Doomsday Paradise

Chapter 1392 Questions and rations

In terms of mind, Lin Sanjiu is naturally no better than a gift bag; however, ever since she saw the question on the wall, she has actually faintly felt the same.All the design in this game made her feel very uncomfortable - not dangerous, but uncomfortable.

"Please explain reasonably why there are not enough posts in the room."

This question had obviously been on everyone's minds; after the farmers had paid their taxes and distributed their food balls, they had all regained some of their strength, and the scattered discussions began.The elephant's slow footsteps of "bang" and "bang" gradually became like the background sound, making them deaf.

"Is it because...we haven't worked hard enough?" Nuyue, who had worked continuously for nine hours, was still plowing the field when she tentatively asked.

"I don't like to hear those words anymore." Horst, who was five-year-old and three-year-old, was huddled in a corner at this time, squatting between several farmlands, and mumbled. "Tell me, why?"

"You think, if farmers work harder and earn more food balls, they can buy more things... But now there is not even a vendor in the room, doesn't it mean that our income is insufficient?" Nuyue wiped the sweat from her brow and said, "Maybe we can't say that we didn't work hard enough. It should be said that the efficiency is too low. It may be because of the production tools."

"Blame me?" Lu Hua said, only to feel a little rushed, so she smiled conciliatoryly: "Actually, I saw that I can't do much with tools... If I can cultivate a few more dollars Farmland, isn’t it better to solve the problem?”

Because she didn't know when the farm tools would be damaged again, she, like Jian Sheng, had to stay near the farmland to search for exits, so she became the closest person to the elephant, and almost bumped into the elephant's leg several times when she turned around.However, both Lu Hua and Jian Sheng have become more and more used to the situation. Last time, she hardly moved at all, she turned around gently and skillfully, and walked away.

"So, the problem is actually very simple," Horst concluded, "It's not our fault or Lu Hua's, it's because the land we live in is not big enough."

"Yes, the land is not big enough, and the income of farmers is not enough, so without more demand, more jobs cannot be created..."

Almost as soon as this sentence was said, Lin Sanjiu only felt a flash in her peripheral vision. When she turned her head again, she found that the words on the wall had changed.

"Tonight, please explain why farmers cannot get enough food from their harvest."

"Oh, it seems that our answer to the last question is correct?" Horst seemed to be encouraged, looked around, and said, "This question is too simple. We have a lot of people here. Everyone Points, isn't it enough for everyone?"

That line of text disappeared immediately, apparently approving this explanation; the next question that popped up was "Within six hours, please provide a reasonable explanation for why farmers need to work long hours on the premise of answering the previous question."

"The time to answer the questions is getting shorter and shorter." Lin Sanjiu couldn't help but startled, "This...isn't there any danger?"

As long as the game is not seriously unbalanced—such as asking them to answer the questions in less than a second—then, the denser questions will not burden them much.After all, there is no penalty for answering wrongly, and they don't hinder talking when they are working.

Although they all felt that it would not be too dangerous, out of caution, everyone did not rush to answer this question.

However, Lin Sanjiu was very suspicious that they were just like him at this time, and was secretly thinking about how to answer this question.I worked continuously for almost ten hours a day, and the output was not enough for everyone to share. In addition to the large number of people, it means that the efficiency of each hour is not high enough... If two food balls are produced in an hour, then all problems will be solved .

With that said, it seems that Lu Hua is to be blamed again.If Lu Hua could optimize her agricultural tools, such as making a machine that speeds up planting, instead of just waiting for the agricultural tools to break down and repairing...it is so expensive to repair once.

Thinking of this, she suddenly suppressed her thoughts.The faint discomfort became stronger.

Lin Sanjiu looked back.

Not long ago, after eight and a half food balls had been poured into the cement trough, the elephant did come to the edge of the trough.To everyone's surprise, it didn't start eating first, but took out some food balls from the trough and placed them in front of Siba'an and Jiansheng.

As a tax collector, Jian Sheng had obviously learned about the situation from the manual in advance, and immediately took out the tax collector's tools, without looking at the elephant, just cut the food ball into small pieces, and shared it with Sbaan and the two of them—— None of them disclosed how much their "income" was, but each of them received less than one food ball, which should be about 20% of the overall tax, which is 0.85 food balls per person.

Where did the remaining 80% of the food balls go? Naturally, there was no need to mention it.

