Mobile Shelter

In fact, having passbooks is useless now. Whether it's the computers used for business transactions in the branch or the servers storing data in the head office, none of them have escaped the impact of EMP.

Therefore, at this time, only cash can truly be used as circulating currency.

However, at this time of year, even with cash, you can't buy anything.

Having experienced hiding in underground spaces, all residents who now possess reserves of supplies are placing great importance on their daily necessities.

Meanwhile, the major factories that produced daily necessities were now under the direct control of the imperial court, and all resources were allocated in a unified manner.

The merchants who are still selling goods at high prices are basically local retailers, such as small shops or community supermarkets.

The goods stored in those large supermarkets had already been taken away by the imperial court. It was only the remaining goods in those small shops that were more difficult to collect, so the imperial court did not interfere.

Although the imperial court didn't care about the supplies in those small shops, they were very important to the communities and streets. So the communities and streets contacted the police stations in their respective areas and directly confiscated all the supplies stored in those small shops.

Although the meteor shower disaster seems to be over at this time, there is still some chaos in the outside world before normal order is restored.

After all, due to EMP, many factories and companies have been completely paralyzed, and most people have become idle.

Anyone who has studied history knows that the more people are unemployed, the more likely chaos will arise.

The imperial court also understood this principle, so it was preparing to implement work relief instead of traditional relief measures.

After all, most households have no food reserves, and the imperial court has controlled most of the goods on the market. If these people are not properly settled, the great wise teacher who can turn beans into soldiers will soon reappear.

At this point, Dong Hao was very grateful for Dong Qi's reminder and admired his father's courage, as he was willing to take out most of his savings and reserve supplies even before the authenticity of the information was confirmed.

Although Dong Hao was a police officer, during this period he realized more clearly that sometimes money was not as useful as toilet paper.

At this point, everyone acknowledges the value of paper money, and under the strong control of the imperial court, the prices of goods have not skyrocketed.

But no matter who takes out paper money, they can't buy supplies. It's as if we've returned to the ancient days of bartering.

Although he knew that Dong Qi had no shortage of supplies, after settling his family in, Dong Hao still packed a backpack full of supplies, preparing to visit Dong Qi to thank him for his reminder.

However, Dong Hao knocked on the door three times at different times, but Dong Qi did not appear. If the neighbor had not told him that Dong Qi was out, Dong Hao would have thought that something might have happened to Dong Qi.

Dong Qi, who should have stayed at home, immediately and greedily headed to the industrial area in the east of the city after discovering that most vehicles could not start after the EMP impact and there were virtually no vehicles on the road.

Because the Great Xia Dynasty discovered the meteor disaster in advance, most people in Pengcheng were able to successfully enter the underground space to take refuge before the disaster struck.

The underground spaces built by the government in advance were mostly concentrated in the densely populated old city areas.

On the contrary, industrial areas on the outskirts of cities did not have underground spaces, so no personnel were arranged to go there to take refuge.

This also means that even though most people have left the underground shelters, due to the damage to their vehicles, no one is likely to go to the industrial park far from the city center in the short term.

In addition, Dong Qi's search targets were very clear, so the probability of encountering other people was actually not very high.

While Dong Qi was still operating in the suburban industrial zone, constantly plundering metal, even with the government's strong control, some chaos inevitably occurred from time to time.

The cause of this chaos is basically food.

Although the government distributed daily necessities at regular intervals, the supplies were barely enough to keep everyone from starving. Not to mention the able-bodied young adults, even women and children couldn't get enough to eat.

Actually, if there really is a food shortage, people won't say anything and can endure it.

But as the saying goes, people are not worried about scarcity but about inequality. Although everyone has been hiding in the underground space for so long, there is actually no shortage of food in Pengcheng at this time.

Although Pengcheng is ostensibly a third-tier city, as a transportation hub, it has several logistics and warehousing service areas that store a large amount of transit goods.

Although the imperial court required local governments to centralize and distribute all supplies in order to maintain stability, some things were distorted as they were passed down.

Just like in a school cafeteria, even though all the dishes are supplied in full, the person serving the food will deliberately shake their hand while serving the food in order to get some leftovers, which results in the diners not getting enough to eat.

The same thing happened when supplies were distributed in Pengcheng. The supplies arranged and distributed by the government were basically enough to keep everyone fed.

However, there were deductions during the actual distribution of supplies, which resulted in the actual amount of supplies received being far from meeting the normal consumption needs of ordinary people.

Those who were starving and emaciated saw that the distributors were radiant when they received the supplies, and even found a lot of uneaten food that was being wasted at the garbage dump.

Anger instantly filled the discoverer's mind. If it were still like before, when everyone was an ordinary person, even if someone was caught wasting resources, they would only be punished with three cups of wine and that would be the end of it.

Even now, with such a low probability, many awakened individuals with superpowers have appeared in the city.

At this point, the vast majority of awakened individuals who can withstand three days of dehydration are ruthless people with unwavering willpower.

If they used to be obedient and willing to follow the government's orders, after all, even though they had awakened superpowers, they were still weaklings when faced with a gun.

But now that they've reached the point of starvation and are on the verge of dying, the awakened ones no longer care about the guns in the hands of the police.

After all, each awakened individual acquires different superpowers, and before using them, they are generally highly concealed.

Looking at those distribution workers with rosy cheeks, I realized they were desperate to avoid starvation and to have enough to eat.

Many people gathered into small groups, with awakened individuals hidden among them, and one group rushed directly into the warehouse where supplies were stored.

If it's just one or two people causing trouble, armed police officers might shoot and kill them directly.

Faced with an attack by dozens or even hundreds of people, even with the safety on their guns off, the police officers ultimately had no choice but to give up.

It wasn't that they didn't have enough bullets to wipe out the entire crowd, but they also understood why the crowd was causing trouble.