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

Captain Chen nodded, his eyes penetrating. "Yes, with these machines, the construction of the cellar will definitely be greatly advanced. However, we still have to consider the structural stability of the cellar. After all, it will accommodate several thousand people in the future."

What they are doing now is digging a cellar, which is actually expanding outward along the existing cellar. They first dig out a basic frame and then gradually reinforce it.

The giant machine's drill and crushing arm can quickly process rocks, greatly reducing the amount of engineering work, but the specific design still needs to be planned by engineers.

But the basic framework must be laid first, and the foundation must be solid

In the future they will build a mid-air fortress here, so the depth and strength of the cellar must be taken into consideration.

Deputy Captain Shang still had a hidden worry in his heart.

Although these machines are highly efficient, they also consume a lot of energy.

Now they don't know how long those black energy blocks can last.

We want to prioritize building an aerial fortress, but people are now facing the threat of severe cold, so digging an underground base is imperative.

In the end times, no matter what you do, there is no perfect solution.

After intensive construction, the prototype of the underground base was completed in just half a month.

Because of concerns that it would affect the foundation for the later construction of the air fortress, a base was built on the main island, and engineers built another base on the neighboring island.

There are two bases in total, one large and one small.

People drew lots to see which base their family would go to.

After the base is built, a calcination chamber is built in a sheltered place, and the crushed rocks are put in to be calcined into limestone, which is then made into lime mortar, and then the walls and floors of the underground base can be plastered.

This can have the effects of waterproofing, sterilization and mildew prevention.

There won't be dust falling down with every step you take, and it's cleaner.

By then, there will be thousands of people crowded in this small underground base. If they don't pay attention to hygiene, it will be even worse if an infectious disease breaks out.

The medicines on the mothership are becoming less and less.

The underground base is still the same as before, with space allocated according to the size of the beds. In order to accommodate more people in the smallest space, everyone's living space is compressed to a minimum and is very crowded.

The Zhou family, Zhipeng's family and their two other families drew lots together. Luckily, they were all assigned to the underground base under the main island.

The three families decided to live together so that they could take care of each other.

Because every house is so narrow now, people have to sleep in bunk beds at home, otherwise there is no space at all.

Therefore, underground bases are more crowded because people need to move their bunk beds to live underground.

This saves half the space.

Putting curtains around the upper and lower bunks will provide privacy.

The base had strict regulations, and the Zhou family of five could only live in two and a half bunk beds.

They can negotiate with their family and friends to jointly occupy the third bunk bed.

If the families cannot reach an agreement, the base will immediately arrange for those who are alone to share beds.

Zhipeng and Xue Tao's family also has five people.

They and the ten members of the Zhou family occupied just five bunk beds.

They are so close to each other that by putting the five bunk beds close together, they can squeeze out an aisle that belongs to them alone.

With the addition of curtains, it becomes a small living space.

They can put a table and a few stools in this aisle to eat, walk, tidy up miscellaneous items, etc. It will be more spacious.

There were six men, three women, and Chunchun's half-grown child.

The upper bunk is more private, but if something special happens, it is better for a strong person to live on the upper bunk so that he can react faster.

Therefore, Xue Tao, Zhi Peng, Xue Dong and the grown-up Mu Mu lived on the upper bunk.

If there was anything, they would grab the handle and jump down.

Zhou Jianghai also lives on the upper bunk.

Zhong Tiyun, Zhou Shuwan, Yuxuan, and Chunchun lived in the lower bunk.

Qi Mingyu has eye problems, so it would be more convenient for him to live downstairs.

Zhou Shuwan sat next to him, making it convenient for her to take care of him when he got up at night to go to the bathroom or drink water.

Living underground provides good warmth.

Then choose a few places on the base to build fireplaces and let the smoke go out from the tall chimneys.

Not only is the combustion efficiency high, but it also does not produce smoke inside, causing carbon monoxide poisoning.

In fact, the Zhou family has never lived with a group in these years.

In the first few days, the noisy, crowded and stuffy environment made them feel a little uncomfortable.

Fortunately, at this time, for the sake of survival, everything else can be endured.

The underground base is very small, but the warship still built a large kitchen at the entrance.

In order to keep warm inside, open flames are strictly prohibited anywhere else except burning coal in the fireplace.

Otherwise, if a fire occurs in such a crowded environment, the consequences will be unimaginable.

People can only cook in the big kitchen.

There are simple stoves built in the front and back rows here, dozens of them large and small.

People eat in batches, and this amount is enough.

The most important thing is that many survivors have very little fuel left at home for cooking, and they are unwilling to waste fuel.

So they would rather the military prepare meals from a big pot, just like they do for the navy, and when it’s time to eat, everyone can just come and get a bowl of rice.

It saves fuel and you can drink hot fish soup.

Captain Chen adopted this suggestion and specially selected several chefs to prepare a big pot of meals for everyone.

Of course, the relief food for ordinary survivors was distributed free of charge by warships.

Therefore, if you sign up for the communal dining system, relief food will no longer be distributed.

Those who have their own supplies and feel that the big pot meals are insufficient can use the small stove to cook their own meals. The stove is free to use, but they just need to use their own fuel to burn the fire.

Now that supplies are so scarce, the Zhou family actually wants to eat from the same pot as everyone else.

But their family has not yet reached the standard for receiving relief food. They eat from the big pot and have to hand over supplies.

After much deliberation, the Zhou family felt that this was not cost-effective.

You can only cook at home at the beginning and wait until later.

Their meals are also very simple. They fry a lot of fish pieces with cooking oil, heat them up slightly and use them as dishes. Then they make a pot of hot soup with chopped nightshade, vegetables, taro, etc., and then they can eat.

By the way, the two vegetable boxes from the Zhou family were also moved in and placed on their own corridor.

All the vegetables Zhipeng and his family had planted before died, so they were very surprised by these two boxes of vegetables and helped to take good care of them.

Occasionally pick a handful of vegetables to eat.

The Zhou family’s food has always been very good, with meat, eggs and milk. I’m worried that eating like this won’t be nutritious enough.

Sometimes they would exchange their own smoked fish and warships for eggs and chicken.

In private, he distributed the cooked eggs, white flour buns, fresh milk, chocolate and other foods in the space to everyone, deliberately avoiding the crowd to replenish nutrition.

Occasionally, I would stew a chicken at home and share some with Zhipeng and the others.