#532 - Chapter 532 Sixty degrees high temperature!
July 17th.
The celebration banquet that swept through the entire base had ended two days ago.
All personnel related to the Green Source faction had also awakened from that joy.
Happiness is currently only temporary; only by continuing to work hard and develop can we possibly obtain more lasting happiness in the future.
This day.
The entire Green Source Base headquarters had almost completely halted all outdoor operations. Except for essential security personnel on duty, all non-urgent work was transferred indoors.
Countless sunshades and solar panels were laid out on the base's buildings or in open outdoor areas. The thermal power generation room was experiencing a trough during this period because the electricity generated solely from solar energy was terrifying!
It's so damn hot!
Yesterday, the temperature soared to 58 degrees Celsius. Today, at noon, the duty personnel glanced at the thermometer and were shocked to find that the temperature had risen again, reaching an astonishing 60 degrees Celsius!
This is the ambient temperature!
The road surface temperature directly exposed to sunlight was even more terrifying!
Some team members curiously measured it and discovered that the road surface temperature at noon had reached a terrifying range of 65 degrees Celsius!
"This is deadly! Who would dare walk on the cement road in this temperature!? Walking for a little longer would mean both feet getting roasted!"
This news quickly spread among the base's high-level management.
Qin Jin had naturally been paying attention to the recent drought situation. After hearing about this, he decided to completely suspend all outdoor work at Green Source.
"Temporarily cancel the personnel stationed at the Green Source trading points and switch to monitoring instead."
"Also, change the perimeter wall patrols to camera surveillance. Let the security personnel stay in the sentry posts as much as possible and switch to irregular patrols."
"Lower the defense level of the large and small residential areas in the Green Source area. Under the current circumstances, zombies are unlikely to appear, and human survivors are basically unable to come over in this weather."
"Let's go silent!"
With the Green Source leader's decision, the entire Green Source entered silent mode!
Of course, this was only outward silence.
Those large and small residential areas had long been supplied with a lot of materials that needed processing, enough to keep these peripheral personnel busy for a long time.
We can't just let them sit idle and give them food, right?
Each small and large residential area had also been stocked with clean water and food. Even if the headquarters didn't send people over, these areas' personnel could be directed and controlled via monitoring.
It was essentially remote operation and management.
The personnel throughout the base were naturally happy about this, as it was simply too hot outside, and no one wanted to endure that kind of torment.
The residential areas now had air conditioning fans, and with some solar panels and insulation materials installed on the building roofs, the temperature inside was around forty degrees Celsius, which was much more comfortable than the outdoors.
And the headquarters was even more comfortable.
Whether it was the main base or the branch bases, the air conditioning was turned on in all indoor workplaces. With the almost inexhaustible solar energy supplement, this amount of electricity was not a concern at all.
The personnel seemed to have returned to the days of working on the assembly line during peacetime.
Only when returning to the dormitory would they feel the heat outside.
Water usage was also strictly controlled. The people in the residential areas, of course, didn't have extra water to perform luxurious acts like bathing. Having water to drink was already excellent.
The headquarters personnel were much better off. Each person had 2 liters of domestic water per day for personal hygiene. It wasn't enough for a shower, but washing their face or wiping the dirt off their bodies with a towel was still possible.
Qin Jin didn't want everyone in the base he built to be ragged and smelly.
Wastewater was also collected and used for other purposes, such as flushing toilets, etc.
The Pearl City oil base was similar. It had the advantage of being near the sea and could distill the needed clean water from seawater, so surviving the drought was even easier than at the headquarters.
As for the consumption of that little bit of energy, it was completely insignificant to the oil base, which was already refining energy.
Overall.
Under Qin Jin's leadership, the Green Source Base was experiencing this drought in an orderly manner.
No big problem.
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Compared to Green Source's 'no big problem,' the situation outside was a big problem!!!
Countless survivors could only huddle in their small nests, struggling to survive.
They didn't know how long this drought would last and could only constantly hope in their hearts that these unbearable days would pass quickly!
However.
No one would tell them that the drought had only just begun.
"Damn it! How can this weather be so hot!? Are the supplies we have stored enough to last? We basically can't go outside now!"
Longmen County.
In a suburban building, seven or eight survivors lived. They were all men.
About a month ago, they left the Green Source area's periphery and ran to this side near Shenzhen to find supplies and survive.
There was no other way.
The Green Source area's periphery, or rather the entire Fenghe County, had been almost completely scavenged by the survivors who had come over!
Even slightly longer, tender plants were easily targeted by these survivors. Whether they could be eaten or not, they would pick them and save them first.
After this situation lasted for a while, these survivors who stayed in the Green Source area's periphery naturally began to leave on a large scale to seek survival in other cities.
Or they would find supplies from farther away and return to trade with Green Source.
Most of those who stayed were survivors who liked the stable environment outside Green Source.
They still had some food and supplies to last, or they had their own way of surviving.
The man who spoke was shirtless, wearing only a pair of briefs, and fanning himself with a piece of cardboard he found somewhere.
It was too uncomfortable to wear clothes in this weather. It was better not to wear them at all, as they would stick to the body.
The other men in the room were not much different.
The entire room was filled with sweat and a strange odor, emitting a nauseating smell in the high temperature.
"We have 3 barrels of water left! Everyone needs to drink sparingly! Each person can only drink up to 1 liter per day! Don't blame me for being impolite if anyone is not conscious of this!"
A middle-aged man with a shaved head and a fierce look on his face shouted in a low voice to the other companions in the room!
He was the leader of this small group!
This small group wasn't too short on 'food,' but they were relatively short on water, so they needed to plan their water consumption well.
Where could you easily find water outside now?
Without proper protection, you would definitely get heatstroke if you walked out of the door for half an hour!
Everyone had to stay home as much as possible. You basically didn't even need to pay attention to the zombies.
Those ghosts were hiding even more tightly than the survivors at this time.
As for why this group didn't lack food?
Naturally.
Because.
They were a group that consumed big meat.
(End of this chapter)
