: Worries and Troubles

Chen Yan never expected that things underground could develop to this point.

However, from his current perspective, ever since the head of Sparrow Industries, James Parrett, decided to supply energy to companies on the ground instead of establishing a complete closed-loop ecology himself, Sparrow Industries itself has been developing.

In the process, it was integrated into Yanan City and became part of the huge social ecological circle of Yanan City.

Everything that happens in Yanan City will have an impact through interconnected channels with the underground, especially social events of the level of demonstrations and riots. The depth and breadth of these events will inevitably affect the underground.

"The original company has now been split into several shares. The engineering department occupies a large share. Most of them are mechanical maintenance technicians who need skills and labor. Basically, the shrimp and crab people have followed them."

"The mining machine R&D department holds a share. They originally had powerful thermal weapons. Now that the company is gone, they used weapons to prevent the riot from spreading to their workshop... The place has not yet resumed normal operations, but they released the news

, as long as everyone is sincere, they can also produce mining machines for everyone to buy.”

"The presence of other departments is not very strong... Oh, by the way, there is another department that is more powerful. There was no such department underground originally. Part of this department is the original office staff of the company, and part is speculation from the surface.

Businessmen - the sales department, they call themselves that, and they buy ore from everyone in the name of the company."

Chen Yan, who had just picked up another cardboard box, blurted out:

"Second dealer!"

Good guy, these speculators have a really keen sense of smell.

"Your description is so accurate."

George Lebster also read books, but Imperial was not his native language, so his use of some words was very rigid.

"They acquire ores from everyone - independent miner teams - especially the miner teams that own mining machines. Now they join the team to keep warm. They took this opportunity to become independent individuals and no longer affiliated with the company or anything else.

A large group - everyone has guns and has experienced the era of corporate rule, so they won't easily work for anyone anymore."

"After the company collapsed, apart from less aggressive organizations like the Engineering Department, no larger group was established, so no one can threaten the team of miners who can freely shuttle through the mineral veins."

"Oh, by the way, there is also the most important home of wandering souls.

The Home of Wandering Souls was originally a city where miners organized themselves voluntarily. It had been suppressed by the company before, and even its development was a problem.

Now that the company has been disbanded, the Wandering Soul House has become the largest underground organization. After the company was disbanded, the Wandering Soul House became a refuge for new workers who did not want to join other forces, so many miners gathered in the Wandering Soul House.

Until now, the House of Wandering Souls has become synonymous with free will.

After looking at the influx of new workers, Wandering Soul's House has regained its vitality. Many old houses have been occupied, and the business in the entire city seems to be flowing... In short, there is a lot of waste, and everything is because of

It’s very energetic because of the human drama.”

Although George Lebster said something that sounded more exciting, his tone was not relaxed.

"But... the price of freedom is chaos. The people gathered in the Wandering Soul House are too mixed. When I arrived there last time, some workers had already started to form gangs... Sooner or later, forces will appear. By then, again

It’s a company-like existence.”

"I felt this trend, so I was very panicked... You know, I am timid and dare not stay in such a chaotic place, even though the Wandering Soul House is indeed becoming more and more prosperous... So I

Just came back."

This simple sentence made Chen Yan admire this shrimp man with admiration. He actually started to think about the future based on the current situation of society and put it into practical actions.

George Lebster did not feel Chen Yan's surprise towards him and continued to tell about the situation underground:

"Until now, the underground has probably returned to calm... It is relatively calm. Everyone no longer shrinks in their homes and dare not go out. The Wandering Soul House has stabilized the sense of security for most people. They have even begun to organize workers to form armed forces.

Defend this city built on underground water and promise to protect anyone."

"The situation underground is probably like this."

George Lebster put the whole thing very simply.

Chen Yan thought to himself that the details of this entire process must be extremely complicated and bloody, and George Lebster just stated the simple results.

"How's the situation with the Giant Forbidden Zone?"

Faced with Chen Yan’s question, George Lebster said:

"The Giant Object Restricted Area began to retreat a few days ago. It should be over this time... the casualties caused are not large."

"Moreover, I heard people say that the Giant Object Restricted Area has begun to retreat deep underground, and its impact on the Omega Sector is getting smaller and smaller, almost non-existent... This is a very strange thing, it has never happened in many years before.

This has happened... This means that the underground mining environment is becoming safer and safer, which is a good thing."

The influence of Fungus City on the other side of the universe on Yanan City on this side of the universe has basically ended with the return of Chen Yan and his teammates.

Based on his current knowledge, Chen Yan recalled the situation at that time and thought that the influence of Fungus City on Yanan City has become smaller, probably because they destroyed most of the things that crashed in the Mida Laboratory in Fungus City.

