Doomsday: Humanity shrinks 100 times

Chapter 247 Settlement
"I heard you talk about it before. It was in a park?"

"Well, it's quite safe there. There is a warp tree there, but it's still in its infancy and can't be observed yet."

Zhang Song thought for a moment and said thoughtfully, "The living environment in the park is probably completely different from here, right?"

"Well, the main problem is that food is a bit scarce, but we've developed now, so there's nothing to worry about. Besides, our base is in a vending machine."

Zhang Song's eyes lit up: "I see, this sounds like a hidden and safe base indeed."

"Well, I'm planning to go back soon. If you're interested, you can come with me. But before that, I might have to explore Blood Hand."

Zhang Song nodded and said, "Okay."

The two ended the topic for the time being.

The electricity has been connected, and the next step is to officially start the manufacturing of automated equipment.

However, this thing is very complicated and you can't think about it while doing it. You must draw a design in advance.

Lu Yuning was basically unable to help and could only hand over the data to Zhang Muyan's research team and Zhang Song.

Lu Yuning had a rough understanding of it. According to Zhang Muyan's idea, this equipment was divided into three main parts.

The materials are mixed according to the ratio. There are two ways to handle this part. One is to rely on the flow rate of the container itself, that is, to control the thickness of the pipe diameter to control the final output ratio.

The other method is storage plus load-bearing, combined with automated control. The advantage of this is higher accuracy, but it is naturally difficult to determine, so it sounds like they have eliminated this method.

The second part is the precipitation process of sodium nitrate, which solidifies the sodium nitrate liquid into crystals through distillation.

The final result is a mixture of sulfur and charcoal.

The biggest problem in the entire process is the material ratio. If there is any mistake, the finished product will lose its original properties.

In addition, if there is a problem with the ratio of the reaction tank, residual acid or alkali liquid will affect the precipitation of sodium nitrate.

It is estimated that this design drawing will not be completed in a short time, mainly because the dimensions need to be output proportionally and the dimensions need to be accurate. Fortunately, there are a lot of rulers in school, and there are more accurate vernier calipers in the physics laboratory.

Taking advantage of this time, Lu Yuning plans to explore the Blood Hand area.

But before that, there are two things to do.

The first one is a time acceleration experiment, which is to see the impact of Lu Yuning’s supernatural powers on humans.

The second thing is that the night navigation light must be made in advance, otherwise it will be very troublesome to operate at night. Now that the laboratory has electricity, we can find a way to make a light.

Lu Yuning had already considered this matter in advance, so the wires and switches had been reserved in advance.

Finally, you just need to get a lamp with a longer range in the right location.

However, this night light may be quite conspicuous. It is pitch black at night, and it would be too conspicuous to turn on a bright light.

Therefore, there are some requirements for night navigation lights. First, they must be high enough, and secondly, the direction of the light must be upwards.

This ensures that people flying in the sky can see it without affecting people on the ground.

So make a mirrored lampshade to surround the bulb.

Considering the weather, I'm afraid we need to make a rainproof cover, otherwise the light bulb will explode directly when it gets wet with rain.

Once he had the idea, Lu Yuning started construction quickly.

Just make the shelf and lampshade first, then move the bulb to the lampshade above, and connect the wires at the end.

This job is no longer difficult for Lu Yuning now.

The night navigation lights were made very quickly and the effect looked pretty good. From the ground, you could only vaguely see a little halo.

But it is extremely clear at high altitude.

After that, it won’t be so troublesome. You can clearly identify the direction at night and there is no need to find temporary accommodation at night. The transportation efficiency is much higher.

After this thing was made, Lu Yuning and the other two prepared to set out to explore the location of the Blood Hand Tribe.

However, there were some personnel changes this time. Wu Xiao was replaced by Zhang Xinyue. Lu Yuning had to go no matter what, and so did Gu Yu. The only position that could be replaced was the auxiliary position.

This was Zhang Xinyue's first time experiencing this novel and exciting way of moving. She was a little nervous at first, but gradually became excited. It seemed that everyone was longing for high-altitude flying.

According to previous bird's-eye observations, the location of the Blood Hand Settlement should be about two to three kilometers east along the river.

This was quite easy for Gu Yu, who had already sailed more than ten kilometers.

As for the sailing distance, it can only be calculated by time.

