In the Apocalypse, Hoarding Supplies with the System's Hundredfold Critical Hits

For the survivors, the extreme heat disaster had already begun for more than five months. During these five months, the sun had been scorching every corner of the planet.

A significant portion of the ocean's water had evaporated, yet not a single drop of rain fell, as if determined to leave no one a chance of survival.

Li Ming also received reports from some inland bases that they could only plant drought-resistant and heat-resistant crops because the groundwater had dried up.

However, these inland bases had smaller populations, so the consumption of food and other supplies was not significant, but the lives of some survivors living inland were not so good.

Those living near rivers were better off, at least having river water to compensate, but if there were no large rivers or reservoirs nearby, it would be truly life-threatening.

Li Ming's base had also sent many people to dig wells, some over 300 meters deep, but still found little water, which was definitely a despairing situation.

Of course, it wasn't all bad news for the survivors. The good news was that Li Ming's cold-resistant sweet potatoes were launched on the market and were well-received by the survivors.

After all, who wouldn't like something that only needed a little water to keep the sweet potatoes alive and provide food?

Soon, survivors from some inland areas began to carry their belongings and flee east and south along the roads controlled by Li Ming after the crackdown, heading towards coastal areas.

This was unavoidable; seawater was still water and could be processed into enough fresh water for drinking under high temperatures.

These days, the value of fresh water was inestimable; a sip of water could allow a person to survive the brutal disaster.

The beaches throughout the Tianhui Empire were crowded with survivors, packed densely, with many survivors living nocturnally.

There was no choice; it was too hot during the day, and the temperature could drop a bit at night, making it more comfortable.

Li Ming was now aboard an ocean-going fishing boat, heading straight for a large port in the Malga region under his control. It took about half an hour of sailing to enter the port.

The entire port was under martial law by Li Ming's army. Martial law would only be lifted after Li Ming officially entered the market. Many survivors vaguely saw a young man get into a car, and then martial law was lifted, apparently a big shot from the Zhongxing Chamber of Commerce.

Of course, all this had nothing to do with the survivors. For ordinary survivors, it was enough to be allowed to live by the sea.

For these survivors, although they had to face the threat of waves by the sea, it was still much better than dying of thirst.

Moreover, many survivors who fled to the coast started businesses by making their own distilled water and sea salt. Many of the earliest survivors who sought survival by the sea had already built large businesses.

They initially sold distilled fresh water and sea salt, and some dried some seafood that accidentally fell during the unloading of ocean-going fishing boats.

Some also directly caught marine life trapped on the beach by the tides, dried them, and started a small seafood business.

In short, the beaches of various countries throughout the empire were filled with a sea of people.

There really was a way to survive by the sea.

Especially after Li Ming issued the order for the extreme heat crackdown operation, all the black forces setting up checkpoints on the main roads and the forces behind them were liquidated by Li Ming.

Not only did this group of forces fail to get rich by collecting tolls, but they also lost many people and had to pay a lot of supplies to settle the matter.

Of course, this was also Li Ming's requirement: return twice the amount of supplies collected. If you don't hand over the supplies, then you can die!

Initially, many forces were unruly and formed a coalition to resist Li Ming's army.

As a result, under the heavy blow of Li Ming's composite brigade, the coalition collapsed instantly, and even the forces behind them were slaughtered.

Those with serious crimes were directly executed, and their bodies were taken to the thermal power plant to generate light and heat. Those with minor crimes were directly fitted with various torture devices by Li Ming and engaged in various heavy physical labor under the scorching sun.

Anyway, they were all free labor, and it would be a waste not to use them, and they had to be used to death.

After all, labor reform was also to make them atone for their actions, but working in the extreme heat disaster was far more painful than being directly executed, which could be fully understood as living in pain.

As the roads were controlled by Li Ming's army, Li Ming's army also began to use solid-state battery technology to patrol the controlled roads with their cat all-terrain vehicles, electric sidecar tricycles, etc.

In addition, Li Ming also set up哨卡(sentry posts), screened some refugees passing by, and issued them passes. Of course, these passes did not charge any fees for materials, etc., and were mostly service-oriented.

Providing some guidance and other services to the survivors who went to the beach to seek survival was equivalent to public services.

This also allowed many survivors to survive.

Therefore, at this time, many survivors in the inland areas of the Tianhui Empire basically fled to the coastal areas. Some of Li Ming's markets in the inland areas also began to shrink in scale due to the sharp decrease in the number of survivors, but transactions with other forces were maintained normally.

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Li Ming had already gotten into the car. In the car, he noticed that a villa area had been newly built on a mountain near the beach of Malga City, which caught his attention.

"Secretary Wang, what's going on with this villa area?" Li Ming asked.

"Chief, this villa area is a villa area jointly built by several private bases in Malga City. It can also be regarded as providing a relatively safe and comfortable residence for some wealthy people in Malga City," Secretary Wang explained. She had known for a long time that her leader would definitely ask this question.

"When was this villa area built?"

"Chief, this villa area started construction in February. Due to the small number and the large number of people working, it took about a month to build this villa area. The entire villa area has more than 60 villas. They are said to be villas, but they are actually just some detached small courtyards."

"However, because this villa area is relatively close to our market and relatively close to the sea, it is currently only rented out and not sold, and the rent is very high.

Of course, this rent also represents high-quality service. The security and property services of the entire community are no less than some villa areas before the disaster."