Chapter 561 Global heating, 60 degrees high temperature!
After days of overtime work, the decoration of the residential buildings in the Second Outer City has come to an end.
The underground plantation is still being arranged.
After Li Yu finished chatting with Anya, he suddenly realized a major mistake.
He considered the issue of ventilation under a volcanic eruption.
He considered the issue of planting after darkness.
He also considered the issue of the arrival of the zombie wave after darkness.
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But he seems to have ignored the problem of acid rain.
Originally, according to his idea, although acid rain fell, due to the filtering effect of the ground and the comprehensive reaction with the rocks, the impact of acid rain and volcanic ash on groundwater would not be particularly great.
and.
The Da Zhangshu base is located in a forest. The south is already mountainous and has many forests.
There is little chance of acid rain.
Therefore, I did not pay too much attention to this point.
However, this is a global volcanic eruption. He doesn't know whether acid rain will fall on the Big Camphor Tree.
He had never stayed here in his previous life.
So it was unknown, and this unknown feeling made him uncomfortable.
He only knew that in his previous life, there was acid rain for a period of time in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and those days were extremely difficult.
Because I was hiding in a basement, and because I didn't store enough water, I was thirsty and drank water for a long time. The water mixed with acid rain corroded the digestive tract and caused severe inflammation of the digestive tract.
He didn't die, but he was badly beaten.
Must stock up on water!
And you need to stock up on a lot of water!
Because so many people in the base currently need water, and the underground plantations also need water, enough water must be stored.
Thinking of this, Li Yu suddenly remembered that during the locust plague, he dug a huge pit. This pit was originally used to put some grasshoppers, but now it can be transformed into a small reservoir.
But that alone is not enough.
Li Yu looked at Shantang Reservoir, dazed.
Perhaps we can dig another reservoir under Shantang Reservoir, near the foot of the mountain, apply cement on it, and then build a greenhouse on top.
Although acid rain is corrosive, after it falls on the surface and is filtered by the soil, it should not corrode cement much.
There are still nearly two weeks, which is enough.
So he came to the inner city and went to his second uncle and others to discuss the matter.
In the inner city.
dining room.
Under a steel barrel more than two meters high and one meter in diameter.
The second uncle held a large water bottle with a capacity of 1L and pressed the button. The chrysanthemum tea flowed out of the steel bucket and poured into the second uncle's large water bottle.
"Second uncle." Li Yu said to his second uncle.
The second uncle turned his head, but seemed to be afraid that the water outlet under the steel drum would leak and waste water, so he immediately turned his head back to the steel drum.
"Xiaoyu is here, wait for me to get off. I'll get some water. It's too hot today. I don't do anything outside. I'm sweating in less than a minute."
The second uncle bent down, drank the water, and complained.
Li Yu was not in a hurry and stood aside for more than ten seconds.
After receiving the water, the second uncle pressed the button again to turn off the water dispenser.
"Xiaoyu, what do you want from me?" the second uncle asked.
After finishing speaking, he took a large water bottle and poured water down his throat.
"Second Uncle, I feel that one mountain pond alone is not enough to store water. My idea is to dig another small pond, so as to have double insurance."
This is the excuse Li Yu thought up.
He definitely couldn't tell the truth to his second uncle, and this reason was quite normal.
When the second uncle heard this, he was stunned for a moment. After thinking for a while, he nodded habitually and said:
"I think it's okay. You've considered it well. Although it's unlikely that anything will happen to Shantang Reservoir, you should be prepared for everything.
Besides, the residential buildings in the Second Outer City have been built recently, so everyone feels a little more relaxed for the time being. We will dig a pond so that we can store more water.
Then dig it, I support it with both hands."
The second uncle glanced at the water in the big water bottle and saw that one-third of it had been drained in just one sip.
So he turned around and filled it with water. After it was filled with water, he tightened the cap of the large water bottle.
In the base, generally the opinions put forward by Li Yu will be implemented.
Over the past year or so, Li Yu has brought the base to where it is now, and Li Yu's authority is already very high.
If Li Yu wants to do something, even if he doesn't inform them, they won't have any objection.
However, Li Yu is always vigilant.
Be cautious.
There is often too much reliance on one person's decision and judgment. The advantage is that it is very efficient, but the disadvantage is that once a mistake is made, the impact will be great.
Therefore, Li Yu intentionally avoids this point. Basically, anything he wants to do will be discussed with his second uncle, eldest uncle, third uncle, and Yang Tianlong.
meeting room.
Li Yu put forward his own idea.
Including digging the pond and covering all parts of the pond with cement;
And put some anti-penetration materials between the cement and the soil.
Also build a shed roof on top.
No one had any objections to digging the pond and plastering it with cement.
