Cave Refuge-Chapter 226 - 225: The Beginning of Cooling Down_1

The structure of the geothermal equipment is actually very simple. Despite having been destroyed by the electromagnetic pulse and submerged by the flood, they were rebuilt by some handcraft professionals organized by the government officials after the flood subsided.

Although they’re not as compact as those manufactured before the disaster with the aid of lathes, their function isn’t affected at all.

To supply all the Refuges Centers in the city area with geothermal devices, the Officials specially built an underground power plant. Most of the time, it generates electricity on a small scale, not only to ensure the normal operation of the power plant but also to ensure the operation of the underground plantation and breeding areas.

The main reason they couldn’t generate electricity at a large scale was an energy storage shortage. After the flood, the open pile of coals in the coal washery was washed away. After the flood disappeared, there was no continuous coal pile left, causing a shortage in power plant fuel supply.

Pengville City was originally a resource city with coal mines, especially during the brief period of moderate temperature before the onset of the heatwave.

However, open-pit coal mines that were easy to exploit had already been mined before the disaster, and after the damage of the electromagnetic pulse, the highly efficient mining machinery had been basically discarded.

Thus, mining was extremely difficult at this time. Not to mention anything else, the mere transportation of coal from the underground mine was troublesome.

In the past, a conveyor belt could easily transport the coal underground, but now because of the machinery’s stagnation, coal could only be transported from the mines with manual labor.

For these reasons, the officials dared not let the power plant generate electricity at maximum power to supply electricity to all the underground Refuge Centers in Pengville City.

However, all of the contingency plans were made for coping with challenges just like this one.

When Pengville issued a comprehensive order to use geothermal equipment for cooling, the temperature in the underground Refuge Centers rapidly decreased.

However, to reduce the power consumption, the temperature in the Refuge Centers could only be controlled at around twenty-eight degrees Celsius, but even so, it was much lower than the previous temperature in the Refuge Centers.

With the cooling of geothermal devices, the survivors in the Refuge Centers were no longer sickly due to the high temperature, and smiles reappeared on their faces.

At this time, the surface and underground temperatures could vary by more than a hundred degrees. Under such a big temperature difference, the surface soil was gradually absorbing Spirit Power from the air, resulting in a slight change.

With the decrease of the temperature in the Refuge Center, the common survivors had more smiles on their faces, but the high-ranking officials of Pengville became more serious.

At this time, they were extremely tense, watching the remaining quantity of coal in storage every day, calculating how many days the remaining coal could keep the power plant running.

It is worth noting that after becoming an absentee official with a term limit, although there was still power politics involved, as each department head was from the Airdrop Faction, the top officials were less involved in local politics.

As a result, although some unconventional transactions may have occurred, they could still make correct decisions on major matters.

That’s also why Pengville never halted its rapid development before the disaster.

When the disaster occurred, due to the interruption of transportation and communication, the leadership of Pengville became more clear-headed.

After several rounds of disaster, the leadership of Pengville did not necessarily become more honest, but at least they were capable of leading the survivors effectively.

When the high-ranking officials of Pengville saw the coal reserves in the warehouses decreasing every day, their mentality also began to change.

Just as they were discussing whether to relocate survivors and turn off the geothermal devices in the peripheral Refuge Centers to reduce daily power consumption, the rising temperature outside finally started to drop slowly.

When the monitoring stations confirmed that the outdoor average temperature had been falling for three consecutive days, the high-ranking officials of Pengville breathed a sigh of relief after looking at the remaining one-fifth of the coal reserves, thinking that this round of disaster was finally over.

There were no surprises with this cooling period, and just as the survivors hoped, there was no backlash.

When the outdoor temperature dropped to around thirty degrees Celsius, the survivors who had been living in the underground Refuge Centers for a long time finally returned to the surface again.

When the survivors left the Refuge Center and returned to the surface, everyone was so excited they cried, many of them were unable to control their tears.

However, although the outdoor temperature had dropped and the survivors could move around on the surface, this did not mean that they could leave the Refuge Centers.

For the survivors to completely move their life from underground to the surface, it would still take some time, but this kind of major issue did not need them to worry about, they just needed to follow the plan of the Officials.

When the outdoor temperature had dropped to about thirty degrees Celsius, Dong Tianyu informed Walker Violet and Jasmine Anderson, who never left the Oberon, about it. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Walker Violet and Jasmine Anderson did not have outdoor temperature measuring equipment. Furthermore, because they were covered by the Oberon’s thermostat array even on the deck, they were unaware of the outside temperature changes.

At this time, under Dong Tianyu’s guidance, they had already begun the study of Xuying’s Body Forging Method. Although they were not as physically competent as Martial Artists in the Inner Breath Realm, they were still far superior to most ordinary people.

At least many movements that could only be made by professional dancers or yogis, the two sisters were already able to pose easily.

When Walker Violet and Jasmine Anderson heard about the drop in outdoor temperature, Walker Violet’s expression didn’t change much, but Jasmine Anderson became extremely excited.

After seeing their reactions, Dong Tianyu didn’t say much, but returned to his cave mansion after their usual workout session, instead of staying there for a break.

After Dong Tianyu left, Walker Violet didn’t go to rest directly but invited Jasmine Anderson to take a bath and then sat on the sofa.

Perplexed by her sister’s unusual behavior, Jasmine Anderson also sat down.

"Sis, what are you thinking about instead of going to sleep?"

In response to her sister’s question, Walker Violet said with a solemn face, "After we moved here, we seem to have never really had a serious conversation like we used to.".

Hearing what her sister said, Jasmine Anderson also stopped her playful expression, backed up a little, and sat face-to-face with Walker Violet.

Seeing that her sister also became serious, Walker Violet got straight to the point, "Today, the master said the outside temperature has returned to normal, what do you think?".

"What can I think? What do I need to think about! Are you thinking about escaping while the master is away to find freedom?"

Upon hearing this from Jasmine Anderson, Walker Violet kept her silence in response.