Survival in the Mist: From a Dilapidated Wooden Hut to a Heavenly Palace in the Clouds

After working all night, Mo Ming finally put down his work as dawn broke.

After a night of hard work, three rows of tall poplar trees have been planted around the planting base, forming a tree-shaped isolation wall. The next task is to lay a sparse and permeable green belt around the shelter.

The specific layout of sparse and permeable forest belts needs to consider five key factors: tree species, spacing, direction, structure, and width.

Mo Ming chose poplar as the main tree species and shrubs as the auxiliary tree species.

Structurally, Mo Ming chose a combination of open and closed structures.

First, establish a sparsely structured forest belt in an area far from the shelter.

The canopy consists of two layers of poplar trees and shrubs. The upper layer is the canopy layer, which has small and uniform light-transmitting pores and is dense and opaque. The lower layer is the trunk layer, which has uniform, large, fence-like light-transmitting pores.

The light-transmitting pores are evenly distributed, and some air passes through the forest belt, forming small vortices on the leeward side, while the rest flows around from above, forming a weak wind zone.

The direction of the sparsely structured forest belt is perpendicular to or at a certain angle to the prevailing wind direction, so as to effectively improve the protection effect.

Mo Ming had already thought this through. In order to effectively reduce the strong winds from all directions, Mo Ming decided to create a multi-directional combined windbreak forest belt.

In this way, strong winds from any direction will be weakened by the forest belt.

Areas near shelters should have compact structures.

The dense canopy of trees, formed by multiple rows of trees, prevents the moderate winds weakened by the first windbreak from passing through. Most of the air also flows around the upper part of the canopy, while a calm or weak wind zone is formed on the back of the canopy.

In this way, the wind will not be so strong when it reaches Mo Ming's territory.

In addition, controlling the spacing between forest belts is also crucial.

Generally speaking, the spacing between forest belts should be determined based on the protective distance of the forest belts.

The protective distance of the forest belt is approximately 20 times the height of the main trees, which ensures that the protective effect covers a sufficiently wide area.

However, this is not absolute; it depends on local conditions.

Mo Ming doesn't need such a long protective distance here. In addition, the poplar trees he chose are relatively tall, so the spacing between the tree belts doesn't need to be that long.

With a detailed plan in place, Mo Ming devoted almost all his time to this task over the next few days.

Persistence pays off. Finally, on the fourth day after the storm, with the help of the pets, Commander Mo Ming's windbreak project came to an end.

At this time, the wind force had reached level 15.

Upon reaching the third-floor rooftop of the shelter, looking at the distinct layers of combined windbreaks surrounding him, Mo Ming smiled with satisfaction, his heart filled with a sense of accomplishment.

The project was completed, and considering that the newly planted trees would have unstable roots, Mo Ming directly instructed Xiong Da to use the power of heavy rocks to reinforce the soil around their roots.

Now all that's left is to wait for the wind to pick up and test the quality of this windproof project. Mo Ming is full of confidence in this.

Currently, winds below level 15 pose no threat to Mo Ming's shelter.

When winds of force 15 or higher blow in, they will be weakened by the double structure of the windbreak forest belt and the wind-stabilizing beads.

It will not pose any threat to Mo Ming's side in the short term.

It's often said that knowledge changes destiny, and that's no exaggeration.

Mo Ming still remembers the words the old dean had repeatedly taught him: You can be without a diploma, but you cannot be without culture; you can be bad at studying, but you cannot not study.

Don't think that knowledge can only create benefits for you; it can also save your life in critical moments!

As Mo Ming was immersed in his memories of the past, a message notification pulled him back to reality.

Beep beep!

Liu Heng: Brother, I've made a major discovery regarding the thing you told me to keep an eye on.

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Liu Heng's picture is clearer. It was taken from a high vantage point, and you can clearly see a minotaur standing on the riverbank, holding a steel fork in its hand.

A hint of surprise flashed in Mo Ming's eyes. The minotaurs, which only existed in games and novels in the original world, actually existed in this misty world?

Mo Ming: Brother Liu, you moved?

Seeing that the background in the picture was no longer a vast expanse of white, Mo Ming guessed that Liu Heng had used a shelter relocation scroll. As for the reason, perhaps he was worried that the strong winds would cause the snow mountain to collapse.

However, if he has already completed the relocation, Mo Ming can ask him about the relevant situation.

Liu Heng: Yes, yes! I moved before the typhoon. I was worried that the typhoon would cause an avalanche, so I moved away from there beforehand.

Mo Ming: So how did you choose the new location?

This was the issue that Mo Ming was most concerned about. He had to figure these things out in advance and then choose a backup shelter relocation site to prevent any unforeseen circumstances!

Liu Heng: When we were doing the two-person shelter rating, I went to explore my friend's place. The plains there were vast and there were plenty of resources. I chose a place a few dozen kilometers away from him and moved there.

Liu Heng: This distance will not affect the resource collection of both sides, and they can take care of each other if something happens.

Upon seeing Liu Heng's reply, Mo Ming couldn't help but show a hint of disappointment on his face; clearly, this was not the solution he wanted.

He didn't actually want any other survivors around his shelter, whether they were allies or enemies.

If there are enemies, he will need to be constantly distracted by the harassment from other people, which will also negatively impact his development.

While friendly forces may offer some assistance, they can also create numerous situations that hinder the development of the shelter.

First, no matter how many resources are available in the area, as the shelter continues to develop, the corresponding territory will also continue to expand. As long as they are in the same area, no matter how many tens of kilometers apart they are, there will eventually be overlapping territories.

Who will back down then?

Secondly, during exploration, it is inevitable that you will go to a place far away from the shelter. If the two of you find rare resources at the same time, how should you divide them?

Whoever is closer gets to be considered? That's utter nonsense!

First come, first served? How can you prove you were here first? Can you prove I wasn't here yesterday?

In the end, it will still escalate to the level of force!

This could easily turn these so-called allies into enemies. Even if they don't openly target you, can you guarantee they won't sabotage you behind your back?

Mo Ming: Okay, be careful!

Mo Ming: By the way, tell me about how you took that picture.

Then, Liu Heng recounted the events to Mo Ming via video call.

Actually, it wasn't Liu Heng who discovered the Minotaur at first, but rather his wife Wang Ling's pet eagle that found it while she was out.

Then he returned and reported to Wang Ling. Liu Heng remembered Mo Ming's reminder, so he had Xue Diao take him to the place where the minotaur was found, which was dozens of kilometers away.

At that time, the Minotaur was by a stream, while Liu Heng had the snow eagle land on a hillside upstream of the stream. It wasn't far away, but fortunately, it was high up, so as long as it didn't make a big fuss, it wouldn't be easy to be discovered.

Liu Heng observed the minotaur there for nearly half an hour. Later, the minotaur left the stream and disappeared into the forest. To be on the safe side, Liu Heng did not follow it.

After hanging up the call, Mo Ming accidentally clicked on the picture again, and what he saw so casually sent chills down his spine.

In the stream in front of the minotaur, at the very edge of the image, there is a faint, irregular trapezoidal black shadow.

If you don't look closely, it's easy to mistake it for the shadow of trees by the stream.

But in Mo Ming's eyes, that's absolutely not the case!

The more he looked at it, the more the irregular trapezoidal black shadow seemed to resemble... the mouth of a crocodile!