Chapter 177

Su Jing's fingertips traced the old heat-resistant agent bottle on the constant temperature table in the operating room—the bottle had a label from 3 years ago, and the edges were slightly yellowed from long-term high temperatures. This was the last empty bottle she left behind when she mass-produced heat-resistant agents back then.

Suddenly, the temperature display screen in the control room emitted a "beep beep" alarm. The red number, which had been stable at 52°C, started to drop at a rate of 1°C per second, and in less than half a minute, it stopped at "30°C". The humidity meter next to it soared from 15% to 80%, and a layer of water vapor instantly condensed on the glass.

"Su Jing! It's so cool!" Xiao Jin jumped out of the old backpack on its chest. Its short, golden fur was no longer plastered to its body as usual, but instead fluffy. It ran to the window of the control room, scratching at the glass with its little paws. Its voice, filled with curiosity and vigilance, said, "It's raining outside! It's raining heavily! I can smell the 'wetness,' and the 'bubbling' smell of the water accumulating down the mountain—the water seems to be rising very fast!"

Su Jing immediately went to the window. The torrential rain was hitting the protective netting around the villa, making a crackling sound.

The ground, which had cracked due to three years of high temperatures, was now covered with a thin film of water. Rainwater flowed down the hillside, forming streaks in front of the surveillance camera.

She quickly opened the communicator's monitoring interface and switched to the wide-angle lens down the mountain—in the view, the river that had dried up three years ago was now swollen, its muddy water overflowing the banks and submerging the first floor of the abandoned factory.

Further away, in the low-lying areas, water had accumulated to a depth of half a meter. Several corpses of first-tier demonic beasts that could not be moved in time floated on the surface of the water, drifting downstream with the current.

Just then, a glaring red system notification popped up on the communicator, accompanied by a piercing alarm: [Emergency Disaster Warning: The global extreme heat period has ended, and the "tsunami and flood period" has begun.]

The tsunami is expected to last for a year! Within the next 72 hours, the coastal tsunami will spread inland, causing flooding in inland areas to rise to over 3 meters, completely submerging low-lying areas. Immediate evacuation to higher ground (at least 50 meters above sea level) is strongly advised!

"A tsunami? The floodwaters are going to rise 3 meters?" Su Jing's heart skipped a beat, and she immediately switched to the altitude measurement of the villa's location—

The villa is built on a mountainside at an altitude of 25 meters. If the water level rises to 3 meters, it will not be flooded for the time being, but the water at the foot of the mountain will block all access routes. More dangerously, the secondary floods caused by the tsunami may wash away the soil on the mountainside, causing the villa's foundation to become unstable.

She zoomed in on the flooded area at the foot of the mountain in the surveillance footage and found that the water level was rising at a rate of 10 centimeters per hour. The metal shelves that were originally exposed were now only visible at the top corners.

"Su Jing! The water is rising so fast! I smell mud in the water; soil from the foot of the mountain has been washed down! If we don't leave soon, we'll be surrounded!"

Little Jin ran back, his little paws wet with rainwater from the window, which he quickly shook off. His inner voice was urgent, "There are flying cars in the space! We can drive them to other places!"

Su Jing didn't respond immediately. Instead, she opened the spatial transmission port—inside were neatly stacked supplies accumulated over the past three years: hydraulic shears and laser cutters for dismantling the villa, thickened waterproof cloth and sealant, and a silver-white flying car (found three years ago from an abandoned military base and maintained in the space). It had ample power, enough for short-distance surveying and transportation. She gave the following orders into the communicator: "Number 1, immediately check the stability of the villa's foundation, focusing on the soil moisture at the foot of the mountain; Number 2, inventory the dismantling tools in the space, ensuring the hydraulic shears and cutters are fully charged; Number 3, monitor the real-time rise rate of the water accumulation at the foot of the mountain, reporting data every 10 minutes."

Robot No. 1's robotic arm deployed a soil testing device, which was inserted into the soil next to the villa's foundation. The screen quickly displayed: "[Soil moisture content of the foundation is 65%, which is close to saturation. Continued rainfall may cause a minor landslide]." Simultaneously, monitoring data from Robot No. 3 also came in: "[Current water depth is 0.8 meters, rising at a rate of 12 centimeters per hour. It is expected to reach 2 meters in 24 hours, submerging an area of ​​100 meters below the villa]."

Su Jing looked at the data, her fingertips tapping on the control panel, her mind racing: the villa was safe for now, but the floodwaters would approach 2 meters in 24 hours, and if the tsunami-induced flooding compounded the danger, the situation would be even more perilous; they had to move to a high ground at least 50 meters above sea level, with flat, unobstructed terrain for easy dismantling and reconstruction. She touched the flying car in her spatial storage and said to Xiao Jin, "In the next chapter, I'll use the flying car to survey the terrain, find a suitable mountaintop, and then have the robots dismantle the villa and move people in batches—you keep an eye on the monitoring system, and immediately alert me once the floodwaters reach 1.5 meters."

At this moment, a message popped up on the communication device's dedicated channel for the cooperative base: "Northern Base: It's raining heavily outside! The system is warning of a tsunami and flood. Where should we move to? @I am the God of Wealth" Su Jing quickly replied: "Don't move for now. First, reinforce the waterproofing of the base. I'm looking for a new high ground. I will notify you of the subsequent communication methods once it's confirmed. Don't send large material requests recently to avoid interference with spatial transmission due to the rainstorm."

After processing the base's messages, Su Jing walked to the equipment rack in the control room and took down the mining blade and mecha arm that she had upgraded three years ago—although she didn't need to deal with high temperatures and monsters now, she might need these tools to dismantle the villa and deal with the flood. She checked the flying car's energy core, confirmed it was at full capacity, and then put the waterproof cloth, sealant, and other supplies in the space into easily accessible locations, preparing for the surveying and dismantling in the next chapter.

The torrential rain continued, and the floodwaters on the monitor had risen to 1 meter, submerging the animal dens that had been cleared earlier. Su Jing stood in front of the monitor screen, watching the water level continue to rise.