Chapter 302: Changes in Zhenhai City
Chapter 302: Changes in Zhenhai City
"The wind speed in the air is about 35 meters per second."
“Not too big.”
“But it’s no longer suitable for ordinary people to go out alone.”
"It also has a certain impact on some mechanical operations."
With the help of various detected data.
Su Wu quickly got a general impression of the place.
The adverse effects brought by the branch cyclone have gradually become apparent here.
Ordinary people want to go out on the surface.
It is no longer enough to just wear a set of high-end cold-proof suits. Instead, it must be matched with a mecha or a means of transportation such as a vehicle.
And this is just the beginning.
Wait until the branch cyclone moves the main body over.
Perhaps only a huge vehicle like a caravan can move stably through it.
And this is just the impact of the storm.
If you add in geological activity, such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions under the ocean.
Even if a caravan is travelling in a convoy, absolute safety cannot be guaranteed.
"so troublesome."
Su Wu sighed silently.
at this time.
The biplane helicopter's display showed information from the Zhenhai City Dispatch Center.
He glanced at it and was slightly surprised.
"Even the only exit was buried by an avalanche a few minutes ago?"
This was not a small accident.
With Zhenhai City's construction capabilities, it will take no more than two hours to clear the river.
The actual impact is not significant.
But the crux of the matter.
In Zhenhai City, even the safety of one’s own home cannot be guaranteed.
This shows that the environment has become so bad that it is gradually out of their control.
This is not a good sign.
The entrance was temporarily blocked.
The landing destination will naturally change accordingly.
Su Wu found the new landing coordinates from the information sent by the dispatch center.
It was on the top of an ordinary 3.7-story commercial building, 30 kilometers away from the original entrance.
Follow the prompts and re-correct the flight route.
A few minutes later.
The biplane helicopter landed on the open-air platform on the top floor of the building, which had been urgently cleared.
Several staff members wearing exoskeleton armor.
Operating the machinery.
A temporary windproof passage was built between the helicopter door and the corridor entrance.
Su Wu followed this passage and successfully entered the building.
"Welcome to Zhenhai City."
"Please come with me."
The official in charge of welcoming him bowed his head slightly and greeted Su Wu.
The other party didn't know that the one controlling the bionic robot in front of him was Su Wu himself.
But as a representative of a force with a population of over 100 million, it is equivalent to the consortium of several super cities.
In any case, they are all equally entitled to the utmost respect.
Su Wu nodded slightly and said nothing more.
Following the other person, they walked down the stairs.
As the floors go down.
Su Wu quickly used the various precision detection instruments on his body.
I found that many places here are full of traces of human habitation.
Various daily necessities are also unexpectedly abundant.
It’s like an entire large supermarket was moved in here.
I saw that Su Wu seemed to be interested in this place.
The accompanying official began to explain.
"This is the place that the owner of a large supermarket chain bought with supplies after the apocalypse."
"So there are a lot of daily necessities piled up inside."
As Su Wu listened, his eyes lingered for a few seconds on a place that was suspected to be a ventilation window but was now blocked by cement.
Asked with some curiosity.
"Are you planning to run this place as a shelter?"
The official nodded.
Obviously he had done some research on this place beforehand.
"He meant it."
“The environment outside wasn’t that bad back then.”
"The commercial building itself is strong enough."
"If you take good care of it, it can actually be a good place to stay."
"At least in terms of living environment and space, it is much better than the underground shelter."
"pity--"
The official did not continue his speech.
After walking down a few more floors.
Su Wu paused briefly in front of a fire door.
Looked in a certain direction.
Within his field of vision which is integrated with multiple detection devices.
Can see clearly.
There were two bodies, a man and a woman, frozen into ice sculptures, lying on the bed in a room, hugging each other.
If nothing unexpected happens.
One of the two men was the supermarket owner mentioned by the officials.
And not far from them.
A large piece of the wall was shattered, and the irregular ice layer almost spread all over the ground.
