Chapter 443: Chapter 443

After completing these tasks, there really wasn’t much to pay attention to at the Nitrates Mine. From his own firsthand experience, as well as conversations in the world chat, some valuable intelligence could be gathered—the Lizardmen and beggars were continually migrating.

The extreme heat had affected the Underground Ruins, making it unbearable for them, forcing them to emerge and migrate in groups towards the mountains.

As for the Nitrates Mine or the Natural Sulfur Ore Mountain, it’s estimated that neither holds any power to be coveted.

However, Lin Yue found it strange why the Lizardmen didn’t use those Ancient Secret Realm Gates to reach the Secret Realm. They shouldn’t be affected by the system’s rules, right?

The system would eject all Survivors and beggars from the Secret Realm a day before a disaster, but it had never stopped ejecting the Lizardmen.

Could it be that they were affected too?

Currently, there’s no evidence supporting this, and Lin Yue couldn’t ascertain if this was indeed the case.

After all, if they weren’t affected by the system, in his understanding, the Secret Realm should be the Lizardmen’s first choice.

He also configured the six mechanical dogs in his Storage Space to handle security and sentry duties in this area.

Though there were a lot of mechanical dogs here, they were previously set to mining mode and would only engage in combat if a crisis arose.

Lin Yue also placed a Medium Electric Guard Machine Gun Platform above the breach in the fortress wall, where its width posed no obstacle.

He then immediately connected the wires to two small solar energy setups, successfully completing the connection!

Soon, the Medium Electric Guard Machine Gun Platform began to glow, and Lin Yue used its built-in recognition camera to record images of himself, Bai, the Little Ice Lizards, and the mechanical dogs.

Of course, the mechanical dogs here were all set to automatic idle-time charging mode, with the specialized mining program reconfigured.

After completing these steps, the defense of the mine was fully established.

At least, before the arrival of the disaster, everything should be fine.

"Bai, can you run back?"

After the other Little Ice Lizards got into the vehicle, Lin Yue realized once again that he couldn’t make room for Bai.

This "little guy" looked like it weighed at least a ton, maybe even more, and his small car definitely couldn’t accommodate it.

It seems he’ll need to visit the Secret Realm to find a truck or something similar.

But speaking of which, this high-temperature weather is quite overbearing... It’s not even noon yet, and it feels like people are going to melt—the apparent temperature must have already exceeded forty degrees, right?

He touched the car seat and found it scorching hot. Making a bacon and egg breakfast on it wouldn’t be a problem.

He quickly retreated to the Shelter, as outside was no longer suitable for survival.

Everything in front of him seemed to be bleached white like the Nitrates Mine, the only normal thing was that forest which was previously burned to charcoal.

How long is this ghastly weather going to last?

Counting the days, today is one day, tomorrow another... Goodness, the real thing starts tomorrow night?

With air conditioning, watermelon, and ice to keep himself going, Lin Yue wasn’t feeling too uncomfortable, just a bit uneasy when going out to gather supplies.

He was fine, but for other Survivors, it would probably be much harder to get through this.

Fei Yue had found something to generate electricity, and with the help of his air conditioning, he could at least live through it without dying from the heat, but what about the others?

Giant hail and fire whirlwinds can be perfectly avoided by doing just one thing—having a solid basement.

But that’s on the condition there isn’t the "extreme heat" factor.

If this could be overcome, it would be easy to get through what is arguably the toughest disaster since the beginning.

Honestly, Lin Yue also wanted to help all the Survivors in this Otherworld within his capability, and he truly didn’t want to see himself as the only human.

However, so far this time, there really weren’t any clues.

Mass-producing air conditioners would require all of humanity to have access to electricity, and just getting past that hurdle was impossible.

Where can one easily find power equipment?

Solar power generators or diesel and gasoline generators might appear in various places hidden within the Secret Realm.

But without luck, it’s impossible to find them.

Even if found, the consumption of diesel and gasoline must be considered.

Calculating all of this, even if he produced countless air conditioners, they would be useless.

There’s no basic electricity!

Lin Yue shook his head, signaling the Little Ice Lizards and Bai that it was time to leave. He took some nitrates but saw no meaning in staying here any longer.

Afterward, he just needed to come back once tomorrow to collect the nitrates and mechanical dogs here again.

"Grr..." Under the fierce sunlight, Bai seemed a bit sluggish, apparently looking thirsty.

"You want some water? Hold on." Lin Yue remembered he hadn’t fed them yet; earlier at the mine, there was a bad smell, likely from spoiled food.

He took out a large basin and poured water from a 4L bottled mineral water into it. The Little Ice Lizards immediately jumped in and surrounded the basin, evidently very thirsty.

However, Lin Yue noticed that they didn’t drink immediately but instead sprayed bursts of freezing mist onto the basin! Thɪs chapter is updated by 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹✦𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖✦𝓷𝓮𝓽

The water cooled rapidly, and only after ice formed did they drink contentedly.

Wow, using ice water to combat the hot weather to cool themselves down, isn’t that something...

Lin Yue suddenly smacked his forehead! Right, there’s ice!

Isn’t ice a great way to beat the heat? Why didn’t I think of this sooner?

Putting ice in water can cool it down, and even if left to melt, it can continue to lower the room temperature!

If they could produce a lot of ice, wouldn’t that allow Survivors to escape this extreme heat disaster?

The Little Ice Lizards, Bai, and Bai can all spray cold mists. If possible, making ice...

Even if Bai and the others made ice until they bled, they couldn’t supply even a fraction of the over two billion people here, could they?

This world has no other methods of quick ice production, no refrigerators, no cold storage.

Modern people making ice with no electricity? What method could they use?

Lin Yue thought he should give up on this idea. If people couldn’t endure, there was nothing he could do, as he didn’t have magic to conjure ice.

"Let’s get going, we need to hurry back, Bai and the others must be anxious already."

Bai gave a low growl and stomped the ground as he swiftly ran towards the Shelter, while Lin Yue started the car, foot pressing the accelerator, taking one last look at the Nitrates Mine.

The mechanical dogs had mined an enormous amount of ore, piling nearly a hundred hills of nitrates, each about twenty meters tall. Taking all of it back would require multiple trips.

He couldn’t use all of it just for making explosives, and the use of nitrates seemed to be limited to making explosives and... making ice...

A thought struck Lin Yue like a bolt of lightning!

Wow, I totally forgot about this!

He felt his brain was somewhat numb from the frequent battles with the Lizardmen lately, nearly forgetting about the nitrate ice-making method!

Nitrate ice-making, isn’t this the perfect solution for the extreme heat disaster?

Nitrate ice-making was something he once came across in a high school chemistry club experiment class.

He forgot the specific method, but back then, the teacher said nitrate ice-making was the most widely used method discovered by ancient people to produce ice even in summer!

Afterward, the teacher indeed made a basin of ice using nitrates!

This was highly impactful for Lin Yue; after that experiment class, he once secretly asked the teacher for nitrates but was refused due to the danger of nitrates.

"It seems worth testing, if it works, then getting through this disaster won’t be a problem!"

Lin Yue’s heart began to beat rapidly.

He hadn’t expected to have been holding the key to changing the course of battling this disaster!