Noah's Ark
After Li Yihan left the sea, he didn't see Ye Miaomiao. Ye Miaomiao had left with the guard, saying, "I'm leaving the entire responsibility of mining the energy stone to you, my most trustworthy friend."
She spat softly. Even though she knew where Ye Miaomiao was at the moment, she just showered and went home. As for why she didn't ask her "good friend" about it, it was because she had to come back to work at six o'clock tomorrow morning, and she didn't have enough time to sleep.
It's more tiring than working for a capitalist. It's really a pain in the ass.
Ye Miaomiao left the territory and measured the current sea level. She instructed the night watcher to keep a close eye on the sea level during the night. After a night without any abnormalities, she measured again at eight o'clock the next morning. The sea level had approached the territory by half a meter.
"It does feel a little close," the captain in charge of defending the city said in frustration, "but we all thought it was because of the heavy rain these past two days, but we never imagined..."
Almost all the team members arrived at the gate of Hungry Hungry's territory, including a scientist who specializes in ocean research.
"Rain can't possibly affect sea levels. Besides..." the expert said, "Based on past experience, even a one-centimeter annual sea level rise is alarming."
What does rising sea levels mean?
All of Hung Hung's territory is flat. Except for certain "hilly" and "plateau" territories, the water level of all territories is initially at its lowest point. This means that if the sea level rises above the coastline, the entire Hung Hung will be submerged.
"The bad news is, at this rate, we're only three days away from being completely submerged," the ocean expert adjusted his glasses. "The good news is, if the rate remains constant, the maximum rise will be thirty centimeters within thirty days. We'll just need to prepare wellies and be able to travel normally."
When others heard this, they wanted to curse. Thirty centimeters is almost as high as an adult's calf. How can this be considered good news!
Everyone at the table looked at Ye Miaomiao, but saw her rubbing her forehead and saying, "It's not that simple."
As for why it wasn't that simple, everyone looked at each other, and saw similar panic in each other's eyes.
"Noah's Ark is useful now," Ye Miaomiao smiled. "First, notify the diplomats and tell the Noah's Ark manager about the rising sea levels so they can prepare early." *Note 1
"Boss, what about us..." someone asked worriedly.
Although there were hungry people on Noah's Ark, Ye Miaomiao wasn't the primary person responsible. Competing for a spot in a place that couldn't hold too many people to begin with, and infused with apocalyptic literature, one could almost foresee how fierce the competition would be for a single ticket.
When the end of the world comes, the most profound truth people understand is that reality is always darker than the screenwriter's imagination, and never try to guess human nature.
"Can so many of us, starving people, squeeze into Noah's Ark?"
"Even if you can't squeeze in, you have to squeeze in. I'm more worried that all kinds of people will mix together and it will be unsafe."
"Yes, we are not familiar with the manager, so we always feel uneasy."
"Why don't we just build an ark? It's just a bigger boat, everyone has one."
Following Ye Miaomiao's words, the people at the table actually began to discuss the matter, each of them discussing their future life on the ship and expressing their concerns after watching various doomsday movies.
Ye Miaomiao rolled her eyes and interrupted, "Who said we are going to Noah's Ark?"
"ah?"
The enthusiastic discussion that had just begun came to an abrupt end.
Besides, Noah's Ark is a defense base, standing firmly on the ground. It was built in the shape of a ship just to pay tribute to tradition. Who says that people are ships?
Ye Miaomiao didn't want to talk to this group of fools who were determined to fight for the command of Noah's Ark. She rubbed her forehead and said, "Noah's Ark is not suitable for us. It's too small."
Everyone looked at her.
Ye Miaomiao was silent for a moment. She had to consider the worst-case scenario, where the ground was flooded by seawater and the planet was completely unsuitable for survival. At that time, there was only one way to go -
"I want to move my territory up." Ye Miaomiao pointed to the sky, determined to do it in one step.
This idea is more sci-fi than squeezing into Noah's Ark, but everyone has been to the space station for the task of cleaning up bugs, so after thinking about it, they found that this is actually an idea that has a great chance of being successfully implemented.
But the space station was originally intended to be used only for research and as a base station, and it could accommodate... The team members looked inside from the windows of the city wall. After the unremitting efforts of the lords and residents, the Hungry Hungry territory had long since become a behemoth with almost no visible edge.
Someone thought so and asked about it.
Ye Miaomiao smiled and said, "Don't rush to move everything up there. There's no reason for the entire territory to be submerged overnight. First, move the important functional buildings up there, and leave the rest on the ground. At worst, there's still the plateau."
As for what is an important building, Ye Miaomiao touched his chin——
"All research institutes, planting bases, farms, factories, warehouses..." Factories that produce the most basic resources such as food, clothing, housing and transportation are now moved up to avoid panic caused by sudden shutdowns.
She listed a long series of production buildings, and finally said, "And a training ground."
The team members were dizzy from listening, and suddenly heard their own names, and exclaimed, "Why do we have to move up too!"
"Do not go gentle into that good night." Fang Yan said suddenly, as he was reading a book with his legs crossed.
