Doomsday: Humanity shrinks 100 times

Chapter 37: Shelter Prototype
Lu Yuning temporarily put aside the construction of the shelter. Water is something that the more the better. They don’t have the ability to get water quickly now and can only rely on Xu Qi.

However, in reality, her efficiency in fetching water is not very high, so she can stock up as much as possible.

There are many things you can do when you have enough water. In addition to drinking water and domestic water, you can also try to build indoor toilets and bathrooms.

Moreover, water has a relatively large specific heat capacity and a long heat dissipation time, so it can be used as a heating system.

……

It is relatively simple to make the container, and then you just need to make a triangular support to fix it.

To be on the safe side, we need to find a few more stones to pile up, and we can leave this task to Wu Xiao.

His special abilities have gradually become more and more important.

The main thing is that he can ignore the weight of the object itself, which is particularly important.

Others followed Lu Yuning's instructions and started collecting materials in advance. Because they were not sure when it would rain or how long it would last, they could only collect the necessary materials in advance and then move them to the tree hole.

After several busy days, the day's work is over.

The shelter is almost done. I'll install the windows tomorrow and then figure out how to get rid of the moisture.

It was getting dark, and since it might rain at any time, everyone had to move into the tree hole early today. They had wanted to have a formal housewarming ceremony, but they didn't expect it to be so hasty.

But I have to say that the sense of security inside the tree hole has increased dramatically, but it is a bit damp, and there are too many materials, so it is a bit crowded.

The entrance of the hole was temporarily sealed by Lu Yuning with plastic.

It was dark outside, but it was still early. The five of them sat bored in the tree shelter, chatting casually.

"Tomorrow I will try to install a window in the tree hole, and then add some partitions inside, and the prototype will be almost ready. After that, I will take the time to slowly finish the individual dormitories. Let's just live together for the time being." Lu Yuning talked about what he would do tomorrow.

"Finally, I have a decent place to live!" Zou Yunxin was happy.

"It's still a sky villa!" Wu Xiao agreed.

"It's a bit dreamy that I can actually live in a tree hole." Zhang Qian has gradually integrated into this group and started talking more.

"When will we get a shower room..." These were naturally said by Zhang Xinyue.

The four of them were very enthusiastic and had high expectations for their new residence and the planned facilities in the future.

Lu Yuning listened to the heated discussion with a smile, occasionally expressing his own views.

"Ok?"

He was listening to several people talking when he suddenly felt a bright light in front of his eyes. It seemed that a beam of light flashed from the hole in the tree outside.

The four of them heard his somewhat surprised voice and quickly stopped discussing.

"What's wrong? Is there something outside?" Zou Yunxin asked in a low voice.

"Well, but I roughly know what it is." Lu Yuning nodded in the dark.

He was surprised at first, but when he came to his senses, he roughly knew what was glowing.

Look at the color of the light, it is green, it should be fireflies.

Although it is autumn now, the weather has not yet turned cold and it is still the climate for fireflies to be active.

"It should be a firefly," Lu Yuning identified it and said to a few people.

"Wow, I've never seen that before."

"Me too."

"I only saw it in the countryside when I was a child, but rarely now."

Several people crowded at the cave entrance, looking out and discussing at once.

"It would be nice if we could catch one and raise it." Someone said.

"Indeed, we can't do anything at night without light, even though its light source isn't necessarily stable." Lu Yuning thought about it and agreed. "However, this thing is quite dangerous for us right now," he added.

"Dangerous?" Several people were curious.

"Fireflies are actually quite ferocious predators. There are some toxins in their bodies. People of our size might be attacked and killed." Lu Yuning thought about what he knew about fireflies.

"Hiss~" Several people couldn't help but take a breath.

This thing looks cute, but I didn't expect it to be dangerous.

However, even if you really want to catch one, there is obviously no way to do it at the moment. You can pay attention to it later to see if you can trap one.

This little episode passed quickly, and the few of them started chatting happily again. Finally, amid Lu Yuning's snoring, they stopped talking.

As the main force in the construction of the shelter, Lu Yuning is basically busy all day, so the few people naturally couldn't bear to wake him up.

The next day, everyone got up early at dawn.

The sky is obviously much darker today, and signs of rain are becoming more and more obvious, so we need to build the shelter as soon as possible, otherwise it will be difficult to carry out subsequent work when it starts raining.

There are three main tasks today.

First, in order to ensure the light transmittance of the shelter, several windows need to be opened.

There are not many options for window locations, because windows can only be opened in the direction of the opening.

Since the entire space needs to be divided into two rooms, one window in each room is just right.

Zhang Qian suggested making the windows directly into floor-to-ceiling windows, and then making a left-right sliding device for easy opening and closing.

Considering the thermal insulation, the windows should be made into two layers with some space in between.

The second problem is the dampness of the tree trunk.

After thinking it over, Lu Yuning felt that he could directly use pebbles to make some stone slabs, which could be used for paving except for the top.

Then try to let Zou Yunxin dry it inside.

The workload is actually not that big, and his special abilities should be enough to handle it now.

Finally, you need to make some partitions inside, with the corridor in the middle. The living space of each room should be about 3cmx2.5cm, which is basically enough.

Because it will be expanded later, there is no need to make it too big for the time being.

The overall plan was almost done, so Lu Yuning didn't delay and started working right away.

"How about it, Yuning, is there anything I can help you with?" Zou Yunxin is not a lazy person. Seeing Lu Yuning busying herself, he wanted to help but couldn't.

"Yes, there is." Lu Yuning nodded.

"Hahaha, it's finally my turn to play. Tell me what's the matter." Zou Yunxin was extremely happy.

"You need to heat and dry the new house. It's too humid inside." Lu Yuning ordered.

"No problem. Oh, that's not right. There's no aluminum left." Zou Yunxin was suddenly stunned.

"Well, why don't we take down the aluminum sheet first? It will be enough for our drinking water for now. It's not difficult to make, and I can make another one later." Lu Yuning said after thinking for a while.

"Okay, then I'll go put it in the tree hole." After saying this, Zou Yunxin ran away in a hurry, walked to the water heater, and after a while, he took the aluminum sheet down, then climbed into the tree hole carrying the aluminum sheet.

"Hey, hey, hey, Lao Zou, what are you doing?" Wu Xiao stopped him.

"I'm busy, please don't disturb me!" Zou Yunxin said arrogantly.

"I know, that's why I'm asking, how are you going to get up there carrying all that stuff?"

"Hmm. It seems like there is indeed some trouble." Zou Yun scratched his head, he actually forgot about this matter.

"Let me help you." Wu Xiao patted him on the shoulder with an expression that showed he knew you were stupid, and then he put the aluminum sheet into the space with a thought.

(End of this chapter)