Civilization Paradise

Chapter 108 Taking a Gamble (Second Update)

However, Long Ming did not reply to her. He simply raised his water glass and swirled it, offering no further explanation.

Only the snow-covered rocks remained, cold and desolate.

At that moment, Yunyu shouted loudly by the fire.

"Everyone come here, the soup is ready."

Give me some.

Long Ming quickly stepped forward to ask for it.

Yunyu also filled a plastic cup and handed it to Longming.

"Give!"

"Thank you."

Long Ming took it and glanced at it; it was still soup made from canned meat.

He took a sip, and it tasted pretty good. Moreover, the chill in his body was dispelled quite a bit, and his strength was quickly restored.

To be honest, the environment in this world is so uncomfortable.

Not long after Long Ming and the others finished their meal, An Qing and the others called out.

"It's fixed."

"Let's go, we need to get to the shelter as quickly as possible while the weather is still good."

Luo Xue glanced at the weather and addressed everyone.

Although the weather is alright now, the weather in this world is so extreme that it wouldn't be surprising if a blizzard suddenly broke out.

They might freeze to death in the wild, since there are no shelters here.

"understand!"

Long Ming and the others climbed onto the iron plate.

Luo Xue and Jing Chuan rode their snowmobiles again, pulling everyone towards the refuge.

In the dead of night, snowflakes began to fall.

Luo Xue and Jing Chuan rode snowmobiles, taking everyone to a rolling snowfield.

They maneuvered the snowmobiles to slowly slow down and come to a stop.

"It should be right here."

Luo Xue glanced at the map shared by Long Ming and said.

"But I didn't see anything."

Jing Chuan gazed into the distance and said.

"Then spread out and search."

Snowfall gave orders to the crowd.

"understand!"

Upon hearing this, Long Ming and the others all climbed down from the steel plate.

The snow here is so thick that if you step on it even slightly, your foot will sink in.

However, none of the mice present complained. Some of them lay down to increase their body contact area as they climbed on the snow.

Some even took out their skis and started showing them off.

Long Ming, on the other hand, proceeded in a conventional and methodical manner, taking one step at a time.

Ten minutes later.

When Long Ming and the others had come up empty-handed, An Qing stood on a distant snow slope and shouted excitedly.

"it's here!"

"Everyone, go ahead."

After hearing this, Luo Xue spoke up.

Long Ming and the others laboriously moved and climbed up the snow slope where An Qing was, and looked ahead.

A ring-shaped structure, one kilometer in diameter and made of black metal, along with an unfinished mechanical building, came into view.

"What is this? A refuge area?"

Zhihan asked blankly.

"I don't know, I've never seen this before."

"This thing looks a bit like a weather instrument, but it's clearly not finished."

An Qing and the others were also discussing it animatedly.

Luo Xue's eyes flickered slightly, and she calmly raised her hand and waved it.

"Search!"

"Yes!"

An Qing and the others immediately ran over and began searching the area.

Long Ming followed and walked up to the mechanical building.

He stared at the metal wall peeking out from the snow, reached out and touched the exposed wiring, and fell into deep thought.

More than half an hour later.

After An Qing and the others finished their search, they returned to reunite with Luo Xue and the others.

"President Luoxue, we've searched everywhere, but we haven't found any trace of the shelter. This is just an unfinished mechanical building."

An Qing reported with a look of disappointment, "I searched here too, but there's nothing there. Could we have come to the wrong place?"

Zhihan looked at Luoxue with some uncertainty.

"The location is correct, this is the place."

The snowfall was a certainty.

"If that's the case, then it's likely that the refuge area shown on the promotional posters was never built, and the indigenous people perished."

Jing Chuan sighed and shared his thoughts.

"Oh, then all our efforts have been in vain."

An Qing and the others were also dumbfounded.

Upon hearing this, Long Ming remained silent.

"Everyone, don't panic. First, check how far the nearest city is from the evacuation point."

Zhihan spoke calmly to everyone.

Upon hearing this, An Qing and the others raised their wristbands to check the map, and soon they gave specific answers.

“The nearest evacuation point to us is 82 kilometers away, while the nearest city on the illuminated map is the city of Means, which is 122 kilometers away.”

After listening, Jing Chuan said with some trepidation.

"This is troublesome. It will take at least 4 hours to get to the evacuation point from here, and even if everything goes smoothly, it will take more than 6 hours to get to other cities."

"So what do we do now? Evacuate immediately or head to another city?"

Zhihan was also somewhat undecided.

If we evacuate now, this investment will be a huge loss. But if we go to other cities to search, the risks will definitely increase dramatically. If anything goes wrong along the way, we'll lose everything.

Jing Chuan and the others all looked at Luo Xue.

At this moment, Luo Xue turned to look at Long Ming and asked calmly.

"Long Ming, what do you think?"

Zhihan and the others also showed surprised expressions, as Luoxue would actually ask for the opinion of a member of the Rat Gang.

Long Ming thought for a moment and then said.

“Searching in other cities is also an option, but considering the travel time, it probably won’t take long, and even if there are any gains, they won’t be much.”

"Then what do you think?"

"I think the refuge should be here, but it's covered by heavy snow."

"I think so too."

Snowfall replied with absolute certainty.

"Uh, Snowfall, what do you mean?"

Zhihan looked at Luoxue with some surprise.

"Everyone, dig! Even if you have to dig three feet into the ground, find the entrance."

Without hesitation, Luo Xue issued orders to everyone.

"Yes!"

An Qing and the others immediately dispersed, taking out tools such as folding shovels and starting to search for places to dig.

On the other hand, Long Ming stood still, somewhat at a loss for what to do.

At this moment, Long Ming suddenly felt strange gazes and turned his head to look.

He discovered that both Zhihan and Jingchuan were staring at him.

Long Ming felt a little uncomfortable being stared at, so he ran over and used his hands to help dig out the snow.

More than two hours passed in a blink of an eye.

Everyone's hands were almost frozen from digging, but unfortunately they didn't find anything.

However, An Qing and the others did not complain, but continued to dig.

Zhihan stood beside Luoxue and asked with some concern.

"Sister Luoxue, is this really okay?"

"Gamble."

Snowflakes replied calmly.

Zhihan was also very surprised. Although Luoxue said it was a bet, her eyes and tone were very firm, which meant that she was very sure that Longming's suggestion was correct.

Just then, Tang Yue's joyful shout came from afar.

"found it!"

Upon hearing this, Luo Xue and the others immediately rushed over.

Soon everyone gathered around Tang Yue, and in front of her was a snow pit more than three meters deep.

A thick metal protective door was visible inside the snow pit.

"Wow, we really dug it out."

"I never imagined that the shelter would actually be buried under the snow."

"We've struck it rich!"

Yunyu and the other members of the rat gang discussed excitedly.

(End of this chapter)