It's snow outside, not ice, so skates are useless, only snowboards and sleds.
There are many shelves on the first to third floors that have not been completely disassembled to provide materials.
The angle steel used for shelves is not strong enough to be used as a weapon or trap, which is probably the reason why they remain.
They are thinner and weaker than those used in construction, and can change shape with their weight.
Then find a wooden table frame with a broken glass table top, and you will have all the materials.
I didn’t have any welding tools, so I had to resort to clumsy methods.
Drill holes with a screwdriver, cut off the wire rope retrieved from the simple sled, and use the bolt holes in the angle iron to fix the table legs and sled board. Add a layer of flattened angle iron to make the sled floor to block the resistance surface created by the wire rope.
With two layers of angle iron, Wang Qi used the overlapping bolt holes to find new bolts at both ends of the angle iron and tighten them.
Yesterday's simple sled could only be pulled with a wire rope, and it still hurt even if my hands were wrapped with cloth.
Today, this one has a wooden table frame as the core frame, so it can be pulled with a serious survival rope. Wang Qi also brought a section of the rope and tied it with a rag to use as a shoulder strap.
It was quite easy and it was still early when I finished.
Take a short rest, put on the equipment and carry the sled and set off... If you carry it this time, the sled will not enter the building from now on.
After going out, I went to check again near the spot where the bugs were found yesterday. Unfortunately, no more bugs were found.
When Wang Qi came, he had judged that the insect corpses were in a previous state and had not been further divided. He also knew that there was little hope, so the result was not particularly disappointing.
I didn't find any bugs, so I stopped by the bookstore and picked out dozens of books based on language learning. I put them on the sled and dragged them back.
Then go south, which should be the direction of the insect nests.
I don’t know how far it is from the insect nest. According to the observations in the previous month, there should be more than one street.
Every time he explores an unknown area, Wang Qi will be more cautious. Every cover that may hide monsters needs to be observed, waited, and broken through.
This makes action very slow.
Until daybreak (about 9 a.m.), he had not gone out to the 300 meters south of the base.
At dawn, he climbed into a building a street away from the base.
Like the base building, this building is protected by dark exterior glass and is less susceptible to plant growth than other buildings. A few pieces of the glass curtain wall were removed, but they were basically intact. No large cracks were found in the structural columns that would obviously affect safety.
The building is eight stories high and faces diagonally towards the center of the intersection.
There is an obvious artificial defense structure on the outside of the first floor. After being covered with snow, it forms a chest-high half-moon shape.
There were several gaps in this circle of defense. When Wang Qi approached, no survivors came out to warn. Perhaps the function as an evacuation point had been abandoned, or all the people were dead.
The discovery of this building was a surprise in Wang Qi's eyes.
It can be seen from the situation in their own base that the first-generation survivors made some survival modifications that are difficult to achieve now, before the water and electricity were cut off, such as using construction steel to turn weapons, traps, bunker protection, etc. Regarding the judgment of the surviving generations, because similar operations at least require a fuel generator and can still find fuel. Considering the volatility of fuel and its non-renewable characteristics after a disaster, it can be extended to a few years after the disaster at most.
During the exploration process, I found that several buildings have similar renovations. However, except for the base and this place, the exterior walls of several other places do not have exterior wall glass to block light. The windows and walls are relatively seriously damaged. In addition, the scale of safety renovations is insufficient. It took such a long time. As time has passed, it has become difficult to use it as a base, outpost, or resource transfer point again.
As soon as he entered the building, Wang Qi found that his guess was a little wrong.
There were some large and small boxes scattered in the lobby on the first floor. After walking around and checking the basic safety, Wang Qi randomly picked a few boxes with abnormal shapes and placements to sweep away the dust.
Ammo box!
Wang Qi had never been exposed to weapons except for military training in his previous life. He only occasionally visited museums and watched various documentaries and little knowledge shared by silly netizens. Some ammunition boxes are specially designed for team supply purposes. Similar shapes and structures are rarely used for other purposes. When the number is large, they are particularly conspicuous.
Picking up a rag covered in dust, he swept away the dust accumulated on more boxes.
Among them, only the ammunition box guarantee involves three types of ammunition and three transportation methods.
Boxes made of iron, wood, and aluminum alloy can be roughly judged as individual transport, vehicle-mounted, and airdrop.