However, Lu Yuning has been gradually improving his map.

At this time, the map in his hand already had five key marked points. The first mark was the original base of Weiguang. About three kilometers to the west along the river was the school, which was where they were now.

There is an electricity sign next to the school, indicating the location of the solar power generation equipment.

Beyond that is a large question mark 3 kilometers to the west, representing the location they will explore next.

As for the area between the school and the base, a crude creature that looked like neither a cat nor a dog was drawn, representing the mutant wild dog that could discharge electricity that was encountered before.

Lu Yuning still couldn't forget it. This thing must be extremely powerful. It would be great if he could get it to guard the door.
The three of them flew for less than ten minutes and soon made a discovery.

It was already night, and except for the moon in the sky, everything was pitch black. However, there was a place below that looked very bright.

Lu Yuning was very familiar with this milky white light. It was the same color as the young leap tree he had seen in the park before.

This thing is really conspicuous. It's like a natural mocking device, as if it's afraid that others don't know of its existence.

After seeing this area, the three of them quickly landed towards the nearby residential area.

It is not clear whether getting close to this thing will be discovered by people in the settlement, so it is better to be cautious.

Moreover, in such a large gathering place, there must be many people with special abilities. It is hard to say whether there are people who also have the ability to fly.

The three of them fell from a high-rise building. Learning from the previous experience, Lu Yuning asked Zhang Xinyue to detect the platform first to prevent it from becoming an animal toy again.

After confirming that there were no other living creatures, the three of them finally felt relieved.

"How do we get there? It's still quite a distance away, right?"

"Well, it's probably less than 50 meters away. It should be a wasteland next to the community."

"It should be no problem to fly directly over there, right?"

Lu Yuning shook his head and said, "There might be something like a space crack above this tree. I've observed it before, and I'm worried it might have some anti-aircraft damage, so we have to fly close to the ground to be safer."

"That's fine, but you can't see it at night," Gu Yu said.

Lu Yuning smiled and said, "It's okay, this time is different. You forgot that Xinyue is here, it's her turn to perform."

Zhang Xinyue, who was standing by, suddenly interrupted: "By the way, I feel like my superpowers have changed a bit recently. I forgot to tell you before." Lu Yuning asked in surprise: "Huh? Evolved again?"

Zhang Xinyue nodded and said, "I guess so. We've been able to use echoes to perform scene projection mapping analysis before. We've analyzed that I should be able to emit sound waves that humans can't recognize."

Lu Yuning immediately realized: "Are you saying that this sound wave has some effect?"

"Well, it seems that when you concentrate your mind, you can affect some animals, causing them to feel temporarily uncomfortable. I accidentally discovered this during our last battle."

Lu Yuning asked thoughtfully, "Does it have any effect on other creatures?"

Zhang Xinyue shook her head: "I've tried it before and it had no effect on insects or humans. As for birds, I haven't tried it yet."

"Insects are fine, but if it can affect birds, I'm afraid the effectiveness of this ability will increase dramatically."

Zhang Xinyue nodded and said, "I thought so too. The main thing is that the base's airship still needs my help in controlling it. If it can be effective against birds, it will be a good means of air defense. Otherwise, it will be easy for them to be attacked by other birds."

"That's right. If we have air defense protection, we can try long-range exploration and put it into formal use."

This ability seems to be quite important at the moment. There are more and more animals that can be contacted. Zhang Xinyue had no means of attack before, but now she is far ahead of the bear man. Even Lu Yuning finds it difficult to cause harm to large animals.

Lu Yuning looked at the Blood Hand Settlement in front of him. The tree didn't look very big, but its shape didn't really look like a tree. From a distance, it looked more like a high-tech signal tower.

It seems that this settlement has the ability to domesticate animals, but it is not known whether there are any domesticated birds.

"Let's go, now that we're here, let's go take a look and find out the details first."

The two nodded and stopped talking, then prepared themselves and flew towards their destination, both feeling a little nervous.

……

After flying close to the ground, the biggest problem is the poor visibility, but with Zhang Xinyue, it is much easier.

"Slow down, I need to translate the information for you. There's a building ahead, be careful to avoid it. You can turn left to go around it."

"Just keep flying in a straight line at this speed."

"The flight altitude has increased and an obstacle has appeared below."

...

