Chapter 589: The Trouble with Snow Accumulation, Upgrade of the Alchemy Furnace!

The speed of snow cover far exceeded everyone's expectations, and it was worthy of the classification of 'medium disaster'.

Compared with the previous disaster that would erupt to the extreme in an instant.

Although this snow is not immediately fatal, it is like boiling a frog in warm water, and people cannot ignore the damage it brings.

"Three kilometers, the snow thickness is 35 meters. It is expected that 760 manpower will be invested. In the next twelve hours, the current altitude will remain unchanged."

"Five kilometers, the snow thickness is 3 meters. It is expected that 540 manpower will be invested. In the next twelve hours, the height will be maintained at 5 meters."

"Ten kilometers, the snow thickness is 2 meters. It is expected that 100 people will be invested. In the next twelve hours, the height will be maintained at 1 meter!"

Sitting in a bright conference room.

Every time Chen Shen finished reading a piece of data, he raised his head and looked around at everyone's expressions.

Until the three items are read.

He put down the manuscript and, like the others, only moved his red hands forward, holding the thermos cup filled with hot water.

There are heating pipes running through the room, always keeping the temperature at about 25 degrees, which is so warm that it makes people feel dizzy.

The water temperature of the thermos cup at 40 to 50 degrees did not bring the warmth as imagined, but an unspeakable burning sensation.

Coupled with the feet that had lost all feeling, this rest that was supposed to be 'enjoyment' not only failed to relax everyone, but instead made everyone feel on pins and needles.

Now the time has just passed nine o'clock in the evening, and it's three hours of rest time.

But before the first day was completely over, the thickness of snow on the outer edge of the depression had already reached a full seven meters.

Looking at this situation, I can’t say how thick the snow will be to 30 meters in the next seven days, but there will definitely be no problem with 20 meters.

How to clean up.

Where to clean it up again.

It has become the biggest problem facing everyone.

Sumo, who was sitting in the main seat, lowered his head and thought deeply, while the others did not speak.

For a time, everyone's eyes flickered, and the atmosphere in the room became more and more dull, giving people a feeling of suffocation.

A long while.

Sumo finally spoke:

"What about other territories? Have you collected any information?"

The words just fell.

Pei Shao, who was still a little sleepy just now, suddenly woke up and said directly: "According to the dual collection of radio and disaster relief videos, 60% of the people in the New World have chosen to temporarily abandon their territories and mainly focus on tasks. The remaining four Of course, 10% are people who have used various means to avoid disasters, and 30% are just like us now, struggling to resist."

"However, because of the extreme punishment at the bottom of the game, these people who gave up their territory did not dare to leave the border rashly and could only survive on the snow!"

A disaster with convenient information dissemination channels can be regarded as an eye-opener for all players in the wasteland.

The Eight Immortals crossed the sea, each showing his magical powers.

Almost every race and tribe has different methods of dealing with disasters, and the effects are also different.

The depression is in a group of territories. It is neither the end nor the front.

"Is there any news over there in the tree people's territory?"

Regarding his only ally, Sumo asked again.

"There is no news yet. They are also covered in snow inside. I don't know what they are doing!"

The heavy snow blocked the channels for information dissemination, and everyone's territory once again became an isolated island in disaster.

I thought about it and pondered it for a while.

Sumo could only wave his hand temporarily and announced that the meeting was dissolved.

"Those who haven't rested should go and rest first. Chen Shen, Qi Qin, and Li Hu will stay behind!"

The door opens.

Those whose names were not called wrapped up their clothes tightly and filed out into the cold wind.

For a moment, there were only four people left in the room.

"This time, I have no good solution for the time being. I can only maintain it first and slowly look for opportunities!"

Let’s get straight to the point.

Facing the remaining confidants, Sumo behaved like a bachelor.

It's not that he has shaken the morale of the army, but this time, with the foundation of the depression, there is really no way to deal with such a large-scale disaster.

The first acid rain was nerve acid and did no damage to the land and plants. You just needed to avoid being soaked in the body for a long time.

Although the second snowstorm was very windy and snowy, as long as we could find a place to hide, we could survive it smoothly.

In addition to the snow thickness, the total thickness is less than 1.3 meters.

It's hot.

The snow melts.

It only took more than ten days for the snow water to be absorbed by the soil below, and there was no trace of snowflakes anywhere.

When the third ocean came, everyone had a lot of supplies and built boats, which was not worth the water below.

But this time.

No matter how you hide or hide, you can't escape!

The blizzard fell on the entire New World, everyone's territory.

Unless he escapes now and returns to the deep sea, no matter where he goes, he will be covered by this snow.

