As soon as they entered, after examining the wound, Fang Zhong quickly made a series of decisions. The wound needed to be treated, the toxin had to be removed, and since Lin Ke was still running a fever, he would likely need to be hospitalized and put on an IV.
Lin Miao did not fully understand the details, but that did not stop her from feeling that it was impressive.
The doctors and nurses worked seamlessly together. Once the doctor completed the diagnosis, the nurse immediately led them to the ward.
The siblings were dazed the entire time. They lay on the hospital bed as the nurse set up Lin Ke’s IV. Only when the room fell quiet again did Lin Miao seem to come back to her senses.
She pinched her hand in a daze. “It hurts… Brother, this isn’t a dream.”
Seeing her foolish expression, Lin Ke smiled weakly. “It’s not a dream. It’s real.”
“What kind of place is this? Why does no one seem surprised?” Lin Miao marveled again.
“Maybe they’re used to it,” Lin Ke said, recalling the survivors they had seen along the way. Their expressions had been calm or even smiling, completely different from the lifeless despair he had seen elsewhere.
When Jiang Hong found Tang Ye, Tang Ye was busy selling daily necessities produced from the recycling station. After discovering that these everyday items, which had become exorbitantly expensive after the apocalypse, were being sold so cheaply here, the survivors crowded outside the Administrator’s room.
If there had not been a purchase limit of one item per person, they could have emptied the stock within minutes.
Once survivors began coming to her directly, Tang Ye moved the goods into her own room. However, selling this way was inconvenient. She hoped to accumulate enough energy points soon to unlock the supermarket, so everything, including gas masks and anti-radiation suits, could be sold in one place.
With the conversion machines now available, purchases could also be made through facial recognition. Tang Ye simply scanned them with her wrist device and entered the amount.
After earning over three thousand energy points, Tang Ye stopped selling, as the stock was running low and she needed to reserve some for emergencies.
Once the survivors left with their purchases, Tang Ye checked her wrist device. Her energy points had reached 148,637, including earnings from the cafeteria and medical room.
Just as she closed the page, Jiang Hong knocked on the door.
By the time Tang Ye arrived at the medical room, Lin Miao and her brother had already been admitted to the ward. The bed Jiang Yufeng had occupied earlier was now empty.
Tang Ye frowned slightly. He was still injured, so why had he left?
Lin Miao, who had been talking to her brother, turned at the sound. Seeing Tang Ye, she froze briefly before realizing that this must be the Administrator Jiang Qing had mentioned.
“I’ve heard from Jiang Hong. There are two options. You can choose which one you prefer,” Tang Ye said directly. “If you are not members of the shelter, you can temporarily register for facial payment, but it will only work in the medical room. For other purchases, you would need to come to me again, and the prices will be higher. If you choose to join the shelter, facial payment is registered once and works everywhere, including purchases from me, and the prices are lower.”
“We… we’ll join the shelter,” Lin Miao said without much hesitation.
“Alright. I’ll register your information. Take off your masks. You don’t need them inside the shelter. The air here is filtered and safe,” Tang Ye said, raising her wrist device to scan them.
After disinfection at the entrance, they had kept their masks on, as some underground shelters still had radiation in the air.
But after entering, they noticed no one else was wearing masks. Hearing Tang Ye’s explanation, they removed theirs and realized the air truly felt different, fresh and without the usual irritation in their throats.
Once the scan was complete, they officially became members of the shelter.
“Now you can go to the machine outside and exchange your crystal cores for energy points. After that, you can use facial payment for the medical fees,” Tang Ye said.
“Administrator, is the treatment expensive? I don’t have very high level crystal cores. The highest I have is Level 5. If it’s not enough, can I owe the rest? I will definitely repay it,” Lin Miao asked, biting her lip in embarrassment.
She knew that medicine was expensive, especially with such advanced facilities.
“A Level 5 crystal core is more than enough for you to live comfortably here. Don’t worry, prices here are not high,” Tang Ye replied.
A Level 5 crystal core was equivalent to 100,000 energy points, enough to last a long time.
Lin Miao nodded gratefully and went to exchange her crystal core. The process was simple, even for a first time user.
When the number appeared on the machine, she was stunned.
No wonder the Administrator said it would last a long time. She just did not know how much the treatment would cost.
After she finished, Tang Ye said, “Come with me. I’ll show you your room. You can store your things first.”
“Brother…” Lin Miao hesitated, wanting to check the room but worried about him.
“It’s fine. The nurse will look after him. Come with me now, or I won’t have time later,” Tang Ye said.
Lin Miao nodded, informed her brother, and followed Tang Ye.
They took the elevator to Basement Level 1. Tang Ye arranged them in a room that already had a few occupants.
“That bunk bed over there, you and your brother can use it. Once you close the curtain, it becomes a private space. The inside can also be locked, and only you can open it,” Tang Ye explained, something she had only recently learned from other survivors.
The curtain was not ordinary fabric. Even a knife could not cut through it, ensuring privacy and safety.
“I’ll deduct the fee directly. For the two of you, it’s two Level 2 crystal cores per month. Remember to pay monthly.”
“Understood,” Lin Miao said, placing their belongings down and looking around in amazement.
Even after the apocalypse, such a place existed, with clean rooms, constant water and electricity, and reasonable prices.
Her earlier worries faded. The medical costs were likely reasonable as well.
The place the bald man described sounded similar, but the route had been different. She wondered what had happened to those people.
After finishing her tasks, Tang Ye went to the recycling station again. With more people, waste had accumulated quickly, enough to produce more daily necessities.
She focused on producing commonly used items.
In the adjacent laboratory, three machines were running. On the interface, she noticed a portable antidote option. It was designed to counter paralysis and weakness caused by poisonous insect bites, making it useful to carry when going outside.
Like the radiation cleanser, one batch of materials cost 800 energy points and produced five doses, each selling for one Level 4 crystal core.
Tang Ye felt pleased. With this antidote, survivors’ survival rates would increase further.
She immediately purchased ten batches of materials and loaded them into an empty machine, spending 8,000 energy points.
After finishing, she returned to her room, washed up, and lay on the bed. She checked the current room occupancy on her wrist device.
The shelter now housed 245 people, occupying 250 beds, since Jiang Yufeng alone took up six.
There were thirty rooms across two floors, totaling 540 beds, leaving 290 available.
Sunrise Shelter was gradually becoming a small scale shelter, which filled Tang Ye with satisfaction.
Early the next morning, at dawn, Tang Ye went to the surface to check on the seedlings.
The fence had enclosed the area, preventing survivors from accessing the crops and improving security. It seemed the construction would be completed today.
The gate was not yet locked. Tang Ye entered and immediately saw the patch of green in the wasteland.
The potato seedlings had grown significantly, their stems thicker and taller than the day before. The cabbage sprouts had also taken shape, lush and vibrant.
A smile appeared on Tang Ye’s face. At this rate, they would mature in one or two days.
After watering them and checking their condition, she left.
The eight workers building the fence had arrived early. The benefits were so good that they came willingly without needing supervision.
When Tang Ye returned to her room, Jiang Qing and Jiang Hong were already waiting.
They had helped her a lot recently, and both were capable and personable. Tang Ye wanted to ask if they were willing to officially work for her.
They were among the first survivors to arrive and had consistently helped bring in new people. Whenever Tang Ye was busy, they assisted voluntarily, maintaining good relationships with others.
As soon as she raised the idea, she received an immediate response.
“We’re very willing to work for you,” Jiang Hong said happily. “As long as you don’t mind us being a bit clumsy.”