I can upgrade the shelter

"Mr. Chen, these are the process parameters we've organized. Do you see any areas that need adjustment?" In the office of the factory, the person in charge placed a meticulously reorganized set of process parameters in front of Chen Xin.

Although the factory is already operating at full capacity, producing one hundred isotope thermoelectric batteries daily, which is enough to meet the electricity needs of a city in three days, the nation can't rely solely on this production line and this factory.

Before the disaster, excluding the special two coasts and three regions, Flame Country had a total of 663 cities, including 4 municipalities, 293 prefecture-level cities, and 366 county-level cities.

Even if each city only needs three hundred batteries to achieve full power supply, which is the factory's production for three days, producing batteries to meet the needs of 663 cities would still take a full five and a half years.

And there are still counties, towns, and villages without city status. Wanting to replace the original coal-powered system nationwide with isotope thermoelectric batteries is undoubtedly a grand project.

Though the nation has not planned to replace all power supply methods with isotope thermoelectric batteries, it's obviously impossible to rely on just this production line to meet national needs.

Building new production lines is imperative.

Chen Xin took the specially organized set of process parameters and seriously went through it.

Although not entirely knowledgeable about it, having spent so many days at the factory, he had read and memorized the related parameters many times.

After verifying them and finding no issues, Chen Xin nodded and handed the process parameters back to the person in charge: "These match the parameters we're currently using, so I don't think any changes are needed. Please send them to the higher-ups. The sooner a new production line is built, the more people we can help."

"Okay." The person in charge stored the process parameters and then asked Chen Xin: "Mr. Chen, now that the factory's production is stable, do you have any plans next?"

"I should be busy with the geothermal greenhouse project I mentioned to you before. The food issue is still quite important." Chen Xin thought for a moment and decided that this should be his next priority: "The previous cooperative projects should also resume, right?"

Previously affected by the blizzard, the cooperation between Chen Xin and the research institute was also interrupted. Now that the storm has subsided, the cooperation naturally needs to continue.

"Of course, we will handle the cooperation matters. The state will send someone to take over the factory operations." The person in charge nodded.

It's only logical. Currently, the factory's production supervision and management tasks are in the hands of the previous research personnel, but they can't handle production and management perpetually. Eventually, it will be handed over to professional administrative management personnel.

Chen Xin understood this well and didn't say much. He just intended to pack up his things and leave to go home.

However, just as Chen Xin was preparing to say goodbye to the person in charge and pack up, Qin Lan suddenly walked in with Mo Qingyan from outside.

"Dragon Lady? What brings you here?" Chen Xin was surprised to see Mo Qingyan, but he couldn't suppress a surge of concern: "Did something happen at home?"

Mo Qingyan had always stayed in her shelter, so why did she suddenly come here? Could it be that something happened at home?

Just as Chen Xin was worried, Mo Qingyan stood in front of him and said, "Everything's fine at home. Han Ze received a distress message from Lin City. Uncle and Auntie asked me to find you."

"From Lin City?" Hearing this, Chen Xin raised an eyebrow: "What's going on?"

Seeing Chen Xin's inquiry, Mo Qingyan quickly explained.

Lin City is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of this city, and in terms of area, it's significantly larger than this city's downtown, with a population just slightly less than the city center.

Although it's a county-level city, it's not much different from some smaller prefecture-level cities.

Geographically, Lin City is located in the northeast of this city, precisely acting as the transportation hub from Hubei Province into Xiang Province.

However, despite Lin City's advantageous geographical position, since it's only a subordinate administrative unit of this city and the cities are close together, Lin City only has a small train station where most trains do not stop, failing to leverage its geographical advantage fully.

Before the disaster, this might only have marginally impacted Lin City's economic development. After all, whether it's a high-speed rail station or an airport, both are built in this city, not Lin City, so Lin City's residents might have to detour to this city for traveling.

But once the disaster struck, it severely impacted Lin City.

The small train station struggled to handle the city's needed material loading and unloading, often requiring unloading materials directly outside the station, on the trains, without using the platform.

Before the blizzard, this might only have posed a minor inconvenience for material unloading in Lin City, and they were actively expanding the station platform to facilitate unloading.

But with the arrival of the blizzard, Lin City's small train station, along with its platform, was buried under snow.

This undoubtedly brought disastrous consequences to Lin City.

During the blizzard, unloading materials in the minus seventy-degree cold and under twelve-level gales was a literal fight for survival.

Every material unloading operation risked lives.

It could be said that the impact of the blizzard on Lin City was severe.

Although Lin City actively organized production and self-help after the disaster, the ravages of the blizzard were too overwhelming. Despite the efforts of Lin City's government, there was an overwhelming sense of helplessness.

Without external assistance, Lin City could hardly hold on much longer.

If even the official forces were in such a state, one can only imagine the condition of private shelters.

So it's not surprising Han Ze received a distress signal from Lin City, even though it came from a friend from the survival group Chen Xin belonged to, who lived in Lin City.

"You mean the 'Well-digging Expert' from the group sent a distress signal, saying Lin City's situation is dire and hoping we can help them?" Chen Xin summarized Mo Qingyan's words and asked her in return.

Mo Qingyan nodded: "The expert said Lin City's situation is really terrible. A shelter was even buried by the previous blizzard, and there are so many sick people, but they lack medical supplies and doctors. They can barely hold on."