Chapter 717 Ding Ge

Reinforcements from the expeditionary force arrive and will quickly form a second group after landing in California.

Then the second group will advance south into Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Mexico.

This area is also a relatively well-preserved area in North America.

Residents of the San Francisco area are actually not too concerned about the expeditionary force's action plan. They are more concerned about food, medicine and safety issues.

After Tom returned home with a big relief package, he looked at his wife's sick appearance and her quiet and restless daughter. He showed a smile and said:

"Honey, we have food and medicine."

"Cough, cough, cough, Tom... don't comfort me... cough, cough..." The wife said weakly with a pale face.

Tom hurriedly helped her up, then took out the medicines in the first aid kit from the bag and found a broad-spectrum antibiotic (allicin 370 capsules) to treat respiratory infections.

This is a new type of antibiotic developed by the federal government. It has a very strong effect on patients who use it for the first time and is not prone to developing drug resistance.

Most of the contents in the relief package were actually the inventory of the Noah Society. Since the federation looked down upon these supplies, they used them directly as relief supplies.

Allicin 370 capsules are one of the few federally provided drugs. It was mainly considered that some people abuse antibiotics and old-fashioned drugs may not be effective, so Allicin 370 capsules were added.

After taking the capsule, Tom asked his wife to rest for a while while he followed the instructions and made three portions of self-heating food.

Fortunately, some of the supplies distributed are self-heating foods, otherwise they would have to eat them. After all, the electricity is now intermittent and the gas has been out for almost two weeks, let alone running water.

Tom only had time to stock up on some clean tap water, but not long after, the water plant was also paralyzed.

Volcanic ash is very scary. It will not only directly harm the human respiratory tract and skin, but also pollute water sources and cause short circuits in power transmission lines.

For a city, once it loses running water, electricity and gas, it will basically be paralyzed.

As for the underground bases built by the Noah Society before, the reserves of materials may be enough for hundreds of millions of people to use for a period of time.

However, the underground base can only accommodate about 45 million people at most, and the materials are in the warehouse, and it is very difficult to transport them out.

In the thick volcanic ash weather, civil aviation basically ground to a halt.

Road transportation faces visibility problems, and volcanic ash covers the ground, causing the ground to be gray and black. Drivers in the wilderness can easily run off the road.

At this time, the Great Lakes region, the Mississippi River Basin, and the Florida Peninsula region were caught in this traffic dilemma.

Many drivers who panicked either hit obstacles, got lost in the wilderness of the Great Plains, or rushed directly into rivers.

The only reliable means of transportation are railway transportation or short-distance intra-city road transportation, which can barely operate.

Therefore, most of the Noah Society's huge supplies can only be piled up in warehouses at this time and cannot be transported to those who need them.

Tom fed the hot tomato pasta to his wife bit by bit. The daughter had already taken a fork and swallowed the beef mashed potatoes on the plate, eating with gusto.

After eating some pasta, Tom found that his wife looked better and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. Then he picked up his own portion of pasta and wolfed it down.

After eating, he picked up the guides, which contained not only instructions for use, emergency regulations, precautions, etc., but also a recruitment advertisement.

If the Federation wants to restore the Americas, or at least restore part of the productivity of the Americas, it will definitely require a large number of local people to come out to work.

As for whether local people are willing to work, the federation naturally has ways to solve this problem.

That is to turn Mi Yuan directly into a piece of waste paper, and with the help of the horrific natural disaster caused by the Yellowstone volcano, directly sweep all the old systems into the garbage heap.

Controlling force and material supply, the federation directly bundles materials and credits.

No credits?

Sorry, I can't even buy a piece of bread.

In order to survive, I believe that the vast majority of people will make the right choice.

The federal government has made an assessment. Based on the premise that the Yellowstone volcanic eruption is controlled, the local ecological environment in North America will take a long time to recover.

It is estimated that within this year, only 10 to 12% of the area will be restored at most; within 5 years, about 50% of the area will be restored; within 15 years, about 90% will be restored.

The last 10% area is the isolation zone of the Yellowstone volcano. It depends on the situation. If the Yellowstone volcano continues to erupt, the next step of ecological restoration can only be carried out after the Yellowstone volcano calms down again.

In other words, ecological modification work in North America will take decades.

In this harsh environment, if you don't accept the federal job and credit system, you can go to the wild and try wilderness survival and see if you can pick up coconut crabs and goats.

Anyway, Tom has decided to apply for the job. He and his family of three have all registered for temporary citizenship, which only costs 1,500 credits in total.

These credits can only be used by their family for three months. If they don't find a job, unless they are really unable to work, the federal government will not distribute relief materials to ordinary people.

If you don't have a job, you can't get credits. If you don't have credits, you can only wait to die.

In addition, Tom also saw another thing in the guide, which was their identity.

The status of temporary citizens does not mean that they will become formal citizens after a period of time. The Federation does not have such an idea of ​​​​benevolent people.

If these people cannot meet the specific standards of the federation, they can only be temporary citizens for life and will never be able to leave North America.

Tom also felt the urgency of the matter. To apply for official citizenship, you need to meet many conditions, among which speaking Chinese is one of the mandatory requirements, and then there are various assessments.

Of course, the Federation is not unkind and will provide everyone with the same educational resources, but if you don’t cherish them, don’t blame the Federation for abandoning them.

The purpose of this large-scale screening is to eliminate many cancers in this land. For example, those guys who take harmless stimulants all day long will definitely be the first group of people to be eliminated.

Otherwise, if these people are allowed to join the Federation, the consequences will be endless.

Tom's family had a good night's sleep. When he woke up the next morning, he found that his wife's condition had improved greatly and asked her to take one more Allicin 370 capsule.

Then he hurried to Golden Gate Park with his daughter, registered her as a temporary citizen, and received a relief package.

Halfway through the walk, he saw many people queuing in front of the temporarily requisitioned San Francisco Bank. He knew this was a recruitment site.

Tom, who was about to take his daughter back and apply for a job, saw a huge fleet of armored vehicles passing quickly on the street.

I did a rough count in my mind and found that there were more than 80 armored vehicles, as well as various drones.

I saw these armored vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles passing by, as well as ground-effect transport aircraft whizzing by in the sky from time to time.

The last bit of luck in the hearts of many people has finally completely disappeared, including Tom and others passing by. Now he just wants to find a job, send his daughter and wife away, and leave this hellish place in America.

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