41: The polar night has arrived.

The fifty people from yesterday underwent another round of screening.

Those who were just trying to fish in troubled waters or had terrible reputations in the past were weeded out.

In the end, forty people remained.

Among them were over twenty Ability Users, while the rest were ordinary people.

Lin Wan and the others had already formulated the initial development plans for the base.

So, everything proceeded in an orderly fashion.

Uncle Wang had been brought over by Nian Nian last night.

Although he had no abilities, he was full of skills and would primarily be responsible for some work in the ordinary people's sector in the future.

However, those who had left disappointed yesterday were already lining up outside the base gates in the early hours of the morning.

A person's ability and character can be discerned from small details.

Ji Chuan and Shen Mo Chi took some of the selected Ability Users to maintain order and posted the series of rules and requirements for entering the base.

Nian Nian and Yue Yue also took people to handle registrations.

Lin Wan, meanwhile, took another good look at the base to identify areas that needed modification.

In this way, with clear division of labor and over a month of hard work, the base's registered personnel quickly reached five hundred.

Since the base was large, the small houses in each sector were arranged in neat rows.

Lin Wan and the others certainly wouldn't let them go to waste.

Therefore, those wishing to enter the base later would be judged based on their corresponding skills or whether they were Ability Users.

Ordinary people who met the requirements could also use Crystal Core to rent a house in Qingyun Base.

After all, no matter how large the base was, it was limited.

Without entry conditions, there wouldn't be enough houses to accommodate everyone.

It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.

Lin Wan and the others also opened up a large planting area; although her space had black soil and the few of them certainly wouldn't lack food or drink, for the long-term development of so many people in the base, they naturally had to research cultivation.

The Authorities were also working hard in this area, but the results were still very weak.

Although they could grow some food, the seed survival rate was less than twenty percent.

Regardless, Lin Wan had an inexhaustible supply of seeds in her space and could provide a large portion for research.

In addition, they set up a dedicated medical area and a small trading market on the periphery for everyone to exchange for what they needed.

The construction of these facilities and projects also indirectly provided a large number of jobs.

Everyone flocked to sign up, and Qingyun Base distributed corresponding supplies to them based on their positions.

Since it was all to support their families, many people cherished their jobs after obtaining them and didn't dare to slack off in the slightest.

Once you entered Qingyun Base, not only was your personal safety guaranteed, but even as a peripheral worker, as long as you worked hard, the benefits were excellent—the supplies given even included rice from before the Apocalypse!

Therefore, people were falling over themselves just for a laborer position in the peripheral construction!

Of course, if you were found violating the rules or crossing the red line at will, you would be thrown out mercilessly and never allowed to step foot inside again.

Shen Mo Chi and Ji Chuan were also primarily responsible for training the registered Ability Users and ordinary people, with Uncle Wang assisting.

Naturally, this was mainly targeted at those five hundred base personnel.

These people had entered after layers of testing; they possessed absolute admiration and loyalty toward the Qingyun Squad and would be the backbone of Qingyun Base in the future.

Speaking of which, during the time they lived at the Official Base, Lin Wan and the others had learned quite a lot.

The Official Base was also very chaotic at the beginning, and it was only by slowly groping through experience to establish a set of rules that it became as orderly as it is now.

Lin Wan and the others essentially took advantage of what was already established and added some of their own ideas to it.

Besides being responsible for their own area, they occasionally went out to hunt high-level monsters and frequently collaborated with the Official Base.

Thus, half a year later, it was winter once again.

Lin Wan and the others' abilities had all reached Level 9.

In Sea City, besides the famous Official Base, Qingyun Base was the most prominent among private bases.

Lin Wan ungrudgingly brought out seeds for everyone to research.

She had quite a few Wood-type Ability Users and famous agricultural experts here.

Finally, a good result was achieved.

Under the leadership of the famous agricultural expert Elder Yuan, they worked day and night and finally researched a planting method suitable for the current soil.

The survival rate reached eighty percent.

This was a very significant and meaningful event.

After reporting to The Authorities, the planting method was immediately popularized throughout Sea City.

