Chapter 10: The First Signs of Doom

Chapter 10: The First Signs of Doom

Chapter 10: The First Signs of Doom

At a time when things were in turmoil both in reality and on the Internet.

Central Dongzhou.

Suburban area of ​​Jianghe City.

Su Wu hid in the bedroom of his own courtyard, and still had the mood to browse various forums.

Perhaps it was the evacuation and resettlement of tens of millions of people that occupied a considerable amount of official attention.

Information that was originally strictly controlled has now spread a lot on the Internet.

Su Wu even saw several disaster investigation reports from within the federation.

According to the investigation report.

What is certain is that in the next month to a month and a half, the global average temperature will rise to over 60 degrees, and the highest temperature may reach around 100 degrees. The surface of the earth will no longer be suitable for ordinary people to live.

"There's still at least a month left."

This isn't exactly good news, but it's not bad either.

At the very least, knowing a clear deadline is better than knowing nothing about the future.

Su Wu thought about it carefully and calculated that according to the current construction progress, the second and third underground floors should be completed by then, and it would not be a problem to move in.

This made me feel much more at ease.

It was confirmed that there were no issues with the construction progress of the shelter.

Su Wu suddenly became somewhat idle again.

The construction of the shelter was in the charge of the engineering team and the primary artificial intelligence, so there was no need for him to get involved. The only thing he could do was to make external contacts for transactions or to get information.

After thinking about it, Su Wu opened the chat group.

At this time, the doomsday chat group was like an ant nest that had exploded, with dozens of new messages popping up every second. All the group members who were online couldn't help but jump out to say a few words, expressing their shock at the event of tens of millions of people being relocated from the coast.

However, after the initial excitement, the content of the chat group was not entirely meaningless nonsense.

Su Wu saw several wealthy people who seemed to have shelters in their hands, trying to buy some scarce resources.

of course.

Now that the news of the impending doomsday has become almost semi-public.

Few people use cash transactions anymore, most transactions are done by barter.

"There is a large demand for excavators, electric pickaxes and electric hammers in the area around Jianghe City."

"We can trade steel, rubber, and food. We'll discuss the details."

Sliding down the chat history, a purchase message caught Su Wu's attention.

He was in Jianghe City and had the ability to manufacture excavators, which satisfied the conditions for the deal. And steel, as one of the main raw materials for building shelters and manufacturing various mechanical equipment, was undoubtedly a strategic resource that he would never have too much of.

With an idea in mind, Su Wu found the other party and had a private chat with him.

“Will you accept the mini excavator?”

After asking, Su Wu also sent a few pictures of micro excavators, specific parameters, etc.

"want."

"Twenty tons of primary processed steel for a mini excavator. We take as many as we can."

The other party responded very quickly, and it was obvious that he was quite anxious.

According to the normal market price in the past, one ton of steel that had undergone primary processing cost about 1.2 yuan.

20 tons is roughly equivalent to the value of 8 mini excavators.

Now I am only using it to exchange for one, which is obviously a big concession.

But this is normal.

After all, steel is just a raw material, which takes time to digest and not everyone can use. However, excavators are a survival tool that is currently in short supply and can really be used to expand the living space of the shelter.

For some forces that received the news very late but still wanted to establish a refuge.

It's totally worth paying a lot of money to get it.

"Any scrap metal?"

Su Wu did not rush to agree, but continued to ask. To him, there was not much difference between scrap iron and pre-processed steel. But their prices were very different. Any savings was a good thing.

"Yes, but not much."

"There are only two or three hundred tons of scrap metal in the warehouse. If you want, you can exchange one machine for one hundred tons."

"And you have to find someone to come to our factory and take it back."

The load capacity of a normal truck is only about five tons. A truck carrying more than two hundred tons would take dozens of trips.

It didn’t matter in the past.

But now every bit of manpower and every bit of fuel are extremely precious.

This is not a service that can be given away lightly.

"can."

"I will exchange three mini excavators for all your scrap metal inventory. For the remaining part, you can convert it into primary processed steel for me in proportion."

Su Wu thought about it and decided to buy all the scrap iron.

As for the trade items, the mini excavators in the engineering team were naturally not allowed to be moved. Nothing could affect the construction progress of the shelter. Moreover, the trade did not require such a high-end version. A diesel mini excavator with two survival points was enough to meet the requirements.

Make a deal.

It was agreed that deliveries would start tomorrow.

Su Wu switched back to the console on his laptop.

Let the engineering robot temporarily put aside the task at hand and start to prioritize the manufacture of three mini excavator models.

Then he got up, went downstairs and strolled to the simple garage in the yard.

Even the wealthy people who could build their own shelters lacked the ability to transport and deliver goods. Su Wu, who was already short of money, naturally had no chance of hiring a driver or a truck.

If you want to solve the transportation problem, you can only find a way to get a truck and transport the goods yourself.

There aren't any nice cars in the garage.

There was only a second-hand van for collecting gasoline and a second-hand tractor for collecting diesel.

After taking a look at the van, Su Wu quickly gave up on it.

The van has a load capacity of only one ton and has a small space, so it is not suitable for transporting bulk goods.

In comparison, there is a second-hand tractor with a large truck bed hanging at the back.

On the contrary, it is more durable and can carry more cargo.

【Agricultural two-wheel drive tractor】

[Speed: 32 km/h]

【Fuel consumption: 7L/hour】

【Load capacity: 3 tons】

[Upgradeable direction: Integrated truck (diesel version) (3 survival points), integrated truck (electric drive version) (5 survival points)]

[Upgradeable sub-options: Armor, Off-road, Speed, Endurance, Thermal Insulation, Radiation Resistance, Purification, Electronic Information. ]

Maybe it is a large-scale equipment, or maybe it is a complete and usable finished product in itself.

After Su Wu focused his attention on the tractor.

On the attribute list that popped up in his field of vision, there was an additional row of upgradeable sub-options that he had never seen before.

You can select one or more additional attributes to add extra functions to the upgraded tractor.

Su Wu thought for a while and chose armor from many sub-options.

This choice cost him an extra 3 survival points, and he also had to invest about two tons of steel raw materials.

As for the main upgradeable directions.

It is undoubtedly an electric drive version of the unibody truck.

Suwu is not short of electricity, but diesel and gasoline. If the latter is used, the vehicle will have to stop after a few trips, which is of no practical value. On the contrary, if it is used with electricity, it can run as much as it wants, and the transportation cost is almost zero.

(End of this chapter)