But when we talked about building a shed roof, my uncle raised a question:
"I don't think it's necessary to cover the shed roof, right? I mainly thought that it would be more troublesome to cover the shed roof, but it wouldn't be very useful."
Li Yu thought for a moment and slowly said:
"Although the black ball is non-toxic and harmless, there is no way to lay it on Shantang Reservoir. After all, the reservoir is too big.
Laying a shed roof is mainly for sun protection, and it can also protect the cleanness of water sources.
We have enough steel, so materials are not a problem.
It's troublesome, but as long as it's covered, it will be easier to get water later."
The uncle heard Li Yu's firm intention, so he didn't raise any objection.
The matter was settled just like that.
But before digging, there is one thing that needs to be done first, which is to harvest all the crops and fruit trees in the base.
The crops have been ripened by the high temperature, and the weather will get even hotter over time, so why not harvest all the fruit trees together.
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The sun sets in the west.
The temperature began to slowly drop.
Now, they feel that it is cooler even at 40 degrees Celsius.
It's not that it's not hot when it's over 40 degrees, but it's more than 50 degrees during the day.
At night, with temperatures over 40 degrees, it was already much better.
The hot weather every day has caused many young fruits on the fruit trees to fall off, which makes people in the base very distressed.
Some people deliberately pick up the unripe fruits.
Although the taste in the mouth is still a bit bitter, it is a fruit after all and is rich in various vitamins.
People in the apocalypse are often very good if they can only have one bite to eat.
But there are also many people who have major problems with their bodies due to a lack of vitamins or various trace elements.
Night falls.
Harvest rice tonight, harvest crops, and pick all the fruits in the mountains and forests.
The people who had been prepared long ago, some were driving harvesters, and some were preparing sickles. There were also some crops on the hillside, and the harvesters could not drive up there.
Rice is grown both inside and outside the city.
Everyone is involved in this grand harvest event.
Although this time the rice production was affected by high temperatures, resulting in a 30% reduction in production.
But it is also a harvest after all. What they harvest is not just crops, but also the guarantee of future life.
Driving a small harvester, the sound is not very loud.
Especially after passing through the obstruction of the tall wall, although some movement can still be heard outside the base, it is no longer big.
Outside the wall, there are still some zombies wandering around.
A few here and there are not enough to cause trouble.
The second outer city has now been built, but in Lao Qin they still stay in the first outer city.
The residential buildings in the First Outer City can still accommodate them for the time being.
Moreover, there are basically no decorations in the second outer city. In terms of comfort, it is still more comfortable to live in the first outer city.
So, they didn't move there.
The first outer city and the second outer city are connected to each other.
Li Yu also asked Li Tie to take a few people and drive a harvester out.
Generally speaking, the harvesting speed of a harvester can reach 10 acres of land in one hour.
This harvester can harvest all the grain in the two outer cities in just over 4 hours.
In the inner city.
Li Hang drives a harvester to harvest in paddy fields.
White smoke emitted from the harvester was vaguely visible under the bright headlights.
Third Uncle and Lao Lu were guarding the base on the wall. There were 20 of them, with two positions: movement and movement, taking turns.
Ensure safety in the base.
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He Chao and others also helped in the outer city, cleaning up some of the straw from the harvested rice, and then leveling the rice with a rake.
The first wave of harvested rice was directly dried on the basketball court of the First Outer City.
Soon, after the basketball court was full, the rice was dried on other cement pavements.
The harvester harvests very quickly, but the speed of drying the millet behind it cannot keep up with the speed of harvesting.
Not long after the water-stained rice was placed on the cement floor, a lot of the water evaporated.
Although it was night, the temperature was not low, also reaching 40 degrees.
In order to cool down, Li Yu asked people to take out a lot of ice cubes and chilled drinks from the icehouse, which made everyone feel better.
This was still at night. Compared with the day, not only was there no sun to bake, but the surface temperature also dropped by more than ten degrees.
But this still made them sweat profusely.
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Li Yu did not harvest in the paddy fields. He went to the mountains and picked navel oranges from the trees with a flashlight.
The navel oranges they have here are very delicious.
Many navel oranges still look a little green, but I can’t worry about that much now.
Pick!
Among the navel orange trees, the aroma of navel oranges fills the surrounding area.
Li Yu picked a basket of navel oranges, wiped his sweat, felt a little thirsty, and picked a navel orange from the tree.
I simply wiped it on my clothes and peeled it. The soda from the orange peel splashed out, and the aroma suddenly became much stronger.
The pulp is very juicy and bursting with juice.
Just looking at this pulp is very tempting.
Li Yu put the orange peel aside and took a big bite of the pulp.
Before you bite into the pulp, be prepared to show an expression of enjoyment on your face.
