I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 104 - 103: The Disaster of Wind and Snow

The system’s capabilities were beyond Chen Xin’s understanding. The results he had analyzed were merely the product of a web novelist’s musings.

But this didn’t prevent Chen Xin from using the system and knowing how to utilize it to achieve his desired outcomes.

"But before that, let’s handle the business first!" Chen Xin took a deep breath, closed his laptop, cleaned up the remnants of his breakfast, and went to the radio.

The sudden temperature drop last night had a significant impact on even someone like him with a solid and reliable shelter, so it was hard to imagine what the city shelters had become.

Especially considering some friends in the city group, Chen Xin still owed them six oxygen generators! Until he collected those six hundred survival points, he didn’t want them to kick the bucket.

"Calling, calling, this is the writer, the temperature suddenly dropped last night, is everyone okay?" Although it wasn’t their scheduled communication time, Chen Xin called out as he turned on the radio.

"This is the old farmer, last night the city was hit by a sudden snowstorm, the temperature plummeted by thirty degrees, now it’s only -35°C. I woke up frozen in the night, half the vegetables in the greenhouse have been frosted, the losses are heavy!" Li Wensheng was the first to respond, his voice filled with distress, clearly the sudden drop had caused him great loss.

Through Li Wensheng’s words, Chen Xin understood what had happened last night, and also had a clear understanding of the impact of the sudden snowstorm.

Chen Xin’s situation, with the mountain as a barrier, was relatively better, while Li Wensheng’s shelter was directly built beneath his villa, which made its insulation and thermal performance considerably worse.

From Li Wensheng’s words, Chen Xin could deduce that the temperature in his shelter had at least dropped below freezing, otherwise, the plants in his greenhouse wouldn’t have been frosted.

Thinking about this, Chen Xin couldn’t help but feel a bit worried for them.

Private shelters, though built underground like the official ones, and wealthier people could afford the same insulation measures as official shelters, this undoubtedly increased the cost significantly.

Take Chen Xin’s shelter for example, he had added a layer of polyurethane insulation within the walls, which took up a large portion of his initial construction cost for the shelter.

But not everyone has enough funds to invest in that, like the "doctor" who, due to budget constraints, used foam plastic instead of polyurethane insulation.

Li Wensheng’s situation was slightly better than the "doctor’s", as he used ultra-fine glass wool, whereas Mo Qingyan’s family used the same polyurethane as Chen Xin.

Foam plastic and ultra-fine glass wool are both materials used for insulation in aircraft cabins and cockpits. While foam plastic has decent performance, it’s inferior to ultra-fine glass wool, let alone polyurethane.

As for the other group members’ shelters, although they all added insulation materials, most of them, like the "doctor’s" house, used foam plastic.

Despite the average performance of this relatively inexpensive material as an insulator, its affordability made it a good choice for those without substantial funds to build private shelters.

But facing this kind of one-night, thirty-degree drop in a snowstorm, how effective foam plastic can be is questionable.

Fortunately, with Li Wensheng speaking up, others also responded upon hearing the call. After all, the snowstorm brought about a thirty-degree drop overnight, and everyone was severely affected, so timely communication with others could potentially lead to help.

Listening to each person reporting their situation, Chen Xin also couldn’t help but feel a bit heavy-hearted.

Besides him and Mo Qingyan, among the ten city group members with shelters, two couldn’t hold out and sent out SOS signals to the official shelter.

Chen Xin knew the two group members who gave up; their shelters were converted from small garages. Though well-equipped and well-prepared with supplies, their shelters evidently lacked sufficient resilience against such intense cold.

Unless absolutely necessary, who would abandon a comfortable private shelter to squeeze into an official one?

Their decision to give up added a somber note to everyone’s mood, and Chen Xin especially felt compelled to help them.

Though Chen Xin had the system and could assist them, these two members who chose to abandon their shelters were already unable to resist the cold, left with only their reserve fuel to light bonfires for warmth as they awaited an official rescue. They couldn’t hold out much longer.

Unless Chen Xin could quickly create heating equipment or provide better insulation solutions, they would have no fate other than freezing to death.

But the snowstorm outside showed no sign of stopping, and in such weather, even if Chen Xin was eager to save people, he lacked the ability to do so. In such weather, there was no way Chen Xin could drive out into the storm.

However, Chen Xin did say on the communication channel, "Everyone, I am able to manufacture a ground-source heat pump device that uses geothermal energy for heating, but to create such equipment requires a compressor, evaporator, condenser, and expansion valve.

Simply put, you can think of it as an air conditioner. All the materials needed to make the device can be found in an air conditioner. As long as you can bring me these parts, I will be able to make the ground-source heat pump device for you."

"Are you kidding, Chen Xin? Can you really make a ground-source heat pump?" Mo Qingyan expressed her doubt towards Chen Xin. Being very familiar with Chen Xin, she had never heard of him having such skills.

Besides, if Chen Xin had this ability, why didn’t he mention that he could make a ground-source heat pump before the disaster?

Back then, collecting materials or installing equipment would have been much easier and more convenient due to the availability of more resources.

"I can indeed make it, but manufacturing such a device requires a lot of materials." Chen Xin naturally understood how suspicious his behavior seemed upon hearing Mo Qingyan’s doubt, but still explained, "I’ve been reading books on mechanical manufacturing lately, accumulated some experience, and making such a device is not a problem, as long as you provide the materials."

Maybe manufacturing the device isn’t a problem, but clearly, creating the device won’t conclude the matter.

Although Mo Qingyan believed that Chen Xin could indeed manufacture the ground-source heat pump as heating equipment, she still questioned, "But Chen Xin, the ground-source heat pump pipes you mentioned have to be buried underground, right? Even if we don’t need to dig hundreds of meters deep, we still need to dig several dozen meters deep. Now with the temperature at minus thirty-something degrees, the ground is frozen solid. How can we make holes in the ground?"

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