My apocalyptic heroine has come true

For Fang Ming, none of this matters.

They were the supplies Fang Ming bought for Xia Xiaochi.

Even if it was just a little bit, or even a drop of water that could seep into the ground, Fang Ming wanted to pass these things on to Xia Xiaochi.

Even though he knew that doing so would not even be a drop in the bucket.

Throw away all the supplies.

Fang Ming controlled the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft to patrol several circles in the air.

He never saw the cave that Xia Xiaochi entered again.

Yesterday's underground explosion triggered a series of chain reactions, causing the ground to collapse severely.

Just from the bird's-eye view, it can be seen that the terrain has changed. Fang Ming cannot determine where Xia Xiaochi entered from, he only knows the approximate direction.

"Xia Xiaochi..."

Pressing the microphone, Fang Ming tried to call her name.

However, the only response Fang Ming got was the sound of the wind whistling with dust in the sky.

Looking at the ruins covered by yellow sand, Fang Ming had to reflect on himself.

He was really confused yesterday.

In order to rescue Xia Xiaochi, he acted recklessly.

His judgment not only cost two lives, but also put Xia Xiaochi in greater danger.

but.

If Fang Ming were given another chance to choose, he would still choose to send someone to rescue Xia Xiaochi as soon as possible.

In that situation and environment, Fang Ming had no room to think.

Fang Ming used the drone to hover in the sky for a long time.

During this time, he saw several lone mutant spiders, and he immediately shot them full of holes with his fighter jets.

Now, twenty-four hours have passed since Xia Xiaochi's signal was cut off.

Modern society defines 'golden rescue time' as 72 hours.

If a person is buried for more than 72 hours, their chance of survival is less than 10%.

However, Fang Ming hasn't even found a new entrance yet, so how can he talk about rescue?

Using road-based artillery...

Fang Ming switched the screen to the turret's operating interface, but soon he let go again.

This thing is so powerful.

Apart from causing secondary damage to the underground where Xia Xiaochi was, Fang Ming didn't think he had any effect.

……

The drone hovered over the 0331 site for a whole day.

Only after the energy and ammunition were almost exhausted did they return to the base station.

Shi Yi saw a swarm of drones flying in the distance and quickly opened the door of the Ark Shelter.

"...How is it?" Shi Yi asked cautiously.

"There is no entrance."

Fang Ming's indifferent tone made Shi Yi feel a little worried.

Shi Yi took a breath and comforted him, "It's okay, we'll look for it again..."

“Even my drone couldn’t find it.”

Fang Ming only said half of his words.

The rest of the sentence is filled with accumulated despair.

"Don't worry."

Shi Yi took a step forward, but she couldn't reach Fang Ming, and the only thing she could do was to comfort him verbally.

"Yesterday's collapsed ground may have buried most of the nest entrance, but those mutant spiders will definitely find a way out. They will open up a new path, and then Xia Xiaochi will..."

"How long do you think a girl can survive alone after losing contact deep underground?"

Before Shi Yi could finish, Fang Ming interrupted her.

Shi Yi paused for a moment and said, "If we can find water resources, it might take ten days or half a month..."

"What if it's a mutant spider's nest?"

"...I, I don't know."

Shi Yi bit her lip and became less and less confident as she spoke.

In fact, everyone knows it now.

Even if the ground didn't collapse, even if Xia Xiaochi could find a clean water source...

If she lost contact in a place like that, the dangers she would face and the number of enemies... were all terrifying.

The survival rate is infinitely close to zero.

Fang Ming glanced at Shi Yi's speechless expression.

She clearly wanted to say something, but because of the logic of reality, she couldn't even weave a lie.

A bitter smile appeared on Fang Ming's lips.

Then, even this hint of smile was suppressed and turned into sorrow.

He turned off the game screen.

Chapter 108 Wait for me

June 4th, cloudy.

It was raining heavily outside the Ark Shelter.

Billions of raindrops fell on the dry sand, stirring up dust like the sound of war.

Rainwater seeped into the ground, and emerald streams flowed from the cracked saline soil. A long-lost glimmer of life appeared in this desert, which had only brought death and fear.

"Rumble..."

The sound of the pickup truck's engine broke the tranquility after the rain.

On the wasteland, wheels rolled over puddles, carrying tons of mutant corpses to a farther place for dumping.

Inside the shelter, in the greenhouse designed as a planting area, the fruit seedlings have matured, and the soft orange-yellow stamens are vibrant under the plant growth lights.

The fully formed wind turbine on the roof rotates non-stop, and the electricity stored and released by the battery is quite stable. Under the constant sunlight, the Ark Shelter is about to harvest its first crop.

This is the fifth day since Xia Xiaochi, the No. 001 administrator of the Ark Shelter, disappeared.

At the same time, it was the fifth day since this group of residents escaped from Shelter 2737 and were rescued.

Being reborn did not make them get carried away. 'Survival of the fittest' has always been the law of survival in this world.

If you want to survive, you need to work all the time and give your value.

However, compared to the 2737 Shelter where people are exploited like livestock, the Ark Shelter not only has abundant resources and a suitable environment, but more importantly, the daily tasks here are quite easy.

The owner of the Ark Shelter rarely assigns them tasks, nor does he set a quota for completion, and he certainly won't whip or deprive them of food if they fail to complete the task.

Here, they are in a state of having nothing to do most of the time, and almost all tasks are completed consciously and spontaneously.

Build more complete power generation facilities, reinforce the outer walls of the shelter, deal with the corpses of mutant species after the explosion, plan a 'toilet' to collect ammonia, plant crops, build more rooms...

Except for the second floor, which is known as the forbidden area and must not be touched, they keep everything here in order.

The Ark Shelter is developing in a prosperous direction.

However, anyone with a discerning eye can see that beneath this tranquility, there are hidden waves.

"...Master Fang Ming hasn't appeared for several days, right?"

The young man who spoke was the survivor who followed the captain down the cave that day. Thanks to the abundant medical resources of the Ark Shelter, he was able to save his life.

Although the burned parts of his body have not healed yet, he can still do some simple driving work.

"Hmm..." Several people nodded.

They were used to being whipped around in Shelter 2737, but now there was no one urging them to work, and there were no set tasks assigned every day, so they were a little uncomfortable for a while.

"With Master Fang Ming away, I always feel nervous and insecure."

Another elderly man sighed.

"Don't think like that." Shi Si interrupted the conversation.

On the transport plane, Shi Si wore a clean shirt for a rare occasion, put on a new pair of glasses, and his lost right hand miraculously appeared.

However, as he bent his sleeves, it was not difficult to see from his right wrist that this arm was not flesh, but a robotic arm.

This robotic arm was the one he had personally chopped off from Xiao La's body.

"Master Fang Ming has no obligation to take care of our food, clothing, and daily needs. What we do and accomplish every day depends entirely on our own initiative... The Ark Shelter is now our home. We built it not because of some order, but because we should do so."

Having said this.

Shi Si bent down and half-knelt in front of a huge machine gun.

This machine gun is much smaller than the one on the roof of the Ark Shelter. Although the shell size is only a small caliber 20mm, its power is enough to deal with some swarms of mutant species when combined with close-range mobile shooting from a large transport aircraft.

This machine gun was manually assembled by Shi Si using parts produced in a "small module production workshop".

His companions all called him a genius, but only Shi Si himself knew that the weapons he made were nothing compared to those of the Ark Shelter.

Just because they can't fire energy points, the two weapons are not on the same level.

"boom--!!"

Aim and shoot.