"The accident happened 17 hours ago."
"The instantaneous temperature in the room was below minus 120 degrees Celsius."
These traces are not easily detected by ordinary people.
Under the detection of the detector, it looks like a firefly in the dark night.
Each strand is exceptionally clear and visible.
"you saw it?"
"That man is the owner of this place after the apocalypse, and the woman is his lover."
"They occasionally visit the shelter through the multi-storey underground car park below."
"He is quite famous among some of the fixed groups of people here."
"I heard that they were planning to dispose of the supplies in the building and move them back to the shelter."
"I didn't expect it to be too late."
There was some regret in the official's words.
It was not that I felt pity for the unfortunate couple, but that I was worried about my own future fate.
As the supervisor responsible for welcoming Su Wu.
He was already qualified to learn some of the latest intelligence.
Their current situation in Zhenhai City is actually no different from that of the supermarket owner.
No one can be sure whether it will happen in the next moment.
Then a sudden natural disaster destroyed their entire shelter.
"In fact, they only need to thicken that wall by another two centimeters with cement."
"You can escape this disaster."
Su Wu shook his head slightly, feeling a little sorry for the two people.
But he also knew it in his heart.
This seems to be just a fine line, but in fact no matter how many times you try it.
The ending would not be any different.
There were only two people, and they didn't have a personal shelter like Su Wu's, which had artificial intelligence.
With their limited labor force, it is already extremely difficult just to maintain the daily operation of the shelter.
It is impossible to invest in this kind of infrastructure anymore.
No matter how hard they try, their lives and property still depend on the structural strength of the building itself.
Continue down the stairs.
Passing through a 3-story underground garage.
Su Wu and his group finally arrived inside the official shelter of Zhenhai City.
It is different from Su Wu’s own shelter or the super shelter in Changming City.
The interior layout of the shelter in Zhenhai City.
It's more like a super large shopping mall.
There were no streets or buildings to distinguish them, only corridors of different sizes. At most, there would be a large square that ran through several floors at a certain distance.
In this environment.
The speed of advancement is naturally not very fast.
It took more than an hour to walk.
Su Wu finally arrived at the core area of Zhenhai City.
In a busy office hall, I met Ping Yuhan, the Speaker of Zhenhai City.
"I'm sorry, because of an emergency that happened not long ago."
“I couldn’t go to greet him in person.”
After simple greetings.
Ping Yuhan, with bloodshot eyes and a tired look on his face, invited Su Wu to join a small discussion meeting they were having.
"Two hours ago."
"The exploration submarine piloted by Dr. Liu Haoran completely lost contact when it sailed 957 kilometers south."
"According to the last data he sent back before he disappeared."
"At the time, he was in an area where he could already see an obviously active submarine volcano."
"Preliminary estimates show that there is a 76% chance that it will eventually affect Zhenhai City."
"The environmental monitoring team has advised us to abandon our current refuge and relocate our entire territory at least 500 kilometres inland from the coast."
The topic of the meeting was quite heavy.
Whether it is the arrival of danger or the decision that is about to be made.
This made most of the people attending the meeting feel extremely difficult.
76% probability.
Basically, it is not much different from what it will definitely come.
Especially since this involves the life and death of 3800 million residents in the entire Zhenhai City.
No one dares to take the risk of gambling.
And after facing the disaster.
The choice before us is also difficult for people to make up their minds.
Relocating the entire unit is not as easy as it sounds.
If it really were simple.
As early as the beginning of the end of the world, Zhenhai City was about to be submerged by a tsunami.
They won't insist on staying.
But now, we are facing a threat that is even more serious than the entire Zhenhai City sinking to the bottom of the sea.
There seems to be no other solution except relocation.
“If we have to relocate, where else can we go?”
Someone asked blankly.
This is a frustrating problem.
If it was before the end of the world.
With the human and material resources of Zhenhai City.
It is not impossible to rebuild a city anywhere.
But after the end of the world.