The humanoid radar is officially online. With Zhang Xinyue's night exploration ability, Gu Yu is no longer blind.

Lu Yuning thought that it would be much more convenient if she could bring Zhang Xinyue with her on every night flight. It was just a pity that Gu Yu could only bring two people at most and the places were really limited.

In fact, if we can bring more people, including Wu Xiao, Zou Yunxin, Xia Fei, Han Yingying and others, we can even realize the ability of stealth aircraft and aerial bombing. If this small team performs well, it can even annihilate the entire settlement.

Both the maneuverability and the attacking power are maximized, but this is just wishful thinking. Gu Yu's ability improvement does not seem to increase the carrying capacity, but rather improves attributes such as flight distance and stability.

However, if I can meet people with flying abilities again in the future, I can absorb them as well. With just two more people with flying abilities, an air mobile force will no longer be a dream.

"Be careful, there are animals ahead!"

Zhang Xinyue's scream woke Lu Yuning up. Gu Yu received the order and quickly rose without thinking. At this moment, a huge cat below seemed to have focused its attention on the three of them.

Cats have very strong night vision, and the three people were moving, so they were discovered just now. Fortunately, Zhang Xinyue and Gu Yu reacted quickly enough, otherwise the three of them might have been in trouble.

Cats move very quickly, and the three people who enter its attack range may not even have time to react.

The three people in the air were all frightened and broke out in cold sweats. It seemed that flying on the ground was indeed very dangerous. Although there were fewer birds at night, there were still many nocturnal animals. This incident served as a wake-up call for the three people.

The three of them were planning to continue flying, but they heard some noise from below.

"what happened?"

"I don't know, the beast seemed frightened just now."

"Is there an enemy attack?"

One person shook his head: "That shouldn't be the case. I guess something just flew past."

"…Could it be someone passing through the air?"

"That shouldn't be the case. How can it be flying in the air without making any sound?"

"It's better to be careful. I'll go report the situation."

The two people below stopped talking.

Large settlements are indeed different. Even at such a distance, there are outposts, and they are highly alert.

The three of them were a little nervous at this time. Zhang Xinyue had already expanded the detection field of view to the maximum. If there was any movement, they would have to run for their lives.

Gu Yu whispered, "What should we do? Should we continue flying forward?"

Just as Lu Yuning was about to speak, a voice suddenly came from below: "We've been notified. They said there's nothing to worry about. As long as there's no large force coming, it's fine."

"Um"

The three people hovering in the air at this time were extremely surprised. From the time this person said he would go to notify the other party to the time the other party responded, it took less than half a minute.

It looks like they have communication equipment or some kind of supernatural ability.

But it is somewhat understandable. They have expanded the scope of investigation so widely that it will be meaningless if communication is not timely.

Judging from the other party's conversation, it seems that he is not worried about lone enemies entering the settlement, which shows that he is still quite confident. It is probably not easy to break through ahead, and Lu Yuning is already a little hesitant.

However, seeing the destination so close at hand, they finally decided to go in and take a look. Night was their only chance.

The range is so large that Yu Ning doesn't believe that the other party has such a large reconnaissance range.

Even with radar, it would be difficult to identify shrunken humans at night.

After figuring it out, Lu Yuning signaled to Gu Yu and Zhang Xinyue, and the three of them continued to explore inside carefully.

As we get closer to the central area, there are more and more animals below. However, apart from the two common creatures, cats and dogs, no other creatures have been seen so far. These two creatures are the most rampant in the city.

Without human intervention, the reproduction rate of stray cats and dogs outside will be extremely terrifying.

The three of them stopped temporarily.

At this time, they were less than 20 meters away from the leap tree, but Lu Yuning felt an inexplicable sense of crisis at this moment, so he had to let Gu Yu stop.

There are little lights on the open space below, but they don't look like incandescent lights. They look more like LED lights or small lighting devices such as flashlights.

These devices can be lit up by batteries, so it seems that they do not have the ability to generate electricity. It seems that even in an organization with a large number of people like this, it is rare for people with construction abilities like Lu Yuning to appear.

However, the development direction of this organization should be to rule over animals. It may be somewhat similar to the previous insect organization and has given up the development of science. After all, without suitable superpowers, re-climbing the technology tree is very slow, and there may even be a technology lock.

(End of this chapter)