Volume 3 The Hundred Sons of the Earth Chapter 78 The Journey to Dawn (Part II)
"--Teacher Abby, I have a guess...... The shell of the Ark space station is not completely insulated from space radiation...... But except for the first generation, you, me, and the younger generations who were born after us did not have a radiation reaction...... Born on the space station, it is likely that we have completed the evolution of adapting to the environment...... You said that it will take another hundred years for the surface radiation to dissipate, so how does the intensity of surface radiation compare to space radiation? Will...... If! I mean what if! Will we be able to withstand space radiation enough to survive in the Earth's radiation environment after a hundred years of ecological restoration? Trist once told Dr. Abby the same conjecture (spoiler), and Abby was impressed by the astute student, who was second only to Abby's daughter Clark in the primary medical care class. If it weren't for Trist's own insistence, Abby would be more than happy to invite Trist to join her medical team.
In yesterday's meeting, when Judge Ahab proposed the "Hundred Sons of the Earth" plan, Abby's first thing that came to mind was the scene of Trist asking her a question (spoiler). Of course, she wouldn't know that this was Trist's intention. He couldn't tell anyone about the plot of his previous life, as the son of an ordinary mechanic, Triste, the highest status around him was Pike, the director of the agricultural district, and he was a marginal figure at the top. At that time, Trist did not feel that he would have a chance to enter the center of power and subtly change the minds of the higher-ups. However, he still did not give up his efforts, and still revealed some thoughts to those closest to him.
"You might as well think about it, you finally have the opportunity to teach the skills of survival on Earth to the children who can really come in handy!" Silently lamenting Trist's "passing", Dr. Abby patted Pike on the shoulder, she looked stronger than Pike had imagined, "and, if only they could get to the pre-war Meteorological Mountain Shelter......"
"According to the top-secret information backed up in the Ark's main engine, the meteorological mountain shelter built before the war is isolated from radiation and has complete medical equipment. The sanctuary is powered by waterfall hydropower, has plenty of energy, and stores a lot of supplies. With Clark here, as long as the children can get to the shelter quickly, even if the surface radiation is still dangerous, they can use the medical facilities stored in the Meteorological Mountain Shelter to complete self-rescue......" Kane hurriedly replenished Abby, and at the same time comforted the four people present.
Pike wanted to speak to refute, not to mention whether the Meteorological Mountain Vault had withstood the blow of the world-destroying nuclear war, and regardless of whether the opening code of the Meteorological Mountain Base surviving from the Ark's main engine was correct, it was still a difficult question whether the facilities of the Meteorological Mountain Base would be able to work properly after a hundred years. In addition, what if the children arrive at the Meteorological Mountain base and find that the base is buried and cannot enter? The so-called meteorological mountain refuge is more of wishful thinking and self-comfort. Rather than counting on the pre-war Meteorological Mountain Shelter, they were counting on the dissipation of Earth's radiation.
However, Pike felt that there was no point in saying this, they had no other choice, and in the end he decided to say what he could decide first, "It will take me at least four months to make sure that every one of them is fully taught...... If you really can't do it, you can barely ...... for three months."
"All around," Ahab's words were filled with the coldness of reason, "and after they were four rounds, they had to set out...... Why, as you know, three hours ago, the engineering area reported that another key converter in the filter chamber was worn...... There is not much time left for the Ark...... the sooner the 'Hundred Sons of the Earth' project is launched, the Ark will be able to save oxygen and get one more day of respite......"
"Bump", Kane opened the bulkhead on the right side without a glance, revealing a hastily cleared classroom.
Pike took a deep breath at the empty tables and chairs, and after gathering his mind, he turned his head to look Judge Ahab in the eye, "So, when do we start?" ”
"From now on," as Ahab's voice fell, footsteps could be heard in the corridor in the distance, and the guards escorted the 98 young prisoners into the classroom in the cabin on the right, as if they were walking into an unknown fate......
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Trist walked leisurely on the empty training ground.
On the north side of the Red Maple Plain, at the junction of the tributaries of the Chengguang Glacier and the Raccoon Forest, there is the camp of more than ten villages evacuated from the north. At this moment, Elder Luthor heeded Trist's advice and sent his little warriors and spare patrol members to the Red Maple Great Plains to help the similarly injured people clear the rubble and bury the dead. The strength of the number of people is great, and the clean-up work will also come to an end.
At first, because the ancestors of these northern tribesmen in the camp were the Chengguang tribe who were annexed by the Red Maple Tribe, the tribe leaders refused to settle the refugees who had retreated south in the tribal center of the Red Maple Great Plain, and on the contrary, they were only allowed to camp in the northern part of the Red Maple Great Plain. During the raid of Queen Leia of the Ice Nation a few days ago, these northern camps bore the brunt of the attack. The warriors of these villages instinctively resented their people to the south, and this resentment reached its peak after Luthel was ostracized, so Luthor sent them out to help, but many remained sullen.
It's just that after coming into contact, they received the grateful eyes of the clansmen of the Red Maple Great Plains, and listened to the heartfelt thanks of the clansmen who had always looked down on them, and they were still quite useful in their hearts. In addition, witnessing the tragic situation of the people of the Red Maple Great Plains is the same as them, and the common suffering will always make people subconsciously rely on each other and keep each other warm. In general, the warriors who came out to help gradually agreed with Luther's approach in their hearts.
During this time, the busy new leader, Sabaton, also personally came to Luthel to thank him. As the new leader, Sabaton has neither the wisdom of Elder Lake nor the courage of his former leader, Frus, but his greatest strength is that he is self-aware and knows his shortcomings and makes trade-offs. Sabaton also invited Luther and his clan to move into the Red Maple Plains, as the invasion of the Ice Nation and the migration of Elder Lake had left many villages in the Red Maple Plains empty, more than enough to house the people from the north. However, this proposal was politely rejected by Elder Luthel on the grounds that everything was undecided, and he actually wanted to wait for Trist to return and hear what Trist had to say.
The land between the tributaries of the Chengguang River in the north is the original site of more than a dozen villages such as Qinghu Village, which is always facing the threat of the Ice Country, so they can all migrate to the Red Maple Great Plain, so they can avoid the danger of being attacked by the Ice Country, and for Sabaton, the new leader of the Red Maple Tribe, it is even more happy to see it be able to enrich the population at the core of the Red Maple Tribe. Elder Luthel didn't make a decision, wanting to wait for Trist to come back and go into details, but he didn't realize that he was more dependent on Trist.
Trist didn't care about that, he sat on the empty riverside training ground, thinking about food. Hunting alone can't meet the food needs of more than 20,000 people in the Red Maple Tribe, and as for farming, the Red Maple Tribe, whose farmland has been destroyed, can't wait for a bumper harvest at all. The first few times I talked to Eric about the experience of going to sea, in fact, since then, Trist had the idea of going to sea to fish, but he was delayed by the recent chores.
The place where the ancestors of the Guanghu tribe found a lot of fish according to Eric is not surprisingly the Newfoundland fishing grounds in Quebec before the nuclear war, because of the ocean currents, a large number of fish can always be caught, plus the iron boats owned by Luna can supplement the transportation shortcomings of small boats, which can greatly alleviate the food shortage crisis of the tribe.
Of course, this is not in a hurry, and it needs to be summed up by the old man of River Luthel. The current grain can last for a while, and the weather has just entered autumn, which is a good season for forest hunting.