Seeing the cracks in the ceiling gradually disappear, the family members all breathed a sigh of relief.
Lu Yuan climbed down the ladder, his whole body soaked.
Xiao Shan quickly came up and draped a towel over Lu Yuan, then handed him a portable oxygen cylinder.
"I was terrified! Our home was almost destroyed!"
Xiao Shan's voice trembled slightly as she spoke, clearly frightened by what had just happened.
Lu Yuan sighed and looked up at the place where a hole had been punched through.
Water flowed continuously down the pipe at a rapid speed, filling a bucket in less than a minute.
Lu Yuan's heart sank upon seeing this.
"Our crisis is not over yet. The house is leaking inside, which means the outside has cracked! If it is not repaired as soon as possible, the cracks may continue to expand in a while!"
The family members all nodded in agreement with Lu Yuan's words.
At this moment, Lu's father and Xiaoshan's father exchanged a glance and immediately made a decision.
"Now that it's leaking outside, we need to prepare to evacuate! Repairing the cracks underwater is extremely difficult!"
Xiaoshan's father nodded: "That's right! Since we can't fix the vulnerability, let's evacuate as soon as possible!"
However, when the topic of evacuation came up, a hint of reluctance appeared on the faces of the entire family.
They had only lived in the house for less than a month, so leaving now would basically mean abandoning the place.
"If we...if we evacuate, where will we go?"
Lu's mother asked a rather pointed question.
Yes, if we leave this house, where will we go next?
We still don't know what the outside world is like.
A superstorm could turn the entire world into a vast expanse of water, leaving the future uncertain.
As soon as she asked the question, Lu's mother wished she could take back what she had just said. Why did she have to ask such a question? She was just looking for trouble!
Lu Yuan looked at his father and Xiao Shan's father and asked, "Dad, have you... have you already started making preparations to leave?"
Mr. Lu nodded and sighed.
“Yes! Actually, a few days ago, Lao Wei and I discussed what to do next. We can’t be trapped in this house forever. We have to live. We can’t live like rats in this dark and gloomy place! One year is fine, two years is manageable, but what about longer? There’s also Qiqi. She will grow up slowly. She can’t live here forever like us!”
Xiao Shan's father also nodded slightly.
“Yes, Xiaoyuan, really, we need to prepare for our future! Even if we're stuck here now, we still need to prepare for the future! Although we have a lot of food stored up, it will still run out one day, and we will get old, and the children will grow up. At that time, the burden of the whole family will fall on your and Xiaoshan's shoulders. What we plan to do now is to take advantage of the strength we still have to prepare more for this family and for our future!”
After hearing what the two said, the family members finally nodded in agreement.
Although neither of them revealed where they were going, they at least made a statement: if they wanted to continue living, they had to leave this place.
As for where to go, we'll talk about that later; at least we need to ensure their survival first.
So, Lu Yuan and Xiao Shan exchanged a glance and nodded.
"Alright! Let's start preparing now! But if we want to leave here, we might need a ship! A large ship that can carry all of us, and the hull must be very sturdy and large enough to carry all our belongings! Of course, there's too much stuff in the granary, so we need to take at least the essentials with us!"
Then, the family members started discussing what to bring, what preparations to make for the journey, and what to deal with.
Lu Yuan thought for a long time before finally speaking.
"Actually... I had another dream recently! The dream felt incredibly real, and it was very similar to the dream I had before. We're going to encounter even more disasters in the future!"
After hearing Lu Yuan's words, his family members all turned to look at him.
"First, there's the lunar asteroid impact, a disaster we can already predict! The next potential disaster is oxygen shortage! So, oxygen and oxygen generators are indispensable! However, to produce oxygen, we need to carry a large amount of fuel and various generator sets! Only in this way can we ensure the oxygen we need for daily use!"
"Yes! That's right! We'll bring all these things! But how much space do we need? We probably don't need to bring a large oxygen generator, right? After all, the space on a ship is different from that on land. We can't build a ship that's too big. The largest ship we can build should be about the same length as our house!"
After pondering for a moment, Mr. Lu said, "Actually, I have an idea! We don't need to build such a big ship right now! After all, our underground warehouse is quite well-sealed! We can do some simple repairs to the underground warehouse and then store the things inside for a long time. We can build a small boat first and go up to check out the situation!"
After saying this, Mr. Lu couldn't help but glance at the old man beside him.
This time, surprisingly, the old man didn't scold the other person. Instead, he showed a satisfied smile and nodded gently.
"That's right! Let's make sure we can get out first, and then we can check out the situation outside! Otherwise, it's not good for us to be trapped here forever. It would be really difficult if the disaster were over and we still didn't know!"
Lu Yuan immediately nodded: "That's right, I agree with that as well. After all, building a large ship takes a lot of time and materials, and we don't have much steel in our underground warehouse right now. We might need to get some materials from other places!"
After some discussion, the family finally decided on the current issue: first, build a small boat to check the storm situation, and then build their own large ship in the underground warehouse.
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