Chapter 12 Stepping into the scorching heat

Chapter 12 Stepping into the scorching heat

Chapter 12 Stepping into the scorching heat

For example, at this time.

In the central cities of major continents around the world, the first batch of residents have begun to move into official shelters.

The identities of the residents are naturally mainly politicians and scientists.

On the contrary, the number of wealthy people is relatively small.

It's not that they are not qualified to enter. It's that most of the rich people prefer to build their own shelters.

This is also one of the main reasons why the abandoned air-raid shelters in the mountains have become a hot-selling product on the market for quite a long time.

Compared with those wealthy people, it is not unfair at all that Su Wu failed to find an ideal place in the mountains.

"We have several official shelters in Jianghe City."

“Now it’s almost all built.”

"They opened up most of the underground parking lots and underground shopping malls in the city, and also integrated subway passages. The overall space looks very large, almost forming a small underground city."

"But...tsk tsk."

Jianghe City doomsday survival preparation group.

Wang Jianguo, the director of the steel plant who invited Su Wu to join the group, revealed some official developments of Jianghe City during the chat.

Official shelter in the city.

Big is big.

But to accommodate the city's three or four million people and maintain a certain level of production capacity, the living space per person is pitifully small.

Dormitories for six or even ten people may become the norm.

Compared to this, no matter how bad the private shelter is, it still feels like heaven.

“It should have been finished long ago.”

"It's already the 9th. If it's any later, something serious might happen."

A group member with the online name Heavy Knight took over the conversation, sounding somewhat worried.

Three to four million people were mobilized to move their families from their homes to underground shelters.

Seemingly simple.

In fact, anyone who has ever been in management knows how complicated the situation is.

If we delay a little, the remaining 20 days may not be enough.

"Not really. In many places, the relationships are upstairs and downstairs."

"If it's really too late, the worst that can happen is to leave your belongings behind and run faster. Usually you can run to a shelter within a few minutes."

Another group member named Tiancheng Architecture comforted him casually.

His words seem reasonable, but in fact they ignore the mobility of the elderly, the weak and the disabled.

If we really do what he said and don't care about it, if we make a mistake, tens of thousands of elderly people and disabled people with relatively slow movements may die.

Of course, the end of the world is here now.

It is normal to hold on to the idea of ​​survival of the fittest. After all, even in peacetime, the rich may not take the lives of ordinary people seriously. In the end times, the gap between the rich who have private shelters and ordinary civilians will only become greater.

"By the way, is the official intelligence reliable?"

"That said, there is still at least 20 days of preparation time."

"But now the temperature outside is almost 40 degrees."

"Our whole family was forced to move into the shelter ahead of time, and we could only hide inside and remotely direct the work of the employees outside."

Not everyone cares about the lives of civilians outside.

An account suspected to be operated by a rich second-generation named Mr. Zhuang did not even bother to cover up and complained in the group.

No matter how well a private shelter is built, the space is limited. For a rich kid who is used to a free life, it is a bit frustrating not to be able to go out for a race or a party.

"40 degrees."

Su Wu's heart was slightly moved when he saw this. He raised his head and looked at a thermometer hanging outside the bedroom window.

At this time, the real-time temperature was displayed as 42 degrees, which was two degrees higher than what the rich second-generation in the group said. It had already broken the historical extreme value of Jianghe City.

And just yesterday, if Su Wu remembered correctly, the highest temperature had just reached 34 degrees.

Overnight, the weather changed from early summer to midsummer.

Standing up, Su Wu opened the window.

Waves of heat rushed towards us, instantly raising the originally cool temperature in the room by several degrees.

"It's no longer suitable for humans to work for long periods of time outside."

Carefully feel the changes in temperature.

Su Wu's gaze passed across the small courtyard downstairs and looked towards the mountains in the distance.

A faint flame, accompanied by bursts of gray-white smoke rising straight into the clouds.

It was clearly reflected in his pupils.

That's a sign of a wildfire.

A fire was about to break out.

However, in normal times, forest firefighters are responsible for extinguishing wildfires. But now, the authorities are already busy building shelters and resettling residents, let alone freeing up resources to deal with this fire.

"There seems to be an air-raid shelter in that mountain."

"It seems that some rich man bought it along with the mountain."

“I don’t know if I can survive this fire.”

The reason why Su Wu was very clear about this.

Because the resettlement location he originally wanted to choose also included that place.

It’s a pity that I don’t have enough financial resources and I came late.

Couldn't compete with others.

Now it seems that it is a good thing that I did not choose that place.

As the wildfire spread, the high temperature and fever of hundreds of degrees, the endless smoke and poisonous gas, all became nightmare-level challenges for the shelters inside.

If the preparations were even slightly inadequate, there would be flaws in the ventilation and air purification systems inside the shelter.

Not everyone can survive this disaster.

Look back.

Su Wu looked towards the courtyard and saw the exit passage of his own shelter.

A mini transport truck loaded with gravel and soil slowly drove out.

Even in this harsh heat.

The engineering team controlled by the primary artificial intelligence still maintained its original super high efficiency and steadily expanded the underground space of the shelter.

"Tonight at the latest."

"The second underground floor of the shelter is also about to be completed."

“Then spend two days decorating it.”

“I can move in anytime.”

2 underground floors.

The total area is 650 square meters.

The 50 square meters of space that is extra than the first floor is mainly used to build an electricity room and a water storage room.

The power room will be equipped with a new geothermal generator, which will share the same underground pipeline with the old geothermal generator on the ground.

At the same time, there is sufficient space next to the geothermal generator to accommodate two more geothermal generators when necessary.

The water storage room is used to install a pump and a clean water tank.

The pump is responsible for continuously drawing up groundwater, which is then filtered and purified in the clean water tank and supplied to the hydroponic farm on the first floor of the shelter and the living area on the second floor.

As for the main area of ​​the 2nd floor.

Su Wu divided it into living area, control center, mechanical manufacturing center, daily necessities storage room and water tower.

The living area includes three bedrooms, an entertainment room, a living room, a dining room, a bathroom, a toilet, and a kitchen.

It was the place where Su Wu carried out his main daily activities.

(End of this chapter)