Extreme Cold 01

When Shen Xu returned to Base B, Song Shian had already left.

Song Si breathed a sigh of relief. Shen Xu saw the note in the office. The handwriting on it was flamboyant and flamboyant: "Winter clothes will be delivered tomorrow."

He clutched the note in his palm, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Notify everyone to prepare for extreme cold weather. It's unknown how long it will last. Collect as much warmth as possible."

Base A, medical room.

"This thing can actually make fire." Jiang Lin threw the corpses of the mutant plants into the burning fireplace-shaped equipment. The flames would change color when different mutant plants were thrown in.

She had a lot of fun playing like this.

Wen Yan hadn't woken up yet on the hospital bed next to him. Jiang Lin looked out the window and saw a lot of dead branches in City B, which could be used to make fire.

It is unknown how long the extreme cold will last. Once the temperature drops very low, it is unknown whether Song Shian’s factory can operate normally and whether these basic heating facilities will go on strike.

When necessary, you may have to resort to the most primitive heating methods.

She wrote and drew on the defense map of Base A, planning to reinforce the doors and windows to make them more airtight and heat-insulating.

"Host, you can inject thermal insulation into the walls."

"There should have been a thermal insulation layer in the original walls." Jiang Lin looked at the notes above and knew that none of the buildings in Base A had been built with shoddy workmanship.

In theory, temperatures within minus 60 degrees Celsius should not be a problem.

However, it is not known how low the temperature of the sacred tree can be suppressed. In addition, if the extreme cold lasts for a long time, it will be difficult for food to survive for such a long time.

Jiang Lin rubbed her brows. The crackling sound of something burning in the old fireplace made her feel sleepy. She propped her head on her hands and slowly fell asleep on the windowsill.

When Wen Yan woke up, it was snowing heavily outside and Jiang Lin was sleeping soundly leaning against the windowsill.

There was a look of fatigue between her brows and she looked pale, as if she hadn't had a good rest in a long time.

His body hadn't recovered to its best yet, and he felt a little weak. Now was one of the few leisurely moments before the next crisis.

Li Qi was lying on the furry grass, looking at the snow all over the sky, and he had a guess in his mind that there would probably be a new challenge next.

She was somewhat close to the body of a plant and instinctively felt the threat from the environment. She needed something to keep warm to survive this somewhat strange winter.

"Strange, why is the temperature dropping so quickly?" Qu Mo felt very uncomfortable, as if he was rejected by the environment, which made him want to fall into an endless sleep.

Li Qi took a look around. There were many withered plants on the barren mountain, and dead branches and leaves were everywhere. These could be used as fuel to burn for heating.

Li Qi: "Let's go back to the cave later and pick up all these dead branches."

Although Qu Mo didn't quite understand, Li Qi's instructions were his imperial edict, and they collected dead branches along the way.

After collecting a bundle, they tied it to the hairy grass, and the mutant plants following behind were also very wilted.

"It's so cold, I feel like sleeping."

Li Qi's ears were filled with the sound of their yawns.

"Everyone, wake up! If anyone falls asleep, I'll use it to light the fire."

The sunflower shuddered in fear. It didn't want to be used for firewood, so its head, which had been drooping a little, stood up again.

Xiaoya on Li Qi's shoulder looked at the snowflakes in the sky: "The extreme cold is coming." He has already started to act.

Li Qi seemed not to hear Xiaoya's words. She was collecting dead branches seriously. The long hairy grass was already filled with these dead branches.

It shook its body somewhat dissatisfiedly, and was glared at fiercely by Li Qi, so it could only continue to move forward with grievance.

"Damn it, damn it! How could he do this to me, how could he!" Shenmu shouted angrily at the southern base, and Chen Guanghai didn't dare to breathe below.

He didn't know what Shenmu was cursing, but it was definitely not something good.

Recently, the mutant plants and mutants in the southern base have fallen into a lazy mood. They don’t want to work or grow.

Chen Guanghai tried his best to squeeze into a warm place and rarely left his room.

Because the cold wind outside made him feel very uncomfortable, and he hated it from the bottom of his heart.

Shenmu vented his anger, then looked down at the silent Chen Guanghai below him and asked, "How long can the base's heating system last?"

Chen Guanghai frowned: "About three months." The heating resources in the southern base are limited. After all, the original design of the house meant that they didn't need too many heating methods.

"Even when the room is 30 or 40 degrees below zero, it can maintain a temperature of around 0 degrees." Chen Guanghai explained. Besides, he has lived in City A for so many years, and the temperature in City A rarely drops below 10 degrees below zero.

After the apocalypse, the winter temperature is a little colder, but it is acceptable.

"This winter, the temperature is more than 30 or 40 degrees Celsius. If we can't guarantee a constant source of heat, we will fall into a deep sleep until the temperature rises again."

Chen Guanghai looked at the sacred tree in disbelief.

"What? You don't believe it? He is actually buying time for Jiang Lin." Shenmu sneered a few times.

