Chapter 257 New News from the Military
Time flies, and more than half a month has passed.
The main structure of the Fire Bamboo Forest Shelter is basically completed.
The commercial and supermarket complex base has also been basically completed.
The entire supermarket complex adopts a semi-embedded structure.
That is, half of the main body is inside the mountain wall and half is outside the wall cliff.
The structure inside the mountain is simple. You only need to dig out rooms and passages and provide reinforcement and support. Because it is a rock structure, you don’t even need to lay the floor.
Outside the mountain, the frame is still made of fire bamboo, the inside is made of regular wood, and the outer layer is reinforced with sand, earth and stones.
Because there is no cement, Ma Guocai directly used mutated sea cucumber mucus as a strong adhesive from the beginning of their design.
The effect of this sea cucumber slime is surprisingly good, and the adobe produced is no worse than concrete.
Ma Guocai also specially asked a few older women to draw some patterns on the wall, inlay some bottles and jars, and use them to plant some flowers and plants as exterior wall decoration.
Then the stairs are also designed in the bamboo building, and the complex is designed with a total of four floors.
Each floor must be five meters high, with relatively large gaps between the middle floors.
Firstly, I am worried that the stones will collapse easily if the digging is too close. Secondly, the sound insulation is better. The functional areas are different and the independent environments are different.
The fourth floor of the top floor is the entertainment area, including a movie hall, billiard room, video hall, computer rental, electronic product repair, etc.
The second and third floors are the daily necessities area, which is similar to a department store. Everything from clothes and shoes to hardware, soaps, baths, etc. will be displayed on this floor.
The first floor is the food area, including private shops and public canteens.
The reason why the food area is placed on the first floor is naturally because it is convenient for garbage disposal and the sewer installation is simple and labor-saving.
In short, although the scale of this shopping mall complex base is not very large, it is comparable to what it was before the great flood in the apocalypse.
Now that a major flood disaster has occurred, people outside may not even be able to provide food and clothing, let alone the supermarket complex.
Such a comparison shows that the happiness index of the people here in Yangshan is absolutely overwhelming.
The people in the four major shelters looked at the four-story large complex attached to the cliff and became even more anxious for a while.
They really want to stay and don’t want to leave at all.
Everyone can see that this mountain col will definitely become the center of the entire Yangshan Mountain in the future.
In Shan'ao, not only the complex is basically completed, but several other areas are also being completed rapidly.
Although the heavy rain continued, it could not dampen everyone's enthusiasm.
In the planting base, Liang Yuan and Song Wen observed the growth of mutant plants.
Aunt Li and Zhuang Shuyuan also followed behind, each holding a small notebook with notes they had taken recently.
Liang Yuan lowered his head and looked at the various mutant plants that were growing quite well, with a sincere smile on his face.
He asked: "Wenwen, what is the yield of these mutant crops?"
Song Wen shook her head: "The yield is not clear yet, but the maturity period has become shorter. Compared with ordinary crops, basically all mutant crops can be harvested four times a year. Even mutant sugarcane can reach this speed."
Liang Yuan couldn't help but smile: "So, doesn't it mean that we can harvest once a quarter?"
"Well, it is estimated that in another month, the first crop will be harvested. I don’t know what the output is "Like this."
Liang Yuan thought for a while, turned around and asked Zhuang Shuyuan next to Aunt Li: "How about Wuwangting ending sugarcane production back then?"
Zhuang Shuyuan finally had the opportunity to talk to Liang Yuan. , She quickly lifted her hair on her temples and said, "Mr. Liang, when Wu Wangting stopped these sugar canes, they didn't actually take care of them like we did. They just did some work to drive away mutant beasts from eating them."
"But even so, the annual output of these sugar canes is amazing. Each one is as thick as my arm, and the height is not even much shorter than the fire bamboo."
As she spoke, she deliberately lifted her sleeves, revealing Her white jade-like arms seemed to make it easier for Liang Yuan to understand.
However, this move made Song Wen snort.
Zhuang Shuyuan stopped when she saw that it was good, immediately put down her sleeves, and said with a smile: "That's why Wuwangting had enough sugar cane to boil into sugar cubes."
Liang Yuan nodded slightly, with profound meaning. He glanced at the woman and said: "It seems that the mutated plants can not only adapt to large floods, but also have extremely impressive production capacity."
