All People's Abyss: My skills are infinitely enhanced

Chapter 2: The Depressed World

"This world is so scary..."

Walking out of the house and breathing the morning air with a slight smell of cow dung, Tao Yu sighed again.

I thought that being a social animal in my previous life was miserable enough, but when I think about the people in this world, I feel speechless and wonder how I survived in the past?

Every day I feed the cows, clean up cow dung, milk the cows, trim their hooves, weed and do various farm work on the farm.

All his spare time is spent practicing various survival and combat skills for the day of awakening. Until now, he cannot even recognize all the characters in this world and is semi-illiterate.

The farm that they worked hard to manage had nothing to do with the harvest, as it was all taken away by the company at regular intervals, leaving only some food for survival as a "gift".

If my parents had stable jobs, they would have 300 units of vows each month to supplement the household expenses.

It is difficult to support the family even if I, my third brother, sister-in-law and younger brother work day and night.

Not to mention accumulating some equipment and supplies for the day of awakening.

In addition, parents must also find ways to continuously improve their own cannon fodder weight and use various means to allow them to escape the company's cannon fodder conscription.

After turning eighteen, I will also be included in this sequence, and I will also have to find ways to continuously increase my weight, unless something 'good' happens like what happened to my third brother...

Under the invisible threat to life, the degree of involution has reached an all-time high.

Looking into the distance, a gray wall of fog completely blocked the outside. The gray fog was extremely thick and kept rolling. It seemed that various black shadows could be seen flashing in the fog.

There was a layer of faint hazy green light that blocked the gray fog out.

Looking back, you can see the towering mottled walls of the inner city.

The city wall seems to be made up of various materials, with various metal and concrete structures, and there are traces of filling and repairs everywhere. Various artillery towers and machine gun towers can also be seen on the city wall.

Through the city walls, you can vaguely see some towering buildings in the inner city, with exaggerated neon signs flashing, and the top floors of the buildings that are also full of a sense of patchwork.

It has some of the architectural style and sense of technology of the 21st century in my memory, but also has a contrast with a garbage dump.

Looking up again, you can see a giant city base floating in the sky. The green light that blocks the gray fog seems to be descending from this floating city, protecting the earth below.

Under the base of the magnificent floating city, there are oily transportation pipelines connecting the inner city and the outer city, transporting various supplies to the bigwigs in the city.

The floating city, inner city, outer city and the surrounding gray fog are clearly separated, representing several completely different living environments.

Looking back at his own home, the shabby farm hut made mainly of asbestos boards, metal boards, compressed boards and a few bricks, as well as the farm outside that did not belong to him but needed to be taken care of, Tao Yu also felt depressed.

On the roof there was a rough machine gun turret with a little rust and smell of oil, which would creak and rotate from time to time.

This autonomous machine gun turret is the most valuable and expensive item in the house. It can identify gray fog monsters at a short distance and launch automatic attacks. It is a kind of will-enhancing item, which is not something every household has.

Although the outer city is also under the protection of the floating city's civilization fire, some monsters will occasionally attack from the gray fog.

Tao Yu remembered that he could hear the roar of the autonomous machine gun platform seven or eight times at night every year.

This is the frequency of monsters arriving at the farm after passing the outer night watchmen and all other sentry towers that could cause interception along the way.

Fortunately, generally only some small fry would leave the gray fog and enter the sanctuary of the Fire of Civilization.

The Lamp of Will defends against some invisible dirt, and the machine gun turret physically defends against some fish that slip through the net. This is one of the reasons why we have been able to survive safely all these years.

Just when Tao Yu was in a daze, a creaking sound was heard again in the house. A thin man with wrinkles on his face and gray hair, and a woman with an ordinary face and short hair came out of the room one after another.

They are Tao Yu’s parents in this life.

His parents sheltered him from such a harsh environment until he was eighteen years old.

Although he was a bit confused due to the dream of his past life, he still smiled when he saw the two elders.

"Dad, Mom, didn't you come back at noon?"

When Tao Long saw his son, the wrinkles on his face turned into a kind smile.
"Why did Old Seven get up so quickly? Although the survival rate on the day of awakening has increased, we still have to conserve our energy and go all out."

The eldest and the second oldest both died on the day of awakening, which made Tao Long and his wife feel a little PTSD about this day which originally had a 60% survival rate.

Therefore, the following children were well prepared. They would rather live simply on weekdays and save enough things for the children to use on the day of awakening.

