latelenovela Chapter 134 The Apocalyptic Boss Arrives (11)
Chapter 134 The Apocalyptic Boss Arrives (11)
A month passed in the blink of an eye, and Ji Xiaosong keenly noticed that Gu Lin's gaze towards her became more frequent and lingered for longer periods of time.
Today, Gu Lin deliberately drove her home and did this, which Ji Xiaosong knew perfectly well, so she went along with him, but she still had to pretend.
After all, the apocalypse is so bitter, so we should at least taste the sweetness of love.
The moment the motion-sensor light in the entryway turned on, Gu Lin's shoes suddenly fell into a whirlpool of quicksand.
Ji Youshu leaned against the corner of the carved staircase, a brass-colored aura of supernatural power emanating from between his fingers as he pressed on the handrail, revealing basalt patterns on the surface of the marble steps.
"Team Leader Gu brought people back without even having a cup of tea?"
"elder brother!"
Ji Xiaosong hurriedly pulled off the coat from her shoulders, but the residual body heat from her body inside the cashmere lining made her ear tips burn.
Song Ya carried ginger tea out of the kitchen, her red coral earrings swaying gently with her steps.
"This coat fits Song'er perfectly. Thank you for taking good care of Song'er this past month."
She deliberately brushed past her daughter's flushed cheeks, and when she placed the celadon cup in front of Gu Lin, the bottom of the cup made a crisp tapping sound against the glass coffee table.
"Aunt Song, you're too kind. Xiao Song is exceptionally capable and is a role model for our superpower team. For the past month, she has been the main force in cleaning up Chenming City. In a way, we should all be considered to be under her protection."
Gu Lin's eyes were full of admiration when Ji Xiaosong's abilities were mentioned.
People admire strength, and he was no exception.
While delicate girls are certainly cute, someone like Ji Xiaosong, who is not only cute but also incredibly strong, is even more captivating to him.
In this perilous post-apocalyptic world, Ji Xiaosong's powerful abilities are not only her own strength but also the solid foundation of her team.
Gu Lin picked up the ginger tea, took a sip, chatted with Ji Youshu and his wife for a few more minutes, and then got up to say goodbye.
Ji Youshu and his wife exchanged a glance as they watched Gu Lin's departing figure. Then, Song Ya smiled and looked at Ji Xiaosong: "Song'er, what do you think of Gu Lin?"
Ji Xiaosong's cheeks flushed again. She lowered her head slightly and shuffled her toes on the ground gently. "He... he's a really good person, and he's very capable. He's helped me a lot in the superpower team."
Ji Youshu crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow: "Just a nice person and capable? No other intentions?"
"Hmm... He has all-around superpowers and is so responsible. If... if we have children in the future, with a father like him, the children will definitely be outstanding." Ji Xiaosong smiled broadly, clearly very satisfied with Gu Lin.
"Oh, you're already thinking about your future children? It seems our Song'er is really taking this to heart."
Ji Youshu was somewhat dissatisfied, "Little sister, you've only known him for a month. What if their private life isn't like this at all?"
Ji Chengguang then said, "Gu Lin was the leader of the Central Special Operations Group before the apocalypse. To be able to take on such an important task, he must be an elite who has been selected and rigorously evaluated by the state. His father, Gu Changqing, is now the base director. With such a family background and character, he is the perfect match for our Song'er."
There was one more thing he didn't mention: before the apocalypse, the Ji family, with its resources, simply couldn't touch a prestigious family like the Gu family.
Although the Ji family was extremely wealthy, compared to the Gu family's prominent status, it was like a firefly compared to the bright moon—vastly different.
If it weren't for the apocalypse, Ji Xiaosong would have distinguished herself through her own strength, becoming an existence that no force could ignore. The Ji family would never have been able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the Gu family and share in the vicissitudes of this apocalypse.
"Song'er, Dad thinks Gu Lin has feelings for you too. Since you also have feelings for him, do you need Dad and Mom to prepare something for you?"
