Doomsday disaster: Start by building a shelter.

Chapter 325 The Scavenger
As for those shelters belonging to a supercity.

It has absolutely no connection with Su Wu.

None of this matters.

At worst, we can just take it down.

Anyway, it won't waste much time.

"The supplies in the mountainous area can be stored there temporarily."

"We'll slowly transport them back once we have more free time."

"The overall loss should not be too great."

"The main focus is on the geologically active areas on the seabed, and the direction and speed at which they spread after reaching land."

"But even in the worst-case scenario..."

"At most, it will just add a few hundred kilometers to the journey."

Make proper arrangements for the evacuation of supplies.

Su Wu felt a little more confident.

Ultimately, although this disaster was an unexpected event.

He didn't have much time to prepare.

However, he now has the capacity to transport supplies, and he was involved in the recent demolition of shelters and the recovery of urban ruins.

A growing professional loading and unloading team.

Its scale is already quite large.

As long as you plan carefully.

It is highly likely that we can keep the overall losses within a certain range.

I turned my gaze away.

Su Wu ranked the remaining tasks according to their importance.

Continue to further refine the command and control of the main group of Icelake-class transport ships.

More than 4000 Icelake-class transport ships.

The data on paper doesn't seem like much.

But just one glance is enough.

Upon seeing the Ice Lake-class transport ship, its massive hull resembled a seven- or eight-story residential building.

You'll realize it immediately.

So many transport ships have come together.

What a breathtaking scene it must have been!

Wherever they land, a city can instantly form.

And at such an astonishing scale.

To fully unleash their potential.

It is destined to be an extremely complicated matter.

Not to mention anything else.

It's just a supporting engineering team used for loading and unloading goods.

This involves various engineering equipment and the number of robots used as construction workers.

They often use hundreds of thousands as the unit of measurement.

There's also the specific mobilization and command aspect.

There is no supercomputing power to support it.

Replace them with a regular staff team.

Even if you worked yourself to death, it would be impossible to miss anything.

"Currently, the engineering team is stationed in the Kuanjiang River basin."

"Crushers, compressors, and mobile rapid cement production lines, etc., are all related to the demolition work."

There's no need to stay.

"Considering that the overall value of these devices is not low."

"A special transport ship squadron could be formed to take them back to the farmhouses."

"The remaining task is to transport the supplies by the robot army and engineering equipment."

"Then it will travel to the coastal mountainous area along with the main transport ship."

The manufacturing cost of robots is also quite high.

Su Wu at this time.

They were sent to dangerous coastal mountain areas.

It is destined to suffer considerable losses.

However, compared to the returns that could be obtained from transferring hundreds of millions of tons of ordinary supplies and more than 6000 million tons of fuel oil, this is only a small fraction of the total.

These losses.

Both are acceptable.

"Then, assemble a squadron of sixth-generation fighter jets."

"Airdrop a batch of robot troops to those shelters 70 kilometers north of the coastal mountains."

"Take it over first."

"Make preparations for warehouse renovations in advance."

Zoom in on the map of the northern part of the coastal mountainous area on the holographic map.

Su Wu casually pointed out the forty or fifty shelters of varying sizes that were located there.

They were all included in the scope of forced requisition.

foreseeable.

Those shelters housed a total of one or two million residents.

Whether they were once powerful and influential figures or ordinary people who were exploited to the bone.

They will all passively face tremendous changes in their lives and destinies.

And these things.

For Su Wu, however, they were all insignificant.

There's no need to even mention it.

After half an hour.

After receiving Su Wu's instructions.

The first batch of dozens of Icelake-class transport ships were launched.

It slowly appeared near the coastline.

The ship's massive searchlights illuminated the snowfield ahead, which was darkened by the thick, low-hanging clouds.

"Wind speed 25.2 meters per second."

"It has risen significantly compared to just over an hour ago."

"The wind force has reached level 10."

Using cameras on the lead Icelake-class transport ship.

Su Wu saw a huge building that was faintly visible in the distance.

That was for Su Wu to facilitate the transfer of supplies from Zhenhai City.

A temporary warehouse was quickly erected on the surface of the seaside shelter.

