049 The Road to Survival
Maybe Han Biao's intelligence system is far less powerful than that of Young Master Balbat's No. 1 and No. 2, and they can know information outside the D.87 base, but some news from D.87 is enough for them to deduce that the current situation is not good.
In the past ten days hidden in the ruins of the industrial city, the safety can be guaranteed, except for the occasional small group of insects running out of the depths of the ruins, they have a commercial group full-function field supply vehicle, and they are quite adequate in terms of food.
As long as they don't take the initiative to provoke the insect swarm that sneaks under the tower, few insects will take the initiative to climb the nearly 100-meter tower to find them trouble, and the previous battle provided them with a large amount of food raw materials, through the miniature organic matter refining equipment on the supply vehicle, they can make enough rations for this hundred people for a month or two, but the energy of the high-concentration overpressure solid water and various equipment carried is not enough, so they have no way to hold on for a longer time like now.
The news from the communication device is getting worse and worse day by day, the last inner city of D.87 has fallen, and the people who can run away have run away as much as possible, and the high-level personnel have even evacuated to the A-class base - Polar Sun City by vehicle.
They have no way back, there will be no rescue team, no support, no supplies, and they are completely isolated and trapped in this bug's nest.
By the fifth day, the communication device had completely lost its effectiveness, and it is unknown whether it was due to some kind of shielding, or simply the change in the magnetic field of γ-44, which caused the communication to fail, and they were now both deaf and dumb, or even blind.
The last word obtained from the communication device was that the bugs had strangely dispersed after destroying Base D.87, as if their purpose was only to drive humanity out of the planet, and now the four satellite bases and the remaining temporary development camps in the surrounding area have been preserved, making it the perfect place for those who can't afford to go to the A-class base.
But the concentration of a large number of people will inevitably attract the attention of a large number of insects in the surrounding area, and it is still unknown how long the four satellite bases can last.
In addition to the threat of insects, the huge influx of people into the satellite bases, which were originally just construction bases, has also caused an extremely serious burden on the four satellite bases, and all kinds of materials are simply not enough for so many people to consume.
The only good news is that Minina told Kasannalina that Michelle and the other 12 children have evacuated to A-Class Base Aurora City with her subordinates with the high-level personnel of D.87, and there is no need to worry about their safety for the time being.
Now the problem they face is how to save their lives and survive to meet up with Michelle and Mi Xue in Polar Sun City.
With no supplies, no equipment, no vehicles, it would have been a dream to walk to Polar City at the pole of γ-44 on their feet, and now they were short of water.
“… If we want to return to the Eastern Satellite Base, we need to trek through the Worm Tide Occupation Zone, which is almost impossible with the current staffing and existing equipment conditions, because the communication has failed, and we don't know what the situation of the temporary development camp not far from the ruins of the Industrial City is now, so..."
Renault stared worriedly at the holographic sand table, which displayed a miniature map of the reality centered on their location, only a few kilometers around, and the surrounding area was wrapped in a faint fog representing the unknown.
Minina and the three didn't seem to be too worried about the current embarrassment, and stood aside with a leisurely attitude, not interfering with the team decision-makers mainly Han Biao, Renault, Wei Lun and others in the plan of the next direction of action.
Han Biao licked his lips that were a little dry, picked up a jar of vitamins and took a sip, his body consumption was much greater than that of ordinary people, but now the amount of vitamins that can replenish water has begun to be limited, and if it continues like this, within three days at most, they will not have any water reserves that can be consumed.
"So we have to stay here? You'll have to find a way to find a water source!? "Han Biao has no talent for using his brain, but he is very good at finding the point, and Renault and Veron have been thinking about how to return to the base or get assistance, but they have not thought of self-reliance.
This is not to say that Renault and Wei Lun are not thoughtful, but they know better than Han Biao that the insect tide is rioting, and they know that it is not a good idea to stay here without support and logistical supplies, and no one can resist the endless insects without logistics, even if they occupy a well-defended camp, let alone them who have nothing now.
