made them feel sick! !

Seeing that the expressions on the faces of Li Tie and the others had become ugly, Luo Xun quickly smoothed things over: "Don't worry about their affairs, it just so happens that you are all back, let's list the things we have to be busy recently and the things we have to do. Get it done, and wait until spring begins to see if we can find a way to grow more things."

The food in the family is barely enough for everyone to live on now, but if you can eat it on your stomach, the harvest of these things is definitely not enough-especially the food.

Moreover, Li Tie and the others lost their jobs, which indirectly means that they lost another extra income. Although everyone's life can be maintained only by selling vegetables, it is definitely not good.

Therefore, they have to find a way... It is best to have more space for planting.It's a pity that the community is basically filled with people now. Those empty houses where people were frozen to death because of the severe winter are now also temporarily lived in by people outside who have no place to live because their mud houses were crushed by heavy snow.At present, there is no room for rent, and this matter has to be dealt with after the beginning of spring.

In order to distract the attention of Li Tie and the others and make them feel less uncomfortable, the otaku team decided to carry out the first entertainment activity that the otaku team participated in, a sewing activity - sewing socks! !

Cotton cloth is the cotton cloth that Luo Xun, Li Tie and others got when they went to the curtain city next to the home city. Under the leadership of Teacher Luo, Teacher Xu and others, they drew the shape, cutting and sewing required for the socks... …

Anyway, I wear the socks I make myself, and if I make too many threads and my feet are too tight, I have to endure it myself.

As for the wrong shape, the wrong size, and being stuck in the hand by a needle... Anyway, just get used to it.No one expected them to learn how to make clothes by relying on this three-legged cat kung fu, which would allow them to disperse their energy and get busy when the next batch of vegetables at home are ripe and harvested, so that they would not be able to take care of these miscellaneous things up.

The otaku team began to work hard to keep all members busy, and then everyone happily accepted the common goal of staying at home, being busy, and living.After returning to their respective rooms, Luo Xun began to complain: "I thought the name 'Otaku Squad' was so weird at the beginning? Looking at it now, the name of this team has actually become Crow's Mouth and flag!"

Yan Fei laughed and shook his head: "I remember Li Tie and the others came up with this name..." He suddenly remembered something, and asked Luo Xun for confirmation with some doubts, "Li Tie said they saw it on the Internet before the end of the world. There was a post about the coming of the end of the world, the author seems to be called an otaku, did you post that post?" This question has long been in his mind, but he has not confirmed it with Luo Xun for various reasons. However, I didn't expect it to be delayed until now.

In fact, he had suspected that post for a long time, because he had seen the content on Li Tie's mobile phone before, and almost all the information and gadgets mentioned above could be found in Luo Xun's home.

Luo Xun was stunned for a while before remembering the post he had posted before the end of the world, and he rubbed the back of his head with a bit of embarrassment and smiled: "I posted it...but at the time I wasn't sure if the end of the world would come..." He At that time, because of this concern, he did not dare to let go of his hands and feet completely. Otherwise, if he was 100% sure that the end of the world would come, he would simply apply for a loan mortgage, get a few more credit cards, and spend his money to buy things before the end of the world. up.

Yan Fei expressed his understanding. Even if he had a similar experience as Luo Xun, he would not dare to put all his eggs in one basket and think that the end of the world will definitely come.To be able to spend all the cash in advance to make these preparations is considered very daring.

The two returned to the room and Luo Xun started preparing dinner. Yan Fei checked the crops planted on the first floor and then went up to the second floor to check. Among the mutated plants transferred by Xun, some plants bloomed at some point!

Go back to the first floor and call Luo Xun, and the two ran to the balcony on the second floor together.

"I haven't noticed it a few days ago. This thing actually bloomed?" Luo Xun hurriedly checked the label on the outside of the pot, and it turned out to be a mutated strawberry seedling!