However, by this time, all the supplies inside had already been completely removed and transported to the mountainous areas further north.

All that's left is a thin layer of quick-setting cement coating.

A bolt of lightning suddenly shot out from the clouds at that moment.

It drooped down to the ground-level warehouse complex.

A warehouse located exactly where the lightning struck.

A huge gap was immediately blown open.

Many fragments of wreckage were scattered into the gale.

Su Wu remained silent for a moment after reading this.

Nothing more was said.

He simply sighed softly and turned his gaze back to the transport ship's route.

He knew it wouldn't be long.

That warehouse complex, which still looks quite magnificent now.

It will disappear in the even more violent storm that follows.

And this is only the beginning.

The seaside shelter itself is located underground, as well as other shelters in the surrounding area.

They will soon follow in the footsteps of destruction.

"If there were no farmhouses or courtyards."

"This place is probably littered with corpses by now."

Don't be fooled by the fact that it's now a seaside refuge.

Even the Kuanjiang River basin area had long since become a no-man's land.

No matter how much disaster rages here, it won't hurt anyone.

In fact, without Su Wu's intervention...

Just Zhenhai City.

Perhaps even now, no more than 10 people have managed to escape.

The remaining 3000 million residents.

It could only be taken along with the Zhenhai City shelter, which has now been completely destroyed.

They lie forever in the depths of the ocean.

Seaside shelters located along the coastline, as well as other shelters in the surrounding area.

It also cannot have the capacity for large-scale migration.

The hundreds of millions of people living there.

They could only watch helplessly as disaster approached.

They tore apart their only refuge, piece by piece.

Destruction is, in fact, the theme of this era.

We continued driving along the coast, which was already shrouded in storm, for over an hour.

The advance team finally arrived at the true temporary supply depot deep in the mountains.

One by one, the hatches began to slowly descend from the massive Ice Lake-class transport ship.

A large number of robots and driverless engineering vehicles.

They carried the necessary tools and supplies.

It surged forth like a tide.

Without stopping, they began unloading supplies stored in the mountains onto the transport ships.

A farmhouse courtyard with three underground floors.

Remote Control Center No. 3.

Zhang Chen carefully controlled the robot located in the coastal mountain area.

He walked out of the transport ship's interior.

Once they leave the protection of the ship's hull.

A warning for a minor overload immediately popped up on his control screen.

Power consumption increased by more than 5 percentage points.

"The environment here is just too terrible."

Zhang Chen's actions became more cautious, almost subconsciously.

The service robot he was operating was the worst performing model among all the robots in the farmhouse courtyard.

The entire body is assembled from the most common low-temperature steel frame.

In terms of weight alone, it almost didn't even surpass the size of a robot dog that was much smaller.

Poor performance.

This naturally brings various inconveniences.

For example, right now, we are walking through the strong winds, which have been weakened considerably after being blocked by the mountain.

The movements still inevitably show obvious signs of deformation.

This allows for the integration of intelligent programs into the robot's body.

It has to consume more power to correct the movements and center of gravity.

To maintain body balance.

And as its manipulator.

Zhang Chen also had to devote more energy to avoiding making any sudden movements.
To break this balance that is already nearing its limit.

Fortunately.

This difficulty is only temporary.

After struggling to enter a huge temporary warehouse, the strong winds subsided.

The humanoid service robot has finally regained its original sensitivity.

No problems were caused by messing it up.

Zhang Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

I glanced at the task details assigned by the artificial intelligence.

They began maneuvering the robot deeper into the warehouse.

his mission.

It involves doing some classification and filling in the gaps.

The remaining tasks all require some effort.

Other specialized robots of different types will come to share the workload.

Once you get into real work mode.

Over these days, Zhang Chen has become familiar with the operation.

It is no longer necessary to maintain a high level of concentration.

I can spare some energy.

I chatted with my colleague next to me for a while.

"The environment on the ground today is really terrible."

"We almost crashed just now."

Zhang Chen complained.

His next-door neighbor.

He was a middle-aged man named Hu Shi, with a full beard.

Don't let his rugged appearance fool you.

In reality, he has a very mild temper and almost never gets into conflicts with others.