Ji Xiaosong thought for a moment and replied, "If he has any feelings for me, I definitely won't refuse when he takes the initiative to clarify our relationship. Maybe I can even take it a step further. After all, it's not fair for the girl to make the first move; the guy should always take the initiative."
Song Ya wholeheartedly agreed, took Ji Xiaosong's hand, and said with a smile, "Our Song'er is both beautiful and capable, and has been loved by everyone since she was little. In this apocalypse, everyone is fighting desperately to survive, but our Song'er not only has the strength to protect herself, but can also lead the team into battle. No man can compare to her in this respect. It's his good fortune that Gu Lin has taken a liking to you."
Seeing that his family had unanimously approved of Gu Lin, Ji Youshu swallowed his words, even though he was unwilling.
The unease in his heart wouldn't dissipate, and he secretly resolved to be more careful in the future and keep a close eye on Gu Lin.
In his eyes, his younger sister was a precious treasure, and he couldn't let others take advantage of her so easily. If Gu Lin dared to do anything bad to his sister, he would be the first to object.
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All the zombies in Chenming City have been dealt with, and Ji Xiaosong has set up a barrier throughout the city to prevent zombies from other areas from invading.
In the past month, millions more people have been infected.
Therefore, there are fewer than ten million survivors today.
More than half less than before the apocalypse.
To facilitate management and post-apocalyptic reconstruction, earth-type, metal-type, wood-type, and water-type ability users have joined forces to rebuild Morning Cry City.
This is the final plan provided by the Urban Planning and Construction Bureau:
I. Defense System Construction
1. Concentric Circle City Defense System
Earth-elemental ability users construct three layers of defensive fortifications:
The outermost ring is a 15-meter-high city wall, made from building debris from ruins and catalyzed by a special ability, like a super high wall built of stone.
The city wall is also covered with barbed wire reinforced with metal, and anyone who tries to climb it will get badly pricked.
The middle layer is a 30-meter-wide circular moat, created by a water-elemental ability user; the water is both deep and wide.
The riverbed is covered with dense ice spikes, and anyone who tries to sneak across the water will get pricked by them.
The innermost layer is a mutated thorn barrier created by wood-based abilities. These thorns secrete a corrosive sap that will corrode anyone who touches them, effectively blocking enemies.
2. Three-dimensional monitoring network
People with metal-based superpowers piled up unwanted broken cars and built 32 watchtowers.
Each tower top is decorated with some special things: at night, there are fluorescent dandelions cultivated by wood-type ability users that can float in the air and illuminate the surroundings;
There are also liquid lenses created by water-based ability users, which can refract light like a mirror and be used to see things in the distance;
In addition, the resonant ground stakes created by earth-elemental ability users can be felt to vibrate the ground.
This set of equipment forms a three-dimensional monitoring network.
II. Urban Functional Zoning
1. Core Area (Former City Hall Site)
In the core area where the original city hall was located, the superhumans need to carry out a series of key construction tasks.
First, they excavated and built a stepped fortress, and set up a command center 20 meters underground.
Secondly, metal materials are used to repair communication equipment, and metal wires are woven into an electromagnetic shielding mesh.
Finally, wood-type ability users were arranged to cultivate glowing moss on the dome to meet the lighting needs.
2. Survival Support Ring
1. Agricultural area (eastern plain)
An agricultural zone was established on the plains to the east.
This facility employs a three-tiered vertical farm system, utilizing the power of wood to cultivate crops that can resist radiation.
In terms of irrigation, the water system is equipped with a drip irrigation system, which collects morning dew and then purifies the wastewater to meet the water needs of crops.
To address the problems of soil after acid rain, the soil system uses element replacement technology to transform the land, making land that was originally unsuitable for cultivation fertile and able to grow good crops.
2. Energy Zone (South Industrial Park)
In the energy zone of the southern industrial park, each department has a clear division of labor and works together to promote the construction of energy projects.
