Chapter 982: Freezer, Sweet Potatoes

When the sun came out, many people looked at it.

The heavy rain that had lasted for many days made them yearn for the sun.

But what they didn't expect was that the sun, which originally symbolized hope, gave them a heavy blow.

Some good things can hurt people if they exceed their tolerance limit.

The sun symbolizes warmth, and excessive warmth will turn into burning.

At that moment, many people's eyes became temporarily blind, and they lowered their heads in panic and crawled to where the sun couldn't reach.

Oil City.

Except for those on duty who were still on guard in the sentry tower on the wall, everyone else was ordered by Ju Tianrui to stay indoors.

Two hours after the aurora passed.

The sun came out.

Some of them looked at the sun outside through the windows of the sentry tower.

In an instant, their eyes were burned by the sun and they became temporarily blind.

But at least they were in the sentry tower, and they avoided the chance of skin contact with the sun by squatting down.

"My eyes hurt." A team member only looked for two seconds, and his eyes felt like being pricked by a needle, and he was in pain.

He squatted down, and tears flowed from his eyes.

They had been told by Ju Tianrui to be alert to abnormal situations, but they had never known what the abnormal situation would be.

But at this moment, they understood.

They avoided the sun, but there were still three or four people who had temporary blindness in their eyes due to looking directly at the sun.

"Go tell the battalion commander."

"Okay."

One of the team members looked at the radiation protection suit that had been brought up from the sentry tower, and at this time he suddenly understood the use of this thing.

He quickly put it on and hurried to the central building of the oil city.

At the same time, Ju Tianrui, who had not slept, stayed in the conference room and watched the sudden light outside.

It was too bright!

The curtains were not drawn, and the sunlight shone through the glass on the floor inside.

The whole room seemed to have heated up several degrees.

Ju Tianrui was thoughtful, and stretched out his fingertips and slowly approached the sun.

Hiss!

So hot!

"It turned out to be the sun!" Ju Tianrui said in his heart.

Then he shouted to the others in the conference room: "Don't expose yourself to the sun, draw all the curtains, quickly!"

At this moment, a team member who ran down from the sentry tower came in wearing a radiation protection suit.

"Captain, the sun outside is scorching, you can't look directly at the sun, three of our brothers have had their eyes burned."

Ju Tianrui saw him wearing a radiation protection suit and understood everything.

This is the situation that General Li wanted them to be careful of, why he asked them to hide indoors after the aurora appeared, and why he sent them radiation protection suits.

"Carry down the brothers with injured eyes, get well water to give them cold compresses, and notify everyone to pay attention to the sun, draw the curtains, and stay indoors." Ju Tianrui said.

"Okay." The team member wearing the radiation protection suit ran out quickly.

"Dongtai!"

Ju Tianrui shouted loudly.

"I'm here."

"Count how many sets of radiation protection suits we have in total, and move all the others here except those in the sentry tower." Ju Tianrui said.

"Okay." Dongtai nodded, then put on the explosion-proof helmet, wrapped himself in a piece of cloth, and walked out with his back to the sun.

Ten minutes later.

Dongtai came in with seven or eight team members, all of whom were wearing radiation protection suits and even goggles.

"Battalion commander, in addition to the eighteen sets placed in the sentry tower, there are thirty sets of radiation protection suits. There are a total of fifty-eight sets of radiation protection suits, and each set of radiation protection suits is equipped with goggles." Dongtai walked in and said.

Ju Tianrui thought for a while and said, "That's enough. One set will be distributed to the duty personnel on duty, and five sets will be given. The extra ones will be used as emergency backup."

Dongtai nodded, then took out five sets of radiation protection suits and handed them to Zuo Ruxue and the others.

At this time, six or seven people came down from the wall, and they helped the team members whose eyes were burned by the sun down.

After letting them lie down, Zuo Ruxue quickly poured the slightly cold well water that had just been drawn on their eyes, and then soaked a towel and applied it to their eyes.