"By the way, Aunt Li, how about the ordinary plants?"
Hearing this, Aunt Li sighed: "Many ordinary plants cannot adapt to the current weather and have withered. We have thought of many ways. "
Liang Yuan comforted: "The world is changing, species are also evolving, and plants are no exception. These ordinary seeds will be replaced by mutant plants sooner or later. "
"However, the taste of mutant plants may not be as good as that of ordinary plants. Remember to cross a batch and see if you can breed them. New varieties."
"The search for new mutant seeds must also continue."
"Right now, the mutated plants that we can use as staple food are taro and lotus root, which are really not enough. It would be better to find mutated rice, mutated wheat, mutated sweet potatoes, etc."
After hearing this, Aunt Li sighed: "Mutated rice is too It’s hard to find. Before the flood, Yangshan was not a place to grow rice. Instead, it was possible to grow wheat, sweet potatoes, and potatoes.”
She recalled it and said, “I remember being there at that time. On the road to Meishan, there are A temporary forest ranger residence. Before the flood, there was someone on duty there. "
"I recognize that person, an old man named Zhong, who reclaimed a small piece of land nearby. , planted a lot of potatoes, sweet potatoes, western Tomatoes, leeks, eggplants, trabeculae, etc., if you have time, you can ask someone to look for them over there. Maybe some of them have mutated, and you can find seeds and transplant them."
Liang Yuan heard this. , also remembered something.
Before the flood, it was not like he had never climbed Yangshan Mountain before. There were indeed some forest rangers and sanitation workers living on the mountain who were responsible for cleaning up garbage on the mountain road and guarding the forest.
Some of them stay there all day long, and the scenic area staff will also come up to deliver meals.
But many older people are not used to eating these things and like to grow their own things. Therefore, in many inconspicuous places, these people have actually opened up small fields and planted many vegetables.
They either want to sell it or grow some to eat themselves.
The older generation always believes that vegetables outside are grown in greenhouses and treated with pesticides, which is not healthy at all, so it is better to grow them yourself.
This idea is not just one or two, some old people have even instilled it in the next generation.
Middle-aged people with good family conditions will also go to the nearby countryside on weekends to look for agricultural products and buy some eggs raised by rural people.
Many middle-aged parents who are parents no longer care about what they eat, but their children's healthy diet is more important than them.
They would rather spend more time and money to find safer food for their children.
Old people do not have this resources and channels, so they can only grow it themselves.
Therefore, there is a very common phenomenon in cities. Wherever there is a little open space, some elderly people will plant some vegetables and other things.
Even the green belt may be dug up for you and replanted with vegetables.
"Well, I will pay more attention to this matter, and let those who go out hunting pay attention to it when the time comes."
"Wenwen, go back and tell Ding Yan, in the mission hall I will also put up these search tasks and give the points to the higher ones."
Song Wen nodded: "Okay, I will talk to Sister Ding and Zhao Kai later."
The mission hall is also a part of the supermarket complex and is placed next to the food area on the first floor.
In the food area, there are not only places to eat, but also a bar area. The mission hall is near the bar, making it convenient for passers-by to check missions or post missions.
Some of the tasks above are issued by the Fire Bamboo Forest Shelter, and some are issued by the members of the shelter themselves.
As the only official site, Fire Bamboo Forest Sanctuary attracted a lot of attention when it was released, because it gave a lot of points.
Speaking of this points model, it is now officially promoted.
Now the whole shelter knows the importance of points.
These points can be used to buy anything in the shelter, including food, drink, housing, transportation, weapons, and asking for help. Points are required.
The points now have financial attributes and are circulating among more than a thousand people in Yangshan.
This is a new monetary and financial system that circulates within Yangshan.
In short, everything in the shelter is now gradually developing from a grass-roots team to a regular one.
Liang Yuan is already building the basic framework, and there are many remaining details that he no longer needs to worry about.
For example, if you issue a task to search for mutant plant seeds, you can leave it to other people in the shelter.
Liang Yuan lives a very comfortable life now. He wakes up in a room between the three girls every day, eats a loving breakfast made from red bayberries, goes to the slaughterhouse, collects a wave of points, and basically doesn’t use them later. Don't worry about other things.
