Chapter 162 Reconstruction
The research team's speculation was correct. After two days of light fog, the fog gradually dissipated. However, Su Cheng was worried that the fog had not completely dissipated, so he did not let the survivors leave the dungeon. Instead, he put on protective clothing and took two special assistants and several management personnel out of the dungeon.
As soon as they came out of the dungeon, they saw the thick fog gradually dissipate. There was still no sunlight, but they could see clearly within ten meters.
That afternoon, I could see within 20 meters, and the next morning, I could see clearly within 100 meters. The sun also appeared.
This news made all the survivors in the underground city very happy. They were all waiting to return to the ground and rebuild their homes after the fog dissipated.
On the afternoon of June 26th, the thick fog hadn't completely dissipated, but a heavy rain fell. The research team immediately installed a rainwater detector: "Base Director, this rainwater can't be drunk. The water quality is poor and it's corrosive!"
Because of the research team's words, Su Cheng did not allow everyone to collect rainwater to drink. However, those who had been thirsty for too many days saw the rainwater and rushed out of the underground city with basins to collect rainwater without caring whether it was safe or not. They stood in the rain and got wet. However, after a while, their bodies became hot and red, their skin blistered, and they felt so painful that they wanted to scratch it.
"Doctor, save me! I'm corroded!" At this moment, no one cared about the rain water and didn't dare to drink it. They hurried back to the dungeon and asked the doctor to save them.
The doctor was speechless. "Who told you to be disobedient? You deserve it now." He examined them anyway. Unfortunately, there was no clean water to rinse their skin. Su Cheng suddenly became furious. "Since they're so disobedient, don't give them the medicine. Once the rain stops, expel all of them from the base. We don't want disobedient people in the base! The same goes for everyone else. If you don't want to stay at Hope Base, leave immediately!"
The disobedient people were shocked when they heard Su Cheng's words. They saw it clearly when they went out to collect rainwater just now.
The thick fog corroded the base. If they left the base at this time, there would be no safe place and no supplies in Hangzhou. Leaving would only lead to death.
So they pleaded with Su Cheng again and again, asking him not to drive them out of the base, but Su Cheng was firm in his attitude and said that none of these people would be left alive!
No matter how much they begged, they would not relent.
They even threatened to throw them out of the base immediately if they continued to beg for mercy.
Immediately, he became obedient.
It was not until the research team said that rainwater was drinkable that Su Cheng asked people to go out with water towers, buckets, basins and other containers to collect water. No matter how much water they collected, they had to bring it back to solve people's thirst first.
The heavy rain lasted for five consecutive days before it stopped. The moment the rain stopped, a rainbow hung in the sky. Su Cheng saw such a beautiful scene when he brought the survivors out of the base.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on the rainbow, and they made wishes to the rainbow, hoping that they could live in peace and security and avoid natural disasters.
After making the wish, Su Cheng immediately led everyone to inspect their base. Except for the three-layer glass plantations, farms, medicinal herb farms, and major factories, which were still intact, all other buildings were gone.
This means that everyone will still have to live in the underground city and wait for the ground to be rebuilt before returning to the ground.
After learning about the situation at the base, Su Cheng immediately called a meeting of management to discuss what to do next.
After discussion, they unanimously decided to rebuild the base!
No one wanted to leave the base, even if it were destroyed. If a large-scale migration took place, the hardships on the road could be imagined. Burning, killing, and looting were man-made disasters, but what if they were also faced with earthquakes, acid rain, dense fog, or extreme cold or heat? How many people would die in natural disasters?
Moreover, they currently have no way of finding out which places in Country H they can go to? Everyone has gone through hardships and dangers to reach Hope Base, and we all understand the pain involved. They definitely want to settle down and don't want to leave.
Su Cheng asked the survivors for their opinions. If they wanted to stay, they could stay. If they wanted to leave, they could leave. He would not force them. If they stayed, they would rebuild the base together. If they left, he would give them a few days of supplies and let them leave.
The result was quickly answered. No matter whether they were poor or rich, no one was willing to leave. The rich were unwilling to leave because their supplies were all under the ruins. If they moved the ruins away, they could get their supplies back. If the base was rebuilt by then, they would stay, and if not, they would leave.
The poor don't want to flee anymore. It's hard to avoid natural disasters and man-made disasters. Staying may give them a glimmer of hope.
Then rebuild the base!
Rebuilding the base requires supplies, not just daily necessities, but also construction supplies. They can find many supplies from the ruins, but most of the supplies have to be found outside the base.
Su Cheng looked at Ji Yanmo and said, "The Sheng family's hidden food… let's use it when the supplies we have are completely insufficient! Arrange people to go out and look for supplies. Maybe we can hold on until the base is successfully rebuilt. The vegetables and food in the plantation haven't been greatly affected. I estimate that there will be no problem within a month."
Ji Yanmo nodded. It was about the same time as he estimated, but within this month, he had to find daily necessities, construction supplies, and other supplies.
So they started to plan and roughly divided the survivors into two groups: one group would stay at the base to rebuild, and the other group would go out to search for supplies. No matter what supplies they had, as long as they were useful to the base or to themselves, they could bring them back.
Whether poor or rich, as long as you want to stay in the base, you must obey their arrangements. Everyone has a job, except for the elderly who are unable to work or young children.
Searching for supplies and those who stayed behind to rebuild the base were extremely hard-pressed. Supplies were now extremely difficult to find, practically nonexistent in Hangcheng. There wasn't even a single living tree or blade of grass to be found. Therefore, if one wanted supplies, they had to leave Hangcheng and search for areas uncorrupted by acid rain or dense fog.
After much hesitation, Su Cheng asked the management to find someone completely trustworthy and let them drive out of Hangzhou to look for supplies.
This decision was very risky. If a survivor saw a car with gasoline and drove away, they would be left with nothing.
The supplies that need to be searched for outside are not just food, but also water, herbs, wood, steel bars, cement, flooring, glass, wires, etc. Any supplies that are helpful in rebuilding the base must be brought back.
Ji Yanmo randomly picked a team to search for supplies and went to see Lu Xingtang before leaving. The base hospital was destroyed in the thick fog, but it had not completely collapsed. The survivors carefully entered the ruins of the hospital and took out many medicines and medical equipment.
Lu Xingtang is now a doctor at the base, so it is impossible for him to go out with Ji Yanmo to look for supplies. He has to stay at the base to take care of sick or pregnant women who are about to give birth, as well as treat other patients.
When Ji Yanmo came over, Lu Xingtang was busy comforting a woman who was about to give birth. If Tang Jiajia beside him hadn't reminded him, he wouldn't have known that Ji Yanmo had come.
(End of this chapter)
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