Chapter 34 Exploring the Mountain Area
Chapter 34 Exploring the Mountain Area
A few minutes later.
The reconnaissance drone came into range in the mountains.
At this time, the mountain area no longer had the lush forests it once had. It was just a dark wasteland everywhere. Only one or two trees that had been burned to charcoal still stood stubbornly.
From time to time, wisps of gray-black smoke rose from everywhere.
It was a wildfire that had not yet been completely extinguished and was lurking in the ashes.
A strong air current swept over.
The reconnaissance drone in the air was stirred up and down.
The shelter's artificial intelligence sensed the danger and immediately took over the control of the drone, making it descend urgently to avoid turbulence in the sky.
After more than ten seconds, the reconnaissance drone regained its balance.
At this time, it was only a dozen meters above the ground.
At this altitude, everything on the ground becomes clearer.
"There seems to be a shelter here?"
Su Wu, who had been watching from the console screen, noticed something unusual on the screen.
He had the idea of exploring.
He immediately controlled the drone and flew towards there.
A distance of several hundred meters passed in a flash.
soon.
A curled-up shelter with its door burned by flames appeared on the screen.
Su Wu observed carefully for a while and found that there was a crack about ten centimeters wide at the edge of the door, which was just enough to allow a reconnaissance drone to enter.
"Go in and have a look."
Without hesitation, Su Wu made the decision on the spot.
If he was there in person, he might not be so impulsive and risky. But now, the one in charge of the survey was a drone, so there was nothing to say, just go ahead.
Switch the scout drone to autopilot mode.
The drone was piloted by artificial intelligence through the narrow entrance.
A charred corpse suddenly appeared in the camera and then quickly zoomed in.
Su Wu's breath was choked as he watched, and he was almost frightened. But soon, as the drone automatically increased its altitude within the shelter, his nervousness gradually eased.
He noticed that it was just an ordinary victim's body, but it was very close to the crack in the gate.
Without lingering on the victims, Su Wu turned on the searchlight on the reconnaissance drone and began to observe the environment inside the shelter.
The shelter looks like it was converted from an ordinary cave.
Passing through an irregular passage several meters long at the entrance, there is a spacious cave of about 200 square meters. Inside the cave, there are black objects that have been burned to wreckage. Only a few large pieces of furniture still barely retain their original metal frames.
"This fire is quite big."
Su Wu raised his eyebrows, and could even imagine the scene here that was like purgatory when the wildfire spread.
Obviously, a metal gate and a mountain wall several meters thick could not keep the owner here from the disaster.
Stayed in the cave for a while.
Nothing valuable was found. Su Wu was not disappointed, and commanded the reconnaissance drone to leave the shelter and continue wandering in the mountains.
Then, a whole day passed.
Except for a few returns to recharge in the middle.
Reconnaissance drones shuttled through the mountains, searching every inch of the mountain area within 30 kilometers of Su Wu's refuge.
The results cannot be said to be abundant, but they are not small either.
He also found two empty shelters and four functioning shelters that seemed to be still inhabited.
There is also a cave where a large amount of steel is piled up.
"The proportion of survivors is much higher than expected." "We still underestimated the ability of humans to survive."
"The other cave where the steel is stored—"
“I don’t know if its owner is still alive.”
Silently, he marked the four normal shelters and the cave where the steel was stored on the map.
Su Wu felt a little restless.
But soon, he shook his head again.
Now he has no shortage of steel, so there is no need to steal. He can take his time to determine who owns the steel. At that time, whether he trades or takes it directly, he will feel more at ease.
7 month 1 day.
The haze of the past few days has shown signs of dissipating.
During the midday period, sunlight occasionally shines directly onto the ground.
But this does not mean that the environment is getting better. On the contrary, it is sliding towards purgatory at a frightening trend.
It was 2:27 in the afternoon of that day.
The temperature in Jianghe City has officially reached seventy degrees.
The workers who were still stranded outside could hardly work normally even with special cooling equipment, and had to evacuate to the shelter urgently.
At this point, the earth was almost dead silent.
Two hours later.
A storm that covered the sky and the sun swept in.
Strong winds swept through the city, destroying street lights, signs, and even some weak houses and warehouses.
Endless sand and gravel fell in the storm, splashing onto every corner of the earth like heavy rain.
Farmhouse.
The second floor of the underground shelter.
Su Wu, who received the AI alert, rushed to the control center. He sat in front of the console with a serious expression, observing the sudden and terrifying storm through the camera set up outside.
Under the raging wind.
The mountains in the distance have disappeared into the muddy yellow sand.
On the gravel beach nearby, many fist-sized stones gradually began to break free from the soil and rolled on the ground. Occasionally, a stone would fly high on the strong airflow and hit the wall of the farmyard like a bullet, leaving a shallow mark on it.
Snapped!
A crisp sound appeared.
A camera located on the upper floor of a farmhouse was hit by a rock that fell from the sky. Under the huge kinetic energy impact, the camera's mirror was broken on the spot and could no longer work normally. Only the surviving audio module was still transmitting the sound of the outside world to the control console in the shelter.
"The wind is approaching force eleven."
Su Wu turned his gaze to another intact surveillance screen.
The worries in my heart increased.
After thinking about it, he closed the passage and gate to the outside of the shelter and asked the engineering team that was digging the fourth underground floor of the shelter to temporarily stop transporting soil out.
With a mini transport truck as small as a toy, it might overturn if it goes out at a time like this.
If your luck is even worse, you might even be swept up into the sky.
It’s better to stay in the shelter and wait for the storm to pass.
As for the steel, cement, and old household appliances piled up in the yard, the vans parked in the makeshift carport, and the various materials temporarily stored in the two-story residential building, they could only leave it to fate.
The storm came so quickly that there was no time to move or reinforce them.
“I hope we can all make it through.”
Su Wu muttered to himself.
(End of this chapter)