Reborn: I Stock Up and Bully the Trash to Dominate the Apocalypse

"Many sections of the highway have been washed away, and the roads are poorly repaired, making large-scale transportation unrealistic. However, if the new tires can be widely used, I believe the roads will be repaired better and better in the future."

"Correct."

For several consecutive days, Zhou Shuwan and Qi Mingyu drove out.

The next day, they went to the aluminum factory near J City.

J City produces coal and aluminum, so there are several factories and mines around it.

Zhou Shuwan and his group went to a place near Jiyun Mountain, which is also the largest and most famous factory and mine in the entire J City. It is just a few dozen miles west of the foot of Jiyun Mountain.

Because there were always troops guarding Jiyun Mountain, they took a detour and went to the aluminum factory through a small path.

But even so, when the car drove to a place where he could see the Cumulus Mountains, Zhou Shuwan was still shocked when he looked at the withered and overlapping mountains in front of him.

The mountains that were once lush and green are now apparently all dead and barren.

All you can see are withered and fallen trees, and large areas of exposed rocks with their original colors.

Qi Mingyu was also very shocked and even stopped the car.

He stared at the direction of Jiyun Mountain for a long time before he gave a bitter smile: "So this is the end of the world!"

This is not only true for Cumulus Mountain, but probably all mountains in the world are like this now.

Although they often saw dead trees in the city, nothing was as shocking as seeing such a dead mountain range!

Zhou Shuwan had no air-conditioned clothes in her previous life, but after the flood receded, she quickly set off with her senior.

The temperature is too high during the day, so I can only walk slowly at night.

Later, when the temperature kept rising and it became difficult to travel even at night, they had no choice but to follow the example of some people and make their own cooling clothes, and then force themselves to travel at night.

Their homemade cooling clothing is very simple. They use reflective fabric to make long-sleeved trousers, and then sew many small pockets inside. The small pockets are filled with various cooling items. If there is ice cubes, they put ice cubes in them. If there is no ice cubes, they use industrial ice crystals.

Because of the high temperature, solar energy can generate electricity normally, so it is not difficult to power the refrigerator.

So every time you go to an underground base, there are people selling ice cubes. The temperature in the underground base is basically kept at around 30 degrees Celsius. When the temperature is the highest, it is only 37 or 38 degrees Celsius underground.

The price of ice cubes is not too expensive unless you go out and there are few people buying them.

Zhou Shuwan and her senior schoolmate relied on collecting supplies to exchange for ice cubes, and headed north little by little.

Then a few ice cubes can completely melt in a few hours.

Before dawn, they need to hurry to the next destination, then wait for the day to pass before setting off at night.

Sometimes they couldn’t buy ice, or the journey was too long to reach the next base, so they had to stay there for a while, get to know the surrounding situation, and then find ways to collect some supplies.

Therefore, during the high temperature period in his previous life, Zhou Shuwan had never seen the daytime, and he never knew that the mountains looked like this during high temperatures.

It makes people so desperate!

Zhou Shuwan watched silently, then suddenly said, "We probably can't stay in Jiyun Mountain for long."

Qi Mingyu turned to look at her.

Zhou Shuwan pointed at the dead trees on the mountain range. "There are too many dead trees. Look, after those huge trees fell, there was no soil to hold their roots. The slightest movement could cause them to slide down the mountain, pulling with them those huge rocks, causing a landslide! The villagers living at the foot of the mountain are in great danger!"

In fact, after she returned to J City in her previous life, she also heard about the landslide in Cumulus Mountain. So even though the terrain is high and there is clean water, it cannot be built as a survivor base.

But she always thought it happened during the flood season, a mudslide.

However, no one would have thought that the Cumulus Mountain, which was safe during the flood season, would be dangerous during the high temperature season.

She paused, then continued, "Besides, there are too many dead trees on the mountain, and the temperature is so high. If we're not careful, it will start a fire. The fire will spread very quickly. Without water to put it out, the fire will inevitably engulf the entire mountain, no, these overlapping mountain ranges."

By then, Cumulus Mountain, which brings vitality to everyone in J City, will be reduced to ashes.

Qi Mingyu turned his head to look at the mountain in front of him and had to admit that what Zhou Shuwan said made sense.

He murmured, "Regarding such a dangerous situation, the higher-ups should have had a relocation plan long ago. Why hasn't anything happened yet?"

Zhou Shuwan shook his head, glanced at the mountains again, and said, "Let's go and finish today's work first."

Qi Mingyu nodded.

The two men drove west for more than 30 kilometers and arrived at the aluminum factory.

This aluminum plant covers a large area and includes not only a mining area but also a large living area.

However, the living area is low-lying, and during the flood season, the people living here quickly moved away.

The mining area is located on high ground and appears to be cleaner than the steel mill we visited yesterday.

Zhou Shuwan took away all the aluminum blocks and ingots piled there, including the three production lines in the mining area.

Because the terrain here is higher, there are several large trucks parked in the factory area. They were not flooded, but their tires were flat. Thinking that they might be useful in the future, Zhou Shuwan put them into the space.

Yesterday, the space swallowed up more than 700 gold bars and a pile of pure gold commemorative coins. The area expanded very large, and it was estimated to be about 700 to 800 acres, which was enough to hold anything.

As the area gets larger, it seems that the collected materials become less and only occupy a very small position in the space.

Above the mining area are mountains, where you can see the withering of the mountains from a closer distance.

There used to be a stream passing through the factory and mine, but now it has dried up, and only the dry and cracked land at the bottom of the river can be seen.

Zhou Shuwan thought for a moment and said, "Let's go. Since we're here, let's collect some dead wood. It will be useful in the future."

Qi Mingyu nodded.

He took Zhou Shuwan's hand and went up the mountain from a small path nearby.

As he walked, he collected all the dead trees he saw into his space.

You can't see it from a distance, but when you get close, you can clearly see many small animal skeletons exposed to the sun under dead trees and at the roots of rocks.

Toads, hares, birds...

Qi Mingyu said, "Since the end of the world, we have rarely seen animals. It seems that these insects and animals died during the flood."

After being exposed to high temperatures and the sun, the flesh quickly rots and dissolves, and the bones turn black.

Zhou Shuwan had seen this many times in her past life. She only glanced at it calmly before looking away into the distance: "We are on a rocky mountain here. Although there is a risk of landslides, the mountain as a whole is still very solid."

"Wanwan, have you ever thought about this?" Qi Mingyu suddenly asked, "If all the mountains in the world were like this, turning into dead mountains and animals becoming extinct, then there would be no biological cycle. What would be the future of mankind? Is there any way out?"