deep sea
"You mean there are still people alive on the ground in City A and they are responding to our radio." The people staying in the underwater base in City B were a little bit unbelievable.
"That's the truth. We just received a radio response from City A."
"They say zombies are extinct in City A, but a new type of mutation has appeared. They didn't specify, but it's probably still quite dangerous."
"Then should we still go up?" As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the conference room of the underwater base fell silent.
Initially, they led the survivors to escape to the underwater refuge base built before the end of the world, but now there is a problem with the oxygen circulation in the underwater base.
In fact, it is difficult for the so-called survivor base to maintain long-term residence. Once there are problems with the water circulation and power systems, they will be trapped in this huge underwater tomb.
"It's just a small branch of the oxygen cycle that's broken. We can definitely maintain our oxygen supply." Someone else expressed a different opinion: "If we return to land, we'll only face more dangerous and unknown situations."
Shen Xu pinched his brows: "Has the oxygen component not been repaired yet?" He is currently the highest decision-maker of the underwater base.
"It's a bit difficult. The original design hid these pipes for aesthetic reasons. Repairing them is quite difficult, and I'm not sure if they can be repaired."
Shen Xu nodded: "Let's adjourn the meeting and do our best to maintain all important facilities."
Almost everyone has left. The white light shines on the metal walls, and the entire underwater base is filled with this cold atmosphere. I really don’t know why they didn’t add some warm light when it was designed.
"Actually, I think that although it's not difficult to go out, it might be really good. We are familiar with everything about the submarine base, and we can let it keep delivering supplies to us."
"The real difficulty is getting everyone to accept the idea of returning to land." Song Si stood by and looked at Chen Xu. She vaguely felt in her heart that Chen Xu would rather return to land than stay in the dark seabed.
That feeling of being down to earth is only precious after you lose it.
"Is there any new news from the radio?" Jiang Lin came out after finishing his meal to digest his food and exercise.
Wen Yan: "I haven't received a call back. The signal is so unstable underwater that I don't know if they can even receive our message."
Jiang Lin nodded. This method of communication was rare, so it had intrigued her for a while. But the most important thing now was to understand the habits of the mutant plants.
She recorded all the difficulties encountered in eliminating the mutated plants and the characteristics of the plants. Although the growth rate of the plants in the seaside base is still faster than normal, obvious mutation has not occurred.
Jiang Lin stood in the original pumpkin field, which should now be half potato field and half sweet potato field. Cui Yawen said that pumpkins are easy to store, and so many mutant pumpkins can be eaten for a long time, so new crops were changed.
It's already green inside. The edible parts of these two plants are at the bottom, but the sweet potato vines look normal on the surface.
Tang Xiaoyan uses mutated Chinese herbs in the lab, following a recipe to create potent medicine. She doesn't yet know the effect of the mutation on the medicinal properties, so she only makes a small amount and keeps it in a freezer.
After putting the last glass bottle into the freezer, Tang Xiaoyan breathed a sigh of relief. However, she couldn't find any experimental subjects now. She couldn't conduct experiments on humans, so she had to find a way to catch some animals suitable for the experiment.
However, after the end of the world, except for animals specially bred for experiments, most of them became extinct due to extreme environmental conditions.
The weather was getting hotter day by day. It might be raining soon. It was very stuffy. Jiang Lin wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "It's so stuffy today."
"It should rain tonight." Wen Yan looked at the clouds in the sky. Even though it was dark, he could see that the clouds were thick and dense.
"Will the plants mutate again with this rain?" The plants they kept indoors had mutated just like those outdoors before, but the rain happened to coincide with each change, which made her curious whether the plants would show obvious mutations this time.
"Even if something mutates, it's easy to deal with. Without the control of the sacred tree, the danger of the mutated plants isn't very high."
"Just send a few people with special abilities to be careful, and that'll be enough. We can even harvest a batch of crops quickly. It's incredible." Wen Yan still found it magical.
Not long ago, they were still worried about cultivating plants, but given the current situation, plants may grow rapidly in the future and may even attack humans.
Jiang Lin nodded, the cabin was right in front of him.
"Have a good rest." She said goodbye to Wen Yan and walked into her own little house. Now that she had laid a soft carpet inside, it looked much warmer.
There were also some of Jiang Lin's stored food in the refrigerator. She froze some of the canned food and chocolates she was given and put them in there, and of course there were also the pumpkin cakes and cold dishes made by Wen Yan.
Looking at the full refrigerator, Jiang Lin felt safe. Not long after entering the cabin, it began to rain outside. It was a little different from the previous rain, as this time it was accompanied by a particularly strong wind.
The rain was blowing hard against the window. Jiang Lin looked out the window with some worry, feeling that the rain would not stop so easily.
