Pus-filled faces charged over like demons. The stones were thrown. Hitting in front of Gan Shang, this made Gan Shang even more furious: "Damn it all, kill them all. You think I can’t do without you?" Even if they fought desperately, they couldn’t resist the penetration of bullets. In the fierce gunfire, these refugees fell one after another, sometimes tumbling forward, sometimes sprawling backward. Some of them, seeing the people in front being mercilessly shot down, retreated in fear. But most of them acted as if they had nothing to lose, thinking they were going to die anyway, so they might as well die in a blaze of defiant glory. Not so dark that you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face, but about as dark as a moonlit night. On Gan Shang’s side, lights were turned on as they gunned down the group of refugees. But there were some areas without light, where refugees resorted to sneak attacks, directly biting the security personnel to death. Juzi Island had descended into complete chaos. In the slaughter, due to the darkness, Gan Shang and their flashlights couldn’t illuminate every spot. In the vast base, many refugees employed the tactic of sneak attacks. The sound of gunfire continued. The tremendous noise attracted nearby zombies. Without sunlight, the highly adaptive zombies slowly emerged from every dark corner... Big Camphor Tree Base. After the volcanic eruption. The base shook for dozens of seconds, cups on the table fell to the ground and shattered. Originally, Gansheng was a place without strong winds, heavy rains, earthquakes, or volcanoes. Surrounded by tall mountain ranges to the west and northwest with the Luoxiao Mountains, East Wuyi Mountain to the east, Nanling to the south, and Jiuhua Mountain to the northeast. Before the apocalypse, due to such terrain and various reasons, a rare economic belt development around Gansheng had formed. The people in the Second Outer City residential buildings huddled together during the shaking. But the walls did not collapse, and no buildings fell. The only exception was the interrogation room, where a crack had opened in the wall. Such stability was due to two reasons. One was that the volcano was quite far from Big Camphor Tree Base, so the impact here was not significant. Another was that, when originally built, Li Yu had used the best and highest standards for earthquake resistance. Not to mention anything else, just the foundations of these walls were over seven meters deep. And the residential buildings were the same; the foundations were eight meters deep, suitable for constructing over twenty floors, but only a few floors were actually built. The lights at Big Camphor Tree Base were turned on. However, in the Second Outer City residential buildings, although some lights were installed, there weren’t many. There wasn’t enough time, and there was no great need, either. So there were just two lights each in the hallways and corridors. Some people tried to walk out of the hall and were surprised to find that the temperature outside had dropped a lot. So more and more people came out of their rooms. But the temperature was still quite high; although it had dropped markedly, the surface temperature could still reach seventy to eighty degrees. Li Yu sat quietly in the room, watching the volcanic ash slowly fall on the farmland, the eaves, and everywhere else. "After this disaster is over, perhaps we can have a good harvest of crops," Li Yu murmured. Suddenly, the walkie-talkie rang. "Ju Tianrui has woken up. Director Li, do you want to come and see?" He Chao’s voice came through the walkie-talkie. Li Yu’s expression was calm; just yesterday, when he brought Ju Tianrui back, Meng Yu said that he should wake up in a few hours. Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on novel·fıre·net Who could have expected that Ju Tianrui would remain unconscious until after the eruption, luckily avoiding the peak temperatures. That was indeed a stroke of luck, with Xiao Jun and Dong Tai’s desperate protection, or he might have been dead already. "Alright, I’m on my way," said Li Yu. Then he put on a cap, because volcanic ash was drifting everywhere outside, and the cap could prevent it from getting onto his head. Out of habit, he still carried an assault rifle on one side, a dagger strapped to his thigh, and two handguns inserted at his waist. This was his standard equipment when going out, no matter where he went. After opening the door, a wave of heat hit him, but compared to this morning’s sensation, where taking a breath felt like scorching your throat, it was much improved. He walked slowly towards the First Outer City, where he met Old Lü on the way and brought him along to see. But Old Lü wasn’t alone; he was accompanied by Zhou Weiguo, who was in charge of livestock breeding. As early as yesterday, Li Yu had instructed Zhou Weiguo to turn on the breeding farm’s high-powered air conditioning units, which consumed an astonishing amount of electricity. Previously, during the high temperatures, they hadn’t turned on the air conditioning but used water spraying as a cooling method because it was extremely power-intensive. But now that the temperature had dropped by twenty or thirty degrees, with a continuing downward trend, Zhou Weiguo came over to report. "Director Li, I’ve temporarily shut down the air conditioning at the breeding farm. It’s consumed too much power since yesterday," Zhou Weiguo said. Li Yu hadn’t thought to shut it down himself but nodded and replied, "Yes, that’s right. Turn it off. We’ve already stopped photovoltaic power generation; we should save as much electricity as possible." Zhou Weiguo understood and went back to his duties. Li Yu thought for a moment, then said to Old Lü, "Don’t come with me. Go find Li Hang and check the status of the wind power and biogas power generation. We might have to rely only on those from now on."