Doomsday disaster: Start by building a shelter.

Chapter 326 The Valley Where Storms Meet

"Wait, this isn't right."

"They're so fast—"

The middle-aged scavenger had no time to react.

The tavern door was then violently kicked open with a bang.

Several drones equipped with cold, hard weapons flew into the tavern.

Using its externally projected mechanical voice, it immediately announced the takeover of the area.

The scavengers inside the tavern.

They looked at each other blankly.

No sound was heard.

But deep down, everyone is aware of it.

Something big is about to happen at the shelter.

After half an hour.

The scavengers who were chatting in the tavern not long ago.

We dutifully reached the top floor of the shelter.

They lined up to receive tools, ready to work as instructed by the invaders.

And there.

They also unexpectedly discovered several disheveled former shelter officers who seemed to have been treated the same as ordinary laborers.

"Where's the director?"

"It seems they were killed for resisting."

I quietly inquired about the information from the people who arrived earlier.

The scavengers became more docile.

No matter what the intruders told the robots to do, they did it without hesitation.

Including the time spent traveling along the way.

It only took a dozen minutes in total.

The refuge was designated by Su Wu as a temporary warehouse.

The largest Bluebird Refuge was subsequently captured.

Then the residents there were not given any time to adapt or buffer.

Artificial intelligence then began to arrange for them to use local materials.

The shelter was renovated.

To make the most of the available space available for subsequent transport fleets.

And at the same time.

Between the surface of the Bluebird Refuge and the coastal mountains.

The first batch of over 100 Icelake-class transport ships fully loaded with supplies.

A procession stretching for over ten kilometers stretched across the snow-covered plains.

They began to slowly move towards the Bluebird Refuge.

As they move forward.

Occasionally, there will be several or even dozens of robots.

Carrying various tools, they broke away from the group halfway through.

The roads used by the transport ships were repaired and widened.

Based on the current size of the Ice Lake-class transport ship group.

To fully utilize their transport capacity on this short 60-kilometer stretch of road.

The road needs to be widened to at least 70 meters, which is equivalent to more than 20 parallel lanes.

"It is estimated that 40 robots will be deployed."

"The total construction time was 13 hours and 20 minutes."

"It's barely acceptable."

I glanced at the construction report submitted by the artificial intelligence.

Su Wu's gaze lingered for a moment on the ever-growing fleet of transport ships.

They then returned to the mountains.

Large power plants in mountainous areas, as well as large wireless power transmission devices.

Everything is still operating normally.

With a power generation capacity of up to 5000 million kilowatts.

Each hour of operation can consume more than 1 tons of fuel.

Faced with such a generous reward.

Until the very last moment.

Su Wu did not want to dismantle them rashly.

Seven or eight hours passed slowly amidst the busyness.

The main force of the massive Ice Lake-class transport ship group gradually moved into the material storage area in the coastal mountainous area.

The entire mountainous storage area covers a vast area.

It consists of one large canyon and 13 smaller valleys.

It includes 11,700 large and medium-sized warehouses.

Even with more than 4000 Icelake-class transport ships flooding in at the same time, it did not feel crowded.

However, although the place is spacious enough.

However, a portion of the mechanical legion was diverted to widen the roads.

In the absence of sufficient loading and unloading workers.

Overall, the efficiency of loading supplies is not very high.

average down.

Only two or three transport ships can be loaded per minute.

That means approximately 140 million tons of supplies can be transported per hour.

Fortunately, this is only temporary.

As the teams that had gone out to repair roads gradually boarded returning transport ships, they returned to the coastal mountainous area.

The speed of shipments began to improve significantly.

Ultimately, the transport capacity reached nearly 200 million tons per hour.

The transport ship group arrived in the mountainous area 27 hours ago.

A branch cyclone originating from Zhenhai City.

They finally made official landing near the seaside refuge.

at this time.

In the mountains not too far from the seaside refuge.

Even during the daytime.

The sky had completely darkened.

The howling wind swept past the large wireless power transmission device located at the highest point of the mountain.

Let it be the base of the tower below.

It occasionally produces unstable tremors.

The indicator lights on some of the towers also began to flash.

"The wind is still picking up."