As soon as the elephant finished eating, the 23 and a half food balls after tax were also divided in the blink of an eye.After guaranteeing everyone's minimum survival needs, they only have 2.7 food balls left in the end—the newly harvested food balls after the eighth hour, which cannot be eaten because they have not paid taxes.In the end, these two more food balls were put into a box and placed in the corner as a reserve.

"Exit..." Even Nv Yue, who was always relaxed and happy, couldn't help it now, and asked like a groan: "Is there no hope yet?"

Including the ceiling, at least half of the surface in the room was covered with scratches. It cannot be said that the few people in charge of the search did not try their best; but the same hard, solidified cement blocks were everywhere, and there was no intention of opening it at all. .

Siba'an had already stopped his hands at this time, and was sitting on the ground leaning against the wall, his eyes seemed to have passed through the elephant in the room, and he didn't know where he landed far away.It was Lu Hua who answered Nv Yue, as if to make up for her own tone just now: "...not yet, I see it with the naked eye, and it seems to be the same everywhere."

"I'm too tired," Horst suddenly put down the agricultural tools in his hand, and threw the tenth food ball he had just harvested into his backpack. "I'm going to sleep through the night first, and I'll talk about it tomorrow when I get up."

"Is it too early?" Lin Sanjiu was a little worried, and said, "We have only earned the minimum living allowance for everyone."

Horst was taken aback for a moment, as if he hadn't expected her question.Before answering, he looked up at the question on the wall, and smiled tiredly: "That's all? I produced ten food balls today, after tax deductions, there are seven and a half more, enough for myself I’m alive and well. But I’ve only eaten three now, and I don’t know how weak I will be when I wake up tomorrow, and I have to continue to work longer tonight, how can I bear it?”

He looked around, his eyes swept over everyone, and finally sighed. "It's not that I don't want to take care of my companions... It's really a problem with our current system. Half of the people have to support the other half, so we farmers can only live and die from exhaustion."

Lin Sanjiu only felt that his words seemed extremely problematic, but before she could figure out how to answer, she saw Nuyue suddenly pointing to the wall on the other side, startled: "The text has changed again, this time It's...not a problem."

It turns out that if you don't answer specifically, as long as what you say meets the answer standard, will it be counted as an answer?

Lin Sanjiu looked back and found that this time it was written on the wall, "Within one hour, please prove your contribution to society."

"We farmers don't need to say more," the woman said a little hesitantly, "The food that everyone eats is the result of our hard work..."

"Without me, you can't farm." When Lu Hua spoke, he was a little wary—as if he was afraid of being picked on.

In fact, except Han Suiping, who is unconscious, everyone has a role to play: without tax collectors, farmers can’t eat no matter how many food balls they produce; Agreements and contracts can be properly implemented.

However, after everyone finished talking about their responsibilities, the text on the wall still did not change.

This time, even Horst, who was going to sleep, didn't dare to rest assured.

"What do you mean?" he muttered. "That means we didn't meet the requirements?"

Ji Shanqing, who had been silently observing the situation, suddenly spoke. "Maybe we need to prove it with actions," he glanced at Horst. "If so, you have to work for at least another hour."

Horst muttered a curse, and sat down on the edge of his field again—he was a big man, and he always looked clumsy when he curled up next to several chessboard-sized fields.Lin Sanjiu breathed a sigh of relief, for the first time he felt that the writing on the wall was not bad.

Coincidentally, as soon as Horst picked up his little hoe, the metal piece fell from the wooden pole with a "clang".He stared at it blankly for two seconds, his face was flushed with anger—"I should have gone to sleep if I knew it!" He cursed and said, "Lu Hua, come and fix it."

"Four food balls." Lu Hua whispered.

Horst looked at her, as if he thought he must not have heard clearly.

"It's very late today, and the balls you get now have to be counted into tomorrow's share. From this point of view, it means that only one person's farm tools will break down a day, so the price will naturally have to increase to 4 balls to guarantee my My own survival." Lu Hua's voice was slightly trembling, but she finished calmly, "I'm sorry, but... just like you said just now, I don't know when you will stop because you are too tired. Distributing food balls..."

She seemed to be afraid that everyone would misunderstand, so she hastily added: "Actually, you pay me as a reward, and you pay me later, isn't it the same? We can all survive in the end, right?"

No, that's different.

At this moment, Lin Sanjiu suddenly felt that if she turned her head now, she might see that elephant smiling like a human.

Its rations began to increase automatically.

　Both beard and tail are complete, because Kawen died on the Mid-Autumn Festival.

　
(End of this chapter)