Over the next few days, the oxygen concentration in the room became increasingly low.

Everyone wears their own oxygen masks when they go out, and now it's hard to breathe outside the room.

Every time they leave the oxygen room, everyone feels very tightness in their chest and shortness of breath. Without an oxygen tank, it is almost impossible to stay away for long.

Fortunately, once the oxygen was properly distributed, any extra oxygen could be directly filled into oxygen cylinders, so there was no problem taking it with them when going out.

After taking care of these things, all that's left is to slaughter these poultry and livestock.

Lu Yuan also built a cold storage room in the basement. The cold storage room is very large, about 200 square meters, where a large amount of food can be stored.

The family now systematically slaughters these dying pigs, cattle, and sheep every day.

A large number of animals were slaughtered in order to ensure the freshness of the food.

They had to slaughter all the poultry and livestock before they died, which made Big Yellow very happy.

Now its diet includes various kinds of meat every day, and recently, Dahuang has been gaining weight rapidly. Dahuang, which was already as strong as a calf, is now even more robust.

It looks just like a rhinoceros, and even lying there is a nuisance. The old man would always grumble at Big Yellow when he saw it, and would even kick it in the butt.

Da Huang, who was being scolded by the old man, was helpless. Every time he was scolded, he would whine and go to Lu Yuan for comfort.

Each time, Lu Yuan could only smile helplessly, comfort Da Huang, and then continue working.

The superstorm is still raging.

At this moment, more than 80 percent of the outer fortresses have been destroyed.

The remaining less than 20% of the fortifications are now also experiencing widespread water seepage.

Chen Zhongzheng sat in his office, his face grim.

As he looked at the various urgent reports that kept arriving in his hands, his face immediately fell.

He hadn't slept for several days in a row, just to deal with all sorts of troubles that might arise at any time.

Zhou Tong and the others also settled here, having no other choice, as the oxygen supply here was not very sufficient.

Although they have built hundreds of large oxygen production plants here, they still cannot supply enough oxygen for the entire process.

"If this continues, our electricity consumption won't be able to keep up with the oxygen production rate. It looks like we'll have to cut off power to some areas again!"

After hearing Zhou Tong's words, Chen Zhongzheng sighed helplessly, picked up a cigarette from the table, lit it, and took a deep drag.

"The power is now out in 90% of the city. Only our core area has not lost power. The temperature outside has reached 40 degrees Celsius. If this continues, people will not be able to continue living their lives!"

"But... if oxygen is supplied, people are dying even faster. In the last two days, the death toll has skyrocketed to over two thousand. If this continues, there will be a large-scale death toll!"

"Sigh, who can argue with that? I also wish everyone could enjoy air conditioning and breathe in comfortable oxygen, but there's no way around it!"

Our power supply is simply unreliable. Although we have a nuclear power plant, its maximum capacity has already been increased. Increasing it further could very likely lead to overheating!

Zhou Tong sighed helplessly, unsure of what to do.

He also put himself in Chen Zhongzheng's shoes; if he were Chen Zhongzheng, he would probably be overwhelmed with work right now.

However, Chen Zhongzheng seems to be in a relatively stable emotional state now, and he is able to make the most correct commands in the face of all kinds of situations.

He sincerely felt that Chen Zhongzheng was indeed a qualified leader, and few people could be like him.

"Pass the word down. Cut off another 5% of the power and continue to increase the oxygen supply. We must ensure the survival of our personnel. Also, notify everyone! Make sure you keep a close eye on your family members. If anyone experiences heatstroke due to excessive heat, seek medical attention immediately. And how's the situation at the equipment factory? Has the fan production rate increased?"

Standing to the side, Wang Mingming casually opened her notebook, took a look at a file, checked the supply demand, and shook her head helplessly.

"To ensure the operation of electricity, the industrial park is now basically using manual labor methods."

However, the number of people dying at the factory is now even higher every day. Even if we increase the food supply and wages there, not many people are willing to go!

Chen Zhongzheng was so angry that he gritted his teeth and paced back and forth in the room several times before finally speaking.

"But now notify everyone in the city to bring out everything that can burn—firewood, charcoal, and all kinds of furniture that can be brought out!"

"If we build another thermal power plant, we must ensure a sufficient oxygen supply. This is crucial; if the oxygen supply is insufficient, the death toll will not be just a few thousand!"

After listening, Wang Mingming immediately nodded and carried out the order.

And at this moment, in another fortress.

However, this place can no longer be called a fortress; it should be called a vast ocean.

Guo Jialiang was sitting on the swaying ship at that moment, witnessing all of this disaster unfold.

With a sorrowful expression on his face, he spoke to the person beside him.

"How much food have been rescued?"

I looked at the briefing that my assistant brought over.

"The food we've rescued is enough for us to use for six months! Almost all the remaining food was lost in this superstorm, and our ark is already fully staffed. If we continue to take in refugees, our ark will basically be unable to continue operating!"

"Damn it, how's the situation with the granary? Any good news about the people sent to salvage it?"

"We cannot determine the original location of the fortress granary. Not many of the salvage workers we have sent out have returned alive. The fifteenth batch of salvage workers has just been sent down and has already gone underwater, but there is still no news of them!"

After hearing this, Guo Jialiang slumped into his chair.

I turned my head and looked out the dimly lit window.

A raging storm and relentless torrential rain poured down on the area, leaving Guo Jialiang with nothing but a helpless sigh.

"Does fate really not give us even the slightest chance?"