Everyone suddenly realized and exclaimed.
Ye Miaomiao nodded in agreement, though she remained noncommittal about this seemingly cultured quote. "This Zerg invasion wasn't a fluke. The universe is more dangerous than we imagined. If we want to build a base there, we must first ensure we don't become someone else's granary."
She said seriously, "I will set up a special research institute for space weapons. You must cooperate with the research and learn how to operate various types of space weapons."
The tension she expected did not happen. Instead, the team members became excited, and even Fang Yan put down the book in his hand.
"I strongly recommend it!" After a moment, one team member perked up, finally organizing his words and excitedly saying, "Gundam! We must study Gundam!"
"I think it's good." Mingyi agreed strongly.
"Right, right, right, right." The man next to him looked like he hadn't spoken in ages, eager to finish his answer in one go. "That's absolutely right, absolutely right."
Seeing the others, they also looked at Ye Miaomiao with starry eyes, expectantly, and wished they could agree on her behalf.
Ye Miaomiao rubbed his forehead and could only agree to try his best. The whole conference room immediately became lively.
Ye Miaomiao: “…” As expected, becoming a mecha warrior is the dream of all children, and there is a table of children sitting in front of her.
Since she had agreed, she couldn't just give it a half-hearted look. Ye Miaomiao immediately posted job postings at several major research institutes. Beyond her expectations, quite a few researchers were willing to join the Aerospace Weapons Research Institute, and most of them expressed a willingness to try the mecha idea.
Ye Miaomiao simply handed over the remaining assessment and organization work to Fang Yan, so that he wouldn't read books leisurely all day long - she was still working, how could he continue reading, Ye Miaomiao thought.
The next step is to move various buildings onto the space station. This is not a simple matter of copying and pasting, but requires site selection, transportation, and construction.
The Hungry Hungry territory became busy again.
The winds had been blowing in the wrong direction recently. Not only were the hungry, hungry, hungry, and hungry people in other territories busy moving things, but no one knew why.
Zhang Dahai keenly sensed a hint of tension in the atmosphere. Not only him, but also his friends, neighbors, and others smelled a special smell.
Soon, they understood the reason. The Spring Paradise disaster was entering the countdown, the flood was coming, and all the territories would be submerged.
This was undoubtedly horrific news. The homes they had painstakingly built would be destroyed, their belongings would be flooded by the filthy rainwater. Where would they live? Where would they sleep? What would they eat? What would happen to the elderly and children? Most terrifying of all...how would they survive?
Some territories began to build high-rise buildings on the plateau and relocated residents. Several large territories on Taoduoduo jointly issued a statement - the Noah's Ark project was carried out as scheduled.
Their own Hungry Hungry Territory had only perfunctorily purchased a piece of plateau territory, with nothing built on it, except for a few random tents on the shelves in the store. When residents were scrambling for tents, they calmly issued a statement:
[Please don't panic. Hungry Hungry has arranged a list of people who will be transferred to the space station based on work and personal circumstances. Please stay tuned for updates from the Territory. Please don't rush to buy tents unless absolutely necessary. Rushing to buy tents to protect against flooding is unnecessary. Once again, please remember that the return price for tents is only 50% of the original price. Please trust the Territory's arrangements. Thank you!]
What's the big deal? Although everyone has a lucky mentality, thinking that the flood won't reach their home or that their territory can handle everything, but when it comes to matters concerning life and safety, everyone has to worry.
Zhang Dahai was a capable man, so a lot of people came to him with all sorts of questions. They asked, "Is the space station reliable?" and "Will they even get to live in such an expensive place?" Of course, the most common question was, "What's going to happen next?"
The space station had only been built a few days ago, so few people had seen it, let alone understood it. Most people thought it would be expensive to build, and the land was small, so how could it possibly accommodate thousands of hungry people? Better to think of other options beforehand.
Besides, if we live on the plateau like in other territories, even if we manage to grab a tent, we will definitely not be able to live well on the plateau where it is difficult to breathe with nothing!
"Why don't we participate in the Noah's Ark Project?" someone sighed. "Our territory isn't bad either, why not get involved?"
"You can definitely participate, but will you be included?" another person retorted.
Even Noah's Ark was not a plan for everyone.
Those who wished to enter the Ark had to meet two conditions: first, unconditionally support all orders from the Ark's leader; second, donate 10,000 points or more per person, on a first-come, first-served basis. Even those from their own territory were only accepted as loans, which they were required to repay later.
"Even if it's only 10,000, I can always get it together by selling some things, scraping together, saving, and taking out a loan." Across from Zhang Dahai, a man lowered his head and counted his accounts. Seeing everyone looking at him, he said angrily, "What can I do! I have to think about my mother! What if the quota is gone?"
The others all sighed, feeling a sense of fate that their mountains and rivers were broken and blown by the wind, and their lives were up and down like duckweed in the rain.
The end is here, it always has to be like this.
"Don't worry." Zhang Dahai stood up to stabilize the situation. "I'll go and find out first."
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