The weather forecast on the bracelet issued a storm warning. Jiang Lin could see the coastline below from his window. The water level had risen so much that the beach was no longer visible and was completely submerged by the sea.
Only some black reefs were left, and the waves were getting higher and higher, hitting those reefs.
Fortunately, we chose to live in a relatively high place, otherwise we would be in great danger of being flooded. I don’t know whether the plants below can survive such harsh weather.
The weather was so bad that no one was outside. Everyone had retreated to their own huts. Although Jiang Lin's hut was large and not very spacious, it was very windproof in this weather.
She sat on the carpet, the light was dim and she soon fell asleep.
"110, will this storm last long?" Jiang Lin forced himself to fight sleepiness and chatted with the system. 110, which was regarded as a weather forecast, was silent for a while.
[When you wake up tomorrow morning, the rain will have subsided and the current altitude should not be submerged by the sea.]
Jiang Lin nodded. She believed in the system's prediction more. After hearing what 110 said, she changed into home clothes and went to bed and fell asleep soon after.
Although the storm is a bit scary, the people at the seaside base have experienced all kinds of incredible disasters and apocalypses, and now they have a house to shelter them from the wind and rain.
Everyone marveled at the heavy rain and then slowly fell asleep in the sound of wind and rain.
When we woke up the next day, the rain had indeed subsided as the emergency number 110 had said, but the situation down there was not optimistic. Some equipment was washed away by the sea water.
The most tenacious product produced by the system is still standing intact in the sea water, but I don’t know if it can still be used.
The wind and rain outside had subsided a lot, and many people came out of the hut to observe the situation outside. Jiang Lin put on his raincoat and walked outside.
The rain is still falling.
"Is it all flooded?" As soon as Jiang Lin went out, he saw Wen Yan walking up from downstairs. Judging from the situation, he should have gone downstairs to check.
"It's almost all flooded. I don't know what happened to our crops, but our current food reserves are enough to last for a long time, so Professor Cui doesn't plan to waste manpower on rescue efforts."
"In fact, there seems to be no other way." Wen Yan spread his hands, his mood still relatively calm.
Jiang Lin looked at the sea water below. The rain was still falling and he didn't know whether the water level would continue to rise.
City B's underwater survival base.
Shen Xu drank coffee in his dormitory. The underwater base had sufficient supplies and a variety of medicine bottles to supplement trace elements. They even built a sunroom to take into account the lack of sunlight.
But all this made him feel a little bored, and the taste of coffee had a slight sour taste. Shen Xu finished the last sip and put it aside.
His dormitory was built on the outermost layer of the entire base, and he could see the dark sea outside. Few people chose to live here, and everyone preferred to live in rooms with picture windows.
The scenery is arranged using light and artificial plants.
Shen Xu stood up and washed his face with clean water. Suddenly, the lights in the room went out and a shrill alarm sounded throughout the underwater base.
He opened the door and heard screams and the sounds of people running and bumping into things in panic. He turned on the battery-powered flashlight so that he could see his surroundings clearly.
The lights in the entire base went out. He walked to the control room with a flashlight. Song Si was already there. She methodically turned on the backup power supply: "It seems that there is a small problem with the power system, but it should be resolved soon."
A small piece of wire in the circuit was damaged, causing a short circuit; the repairman only needed to replace the wire.
Chen Xu looked at the red circuit on the screen in the control room: "I think we should go to land." Staying here, any slight disturbance would make people panic.
"It will be more difficult on land, but if I can go back, I'd be willing to do so." Song Si leaned against the wall with his arms folded. The backup power supply would only support necessary equipment.
The entertainment venue was still in darkness. She used the dim light from the control room to see Shen Xu's expression, but his face was in the shadows and could not be clearly seen.
The control of the large submarine is in Shen Xu's hands, but this decision is too difficult for everyone.
Song Si was right. The power system wasn't a big problem. Soon, sufficient light filled the entire submarine base. Shen Xu breathed a sigh of relief.
"Go to the sunroom and bask in the sun when you have time. I think you need some ultraviolet rays." Song Si said and walked past him.
Shen Xu touched his face and looked at his reflection in the glass window. He really should go out and bask in the sun when he has time.
The sunroom simulates the appearance of a beach. Although the light is not as good as real sunlight, it is very close.
People in the underwater base will ensure that they get enough exposure to the artificial sun, which will make them feel better.
Shen Xu put on his eye-protection sunglasses and found an empty seat to lie down. The temperature here was relatively high and the surrounding noises were noisy, so he lay there quietly.
Everyone seemed to have forgotten the horrific power outage and continued to pretend that everything was fine.
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