Although the food grown was far less delicious than before the Apocalypse, it was already hundreds or thousands of times better than moldy food or the tough, bitter meat of mutated beasts.

Qingyun Base had transparent rules and clear rewards and punishments.

In just half a year, nearly a thousand people had found a true place to settle down and make a living.

Those with knowledge and skills received even better treatment.

The result of this unified effort was that Qingyun Base was at the peak of its power, as solid as an iron barrel inside and out.

Some with ill intentions who tried to pry into Lin Wan and the others' private affairs from peripheral personnel not only learned nothing but were also immediately reported.

The people inside only felt that living in Qingyun Base was like living the life of an immortal during the Apocalypse.

They also encouraged Ability Users to teach young people who wanted to learn self-defense; of course, they had to pay the corresponding tuition to the instructors.

Lin Wan also established a small school in the base for the children of base members to study.

The construction materials, books, and stationery were all provided by her.

After all, tens of thousands of containers were sitting in her space gathering dust. It was better to use them for something useful; children are hope and the future.

This way, children who had no school to attend during the Apocalypse could learn some basic knowledge.

This move was crucial and received strong support from the Official Base.

Qingyun Base became famous, and Capital City even sent important leaders to conduct an inspection.

They encouraged and praised them, promoting their base as a model for private bases to bases across the country.

With the backing of The Authorities and their own strong strength, no one dared to provoke Qingyun Base.

Having gone through so many things, Qingyun Base garnered countless praises and recognition.

Now, when Lin Wan occasionally thought of the past, she felt that those old grudges were no longer significant.

Her entire being seemed reborn, becoming even more dazzling and eye-catching; when she stood side-by-side with Shen Mo Chi, people couldn't help but sigh that this was a love of equals, weathering the storm together.

The others were the same.

With so many exciting experiences, how could they not grow?

But just as everything was getting better and better, the Polar Night in Sea City arrived unexpectedly.

The Apocalypse had lasted for three years, and the nation's reconstruction was gradually getting on track.

Water and electricity were no longer lacking, and roads were basically repaired, but natural disasters occurred from time to time, so the road to true recovery was still very long.

At least until the natural disasters decreased and eventually disappeared.

Because of previous experience, the country used waterproof and earthquake-proof materials to rebuild everything from the foundation up.

During this time, to give survivors a place to go, the state had already ordered provinces to plan and prepare for the re-establishment of residential areas.

They vigorously encouraged individuals, teams, or major bases to collect various construction materials, which could be exchanged for points.

And these points would be crucial in their future lives.

It could be said they were equivalent to money before the Apocalypse and would never expire or become invalid.

But just as everything was proceeding in full swing,

The sudden arrival of the Polar Night seemed to press the pause button on everything once again, plunging the entire Huaxia into silence.

People once again profoundly experienced the horror of the Apocalypse.

Lin Wan looked at the time on her phone.

"Eight o'clock in the morning."

It should have been a time of bright sunshine, but at this moment, outside the window was a thick, impenetrable darkness; Lin Wan's brow furrowed slightly.

"I don't know how long this Polar Night will last. Actually, among natural disasters, I think the Polar Night is more terrifying. No matter what time it is, it's always pitch black. Without light, there is only the unknown and darkness; it's the easiest thing to drive people crazy."

"Yeah, in just one week, many people already couldn't take it and went out to feed the zombies themselves! Even our base is like this, let alone those people outside."

"Moreover, Wanwan, when Ji Chuan and I went out last time, we found that the zombies have actually evolved again! But even though the nationwide suppression of zombies has been going on for a while, the zombies outside haven't decreased; instead, they are becoming more numerous and stronger."

Yue Yue thought of the vicious and foul-smelling appearance of those zombies, her brow knitting into a deep frown.

Shen Mo Chi placed his hand on Lin Wan's shoulder, his eyes also filled with a look of solemnity.

"We must prepare our defenses. The arrival of the Polar Night will likely cause this slowly stabilizing Apocalypse to churn up huge waves once again. Those restless bases lacking supplies will likely think this is a good opportunity."