Doomsday disaster: Start by building a shelter.

Chapter 324 Miniature Oceans
the following few days.

With the completion of the above-ground portion of the farmhouse courtyard.

The entire Eastern Continent began to gradually usher in a tremendous change originating from within human civilization.

The day after completion.

The total number nearly doubled, reaching 2100 Icelake-class transport ships.

Begin looting the area.

It has advanced to the central part of the Kuanjiang River basin.

Shanghe City was one of the first cities to collapse in the early stages of the apocalypse.

This marked the last brief period of prosperity in its life cycle.

Countless robots and engineering equipment.

This includes the city ruins of Shanghe City, as well as the numerous shelters of all sizes throughout the city.

They've all turned into construction sites.

Tens of millions of tons of valuable resources were extracted from it through crushing and separation.

They were continuously loaded into the transport ship from here, and then transported at a speed of 10 kilometers per hour.

The car slowly and steadily made its way towards Jianghe City.

And the farmhouse is the final destination for all transported goods.

It is like a bottomless abyss.

No matter how much supplies are sent in, it cannot be filled.

It is also impossible to see any changes from its already fixed appearance.

at the same time.

Xiaojiang Province in the south.

A unified bus fleet system for commercial vehicles within the province has been established.

A large-scale population transfer was initiated.

Hundreds of caravans from various parts of the province converged on the same road leading back home.

This led to a conflict between Xiaojiang Province and Jianghe City.

Any point along that 800-kilometer route.

During peak hours, a line of commercial vehicles can be seen passing by almost every one or two minutes.

In harsh environments on the ground.

Many times, the visibility was so low that the blizzard was less than one meter.

Faced with trains of this magnitude.

They all seemed to transform into a gentle breeze.

It has no effect whatsoever.

Jianghe City, north of the city, is a steel city.

Compared to the Kuanjiang River Basin and Xiaojiang Province, which concentrated almost all of Su Wu's transportation power.

Steel City is a megacity that is closer to Jianghe City.

It was as if they had been forgotten.

Almost no trains or transport ships from Jianghe City arrive here every day.

On the contrary, the city has nearly 2000 million residents.

Snowmobiles, robots, exoskeletons, and various other equipment were produced through round-the-clock labor.

They were continuously delivered to farmhouses.

To fill the huge labor and engineering equipment shortages that have arisen there due to the surge in transportation capacity.

Simultaneously.

A large wireless power transmission device stands here.

The number has increased to two.

They aggregate all the electricity generated in real time within a radius of hundreds of kilometers.

With a transmission speed of nearly 3 million kilowatts.

It continuously transmits electricity to farmhouses more than 200 kilometers away.

This forms an invisible, yet symbolic, special distribution channel for the transfer of enormous resources.

Based on this transmission speed.

Every hour of normal operation.

Approximately 10 tons of fuel were converted into electricity by generators and remotely stored in the ball lightning control chamber in the farmhouse courtyard.

If it weren't for the emergence and massive increase in the number of Icelake-class transport ships...

It obscured their light.

This sheer volume of goods alone is enough to make it the most powerful transportation tool within the entire rural courtyard system.

Jianghe City, a farmhouse courtyard.

Underground control center.

A holographic projection map of Dongzhou suspended on a metal platform.

It flickers quietly.

Each time its glimmer of light shifts.

Both represent a massive exchange of goods.

They appear in shelters, or somewhere where merchant caravans and Icelake-class transport ships are seen.

Farmhouse.

This is essentially a super fortress.

It is rapidly absorbing the resources of the entire Eastern Continent with an overwhelming momentum.

Silently, it is moving towards an underground city form that has never existed in human history.

5 month 6 day.

For the residents of the farmhouse shelter.

Today is a somewhat special day.

Because the 13th basement level of their shelter was completely completed today.

Located on the 13th floor, it is a large aquarium that is larger than the combined area of ​​the large park and amusement park on the 8th basement floor.

It also opened on the same day.

The basement level is the living area.

"Ready."

Liu Qianqian opened the bedroom door.

With a slightly excited and expectant expression, he spoke to Su Wu.

Today, she was dressed up carefully, wearing a pure white dress.

Her slender and beautiful calves were completely exposed beneath the hem of her skirt.

She was also wearing a pair of simple pink sandals.

She looks pure and lovely, yet exudes a youthful and innocent vitality.

Su Wu was somewhat amazed.