"There is no eye drops. Let's give them an anti-inflammatory pill first to avoid inflammation." Zuo Ruxue picked up the medical kit and said.

Ju Tianrui nodded and said, "Okay."

More than an hour later, the team members whose eyes were burned by the sun tried to open their eyes.

Their eyes were red, as if they had conjunctivitis.

Although their eyes were still dry and swollen, they didn't look at the sun for too long, and the damage was limited. With cold compresses, they can now open their eyes and see things.

Seeing that they didn't have any major problems, Ju Tianrui was relieved.

"You three don't have to be on duty for the time being. I will have someone take over. You stay in the room and heal your injuries for the time being." Ju Tianrui said so when he saw that they could open their eyes.

"Okay, thank you, battalion commander." The three said.

Big camphor tree base.

The zombies outside were hiding under the burning of the scorching sun.

Zombies originally like shade and hate sunlight. Under such fierce solar radiation, these zombies were greatly affected.

The walking speed slowed down, and the zombies that were originally piled up collapsed in just a dozen seconds.

The outer white skin exuded a burnt smell.

They hurriedly left the wall and fled to a dark place.

It has been raining for so long that even the national highways in slightly lower places outside have been submerged.

These zombies hid in puddles, caves, and abandoned buildings.

However, as they walked, the skin of the zombies was exposed to the scorching sun and fell off.

Some zombies that stayed in the sun for a long time had large pieces of flesh and blood, which would surely kill people if they were placed on them.

But these are zombies, even if they only have a head left, they are still "alive".

On the wall, Uncle San was wearing a radiation-proof suit and a helmet with goggles, watching the zombies outside.

I couldn't help but complain: "These zombies are really tenacious. They won't die even if they are like this. It seems that only by piercing the zombies' heads can they be fatal."

Li Yu also sighed beside him:

"Zombies adapt to the environment much faster than humans. The long-term extremely cold and freezing weather did not freeze them to death, and even formed white skin.

But fortunately, zombies cannot reproduce, while humans can reproduce, and sooner or later they will destroy the zombies."

Uncle San looked at the zombies outside and nodded.

Under the solar radiation, the temperature rose quickly, and they were very stuffy in their radiation protection suits.

"Xiao Yu, how are Lao Dong and his team doing? The temperature has been rising, and the freezer can't hold on for long."

Li Yu said: "It should take another two hours. It is said that a magnetic shield is needed to restore some electricity.

The magnetic storm is still going on, and we can't see it at all. If we rashly turn on the power system, it is very likely to cause the power system to collapse."

"Oh, this is really." Uncle San didn't know what to say for a while.

He thought of the fruits and vegetables in the underground planting base and greenhouse. If there is no power support, the crops will not last long.

At this time.

He Chao came up wearing a radiation suit.

"City Lord, the magnetic shield is ready and can be used now." He Chao said after approaching Li Yu.

Li Yu was a little surprised when he heard this. He just looked at the mechanical watch and the time was not yet the time estimated by Dong Ying. How could it be so early.

"Okay, let's go and see."

Li Yu followed He Chao to the wall.

Now that the power system collapsed, there was no way to take the elevator, so they could only walk down.

Soon.

Li Yu and He Chao arrived at the second outer city maintenance factory.

He took off the heavy helmet, pulled down the radiation suit, and tied a knot at the waist.

He Chao came in and closed the door of the maintenance factory.

"City Lord."

"City Lord."

"Brother."

"Xiao Yu."

Seeing Li Yu and the others come in, Lao Luo, Lao Dong and others spoke one after another.

Li Yu waved his hand and asked, "Is the magnetic shield ready? How much power can be restored?"

The old boss thought for a while and replied, "It's hard to say. You can only know after trying it."

"Then hurry up, go to the inner city to install it now." Li Yu said directly after hearing this.

For the entire camphor tree base, the most important thing is the warehouse in the basement.

There are the most important supplies of the base stored there.