"Continuing to persist would be quite dangerous."

"Let's stop here."

Looking at the holographic map.

The magnified power transmission tower shows yellow pressure warning signs in many places.

Su Wu knew that the safest period in the early stages had ended.

I did a few things on the console.

Cut off power transmission from the coastal mountainous area.

After a few seconds.

Standing at the highest point of the coastal mountain area, the power transmission tower has been operating continuously for many days and nights.

The intense light at the top of the tower began to slowly fade.

It made the already dim sky even darker.

It grew even darker.

at the same time.

A large power station in the valley.

All devices were also shut down simultaneously.

The dismantling and packing process has begun.

These power generation devices are relatively expensive.

Once the packaging is complete, they will be shipped out first.

34th hour.

It was accompanied by a muffled rumble.

On the edge of the mountain, a vulnerable section of the mountain was eroded to the brink by a supersonic storm.

The entire collapse from top to bottom.

The temporary warehouse was located on the outer edge of a valley that originally formed an almost perfectly closed loop.

A narrow gap appeared.

It was like a storm carrying the aura of destruction.

They poured in through the gap.

It collided with the first Icelake-class transport ship that had just been loaded with supplies and was preparing to depart.

It contains a gale with energy no less than that of a giant wave.

It was like a hard control.

Little by little, the massive hull of the Ice Lake-class transport ship was pushed off its original course.

Then it slowly moved toward a giant warehouse at the back.

A few minutes later.

When the two collide.

It didn't last more than a few seconds.

The walls of the giant warehouse were the first to show dense cracks.

Then, at some point, it shattered.

Countless pieces of debris had not yet hit the ground.

This was accompanied by a large amount of supplies in the warehouse.

They were all swept up by the strong wind.

Meanwhile, the Ice Lake-class transport ship was the other party in the collision.

They didn't gain anything either.

Its hull is, after all, made of only a thin layer of cheap, low-temperature metal.

Under the enormous impact of the collision.

The entire ship began to twist violently in an instant.

Then, along with the twisted metal hull, it was squeezed towards the engine and the massive solid-state battery storage area.

A series of minor secondary explosions inevitably occurred inside the ship, delivering the final, fatal blow to the already teetering transport vessel.

Without the shelter of external transport ships and temporary warehouses.

Deep in the valley.

More warehouses began to be swept up in the chaotic and violent air currents.

"We can't go on like this."

"We must find a way to plug the gap."

Su Wu didn't care about the damage to one or two transport ships and warehouses.

However, it cannot be ignored that after the entire valley was thrown into chaos by the storm from the outside world.

That's why shipping efficiency plummeted overall.

Without much hesitation.

He immediately directed several transport ships, also laden with supplies, to rush toward the gap created by the storm.

Ten minutes later.

With the combined efforts of several transport ships of 10,000 tons.

The not-too-large gap at the edge of the mountain area has been temporarily blocked.

The devastated valley has temporarily found peace.

But this situation is destined not to last long.

The Icelake-class transport ships were never designed with defensive features in mind.

Even though their own weight exceeds 10,000 tons with the help of supplies.

It's too crispy.

Just a few dozen seconds after facing the storm from the outside world.

The two outermost Icelake-class transport ships showed signs of impending disintegration.

It was out of necessity.

Su Wu then mobilized most of the spider robots in the valley.

Use the remaining quick-setting cement in the valley.

All of them were taken to the opening for pouring.

An attempt to quickly build a wall to keep the storm out.

The characteristic of fast cement is that it sets in three minutes.

It played a crucial role during this crisis.

soon.

Before the few Ice Lake-class transport ships ahead were swept away by the supersonic storm.

A city wall that is 1 meter thick and 20 meters high.

It had already been built up, and the breach had been tightly sealed.

"A 20-meter wall is still a bit too low."

"It needs to be raised to at least 50 meters."

"But we can take it slowly."

It is not difficult to further reinforce the existing city wall.

It's simply a gradual extension of the process of refining skills.

And this job.

It also doesn't require too many robots to participate.

Most of the robots that were temporarily deployed to the breach can go back to continue loading supplies.

36th hour.

A rapidly constructed concrete wall lies across the gap in the valley.

