I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 710 - 608: Extreme Cold Storm

Chen Xin didn't know whether alien creatures can withstand the significant temperature drop and strong winds brought by the bomb cyclone, but it's obvious this harsh weather is unbearable for humans.

Even though basic soldiers have been equipped with Protective Suits and Exoskeletons, and the Protective Suits can resist extreme cold of over minus 100 degrees, the frozen Exoskeletons would still fix people into ice sculptures.

In such weather, no one dares to stay outside. If lying on the ground, a person could even get frozen to the ground.

The military couldn't help but feel grateful at this time for previously upgrading the defensive line to a permanent fortification. Otherwise, there would be no place for the soldiers to take shelter.

Although gathering all soldiers into the bunkers does affect the defense against alien creatures, at this moment, they must disregard the risk of the defensive line being breached. They cannot let the soldiers get frozen on the battlefield just like that.

Fortunately, the bunkers are equipped with defense machine guns, and after forming a crossfire coverage, they can resist the onslaught of alien creatures.

Moreover, alien creatures seem to have sensed the threat brought by this horrifying weather. Their attack has significantly slowed down, and there's even a tendency to gradually retreat and pull back their forces.

Amid the tension and anticipation between humans and alien creatures, the storm finally arrived.

Pushed by the cold wave coming from the south, the cyclone advanced towards the Dongting Lake Region and soon reached the Dongting Lake Region.

The soldiers stationed in the bunkers could clearly see that as the storm arrived, frost began to form on the bunker walls due to the sudden drop in temperature, and quickly spread across the entire wall.

Even though the interior has heating facilities, the temperature started dropping quickly. The heat provided by the heating equipment played a negligible role in such a rapid temperature drop.

However, this was only the beginning. In areas where the storm had passed, some heating pipelines and equipment had already burst due to the sudden drop in temperature, and an Energy Tower even malfunctioned because of the abrupt temperature drop.

With technology, humans still struggled to cope with this, so it's naturally not any better for alien creatures relying solely on their bodies.

Previously, Chen Xin worried that the sudden storm and temperature drop might not affect alien creatures, as their body temperature is over seventy degrees, making them more adapted to surviving in cold environments.

But even so, these alien creatures find it hard to withstand the extreme cold of over minus 100 degrees.

Although their chitinous Exoskeletons can effectively prevent heat loss and maintain their body temperature, and the high internal body temperature of over seventy degrees is enough to resist severe cold, helping them retain body heat.

But this does not mean they can resist the extreme cold of over minus 100 degrees.

At a human bunker observation post, an observer through the binoculars clearly saw a combat sub-body getting frozen in the blizzard, then quickly turning into an ice sculpture.

Although these alien creatures can survive in low temperatures, their chitinous Exoskeletons, while preventing heat loss, also cause their body surface temperature to be equally low.

And this also makes them easily frozen. Since the surface temperature is too low, it doesn't take much cooling to freeze them rapidly.

"Isn't this too exaggerated? Are these alien creatures all frozen to death?" Watching the alien creatures outside almost instantly frozen into ice sculptures, and feeling cold himself, the observer asked a nearby comrade. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

At this moment, his Protective Suit's heating function was already at maximum, and the bunker's heating facilities were the same. Yet, the soldiers inside the bunker still felt increasingly colder.

Many people had frost form on them, especially on the surface of their Exoskeletons. Even wiping by hand couldn't easily remove the frost.

The helmet and visor covering the head became the worst hit, needing the visor's defrost function to remove the increasingly thick frost on it. But even so, most people's visors were still coated in a thick layer of frost.

The cold made everyone in the bunker shiver uncontrollably; many even stomped their feet to stay warm, but it was to no avail.

Even the heating equipment inside the bunker, despite working hard to release heat and already at full capacity, still couldn't let people feel any warmth.

Even when staying beside the heating equipment, these soldiers still couldn't alleviate the cold on their bodies.

At such a time, the soldiers still sticking to their combat posts endured colder temps because they had to stay by the firing ports, which were open to the outside, allowing the cold to directly invade their bodies.

In fact, the gunner on the defense machine gun had both hands frozen to the cannon's handles, unable to let go.

Even though wearing thick gloves, with gloves and Protective Suit being integrated with built-in heating function, the gunner still felt his hands had lost all sensation, worrying if he could press the firing button when needed.

If it wasn't for those alien creatures outside also being frozen, in the current state of the human defensive line, it wouldn't withstand an alien attack.

This freezing temperature is no longer something that could be endured by sheer will.

The bunker Commander himself was also shivering from the cold, but he insisted on standing at the observation port, observing outside through binoculars, always monitoring the situation of alien creatures.

However, his binoculars got frozen and the lens couldn't withstand such low temperature and cracked.

Looking at the frozen lens of his binoculars, the Commander had no choice but to give up the idea of continuous observation and instead shouted to the soldiers inside the bunker: "Withdraw the people by the firing ports, everyone keep your distance from the firing ports, seal the bunker! Only keep the observation ports open!"

Hearing the Commander's order, the soldiers quickly moved away from the firing ports and found things to block these holes which were channeling cold air into the bunker.

Many soldiers were frozen, needing the help of others to drag them away from their original positions.

The Commander watched as the stuff used to seal the firing ports froze almost instantly. His expression became very serious, clearly that such a low temperature had severely affected combat operations.

The Commander, while directing soldiers to move the frozen ones close to heat equipment, hoping the nearly non-functional heaters could provide them with a bit of insignificant warmth, was also preparing to call for support from the rear.

In this situation, if the soldiers were left to stay here like this, they would be truly frozen to death.