Rebirth at the end of the world: I report to the country!

Chapter 168 168· The sun has set.

December 31, 2024, Eastern Time, 13:20 pm - more than an hour has passed since the earthquake disaster began to ease.

Lingnan City, farm.

On the last day of 2004, Chi Yan, who had only finished lunch because of her busy schedule, returned to the farm without stopping and got into work.

The busy work at this time is no longer planting crops, but building insulated greenhouses for all farmland.

The farm land is different from half a month ago. Some instant crops have been harvested. When fertilizer is added, there is no need to consider whether the nutrients of the land have been consumed. There is no need to rotate crops to maintain nutrients, so those that have been harvested The land that had been removed has now been replanted with the original crops.

After a few days or a week, green shoots have sprouted.

The preparatory work and materials for the greenhouse have been completed during the earthquake disaster. All that needs to be done now is to assemble these materials one by one.

Because the people involved in this work were not only the people in charge of the farm, but also many Dongmin who were originally in other positions, the action was very fast.

Although it is only 1:30 in the afternoon, and it is only more than four hours since the construction of these greenhouses actually started, most of the land on the farm already has greenhouses.

Here comes the PVC pipe! I'll hold the film end, and you guys take the other end and get it up. Chi Yan took the materials and came to a site where the prototype of the greenhouse had just been determined with steel wire mesh, and began to assist in the work.

Thank you for your hard work, Chi Yan. With everyone performing their duties, a simple greenhouse was formed very quickly. Chi Yan's assistant teacher said after coming down the ladder leaning on the pillar.

It's almost over. This is the last piece.

Teacher, after this, our crops will not die in the extreme night disaster, right? Chi Yan looked at the changes around her, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and asked with concern.

The assistant teacher nodded and responded: Well, no. According to Mr. Hope, the temperature drop during the polar night disaster follows the Basic Law. It is essentially a chain result caused by the polar night, so there will be no cold-like symptoms. Like an ice disaster, the temperature dropped suddenly overnight.

Instead, it will continue to drop for about a week, and then maintain this temperature until the sun returns to the Blue Star and begins to heat up again.

Although the greenhouse we built in a short period of time is relatively simple, it is more than enough to cope with the temperature in front.

A week is enough for us to strengthen the greenhouse. In addition, there is no threat of earthquake disaster. The construction of power lines and heating pipes will be started immediately. When these infrastructures are completed, let alone the death of these crops, we can keep these plants at any time. Survive in the most suitable environment for their growth, maintain a low growth cycle and have high yields.

The Extreme Night Disaster will be the easiest stage so far in our natural disaster era.

Teaching Assistant, I have a question, can these fluorescent lamps allow these plants to continue photosynthesis and produce oxygen?

Even if it is possible, there are not many areas where Blue Star can maintain these ‘artificial sunlight’, right?

In the absence of photosynthesis, the largest channel for producing oxygen, but so many of us are still breathing and consuming oxygen in the air, will the oxygen in Blue Star be exhausted by us?

Chi Yan suddenly asked curiously.

The teaching assistant was startled at first. After thinking for a while, he gently shook his head and said:

The importance of the sun to us humans is indeed unparalleled. Almost all human energy comes from the sun. Wind energy is the natural flow of unevenly heated air. Water energy is the potential energy formed by water evaporating to high places and causing rainfall. Even coal, oil and natural gas , which is the result of the evolution of plant photosynthesis to fix carbon elements in the air...

There is a theory that when the sun ends its life, the Blue Star will also enter destruction. This is actually correct.

But the premise of these worries is that we will never see the sun.

But the extreme night disaster only lasted for a month, and it could not have such serious consequences.

Even if Mr. Hope dreamed about the future, there was no mention of suffocating to death in the polar night when Blue Star was unprepared.

Chi Yan, you are a bit worried.

