Chapter 71 [VIP]
Seven mutated gray wolves are located in a fissure in the ground.
The ground fissure here is obviously dead, it will not shrink nor continue to crack.
There were no plants around, not even insects or anything like that. There was only a strong fishy smell.
As soon as I stepped into the nest, the strong fishy smell hit me in the face.
Mingzhu held his breath and walked in. The cave was dark and damp, with the corners filled with gnawed animal remains.
However, the most eye-catching thing is the faint fluorescence deep in the cave.
Mingzhu approached cautiously and discovered that the fluorescence came from a strange crystal embedded in the rock wall.
The crystal was a dark blue in color, and its surface was covered with strange lines, pulsating slightly as if it had life.
Scattered on the ground around them were several dried corpses of mutant beasts. Their shapes were distorted, and they had obviously died during the mutation process.
"So that's how it is..." Mingzhu whispered to himself.
This crystal is most likely the culprit that caused the seven wolves to mutate and gain the ability to control zombies.
"I wonder which one, a crystal of this color or a crystal core, contains more powerful energy."
Mingzhu reached out to take the crystal, but the moment he touched it he felt a tingling sensation, as if an electric current was running through his body.
Mingzhu was surprised. This is an electric crystal. Unbelievable!
Dig it away, dig it away, dig it away all.
Mingzhu hummed a song happily, took out insulating gloves from the space button, put them on, took out a shovel and started digging.
He was still shouting slogans, one, two, one, two, one. After a long time, Mingzhu finally dug out all the dark blue crystals visible to the naked eye.
After that, Mingzhu did not stay any longer and decisively left the nest that was emitting a strong fishy smell.
Mingzhu returned to the team.
Fu Chun, Ao Lin and the others were still waiting there. They were obviously relieved when they saw Ming Zhu coming back.
"That mutated gray wolf was actually able to cooperate with the zombies in combat. I almost got killed." Fu Chun was still terrified and said that he probably wouldn't dare to come out again this time. At least after the extremely hot weather, he would speak about the base again.
"Pay close attention to the temperature right now," Mingzhu said with a smile. "The weather will be like a furnace in the future. Who would dare to go out and risk being roasted? As for business, there's no time to stop doing it."
"Boss, are you planning to go with us, or?" He Chunyan suddenly asked, making Mingzhu laugh and cry.
"Hey, Old He, if you talk like that, people who don't know you might think you're chasing me away."
"What does the boss mean?"
"I'll go alone," Mingzhu replied. "Following you guys is too slow. Now that I'm out, I'll go gather some supplies for emergencies."
"Oh, Boss," Ao Lin said. "We found the stuffed tiger and are planning to bring it back to Taoyuan Base."
"A stuffed tiger?" Mingzhu hesitated. "What the hell is that?"
"It's a Northeastern golden tabby cat that mutated and shrank in size, then grew back into a thick coat. Just like the pre-apocalyptic internet-famous Ragdoll cat, it's incredibly beautiful."
"I see."
Mingzhu did not ask to take a look, but he agreed to allow species other than humans to settle in Taoyuan Base.
"You can take whatever animals you want back home," Mingzhu said with a smile. "As for the others, well, it's up to you."
He Chunyan nodded to show her understanding.
Fu Chun and Ao Lin also said the same thing, and also talked about other things.
About half an hour later, Mingzhu said goodbye, got on his light-speed motorcycle, and disappeared in a flash.
Mingzhu quickly returned to Taoyuan Base, which took a total of 30 seconds.
When he returned home, Mingzhu did not rush to rest, but chatted with Jin Suanpan in a good mood. Under Jin Suanpan's rolling eyes, he gave the dark blue crystal to Jin Dachui, asking him to see if he could make it into a weapon.
"What is this?" Jin Dachui was full of surprise.
"Crystal," Mingzhu replied, "It's a kind of energy stone that has radiation but is full of energy. It's called crystal for short. It's in high demand in interstellar society."
"So exaggerated?"
"Exaggerated? No, it's just that expensive." Mingzhu sighed. "This is an electric crystal. Try it with the Golden Hammer. If it doesn't work, just leave it alone."
Jin Dachui nodded blankly, indicating that he would definitely try it.
At this time, Jin Shaoyao came back with a small basket on her back and said happily, "Boss brother, I remember you just went out not long ago, and you're back so soon!"
Mingzhu: "It's not like he went out to fight. It's not normal for him to come back so soon."
"That's not normal at all." Jin Shaoyao muttered, then added, "Now that you're back, Boss, you have to help with the herbs."
Mingzhu nodded and didn't refuse. After a while, he really went to help process the herbs.
Just like that, after a few days, on the fifth day after the extremely hot weather arrived, the team that Fu Chun and Ao Lin were in was the first to return.
They brought back a total of 7 Ragdoll cats and more than 100 people, most of whom were elderly people and children.
Mingzhu did it himself.
Later, Zhang Junfang and Jiang Lijun also came back and brought people with them.
The last team to return arrived on the fifteenth day after the extremely hot weather arrived.
At this time, on the fifteenth day after the arrival of extremely hot weather, the temperature reached... It is definitely hot, but acceptable.
