September.
The temperature dropped to freezing.
Acid rain is still falling.
But it has begun to be mixed with fine hail.
In less than twenty days, the temperature dropped from over 70 degrees above zero to zero degrees.
It is almost falling by three to four degrees every day.
The sky is still gray and it's hard to see.
Continuous acid rain has made the environment for human survival even worse.
Zombies are the last straw for many survivors.
Big camphor tree base.
The number of zombies, which is increasing day by day, not only does not decrease, but also continues to increase.
It stands to reason that they are also continuing to use mobile knives and even use crossbows to shoot zombies on the fence, but the number of zombies has not decreased.
Fortunately, due to the continuous darkness and zombie tide, these zombie corpses under the wall were devoured by other zombies, so there was no accumulation of zombie corpses.
You know, once the zombie corpses pile up, even if they build additional walls, the zombie corpses will pile up to a certain height.
Once stacked to wall height, they face even bigger problems.
If faced with that situation, they would have to find a way to lure the zombies away or clean up the corpses to solve the problem.
The second outer city.
third floor.
This place has been completely transformed into a space for human power generators.
In the past few days, He Bing and the others have successively made human-powered generators and moved them here.
Yesterday, the electricity generated in one day was 400 degrees.
This power generation capacity is already very considerable.
It can not only provide lighting for the second outer city, but also support the lighting electricity for the first outer city and the wall.
Fifty human-powered generators, each spaced more than two meters apart, are connected to a socket behind the two wheels, and the socket is inserted into the battery.
Xiao Hu got off the human-powered generator and wiped his sweat. Today, he rode a bicycle to generate electricity for an hour in the morning, noon, and evening, which was considered as exercise.
There is not enough food now, so in order to save energy, the daily working hours have been reduced a lot.
On average, each person only has 2 to 4 hours a day.
"Let's go, butcher." Xiao Hu said to Zhu Xiao next to him after getting off the electric bicycle.
After finishing speaking, he picked up a bottle of water and drank half of it.
In the Second Outer City, although they don't have enough food, they still have enough drinking water.
On average, each person can consume 3 to 5 liters of water, which is enough for daily drinking.
But they don't know how valuable these clean water sources are to people outside the base.
Right now, the whole world is covered by acid rain.
Whether it is groundwater, river water, or reservoirs, they are all polluted by acid rain.
If you want to obtain truly clean water, it can only be obtained through distillation, but distillation is time-consuming, laborious, and a waste of energy. Most importantly, the amount is very small.
Zhu Xiao heard Xiao Hu's greeting and slowly lowered his speed. The zero-degree temperature and the violent exercise made his whole body emit white smoke.
The huge and strong muscles were covered with sweat and looked full of strength.
"Okay." Zhu Xiao slowly stopped and got off the bicycle.
He used his coat as a towel to wipe his body, and also picked up a bottle of water and took a few sips.
The two of them walked together and walked downstairs.
On the second floor, there are some people making bows and arrows there, and there are also hundreds of people. In the middle, there are two piles of things clearly placed.
One pile is made of bows and arrows, and the other pile is logs.
The two glanced at each other and walked downstairs.
The lights downstairs were brightly lit, and after using the human-powered generator they used, Li Yu was not stingy, allowing them to use electricity freely, including using some electrical appliances collected from outside.
Zhu Xiao has a huge body and eats two or three times as much as an ordinary person.
Although he is a non-staff member and can get a fixed quota of six to seven kilograms per month, it is still not enough to eat.
So he also borrowed the maximum quota of five kilograms of rice that Li Yu had promised them from the base on credit.
Together with some of the food they had stored during previous missions, it was enough for Zhu Xiao to eat.
Indoor plantations were built in the first outer city and inner city, including in caves.
In the second outer city, an underground plantation was also built, but Anya and the others had been busy with the plantations in the first outer city and the inner city, and the basement of the second outer city was not opened.
There are two reasons. The first is that there is no solar photovoltaic power generation. Although some power can be increased through wind power generation, it has not been turned on in order to save energy.
