Chapter 163: Overtime! Building heating!
It is a common phenomenon that people eat more after recovering from illness.
The daily food supply at the Bloody Dawn Base was rationed. Even though Ye Qi had previously ordered that those who recovered from illness be given double the food, it still failed to appease everyone's hungry stomachs.
Some members who recovered early had an abnormally large appetite.
Ye Qi, who had just recovered from an illness, felt the same way, so he was discussing with the administrators whether to give an extra portion of food to those who had recovered.
At this time, the team responsible for registering members' entry and exit sent someone to report.
"Several groups of people were dissatisfied with the food supply at our base and left for other locations. Thirty-seven have left so far."
Somewhere else?
The administrators at the meeting were all confused.
Now in City C, is there any other place that can provide a stable supply of food that is better than this base?
"Where did they go?"
"I heard it's in the northern part of the city, a base called Tian...Tian or something."
"What the hell? You don't even know his name?"
The reporting team member scratched his head: "I don't know... Those people didn't explain it clearly, it seems like they themselves don't understand it."
"They're going to seek refuge in a place where they can't even figure out its name?"
Giving up the security, stability, dormitories, and food of the base to go to an unfamiliar place? This is not as simple as moving house, changing schools, or changing jobs before the end of the world. If you end up in a place with no food or water, you will die.
What were the thirty or so people who left for? Could there really be more abundant food supplies there than here?
Is there such a magical place in the north of the city? I haven’t discovered it before.
The base never prevented members from leaving, and the conditions were very relaxed. Anyone who wished to leave could register, leave behind their belongings, and leave. Of course, if they made a mistake, they had to accept their punishment before leaving; leaving was not a means of evading punishment. Leaving didn't mean they were never allowed back in, but rather that they were prohibited from rejoining within three months. This was intended to prevent spies from frequently passing information back and forth.
In short, the base does not have any harsh conditions for entry, and there are often people who come here because of its reputation but leave because they cannot stand the hard work and strict system of the base. So this time, if more than 30 people want to leave, the base will not stop them.
The reduction of more than 30 people, all of whom are ordinary people, is not a big loss for a base of more than 3,000 people.
But this incident, in which dozens of people all went to one place because they felt there was not enough food here, attracted the attention of the top management of the base.
Everyone unanimously agreed to send a few people over there to check out the situation and see if there really was a base in the same city that had sufficient food and could accommodate a large number of members.
If it is a good place, they can form an alliance and work together to rebuild the city and resist mutant beasts.
However, if there are any abnormalities, it is still necessary to take early warning and make arrangements.
This incident did not affect the operation of the base. The management still provided an extra portion of food to those who recovered to take care of everyone's health.
The members were generally grateful, but some still left the base every day, most of them heading north to the city.
The cold wave hit suddenly.
It's snowing.
Before the apocalypse, it didn't snow every winter in City C. If it did, it was only a light snow. But this time, after a night of heavy snow, when I got up in the morning, the snow was half a meter deep and it was still falling.
Southern cities do not have city-wide heating systems. After the disaster, there was no electricity, and air conditioners, heaters, etc. could not be used. The temperature dropped suddenly, and many survivors froze to death that night.
Many of those who were not frozen to death were shivering and stumbling as they approached the Crimson Dawn base with difficulty.
Inside the base's walls, a small building emanated a constant stream of steam from its roof, visible from afar. On such a harsh, snowy day, this little bit of heat was a real temptation.
It proves that it’s warm in the base!
"It's so hot, so warm, it's wonderful."
"Our base is so good. Once the snow stops and we can work, I will definitely work twice as hard."
"In this world, it's a blessing to have such a nice place to live like our base!"
You know what, it’s really warm in the base.
Why?
Since Qiao Lan was reborn, he had known that today was a super cold winter, and he had told Ye Qi a long time ago to prepare for the cold.
Otherwise, if more than half of the members freeze to death, how can we talk about the operation of the base?
