"Little … Miss, how did you get out?" Wu Qianru continued to ask.
"Ah, I don't know. I slept for a while, and when I woke up, I was already in the dark underground. I kept digging and digging. I dug for a long, long time before I reached the surface." The little girl tilted her head and thought for a while before replying.
Both of them were shocked. Although the little girl did not express herself well, it was not difficult to guess what she had experienced during the disaster.
After sleeping for a while, she must have fainted from the aftermath of the antimatter bomb. When she woke up, she was buried underground. Without a doubt, her body was buried by the lava when it cooled down.
If everything was true, then her seemingly weak and delicate body obviously possessed unimaginable power. However, whether it was her naive expression or the scene where she was buried in the ice, it was clear that she wasn't lying.
No matter what, they could not bear to leave such a little girl alone in the snow.
Although bringing her to Hope City might cause some trouble, her ability was still within their understanding. However, compared to Luo Yuan who had destroyed the aliens in the propaganda, she was still much weaker.
Both of them looked at each other and seemed to understand each other. It was better to let Luo Yuan deal with such a little monster.
...
Soon, the little girl decided to follow them back to Hope City without any suspicions.
The three of them chatted as they walked. Gradually, more and more information was revealed from the little girl.
She did not have a name, nor did she have any parents. Apart from a meaningless serial number, she had no other identity information. Similarly, the siblings that she mentioned were in the same situation as her. They were a group of children with superpowers. They lived in the laboratory every day and received unified education and training.
After thinking for a while, Lin Feiyan had a certain guess in her heart. She should be a clone.
She was not surprised as the apocalypse was undoubtedly a crazy era. When the standard of good and evil of ordinary people was raised to the level of survival, good and evil did not matter anymore. She had vaguely heard of many experiments that were even crazier than human cloning. Some of the laboratories that studied the human body would even have a death index every month.
However, these were too far away from her. This was the first time she had seen a real clone.
From what the little girl said, she did not hear anything dark. There was no medicine, injections or even slicing as she had imagined. There was only stricter military management.
"By the way, how old are you?" Lin Feiyan asked curiously.
The little girl tilted her head and thought for a moment. "Auntie, it could be nine months and twenty days! I slept for too long when I was underground. I might need a few more days. "
"You're not even a year old?" Lin Feiyan stopped in her tracks when she heard that. She almost forgot to walk. She looked at the boy's body, which was obviously five or six years old. It was hard to imagine that he was not even a year old yet. Moreover, in her previous conversation with the two of them, the little girl was eloquent and logical. Even if she was a five- or six-year-old child, she could already be considered a little adult.
A normal human child would only be learning how to speak at the age of one!
Was he still human?
Wu Qianru was also a little shocked, her face full of disbelief.
"I'm considered one of the fast growing ones. Most of the younger brothers and sisters grow slower." Seemingly noticing the two's surprised expressions, the little girl lowered her head and said with some embarrassment.
"Are the others as smart as you?" Lin Feiyan asked.
"No, some of them are very stupid. For example, brother A 51621 only knows how to play every day. He doesn't even do the teacher's homework. In the end, he didn't even finish elementary school. I've already finished middle school and started high school." The little girl slightly raised her chin and said proudly.
"Then … you're really amazing!" Lin Feiyan was tongue-tied and did not know what to say. Then, she changed the topic and asked, "Oh yeah, you've been out for so long. What do you eat every day?"
"I haven't eaten for a few months. Sometimes I'm thirsty and want to eat ice cubes. Ice cubes are too dirty, but I can't help it. In the end, I still bite it and swallow it. I'm so pitiful!" The little girl said. She seemed to have thought of the grievances she had suffered.
The two girls felt sorry for her and quickly comforted her. Seeing that she had not eaten for a few months, they were not in a hurry to leave. They put down their backpacks and prepared to eat.
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"Mayor, this is the result of the geological survey of Hope City." An engineer nervously passed a stack of documents to Luo Yuan.
Luo Yuan was expressionless. He took the map and quickly flipped through a few pages. He suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice, "This is your report. Why is it so serious?"
The officials and the leader of the water plant behind him were scared. Their hearts were racing and they did not even dare to breathe.
It was not his fault that he was furious. It was just too big of a mistake.
"You only started the geological survey when there's a problem? What's the point of keeping you people?" Luo Yuan walked back and forth with a gloomy face.