After admiring the girl's figure for a while, he got up from the sofa.

He gently took Liu Qianqian's hand.

"Then let's go."

Considering the past few days.

Liu Qianqian was tasked with reverse engineering and analyzing the technology found on the wreckage of a biological warship.

I'm almost completely exhausted.

On the first day of the aquarium's official opening.

Su Wu simply gave her a leave of absence.

I plan to take her to the aquarium for a whole day.

They were traveling in their own private carriage.

The journey took us through a complex network of transportation tracks within the shelter.

The two went directly to the entrance of the aquarium on the 13th basement level.

The entrance is an open plaza.

Because Su Wu did not restrict ordinary people from entering.

There were still small groups of people around, waiting to enter.

It has a bit of the atmosphere of a pre-apocalyptic tourist attraction.

Of course, there are 107 other entrances of the same specifications in other places.

The first batch of 20 visitors were diverted.

At this time, the huge square was not actually too crowded.

It's a place that's popular enough without negatively impacting the individual visitor experience.

Cross the square.

We then entered the interior of the aquarium.

Su Wu and Liu Qianqian soon stepped into a long corridor made of transparent glass, with the dark blue seawater covering the left, right and overhead.

"It's truly magnificent."

Walking in the seemingly endless corridor.

All you can see is the tranquil and deep sea.

Countless marine fish also roam among them, their beautiful forms reflected in the dim light.

Liu Qianqian couldn't help but exclaim softly in amazement.

Even if she had visited the Sky City Aquarium, which was touted as the world's largest, once before the apocalypse.

There has never been such a magnificent artificial ocean.

This will require an unimaginable amount of resources.

Su Wu quietly accompanied the girl on her stroll.

There was no sound to disturb them.

He personally drew every detail of the aquarium.

At this point, we can then view the site from the perspective of a tourist.

It added a few more unique experiences.

The seawater in the entire aquarium is currently filled.

It is actually a replica made by human hands.

After all, Jianghe City is located inland.

Prior to this, there wasn't even the capacity to transport fuel.

They were forced to develop alternative transportation methods that generate electricity locally and then transmit it remotely.

Not to mention seawater, which is even less valuable.

However, even though it is a counterfeit.

But it is by no means small, with a total water storage capacity of nearly 4000 million cubic meters.

It is 600 times the size of the world's largest aquarium before the apocalypse.

So.

The underwater world outside the glass corridor can actually be seen as a miniature ocean.

It is vast enough to support most of the marine life that inhabit it.

They couldn't tell the difference between it and the real ocean.

Meanwhile, to more realistically simulate the underwater world, Su Wu and his companions are now visiting this glass tunnel.

There is actually a layer of color disguise on the outside.

This ensures that marine life will perceive the glass tunnel as an underwater cliff.

So that you won't accidentally and unpreparedly run into something.

In addition, Su Wu spared no expense in expending enormous resources.

To build such a huge aquarium.

It's not just about preserving some marine species so they don't go extinct.

There's another reason behind it.

This is to provide an extra layer of protection for the shelter and increase the margin for error.

If we talk about the future, for certain reasons...

The shelter can no longer obtain any resources from the outside world.

So this is an aquarium.

It can then become a reserve resource area.

Used to extend the life of a shelter in desperate situations.

Of course, when it really comes to that point...

The so-called miniature ocean, and the marine life inside.

They'll probably all end up as specimens.

Or they might simply become food for the residents of the shelter.

Su Wu did not hope that day would ever come.

I spent a full half-day exploring the aquarium.

Then, I took the opportunity to enjoy a special dinner at the underwater revolving restaurant.

night.

Su Wu and the other two did not leave the aquarium.

It's located in a three-sided transparent ocean-view bedroom situated underwater.

They spent a wonderful night together.

For Liu Qianqian, this day was a pleasant date.

For Su Wu, this was also a rare opportunity to relax.

They can temporarily avoid dealing with the complex affairs of the shelter and facing the silent yet dangerous surface.

morning.

Holding Liu Qianqian's light and soft body in his arms, Su Wu slowly woke up from his deep sleep.

I received a message from artificial intelligence.

Just last night, while he was sleeping.

Abnormal changes have occurred in the sea area where Zhenhai City was originally located.

The earthquake activity has remained at a level of 5 to 6 for a long period of time.

In a short period of time, it rose to level 7 or above.

The noticeable tremors even spread more than 100 kilometers to the coastal shelter.