Even if the depression can successfully push the snow outside the territory.

When the time is up, the temperature rises.

If several neighbors don't clear the snow, the snow will eventually turn into a violent flood that sweeps through everyone's territory.

"It's not difficult to maintain. Even after a heavy snowfall, our current strength can ensure that the village will not be covered in snow."

“But far away”

Shaking his head, Chen Shen was not too pessimistic.

Li Hu on the side also echoed: "At worst, before the snow melts, we will build some more boats. Then everyone can just get on the boat and be done. I still don't believe that people can die without land!"

As soon as Li Hu finished speaking, Qi Qin also gave his own thoughts: "It seems that those territories that can resist disasters are going to be unlucky. In this kind of disaster, if they are too strong, they will easily become the target of public criticism!"

"Let's take it one step at a time, and don't be too pessimistic!"

"If we can't solve this snow accumulation in the end, it's still up to us to stay or leave!"

After calming them down for the time being.

Pointing to the manuscript on the table, with Su Mo as the leader, the four people began to discuss the plan again.

The disaster was more severe than expected, and the plan must be more detailed to better deal with it.

From beginning to end, while discussing and revising, it took nearly an hour and a half before the meeting was over.

"You go down and rest first. You have already had experience today, so you don't have to work too hard."

"Just make sure to take turns!"

The three promised, got up, opened the door with the revised plan, and left one by one.

After everyone left, Su Mo sat and studied it again, until the clock rang at eleven o'clock at night, and he was the last one to walk out of the door.

The depression at night

The temperature has reached minus 25 degrees.

This temperature is somewhat different from the minus 20 degrees described in the game, but no one can be sure whether the game is talking about the perceived temperature or the outside temperature.

Outside the door.

The first thing that comes into view is the lights installed before the disaster.

With the transmission of electricity, the dozens of street lights in the village are still sticking to their posts, emitting a hazy warm light.

And several spotlights collected before, even more dazzling white light, illuminate the entire foggy sky.

During the day, there is no snow on the ground in the village, and you can see the ups and downs and pebbles on the road.

But at night, after the villagers' physical strength declines, it is hard to guarantee that there is a thick layer of snow on the ground.

Turning off the lights in the house and closing the buttons on his chest, Su Mo stepped on the snow with one foot, making a squeezing sound.

A few steps out and a turn.

Arrived at the center of the village.

There are wisps of white air coming out of the windows of several mobile houses, proving that the temperature inside is much higher than the outside.

Seeing Su Mo coming.

Several villagers who were still clearing the snow quickly took off their masks and stood up with respectful looks.

"Have you eaten?"

The villagers' faces were already red from the cold due to the temperature.

At the elbows of two people, Su Mo could clearly see the traces of torn clothes, which were obviously caused by slipping and falling in the snow more than once.

"We've eaten, we've eaten, we're all full!"

Afraid that Su Mo would not believe it.

The leading captain even clumsily rummaged in his pocket and took out half a frozen hard pancake, laughing foolishly.

The days of fighting the disaster were bitter.

But at the end of the day, in addition to being tired, there was also a full sense of fulfillment and accomplishment.

This feeling only made people have endless energy, and they wished they could work 24 hours a day on the front line.

It was clear that this team was really full, not tired after the battle.

Su Mo walked forward, first patted the captain's shoulder, and then looked around at everyone's expressions with emotion in his eyes.

"That's good, that's good!"

"Everyone, pay attention to safety. This territory cannot be missing anyone!"

Everyone excitedly said in unison: "We understand!"

Disasters are strange.

Sometimes, it is a life-threatening knife, forcing people to step back step by step, unable to fight back.

But sometimes, it is also a touchstone, tempering people's will, tempering people's character, and shortening the distance between people.

Civilized era.

There are no neighbors in the city, nor real cups and teapots, only ignoring each other in the elevator, and being on guard against each other to keep each other's space relatively intact.

But in the doomsday wasteland.

This is the only battle.

Su Mo believes it completely.

The relationship between the thousands of people who had temporarily gathered together before will become closer, and they will become real friends, and comrades who are willing to give their backs to others!

Stalking forward, after leaving the village gate, Su Mo went to the surrounding area to continue his inspection.

Because of the previous withholding of electricity.

A lot of fuel has been accumulated in the territory, which is enough for the mechanical power of the depression to use for several days.

So even at night, several machines were working non-stop, helping the villagers to greatly reduce their workload.

"Hey, what are you doing here?"

At a three-kilometer border, Su Mo saw Lv Kuan, Ai Jianfeng and others gathered together from a distance.

Seven or eight scientific researchers, in this weather, had no intention of staying in the house.

After coming here to report in the morning, they didn't know where to run.

