Doomsday disaster: Start by building a shelter

Outside the shelter.

The sky was still shrouded in low black clouds and visibility was extremely low.

The road and the ground on both sides of it were covered with gray-white embers. As far as the eye can see, it gives people a feeling of loneliness where all things are annihilated.

Even the sound of the wind seemed to disappear from here.

Crack!

Accompanied by a sound of mechanical friction.

A robot with a thick frame slowly walked out of the upward sloping passage. Step into this dark world full of hot air.

It stood still on the ground, turned its eyes with high-definition camera and night vision functions on its head, and quickly transmitted images of the surrounding environment into the intelligent core of its body. Then within milliseconds, the smart core reacts. Map out the simplest possible course of action.

Go forward, bypass a hill of discarded steel, enter the temporary carport, and then board the cab of a medium-sized truck parked in the carport.

at the same time.

The second underground floor of the shelter is the control center.

On unattended consoles, the monitor lights up automatically.

Artificial intelligence Luo Tianyi faithfully refreshes the information on each task being performed on the screen.

"A04 construction robot is entering the lift...is leaving the shelter...is entering the truck cab..."

"Peripheral environment detection safety."

"Start planning your driving route, destination, and armored knights' shelter."

. . . . . .

When Su Wu finally got up from the bed.

After a simple wash and a hearty breakfast.

When he arrived at the control center, he found that the medium-sized truck was almost arriving at the door of the heavily armored knight's home.

"Hey, I'm here."

"Is it convenient for you to go out now?"

Su Wu switched to the chat software and sent a voice chat request to the heavy knight.

A few seconds later.

Connected on the other side.

"Give me half a minute and I'll go up and open the door."

The armored knight's answer was concise and powerful.

While he was speaking, a rush of footsteps could be heard. Apparently he was running towards the exit while talking on the phone.

"Then I'll wait for you."

Su Wu was very satisfied with the straightforward style of the heavily armored knight. He waited patiently for a while, and soon saw through the car camera a shop without a sign on the street, with the closed rolling shutter door opening upwards. A forklift carrying a packaged product drove out.

"This way."

Su Wu honked the horn, controlled the construction robot and jumped out of the cab.

"Are you... Su Wu?"

On the forklift, a middle-aged man looked at the approaching robot with some surprise. Judging from the robot's exposed skeleton, it doesn't look like there's anyone hiding inside.

"This is a remotely controlled robot, and I'm still in the shelter."

Su Wu explained briefly. He also controlled the construction robot to help load goods from the forklift to the truck compartment.

The temperature in the air is now up to 65 degrees.

Every additional second a person is exposed outside increases the risk of heat stroke. It’s really not a good time to stop talking slowly.

"Damn it, you're already playing with robots."

"That's awesome."

The moment he came out, the heavily armored knight was already soaked with sweat. But he didn't care about how hot and uncomfortable he was. Instead, he kept looking at the construction robot like a child seeing his favorite toy. There was unconcealable envy in his eyes.

This was the first time he had seen such a flexible robot in reality.

"Are these the batteries that need to be charged?"

Su Wu saw that the heavily armored knight had no intention of going back yet, so he simply asked the construction robot to point his finger and motioned for the heavily armored knight to follow him into the truck cab.

A tram modified as a survival point.

The cab of a medium-sized truck is equipped with high-quality air conditioning that can operate normally even in high temperatures.

Of course, because the temperature difference is too large, no special insulation materials are used. There is no way the environment inside the cab can compare to the coolness and pleasantness inside the shelter.

At most, it makes people feel better than being directly exposed to the outside world.

"Thanks."

The heavily armored knight was not polite. He quickly jumped off the forklift and took a few steps to the co-pilot position of the truck. The cool breeze in the car blew on his forehead, causing him to take a long breath, showing an expression of hope for the rest of his life.

The high temperature outside, which is more than 60 degrees, is almost like torture.

“That’s all the batteries.”

"And I put the reward in it too."

"A total of twenty kilograms of smokeless gunpowder, all of high quality, comparable to military quality."

This is the transaction item discussed last night.

The heavy knight's original idea was to use an imitation military pistol and a few boxes of ammunition as remuneration for charging and transportation. However, Su Wu considered that the structure of the firearm was not complicated, and his own engineering robot could also manufacture it. He rejected the proposal and replaced it with more cost-effective gunpowder raw materials.

"How's the power?"

Su Wu asked curiously.

As an ordinary person born in a peaceful era, military gunpowder is somewhat unknown and mysterious to him.

"If used well, it might blow up a building."

"The effect is absolutely amazing."

The heavily armored knight described it with a slightly exaggerated expression, and then his tone changed.

"But gunpowder of this quality would be a waste if used purely as a bomb."

"It's best to use it to make bullets. The finished product is stable and reliable."

Su Wu nodded. In fact, there is no need for the Heavy Knight to remind him that the purpose of trading smokeless gunpowder he previously specified was to make his own ammunition.

"Brother is very familiar with these. Did you work in the military industry before?"

"That's not possible, you think too highly of me."

"I'm just a bastard who makes a living by collecting rent from several buildings in my house."

"Knowing this is just for free."

The heavily armored knight shook his head and pointed to several six- or seven-story residential buildings facing the street outside the cab window, with a somewhat nostalgic and melancholy look on his face.

"This side, this side, and this side are our houses."

"When I first collected rent, I didn't want to bother with it. I had to knock on doors one by one and deal with all kinds of people."

"Looking now, it would be great if those lively days could last forever."

It only took about ten days to move into the underground shelter.

The armored knight has had enough of loneliness.

Especially during those days when the Internet was disconnected, it was more like entering an isolated island abandoned by the world. The discomfort almost made him suffocate.

"How many buildings..."

Su Wu didn't know what to say for a moment. You know, the initial capital for his own construction of the shelter only came from a house of more than 100 square meters.

Without this sudden apocalypse.

Perhaps Su Wu would never be able to reach the asset level of a heavily armored knight in his lifetime.

As expected, none of these people who are able to build their own shelters are simple.