For large power plants located in mountainous coastal areas.

All of these have had some impact.

He frowned.

Su Wu did not get up for the time being.

He lay in bed and watched the situation at the seaside shelter via projector.

"The average wind force reached level 9."

“Cracks have also begun to appear on the frozen sea surface.”

I quickly glanced at the real-time measurement data.

Su Wu's gaze.

A frozen frame in the projection, showing a seascape shot from the perspective of a seaside refuge.

All I could see was the edge of the ocean.

The dark, heavy clouds seemed to have hung low over the sea.

There were occasional bursts of intense light from lightning.

Tumbling in the clouds.

Occasionally, it will peek out from behind the clouds and explode on the ice.

A scene resembling an apocalyptic world on the verge of annihilation.

"A branch cyclone from the deep ocean."

"It has already shifted 40 kilometers toward the coastline."

"And the trend of movement shows no signs of slowing down."

"It seems there's going to be trouble at the power plant in the mountains."

Even at this moment.

The girl in my arms gave me a soft, warm touch.

However, Su Wu could still feel a chill emanating from the earth's surface.

He had a vague premonition.

This may only be the beginning.

More than half an hour later.

Su Wu hurriedly returned to the control center.

Call the Eden satellite.

The climate and geological activities of Zhenhai City were analyzed and predicted once again.

Unsurprisingly, we got a terrible result.

There is a greater than 70% chance of finding a safe haven near the sea.

It will be engulfed by the raging cyclone's core within the next 3 to 5 days.

By the time.

The wind speed there is likely close to the speed of sound.

The power plant was built in the mountains not far from it, along with fuel oil and other supplies temporarily stored there.

They will all face great danger.

"There are also geologically active zones, which are showing a tendency to spread outwards."

Unlike ordinary earthquakes.

The geologically active zone in Zhenhai City has virtually no transitional period of respite.

The entire process was characterized by high-intensity oscillations.

Besides farmhouses.

All other shelters in the entire Eastern Continent, if unfortunately caught up in it.

Then there will only be one outcome: disintegration.

Looking at the analysis report.

Su Wu pondered for a while.

Turning our attention to the Binghu-class transport ship group, which is nearing the end of the Kuanjiang River basin.

Three days have passed since the completion of the three-story shelter.

The total number of Icelake-class transport ships has also increased to 4100.

In theory, it only takes one or two trips.

That would allow them to transport the remaining 6000 million tons of fuel oil from the coastal mountainous area.

However, apart from fuel.

In that mountainous area, there are still hundreds of millions of tons of ordinary supplies transferred from Zhenhai City.

How to transport it away is also a problem.

According to Su Wu's original plan.

The order is to arrange the Ice Lake-class transport ships in order of proximity.

After plundering all the resources in the Kuanjiang River basin.

Then they went to transport ordinary supplies to the mountainous areas.

There was nothing wrong with that.

With the current production rate of one thousand Icelake-class transport ships per day.

At most one week.

Then it will be the turn of the mountainous area.

But a pity.

Now it's clear that there isn't even a week left.

"We can only abandon some of the less important supplies for now."

"Try to start by rescuing the high-value parts."

A geological dynamic analysis report of the Eden satellite.

Import it onto the holographic map of Dongzhou.

The upper branch cyclones and the movement routes of geologically active zones.

The trend is almost pointing directly in the direction of Jianghe City.

It was shocking to see.

Su Wu pondered for a long time.

The decision was made to suspend the current mission of the Icelake-class transport ship group.

Get them to stop collecting construction waste.

They then sped off to the coastal mountain area.

“It’s not realistic to transport all the supplies from the coastal mountain area back to the farmhouses.”

"But storing it in a shelter along the way is also not quite appropriate."

"No one can guarantee that the geologically active zone will remain on land after it makes landfall."

"It will not continue to spread at an accelerated pace."

"Moreover, the shelters in the Kuanjiang River basin have already been mostly demolished."

"There's nowhere to store it."

The consequences of looting too thoroughly became apparent at this moment.

Su Wu was embarrassed to discover this.

He couldn't even find a place to temporarily stay.

However, this did not trouble him for long.

soon.

He then turned his attention to a place 70 kilometers north of the coastal mountains.

According to the predictions of the Eden satellite.

The cluster of shelters located there is highly unlikely to be on land immediately after the branch cyclone makes landfall.

It was devastatingly affected.

There is some room for maneuver.

(End of this chapter)