At this time.

Seeing Su Mo coming, everyone made way for the encirclement, revealing the machine in the middle that was about half a person's height.

"We are trying to copy the single-person snow sweeper, but this feels a bit impractical!"

As he said, Lv Kuan pressed the button on the handle.

The next second, the snowflakes on the ground were lifted high and flew far away. After about seven or eight meters, they fell to the ground weakly.

Sweeped, but not completely.

On Earth, using such a machine only needs to sweep the snow on the road to the side of the road, and then there will be vehicles to pull the snow.

But in the wasteland, what the depression needs is not a snowplow, but a machine that can quickly digest the snow.

"We cobbled this thing together, but we didn't expect it to be so impractical. What a pity!"

Close button.

Everyone had a hint of disappointment on their faces.

It is said that technology changes life, but at this time, even if they have countless knowledge in their heads, there is no place to use it.

Raw materials limit them from developing more things.

The upper limit of the technology tree also limits them from making more items beyond the level.

Unless

"If we have a high-power heating furnace, we can burn snow all day long. When the water is hot, we can use it to melt the snow. When the water is gone, we can continue to burn it."

"As long as the furnace is big enough and the power is strong enough, we can burn all the snow in minutes!"

Lv Kuan's proposal, which seemed to be a gamble, made the people around him smile and shake their heads as soon as he said it.

The principle is right.

But if you want to burn snow in this weather, let alone how much energy is needed, just the instantaneous power is not something that the existing equipment in the depression can bear.

With this time, it is better to get more snowplows, and it is better to sweep all the snow into other people's territory than to let your friends die.

However.

What everyone doesn't know is

As Lu Kuan finished speaking, a word that he had almost forgotten suddenly popped up in Su Mo's mind.

Alchemy furnace!

Earlier, after seeing that the boiler could be upgraded to an alchemy furnace, Su Mo decided to upgrade it directly.

But later, due to the abundance of coal and the difficulty in mining energy stones, this upgrade idea was temporarily shelved by Su Mo.

After all, an alchemy furnace requires a full 800 kilograms of energy stones and 3,000 survival points.

Without knowing the specific properties, it is naturally extremely uneconomical to rashly affect heating.

But now.

"Lv Kuan, how much energy stone can we take out at most!"

Lv Kuan was stunned, and then he quickly calculated in his mind, and finally gave the data:

"We currently have 120kg of energy stone reserves, but if you are in urgent need, we can draw from the previous power supply line. After all, we don't need a lot of electricity these days."

"Maintaining the current power supply efficiency of 75%, plus the previous ones, we can take out about 600kg!"

"Maintaining the current power supply efficiency of 50%, we can take out about 840kg!"

"Maintain the current"

"Enough, just draw out 800kg for me, I need it urgently!"

When he heard that he could draw out 800 kilograms of energy stone while maintaining half of the power supply, Su Mo immediately made a decision and hurried back with everyone.

Alchemy furnace, if it can use snow as fuel and convert it into heat energy, it would be great.

If it can't, it doesn't matter, at most it will lose half of the power output and a few survival points, which is completely within the acceptable range!

Find Ai Jianfeng's disciples to help.

The speed of dismantling the energy stone power supply array was extremely fast. It took less than half an hour to collect 800 kilograms, which met the basic requirements for upgrading the alchemy furnace.

Outside, the time was approaching twelve o'clock, and only the last ten minutes would turn.

Pushing the cart originally used to pull snow, carrying the energy stone, Su Mo came all the way to the boiler room with an astonishing temperature and emitting a wisp of white air.

"You go down and guard outside. No one should come in without my order!"

After sending away a few workers who were still working inside, Su Mo did not explain, and pushed the cart directly into the boiler room and closed the door with his backhand.

Outside the boiler room, it was a cold winter.

Inside, it was like a hot summer.

Removing the cold-proof helmet and scattering all the energy stones in the car on the ground, Su Mo's mind moved and called out the boiler upgrade panel.

[Roughly crafted earthen boiler room (ordinary-: minor flaws)]

[Description]:

:

[Upgrade method 1]: Iron boiler:

[Upgrade method 2]: High-efficiency boiler:

[Upgrade method 3]: Alchemy furnace: Upgrade effect unknown, upgrade risk unknown, upgrade strength unknown, upgrade required survival points: 3180 (can be reduced by investing corresponding upgrade materials (800kg hot stone))

Same as the last introduction.

But this time with the energy stone, the more than 60,000 survival points in the requirement were rapidly reduced to just over 3,000 points.

Without any hesitation.

Immediately, Su Mo moved his mind slightly and directly clicked on the upgrade button!