People like Song Wen, Wang An, and Lao Ma are in charge of the construction work at the base.
As for patrolling and hunting, Zhao Kai and Ding Yan are in charge.
Over at the mining area, Han Xiangman and the others were left to watch, and a fixed amount of power stones would be delivered every week.
Liang Yuan will take time out every day to continue trying to explore his evolutionary abilities. He also needs to take time out to study rune technology with Old Man Yang.
He also has two fire-attribute runes in his hand, one of which was dug out of Tian Wei's head.
The other piece was dug out from a mutated wild boar that Ding Yan killed.
Now there is another piece, the bursting rune in Old Man Yang's hand.
Therefore, Liang Yuan spent a lot of time studying these runes.
"Brother Liang, Brother Liang!" As soon as he left the mountain col and walked out of the fire bamboo forest, he saw Dong Yan waving to him from the bamboo building outside the fire bamboo forest.
She was even shouting to herself instead of using her mental link ability to inform herself.
Liang Yuan immediately realized that she must have something urgent.
At that moment, he jumped up, touched the air with his toes, and ran wildly in the air. It looked like Qinggong in a martial arts novel!
Ignoring the terrain, he quickly arrived at the bamboo building at an extremely fast speed.
This is not a light skill. In fact, it is Liang Yuan's ability to fly in the air by using his mind power to form a spiritual carrier that can carry his own weight.
He actually had the idea for this move very early on.
But at the beginning, I lacked mental strength and it was difficult to lift the steel bar.
After his mental power exceeded fifty points, both the quality and capacity of his mental power increased crazily several times.
He was finally able to fly easily.
Of course, fully supporting your own body weight consumes a lot of mental energy, so you cannot fly for a long time and can only stay in the air for a short time.
Liang Yuan has made new improvements during this time, that is, he does not have to support his entire body weight.
Instead, it condenses mental power into a preset wall in the air, which only requires a support point the size of the sole of your foot.
Then he used his powerful muscle explosive power to step directly on the place where his telekinesis power was, and instantly exploded and jumped out.
By repeating the operation, you can achieve the effect of running and jumping in the air.
In this way, there is no need to stay in the air all the time, and the consumption of mental energy is greatly reduced.
At this moment, he easily landed on the bamboo building, came to Dong Yan, and quickly asked: "Yanyan, what's so urgent?"
Dong Yan couldn't help but marvel at Liang Yuan's chic posture. , hurriedly took his arm and said: "Xiaojie asked me to inform you immediately that the military radio released a shocking news this time, telling you to hurry over."
Liang Yuan was suddenly shocked and quickly walked towards the cave room.
Dong Jie, Zhao Kai, Ding Yan, Gu Feng and others are all here!
Everyone looked very serious and solemn.
Liang Yuan quickly sat down and looked at the radio they were surrounded by.
"So Professor Pan, can I understand that the heavy rain will stop soon?" The host's voice sounded, it was still the familiar voice, some resolute military female host .
An elegant voice sounded, it was the professor named Pan Xin, Liang Yuan remembered it clearly.
“From the data point of view, it is indeed true. We have reason to suspect that the heavy rain should stop soon.”
“This is good news. It has been raining for almost half a year. Due to the rainfall, many places in Linjiang City have been flooded, except for a few high-rise buildings. It can still be above the water.”
“It’s really good news. Our motherland is not all flat. Although the river is flooded, other places with higher terrain are not necessarily so.”
"Maybe we can try to contact the outside world at that time."
The female host asked: "I would like to ask Professor Pan, what is the reason for this decrease in precipitation? What should we pay attention to and be vigilant about in the future?"
Professor Pan Xin said solemnly: “In fact, our expert team has made detailed analysis that the decrease in rainfall this time is likely to be related to the upcoming It’s related to winter.”
“Winter?”
“Yes, when winter comes, the temperature drops, the air becomes dry, and the amount of rain drops is normal.”
“Our expert team. It is predicted that the heavy rain will stop completely soon, but..."
"But what?"
"But this is not necessarily a good thing."
"What do you mean?" the female military host asked immediately.
“We may encounter an unprecedented cold wave!”
“What?” the female military host exclaimed.