The next second.
hiss--
Li Yu immediately revealed the pain mask.
It’s so sour!
Extremely sour!
Eyelids twitching.
Yutong, who was next to him, saw him like this and said with a smile:
"This orange is not ripe yet, so of course it is sour. It will be fine if it is left for a while."
After saying that, he handed the water bottle filled with ice water to Li Yu.
Li Yu smiled hoarsely.
He took it and took a big gulp of the frozen water.
For a moment, there was a coolness from inside to outside, which made him feel comfortable.
After drinking some water, the stuffy feeling all over my body was gone.
Suddenly, he saw it, illuminated by flashlights around him.
Yutong's hazy and beautiful face under the orange tree looked even more attractive under the soft light.
Look at her quietly.
Yutong seemed to feel something. She turned around and saw Li Yu's fiery eyes and gave him a nice eye roll.
Li Yu stepped forward, hugged Yutong from behind, and said to her, "Is it convenient today?"
"Huh?" Yutong was a little surprised, but she reacted in the next second.
"inconvenient."
Li Yu knew that it was Yutong who was shy.
He smiled and didn't care. There was no need to seek her opinion on such matters.
For now, it is better to harvest these crops and fruits first.
With the joint efforts of more than two hundred people, all the fruits and vegetables inside and outside the base were finally harvested.
Taking advantage of the darkness, they assigned their respective tasks.
After these dozens of acres of rice are harvested, the remaining straw will still be of great use.
After the volcano erupts later, these rice will be used to feed cattle, sheep, and even fish.
The plant ash can also be used to make rice crackers.
Bunches of straw are tied up and planted in the fields.
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This time, 5 tons of navel oranges alone were harvested. There were also other fruits and vegetables, totaling 10 tons.
Navel oranges can be stored for a long time even in normal environments, but half of them are still used for further processing.
Some are sliced, some are peeled and placed in a glass pot with some sugar.
The peeled orange peel is not wasted.
Orange peel mainly has the functions of quickening qi and promoting separation, reducing phlegm and reducing phlegm, digesting food and harmonizing the stomach, detoxifying, and killing fish and crab toxins.
Moreover, orange peel is a very good Chinese medicinal material.
Store it after drying in the sun. If you have a cough with excessive phlegm, you can take out an appropriate amount of orange peel and soak it in water to drink, which can effectively reduce phlegm.
These oranges have been peeled and placed on the cement floor, waiting for the sun to shine tomorrow. With the high temperature of more than 50 degrees during the day, they can be dried out in one day.
There are also some vegetables that seem to go to the freezer, but most of them are taken and placed in a huge pickling cellar.
Fresh vegetables are precious.
But they can always eat it, thanks to the underground planting base that can produce various vegetables year-round.
Even so, people in the base, influenced by Li Yu, will always do some hoarding things.
I have stocked up on these vegetables, so I don’t feel panicked.
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Dozens of tons of rice were placed on the cement floors of the entire inner and outer city.
These cement roads were also cleaned by other people in the base.
If there is less sand and gravel when exposed to the sun, there will be less threshing machines and less rice washing.
For the children at the base, this is a holiday.
With all the manpower in the base mobilized, there is no shortage of manpower.
Bright as day base night.
They were running in the mountains and forests, laughing and playing.
Hide and seek in some not so bright places,
picking fruits in the orchard;
Helped tie up straw and made a scarecrow;
Sweeping the concrete pavement and playing hopscotch on the wet rice before it was placed on it;
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This is a night of harvest, and it is also a night of joy.
This night will be unforgettable for the children and everyone else.
Everyone was busy until after five o'clock in the morning before everything was settled.
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The sun came out very early, and at around five o'clock, the sky was already bright.
After a busy night, everyone went back to sleep.
The red sun rises.
The yellow rice on the cement floor is illuminated even brighter and golden.
Not only was he alone in Li Yu's room, Yutong was also there.
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Li Yu pulled away and got up from the bed.
Yutong was covered with a quilt and the air conditioner was turned on in the room, which made it feel a little cool.
I came to the balcony and lit a smoke.
His energy is strong, and the most obvious feeling since his rebirth is that he doesn't need to sleep for a few hours, and his body is still full of energy.
But Li Yu did not waste his body. On the contrary, he slept normally and exercised daily.
Such deliberate practice has kept his body in good shape and his energy is still strong.
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Li Yu looked out the window and saw the steaming steam that could be seen with the naked eye, as if he was actually steaming in a sauna.
The water on the other side of the paddy field seemed to be boiling hot, and white mist rose into the sky.
"Today is much hotter than yesterday." Li Yu murmured in his heart when he saw this scene.
The cave has basically been excavated, and we are now doing some solidification work to ensure the safety inside.
Because the weather is really hot, everyone is building in the base at night recently.