The second one is to save water. After all, it’s only 6,000 tons of water.
But later, after Anya learned that the Second Outer City could produce 400 kilowatt-hours of electricity per day, she gave Li Yu suggestions to plant crops with relatively low water requirements.
Such as potatoes and wheat.
Li Yu thought this idea was good, so he asked Anya and the others to start planting in the second outer city.
Since there was sufficient manpower, some people were drawn from the Second Outer City to help.
At the same time, each person in the Second Outer City was given an orange grown previously.
These oranges, after being stored for a period of time, are now ripe and sweet.
Everything is on track.
No one came out to cause trouble anymore.
After finding something for them to do, many people are no longer bored. Once people get busy, they won't have random thoughts.
And because it is necessary to ensure the growth conditions of crops and a constant temperature environment, many people are willing to come to work in this basement.
In order to ensure the safety of the plantation, some non-staff personnel are specially assigned to guard it 24 hours a day to prevent someone from stealing the seeds.
Western Conference.
Days of acid rain have caused many people's skin to suffer from allergic symptoms and unbearable itching.
Drinking water has also become a huge problem, and many people have no choice but to drink water contaminated by acid rain.
In Gan Xiong's room, he stood alone on the window sill. The tabletop kettle behind him was emitting white mist. The white mist passed through the condenser tube and was distilled into pure water.
Gan Xiong looked at the dark building outside, his eyes solemn, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
After a long time, he sat on the stool and drank the glass of pure water in one gulp.
Da da da--
There was a knock at the door.
"Come in." Gan Xiong's voice was rich and deep.
Qianlong came in. His trousers were wet but his hair was dry.
"Father, the east wall is now temporarily stable." Qianlong said after entering the door.
"Yeah. Very good. You haven't had much rest for several days. Go and rest first."
Qianlong glanced at his father in surprise. His father had been very strict with him since he was a child. Generally, if he could get a decent compliment for something he did, it was already a compliment.
Now he said it was very good, which made him think a lot more.
When father and son met, Qianlong didn't know what to say, so he said dullly: "Then I'll go down first."
Gan Xiong's throat rumbled twice, and he had something to say in his heart, but he couldn't say it out.
At this time, after hearing Qianlong's words, he could only say: "Okay."
Qianlong left and closed the door.
Calm returned to the room.
Gan Xiong felt a little tired. He was already seventy years old.
As for the Western Alliance, various forces are now undercurrent.
These days, based on Lao Zhuang's reaction, it was discovered that some people in the base were in a riot mood. Most of these people were civilians who had originally attached themselves to the Zhang family.
It always makes people collapse when it gets dark all the time.
On the verge of despair, there is also a lack of water and food.
Gan Xiong kept thinking in his mind about how to arrange the way for these people.
The migration of zombies is accompanied by many accidents and coincidences.
Zombies are gregarious creatures. When encountering a larger group of zombies, a small number of zombies will also blend in.
But generally, they flow without purpose.
And precisely because they migrate without purpose, they may appear anywhere.
This time, for unknown reasons, many zombies migrated on a large scale from north to south.
It is about two hundred kilometers away from Xincheng.
Hundreds of thousands of zombies are heading south.
The cities they passed through, without exception, became cities of death.
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However, Li Yu and the others did not know all this.
The migration speed of zombies is very slow. If they don't smell human breath or the vibration of sound, they generally won't be excited. When they are excited, they will move much faster.
Orange Isle.
Hai Chao, who had been practicing all day since last time, woke up.
Although the back of my right hand still hurts, it is much better than before.
At least there won't be that swelling and pain, which would give him the feeling that the back of his hand is about to explode.
After waking up that night, he looked at the still dark ceiling.
The feeling of exhaustion all over my body came over me like a tide.
There was a knock on the door.
Haichao jumped up from the bed, opened the door and saw Baozi.
"Brother Hai, Mr. Gan is looking for you." After saying that, he left alone.
Hai Chao was a little helpless. Yesterday, he clearly told Gan Shang that he needed to recuperate for two days. He had hardly rested in the past few days.