"A little bit."

"I can also see a huge vortex cloud over here."

"It's terrifying to even look at."

Hu Shih deeply agreed.

He was operating a spider robot equipped with a vibrating shredder.

I just happened to receive a task to repair the road surface.

We can see more information outside the mountainous area.

"Vortex cloud".

"Like the kind that appears in Zhenhai City?"

Zhang Chen became somewhat interested in what he was hearing.

"It's not like it."

"I think it should be the vortex cloud over Zhenhai City."

"It just ran to the shore by itself."

Hu Shi shook his head in denial, his tone carrying a hint of worry.

I am a resident of Zhenhai City.

There is a certain degree of attachment to the shelter where I once lived.

I always subconsciously collect related news.

And before this job.

He then learned that the last warehouse section of the Zhenhai City shelter had just been swallowed by lava.

In addition, he was suddenly told to stop his original work and rush to the coastline to repair the road.

Everything points to an even worse possibility.

Even if we stay in a land-based shelter now.

It may not necessarily be safe.

"This world."

"They're practically making it impossible for people to survive."

Zhang Yun recalled the vortex clouds he saw online and the explanations and explanations given to them by netizens.

I couldn't help but shiver.

If that thing appeared on land, it might be able to uproot mountains.

He couldn't imagine it.

Ultimately, how many shelters survived after he passed through?

Linhai mountainous area, in the north.

Bluebird Refuge.

Black New Bar, 17th basement level.

The dim yellow light made the small bar interior space somewhat dark.

A group of young people dressed in different ways, but with uniformly fierce physiques.

We sat here chatting over carbonated cola with syrup.

They were a group of scavengers.

They relied on various tools, either homemade or purchased.

It is active in spaces where the temperature is below -70 degrees Celsius.

Search for pre-apocalyptic relics in the surface ruins, or trade with residents of other shelters.

In exchange for resources to survive.

Occasionally, he would run errands for the wealthy people in the shelter, doing some private work that couldn't be openly discussed.

It was tough and a bit dangerous.

However, their income is still much higher than that of ordinary shelter residents.

"Hey, did you hear that?"

"Something happened at the Hook and Rope Refuge."

"There are several thousand people over there, and they have all lost contact with the outside world."

Although they can't afford alcoholic beverages.

However, cola made with a bubble machine can still slightly stimulate the nerves.

Let these people get into a lively conversation.

They revealed a lot of hidden information.

"It's 20 kilometers away."

"The shelter that was completely submerged underwater?"

“I once did a deal with people from that area.”

"They were so generous; they had so much medicine and food that it seemed like they could never use it all."

A young scavenger was intrigued.

"Their shelters were built to large-scale standards."

"As a result, only a few thousand people were able to move in."

"Of course we're rich."

The middle-aged scavenger who brought up the topic curled his lip.

His face showed a mixture of envy and disdain.

"But what's the use of having more money?"

"Bad luck."

"That's when the accident happened."

"I heard that a crack just appeared in the ground."

"They completely swallowed up their shelter."

"Now, there is no trace left in the original location."

As he spoke of the later events, an overwhelming sense of regret appeared in the eyes of the middle-aged scavenger.

It would be fine if it were just a person who died.

The legacy of those people can also allow well-informed and daring individuals like the middle-aged scavenger hunter to make a fortune.

But a pity.

But there was nothing.

The wealthy people in the grappling hook shelter, along with their inexhaustible resources.

They went to sleep together deep underground.

"A large shelter, just like that, gone."

The young scavenger was astonished.

It's a bit unbelievable.

Then he quickly became worried again.

"We're not far from them."

"Will you encounter the same thing?"

"Who knows what luck is?"

"We might be the next unlucky ones."

The middle-aged scavenger hunter nonchalantly gulped down a mouthful of cola.

He was about to say something more.

Suddenly, my ears twitched slightly.

Some unusual activity was detected.

He immediately stood up and pressed his ear against the tavern wall.

I listened carefully for a while.

After a while.

His expression turned serious.

"I heard gunshots and the shockwave from the explosion."

"It's quite large."

"Someone has broken in from the outside."

(End of this chapter)