Chapter 84: Free Purchase at Gas Station
Annan walked into the factory happily and took in all kinds of agricultural machinery including tractors, transplanters, sprayers, combine harvesters, etc.
I can't tell which ones are damaged and which ones are usable, so I just put all the machines here into the space and study them slowly when I get back and have time.
After leaving the agricultural machinery factory, Annan rushed to every factory area and emptied all the machines in the entire machinery factory.
Although there are many machines, she doesn't know what they are for, let alone what their uses are.
But when she was stockpiling supplies before the disaster, she never imagined that one day she would need excavators and farm machinery.
And now, suddenly, I need it.
So who knows what unexpected equipment may be used in the future.
I simply put all these machines into the space. Anyway, the space is so big that I can't see the edge.
After looting the entire machine factory, Annan returned to the car and drove to a nearby gas station to get some oil.
This gas station was specially selected by Annan. It is located in the suburbs and there are no residential areas or residents around it, making it convenient for her to use the space.
When we got to the gas station, we drove around in a big circle to check if there was anyone around.
After making sure that there were no idle people waiting, he returned to the gas station and took out the excavator.
First replace its shovel with a breaker hammer, then fill it up with diesel and get ready to work.
Generally, the fuel tanks at gas stations are buried directly below the refueling floor.
Annan prepared to drill a hole in the ground next to the oil tank, then reach in and put the oil tank into the space.
The steps sound very simple, but they are actually very difficult to implement.
The first thing was positioning. She could only guess the approximate location of the underground oil storage tank and could not locate it accurately.
If the drilling position is wrong and it directly hits the oil storage tank, there is a risk of a major explosion.
Secondly, she had never learned how to operate an excavator in a systematic way, so it was difficult for her to achieve her operating objectives flexibly and safely.
Therefore, she first set the location of the initial operation at a place farther away from the predicted location.
Prepare to start drilling a hole from a distance, and then tentatively move towards the oil tank little by little until the hole can touch the oil tank.
Play it safe and put safety first.
Although this method is a little slower, it can effectively ensure her safety.
After making a plan, Annan first put Knight XV into the space.
——If there really was a mistake or an explosion, she could hide in space immediately, but her beloved car would be in trouble.
Put it away quickly.
Everything was ready, and Annan got on the excavator with ease.
Previously, she had seen a video on a certain short video platform with more than three million likes, which taught people how to operate an excavator.
Because the operation is very simple and easy to understand, the comment section was full of jokes such as "I learned to drive an excavator at a certain audio network vocational and technical college."
According to his memory, Annan turned the key, lifted the safety lock, and pushed the handle and operating handle to control the direction.
After a few tries, I quickly mastered how to use it.
"Tuck, tick, tick."
The hammer started working and soon dug a hole in the concrete floor.
However, since the initial position was chosen to be far away, there was obviously nothing underneath.
Annan operated the machine, moved it further inward, and continued drilling holes.
After drilling several holes in a row, Annan had gone from being unfamiliar at the beginning to being able to skillfully control the angle and depth of the holes.
After she felt confident, she moved a long way toward the refueling pad.
After the hole was drilled this time, a corner of the oil storage tank was exposed.
Annan excitedly reached in and put the huge oil tank into the space.
Precious fuel resources are finally available!
Not to mention the end of the world when supplies are scarce, even before the natural disaster, gasoline cost more than eight dollars a liter. Now she buys tons of it for free.
A gas station usually has two to six oil storage tanks, which are stored next to each other.
After Annan collected one, he followed the same method and continued to collect the others.
In the end, a total of three fuel tanks were collected, each of which could hold about 20 tons of fuel.
However, some vehicles had passed by to refuel, so the fuel tanks were not full, and each tank only had about half of the gas left.
The three tanks together weigh about 40 tons, including 10 tons of diesel and 30 tons of gasoline.
This amount of gasoline is enough for her Wuling Hongguang to be scrapped.
But for the fuel-guzzling armored vehicles, it is still not enough.
After being busy for nearly two hours, Annan hurried to the next gas station.
There were too many people in the city to go in, so I could only continue walking outside the city.
When we arrived at the next stop, we still used the old method, but we were much more proficient than the first time.
After just over an hour of work, we successfully received four oil tankers, totaling 60 tons of oil.
After working like this for most of the night, Annan successfully received fourteen oil storage tanks from four gas stations, and the fuel storage capacity in the space reached 200 tons.
This was enough for her, but she was addicted and wanted to keep going.
After all, fuel is as valuable as gold in the apocalypse, so the more you store, the better.
Annan continued on his way to the fifth gas station.
Driving on the provincial road, it was pitch black all around, with only her car's high beams illuminating the road ahead.
Just as she was calculating the time and thought she was almost there, she suddenly saw bright lights ahead, accompanied by a loud noise.
Annan quickly turned off the lights to hide his whereabouts. Then he quietly approached and stopped about 100 meters away from the lights.
She observed carefully in the darkness:
The place with the light on was the gas station she wanted to go to, and there were five workers working inside.
They also brought a generator connected to headlights, which illuminated the entire scene with incredible brightness.
The noise came from a hammer drilling into the ground.
The other party was just like her, working late at night and breaking up the ground of the gas station.
Annan frowned.
It seems that they are also collecting oil.
But the difference is that they don't have the golden finger of space, and the method they use is more dangerous and time-consuming than Annan's.
Their construction scope is very large. They have to dig up all the ground, separate the oil tanks with professional techniques, and then use a crane to lift the tanks out and load them onto a large truck.
Annan looked at the group of people working so hard and couldn't help but guess:
Could it be that the government wants to recycle these fuel resources and use them to build the base?
Then I thought: That’s not right!
The official construction of the base was not started until the middle of the extreme heat. Moreover, when the base was built, there was a shortage of fuel, so fuel was purchased from everywhere.
At that time, Annan and Bai Wenbin went around looking for cars to pump oil, and then sold it to the government in exchange for drinking water.
In her memory, it seemed that in her previous life there was an unknown big man who monopolized all fuel resources, and then used the provision of fuel as an opportunity to cooperate with the official base to control more other resources.
Could it be that these people were sent by that big boss?