As a result, the connection between Fungus City and Yanan City has become weaker.

"What are your plans next?"

After Chen Yan asked this question, he immediately felt some "depression" from the shrimp man.

"Well, I'm an electrician, and I can't work on the surface, so I can only work underground... I'm going to wait for a while to see what the situation is like underground. If the situation is good, I will look for a job."

When the words "finding a job" were mentioned in this sentence, Chen Yan felt a strong sense of "depression" from George Lebster.

The shrimp brothers obviously don't want to work underground.

"so."

Chen Yan put his hand on the shrimp man's shoulder wearing an electrician's uniform:

"You will work for me from now on and be responsible for maintaining the electrical appliances in the apartment and repairing various parts of the apartment. I will be responsible for solving your life needs - residence, marriage, having children, raising children, children going to school...etc.

Such needs.

How about it?"

George Lebster said in surprise:

"This...I have never heard of such an agreement!"

Chen Yan said:

"If you don't want these, I can pay you."

George Lebster immediately thought of the snake-kissed rocks that Chen Yan had obtained before. In terms of money, they were an astronomical figure.

But what's the use of having so much money? Even if he has money, he can't spend it in Yanan City. He has to take it to the dark underground and live in such a dangerous environment...

"I'm going to sea and won't be able to come back to Yanan City for a long time, so I need an engineer who can maintain the apartment while I'm away."

George Lebster was astonished:

"Going to sea?"

Chen Yan nodded:

"Go to the north, far away... I don't know how far to go, this apartment will follow me."

Listening to his words, George Lebster thought of the changes in the apartment some time ago, and vaguely understood some of Chen Yan's intentions.

"The sea..."

He was a little excited, but most of his emotions were still panic.

He grew up in an underground river. Even after he gained a human body, he only heard the announcer's description of the sea on a radio broadcast without pictures.

There has always been a belief in the sea among the shrimp people. This belief is established through the "yearning for the sea." According to legend, if a shrimp person reaches the sea, he can gain true freedom.

As for what "real freedom" is, people never know.

Even after countless generations of reproduction in the underground river, they no longer even know what "freedom" means.

This leads to the fact that although they have this belief, they are unable to understand it.

Even with the longing for freedom, there have been explorers who have embarked on a pilgrimage to the sea, but no shrimp man has ever come back after embarking on a pilgrimage to the sea.

Therefore, the shrimp people are very afraid. They think that the shrimp people who go to the ocean have died, because for them, who work all their lives until death, "death" itself is a kind of liberation and another synonym for "freedom".

As a small member of the shrimp people group with almost no personality, George Lebster suddenly had the opportunity to "pilgrimage", and it was a very safe opportunity.

"I...my mother said we are freshwater shrimps..."

Chen Yan interrupted his fear:

"When I first saw you, I knew you were a freshwater shrimp. Look at your head. The cephalothorax is healed with the entire cephalothorax. It does not extend to the ventral surface and does not form a gill cavity, causing the gills to be directly immersed in the water... This is obviously...

Arthropoda, Crustacea, Krill order, some kind of krill.”

Chen Yan said in an unquestionable tone:

"Krill are freshwater shrimps, but the ocean is not full of salt water. For example, near glaciers, it is basically fresh water."

"There is fresh water in the ocean" was beyond the scope of George Lebster's cognition. He stared at Chen Yan with two bulging eyes, his eyes full of "Who are you fooling!"

Chen Yan explained:

"According to normal conditions, there should be some kind of continental shelf in the glacier zone. The fresh water on the continental shelf condenses into most of the glaciers, and the parts of the glaciers that cannot freeze are dissolved into fresh water.

Coupled with the influence of ocean currents and the stratification of salt water and fresh water due to different densities, there are a large number of fresh water areas in the sea areas of glaciers.

Therefore, freshwater shrimps such as krill can exist in large numbers in glacial waters."

When Chen Yan saw George Lebster's still "unbelievable" look, he suddenly thought of an example and said:

“You can find out a fact from Yanam City—the William Adams Group’s ocean-going ships go to the glacier to catch krill every year—this fact can prove the existence of krill in the glacier, and it can also prove the other way around.

The sea in the glacier zone is fresh water."

George Lebster thought to himself that this was a verifiable fact.

Chen Yan brought out this fact and gave some arguments that he didn't understand, which caused a lot of expectations in his heart. He had no longer wanted to live in the dark underground. If this continues, after several generations of reproduction, maybe

Even the eyes are about to disappear - this is the case for some of his distant relatives who have gone deep underground. They have degenerated due to being in a lightless environment for a long time. The eyes have disappeared, and the vocal organs have also undergone mutations. It seems that they have become
To be continued...