Machine Wars : Full Metal Storm

"Brother Luo Yan, please come this way." Xia Jie, Xia An'an's father, warmly greeted Luo Yan as he walked down the stairs.

Coming down from the stairs is a hall converted from a storage room. The hall is not dark, with beams of sunlight shining through it.

However, Xia Jie and others opened skylights on the ground and used glass collected from the village as windows, so that the underground space would not be dark during the day and there would be no fear of water getting in on rainy days.

They also installed a ventilation duct themselves, through the air inlet on the ground, so that fresh air can be injected into the ground to prevent stuffiness.

These seemingly simple arrangements, but Luo Yan knew that they were not simple at all. After a natural disaster, surface survivor camps like this would basically have no power supply.

Coupled with the lack of tools, you should know how much hard work Xia Jie and others have put in to achieve the current arrangements.

From Xia Jie's introduction, Luo Yan knew that this village called "Ximen Village" once had a permanent population of 2,000.

But now, the total number of people is less than 100, only 78 people. Before the "Falcon Base" was destroyed, because "Ximen Village" was closer to the base, the men in the village would take turns to go to the base to make a living.

In exchange for daily necessities, the elderly and children here can survive. It can be seen that the living conditions of the residents of Ximen Village are very difficult.

Even so, they still have hope. At this moment, in the hall, an old man in his early sixties, wearing simple clothes and pants, is teaching several children how to read.

"That's Teacher Liu Guo."

"He is a retired teacher and one of the survivors of the natural disaster."

"In the past three years, he has been responsible for the children's enlightenment education."

"He said that no matter how many natural and man-made disasters there are, they can't stop children from studying." Xia Jie saw Luo Yan looking at the reading corner in the hall, so he enthusiastically introduced it.

And he pushed his daughter: "Go, An'an."

"Take Xiaohu, Xiaopang and the others to study."

"Okay." Xia Anan grabbed the hands of the two little boys and skipped to the reading corner. Xia Jie led Luo Yan to continue the visit.

Coming out of the hall is a passage. On both sides of the passage, there are some cave dwellings. Because there are no tools, these cave dwellings are naturally not uniform in size.

There is no decoration inside, only various furniture collected from the village are placed. These cave dwellings are the ‘homes’ of the survivors of Ximen Village!

"After the natural disaster struck, at the beginning, everyone just crowded into the hall where they just came in."

"Later on, little by little, we opened up the current corridors and these cave dwellings."

"Although they are simple and crude, at least everyone has a 'home' again." When he mentioned 'home', Xia Jie looked happy.

It seems that for this man, as long as his family is still there, there is still hope in life.

"Brother Luo Yan, this is my home, please come in." Xia Jie led Luo Yan into a cave. Walking into Xia Jie's home, Luo Yan found that this cave was larger than others, and it even opened

There are two small rooms.

The one through the door serves as the living room, and the other two are bedrooms.

"This is my bedroom, and this is An An's." Xia Jie introduced. Luo Yan took a look at each. The two bedrooms were not big.

There was a bed right after entering the door, with almost no room to move it. However, there was a small skylight above the room.

In this way, when lying on the bed, you can at least see the world outside. In addition, in Xia Jie's room, there is a large map taped to the uneven wall, with circles drawn on it with a red oil line pen.

Xia Jie stood at the door and smiled and said: "When I go to work at the base, I will ask people who come and go from the base."

"Gather some intelligence to know where it is safe and where there are other camps."

"One day, I will take An An away from here."

"Although it is difficult, I still want to try my best to give her a better life." Speaking of this, Xia Jie said excitedly: "I heard from some adventurers that huge underground cities are being built in some places."

"There are mechas protecting you. In those cities, you can live the life before the natural disaster."

"I have contacted several capable people. As long as I save enough money, I can ask them to send me and An An in."

"After arriving in the dungeon, I hope to send An An to school."

"Of course I don't think Teacher Liu Guo is bad. In fact, I am very grateful to him."

"But I hope I can give An An a better education. She shouldn't live in a place like this all her life." Looking at the light in his father's eyes, Luo Yan nodded: "An An is a smart child." Luo Yan praised himself.

Daughter, Xia Jie is even more happy.

Soon it was evening. In the evening, Xia Jie and a few men walked around the activity center and made sure there was no danger before returning underground.

They closed a large iron door in the hall, which was installed later. It took Xia Jie and others a lot of effort just to dismantle and transport it to the underground hall.

Every night, they would close the door and block the exit. Then it was dinner time. The women were in charge of dinner, and they cooked in a corner of the hall, where there was a chimney leading to the ground.

The exhaust fan is powered by manpower and can be simply modified with fans, bicycles, etc. Some older children will take turns stepping on the exhaust fan to remove all kinds of smoke produced by cooking.

The survivors of Ximen Village range from the elderly to children. Everyone has their own responsible work, and they work together to survive after the natural disaster.

After a while, a bowl was placed in front of Luo Yan. It was a bowl of porridge. Although Xia Anan had tried his best to give Luo Yan as much porridge as possible, the bowl of porridge still seemed to have too much soup.

As for the others, there wasn't much rice in the bowl. Xia Jie apologized: "The base recently said there was a large-scale military operation and it is temporarily closed to the public."

"Those of us will no longer have jobs and can only eat the remaining food."

"There isn't much food left now, so I can only eat sparingly."

"Look, we can't even bring out anything decent. I'm really sorry." Luo Yan shook his head, picked up the bowl, blew on it, and then took a sip of the rice juice.

Then he opened his backpack and took out some field rations inside.

"An'an, take it and share it with your friends." Luo Yan said with a smile. When Xia Anan saw the canned meat inside, her eyes suddenly lit up and she swallowed involuntarily.

But she wisely did not take it, but looked at her father. Xia Jie smiled and said: "Take it, but you can only take one can."

"Give the rest to brother." Xia Anan nodded, picked up one of the cans, ran to Wang Xiaohu's children, and shouted proudly: "Look, this is the canned meat I told you about."

"Brother Luo gave it to me."

"Now you believe it!"

"I'm telling you, this canned meat is delicious."

"You are in for a treat today!"