It was clear that the river had already risen and it did not require too many people to watch, but Gan Shang still asked them to brave the acid rain to guard the wall.
This makes some people complain a lot.
He walked towards Gan Shang's room with a heavy heart.
Knock on the door.
The person who opened the door was one of Gan Shang's maids. This maid had slap marks on her face, and it seemed that she had just been slapped.
Haichao entered and said, "Boss, you are looking for me."
Gan Shang still coiled the beads in his hand and did not answer him immediately.
One minute later.
Gan Shang raised his eyebrows, twirled the beads in his hand and said, "Yesterday, didn't I tell you to take care of the diesel generator? Why haven't you done it yet?"
There was doubt and anger in his voice.
Hai Chao felt a surge of resentment in his heart. He had been busy all day long, and he had to be at the forefront of everything.
There was something wrong with Duanmei's eyes before, but he didn't give him any medicine. His right hand was injured, and the bones were visible.
Moreover, he had not rested for many days, so he asked for a day off.
He had obviously taken care of the diesel generator when he returned to the room that day. Could it be that it broke again?
Thinking of the Western Alliance behind Gan Shang, Gan Xiong and others, Haichao had been to the Western Alliance and naturally knew the situation there.
Now most of the food is transported by Ganshang from the Western Alliance.
Suppressing the anger in his heart, he said in a low voice: "Mr. Gan, when I went back to rest yesterday, I already dealt with the diesel generator. If there is another problem, I will solve it now."
Gan Shang sneered and said, "I asked Baozi to take care of it a long time ago. When you come, you won't even be able to eat hot shit."
steamed stuffed bun?
Thinking of the way Baozi looked at him just now, Hai Chao suddenly felt nervous.
I didn't know what to say for a moment.
Gan Shang still fiddled with the beads in his hand and said: "Hai Chao, you have been with me for a long time. The reason why I reuse you is because you are conscientious and not lazy. You must remember that I can help you." If you come up to manage me, I will naturally let you go down. You must always remember that without me, you are nothing."
Gan Shang's words were hard to hear. Hai Chao lowered his head and couldn't see his eyes clearly.
He gritted his teeth and slowly released them.
The seeds of resentment in my heart broke out of the ground and sprouted.
He is not sure now what the other managers, such as Baozi, Duanmei, Jiuzhi and others, think.
If you can handle them, you can do it yourself.
After adjusting his mood, Haichao said flatteringly: "Boss, what you are saying is that I am just your dog. I was injured in the past two days and did not have a good rest, so I did not show up at your place yesterday. I will definitely come again in the future." Check what you told me and make sure you don’t make a mistake next time.”
Hearing what Hai Chao said, Gan Shang thought that his attack was effective, so he raised his head and said to Hai Chao: "Well, you have been with me for so long, you should know my style of doing things. I only look at the results, and I only look at you. What have you done, so you don’t need to say too much. Just do it and show it to me.”
"I understand." Hai Chao raised his head and nodded to Gan Shang.
Gan Shang looked at his expression carefully, then waved his hand and said, "Okay, you go down. Today you go to see the west wall. The temperature has dropped recently. Be careful of zombies crawling over after it freezes."
When Hai Chao heard this, his heart suddenly tightened again.
freeze?
They finally waited for the water level of the river to rise, but if the river water outside freezes, that doesn't mean that the zombies can stack up high enough to climb into the wall.
And with the accumulation of ice below, the zombies don't have to pile up from the river bed. It will be easier to climb in.
Knowing the seriousness of the problem, Haichao ignored his dissatisfaction at this time and said to Gan Shang: "Boss, let me go out and check the situation first."
Gan Shang lowered his head again and waved his hand to let him out.
Hai Chao bowed slightly and then left.
Day, it's getting colder.
A full three degrees lower than yesterday.
He quickly returned to the room, put on two more clothes, and then walked out of the hall.
As soon as I walked out, I felt a biting cold wind blowing.
The acid rain falling from the sky turned into sleet at some point.
(End of chapter)