It withstood the test of the strong winds.

No problems occurred.

But it is higher up where it has no shelter.

The relentless, violent air currents have been gradually peeling away the higher mountains surrounding the valley.

This frequently leads to landslides or mudslides.

This makes the environment in the valley less safe.

40th hour.

boom!
The ground was shaken.

Millions of tons of soil falling from a great height.

The temporary warehouses in the valley were mostly buried.

Thousands of robots of various models are working in these warehouses.

Destroyed in an instant.

Su Wu calmly watched this scene from afar using the holographic map.

There has been no comment on such a devastating loss.

Moving supplies out of the mountains is like snatching food from a tiger's mouth.

It can reliably transport goods for 40 hours.

That's already considered a huge profit.

"There are still about 3000 million tons of general supplies and 6000 million tons of fuel oil left."

"There wasn't time to move them."

"Try to hold on a little longer."

at this time.

Although some robots were lost.

This has led to a significant decline in the overall labor force in the valley.

However, the loading and unloading of supplies became more violent.

For example, to shorten the distance during the shipping process.

It is possible to break through multiple walls around a huge warehouse.

This results in different export destinations.

The actual transfer speed is not slow.

It even slightly exceeded the initial speed, reaching 240 million tons per hour.

52th hour.

In the coastal mountainous area, only millions of tons of ordinary supplies and fuel remained to be transferred.

Multiple landslides occurred simultaneously.

The storm, which had been blocked from the outside of the mountains for a long time.

A new gap has finally been found.

It roared and charged into the valley.

Using their accumulated strength, they successively destroyed a large number of temporary warehouses.

"It's time to leave."

They realized that the situation was beyond repair.

Su Wu was not greedy.

He decisively issued an order to evacuate the more than 2000 Icelake-class transport ships that were still in the valley.

His order took effect.

All the robots still working in the temporary warehouse.

They immediately abandoned the ordinary resources and fuel that were being loaded onto the truck.

They began to board the nearest transport ship in single file.

They retreated northwards towards the mountainous region.

The entire evacuation process was not smooth.

The valley was turbulent due to the chaotic air currents.

In addition, a large amount of debris from the landslide was swept into the air.

It accelerated to a terrifying degree.

Many robots encountered accidents during the boarding process.

And even if they successfully enter the transport ship.

This does not mean absolute safety.

Occasionally, some transport ships are unlucky enough to be hit by solid rocks weighing tens or hundreds of tons.

They immediately lost their motivation and fell silent.

There are also some transport ships that are not carrying supplies and are relatively light in weight.

Unfortunately, they landed where the storms converged.

It collided with the mountain out of control.

finally.

Only a little over 1400 Icelake-class transport ships successfully escaped the valley, which had become a storm vortex.

And as the last transport ship convoy embarked on its journey to the Bluebird Refuge in the north...

Su Wu, who was far away in a farmhouse in Jianghe City, also received a list of the losses and gains of this operation.

"A total of more than 700 Icelake-class transport ships were lost."

"More than 30 robots of various models."

"9400 million tons of general materials were transferred out."

"There is also a 5000 million kilowatt power plant facility and a large wireless power transmission system."

"The remaining seven to eight million tons of general supplies and more than 6000 million tons of fuel oil."

"We didn't have time to move them."

"Based on the final situation before the evacuation."

"All the temporary warehouses should have been destroyed by now."

"The chances of recovering them after the disaster are virtually zero."

This result.

It wasn't the best ending.

But it's not that bad.

Nearly 100 million tons of ordinary goods basically represent most of Zhenhai City's assets.

Master them.

This can not only make up for all the losses of this operation.

The remaining funds are enough to allow the farmhouse to expand further.

They simply couldn't salvage the more than 6000 million tons of fuel oil.

It's a bit of a pity for Su Wu.

"Next, we need to figure out a way to transport them back to the farmhouse."

Put down the statistics list.

Let's refocus our attention on the map of Dongzhou.

Su Wu looked at the branch cyclone that had already made landfall near the coastal refuge.

It has also extended its reach to geologically active areas less than 10 kilometers from the coastline.

Knowing what will happen next.

It's estimated that it won't be too easy either.

(End of this chapter)