"I will never admit defeat, even if it means I perish together with Jiang Lin. I want you to do everything you can to ensure the temperature of the southern base and the cave."

Chen Guanghai was a little embarrassed. He was really not good at doing these things.

He wanted to sigh, but for a long time, the air was stuck in his chest, unable to be released, and it was too uncomfortable to hold it in. He once again felt the urge to escape.

"What are you thinking about?" The branch of the sacred tree had reached next to his face at some point, and the rough bark of the branch scratched his face.

Chen Guanghai suddenly reacted and broke out in a cold sweat.

The branches of the sacred tree were still beside him, and there seemed to be countless pairs of eyes on them, making him breathless.

Chen Guanghai's eyes went dark and he fainted the next second.

Shenmu looked at Chen Guanghai lying on the ground with some surprise. She slowly lifted him up with her branches and placed him in a warm place.

"What happened to me just now?" Chen Guanghai slowly regained consciousness.

"You are not used to the low temperature and fainted." Shenmu said in a light tone.

"If you don't have enough fuel, you can cut off my branches to make fire." The branches of the sacred tree seem to be able to regenerate infinitely, but constantly cutting them down will harm her body.

But this seems to be the only way to survive the extreme cold with clarity.

"Will the extreme cold kill us?" Chen Guanghai didn't expect Shenmu to make such a decision.

"No, we will only sleep, but we will not die." She is the darling of the Creator. No matter how harsh the environment is, it cannot destroy her. It will only make her sleep until everything slowly gets better.

"Then why should we worry so much?" In Chen Guanghai's view, this is like hibernation, and we can just wake up when it gets warm in spring.

"Do you think the powerful Jiang Lin will let us go? We don't have time."

"Is everyone ready?" Jiang Lin looked at the crowd of people below. Everyone had wrapped themselves in their warm belongings.

Everyone looks bloated.

Jiang Lin was no exception. She put on a furry warm coat over her usual clothes. No one knew where Wen Yan had found it.

She still felt a little hot at this moment.

The body temperature regulating device on his body began to cool down immediately and adjusted to a suitable temperature before Jiang Lin began to sweat.

She was going to take the people from Base A to collect the most basic fuels such as dead branches and coal.

These things are left on the roadside and in supermarkets, and now they all need to be collected to maintain the normal operation of the base's heating equipment to the greatest extent.

Cui Yawen calculated that the existing resources at the base could maintain the indoor temperature at 10 degrees for about 6 months, but she was not sure whether there would be any changes in extreme cold conditions.

Ten degrees didn't seem to be enough. The weather would only get colder. After coming back from outside, Jiang Lin needed to quickly enter a warm environment.

Shen Xu and the people from Base B also started collecting supplies. He divided the entire City B into two areas, with him and Jiang Lin occupying one side each.

Now we can only hope that there is no problem with Song Shian’s winter clothing. Winter clothing can greatly increase everyone’s chance of survival.

Cui Yawen has moved all the planting sites indoors, and with the help of the insulated greenhouse provided by Jiang Lin, the plants can continue to grow even in extremely cold conditions.

It was already freezing cold outside, leaving no time for people to adapt.

The current temperature has reached minus 20 degrees Celsius. It has dropped by dozens of degrees in just one day, which makes Jiang Lin feel threatened in his survival.

She had to make every possible preparation so that everyone could survive.

Sheng Wei was holding a big axe. She was mainly responsible for chopping down trees. Bundles of dead branches were tied up and placed on the supply truck that was following nearby.

"It's not that cold." She wanted to take off the coat that was in the way, but Jiang Lin stopped her, so she could only withdraw her hand awkwardly.

The temperature is indeed bearable now, just a little lower than normal.

But this is only the temperature along the coast; the temperature drops even more sharply inland.

On the other side of City B, a conference on abnormal weather was being held in a remote base.

"The weather is so abnormal, I think we should head south."

"With so much stuff, how can we just leave?"

"If we don't leave, we'll end up dead. While the temperature is still normal and the animals can tolerate it, we should move to a warmer place as soon as possible."

"How can you guarantee that it will be warm in the south?"

“…”

There was an endless argument in the conference room. A heavy hammer broke the table, and the whole conference room fell into silence. Everyone looked at the man sitting at the top.

"Stop arguing and head south immediately."

"yes!"

The bustling conference room was suddenly empty.

Jin Chengyu felt a little annoyed when he saw his subordinates whose underwear was exposed. They had survived the apocalypse until now by breeding edible animals.

It all depends on keen intuition and decisiveness.

Jin Chengyu looked at the abnormally heavy snow outside and wondered what their fate would be this time.

City H has abundant resources of cattle, sheep and horses, which are the key food that allows them to survive to this day.

Jin Chengyu is the leader of the survivors in H City, which gathers all the population of the surrounding cities, and relocation is a big deal.

Everyone is used to supporting his decisions.

In just one afternoon, a snow path wide enough for cars to pass was cleared, and the entire population of H City left the place where they had lived for several years and headed south to find a way to survive.