I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 605 - 503: The Impact of Secondary Disasters

Chen Xin is also very concerned about the ongoing geological survey by the government.

After all, the cold environment can still be overcome, but if there is a problem with the ground beneath our feet, then even homes and shelters will be lost.

However, up to this point, the survey results have been somewhat worrying.

The impact of the Toba Volcano eruption is global, affecting the entire Blue Star.

It's not just about volcanic ash covering the globe and earthquakes affecting the Southwest Region.

This is a supervolcano, its eruption can even cause a species extinction event, plunging the entire Blue Star into disaster and havoc.

Though it is not as terrifying as the mass extinctions and large-scale geological changes of geological epochs, the consequences of a supervolcano eruption are still significant.

Such a catastrophic eruption will have a considerable impact on the tectonic movements and crustal activities of the entire Blue Star.

Especially before this, there was a meteorite impact strong enough to pierce the crust, and its effects on Blue Star are only now becoming evident.

In fact, the government's geological survey of major cities across the country has largely confirmed this point.

There is a trend of increased geological activity nationwide; although small-scale earthquakes won't cause much impact, no one can guarantee there won't be large-scale earthquakes as geological activity intensifies.

Fortunately, the major cities nationwide are currently not in regions of particularly active geology. After all, such regions rarely form large cities, as ancient people would naturally avoid such dangerous areas.

Thus far, the main geological issues discovered are secondary disasters caused by earthquakes, such as fractures, subsidence, and drops in the water table, which, while not lethal, are problematic to handle.

The current geological survey plan is ongoing, with the government aiming to conduct a reconnaissance of all major regions, having only completed the screening of major cities so far.

Many issues have been found, but fortunately, no signs of disasters akin to the previous major earthquake in the Southwest have been discovered yet.

Moreover, due to environmental factors, some geological disasters like landslides that might have occurred before have been significantly reduced, with only avalanches occurring in some areas.

While avalanches are also frightening disasters, they are nothing compared to landslides or other geological disasters.

However, these geological disasters, though not deadly, have certainly worsened the current environment.

Not to mention, due to earthquakes, the groundwater in many regions has been affected, resulting in lower water levels, making it hard to access water, or muddied water quality, seriously impacting people's lives. 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

In some areas, small-scale earthquakes may not threaten cities and shelters, but mines can't withstand such frequent minor tremors.

It's important to note that mines inherently disrupt geological structures, and while modern mining technology has made mines safer, it doesn't guarantee absolute safety.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be annual news of mining accidents even before the disaster.

As for the impact of geological disasters on construction projects, it goes without saying, according to the information Chen Yu received, many construction projects have been delayed by geological disasters, with some needing relocation.

In this city, due to the occurrence of significant geological subsidence and the drop in the urban groundwater level, Chen Xin, who originally planned to set the first Dome City here, has had to reconsider and choose a more geologically stable area.

It's known that the area at the border of Xiang Province and E Province is not only mountainous but also historically geologically active or has thin sediment layers; otherwise, there wouldn't be so many hot springs underground here.

The local geological activity has become more active due to previous events, which is not conducive to the selection of a new city site.

Xiang Province is full of mountains within the province; relatively flat areas are scarce, making it challenging to find a suitable spot for building Dome City.

After all, though the Dome City's diameter is only five kilometers, the entire city is not even the size of a single urban district of a large city—it is a miniature yet a city nonetheless, meant to house tens of thousands of people.

The current design anticipates that Dome City will accommodate a population of fifty to seventy thousand, and if packed more tightly, it could hold up to one hundred thousand without much difficulty.

Given such population numbers, the government is evidently highly focused on the site selection—if anything goes wrong, no one could bear the responsibility.

Thus, these days, Chen Xin has been focusing on both the design plans and discussing site selection with geological experts.

The planned site for Dome City in this city has been scrapped due to geological subsidence, and after discussions with experts, there is a tendency to move the city towards the provincial capital, Star City, and potentially build more domes in the future to form new urban areas, effectively relocating the city from its current location.

Considering that this city is by the Dongting Lake, an area naturally rich in groundwater networks, and part of Yunmeng Marsh in ancient times, a drop in the groundwater table and geological subsidence caused by earthquake impacts would endanger the city.

Relocating the city southward to a more geologically stable area and developing a new city is a highly valuable proposal.

But the scale and impact of such a move, even just constructing a single Dome City and migrating part of the population first, is a massive project—not to mention relocating the entire city later on.

Even before the disaster, such an undertaking was not easily accomplished for the state, so the proposal remains merely an idea for now.

However, Chen Xin himself is very intrigued by the proposal's idea of linking multiple Dome Cities together to form a united entity.

A Dome City is only the size of a district in a past city, or even smaller, so a standalone Dome City clearly cannot accommodate the full population of a city, even if it's a small city with reduced population due to past disasters.

Thus, the creative idea of constructing multiple Dome Cities and connecting them into a new urban area appears highly innovative.