Recently, He Chao and the others have not gone out to collect new materials. Now the building materials needed in the base are basically enough.
Except for those who are still on duty outside, there are currently no personnel outside the base, and all have returned to the city inside and outside the base.
Li Yu smoked a cigarette. When he saw Yutong who was still sleeping soundly, he did not wake her up. Instead, he went downstairs quietly and came to the small kitchen in his villa. He simply made some food. After eating, he gave Yutong
Tong saved a portion and put it in the refrigerator.
Then, he returned to the room, lay on the bed, hugged Yutong gently, and slept.
Sleep during the day and work at night.
Although he didn't feel much tired, he still lay down to rest. He would dig a new reservoir tonight.
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During the day, the camphor tree base is quiet.
It was very quiet and there were not many people walking on the road.
The temperature has reached a certain level, and even the insects don't scream much anymore.
In fact, it's not that they don't scream, but that they are basically heated to death.
Cicada's voice can no longer be heard.
For most insects, the most suitable temperature is between 25°C and 35°C. Temperatures exceeding 35°C are already high temperatures for insects.
Temperatures exceeding 40°C have exceeded the physiological limits of most insects. For those insects exposed to the sun, most will be heated to death and sunburned to death.
outdoor.
The temperature under the scorching sun has exceeded 60℃!
Under the roof of the farm, even in the shade, the temperature reached 44 degrees, and the indoor and outdoor temperature difference reached 16 degrees.
But the high temperature of 43 degrees still makes these pigs, cattle and sheep unbearably hot.
So Li Yu asked He Bing and others to make an ice water spray cooling system a few days ago.
Almost every few minutes, cold water mist will be automatically sprayed to cool down the livestock.
currently.
There is no shortage of electricity in the base. There are 10 hours of sunshine during the day. Photovoltaic power generation has produced very abundant electricity in recent days.
Therefore, ice making and air conditioning are used liberally by everyone. The result is that it is 24 degrees indoors and 60 degrees outdoors under the sun, a temperature difference of 36 degrees.
Everyone stays in their rooms and doesn't come out very often, and they don't leave their rooms unless they can.
Even those on duty must wear sun protection clothing and other equipment when patrolling outside before going out.
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Later, they also came up with some little tricks, which was to kick two ice cubes in their arms, and then when they came back by sliding around, the ice cubes had basically melted.
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In the first outer city, the rooms on the first floor are also equipped with air conditioners and several refrigerators are placed in them, so no one will have any problems while they are here.
In such a hot environment, Xiao Jun and the others were in the small yard outside the base. Although they were exposed to the sun, they were not qualified to enter the outer city now, and Xiao Jun didn't know how to speak.
Li Yu and the others have been busy with construction work in the base recently, so they don't know the situation on Xiao Jun's side yet.
But with the current temperature, Xiao Jun and the others can still withstand the high temperature of more than 40 degrees as long as they don't go out.
In addition to the heat-reducing medicine that Da Zhangshu Base gave them some time ago, they also have a water well in the yard.
This well was of great help to them.
The water in the well is less than 30 degrees. For them, when the heat is really unbearable, they only need a bucket of water and pour it down from beginning to end, which can make them feel much refreshed.
But they are also lucky, at least because of the hot weather, there are basically no zombie activities outside.
And they don't have to brave the 60-degree high temperature environment to go out in search of food, they only need to stay indoors.
After transporting the steel and coal back, the food Li Yu exchanged with them was enough for more than 30 of them to comfortably eat for three months.
Staying in the room at this time without going out is a kind of enjoyment and happiness for them.
No one wants to take a hot bath these days because a bucket of water will become scalding hot if left outside for less than 10 minutes.
The hot day passed and evening came in a blink of an eye.
The entire base seemed to have just woken up.
On the road, people appeared one after another.
Li Yu woke up early. After waking up, he found his second uncle and the others and studied the depth and width of the new reservoir to be dug.
Finally, it was agreed that the reservoir would be approximately 40 meters long, 15 meters wide, and 10 meters high.
The water storage capacity can reach 6,000 cubic meters.
One cubic meter is equal to one ton.
That is almost 6,000 tons.
It is almost one-twentieth of Shantang Reservoir.
If calculated based on a single person before the end of the world:
Including drinking, bathing, cooking and other messy calculations, three tons of water can be used a month.
In the apocalypse, because they basically eat together, they use less water, less than 2 tons per month.
There are more than 200 people in the base, and each month, more than 400 tons of water are used for human consumption.
In addition to other plantations, there are also cattle, sheep and pigs.
These 6,000 tons of water should be enough for base people to use for 3 to 6 months.
If a reservoir of this size is to be excavated, all the excavators in the base and the giant loader will be used to transport soil.