It was just that the sun was always scorching, the temperature so high that the whole world felt like it was in a furnace.
The situation inside the Taoyuan base is not bad. After all, in addition to the ice produced in the ice storage room for cooling, there are also large, medium and small ice sculptures produced continuously in the summer ice sculpture venue. They are placed everywhere in the Taoyuan base, lowering the temperature of the entire Taoyuan base by at least 10 degrees.
The outdoor temperature is maintained at around 35 degrees Celsius, while the indoor temperature is around 30 degrees Celsius. This is inseparable from the building materials of the apartment building and the courtyard house.
As long as the buildings at the Taoyuan base are built according to the blueprints, concrete is rarely used. For example, the courtyard houses built using the blueprints of the Fuji Mountain Residence are beautiful and poetic, while also being warm in winter and cool in summer.
The monthly rent is quite attractive. Mingzhu has only built 10 buildings, and they are all fully occupied.
"This damn weather."
Yu Xiaowan and Qin Mingyue both work in the vegetable market. Today they are on leave and taking shifts with their colleagues. They went for a walk outside the base together and almost got so hot that they became dogs.
"The forecast said 45 degrees. But it felt like more than 45."
"Of course, look at the sun."
The two stood in the Taoyuan base. Knowing that there was a protective shield, they dared to look up at the sky.
The saying "the sun sets into a furnace" is true. The red sun, like a red-hot iron ball, hangs above our heads, burning the earth mercilessly.
A month has passed since the floods receded, and not a single drop of rain has fallen. The water levels of the lakes, large and small, that were formed by the fissures and floods are now dropping.
Although it has not dropped rapidly, once the temperature rises to 60 degrees or above, the water level will definitely drop rapidly, and may even dry up.
In fact, not to mention the future, just take the present as an example. If you stay outside the Taoyuan base for a long time, you will find that as the temperature rises, the outside has become a steamer. The existing concrete buildings absorb the heat and refuse to dissipate it even at night.
The already bumpy asphalt road softened into a sticky black slurry, leaving deep footprints when stepped on. It was then dried out by the high temperature and cracked into spider-web-like patterns.
The normal trees that were originally planted now have leaves that have curled up and turned yellow. When the wind blows, they will shatter into ashes.
The area where the Anshan Research Institute was originally located has not been washed away by floods and ground fissures, but has become a flat grassland, and even a winding stream has appeared.
At that time, for the sake of the ecological environment, many people in the Taoyuan Base chose to go to the grassland to plant grass or shrubs. Now it is full of vitality, a bit like the scene before doomsday. However, they never expected that as soon as summer came, extremely hot weather followed.
Although the rivers have not dried up or the riverbeds have cracked yet, it seems that this is not far off.
When Qin Mingyue and Yu Xiaowan returned today, they saw several fish with their bellies turned upside down in the stream. They didn't know if they were dead or not, but they thought they were still alive. After all, as far as they knew, some fish liked to play dead to deceive people.
"Speaking of which, I think our base is amazing. People like Sanshui who live in apartments use induction cookers to cook. Where does this electricity come from?"
"It's not an electric crystal core, it's the power it provides." Yu Xiaowan explained, "Every household in the apartment has a power supply device installed. You just need to put in an electric crystal core, or a fire or metal crystal core to keep the power running."
Fortunately, we are here. Otherwise, with such hot weather and the riverbed drying up, hydropower generation would be completely impossible. The only available power source would probably be solar power.
Solar power generation currently faces another problem: solar power generation equipment is difficult to manufacture.
First of all, at Taoyuan Base, the infrastructure system owned by Mingzhu is in a damaged state. It has been self-checked and repaired many times, but the damaged core has not been repaired.
The current architectural style of Taoyuan Base is all Chinese style. More seriously, it is an imitation of ancient architectural style.
Mingzhu has never been able to find any power generation equipment in the limited-time sales at the Cross-Time and Space Mall or the Midnight Special.
Occasionally, Mingzhu would buy cheap blueprints of traffic horse patterns, Luban □□, etc., and then give them to Yin Dachui.
Moreover, Mingzhu itself has never thought about building solar power generation equipment.
This is a shortcoming and needs to be corrected!
After Qin Mingyue and Yu Xiaowan came to him after their discussion and asked if Taoyuan Base had any solar power generation equipment, Mingzhu remained silent for a moment before saying, "Professor Zhou and Professor Fu should know how to make solar power generation equipment."
Yu Xiaowan shrugged. "Even if Professor Zhou and Professor Fu knew how, they wouldn't be able to make a solar power generation device without the necessary parts or if they didn't have enough!"
Mingzhu: “…”
"I can get it?" Mingzhu said speechlessly, but he also said, "Okay, I'll see if I can exchange Starlight Coins for parts of solar power generation equipment."
"You two should talk to Professor Zhou and the others. Once I get the parts, we can start building the solar power generation equipment."
After all, no matter how common crystal cores are, there's a limit to how many there are. What if zombies and mutant plants are no longer a threat, and crystal cores become hard to come by? Therefore, gradually restoring some of the manufacturing equipment essential to pre-apocalyptic life is absolutely necessary.
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