If ordinary people don’t have any protection, it would be very difficult for them to breathe normally on the surface.
Not to mention settlement and labor.
And join other forces.
Also almost impossible.
Throughout Dongzhou, from the capital of Dongzhou to official shelters at the district and county level, and even small private shelters.
There is a general exclusionary attitude towards outsiders.
Not to mention the tens of millions of ordinary people.
Even the high-ranking dignitaries from Zhenhai City who were present.
Before the end of the world, he was a well-known figure in the whole East Continent.
It is also difficult to find a safe place to stay with your family.
“Perhaps, we can take the initiative to go inland and occupy some small or abandoned shelters.”
"Reconstruction."
"For example, the Kuanjiang River Basin and the area around Yu'an City."
Someone suggested quietly.
This kind of thing involves Jianghe City.
Some people couldn't help but secretly turn their gazes to Su Wu.
But before Su Wu could express his attitude.
This was flatly rejected by Ping Yuhan.
"No, those places are no more than 500 kilometers from the coastline."
"It is very likely that it will be affected by the geological activities here again."
"Once we choose a place to settle down, we don't have the ability to organize a second relocation."
Ping Yuhan's words were tantamount to cutting off the possibility of rebuilding Zhenhai City inland.
The entire Dongzhou.
The affiliated shelters under Su Wu's control, which had been emptied of people and supplies, were the most suitable for temporarily settling them.
Apart from these.
The rest are basically owned by someone.
Not to mention how much effort it would take to seize the city by force, and whether the super cities behind them would intervene.
Even if it costs a huge price to occupy it.
Unless all the indigenous people in the shelter are killed, not many people can be accommodated.
In a shelter in the end times, every inch of space is extremely valuable and has its necessary function.
It is impossible to say that by changing the owner, the company can accommodate more people out of thin air while keeping the resource output unchanged or even less.
and.
Ordinary shelters are unable to fully accommodate the tens of millions of people in Zhenhai City.
By then, they will inevitably be diverted to countless shelters of all sizes.
Based on the transportation conditions in the last days.
That situation is basically equivalent to declaring dissolution and becoming an ordinary shelter force.
It is difficult to have sufficient capacity to respond to disasters.
The meeting ends here.
I was in a dilemma for a while.
Many people realize that they don't seem to have many choices.
The top of the conference room.
Ping Yuhan turned his gaze to Su Wu who had been listening.
There was obvious struggle and hesitation.
After a long time.
He finally sighed and made a decision.
"Your Jianghe City has been making every effort to collect population."
"I wonder if there is any willingness to take over Zhenhai City?"
Ping Yuhan's words made the atmosphere in the conference room become subtle.
But obviously.
It started from the moment they invited Su Wu to come for negotiations.
In fact, many people present had more or less had a premonition and were mentally prepared.
He took refuge in Jianghe City, which is now the second largest force in the entire Dongzhou except for the Dongzhou capital.
It seems to be the best and only option.
"of course."
“No matter how many people there are, we are willing to accept them.”
Su Wu said in a calm voice.
He looked around, taking in everyone at the conference table with their different expressions.
These people may be unwilling to give in.
but.
When Ping Yuhan, who held the highest power in the entire Zhenhai City, made the decision, Su Wu, who could almost compete with the entire Dongzhou government, also agreed to accept it.
No one can stop the merger of the two super cities.
Two hours after Su Wu arrived in Zhenhai City.
Artificial intelligence from a small farmyard has begun to take over all smart devices in the entire city.
The entire city has a population of 3800 million.
Almost at the same time.
All received specific tasks assigned to them.
Such a drastic change in the power structure inevitably caused unrest in some places.
Some people who have ambition but no ability and cannot see the situation clearly.
Taking the opportunity to try to seize some of the official materials and power.
But at the instruction of Ping Yuhan.
The first armed forces to be reorganized by Su Wu.
It was easy to calm it down.
This underground super shelter, as a whole, still began to slowly transform according to Su Wu's will.
(End of this chapter)