The name of the polar night comes from the night at the pole. At the North and South Poles of Blue Star, there are four months of polar night and day. Not only have the creatures there not become extinct, but they have evolved an ecosystem that adapts to the environment.

It is true that a sudden month of darkness will have a huge impact on animals and plants... However, there are not many wild animals and plants in Blue Star now, and from this perspective, the impact is close to nothing.

The assistant teacher sighed with some regret.

Okay, thank you, assistant teacher. Chi Yan listened carefully, and then nodded in relief, Then I will continue to help.

Yeah, let's go.

It took another hour and a half, and with the efforts of everyone, all the greenhouses were finally basically decorated.

The remaining reinforcement and thickening work is no longer today's task.

Leave the finishing touches to us today. You can get off work and go home. It's time to prepare for today's party.

Theoretically, there will be a batch of New Year gifts from Dongguo to everyone, and they may already be at your doorstep.

Gathering all the 'students' together, the teaching assistant and teacher announced to everyone.

Because she knew that the work on the farm was really almost over, Chi Yan didn't say anything about staying to help, but walked back home.

Boom boom boom——

Along the way, many large machines were busy working.

A large amount of construction waste was pushed away from the road by carts. After pushing the bodies, workers began construction to prepare new roads.

During the earthquake disaster, because maybe after cleaning up today, an earthquake the next day will produce new debris or cracks in the ground, so Dongguo did not put too much energy on the road, but only maintained it at its best. Basic traffic functions.

But now, the last wave of earthquakes has ended, and these actions have meaning again.

If you want to be rich, build roads first.

This sentence refers to how important convenient transportation is to development.

But at this moment, these machines gradually stopped working. The workers got off the machines and began to say goodbye to each other and go back to their homes.

New Year time.

When Chi Yan approached her home, she found that she had only been away from home for less than half a day. There were a lot of things piled up, and her father was already busy among them.

Dad? Are you already off work? What are these? Chi Yan asked curiously.

Yes, our department's work is almost finished today. Let's leave the rest until next year. Chi Yan's father chuckled lightly, then pointed to the things around him and introduced:

“These boxes, these are our new furniture.

I heard that they are all smart furniture, but I don’t know if the plugs at home are enough.

But it’s okay! Anyway, we don’t need to worry about earthquakes from today on, and there won’t be frequent problems with the power supply. After the fixed cables are set up, we can just get a few more plugs!

No wonder his father was moving out the furniture in the house that had survived the earthquake for a month. It turned out that it was going to be replaced with new ones.

Those furniture have many special designs to adapt to the environment where earthquakes are inevitable every day, but these designs are based on the sacrifice of product function, appearance, and convenience.

When earthquakes no longer occur frequently, they are no longer the optimal solution.

There is actually no shortage of electricity. There is a nuclear power plant near our house, and the water supply lines will also be rebuilt. I am looking forward to this even more. Chi Yan said with a smile.

Definitely, all the wiring will be done. Our parts factory has been working hard to make these orders during this period. Chi Yan's father nodded and said.

There is no shortage of electricity in Dongguo, at least in Lingnan City. After the nearby nuclear power plant was built, there was a huge overflow of electricity.

However, due to earthquakes, the power lines connecting various companies in China Unicom often suffer from breakage, poor contact and other problems due to earthquakes. This often results in power being available but unusable.

The water supply situation is similar to this, which leads to the fact that Chi Yan's house now has a dedicated water tank, which is filled with several cubic meters of water.

Chi Yan heard from her parents that when they were young, every household had this kind of sink, because power and water outages were frequent in Dongguo at that time in the summer.

After Chi Yan experienced the tragedy of taking a bath and being covered in foam but running out of water, she silently chose to take a bath in a more stable bathhouse with a backup line. However, as a southerner, Chi Yan was really not used to it.

Especially there are some aunts from the north who obviously don't work there, but they often enthusiastically ask Chi Yan if she needs her to help Chi Yan rub her back.