Including most of the food, firearms, seeds, freezers, and even zombie attracting potions.

This warehouse is divided into zones, and each area will have different temperature and humidity settings

And these are all driven by electricity.

Now that the power is out, they have not opened this warehouse until now.

Everyone put on radiation protection clothing and goggles and followed Li Yu into the inner city.

In fact, ordinary clothes can also block light, just keep the skin from contacting the sun, but it is too inconvenient to wrap it up, and it is inevitable that some skin will be exposed during walking.

In addition, the heat insulation performance of clothes made of ordinary materials is not that good.

And some clothes that are not thick enough will have a much smaller effect in blocking solar radiation.

A few minutes later.

Everyone arrived outside the warehouse.

There is a switch to control the warehouse.

Li Yu looked at Lao Dong, Lao Luo and others behind him. This was the first time he brought people from the outer city in.

Usually, let alone people from the outer city, even most people from the inner city are not qualified to enter here.

But now it is urgent, there is really no way, so they can only come in.

However, the underground warehouse is divided into sections, each area is closed, and you can't see what's going on inside from the corridor outside.

Moreover, the switch is set on the right wall behind the second door, and it is not necessary to go deep into the warehouse.

Li Yu took out the key and opened the first door of the underground warehouse.

Click---

The first door was opened, and the second door appeared behind it.

There was a small space between the first and second doors, and everyone followed behind and walked in.

Li Yu looked at the people behind him, and then opened the second door.

What caught my eye was a huge space, with a height of at least two or three floors, and at a glance it was an extremely long corridor.

Li Yu walked to the wall on the right side of the door and said to Lao Dong and the other two, "The switch is right here, let's get started."

Hearing this, Lao Dong quickly lifted the magnetic screen on the ground with Li Tie and the others and walked over.

Li Yu didn't know how to operate it, so he could only watch them quietly.

About fifteen minutes later, the old boss raised his head and said to Li Yu: "City Lord, this is ready. The next step is to arrange the transformer in the power distribution room. Then you can try to open the power switch in the warehouse."

Li Yu nodded and said to Li Tie and Li Hang: "Take them over. After the arrangement is completed, come and notify me to open this side."

"Okay."

Then they took the old boss and others to the transformer in the power distribution room to arrange it.

After about ten minutes, Li Tie hurried over to let Li Yu turn on the power switch.

Li Yu turned on the power switch without hesitation.

Boom.

As the power switch was turned on, the power system in the underground warehouse was instantly restored, the light bulbs were lit, and even the ventilation system on the top of the warehouse was turned on, and a stream of air blew over.

Li Yu quickly walked to the freezer near the gate.

He pushed the door of the freezer with both hands.

There was some water on the ground, which should have melted after the power was turned off for a few hours, but it was very little, and most of the walls and the ground were still covered with frost.

After taking a look at the cold air coming out of the air-conditioning vent, Li Yu knew that there was no problem with the freezer.

Then he walked into several other cabins, looked at the situation inside, and found that there was no problem, then he returned to the entrance.

"Send them out later and let them continue to make magnetic shields. If they make more, they may be able to restore power to other areas as soon as possible." Li Yu said after thinking for a while.

He knew that the magnetic storm would only last for two days, but it would be better for the base to restore power earlier.

After hearing what Li Yu said, Li Tie said that he understood and then left here wearing a radiation-proof suit.

Then, Li Yu glanced at the warehouse and closed the door, and then the second floor.

After closing the two doors of the underground warehouse, Li Yu looked at the mist outside. The water vapor evaporated very quickly under the solar radiation.

It won't be long before the water source may face a shortage.

The Dazhangshu base has always had great advantages in the storage of water sources.

A mountain pond reservoir that has been dug deep and wide has more than ten acres, with a water storage capacity of hundreds of thousands of cubic meters, and the reservoir at the foot of the mountain can also store tens of thousands of cubic meters of water.

There are also several small pools in the three outer cities.

