Seeing everyone's confusion, Lai Xiyue explained from the side, "For these electronic products, everyone can charge them in their rooms, and we have a library and an entertainment center where you can download movies, books, and similar things."
Under Lai Xiyue's explanation, everyone was somewhat dumbfounded; there were thousands of TBs of various movies, books, documentaries, and even thousands of classic single-player games from before the apocalypse.
Millions of various videos already covered most of what ordinary people could watch, with the exception of short videos.
Holding the iPads in their hands, everyone felt a surge of emotion, wanting to cry tears of joy. Before the apocalypse, they were accustomed to the convenience brought by electronic products and often enjoyed brief moments of happiness from them.
After the apocalypse, life became even more boring, and many times they just lay there, hungry, staring at the ceiling.
You know, when you're hungry, you don't want to do anything.
The daily necessities distributed now included these items, and the things to be distributed later were even more worth anticipating.
Among the materials distributed, many items considered everyone's comfort level. Quite a few were international brands, and the attention to detail was exceptional.
For example, one of the items distributed was loungewear, pajamas, which were from a super brand, Fenteng Home Wear! It was the first listed brand of home wear in China, and specifically their Five-Good Home Wear, which was of exceptionally high quality. They had heard of this famous brand even before the apocalypse, and now touching it, the feel was excellent.
They couldn't help but imagine how comfortable it would be after changing into the Fenteng Home Wear later.
After all, as they had said before, if you're not working, wear Fenteng.
Now, instead of fighting zombies, they could return to this safe base, put on their home wear, and lie on the sofa to binge-watch shows; it was simply too good.
Thinking of this scene, everyone began to look forward to the future.
Because all the distributed items were of super high quality,
everyone felt a faint anticipation for the dinner they would share later.
After distributing the daily necessities, Lai Xiyue registered everyone's names, ages, occupations, and skills.
Then she led everyone to their assigned rooms. For one couple, she arranged a slightly larger two-bedroom, one-living room apartment. She also reserved a two-bedroom, one-living room apartment for Lao Xie and Captain Lü respectively. Most of the other people were single, so they were assigned one-bedroom apartments.
When they turned on the water heater, they almost cried. The hot water from the showerhead dripping onto their bodies sent shivers down their souls.
A hot shower, what a luxury in the apocalypse!
To take a hot shower, first you need a safe environment, and second, you need enough hot water, which was often unavailable.
Shang Xue'er, as the only girl in the team, had short hair, but that didn't mean she didn't care about her appearance.
Under the rinsing of the hot water, a lifetime of grime and fatigue were washed away.
No one dared to wash for too long. They didn't know how much hot water there was, and it would be bad if they used too much and there was none left for those who came after.
During the construction of the base, various resource recycling methods were already considered, such as this hot bath water which could be directly converted for watering flowers or crops.
After showering, everyone emerged from their respective rooms, looking at each other refreshed.
They exchanged smiles.
Especially when Shang Xue'er came out, she truly brightened up the place. It was unexpected that although Shang Xue'er had short hair and usually looked very serious, after bathing, a gentle aura emanated from her, and her facial features were actually quite good.
6:30 PM.
Many people emerged from the two rows of bungalows, from the villas, and from other areas, and everyone lined up neatly.
When Lao Xie and the others came in today, they had seen some people, but not everyone. Now seeing everyone, he suddenly felt that there were actually quite a lot of people in this base.
The dinner menu today was quite good:
Beef stew with potatoes — one of the dozen or so cattle raised in the past two days had fallen and broken its leg, so it was simply slaughtered.
Scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
Spicy and sour radish.
A large bowl of rice, or you could choose corn on the cob.
When Lao Xie and the others saw this meal arrangement, their eyes almost popped out; it was too extravagant.
There was enough rice, meat, and vegetables, and the steaming hot food made them drool.
During mealtime, no one wasted time talking.
In the base now, from the initial four acres of reserved land, to nearly eight acres of land reclaimed in the mountains later, and then two acres of land reclaimed in the plains, totaling over a dozen acres of land.
After the Weng City was built, Third Uncle led Ding Jiu and others to thoroughly search all the reinforced Cement Factories around the county town.
They also increased the height of the perimeter wall significantly, reaching approximately the height of a three or four-story building. The wall, over ten meters high, looked even more imposing.
Later, they also thought about expanding the size of the base, so they built a wall on the side near the cliff, increasing the base's area by five acres.
The dozens of acres of base looked quite magnificent, but the kilometer-long wall also required more people on duty. Currently, there are five people permanently assigned to wall duty. Two are at the main gate, and the other three are in different directions.
Additionally, there are two people on mobile patrol, constantly searching along the wall.
This means that currently, one wall duty team consists of 7 people. This is actually not many compared to the initial number of over 70 people.
With the 15 people who have now joined the base, the total population has surpassed the 90 mark.
Among these 90 people, there are over 70 individuals aged 16 and above who are capable of fighting.
It can be said that with the addition of Captain Lü and his team, even if the combat power doesn't increase significantly, at least the base's defensive strength will be greatly enhanced later on.
After receiving exquisite daily necessities, being assigned a good private space, having hot water for showering, and delicious food, Lao Xie and the others lay on their beds in a daze, feeling as if everything they had just experienced was a dream. These scenes seemed to have played out countless times in their dreams.
This was also one of Li Yu's methods to win these people over: first, let them experience a different life from outside the walls—being able to eat their fill, take hot showers, and watch movies or read books when bored.
After experiencing a hell-like life outside, coming to live in the base was like arriving in paradise.
And Li Yu did not explicitly tell them to join and become a part of the base. In this way, even before Captain Lü spoke, their hearts were already won over.
However, relying solely on these supplies was not enough. Supplies were just the foundation; maintaining them and increasing their loyalty also involved other spiritual aspects.
But spiritual matters could only be discussed further once a certain material foundation was established.
Otherwise, how can you talk about dreams on an empty stomach!
Many people did not sleep that night.