Professor Pan Xin continued: "According to our predictions, this cold wave is likely to be the largest cold wave that has ever been seen in human history. Its impact will be greater than our imagination, and humans may enter an ice age!"< br>
This time, not only Liang Yuan and others who were listening to the radio stood there in shock, but even the female host was silent for several seconds.
Then the hostess asked an extremely important question!
"Professor Pan Xin, then...as ordinary people, what should we do to deal with this cold wave?"
"Keep warm from the cold and store food!"
"Winter is coming, the floods may freeze, forming thick layers of ice, and the mutated creatures in the water may temporarily hibernate. This is both a good thing and a bad thing for everyone."
" If underwater mutated creatures become dormant, it will be significantly more difficult for survivors to obtain food."
"At the same time, when the floods freeze, the mutated beasts in the mountains and forests will come out of the mountains. , start hunting."
"Of course, the good thing is that humans can finally get out of the trapped building and find shelter and companions."
"If that happens, we call on everyone again. , come to Guangfu Military Base as soon as possible. There are complete living facilities here. We welcome all people of insight to join us and jointly resist this human catastrophe..."
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No one continued to listen to the introduction by the female military host and Dr. Pan Xin to promote the various conveniences and benefits of Guangfu Military Base.
Everyone was distracted, shocked by the sudden news.
Liang Yuan stood up and looked out at the still pouring rain.
He turned to look at everyone and asked, "Has the heavy rain become lighter?"
Ding Yan stood up, nodded and said: "It is indeed small. It is not as fierce as in summer."
Zhao Kai also said in a deep voice: "Yes, the raindrops used to be as big as peas, and they were a little bit soft when they hit the body." It hurts. The rain is really not as heavy now as it was then."
Liang Yuan took a deep breath: "That's it. , the cold wave news announced by the military is probably true?"
Dong Jie couldn't help but said: "I really feel that the temperature has dropped a lot recently."
Many people present have. Many people with highly evolved abilities are no longer afraid of cold and heat, so they actually pay little attention to this aspect.
At this time, when they were reminded by Dong Jie, they all came back to their senses.
Liang Yuan walked outside to the bamboo building and reached out to catch the rainwater.
The rain is slightly cold, and it is indeed much colder than in summer and autumn.
He was usually used to the mental barrier covering his body to avoid getting wet from the rain, but he actually ignored this.
"Brother Liang, if what the military said is true, should we hurry up and prepare for the winter?" Zhao Kai couldn't help but ask.
Ding Yan said solemnly: "I think it is necessary, especially in terms of cold-proof materials, we are seriously lacking."
Liang Yuan is not worried about the lack of supplies, although when he raided Hang Lung Building before, those clothes shops It was full of summer clothes, but he had a system to extract supplies.
And when he first ransacked the building, he went from house to house and emptied out people's wardrobes, and there were a lot of cotton-padded jackets and leather clothes in them.
In comparison, he was more worried about what the military said was that the water surface was frozen, forming an ice sheet.
It will be difficult for everyone to catch fish. How can I earn points?
This problem is fatal, because the lottery system relies entirely on points.
As for the mutated beasts escaping from the mountains and forests, this is also something Liang Yuan is very worried about.
Once these mutant beasts in the forest can leave Yangshan, won’t there be fewer mutant beasts on Yangshan?
These are all his points.
Liang Yuan’s eyes became deep.
Another point is that once the river freezes, humans can walk out of the building and move around on the ice.
I'm afraid there will be various shelters appearing soon.
Many people will rush to the military base, and the military base will definitely grow rapidly.
As for the mountains such as Yangshan Mountain, which are above the water level, they will naturally be targeted by many people.
In the past, there was a flood barrier, and people from far away might not dare to come.
But when the water freezes, will they stop coming?
What should we do if these people come over?
Store them all?
Keyang Mountain is so big, how many people can it accommodate?
Among these newcomers, there must be many powerful people who have awakened their powers, and there will probably be many who want to take the lead in causing trouble.
Liang Yuan frowned, fearing that there would be many annoying things at that time.
He is not worried about someone making trouble, but he is worried about wasting energy on this aspect. It is really a waste of time.
Yangshan must be his own private land from now on, and there must be no chaos.
It seems that defense construction also needs to be planned in advance.
(End of this chapter)