In addition, there is a water tank in each greenhouse, and dozens of greenhouses can store a lot of water.

There are also wells distributed throughout the base, which can provide water sources.

Although the reserves are large, the water consumption is also large.

At present, it is necessary to control the water consumption, and the largest water consumption is the planting of crops.

The current proportion of crops must be changed.

The main crops currently planted are rice and sweet potatoes, and staple foods such as corn and potatoes are also used.

In addition to the small factor of eating habits, the biggest reason is that the soil in the south is more suitable for crops such as rice. The soil in the south is mostly acidic and not suitable for planting crops such as corn that require neutral or alkaline soil.

On the contrary, planting sweet potatoes has become the most planted staple food besides rice.

First of all, the per-acre yield is very high, and it is drought-resistant and cold-resistant, and its vitality is very tenacious.

Secondly, it is very convenient to plant, and you can plant it by breaking a rhizome.

Moreover, the leaves of sweet potatoes can also be used as vegetables, which are rich in vitamins.

Li Yu found Anya and said without further ado:

"The solar radiation is strong, and it will be difficult to replenish water sources in the future. From now on, reduce the proportion of rice planting and increase the proportion of sweet potatoes. This should save a lot of water."

Anya thought for a while and asked: "What proportion should be adjusted to? If the rice that is still being planted stops, the loss will be great. Some are about to enter the maturity period."

Li Yu frowned and said:

"Aren't you using the rotation method now? Don't move the ones that have been planted.

It's just that after harvesting the mature crops recently, when you replant, just plant all sweet potatoes."

"Okay, I understand."

After explaining this, Li Yu put on a helmet and pulled Yang Tianlong and others to put black insulation balls in the Shantang Reservoir.

After these black balls are put in, they can isolate a large part of the sun's heat, and the evaporation of water in the reservoir is greatly reduced.

Deep in Wuyi Mountain.

There are four "corpses" lying.

The best way to save food is to eat less, and lying down and sleeping is the most energy-saving way.

Apart from eating a little bit of food every day, they basically didn't go out, lying on the wooden bed trying to sleep.

They didn't notice when the rainstorm ended, nor did they see the aurora.

They woke up because of the strong sunlight.

The sunlight penetrated the cracks in the house and shone in.

They were used to the darkness under the rainstorm, and they were all awakened by the light at this moment.

The moment Tuizi opened his eyes, he felt that there was light all around.

"I'm starving to death, is it heaven? Oh my!" Tuizi shouted.

"What the hell are you screaming for!" Chen Delong glanced at Tuizi and said weakly.

"It's so hot, this light is a little wrong, look over there." Zhuo Jun pointed to a beam of light shining in from the cracks in the window.

The beam of light just hit the pine oil barrel, which is made of plastic.

The reflected light made it impossible to open your eyes when it was illuminated by this beam of light.

This is plastic, not a mirror.

? ?

This is?

Legs wanted to catch this beam of light with his hands, but Chen Delong said urgently: "Wait a minute."

Legs shrank his hands and looked at Chen Delong with some doubts.

"Brother Chen, what are you doing?"

Chen Delong pointed to the oil drum and said, "Didn't you see it? Such strong light."

"ah?"

Chen Delong ignored him and carefully stretched out a finger and put it in the light.

hiss!

pain.

"Brother Chen, what's wrong with you?"

"Try it yourself, I won't stop you."

Legs was curious and stretched out his hand to try it.

"Ouch!"

After a long time, these people figured out one thing.

The rain stopped, but the originally gentle sun also changed.

"Brother Chen, at least the rain has stopped. Can we go back? You tried it just now. There is still no problem with thicker clothes." Legs said.

Zhuo Jun next to him also nodded and said: "There is only a little food left. If we don't leave, we may end up starving to death."

Chen Delong thought for a few seconds, patted his thigh and said:

"Okay, let's go, but before that, we have to make some preparations."

(Ask for monthly ticket)