Doomsday disaster: Start by building a shelter

Evening.

Su Wu, tired of playing games, planned to get up and cook a hearty meal to treat himself.

Before closing the laptop.

He glanced casually.

He saw the netizen named Chen Xin, who sent a private message to thank him. Obviously, the other party had made a decision because of his reminder.

With a slight smile, Su Wu's mood became quite good.

In the following days.

The process of digging the underground shelter entered the accelerated stage after Su Wu added another cement mixing and pouring machine to the engineering team.

The entrance passage 10 meters underground was completely completed.

An area of ​​50 to 60 square meters was also excavated in the first underground space of the shelter.

According to the plan.

The first floor of the complete version of the shelter will be a standard long cube with a length of 30 meters, a width of 20 meters, and a height of 6 meters.

The ceiling and the outermost wall should be cast into a shell with a thickness of one meter with concrete and steel bars.

The floor will be connected to the second floor below, which belongs to the indoor part.

The protection requirements are not high. It only needs to reach a thickness of 30 centimeters.

It doesn't look like there is much space.

But you have to know that the house in a coastal city that Su Wu sold was worth 6 million.

The indoor area is only 100 square meters, and the height is less than three meters.

One floor of a shelter is almost equivalent to the total area of ​​six houses. Taking into account the height difference, the actual space is more than ten times that of the latter.

Not to mention living in one person, even if it is more than a dozen people, it is more than enough.

It will not feel narrow at all.

However.

As the project progresses. Some troubles caused by insufficient preparation in advance also come along.

"You don't know until you build it."

"When the construction really starts, you will find that a standard shelter is simply a gold-eating monster."

"It is completely different from the self-built houses in the countryside."

On the afternoon of May 15th.

Su Wu watched the bags of cement on the monitor being sent into the mixer through the laptop.

He couldn't help but have a headache.

Relying on survival points to cheat.

Just like making robot models before.

When he was building the outer shell of the shelter, he had already saved as much as possible.

The main body of the outer shell was mostly filled with scrap steel and construction waste such as broken cement blocks that had almost no cost. Only a little cement was applied to the outermost surface for temporary reinforcement.

But even so.

The cement and sand consumed were still far beyond expectations.

According to the current consumption rate. It is estimated that before the first layer of the shelter is completely completed, it will be in an embarrassing situation where there is no material available.

"Sand is easy to say."

"As for cement, there is no way to buy it from regular merchants now."

"We have to think of a way."

As a person who grew up in the coastal area. Su Wu did not have any acquaintances and connections in Jianghe City. However, this did not mean that he had no solution.

Open the second-hand trading market online.

Su Wu directly searched for keywords such as cement building materials.

It took some effort to filter out some fake sellers who were selling dog meat under the guise of sheep. In the end, he really found a merchant who could provide the source of goods.

"300 yuan a bag of cement."

"Not including delivery and freight?"

Although he had been mentally prepared in advance. After getting the quote, Su Wu was still shocked.

The price was almost 15 times higher, almost catching up with robbery.

What's worse is that the seller's location is more than 400 kilometers away from him.

If he wants to transport it, he has to find a way himself.

"Don't think it's too expensive."

"We are all in this business, you should know."

"Now cement has become a state-controlled material."

"Most of the inventory is collected by the upper level."

"Newly produced ones are taken away as soon as they leave the factory."

"These are my secretly hidden inventory, you can't have more if you want."

The seller replied with a lot of content.

His attitude seemed okay, but in fact he looked like he didn't want to buy.

He refused to give any discount.

"Okay."

"You have a total of 1,000 bags of 50 tons of cement, right? I want them all."

"I'll find someone to pick up the goods later."

Su Wu rubbed his forehead. After thinking about it, he simply bought all the cement from the seller.

Money becomes less valuable as time goes by.

Su Wu simply took this opportunity to completely clear out the little money he had left.

What else would he need to buy later?

At worst, he could use an excavator to barter.

The deal was done.

Su Wu went to the seller's location and found two large trucks to help pick up the goods.

Although the freight was a little more expensive than finding an acquaintance, it could save a lot of time, so Su Wu didn't bother to care.

"I hope there won't be any problems on the road."

Su Wu was somewhat worried about picking up the goods from a place more than 400 kilometers away.

But he had no other choice but to pray.

May 16.

The sky was gloomy and heavy rain poured down without warning.

The two trucks carrying cement were naturally affected.

The arrival time became far away.

Su Wu hid in the bedroom on the second floor.

Breathing the faint water vapor coming in from the window.

I anxiously clicked on the map and calculated the remaining distance of the truck over and over again.

I hope they can arrive soon.

In the end, I didn't get the driver's call, but got a call from the authorities.

"My cement needs to be collected."

"Is this a mandatory requirement?"

Su Wu's mood sank slightly. He didn't expect that the cement he bought privately through second-hand transactions could be targeted by the authorities.

"It's not a mandatory requirement."

"It's just that there is an emergency project under construction in our city, and we still lack a lot of cement."

"So if you can, I hope you can support us."

On the other end of the phone, the official male voice spoke very politely. There was no arrogance or bullying.

"I'm sorry, this batch of cement is also very important to me."

"I can't give it up."

Su Wu sighed and refused very directly.

"We are not collecting it for free."

"After the project is completed, you will be given corresponding contribution points."

"Please believe that you will never regret it in the future."

The voice on the other side was neither hurried nor slow, and did not become irritable because of Su Wu's refusal. It can be heard that it is very sincere. The words almost told him directly that he would be provided with better treatment in the official shelter in the future.

"I know, but my shelter only needs this batch of cement."

"There is really no way to compromise."

Su Wu shook his head and pointed out the purpose of this batch of cement very clearly.

"I understand."

"I wish you a speedy completion."

The official male voice was silent for a while and stopped persuading. He hung up the phone actively.

Su Wu turned off the screen and played with his phone.

There was also an inexplicable feeling in his heart.

He might seem selfish by doing this. But he is just an ordinary person. He can't change too many things. All he can do is to make his life better.