NOVEL NEXT Chapter 39: Advanced In-Car Air Conditioner Acquired
Zhang Tuohai stepped back step by step from the cold basement.
When he saw the sunlight again, for the first time he felt how beautiful the scorching sun was.
“System, is there any way to completely get rid of this guy?” Zhang Tuohai felt exceptionally disgusted with the mutated desert spider.
[You can fill the basement with gasoline and burn it to death.]
The system provided a solution.
“Forget it.” Zhang Tuohai decisively rejected the suggestion.
Although he hated the mutated desert spider, he felt a bit pained at the thought of wasting so much effort to burn it to death.
After all, that was over two hundred square meters of basement—how much gasoline would that take? Wasting so much precious gasoline just to kill a spider seemed like a loss.
However, just leaving like this didn’t quite align with Zhang Tuohai’s style.
He found a toolbox in the apartment and used wooden boards and nails to seal off the door leading to the basement.
At the same time, he piled various heavy furniture in the storage room, completely blocking it off.
“If I can’t burn you, I’ll starve you out. Let’s see how you come out.”
Satisfied with his handiwork after sealing off the storage room, Zhang Tuohai left the townhouse holding an orange supply crate.
As he stepped out, he ran into a couple of young people coming from the opposite villa, who were carrying items they had scavenged.
The young man was showing off an axe to his girlfriend: “See? I told you this was the right call. There were good things in the villa! Look at these silver wine goblets and this axe—it can be both a tool and a weapon. What a deal! Just this axe alone is worth the price. I bet if I put it on the trading platform, I could easily trade it for two pieces of braised meat.”
“You were just saying we should search the townhouse? Turns out, my decision was the right one!” the young man exclaimed excitedly.
“Hubby,” the young woman poked him and pointed at Zhang Tuohai, “Look, he’s holding an orange supply crate.”
The young man’s eyes nearly popped out.
“Orange?!”
He had been searching for days with little luck, having only seen one blue supply crate. Now someone had an orange supply crate—how many good things could be inside? And in the townhouse, of all places, which he had thought was worthless.
He recalled what he had just said and felt a flush of embarrassment.
At that moment, Zhang Tuohai turned his head and glanced at them.
He recognized the two young people and nodded habitually before heading toward his car.
However, this action was perceived as disdain and humiliation by the emotionally charged young man.
“Damn, it’s just an orange supply crate! What’s so great about it? Just because I can’t find one doesn’t mean I can’t steal it!” The young man hefted the axe, gritted his teeth, and strode toward Zhang Tuohai.
“What do you want?” Zhang Tuohai brandished his Remington M870 as the young man approached.
“I just wanted to ask if you need an axe. I see you’re out alone; you really should have a weapon for self-defense. If you need it, I can sell it to you cheap. But it seems you already have something better, so I won’t disturb you. Goodbye.” The young man said, turning away without giving Zhang Tuohai a chance to respond.
Watching the young man’s retreating figure, Zhang Tuohai smiled.
He was sure that the young man’s aggressive demeanor wasn’t genuinely about selling the axe.
Still, he couldn’t be bothered to take action against someone who posed no threat.
“Forget it, I’ll let it go this time,” Zhang Tuohai whistled and drove away.
“What were you just doing?” the young woman asked curiously, poking the young man.
“Nothing,” he replied irritably, shaking off her hand. His gaze was fixed on the townhouse Zhang Tuohai had just exited. “Do you think there might still be something valuable left in there?”
“Could be,” she said hesitantly, glancing at the townhouse. “He just came out; how could there still be anything valuable?”
“No, there must be more.” The young man’s eyes glinted with desperation.
There had to be more than just that orange supply crate; surely, there were other valuable items inside.
The young man seemed possessed, quickly walking back into the townhouse.
The young woman thought for a moment and figured it would be a waste of time to search, but it didn’t seem like a big deal, so she sighed and followed him in.
“Hahaha, I told you there was something here! Look, this storage room is piled with stuff—there must be something valuable inside! Hurry, help me move it out!” the young man’s excited voice echoed from within.
Zhang Tuohai drove two blocks away, confirming no one was following before pulling over to the side of the road.
He took out the orange supply crate.
“System, what’s inside the supply crate?”
[The supply crate contains advanced in-car air conditioner blueprints, 3 units of advanced metal ingots, 10 units of advanced plastic, 10 units of advanced metal parts, 10 units of advanced rubber, and 1 unit of advanced electronic components.]
“Awesome!” Zhang Tuohai exclaimed, pumping his fist in excitement.
He finally had an in-car air conditioner, and it was the advanced version.
Moreover, the materials in the supply crate confirmed his suspicion: orange supply crates come with their own set of manufacturing materials.
He didn’t care whether this was a unique benefit of orange supply crates or just a convenience due to their current lack of access to high-level materials.
What mattered to him was that he was going to have air conditioning.
Zhang Tuohai opened the orange supply crate.
The blueprints and various materials surged out.
[Advanced In-Car Air Conditioner Blueprint: Regulates temperature by consuming electricity, operating normally between -50 degrees and 50 degrees. Beyond the operational range, for every 10 degrees exceeded, effectiveness decreases by 30%, and it cannot operate beyond 40 degrees.]
[Materials: 3 units of advanced metal ingots, 10 units of advanced plastic, 10 units of advanced metal parts, 10 units of advanced rubber, and 1 unit of advanced electronic components.]
Looking at the air conditioner blueprints, Zhang Tuohai couldn’t help but laugh loudly.
He finally had a plan to combat the twin suns’ disasters.
The highest temperature on Earth is about 57 degrees.
How hot could the twin suns get? 60 degrees? 70 degrees? Or even 80 degrees? As long as the temperature doesn’t exceed 90 degrees, his advanced in-car air conditioner would remain effective.
Moreover, Zhang Tuohai was confident that this disaster wouldn’t be too extreme, at least not above 70 degrees.
Otherwise, apart from him, all the other players would just be lying down waiting to die.
It’s worth noting that even in India, the hottest time of year only reaches about 40 degrees, and people can die from the heat—let alone 50 or 60 degrees.
Zhang Tuohai had every reason to believe that, while the disaster might test them, it wouldn’t be overly difficult the first time.
At the very least, he could safely weather this disaster.