After listening to the opinions of the two, Han Biao spread his hands: "Okay, what you said is right, but the problem now is that if we don't find water, we don't have to think about whether we can stop the insects or whether we can return to the base, but we have to think that after three days, we will all be dried like dehydrated vegetables because we have no water to drink, and we don't have to worry about becoming mummies, because before we become mummies, we will be gnawed by insects and only stick sticks... By the way, do bugs eat bones? ”
A group of people have been familiar with Han Biao's ability to talk about the crooked building in recent days, but they still collectively expressed their powerlessness in this regard, and Renault said dejectedly: "Eat, these insects can even gnaw on metal, and bones are no more difficult for them to swallow than biscuits... Hambio was right, we had to find the water first. ”
"Without water, we have no fighting ability, we must solve the water problem within three days, otherwise when the water reserves are completely cut off, we don't need to think about whether to continue to hold on or risk breaking through." Yasha, who had been silent, interjected with interest.
Perhaps seeing that these people really had no experience, Minina finally stood up, Shi Shiran walked to the holographic real-life sand table, observed it for a while, and said: "Actually, our current environment is not too bad, at least we don't have to face the tide of mutant insects that are constantly attacking the camp in the ruins of the industrial city, because this is the first nest of nearby bugs, the insect swarm that has completely left us with a good hiding point, I don't know if there are still large-scale bugs hiding in the ruins, but judging from the situation in the last few days, this bug nest is currently the least buggy place, and we are relatively safer than the survivors in the Vostok Satellite Base and other temporary development camps in the surrounding area. ”
She clicked on the tall tower where everyone is now in the holographic real-life sand table: "This building is the commanding height of the surroundings, with a good line of sight, easy to defend, plus it is relatively close to the periphery of the ruins, neither because of the battle to alarm the insect swarm in the depths of the ruins, but also will not attract a large-scale insect tide from the outside world, in the absence of large-scale flying insects, it is an easy to defend and difficult to attack position, as long as there is no large-scale insect swarm, the safety of our garrison here can be guaranteed to a certain extent, I personally tend to choose to stick here." ”
After expressing her opinion, Minina looked at the crowd and saw that no one objected, so she continued: "What bothers us now is nothing more than the problem of logistics and supplies. In terms of food, there is organic matter refining equipment, so when the ground is full of bugs, you don't have to worry about running out of food... I remember that "Yuanxing Development Company" is equipped with pollution source purification equipment and hydroxide ion synthesizers, as long as the energy is still enough, we can get a minimum supply of living materials, as for the water source... I remember that when a commercial group was contracted to carry out a development task, it would conduct preliminary environmental exploration and basic planning modeling of the development area, right? ”
Wei Lun, the person in charge of the supply vehicle, was reminded by Minina, came to his senses, and quickly nodded: "Yes, yes!" He hurriedly called up the company's holographic planning modeling and design drawings of the ruins of the industrial city from the personal terminal optical brain on his wrist, and removed those planning and design parts, only retaining the original topography and landform environment of the industrial city.
Minina nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, so that we have a fairly detailed topographical map of the ruins of the Industrial City." Before this industrial city was abandoned, in order to meet the survival needs of the staff, there should be a domestic water pipeline, if nothing else, the water source should come from the underground water veins deep underground, as long as the water source can be found, even if it has been polluted by the pollution source, through the purification equipment and hydroxide water molecular synthesizer, we can also re-purify the polluted water to obtain raw materials, and then dissociate to obtain solid hydroxide ions, and finally synthesize pure water, although drinking this reclaimed water has a certain threat to health, But at least we can survive. ”
After Minina's work, all the surface buildings in the ruins of the industrial city on the holographic sand table disappeared, revealing a huge production workshop hidden underneath and countless dense pipes and passages.
Maybe she was used to control and command, Minina talked eloquently as a matter of course, and Renault and Wei Lun were now almost looking at Han Biao as the horse, and subconsciously glanced at him, but they were very embarrassed to find that Han Biao had a look on his face that he didn't understand.
"That's true in theory, but if you want to get water, you have to send someone into the underground buildings of the ruins of the Industrial City to find it, right?" Renault hesitated.
"With Hambio and the men of the Kaku organization, it should be enough to find a water source, and I will persuade the Governor to send some people to join us, and I and two of my subordinates will also participate in the operation..."
Minina can be said to have put down her figure in a very low profile, expressing her willingness to cooperate with Han Biao and their gang of prisoners.
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