Both Hope City's drinking water and domestic water depended on underground water. However, the geological structure map showed that the underground river, which was more than 300 meters deep, was on the verge of drying up. The original position of the underground river had formed a huge hole.
According to the estimation, the water supply would be cut off in at most five days.
However, this was not what angered him the most. The thing that angered him the most was that no one had done any investigation on the underground water until today, when the lowest level of the underground city suddenly collapsed.
If not for the collapse, there would have been chaos in Hope City.
Luo Yuan took a deep breath and calmed himself down as he looked at the person in charge who was scared by his aura. He could not blame them completely. He had transferred all the researchers and technicians to the spaceship, which resulted in a serious lack of manpower for the water plant. In addition to that, he did not pay much attention to Hope City, which led to all the hidden dangers that had happened today.
"Tell me the reason." Luo Yuan walked to the collapsed area and said calmly.
"We neglected the effect of the ice layer on the underground water. The existence of the ice layer on the ground hindered the water circulation, causing the precipitation to be unable to penetrate deep into the ground and replenish the underground water." The person in charge of the factory explained while sweating profusely.
Luo Yuan was expressionless and no one could tell what he was thinking. This made the person in charge even more frightened.
In fact, the problem of water was secondary. The biggest problem now was how to solve the impact of the underground hole on the entire underground city.
This level was originally empty but after the disaster, it was transformed into an agricultural area. As the lowest level of the underground city, the stability of the foundation determined the stability of the entire underground city. If the foundation was not stable, the entire underground city might collapse.
Although the area of the collapse was not big, only about a few hundred square meters, it did not affect the overall stability of the underground city. However, its appearance was a sign. The hole had formed and the structure had been destroyed. Even if they stopped pumping water, they could not guarantee that it would not collapse again.
Perhaps a small earthquake could be the straw that broke the camel's back and trigger a chain reaction.
"How much water is the factory's water storage?" Luo Yuan asked.
"Normally, it can be used for three days." The person in charge of the factory quickly replied.
Luo Yuan was relieved, "From now on, stop pumping water!"
"Yes!" The person in charge of the factory was relieved when he heard the mayor's order that he would still be in charge of this matter.
"Also, I would like to ask, how are you going to solve this underground hole?" Luo Yuan asked.
"Pour mixed soil or drive a large number of piles!" A civil engineer suggested.
His secretary, Cheng Guanghui, reminded him, "Mayor, there are not many cement stocks left. I think there are less than 100 tons!"
Luo Yuan knew about this as well. In order to deal with the frequent earthquakes after the disaster, Hope City had built a lot of load-bearing pillars to strengthen the underground city. The cement stocks had been depleted like a flood and there was not much left.
In fact, it was not just the cement. Other kinds of resources were almost depleted as well. If Luo Yuan had found a way out earlier, human civilization could only stay in Hope City and slowly wither due to the internal and external problems.
"If there is no cement, water will do. The existence of water can greatly support the geological structure."
Luo Yuan nodded. The reason for the collapse was because the underground river had dried up. Replenishing water was also a solution but it could not be done in a short time. He looked at his watch and said to Cheng Guanghui, "Inform all the city leaders to have a meeting at four in the afternoon!"
"Alright, Mayor, I'll make a move first!" Cheng Guanghui said respectfully. It was already three o 'clock and he was in a rush. He had to return to the office as soon as possible to call the city leaders. The strong electromagnetic pulse caused by the explosion of the antimatter bomb had damaged most of the communication equipment. The only ones that could still be used were some old and easily repaired landlines.
Luo Yuan nodded and continued to inspect the water plant. He looked slightly better when he saw the huge water storage tanks in the factory area.
After the nuclear winter, water had become unusually abundant. The thickness of the ice layer on the surface had reached more than 10 meters. If all of it melted into water, it would be enough to form a vast ocean.
However, it was not easy to mine the ice. First of all, it was extremely hard. Under the extreme cold, even steel would become extremely brittle. Ordinary metal tools would be useless and it would be a waste of time and energy. Secondly, even if the ice was melted, it could not be drunk directly. One-third of the ice was solid impurities and a large amount of dissolved electrolyte. A series of complicated physical and chemical treatments had to be done.
All of these would undoubtedly require time.
Now that he had three days as a buffer, it should be enough.
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