Chapter 46 Lighting System

The task of cutting up the tiger carcass was not simple. Although many of the refugees who followed Chen Jiu had experience in handling prey, they were still somewhat powerless in the face of such a giant prey.

It took a group of people a full hour to peel off the skin, and more than half an hour to barely cut the meat into small pieces that were easy to carry.

By the time they moved the meat back to the camp, it was getting dark.

The days before the ice wave were so short, and once night fell, there was literally nothing the refugees could do.

The reason is very simple. Chiji's technology has regressed too seriously, and they seriously lack lighting means.

So most of the time when night comes, most people will only use the firelight in the room to do some work such as weaving grass cloth and twisting hemp rope, and will not engage in substantive production.

This is undoubtedly a huge waste of manpower.

If you only work six hours a day, how can you be considered a qualified migrant worker?

Chen Jiu has always wanted to solve this problem, but since the generator has not been built, there is nothing he can do.

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Today, however, things seem a little different.

Before he reached the vicinity, he saw brightly lit lights in the camp from a distance.

That light could never be emitted by a bonfire.

And the refugees who were carrying the prey around him were also puzzled.

"What a bright light...what is that?"

"I don't know. Did you light a fire?"

"Firelight is not like this. This white light... feels like the sun."

"Nonsense, the sun has already set. Is it an oil lamp?"

"The oil lamp is not that bright..."

Listening to the discussion of the refugees, Chen Jiu smiled slightly and replied:

"This is the electric light, our lighting and power generation system, officially put into use."

As he spoke, he walked quickly towards the camp. As expected, in the camp at this time, Qin Chuan and Chong Niang were standing in the middle, directing several refugees to build the building.

Wire between them.

"The telephone pole needs to be supported on both sides. Be careful and nail the triangular wood!"

"Don't touch the light bulb! I'll break it!"

"Who asked you to connect the wires? Who asked you to wire the wires? Just pull it over! Electrocute you to death!"

"Over there, stop staring at the light bulb! What's so good about that thing? It'll blind you!"

"Pull the wire higher and fix it on the telephone pole. Move the telephone pole back a little and hide it behind the building to prevent it from being blown down by a gust of wind..."

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Seeing the busy two people, Chen Jiu was too embarrassed to interrupt. He directed his team members to move the meat to the grill to dry it. After taking a short rest, he was ready to start paying out the rewards.

"This mission is not difficult, but you have worked hard. The reward will be one pound of dried meat per person."

"Come with me now to get the dried meat."

Chen Jiu stood up, but to his surprise, the refugees stayed where they were.

"What's wrong?"

"Leader Chen, we don't want dried meat anymore."

The man named Lin Wen opened his mouth to answer.

"What? Why? Do you have enough food?"

Chen Jiu asked in surprise.

This was the first time he heard the answer "No jerky" from a refugee.

"No, it's just because there's not enough food, so I don't want it anymore."

"We have thought about it and the leader is right. Only by uniting can we survive the ice wave."

"To be united, we have to distribute food equitably."

"Xiahe Village also tried to distribute food equally to everyone before, but they failed."

"But I think if we were here, maybe we would succeed..."

Hearing Lin Wen's words, Chen Jiu felt happy.

Implementing a rationing system was originally part of his plan. He was still worried about how to guide these refugees, but now they took the initiative without having to say anything.

Huge progress!

Not only because the rationing system can be implemented smoothly, but more importantly, he can see from the actions of the refugees that these people have truly recognized themselves as outsiders and truly regard this camp established in the wilderness as their own.

their home.

This is called identity.

On the red earth, a sense of identity is the most basic requirement for a group to continue.

Chen Jiu stepped forward and patted Lin Wen on the shoulder, then said:

"Fine, but not today."

"We may need to distribute food evenly, but until then, we still need to incentivize everyone with visible gains."

"Don't worry, we'll find plenty of food."

"When your own food is exhausted, we will take out the stored food and distribute it evenly."

Lin Wen across from him nodded solemnly, and then called on everyone to cut up and roast the meat.

Under the illumination of high-hanging lamps, their movements were rapid and precise, which was something they had never experienced before.

The night was driven away.

Will there be no more dark nights on the red earth from this day on?

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On the other side, Chong Niang and Qin Chuan finally completed the installation of the last wire. After the generator's power transmission switch was turned on, the light bulbs scattered throughout the camp shone brightly, not only in the research institute camp, but even half of the mountain.

be illuminated.

The two of them looked at this scene with satisfaction, and Qin Chuan said:

"This picture is really interesting. Hey, if things continue like this, maybe we can make this game a city skyline type game."

"Indeed, when I was playing Fallout, 50% of my time was spent on building shelters, playing a lot of mods, swimming pools, gyms, yoga rooms, etc..."

"???Why do I feel that what you said is so wrong? Right?"

"Everyone knows, don't say it out loud - do you think we can do this game..."

"Damn it, don't say that, I'm planning to ban your account soon!"

Qin Chuan quickly interrupted. He glanced at Chen Jiu who was walking over and shouted:

"Brothers, come here quickly, this angle is the best!"

Chen Jiu walked a few steps quickly and asked with a smile:

"No, it's fine. But I just want to ask, where do these wires, lights, etc. come from?"

"In the research institute - I demolished the living area."

"???What does it mean to be demolished?"

Chen Jiu was shocked.

"Don't be nervous... I just dismantled the electrical appliances. The wires in the living area were buried under the decorative wall. I led a few refugees to smash them and pulled out dozens of meters of wires, which can be used in the lighting system."

"The electricity used for lighting now is still the remaining electricity in the energy storage battery, but I have turned on the wind power generation module, and I estimate that I can basically maintain the balance between production and consumption."

"However, if a heating system is added later, the electricity will not be enough. We have to get the boiler machine out as soon as possible - or a wood gasification furnace..."

"You wait first."

Chen Jiu interrupted Qin Chuan's thoughts mercilessly, and then asked word by word:

"You said you demolished the living area, so here's the problem."

“Where will we sleep after we log off today??”
Chapter completed!