Chi Yan usually refuses, but these aunts actually think that the shyer Chi Yan is, the more excited they become, and they insist on letting Chi Yan feel the charm of the bathhouse.

These three bicycles...were they also issued by Dongguo?

Moving furniture is a physical job. Although he is already a 'farmer', after all, he has only been working in the fields for a month, and his strength has not fully improved. While assisting his father to move some small things, Chi Yan found three bicycles behind the furniture and asked .

Of course it was sent. No one is selling this thing now. After all, we have to be very careful even when walking on our road now. Chi Yan's father said with a smile:

Now we have begun to rebuild the road. With the help of that magical cement, road construction no longer takes several months. It is estimated that it will be opened to traffic in a few days.

Then there will be no need to trek through mountains and rivers every day.

And... Yanyan, you saw it wrong. They are two bicycles and a battery car.

After hearing this, Chi Yan took another look and discovered that there was a wide body and fat body inside, which was a small battery car with a single seat.

Your mother's workplace is the farthest away from our home, and she has to travel everywhere, so give her this battery-powered car.

I heard that other parts factories have begun to produce car parts again. If nothing else, after bicycles, those gas trucks... they should be electric cars, will also reappear on the road.

Yanyan, have you not taken the driver's license test yet? Chi Yan's father discovered a blind spot.

Subject 1 has been passed in Ice Catastrophe, and subjects 2 and 3 require actual combat. In Ice Catastrophe, there are only car models. I went up to experience it, but I didn't actually drive it, and no real driver's license was issued. Me. Chi Yan scratched her head and said a little embarrassed.

That car is still too far away for you. Chi Yan's father said with a smile.

Ding dong! It's already Eastern Time, five o'clock in the afternoon!

The New Year's Eve dinner will be held in an hour, and the live broadcast of the New Year's Eve party will be held simultaneously. Residents and friends are asked to be prepared, temporarily put down their work, and welcome the new year together.

Ding dong! That’s right now…”

At this time, loudspeakers in various places in Lingnan City emitted such sounds, and everyone's mobile phone messages also received similar text messages.

It's been a long time since I had a banquet. It seems I can still drink tonight. After Chi Yan's father raised his head to listen, he rubbed his slightly bulging belly and said expectantly.

It's o'clock, hasn't mom gotten off work yet? Upon hearing the announcement, Chi Yan frowned and took out her mobile phone, Then let me ask mom.

Civil servants used to be very relaxed, but in the past few years, civil servants have become busier and busier. Now in the era of natural disasters, civil servants are probably the most grueling of all types of work.

No need to ask, I have just asked, and she said that she was also responsible for the order of the party branch and could not get off work. Chi Yan's father waved his hand and said.

But then he said to Chi Yan:

Yanyan, your mother said that we will go directly to the branch venue later. Anyway, there will be a live broadcast of the party on the big screen. Everyone can watch it together, and it will be lively.

Well, okay! Chi Yan nodded.

The preparation and scale of this party that Dongguo had announced very early was much larger and more formal than before the era of natural disasters.

The original party had no venue at all, and the background of each program was in the shelter. But this time, not only did there be a venue, but there were more than one - almost every city had its own branch venue.

Dad, let's forget about these things for now. The branch venue is still some distance away from our home. Let's walk there. It's almost dinner time and it's too late to sort it out. Chi Yan took out her phone and checked the map and said .

Oh, yes, I almost forgot! Let's go, let's go! Chi Yan's father nodded fiercely upon hearing this.

The two people just left home.

The furniture behind him was not arranged, and even the door to the house was still open.

But now, Lingnan City may really be open to the public at night.

Father and daughter walk side by side on the road.

At this moment, the sun has set in the west and the sky looks waxy.

See you again in a month. Chi Yan murmured as she raised her head and looked at the sunset.

If we judge from the perspective of the time when the sun disappears, then the disaster of the polar night begins from this moment.