Ye Qi’s idea of resisting the cold is simple and crude.
He's from the north, so what does he rely on in winter? Heating.
So he wanted to install a heating system in the base dormitory.
However, City C does not have such things traditionally. It does not have the boilers, underground pipes, and room pipes required for heating. There are no manufacturers of these specialized equipment locally, so it is impossible to go to the factory ruins to pick up leaks directly.
He was stubborn and determined to get this done, so he sent a message to the entire base, recruiting people who knew about plumbing and offering a reward of points.
Finally, he found it.
Xiao Zhang from the guard team, who was a firefighter and was saved by Qiao Lan, was from Heng City, Hebei Province, one of the two major heating production bases in the north. His family has run a radiator processing factory for more than 20 years. He has been influenced by it since he was a child and has a good understanding of the heating system.
So Ye Qi organized his forces to look for steel everywhere, called several strong ability users, metal ability users, and fire ability users, plus his own lightning ability users. Under the technical guidance of Xiao Zhang, a group of people worked day and night, working overtime and overtime, and built a complete set of heating pipes.
It can't be said that it is made to standard. There are many flaws and it is not beautiful at all. It is just a bunch of steel pipes.
But it doesn’t matter. There is no problem. Ye Qi sent a burst of electricity through, and the fire element assisted, forcibly deforming the steel pipe.
The strong ones are responsible for pinching and pounding, the metal ones are responsible for repairing leaks. Don't worry about whether the shape is beautiful or not. As long as the steel pipe is strong and thick enough, the joints are strong and water will not leak, and it is safe, it's fine.
Later, they brought in earthwork experts, along with several large excavators, bulldozers, and road rollers. They dug deep into the cold, hard ground, buried thick pipes, and then installed thin pipes in the dormitory to connect them...
In this way, the base heating system was rolled out in a short period of time.
"Yohoo! It worked!"
After the first test, all participants jumped three feet high, they were so excited.
No one expected that superpowers are not only useful in fighting monsters, but are also great for production and construction!
The boiler and coal used for heating water were found in an abandoned factory outside the city. Many industries, including metallurgy, chemicals, glass, and cement, required coal, and they had boilers and a large amount of coal in stock. Qiao Lan made a special trip and quietly transported the well-preserved boiler and a large amount of coal to the base using space shuttle.
Xiao Zhang instructed the people with special abilities to convert the boiler into a model specifically for heating.
So on the day when snow fell, heating was officially supplied to the base.
The water heated by the boiler flows into every dormitory through underground pipes. The thin pipes in the dormitory are filled with hot water, and soon the room becomes warm.
Of course, the thin tubes in the dormitory are not radiators, just a few simple steel pipes, which can also conduct heat and keep warm. Making the shape of the radiator is too difficult, a waste of energy, and unnecessary.
Anyway, the room temperature in the dormitory can basically be guaranteed to be over ten degrees, which is much better than the minus ten degrees outside.
Because of this special warmth, many people came to seek refuge, including many people with special abilities, and the base quickly grew to 5,000 people.
The newcomers did not have particularly good dormitories, so they just had to make do with a temporary room where dozens of people were crowded together, but everyone was still satisfied.
And you can also see a doctor here.
Those infected had designated living quarters, with access to medicine, doctors, and the chanting of spiritual therapists. The mortality rate was much lower than in the city. Even those who died were comforted by the chanting, a relatively peaceful experience, and end-of-life care was in place.
"I regret not coming here sooner... I heard the rules here are strict, I thought I'd be enslaved..."
"I really hope this base prospers and one day the city can be rebuilt!"
The new members were quickly impressed by the living conditions at the base and were filled with anticipation.
So, in this cruel winter, in the dilapidated and desperate city, the Crimson Dawn Base is like an ark, floating quietly in the troubled times, moving forward, leading the passengers to find an oasis of hope.
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