Chapter 1747: Minus 30 degrees
Northwest base.
The sky was filled with yellow sand, but now it was filled with snow.
The gray-yellow earth turned into a vast expanse of white.
It blends in with the Qilian Snow Mountain in the distance.
Faced with the gradually thickening snow, the northwest base adopted a method similar to that in Oil City. Gasoline burns the snow, melts the snow and condenses into ice, reducing the height of the snow accumulation.
The northwest base owns the Yumen Oilfield. The Yumen Oilfield was the first oilfield base in the country before the end of the world. Even after so many years, the oil production is still astonishing.
Relying on the strong oil production of Yumen Oilfield, the northwest base has never been short of oil energy.
With oil, the vehicles and machinery in the northwest base can be used normally, and even in winter, the heating here is very stable.
The northwest base did not make much preparation for this ice disaster, because before the end of the world, the temperature here in winter could reach minus 20 or 30 degrees.
Heating is spread throughout the city, and the northwest base has already had heating.
In this freezing natural disaster, it was not difficult for them to resist.
In addition, due to the continuous blizzard, there were already very few zombies around. In the past ten days, they had not seen a single zombie.
only.
Since discovering the situation with Ma Laoliu half a month ago, Ma Laoliu has been unable to contact him. To be precise, all communications in Wuyuan Mountain have been inaccessible.
I don't know what happened to them.
Before this blizzard arrived, the Northwest Arrangement discovered some strange zombies at two sub-bases, Jinchang and Weiwu. Later, it was investigated that these zombies were related to Ma Laoliu in Wuyuan Mountain.
After all, Ma Laoliu was watching the gateway to the northwest. With so many zombies pouring into the northwest, Ma Laoliu must have failed to guard it properly.
The boss personally issued an order for Ma Laoliu and Hu Tian to report to the northwest base, but the two did not go there, and Ma Laoliu even unilaterally severed contact with the northwest base.
The boss was so angry that he planned to send someone to deal with Ma Laoliu.
But who would have thought that a blizzard would come suddenly.
For such a heavy snowstorm, it is 800 kilometers from the northwest base to Wuyuan Mountain, which is very far, and they don't know how long the snowstorm will last, so they suspended sending people there.
The blizzard lasted for more than ten days.
There was no news from Ma Laoliu, but the appearance of strange zombies made the boss a little worried.
Ma Laoliu's position is very important, and it bears the important responsibility of blocking the zombies in the east.
Although zombies coming from the east still need to pass through four sub-bases to reach the northwest base, these four sub-bases are all important.
Especially the farm in Zhang Y City, which is an important granary base in the northwest, supplying more than 70% of the food for their northwest forces.
If something goes wrong over there, we'll be in big trouble.
The boss has been worrying about this matter for a while, but it's snowing all over the sky and Wuyuan Mountain can't be contacted, so he can only sit and worry.
Northwest base.
Up and down the fence, there were people clearing snow everywhere.
The iron shed on the roof of their tank armored vehicle collapsed a few days ago because the snow was too thick and was not cleared in time. Since then, they have been more active in clearing snow.
Vehicles cannot be buried under snow. Once the weather warms up later and the snow melts, the vehicle will become soaked in water, and the electronic components inside will be damaged, causing short circuits and other problems.
In this blizzard, whether it is the Da Zhangshu Base, the Northwest Base, or the small bases scattered everywhere, their core job is to clear the snow.
Thirty kilometers away from Wuyuan Mountain is Shifogou National Forest Park.
On top of the mountain.
There were small houses and a van parked next to them.
With the house as the center, the space of hundreds of square meters is more than two meters shorter than the snow piled up around it.
The house is sunken, as if it were built in a basin.
The house is the shortest, followed by the hundreds of meters of space around the house, and then the piled-up snow.
A three-stage structure is presented.
The reason for this is that Feng Biao, who escaped from Wuyuan Mountain half a month ago, drove a vehicle here, but it has been snowing for the past half month.
In order to prevent the snow from burying his house and car, he spent half a day driving his car to flatten the snow around the house and clear the snow from the roof.
As time goes by, the compacted snow is also increasing, and the snow is even higher in places that have not been run over by cars, which leads to such a three-stage picture of high, medium and low.
