After all, this was a space-type mutated tree that Gu Mingyue had claimed. Su Xiaoyu dared not resist, nor could she resist a level six mutated tree. So she could only report the situation to Gu Mingyue and request a room change.
Gu Mingyue agreed to her request and had two new quilts delivered to her.
A new call came quickly; it was from Wei Jianguo. In temperatures of minus fifty degrees Celsius, those with superpowers could still manage with their strong bodies, but the ordinary people in the base had long since caught severe colds.
The base hospital was overcrowded. Even though there were pharmacists in the base, and before the arrival of the Ice Season, Gu Mingyue had the plant-possessing individuals in the base plant many herbs.
Inside the base, there was enough medicine, but even if everyone recovered by taking medicine, it was only a temporary cure.
The outside temperature was too low, so everyone burned the dried vines that the plant-powered individuals had induced to grow inside with charcoal braziers. The temperature never rose above zero, and the whole house was filled with soot that it was hard to open one's eyes. They had to open the windows for ventilation, but the heat couldn't be gathered up at all.
Gu Mingyue knew that things couldn't continue like this, so she asked Wei Jianguo to organize a meeting in the conference room for the heads of various districts to discuss how to get through this cold season brought by heavy snow.
Black Tiger City is located in the north-central region. Before the apocalypse, the lowest temperature was only around minus fifteen degrees Celsius. Most of the residential buildings in the city had heating. So someone suggested that the members inside the Bright Moon Base be concentrated in several areas covered by heating.
Send workers to take turns burning the fire at night; perhaps that will help them survive this sudden cold winter.
When the base was expanding, everyone also collected dozens of tons of coal in the city. The person who said this thought that if everyone squeezed together in one building, they could survive until spring.
Gu Mingyue knew perfectly well that the temperature of minus fifty or sixty degrees Celsius would continue for three years, with the lowest temperature even reaching minus seventy degrees Celsius, similar to the Arctic. Dozens of tons of coal would not be enough.
Moreover, with tens of thousands of people crammed into one building, the population density is too high, making daily life inconvenient. If the flu were to break out, it could easily spread over a large area.
Gu Mingyue reserved her opinion and continued to listen to other people's thoughts.
Then someone suggested building heated brick beds and stoves.
We are currently in a period of explosive growth in superpowers. There are many earth, metal, plant, and fire-type superpower users in the base, making it much easier to build houses, heated brick beds, and other civil engineering structures than before the apocalypse.
It's not that no one lives near the Arctic. The most important thing to survive in the cold season is to block the cold wind and isolate the exchange of hot and cold air between indoors and outdoors. If earth and metal element ability users could build houses that are more solid and leak-proof, with walls half a meter wide, that would be ideal.
Each room should be as small as possible, with a long, narrow heated kang bed like those in Northeast China, along with a stove and exhaust pipes. Even without coal or gas, only a small amount of straw or wood is needed for heating.
“No, the snow outside is half a meter deep now, and the soil is frozen solid. Building a house would require digging and laying a foundation, which won’t work.” Someone immediately voiced their objection.
"But the thickness of the exterior walls of buildings in Black Tiger City is about ten centimeters less than that of buildings in Northeast China, where the temperature at night in winter is only minus thirty degrees Celsius."
“Their windows are all double-paned, while ours are all single-paned. How can we possibly survive this minus fifty degrees Celsius?” the person who proposed building new houses said, slamming his fist on the table.
"Besides, aren't there fire-type ability users? Why not just melt the snow outside and have the strength-enhancing users dig the foundation?"
The city's defense captain, who was also a fire-type ability user, was displeased and shouted, "Our base has tens of thousands of people. Do you know how much time and effort it takes to build these houses and dig the foundations?"
"By the time the houses are finished, winter might be over. And with all these ability users busy building houses, who will take care of the base's defenses? What if the monsters invade again?"
Everyone started talking at once, and gradually they began to argue.
Gu Mingyue had a headache from the argument in the conference room, and it only felt better after massaging her temples and brows.
Seeing that everyone was arguing louder and louder and showed no sign of stopping, Gu Mingyue showed an unhappy expression and shouted, "Stop arguing."
Hearing Gu Mingyue's solemn expression, everyone, even those who were angry, quickly stopped arguing. After exchanging glares with the people who had been arguing, they calmed down.
"I know the base just finished defending against the monster invasion and has consumed a lot of supplies. Now we have to face this once-in-a-century ice season. I'm feeling frustrated."
"But I called you here to discuss how to deal with this harsh winter, not to have you argue and vent your anger!" Gu Mingyue's face was extremely calm, but the heads of each district knew that this was the calm before the storm; their boss was truly angry.
The boss led this bunch of weaklings through countless hardships in the apocalypse. It can be said that without Gu Mingyue, they would not have the peaceful life they have now. No one dared to test Gu Mingyue's bottom line; they all lowered their heads and obediently listened to her instructions.
"Right now, the bases outside are braving the snow and ice to welcome the invasion of level four and five monsters. We're already very lucky that all we have to worry about is how to get through the Ice Season." Gu Mingyue softened her voice when she saw everyone bowing their heads and remaining silent.
Upon hearing Gu Mingyue's words, the nameless anger that had just arisen in the conference room due to concerns about living conditions dissipated considerably.
Yes, people only experience happiness when they are making comparisons.
Currently, level four and five monsters are so frightened by Gu Mingyue's Bloodsucking Blade that they dare not approach this place at all, but it's not the case in other bases.
In temperatures as low as minus fifty degrees Celsius, they had to search for heat sources while simultaneously battling invasions from level four or five humanoid monsters that were impervious to ice and snow. Their lives were far more difficult than ever.
The people in the conference room immediately felt incredibly fortunate to have followed Gu Mingyue and worked for her, which allowed them to survive until now and only worry about resolving Han Ji's issues!
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