Should we provide them with lightning rods?
Xu Xin personally agreed. All of his men had special skills, and it would be a huge loss if they really died in this thunderstorm.
But the focus of this matter lies with Li Wenxi. Whether she is willing or not, after all, the black gold is in her hands.
Xu Xin sent a video to Li Wenxi.
It happened almost instantly. Li Wenxi, leaning against the window, stared at the dark clouds outside and exclaimed, "Xu Xin, lightning has started to strike here! Just now, many bolts of lightning struck the lightning rod in my tree house! I've never seen such thick lightning before, it's terrifying!"
Although she said this, there was no trace of fear on her face, and she was even a little excited.
Xu Xin shared his thoughts with her.
Li Wenxi showed a somewhat embarrassed expression. "Actually, I really want to help them, but it takes ten pieces of black gold ore to make one, and it takes an hour to make one piece. It's really too difficult to make. I built a separate furnace to keep making black gold pieces, but I only have twelve pieces so far. And one lightning rod requires five pieces..."
Li Wenxi's meaning was very clear. She spent a lot of time and effort, went on a trip to move the gold, and even burned it all night, but only got a dozen or so black gold bars. The number was too small, and she didn't want to give it to others.
Xu Xin understood her thinking perfectly. He had few resources of his own, so it was sheer madness to try to help others. A talented person should benefit the world, but now he might not even have enough for himself, so he could just focus on himself.
"I didn't expect black gold nuggets to be so difficult to obtain. I was inconsiderate." Xu Xin felt that what he had just said was a bit like a saintly bitch, and apologized a little embarrassedly.
"I'll go help them when I have more black gold nuggets. After all, they're members of an organization, and I've benefited from their information. But with the weather out there, I don't know when I can go out mining again."
While the two were talking, the thunderstorm outside showed no signs of stopping and even became more and more intense.
When Xu Xin just woke up, there were only two or three thunders a minute, but now there is one every ten seconds or so.
"I can't hear what you're saying." Li Wenxi covered his ears and rubbed them. The thunder was simply too loud. "I don't know when it will stop. Isn't today the rainy season? Why is there only thunder and no rain... Huh?"
She suddenly stared out the window with wide eyes, then took a deep breath: "There's a fire! There's a fire in the distance! It was caused by lightning!"
"What?" Xu Xin immediately looked out his window. Although there were constant lightning strikes, there was no sign of fire for the time being.
However, with the frequent lightning strikes, it is probably only a matter of time before a forest fire occurs.
Thinking like lightning, Xu Xin instantly offered a suggestion: "Quick, go down and cut down all the trees around the tree house to create a firebreak. That way, the fire won't spread! Don't worry about being struck by lightning. The lightning rod will divert any nearby lightning!"
"Oh, okay! I'll go right away!" Li Wenxi hung up the video in a hurry.
At this time, Ji Chaoyang also sent a message in the group.
"Everyone, this thunderstorm before the rain is likely to cause forest fires.
My tree house was struck by lightning several times just now, and some things in the tree house were destroyed by the current from the lightning. This lightning strike can destroy items in the house, but it doesn't seem to work on us, nor will it cause the tree house to catch fire.
But don't let this put you off; if you wait in the tree house like this, the trees in the distance could catch fire.
Now we'd better take the important things and go down from the tree house, and then cut down all the trees around the tree house to form a firebreak around it. In this way, if there is a forest fire, we can minimize the losses.
We don't need to worry too much about lightning striking us near the tree house, as it's tall and will attract lightning. Of course, be careful when getting down from the tree house to avoid being struck. Do it quickly. There's a fire in the distance over here, so we just need to hold out until the rain comes."
At the same time, he also sent this message to the regional channel. The difference was that he added another sentence to the message sent to the regional channel.
"Those of you who have never raised your treehouse to higher levels must be careful. Your treehouses are not high enough to attract lightning. It is up to you to decide whether to go down and cut down the firebreak."
From his words, Xu Xin learned that if the tree house was struck by lightning, the items inside would be damaged, but this was not very serious.
This guy actually thought of so much in just a few minutes, and even compiled a strategy and posted it directly. Xu Xin had to admire him.
Just now, he thought that the tree house being one floor higher would be very disadvantageous for other people who did not have lightning rods, but Ji Chaoyang directly grasped the key point.
The biggest danger from this thunderstorm isn't the lightning strike, but the potential bushfires it causes! After all, lightning strikes can't harm people in a tree house, but bushfires can!
"Ji Chaoyang is right. We must clear the surrounding area immediately. It's not even seven o'clock yet. Judging from previous activities, the rainy season may not start until nine o'clock. Two hours is enough for the forest fire to spread far. Everyone must pay attention!" Xu Xin also sent a message on the regional channel.
The two big guys at the top and second place on the list both spoke with great persuasiveness, and immediately, the regional channel was filled with words of gratitude.
“Thank you both bosses!”
"There's a fire in the distance over here too! I'm going down there to chop down the trees!"
"Haha, I've already cut down all the trees around here, so it saves me a lot of trouble!"
“Oh my god, there are birch and pine trees growing all around me!”
"Just chop it down. You'll get much less material from an undergrown tree, but it's not zero. I've tried chopping it down before."
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