Doomsday: Humanity shrinks 100 times

Chapter 39 Indoor Bathroom

The rainstorm lasted all night.

Lu Yuning woke up from her sleep early in the morning. The air was extremely fresh after the rain and the sun was shining brightly outside the window.

Yesterday was the best night of sleep Lu Yuning had had since the end of the world.

The sound of the rain is mainly soothing, and I feel safer in the shelter.

At this time, there was still a lot of water in the low-lying areas of the square, and the tree trunks were also wet.

He first ran to look at the container he had made yesterday.

He saw it standing there from a distance, apparently not washed away by the water, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

It is already filled with water, but the water still seems to have some impurities, probably due to air pollution.

But it’s not a big problem. At worst, you can just filter it again. This way, you don’t have to worry about water problems recently.

Lu Yuning walked back to the shelter, but saw Zou Yunxin running out in a hurry.

He greeted Lu Yuning and hurriedly jumped down the stairs, then disappeared stealthily behind the tree trunk.

Lu Yuning touched his chin and immediately understood what was going on. He felt a little amused and thought that Zou Yunxin must have gone out to relieve himself.

There is no other way around this. The shelter is now built on a tree trunk, which makes it inconvenient to get on and off. When in a hurry, I can only jump down.

He was about to walk back to the shelter when he found Wu Xiao also running out in a hurry.

"Good morning, Yuning," Wu Xiao greeted while running, and disappeared without waiting for Lu Yuning to say anything.

It seems that he is in a similar situation.
It seems that the disadvantages of building this shelter on a tree are gradually becoming apparent, mainly in terms of convenience.

Although a staircase was built, it was still a bit worrying to look at the winding staircase when encountering special circumstances.

There are two aspects to optimization. One is to renovate the up and down stairs to make them automatic and straight up and down.

The second is to place some necessary facilities in the shelter.

As for automatic elevators, with their current manufacturing capabilities, it is probably impossible to achieve this.

Then we can only start with the infrastructure, and the most urgent thing at the moment is naturally the bathroom.

When Lu Yuning thought of this, he happened to meet Zhang Qian who had already gotten up.

"Good morning, Sister Qian. I have something I want to discuss with you."

He greeted her politely, and then naturally wanted to discuss with her the construction methods of indoor bathrooms, which was her area of expertise.

Zhang Qian is older than them. After thinking about it, Lu Yuning felt that this was the only appropriate name.

Calling her "Qianqian" like Zhang Xinyue would be somewhat intimate, but Lu Yuning couldn't bring herself to call her that, and calling her by her name felt a bit strange.

"Good morning, Yu Ning." Zhang Qian seemed startled and had a strange look on her face.

Lu Yuning found her expression a little strange, but didn't think too much about it.

"I mainly want to ask you, can we build the bathroom indoors? It seems that this facility is quite necessary at the moment." Lu Yuning continued.

"Well, that should be possible, but we need to deal with the sewage first." Zhang Qian thought for a while and gave a suggestion, but her words were a little intermittent.

"Sewage discharge?" Lu Yuning's eyes lit up, as if thinking about something.

As expected of a professional, Lu Yuning thought about it and realized that he had never thought of this at all.

Their current living conditions are similar to those of urban buildings. If they want to build some facilities, sewage disposal should be the first step.

Only after sewage and drainage are in place can we consider facilities that generate wastewater such as toilets, kitchens, and bathrooms.

Otherwise, the sewage will be difficult to treat, the shelter will become damp, and the odor produced may pollute the entire residential area.
"Great! I hadn't thought of that. It's still early. How about you teach me how to do it, Sister Qian?" Lu Yuning was a little excited at first, but then she glanced at Zhang Qian and noticed that she looked a little off. Her face flushed, and she looked at Lu Yuning a little embarrassedly. She wanted to speak, but seemed to swallow it back.

Lu Yuning was stunned for a moment, then opened his mouth slightly, and finally understood what was going on. Zhang Qian should be in a similar situation to Zou Yunxin and the others.

"Oh, sorry, why don't you go first"

"Yeah," Zhang Qian said softly, then ran under the tree without looking back.

"There is someone behind the tree!" Lu Yuning kindly reminded.

Zhang Qian stumbled and almost fell down the stairs.

After the morning incident, Lu Yuning immediately gathered a few people together to discuss the matter.

The main thing is to first confirm everyone's thoughts. After all, if this thing is not handled properly, it may affect the living environment of the shelter.

"I fully agree! It's really inconvenient when you have to pee urgently." Wu Xiao was the first to agree.

"That's right, I was almost bitten by an ant when I was going to the bathroom this morning!" Zou Yunxin agreed.

Zhang Xinyue's face turned red and she reached out to pinch him.

"I...I agree, but it's a bit uncivilized." Zhang Qian was a little shy, but still expressed her willingness in a tactful way.

So the plan to build an indoor bathroom was officially put on the agenda.

Once things were talked out, they became less awkward, and Zhang Qian also gave her own opinion.

“The sewage pipes must be made of plastic, otherwise they will pollute the shelter.”

"The drainage pipes in the bathroom should be made into a U-shape, so that the odor can be isolated by water sealing."

Lu Yuning nodded and then asked, "Where should the sewage outlet be placed?"

"This may need to be connected to the ground. The sewage should be kept as far away from the shelter as possible. Although we don't have much now, there will always be some smell over time." Zhang Qian replied.

Lu Yuning nodded, understanding what she meant.

"In that case, we'll need quite a few materials. I guess we'll have to go to the trash can."

"Going again!?" Wu Xiao obviously had not forgotten his previous experience.

Although Wu Xiao was very reluctant, the scavenging operation could not be completed without him.

Xu Qi did not show up today. She had previously told Lu Yuning that she would come here every morning.

It's almost noon now.

However, Lu Yuning didn't think much about it for the time being. After all, it rained heavily yesterday. According to his thinking, there should be some trouble over there.

But it shouldn't be life-threatening, I guess there's just a lot of mess to deal with.

In this way, he and Wu Xiao had to walk there by themselves.

Originally, Zou Yunxin also insisted on going together, but Lu Yuning was a little worried about the shelter, so it was better to leave him here.

Their ability to protect themselves has improved a lot now, and they are very familiar with the road to the fork in the road. The danger level is not high, and he and Wu Xiao can move faster with light equipment.

Lu Yuning reminded Zhang Xinyue that if Xu Qi came, she should tell her where she was going.

Then he and Wu Xiao set off towards the trash can.

Having been used to hitchhiking recently, the two of them were a little uncomfortable walking on the road, so they had to speed up their pace and jog all the way to their destination.

(End of this chapter)