This is not a survivor stronghold, but a military rescue point!
No wonder it was chosen at a crossroads, with fortifications built outside the gate.
Judging from the number of aluminum alloy boxes, it is estimated that there is an environment where helicopters can be parked on the roof.
Wang Qi tried to open these boxes again.
The wooden crates are basically broken and will fall apart with a little force. Many of the iron boxes have been perforated by water vapor corrosion. The aluminum alloy boxes are very complete, and there are no weird combination locks due to military purposes. All the remaining boxes Basically it can be opened.
The number of remaining bullets was very small and they were concentrated in several small boxes. The bullets were of different sizes and had wounds on the bottom. They were unfired bullets.
There are weapon parts, not complete weapons. I don’t know if it was rummaged by other survivors or if it was taken away in an orderly manner during the evacuation.
The gunpowder in the bullet is a very useful resource, but the unfired bullet is too dangerous. After such a long time, the probability of bombs and stones is much higher than that of gunpowder. Wang Qi can only reluctantly give up.
Most of the discarded parts are severely worn gun barrels without bullets. The barrels and parts are no stronger than the 25 mm thick steel bars used in building structures.
The aluminum alloy box protected by the oxide layer looks very good and can be used, but I don't know what to use it for. The best current preservation methods are air drying and smoking.
I searched around and looked up with a little regret.
Along the way, we disarmed several long-lost traps without encountering any crawlers. Starting from the fourth floor, we discovered that there were several artificially reinforced doors that could not be opened on each floor.
Wang Qi also tried to call the door, but no one responded. He didn't know if there was a body inside.
There is another surprise on the seventh floor.
This place has been modified by at least two groups of people. The first wave was used as a command point for military operations. The evidence is that some large and small equipment that can no longer be used at this time, including several walkie-talkies.
The second wave was a few survivors who were not very smart. They changed this place into the entrance and exit of the entire building, using a device similar to a suspension bridge to connect to the roof of the fifth floor next door (the height of the next door is higher).
It is said that their brains are not working well, because this place has obviously become a breakthrough point for monsters. The windows of several rooms facing the roof of the opposite building, whether reinforced or not, have all been destroyed from the outside to the inside.
Considering the reptile's habits and ability to break windows, it is reasonable to suspect that this is the work of another kind of monster. I wonder if it is the group represented by the mummy at the base.
Check the top floor and top floor as well.
There were also several reinforced rooms on the eighth floor that couldn't be opened, and he couldn't do anything about the pre-disaster locks that were completely rusted to death.
There are some aluminum alloy air boxes on the top floor that were used as rain barrels by the second-generation survivors, but they are of no use.
There were some useful supplies, and Wang Qi filled his backpack with walkie-talkies and various military electronic equipment.
These things may break before the army evacuates, but it doesn't matter, Wang Qi needs the parts inside.
Things for military use are not much similar to civilian standards. They often need to be able to be used after rolling in the mud, so some things that will not be damaged naturally for hundreds of years will be used.
With about ten kilograms of equipment and tools in his backpack and waist, Wang Qi left from the suspension bridge on the seventh floor.
Because the seventh floor has been breached before, Wang Qi has given up on transforming it as an outpost or second base. However, the seventh floor is only less than 3.5 meters away from the rooftop of the opposite building, so it can still be used as a support point on the escape route. , the building itself can delay the pursuing party.
The suspension bridge is in disrepair and has been corroded by precipitation.
Wang Qi didn't dare to use it and jumped directly from the bridge.
3.5 meters is not far for an adult. If he is not afraid of heights, there is no need to jump from the suspension bridge.
The condition of the building next to it is much worse. Some of the floor slabs in the southeast corner have collapsed, and grass has grown on the structural columns in that direction. It has withered now, but fortunately it does not affect the ability to go up and down the stairs.
Searching and observing while going downstairs, he found that if he wanted to get rid of the monsters, he could choose to jump to the roof of a suspected warehouse on the west side of the fourth floor of this building.
Because it was difficult to judge the condition of the building, Wang Qi did not dare to jump. He went downstairs and crawled through the freight passage to check at the back.
So I found a frozen reptile hiding in a corner in the freight aisle.
"Geigeigei" smiled strangely and stepped forward to accept the new grain reserves.