At least since the accident with the second child, there has been no more tragedy like that on the day of awakening. "I can't sleep."

Tao Yu responded bluntly that sometimes the more you force yourself to sleep, the more you can't sleep, and there is nothing you can do about it.

"Then you come with us."

Upon hearing this, Tao's father no longer insisted, but made arrangements casually.

"We found your Uncle Tiger at the base earlier. He is now an instructor. He can take charge of your group just by saying hello. Let's go visit him together."

The company has its own gathering place in the Abyss Rift, where many production and combat jobs are located.

Although Tao Yu's parents had just returned from the room, they had actually just returned from another world, a world where the time was completely synchronized with this world.

Except for the mandatory half-month survival adaptation period on the day of awakening, after the day of awakening, everyone can travel back and forth between the two places after meditating for about a quarter of an hour.

At that time, in addition to the need to go to the Abyss Rift regularly to avoid madness, the minimum return interval will be reduced to five days.

If we can reach the gathering place, except for the cannon fodder tasks assigned by the company, the pressure of survival will be reduced.

"Uncle Hu became an instructor? I remember his arm was broken and he was out of the battle order, right?"

Tao Yu was a little surprised. Although Tao Hu and Tao Long sounded like brothers, they were actually just cousins. Under the pressure of life in the outer city, names were usually very casual and having the same name was common.

"He was lucky enough to meet a noble person and completed the mechanization transformation. His strength has increased instead of decreased."

There was a hint of envy in Tao Long's eyes. His third son also had good talent, but unfortunately he just didn't have such a fate. Otherwise, there would be no harm in working for a noble person.

"Okay, let's go over there. He should have just returned."

Hong Xia carried out a large piece of bacon from the kitchen, scrubbed the black spots clean with a brush, and then walked out.

Looking at the piece of smoked meat, the skinny Tao Yu also swallowed his saliva. What a sin! There are really people in this world who can't afford to eat meat.

Thinking back to the delicious food in his previous life, even though his family conditions were average in his previous life, as an only child, he at least had complete freedom over meat. However, in this world, he could only eat meat when the food improved.

This is even considered a decent living condition in the outer city!

Tao Yu had no aversion to visiting his wealthy relatives, nor did he have any inexplicable arrogance of a time traveler. After living in this world for eighteen years, he had to smooth over any arrogance he had.

Parents are veterans who have lived in this world for decades, so at least it won’t be wrong to listen to their advice now.

Tao Yu also has a good impression of his cousin Tao Hu, who possesses the talent of [Predictive Eyes] (C) and has a strong predictive ability.

This ability is much stronger than the [Dynamic Vision] of the same level. In terms of strength, the value of C-level is comparable to that of B-level [Dynamic Vision].

He used to be the one who got along best among my relatives, but he retired from the combat sequence due to injury. We have been in contact for a while in recent years and our relationship is pretty good.

The other party taught the third brother before he was injured, and after he was injured, his family also helped his family in return, so they helped each other.

This relationship is closer than that of other direct uncles and aunts.

Tao Yu practiced shooting with the help of his connections, which saved him a lot of money on bullets.

For Tao Yu, who lived in peace in his previous life, the more prepared he is for the day of awakening where the survival rate is only 60%, the better!

The survival rate of 60% does not mean that everyone has a 60% chance of surviving, but that it will be averaged out by those who are well prepared and have a high survival rate. Tao Yu does not want to be included in the average number...

……

"Haha, Brother Long, why are you guys still being so polite? Ah Yu is so skinny, he needs to eat more meat to make up for it, so that he can be stronger."

Uncle Hu is a dark-skinned, short, strong and capable man. When Tao Yu saw him again, his broken arm had been replaced by a punk-style mechanical arm, and even his left shoulder was completely mechanized.

However, although the mechanical arm was full of the smell of engine oil and was polished to a shiny finish, some signs of wear could still be seen. Judging from the fact that it was replaced not long ago, it should be considered second-hand or above, but its size was more suitable for Tao Hu.

After accepting the bacon, Uncle Hu pinched Tao Yu's shoulder with his mechanical arm that smelled of motor oil, and then said:
"There are people awakening every day, so it won't be a problem for me to just give a heads up and adjust it to today."

At this point, Uncle Hu paused, and then continued

"But I heard that the children of two big shots are also attending today, so I still have to say something in advance..."

(End of this chapter)