The metal element is responsible for reassembling the steam turbine, while the wood element provides the steam turbine with biogas as fuel;
The water system utilizes the principles of the moat and groundwater circulation to construct a temperature difference power station;
Deep geothermal wells are dug in the soil, and metal pipes are used to conduct heat, thereby effectively utilizing geothermal energy.
3. Production Ring (West Ruins)
On the production ring of the western ruins, the metal system's role was to smelt metals and forge them into various metal components, providing basic materials for subsequent production stages.
Earth-based systems focus on utilizing existing materials and reshaping concrete through a series of processes to meet different production needs.
The wood system is responsible for extracting a bio-adhesive from the vine secretions. This adhesive can effectively bond various materials and enhance the stability of the structure.
The water system plays a crucial role in maintaining the normal operation of the cooling system, ensuring that the temperature remains within a stable range throughout the production process, and preventing equipment malfunctions due to overheating, which could affect production efficiency and product quality.
3. Hive dwelling (north side of the mountain)
There are beehives living on the north side of the mountain.
The earthen structure was carved into a hexagonal dwelling, with each 20-square-meter room equipped with a ventilation shaft, ensuring excellent air circulation.
Wood-based systems incorporate insulating microbial blankets into walls, providing both insulation and environmental friendliness.
The gold-plated folding furniture is flexible and space-saving.
The water system is equipped with atomizing water purification terminals, which can purify the water and increase humidity, thereby improving living comfort.
This is the environment in which most survivors without superpowers live, while those with superpowers and those who make great contributions are provided with separate villa areas, and each villa is protected by a shield.
III. Transportation System
1. Skywalk
The tree system cultivates giant umbrella-shaped canopies (50 meters apart), with the top covered by a gold-woven alloy mesh.
2. Underground tunnels
The earth-elemental ability user used their power to condense a pressure-resistant pipe with a diameter of 3 meters, which is sturdy, stable, and can withstand enormous pressure.
Subsequently, the metal-type ability user used their power to carefully install a magnetic levitation railcar, cleverly utilizing the residual energy of their ability as a driving force to make the railcar run smoothly in the pipeline, which is both efficient and environmentally friendly.
3. Ground transportation
The ground has multiple ice rail transport belts, which are water-based and utilize unique physical properties to achieve efficient operation.
Every night, the low temperatures cause the waterways to freeze, reinforcing the ice tracks and providing a solid foundation for transportation.
At noon, some of the ice tracks melt, achieving a self-cleaning function and ensuring that the conveyor belt remains in good condition at all times, which is both environmentally friendly and practical.
IV. Ecological Purification System
1. Tertiary wastewater treatment
The three-stage wastewater treatment process of the ecological purification system is closely linked and each stage has a unique function.
Primary treatment involves separating heavy metals from the water system. This is achieved through specific physical or chemical methods to effectively separate heavy metals from wastewater, thus realizing preliminary purification.
Secondary treatment utilizes woody algae to decompose organic matter. By leveraging the unique biological characteristics of algae, organic pollutants in wastewater are decomposed and transformed, further improving water quality.
The tertiary treatment uses soil-based diatomaceous earth filtration, which utilizes the excellent adsorption and filtration properties of diatomaceous earth to intercept and adsorb residual microparticles, impurities, and some dissolved substances in the wastewater, achieving high-standard purification and allowing the wastewater to meet higher discharge standards.
2. Air purification matrix
The matrix contains 120 ginkgo towers carefully cultivated by the Wood System. These ginkgo towers are specially cultivated and have mutated pores that can efficiently absorb harmful pollutants such as corpse toxins from the air.
Meanwhile, the matrix is also equipped with an acid rain neutralizer made from water, which can neutralize acidic substances in the air, effectively reducing the harm of acid rain, purifying the air environment, and working in conjunction with the Ginkgo Tower to improve air quality in all aspects.
V. Special Facilities
1. Extraordinary Ability Circulation Center
Earth-type ability users serve as the foundation, using their immense power to penetrate deep into the earth, stabilize the ley lines, and give the energy tower an indestructible foundation, resisting unstable factors from the depths of the earth.
