Survival: Fighting floods from a thatched hut

"Why don't you tell them everything?"

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“Stop acting stupid, food!

In addition to these, a large amount of food is needed during floods.

Most people in the area don't have much food reserves now. Even if they can survive the flood, someone will starve to death in less than five days. "

Looking at this news, Zhang Chi sighed.

"The floods may not last long and may recede in less than a week."

After the message was sent, Qian Zhongtian didn't reply for a long time. He didn't know whether he believed Zhang Chi's words or for other reasons.

Zhang Chi's face looked a little ugly at this time, and he understood what Qian Zhongtian meant.

He knew that the flood would not last long.

The rainfall these days is getting heavier day by day, but there is almost no water on the ground.

When he was digging the Qingwu tree before, he also discovered that the soil at the bottom root of the Qingwu tree was actually dry.

And the water level of the river to the north has not risen.

Except for the water that fell on the ground and leaked inside the shelter, the rest seemed to disappear out of thin air.

Thinking on the bright side, maybe the rules of the mist world are different from those of Blue Star, but this is just to comfort myself.

Thinking about the worst, this water is stored in a place by mysterious forces, waiting for the day of the flood to burst out again.

Zhang Chi didn't believe that the misty world would give them an unsolvable dead end. The water couldn't burst out all at once.

The greater possibility is that the flood will last for a very long time.

At least it won't be over in a few days.

What's more, even if Zhang Chi guessed the above wrong, the flood would end in a few days.

But at that time, how much food would be available for the survivors to enjoy on the land that had been ravaged by floods?

It is not impossible that there are only a thousand people left in the entire area mentioned earlier.

Even now, Zhang Chi has received a message card, shared information, and guided everyone to cooperate.

He still felt that at least half of the people would not be able to survive.

But Zhangchi couldn't post these words on the regional channel.

As long as you say it, the cooperative situation that was finally managed will collapse in an instant.

By then, the survivors whose shelter has upgraded to Level 2 will be too busy looking for food to care about anything else.

But the production methods of upgrade necessities such as lime kilns and iron blocks are basically in the hands of these people.

As for obtaining food through trading?

If not mentioned, those level 2 shelters can still exchange for some food reserves through trade.

If everyone knows that food is precious, it will be difficult for them to buy it, and the price of food will take advantage of this opportunity to skyrocket.

The atmosphere of unity he managed to create in the region could turn into confrontation in an instant.

By then, many times more people will die than now.

Then he really needs to collect the basic materials by himself.

Zhang Chi was also helpless. He also wanted more people to survive and work for him.

But he is not a saint and cannot sacrifice himself for others.

It's okay to let him say a few words like he is now, but as for more, forget it.

He may not be able to dig outside by himself.

I hope Qian Zhongtian can figure it out.

Otherwise, Zhang Chi can only treat him as a pure trading partner.

After waiting for a while, seeing that there was still no movement from Qian Zhongtian, Zhang Chi simply put away the manual and walked outside.

"Dahuang, please stay in the house and wait for me. I will be back in a moment."

"Okay, let's go together."

He took Rhubarb to the lime kiln, and Zhang Chi built two more beside it.

These two blueprints were obtained by opening the wooden treasure chest just now.

With two more lime kilns, Zhang Chi can harvest 150 units of lime every six hours.

Together with the ones fired before, the shelter can be upgraded to level 2 tomorrow.

After working hard for so long, I finally got to upgrade the shelter with all high-quality materials on the fifth day.

He was looking forward to it in his heart.

After filling in the wood and stone, Zhang Chi looked at the stone wall again.

Except for the reserved lime-fired stones, the rest of the stones are all relaxed into high-quality grades.

In addition to the 1,000 units that were opened when he opened the box just now, he now has more than 1,300 units of high-quality stones in his hand.

Except for the 200 units needed to upgrade the shelter, Zhang Chi planned to use the rest on the stone wall.

He first built another stone wall outside the original stone wall, with a distance of one meter between the two.

It was originally planned to be built in the inner circle, but there are too many stones.

Looking at the more than 500 units of stone left in his hand, Zhang Chi decided to add height to the stone wall.

2.5 meters is the minimum standard for building a stone wall, but if you want, you can build it up to five meters high.

