Apocalyptic Reincarnation: Start with a 30-million Bonus

Covering the shed's top, mainly for sun protection, and also to keep the water source clean.

We have enough steel, materials are not a problem.

It's troublesome, but once built, fetching water becomes more convenient.

Uncle heard the firm intent in Li Yu's words, so he did not raise any more objections.

Thus, the matter was settled.

But before digging, there was one thing that had to be done first: harvesting all the crops and fruit trees within the base.

The crops have already been ripened by the high temperatures, and in a while, the weather will get even hotter, so it's best to harvest all the fruit trees together.

...

The sun sets in the west.

The temperature slowly starts to drop.

Now, even temperatures above forty degrees feel relatively cool to them.

It's not that over forty degrees isn't hot, but it's relative to over fifty degrees during the daytime.

Come nighttime, these over forty degrees feel much better.

The relentless heat each day has caused many young fruits on the trees to fall, which deeply troubles the people at the base.

Some people purposely picked up those immature fruits.

Although the taste was still a bit bitter, after all, these were fruits, rich in various vitamins.

In the post-apocalyptic world, having something to eat is already quite good.

However, many people suffered significant health issues due to a lack of vitamins or various trace elements.

Night falls.

Tonight, they harvest rice and crops, picking all the fruits from the forests.

The crew, already prepared, some driving harvesters, others equipped with sickles, machined in the fields on the slopes where the harvesters couldn't reach.

Both the Inner City and Outer City planted rice.

All hands took part in this massive harvesting event.

Though this batch of rice yielded thirty percent less due to the high temperatures.

But after all, it is harvesting, they are reaping not just crops, but guarantee for future life.

Driving the compact harvester, its noise wasn't too loud.

Especially when blocked by the tall outer walls, although some noise could still be heard outside the base, it wasn't loud.

Outside the walls, there were still a few zombies wandering nearby.

A few scattered ones, not a concern.

Second Outer City is now completed, but Qin and others still stayed in the First Outer City.

The residential buildings in First Outer City could still house them.

And since Second Outer City was basically unfurnished, it wasn't as comfortable to live in as the First Outer City.

Thus, they didn't move there.

First Outer City and Second Outer City were interconnected.

Li Yu also asked Li Tie and a few others to drive a harvester out.

Generally, one harvester can harvest ten acres of land per hour.

This harvester only needed a little over four hours to completely harvest the crops from both Outer Cities.

Inside Inner City,

Li Hang drove a harvester, harvesting in the rice paddies.

The harvester emitted white smoke, faintly visible under the bright headlights.

Third Uncle and Old Lü were guarding the base on the walls, twenty people taking shifts between quiet and active posts.

Ensuring the base's safety.

...

He Chao and others also helped in the Outer City by cleaning the harvested rice from the straws and leveling it with rakes.

The first batch of harvested rice was directly dried on the basketball court of the First Outer City.

Soon after the basketball court was filled, they dried the rice on other concrete surfaces.

The harvester worked very fast, and the pace of drying the rice couldn't keep up with the harvesting.

The rice still damp with water didn't take long to dry out a lot on the concrete surface.

Even at night, the temperature was not low, still around forty degrees.

To cool down, Li Yu had people fetch many ice blocks and chilled drinks from the icehouse, making it somewhat bearable for everyone.

This was still at night, without the baking of the sun, and the ground temperature had dropped by over ten degrees.

Yet even so, they were still drenched in sweat.

...

Li Yu wasn't harvesting in the rice paddies; he went to the mountains, shining a flashlight, picking navel oranges from the trees.

The navel oranges from this area were very delicious.

Many navel oranges still looked a bit green, but there wasn't much choice now.

Pick!

Among the navel orange trees, the fragrance of the oranges filled the air.

Li Yu picked a basket full of navel oranges, wiped the sweat off his face, feeling a bit thirsty, he casually picked an orange from the tree.

He wiped it roughly on his clothes, peeled it, and the zest burst, splashing out, greatly enriching the fragrance.

The pulp was juicy and bursting.

Just looking at the pulp was incredibly tempting.

Li Yu tossed the orange peel aside and took a big bite of the pulp.

He hadn't bitten into the pulp yet, and was about to show a face of enjoyment.

The next second.

Hiss—

Li Yu grimaced in pain.

It was damn sour!

Extremely sour!

His eyelids twitched.

Yutong, standing next to him, said with a laugh:

"This orange isn't ripe yet, of course it's sour, it will be better after some time."

After saying that, she handed over a water bottle filled with ice water to Li Yu.

Li Yu chuckled, grimacing.

He took it and drank a large gulp of the icy cold water.

Instantly, a cooling sensation from the inside out made him shiver in comfort.