Xiao Shan froze on the spot.
"It's snowing! It's really snowing!"
Immediately, people nearby gathered around, looking at Xiaoshan with disbelief.
"How did you know? Is it really snowing outside?"
"Yes! I was wondering why it had been so cold for the past few days; it turns out it's snowing outside!"
"Tsk tsk tsk! Is a new wave of disaster about to begin?"
Everyone looked at Xiaoshan, hoping to get the truth of the matter from her.
Lu Yuan and the others quickly came over as well.
"You just said it was snowing?"
Xiao Shan nodded: "That's right! It's snowing! And it's snowing heavily!"
"Did you hear it on the radio?"
"Hmm! I just heard that. It seemed to be some kind of propaganda about the second phase of the underground fortress. I only heard a snippet, but I heard the weather details clearly! By the way, are we located in the eastern part of Taiping Prefecture?"
Lu Yuan scratched his head, unsure of what kind of place this was.
Han Wen stepped forward and nodded: "That's right! This is indeed the eastern part of Taiping Prefecture! Is the snowfall here very heavy?"
Xiao Shan nodded: "That's right! It's very serious. It's said that the snow depth will reach two meters within the next thirty hours!"
"What? Two meters? Holy crap! That's some thick snow?"
Lu Yuan was stunned for a moment; he simply couldn't believe that the snow was even heavier than what he had encountered before.
Han Wen nodded silently, then paced back and forth a few times, rubbing his chin.
"It's pretty much the same situation as my deduction."
"Oh? Sister Hanwen, you also predicted this blizzard?"
"Hmm! More or less! Judging from the recent temperature, humidity and other factors, the temperature has fluctuated a lot this time, and the humidity has suddenly soared from a few percent to over ninety percent. Haven't you noticed that your mattresses have been damp lately?"
Xiao Shan was stunned. She bit her finger and looked at Lu Yuan, whispering, "What Sister Han Wen said seems to be true. We've replaced our mattresses several times recently, and they're still damp! I knew it! It's because it's going to snow!"
"Hmm! But what impact will it have on us? I mean, besides things getting very damp?" Lu Yuan was worried about whether the blizzard would have any impact on the underground fortress. As for the snow above, no matter how thick it was, as long as it didn't affect them, it wouldn't be a big problem.
Han Wen pondered for a moment, then took out paper and pen and began to write and draw.
After a long pause, he finally spoke, saying, "The main impacts are as follows: First, the amount of groundwater will definitely increase in the near future! Because the temperature underground is much higher than the surface temperature, the melting snow will slowly seep into the ground, and underground rivers may even reappear!"
Lu Yuan nodded silently: "That's right! This is a good thing. We won't have to be so stingy with water anymore!"
"But don't be too happy yet, because don't forget, this is an underground fortress. We still don't know how it was dug out, so we still have to be careful about drinking the groundwater! By the way, if the snow on the surface melts too quickly, it might even cause a flood here, which would be a new disaster!"
"Huh? That shouldn't be the case. The temperature up there has already dropped to this level. It shouldn't be melting any further, right? Even if some of it has melted, it's unlikely to cause a flood, right?" Lu Yuan looked at the other person with some doubt.
Han Wen smiled and said, "Of course we will. We shouldn't oversimplify things. We have to take this kind of disaster into account! If it's small, then we don't need to worry, but if it gets big, we have to be prepared to evacuate!"
Lu Yuan nodded silently, his mind already on putting the task of leaving this place back on the agenda.
Then Han Wen added, "Besides the floods, the temperature here may also drop. I've observed a clear downward trend in temperature recently, and it's dropping exponentially. We need to stock up on warm clothing as soon as possible!"
"Okay! I understand, Hanwen-jie!"
Over the next few days, the group couldn't help but cause trouble, but Lu Yuan ignored them completely, except for giving them the middle finger.
What surprised Lu Yuan was that the deputy leader of Group One had changed. Now, one of the deputy leaders in Group One was Zhao Qian. This guy would tremble every time he saw Lu Yuan. Lu Yuan didn't take it seriously. He just felt that the people in Group One wanted to use Zhao Qian's anger to attack him, but Lu Yuan didn't care at all.
The impending blizzard was no longer a secret. In fact, to ease the tense atmosphere, the leadership even installed a loudspeaker to announce recent events to everyone daily, preventing unnecessary trouble caused by suspicion.
On this day, everyone woke up early again, but before the bell rang, they couldn't fall back asleep. The reason was simple: it was too cold.
Lu Yuan shivered as he looked at Xiao Shan beside him. She was trembling all over, wrapped tightly in the blanket, but still didn't seem to feel warm. She was desperately curling herself up like a shrimp.
"Holy crap! Why is it so cold here? What's going on?"
Then Lu Yuan put on his clothes and walked to the thermometer in front of the door. He glanced at it and was immediately dumbfounded.
"What the hell? What's going on? It was five degrees yesterday, and today it's minus fifteen degrees? This isn't how you lower the temperature!"
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