"Aqiu~"
In the snow, Feng Biao sneezed, tied the chopped firewood with a rope, and tied it tightly.
Then he pulled the rope with his shoulders and walked toward the house little by little.
He was on skis, and his speed was extremely slow because he was pulling firewood.
In the heavy snow, he braved the blizzard and walked with gritted teeth.
Ten minutes later, he finally reached the depression in the middle of the snow.
He used his car to create a slope for walking.
"Damn it! I have to compact it every day. If the snow is not compacted for one day, I will be finished. It's a fucking natural disaster!"
Feng Biao pulled the firewood into the house, sat down on the ground, and breathed heavily.
In the center of the house, there was an iron bucket with a small flame burning on it.
Seeing that the firewood in the tin bucket was about to burn out, Feng Biao quickly chopped two pieces of firewood and threw them in.
There is snow on the firewood. When the fire contacts the snowy firewood, the snowflakes melt and fall into the fire, making a sizzling sound.
The room was filled with thick smoke.
"Cough cough cough——"
Feng Biao coughed violently and hurriedly dragged his tired body to open the window for ventilation.
His eyes were filled with tears due to the smoke. After rubbing his eyes, he quickly ran to the tin bucket and took off his gloves tremblingly.
Both of his hands were covered with frostbite, and the pain from each frostbite made him grin.
It's too cold.
He sat next to the iron bucket to warm himself by the fire. After a few minutes, when the smoke in the room subsided, he got up and closed the two windows, leaving the remaining window only half-closed.
When burning firewood in a room, it always needs to be ventilated, otherwise it will be prone to lack of oxygen.
After he got warmer, he looked at the van parked above with an expression of extreme reluctance on his face.
He really didn't want to run out again.
But if he didn't go out to clear and pack the snow, with a blizzard of this intensity, his car's tires would be covered in snow in just a few days and he would be unable to start again.
After a long period of mental preparation, he gritted his teeth and stood up, put on the gloves that he had just dried next to the iron bucket, carried a shovel, and hugged a pile of firewood that had just been brought in.
Walked over to the van.
However, the snow has not been packed for more than ten hours, and now the layer of snow under my feet is thirty to forty centimeters thick.
His whole calf was stuck in the snow.
He trudged to the front of the truck, took out a shovel and started clearing the snow next to the tires.
When the shoveling was almost done, he cleared the snow under the truck's fuel tank and the oil pipeline.
The diesel inside was frozen and solidified, and the engine could not be started at all. It could only be started by burning the diesel in the fuel pipe through ignition.
At first, he burned the fuel tank, but later found that it was useless to burn the fuel tank. The diesel in the fuel pipe was not thawed, so it could not start.
Diesel is not easy to burn.
Otherwise, if the gasoline tank is burned, once the tank is burned and ruptured, the entire vehicle will be destroyed.
When the firewood was lit, thick smoke billowed. Because there was snow around, the snow below melted when the firewood burned.
During the process of defrosting the diesel, he also climbed onto the car body and cleared the snow from the car.
He has repeated this action many times.
He repeated this once or twice almost every day.
After burning for more than ten minutes, he opened the car door and entered the car. It was still very cold inside.
He originally wanted to stay in the car, but if the car didn't start, it would be cold inside the car and he couldn't stand the cold.
There was only so much diesel, and he couldn't bear to waste it by starting the vehicle all the time.
Humph——
Humph——
Boom boom boom.
He was able to do it at once, and after so many days, he had finally summed up the experience of starting a fire in such cold weather.
If the firewood does not burn for more than ten minutes, there is no way to start a fire, and it must be burned in the right position.
Check out the 16-9 book bar and see the correct version!
He drove the van in circles around the house in the middle as he always did, from small circles to large circles, and he also rolled the slope back and forth twice.
While driving, you can turn on the heater and the interior of the car will quickly warm up.
But he didn't stay long, as today's work of crushing snow was over again.
He reluctantly got out of the car, closed the door, picked up the shovel stuck in the ground, and returned to the small house.
close the door.
He exhaled white mist and walked toward the center with great difficulty.
Most of the firewood in the iron bucket was burned, so he quickly added two more firewood.
