Chapter 40 Either Work or Wait for Death

Furthermore, winter was coming. Some of the smaller sanctuaries did not have enough energy to survive the winter. Some people might even freeze to death in the sanctuary!

“Ding Yao, I’ll leave this matter to you. Try to persuade all the small sanctuaries near the city to join us and move them all to the city center.”

“The houses we’ve been building on the ground are specifically for these people!”

“If we can’t finish this work, many people will freeze to death when winter comes!”

Ding Yao nodded her head heavily upon hearing Zhao Feng’s words. She knew how heavy her responsibility was.

A few days later, Ding Yao came to Zhao Feng’s office, somewhat depressed.

She said, feeling ashamed.

“I’m sorry, I’m really useless. I’ve already tried my best to tell those people that this winter will be very cold, and they might not be able to make it.”

“But they just don’t want to believe me, and some people even drove us out. Now, only about half of the sanctuaries have agreed to join the large sanctuary in the city center.” “The rest of the people are just watching. What should we do? The total number of people in these sanctuaries is at least a few hundred thousand, and we can’t just leave them be!”

As she spoke, the responsible and kind Ding Yao was on the verge of tears.

However, Zhao Feng was not surprised by this result. He had already expected that there would be many voices of opposition.

Besides, these people had been living alone for a while after the apocalypse. If someone suddenly jumped out and told them that they might freeze to death, many people would not believe it.

Zhao Feng comforted Ding Yao.

“Alright, alright, don’t cry. Just relax. This has nothing to do with you. Those people will have to bear the consequences themselves.”

“You’ve already done what you should have done.”

“If there are people from other sanctuaries who want to join us, we still have to accept them. Or, we can send these people to the sanctuary in the city center.”

“In short, we’ll save as many as we can. If we can’t save them, we’ll just hope they can

survive this winter.”

As the days passed, the temperature suddenly began to drop like a cliff, just as the

meteorologists had expected.

The temperature had been at its highest point

of 20 degrees a day, but it had dropped to 15 degrees the next day.

After that, the temperature dropped rapidly at a rate of nearly two degrees per day. The drop was even far beyond the expectations of the experts. It was estimated that it would reach -20 degrees celsius three and a half months before the apocalypse!

“Director Zhao, the temperature is dropping too quickly. It’s far beyond our expectations.” “There is still a lot of work to be done at the surface base of the sanctuaries in the city center, and we still have a lot of resource collection teams working outside.” “Also, from time to time, there will be team accidents, resulting in casualties. Now, there are many voices in the sanctuary questioning whether we should continue to go out for work.”

“My suggestion is to recall the people working outside as soon as possible. Otherwise, the loss of too many people may affect your reputation in the sanctuary.”

The new director of the sanctuary expressed his concerns when he reported to Zhao Feng.

That was the truth. Many people in the sanctuary had begun to refuse to go out. Even if they were offered generous rewards, no one was willing to do these things.

Although the daily pay for doing this kind of work was very generous, after all, it could cost one’s life, so this little pay was nothing.

It wasn’t easy for everyone to survive the apocalypse, and no one was willing to lose their lives in vain at this time.

Facing such a situation, Zhao Feng immediately took over the sanctuary. There was nothing in the underground city that he had to personally take charge of, and everything was running in an orderly manner.

It would be better to put more energy into the management of the government sanctuary. After all, there were still a million people living there. The most important thing was to make sure that these people survived the winter.

When the temperature turns warm next year, these people would become an important labor

force for post-disaster reconstruction to restore the city’s operation as quickly as

possible.

After taking over the government sanctuary, the first thing Zhao Feng did was turn on the

broadcast. He decided to personally speak to the residents of the sanctuary.

“Hello, everyone. I am Zhao Feng, the current controller of this sanctuary.”

Zhao Feng’s voice suddenly appeared, causing the sanctuary to fall into dead silence. Everyone’s attention was drawn over. The controller of the sanctuary announced it personally. This was a very rare thing.

Zhu Jun had been the director for such a long

time, but he had never done such a thing. “I believe you’ve heard of many casualties

when people go out to search for supplies, so much so that you’ve begun to doubt my ability.”

“But I’m going to tell you now…” Zhao Feng then began to talk about how the temperature would rapidly drop soon, and how it would be the coldest winter in history.

Then, he continued.

“The situation is just as I said. If we can’t store

enough fuel before winter comes and reinforce our houses with warm materials,”

“It’s foreseeable that many people will freeze to death this winter!”

“Are you willing to see such a thing happen to you?”

“There’s still a certain risk in going out to

collect supplies, but if we don’t do it now, we’ll and

be waiting for death when winter comes,

we can’t leave!”

“I can tell you, with the current fuel reserves of the sanctuary, it’s impossible to maintain heating throughout the winter. So, do I need to

go on?”

“If you want your family to survive this winter, please sign up for outdoor missions. We will try our best to ensure everyone’s safety.”

“I am Zhao Feng, and I am with you.”

The broadcast time was not long, but the content was all substantial. Zhao Feng used this method to quickly

convince most of the people in the sanctuary.

Many people had brought their families into the sanctuary, including many elderly and children.

For the sake of their loved ones, the young

people finally overcame their fear of death. They started to sign up for resource-searching missions and work in the outside world.

Zhao Feng was very pleased with this change. The more difficult the situation was the more people needed to unite to overcome the difficulties.

If everyone acted in their own way and was in a

state of disunity, even if the apocalypse did not destroy mankind in the week before it arrived, humans wouldn’t be able to last much longer.