The temperature here is obviously much warmer than outside, probably only 20 to 30 degrees below zero.
There were a lot of people, although most of them were wearing bulky clothes, but they were all walking around. There were all people busy in the rooms next to the passage.
Lu Ang also saw a lot of weapons, pistols, rifles, rocket launchers, mortars. Large wooden boxes were opened one after another. A group of women wearing gloves were wiping off the butter on them with newspapers, and some were loading magazines. Load bullets.
There are also those legendary awakeners. There is a man whose hand suddenly turned into a metallic color, and he smashed a stone into pieces. There was someone next to him who was recording something in a notebook.
There is also a hospital on this floor. There is a curtain hanging at the door of a room. The curtain is opened. A woman wearing a mask walks out of it holding a blood-stained plate. Through the gap in the curtain, Lu Ang sees a person. Lying on the bed, several people wearing white cloths outside down jackets were operating on him.
…
Moving forward, finally, the soldier captain leading the way stopped.
This is a relatively empty room that looks like a shooting range. Several soldiers are shooting at targets in the distance.
The soldier leading the way saluted and loudly reported: "Captain Tang, there are two awakened people here seeking refuge, please accept them!"
Among the people practicing the gun, a man who was obviously tall, about two meters tall, turned his head, took off his sound-isolating headphones, and said with a surprised look on his face: "Can anyone find a base in this kind of weather?"
He looked at Lu Ang and Lu Ang, who were wearing obviously different clothes, and sighed: "Now that snow monsters are rampant outside, it's really not easy for you to break through from the city."
Then he asked: "What abilities have you awakened?"
Forget it, he said yes!
Lu Ang didn't say anything, and directly activated the object control technique, controlling a pistol on the table not far away to float in the air.
"Oh, telepathy is rare!" Captain Tang nodded.
Fu Pingbo also followed suit and condensed a water ball in his hand.
"Oh, this water appeared out of thin air!" Captain Tang was shocked: "This is water creation! It's not water control, it doesn't freeze yet. It will be convenient to replenish drinking water in the future!"
Then he quickly took out a bottle and gestured.
Fu Pingbo also understood what he meant and poured the water ball into the bottle.
"Can you drink this?" Captain Tang asked,
Fu Pingbo nodded.
Captain Tang didn't hesitate and poured it into his mouth in one gulp. After swallowing it, he sighed: "It's still a little warm! It's really good! I'm optimistic about you!"
He was obviously a resolute person, and he introduced directly: "You must have endured a lot of hardships if you persisted in coming to the base! But there is no need to worry when you arrive at the base! You are all awakened ones, and your treatment is guaranteed, whether it is food , water, or heating equipment, we will prepare it for you here!"
"You two are here together, how about we arrange for you to stay in the same room? Then we will provide you with a heater, and you are allowed to turn it on for 8 hours a day! Just enough to keep warm and get some sleep."
"Of course, you also know the current situation. We humans have reached a critical juncture of life and death. Everyone must do our best. We awakened ones are especially responsible. The resources of the base are limited after all. In the future, whether we go out to search for supplies or to destroy Wendigo, everyone has to do their best, what do you think?"
Lu Ang did not answer directly, but asked: "Well, captain, I still have some questions."
"You ask." Captain Tang leaned against the wall with his arms folded.
"That's right, why is the world suddenly like this?" Lu Ang asked directly: "Obviously everything was fine before."
"Um..." Captain Tang showed bitterness: "How do I put this? In fact, we don't know much. We only know that it was a solar storm at the beginning, when sunspots broke out, and some high-energy particles impacted and directly destroyed it. Ninety-nine percent of the satellites then reacted with the atmosphere, and seemed to have passed through the atmospheric holes at the poles and shot directly to the surface."
"Then some changes occurred at the poles, such as the strengthening of the magnetic field. In short, the temperature at the poles plummeted, and the cold air moved to lower latitudes. The temperature in the temperate zones and even the tropics began to drop, and hail began to fall in humid coastal areas. When it snows somewhere, the thickness of the atmosphere increases, and the heat from the sun is absorbed by the atmosphere, making it colder and colder."
"According to the predictions from the Imperial Academy of Sciences, the temperature will continue to drop in the future... I am not afraid to tell you that according to the pessimistic predictions, people may no longer be able to live on the surface of the earth. No matter how thick the clothes are, Activities on the surface are more like ancient ice ages, which will take hundreds or even thousands of years to pass."
"But don't be too pessimistic! It's not like we can't survive at all! According to the plan of the Academy of Sciences, our strategic bases are exploring the underground world. Even if we dig down, the earth's mantle has rich magma layers. We can still survive by relying on geothermal heat. Some people survived."
"Now the Academy of Sciences is seizing the time to study geothermal power generation systems, geothermal cultivation systems, and various life-support systems. We have also arranged a lot of people to continue digging on the basis of the base. The problem is There is a shortage of materials now, such as cement, steel bars, iron, and pipelines. Otherwise, if they are dug out, there will be no way to live in them."
"In the next stage, we are going to take people out to search for materials, and try to collect as many materials as possible before they can't move on the surface. In short, everyone works together. I think that with our human intelligence and desire for survival, we can survive. Come down."
Captain Tang's tone sounded full of confidence, but Lu Ang still felt the despair and fear contained in it.
Sighing inwardly, Lu Ang then asked, "What's going on with those snow monsters outside? Why are there such monsters?"
"This problem is just like our awakened ones. The Academy of Sciences is still studying it, but they haven't found out the specific cause yet." Captain Tang explained: "According to their analysis, the snow monsters should have migrated from the two poles. There are more as you go north, and fewer as you get closer to the equator. There are relatively few here. Several strategic bases in the three winter provinces are said to have been breached by snow monsters! It is said that all the people in the furry bears further north are dead. ! Oh, how miserable!”
"But the snow monster is not entirely a bad thing. You may have awakened naturally. In fact, there is a kind of crystal in the brain of the snow monster. Some strong and healthy people can awaken their superpowers if they swallow these crystals! Of course! , there is also a certain chance of failure, the whole person will explode at once, maybe one in ten."
"But I think this is an opportunity. Awakened people are easier to use than ordinary people. Those magical superpowers will definitely come in handy when building dungeons in the future. Also, most of those snow monsters are rough-skinned and thick-bodied. There are many Rifles cannot penetrate, and rocket launchers are not easy to use outside. The main force in the battle must be awakened ones. There are now more than a hundred awakened ones in the entire base, but it is still far from enough. More must be added."
…
(End of chapter)
