novelraw Chapter 150: Extreme Climate Disaster, [Regional Event Triggered—Endless Cold Wave]
Chapter 150: Extreme Climate Disaster, [Regional Event Triggered—Endless Cold Wave]
[According to the latest meteorological research, an extreme climate disaster is rapidly forming, and as time passes, the speed of its formation is accelerating…]
A voice came from the computer, followed by a meteorological dynamic map. The map was annotated with lines and trajectories of various ocean currents, warm currents, and cold currents.
Finally, slowly moving cyclones gradually formed one by one on the dynamic map.
[According to detection, this extreme climate disaster will have three stages, and we are currently in the early phase of the first stage…]
[During this stage, our region will be assaulted by numerous extreme weather phenomena, such as hail, acid rain, typhoons, tornadoes, and thunderstorms… These extreme weather events are all precursors to the climate system's imbalance…]
[The second stage is the Super Storm Cluster stage. Upon entering this stage, 3 to 8 super storm clusters will form across the entire world. These super storm clusters will produce an effect similar to giant 'heat-sucking pumps', drawing heat away from the Earth's surface.
Meanwhile, the extremely frigid air from the high-altitude stratosphere will be continuously dispersed down to the surface. Wherever the storms pass, surface temperatures will plummet drastically, forming a permafrost cold wave.]
[Then comes the third stage of this extreme climate disaster: the descent of the New Ice Age. The extreme low temperatures caused by the super storm clusters will trigger chain reactions in their wake, intensifying the cold wave effect. At that point, the entire world will be blanketed in ice and snow, the seas will freeze, and the whole world will be plunged into a frozen state…]
[Based on meteorological observation and calculations, this extreme climate disaster will enter its second stage—the Super Storm period—in 15 to 20 days.
30 to 35 days after entering the second stage, it will progress to the third stage. The subsequent New Ice Age is expected to last for 1 to 3 months, or even longer, which undoubtedly presents a tremendous challenge to survival.]As the voice concluded, the meteorological dynamic map on the computer screen had turned entirely blue. A waveform graph also appeared on it, displaying the projected temperature changes during the period of the extreme climate disaster.
First, during the first stage, temperatures would range between 10°C and 20°C.
By the second stage, the Super Storm period, the lowest temperatures would be between -35°C and 5°C.
And by the third stage, the New Ice Age, temperatures would drop to a minimum of -98°C. This period was termed the 'Glacial Period', the coldest phase of the entire New Ice Age.
Fortunately, according to predictions, the duration of this 'Glacial Period' should be around 15 to 28 days. It wouldn't last the entire New Ice Age, but it would still be a brutal challenge for survival.
[Ding, Regional Event triggered—Endless Cold Wave]
Regional Event—Endless Cold Wave
Event Rank: Gold
Danger Level: High
Description: The world's climate system has been damaged, triggering a passive repair and compensation mechanism. However, this repair and compensation mechanism will cause a phased extreme climate disaster, posing a massive survival crisis for all living beings worldwide.
Requirements:
① Ensure individual survival during this extreme climate disaster.
② During the first stage of the Endless Cold Wave, venture out to explore for no less than three hours daily for ten consecutive days.
③ During the second stage of the Endless Cold Wave, venture out to explore for no less than two hours daily for twenty consecutive days.
④ During the third stage of the Endless Cold Wave, venture out to explore for no less than one hour daily for thirty consecutive days.
Rewards: Civilization Treasure Chests (Rock, Bronze, Silver, Gold) awarded based on completion of task requirements.
Good grief!
Not only did it trigger a Regional Event task, but the event rank directly jumped to Gold.
Of course, this Regional Event truly deserved the Gold rank.
A minimum temperature of -98 degrees Celsius absolutely qualified as the lowest natural air temperature.
"I seem to recall that even the lowest temperature recorded in Antarctica wasn't this extreme!" Yu Yuan muttered to himself.
Fortunately, such ultra-low temperatures probably wouldn't last very long. Otherwise, it wouldn't be a climate repair and compensation; it would be a full-blown biological extinction plan.
"Stage two begins in twenty days, when temperatures will drop below zero. Roughly two months later, the true ultra-low temperature Glacial Period will arrive, lasting 1 to 3 months."
This meant, conservatively estimating, this extreme climate disaster would last at least three to four months, possibly up to half a year.
Such prolonged extreme weather would be a major test, whether for venturing out to explore or for the consumption of survival supplies.
Fortunately, for Yu Yuan, all of this wasn't too hard to accept.
His shelter was located underground, naturally giving it an advantage against extreme cold disasters.
Secondly, the survival supplies he currently possessed were enough to sustain him for four to five months, and that wasn't even counting the food provided by his mealworm farming and vegetable cultivation.
Putting everything else aside, even if he purchased food from the Taotao Hole, it would be sufficient to cope with the coming disaster. Survival was no longer an issue.
The only thing he needed to consider was how to fulfill the later requirements listed in the Regional Event.
Especially the last one: venturing out to explore for one hour daily for thirty consecutive days.
Considering the New Ice Age might only last for a minimum of 1 month, if he wanted to obtain the Gold-rank Civilization Treasure Chest, then during the initial thirty days, regardless of the outside temperature, he would have to guarantee one hour of exploration time.
The thought of facing an ultra-low temperature environment of at least -98°C and having to stay out for a full hour…
It sent a shiver down Yu Yuan's spine.
Heating facilities for the shelter's interior had to be considered. As a northerner, the first things Yu Yuan thought of were naturally underfloor heating or radiator systems.
But judging from the situation in Green Forest City, as a coastal city, it was absolutely impossible to find construction blueprints for those two facilities here. They simply weren't a match!
That left facilities like air conditioners, electric blankets, and fireplaces.
A wall-mounted air conditioner was something Yu Yuan's Workbench could produce. That was simple enough. But if he could find a construction path for shelter facilities, he still preferred that option, given the effect bonuses.
But at least he now had a backup plan.
Hmm… Heating facilities would inevitably consume a massive amount of electricity, so power generation facilities also needed upgrading. Although he still had over a dozen barrels of fuel oil, if used for power generation, they'd likely be consumed very quickly. So, the best approach was still to optimize a construction path for renewable energy power generation.
Yu Yuan recalled the types of renewable energy generation from his memory.
Solar power had to be ruled out first. Since it was going to be an extreme cold Ice Age, solar power would definitely be the most affected. There might even be situations with short days, long nights, or polar nights.
Pass!
Ocean tidal energy and hydroelectric power were the same. Under such ultra-low temperatures, seawater would freeze, making utilization impossible.
Pass!
After much deliberation, Yu Yuan finally felt wind power held more potential. After all, with super storm clusters present, there would be no shortage of wind.
The only thing Yu Yuan wasn't sure about was whether wind power generation facilities could still operate in ultra-low temperature environments?
And where to find optimized blueprints for wind power generation was another difficulty.
But regardless, at least he now had a clear direction…
Finally, there was the issue of thermal protection gear for outdoor exploration and the placement of the [Jackal] squad!