On the next level, the metal-type ability users used their special skills to meticulously construct energy storage coils. These coils acted as energy collection containers, cleverly collecting, storing, and converting various types of energy to provide a continuous source of power for the stable operation of the energy tower.
On the upper level of the energy tower, wood-type and water-type ability users work together seamlessly. The wood-type ability users spread vitality, causing green plants to grow luxuriantly, while the water-type ability users manipulate water flow to nourish all things.
The two work together to maintain the ecological balance around the energy tower, allowing the energy tower to integrate into nature and continuously release stable energy, becoming a key force in protecting the area.
2. Doomsday Archives
The titanium alloy database, meticulously crafted by the power of metal, safeguards the precious data of human civilization.
The walls of this database are 2 meters thick and made of top-grade titanium alloy. Thanks to the forging capabilities of the gold alloy, every inch of the alloy is tightly connected, giving it excellent resistance to pressure, impact, and corrosion, making it able to withstand various extreme environments and external threats.
Within the database, the wood-based spore preservation technology plays a central role.
Wood-type ability users skillfully utilize the power of nature to seal human civilization data in specially made spores in a unique way.
These spores possess remarkable vitality and stability, enabling them to maintain the integrity and security of data over long periods of time, allowing the wisdom of human civilization to be passed down from generation to generation, unaffected by the erosion of time.
3. Institute of Mutants
In special control scenarios, a set of confinement facilities built by combining water and soil systems plays a crucial role.
First, there is the liquid cage constructed from water. It utilizes the unique physical properties of water and manipulates the interactions between water molecules to flexibly adjust the cage's density.
When it is necessary to imprison a target, the density of the cage can be increased to make it as solid as a rock, making it difficult for the target to escape;
Under certain circumstances, the density can be reduced, making it easier to observe and maintain.
At the same time, the soil-based vibration isolation wall works in close coordination.
Earth-elemental ability users can use their power to rearrange soil particles, forming a thick and stable wall.
This wall not only possesses excellent physical defense capabilities, but more importantly, it can effectively block vibrations, prevent sound and energy fluctuations inside the cage from spreading outwards, avoid interference with the external environment, and further ensure the secrecy and security of the confinement.
VI. Sustainable Design
1. Modular building
All new construction units use standard interfaces, metal prefabricated connecting components, and earth-based foundation frames.
2. Energy recovery system
Heat generated by residents' activities is collected by underground pipe networks and conducted to agricultural areas via water systems.
3. Dynamic defense mechanism
In innovative practices of urban planning, supernatural elements have been cleverly integrated to create a highly efficient and forward-looking defense and layout system.
The outer edge of the city wall is equipped with retractable metal stakes constructed using metal-based abilities. These metal stakes not only possess robust physical properties but can also be flexibly extended and retracted according to actual defensive needs.
Even more ingenious is that the metal stakes are embedded with wood-based seed capsules. Once invaded by external enemies, these capsules will automatically explode, and the seeds will grow rapidly, using the power of plants to assist in the defense, forming a barrier that combines nature and technology.
The city layout not only inherits the ring-radial structure of traditional urban planning, but also boldly innovates on this basis, successfully transforming the supernatural characteristics into practical engineering technology.
The various areas are connected by an underground utility tunnel and an elevated walkway, forming a three-dimensional network. This design not only greatly improves the convenience of transportation between areas, but more importantly, it can quickly isolate any damaged area, effectively preventing the spread of disaster and ensuring the overall safety and stability of the city.
The data shows that this innovative urban planning has yielded remarkable results.
With a resource utilization rate of up to 73% and a defense radius coverage of 92%, the survival efficiency has increased by 400% compared to the old city.
These data fully demonstrate the plan's outstanding advantages in resource utilization, defense capabilities, and overall survival protection, providing solid support for the city's sustainable development and security.
In such a massive urban reconstruction project, the top person in charge is naturally Gu Changqing.
Wang Meng, on the other hand, is the project's executive director for the entire city.