Sitting on the cushion, he took off his hat and gloves.
It was hung on a rack next to the tin bucket for baking.
Only when he took off his shoes, there was some pain on his face.
Taking a deep breath, he untied the laces of his boots and pulled out his feet with a ferocious expression.
"ah!!"
He hugged his feet and rolled on the ground, wailing in pain.
His right foot was severely frostbitten, but there was nothing he could do, no medicine.
With trembling hands, he took off the other shoe.
Both feet have varying degrees of frostbite, and the temperature outside has now dropped to minus 30 degrees.
He goes out every day to collect firewood, clear snow, and drive to pack the snow.
If he stayed in this house, he might just wait for the snow to cover the whole house, and he would die in this house.
He actually didn't want to come to Shifogou Forest Park before. After leaving Wuyuan Mountain, he went to Lanshi. He originally planned to stay in the city.
After all, the possibility of finding supplies is higher in the city. Although it has been cleaned countless times over the years, it is still easier to find things in the city than in the mountains and forests amid blizzards.
In addition, with the city's cement buildings, it is easier to withstand snowstorms.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he parked his car outside a shop, he was discovered by the zombies inside. He hurriedly got in the car and ran away.
Later, he wanted to park the car in the basement. When the car drove to the basement, the headlights turned on, and he was shocked to find a large number of zombies in the garage.
Thanks to his good driving skills, he reversed the car and drove the car out of the garage, otherwise he would have died in the garage.
After several failures, he was reluctant to abandon the van, after all, there were still a lot of supplies and food in the car.
In desperation, he had to choose to leave the city and go to the mountains where there were fewer zombies.
And this Shifogou National Forest Park is the most suitable.
In his opinion, in the blizzard, either hide in a building or hide in a high place.
This way it is not easy to be buried by the snow.
Like the valleys or ravines, or low-rise buildings, the snow can easily slide down to these places. Once covered by snow, people staying inside will not be frozen to death, but will suffocate to death due to lack of oxygen.
He was quite happy when he came to the top of Shifogou Mountain, because he felt that he had found a very suitable place.
There are trees around, and he can cut wood and burn fires to keep warm.
There is also a house where he can hide from the wind and snow.
In addition, the terrain of this place is relatively flat,
Unexpectedly.
This blizzard lasted for more than ten days.
He never thought that a blizzard of this intensity could last for so long, and there was no intention to stop at all.
It's outrageous.
Huh——
He trembled, put his feet on the mat, and moved closer to the tin barrel.
His feet were cracked, and blood oozed from the gaps in the wounds. Frostbite is very painful.
He felt that his hands and feet were in great pain.
After roasting the fire for a while, he took off his coat and put it next to him to roast.
Two pairs of socks were emitting white smoke under the roasting of the flames.
Warm.
He leaned against a table behind him, his eyes full of despair.
This kind of hard life is really more painful than killing him.
And he had to do this every day, and he had to walk through the two worlds of ice and fire every day.
Gurgle gurgle——
The snow in a small pot hanging above the tin barrel melted and boiled.
He climbed up with difficulty and found a bag from the bag next to him.
It contained potato starch, which was their staple food in Wuyuan Mountain.
In the past, the Northwest Base would also support them with some food, and the other part was grown by Wuyuan Mountain itself in the mountains.
The potato starch seemed to have been soaked in water and frozen into lumps. He threw two small pieces into the iron pot.
Alas.
His lips were chapped, and he picked up a tin can next to the tin bucket.
On the blackened surface of the tin can, a few words could still be vaguely seen: milk peanuts.
The snow in the tin can melted, and he picked up the tin can and drank a sip of hot water carefully.
After a sip of hot water, his whole condition was much better.
Looking at the snow outside, his eyes were a little confused.
In order to escape, he opened the gate of Wuyuan Mountain, causing a large number of zombies outside to run in.
It is estimated that Wuyuan Mountain is gone,
After all, there are wall-climbing zombies in, and there are so many ordinary zombies, plus it is so cold.
If Wuyuan Mountain can survive, he dare not go back.
Wuyuan Mountain cannot be visited.
He has no support and no goal.
After the ice disaster, where should he go?
He doesn't know.
(asking for monthly ticket)
