Chapter 44: The Tsunami (Part II)
Where there is a market, there is production.
Since there are people who need it, naturally there are people who see the business opportunities and specialize in the production and development of this kind of equipment for survival in the apocalypse. And the big iron ball that is now stuck in the valley is such a product.
This spherical cabin originally had a door to enter and exit, but unfortunately, the hatch was stuck by the tree, and if you pushed it hard, you were worried that the ball cabin would fall from the tree, and if you didn't use force, only one person could barely poke out her head and couldn't climb out.
Jiang Mantian and He vigorously gathered dozens of ropes, weaved a simple rope net, first covered the ball cabin from a distance, fixed it on the big tree at the edge of the valley, and then ordered the people inside to close the hatch and fix their bodies in case of accidents.
He Dali volunteered, tied a rope and went down to the valley, carefully cut off several sections of trees blocking the hatch, and successfully opened the hatch to rescue the people inside.
Don't look at this sphere cabin is not big, there are actually more than ten people hidden inside, looking at the red faces of all of them, describing Weiton, He Dali laughed and said: "How is it inside?
Suddenly, one of them replied, "Fatty, it's very comfortable inside, I don't believe you can try it!"
He Dali was slightly surprised, originally he was just a casual joke, there was no malice, and he didn't expect anyone to pay attention to him. At this time, I looked at it and saw that the person who answered actually knew Lin Xiaoqing, a biology professor at the National University, and said happily: "Teacher Lin, why are you?" and then shouted loudly: "Teacher Jiang!
Jiang Mantian heard He Dali's shouting from afar, and said excitedly: "Quick! Throw the rope down! Don't worry, come up one by one!"
Most of the more than a dozen people rescued from the capsule were teachers and students of NUS, including Professor Lin Xiaoqing of Biology, Huo Jinniu, Dean of the School of Physics, Professor Dastan of the Department of History, and Cao Huazhang, President of Beigang.
It turned out that last night everyone was scattered by the tide of beasts, Huo Jinniu, Lin Xiaoqing, Yao Nan, Dastan, Kong Zhenghou, Beigang Cao Huazhang, Renda Jiang and Tai and others did not know the direction in a panic, with hundreds of people to the southeast ran for more than ten miles, frightened, thinking that it was inconvenient to rush at night, casually found a place to rest for a night, woke up in the morning, found that the place where everyone was was a folk workshop, in which there were more than a dozen large and small round iron cabins, some of which had not yet been completed.
Huo Jinniu has studied Jiang Mantian's theory very deeply, and suddenly realized that it may be the tide coming, and Lin Xiaoqing is proficient in biological habits, so he guessed things inseparable.
However, they didn't know the exact time when the tide arrived, and more than a dozen ball cabins couldn't sit everyone, so they decided to lead more than 300 people to Hualong Park to meet first, and Kong Zhenghou, Huo Jinniu, Lin Xiaoqing, Cao Huazhang, Yao Nan, Dastan and others stayed for the time being to see the situation.
Soon after Jiang Hetai and Xiao Min left, everyone found water and food, and ate indiscriminately, and near noon, the land suddenly became damp, and Huo Jinniu knew that it was not good, so he let the dozens of people left behind hide in the spherical closed cabin.
The inside of this ball cabin is specially designed with periscopes, oxygen production equipment, drinking water storage cabinets, etc., but more than a dozen people are squeezed inside, and after floating in the waves for an afternoon, they have long been turned upside down and unable to distinguish things.
After exchanging experiences, Jiang Mantian asked, "What about the others? Is it possible that they have also drifted nearby?" Let's look for them again!"
Hawkingniu's face froze, and he turned his head sideways and was silent.
Cao Huazhang said embarrassedly: "I'm afraid they won't be easy to find!"
He vigorously said: "What does this mean? If it's hard to find, you always have to look for it!"
Cao Huazhang shook his head and said: "The folk workshop pits dead people! After we hid in the ball cabin, we saw from the periscope that the quality of the ball cabin was not up to par at all, some were washed by the water and scattered the shelves, and some were seriously leaking and could not float on the water. Kong Zhenghou, Yao Nan and others, we are afraid that we will never see them again. ”
Jiang Mantian's expression darkened, and he didn't know what to say.
Lin Xiaoqing said: "Principal Jiang Hetai and Captain Xiao Min, have you been found?" Jiang Hetai served as a political commissar in the newly established alliance headquarters, but because the establishment of the organization was too short, everyone was still used to calling him his original position.
In fact, she had already guessed the result, and she asked this sentence just to confirm it. Seeing everyone's expressions, the joy of her escape suddenly dropped a little.
Seeing that the atmosphere was depressed, Mo Fei said loudly: "Let's not stick here, let's go to the top of the mountain to bake something to eat first! Besides, although this tide has passed, what to do in the future, we have to discuss it carefully, right?"
A large open space has been carved out on the top of the mountain, and although it is not flat, it can barely squeeze 10,000 people.
Long Yuandong came to greet Jiang Mantian and the others, and punched He Dali's shoulder: "Are everyone here?"
Jiang Mantian said: "It is estimated that the living are all here." Let's go back and count the number of people. What's going on here?"
Long Yuandong led everyone through the crowd and arrived in front of a big rock.
The open space in front of the boulder was filled with the corpses of various wild beasts, including iron-backed wolves, hyenas, lightning panthers and other fierce beasts, and more poisonous snakes of all kinds, some of which could be seen to have migrated from the zoo yesterday.
Next to the pile of beast corpses, there were eight more human corpses, people who had died in the fierce battle with the beasts during the day.
Jiang Mantian felt sad for no reason, and raised his hand to give a long military salute to the martyrs who sacrificed.
The crowd was so infected that they stood up and paid silent tribute to the victims.
This is the first time since the Great Tribulation that mankind has officially paid tribute to the deceased.
After that, Xu Shuqing and Long Yuandong mobilized the tired crowd and finished the rest of the work.
Bury the remains, dissect the corpses of beasts, set up defenses, set up fires and barbecues, count the number of people, and distribute soul crystals......
It was busy until the middle of the night, and everyone who originally belonged to the alliance headquarters had time to gather together to discuss the next move.
After several hours of in-depth discussion, we preliminarily identified two principles:
The first principle is to survive and develop.
"Mr. Storage" is to first find a way to ensure everyone's basic clothing, food, housing and safety, which must rely on the war readiness warehouse behind the Dragon Garden to establish a stable living base.
"Post-development" has four meanings:
The first is to develop the population, but this is not in a hurry;
The second is to develop production. Although there is a lot of grain in the warehouse, there will be a time when it will be eaten. Therefore, under the new conditions, it is very necessary to redevelop agriculture and animal husbandry.
The third is the development of armed forces. Force is an important condition for the survival of mankind. Whether it is weapons and equipment, or personal combat quality, it is indispensable. In the last days, all animals and plants are evolving and changing by leaps and bounds, and if human evolution cannot keep up with the rhythm, they can only be ruthlessly eliminated in the end. In short, human beings must find a complete set of evolutionary methods and paths to improve their overall survival competitiveness and combat effectiveness.
The fourth is to find the strategic escape ship under the Chengming Lake in Yiheyuan and successfully enter it. It is said that the ship is a large and advanced ship, and that it carries its own energy system that can last for decades, even without any supplies.