Zhang Chi first extended the stone wall upward by more than half a meter, making the height of the stone wall the same as the ceiling on the first floor of the shelter.

Then all the remaining stones were consumed, allowing the stone wall to extend downward by half a meter.

At this point, he only has 200 units of high-quality stone left in his hands.

However, Zhang Chi does not feel it is a waste. The sense of security provided by the double-layered stone wall is real.

When all the ginger soup is sold tomorrow, the inside of the stone wall will be filled with soil.

A simple but indestructible flood dam is completed.

If the water seepage problem can be solved, he might be able to farm inside the wall when the flood comes.

Back at the shelter, Zhang Chi used a towel to dry Dahuang's body.

"Why do you insist on going out with me?"

Dahuang didn't say anything and rubbed his relaxed calf.

Looking at the towel in his hand, which was originally snow-white but now slightly yellow, he quietly avoided Da Huang's head.

In Da Huang's puzzled eyes, Zhang Chi took it to the bathroom.

"Ah, awooo."

"Be honest, you are not afraid of the rain, so why are you afraid of a shower head?"

After taking a shower, Zhang Chi looked at his single bed, and then looked at Da Huang who was desperate beside him.

"You sleep on the floor today, I will spread tiger and bear skins for you.

I will make a nest for you tomorrow."

......

The fifth day, 7 o'clock in the morning.

It was still dark, and today's rain had turned into a rainstorm.

Zhang Chi pushed open the door and looked outside the door with the firelight in the shelter. The rain curtain was almost connected.

He had an illusion that he lived in a water curtain cave.

But even so, there was still no water on the ground outside.

[Today's weather: heavy rain

Today's temperature: 3-7 degrees Celsius

Wind: None

Daytime: 4 hours

This round of disaster: major flood

Remaining time: 3 days]

As expected, the daytime length becomes four hours, and the temperature is gradually dropping.

It is expected that when the flood breaks out, the temperature will reach zero degrees.

It seems that some warm items should be prepared, but Zhang Chi has several furs in his hands, all of which are high-quality.

It is estimated that it will be difficult for him to buy better warm items.

Putting on a raincoat, Zhang Chi came to the lime kiln and collected the lime.

After synthesizing these 150 units of lime, Zhang Chi's shelter can be upgraded!

He was anxious, but Zhang Chi knew that it was useless to be anxious.

He first filled the lime kiln with materials, and then put the lime into the synthesis room.

The waiting time was the most difficult. Zhang Chi opened the manual and sent a private message to Kong Dongfang.

"Make a double portion of breakfast today.

By the way, after your leg healed, have you explored the area around the shelter?

Is there a river nearby?"

"Yesterday I walked around the shelter for five miles, but didn't find any rivers.

I plan to go to a farther place today."

"Okay, then you should be careful. There may be wild animals five miles away."

"Brother Chi, don't worry. In such heavy rain, wild animals will stay in their nests and won't come out."

Kong Dongfang is his personal chef, and Zhang Chi doesn't want anything to happen to him.

After thinking about it, he traded his discarded raincoat and a stone wall blueprint to him.

This blueprint is only of ordinary grade, and was collected by Kong Dongfang when he helped him sell ginger soup.

But Zhang Chi doesn't have a higher-grade blueprint now, so he can only let Kong Dongfang make do with it.

"If there is a river near you, collect some stones and build a stone wall.

If not, I will give you a piece of ginger later. You can collect some and build a stone wall.

Although it is only ordinary level, it should be enough to build a few more layers."

"Woo woo, Brother Chi, you are so good to me, as good as my mother to me. I will follow you well in the future."

Veins popped up on Zhang Chi's forehead. Why is this idiot like Da Huang, always saying mommy mommy.

Thinking of it, he glanced at Da Huang fiercely.

Da Huang, who was taking a nap on the tiger skin, suddenly had his hair standing up, and he looked around in confusion.

When he saw Zhang Chi's unfriendly eyes, he lowered his head with a guilty conscience.

Did the owner find out that it was secretly sharpening its claws on the floor?

Just when Zhang Chi was struggling to decide whether to beat Da Huang to vent his anger, the countdown of the synthesis room just ended.

"Shelter, upgrade."