With the gun, Chen Xin felt that his safety was greatly guaranteed and improved, so he couldn't help but have the idea of going outside for a walk.
Although there is nothing good to see outside now, picking up garbage in the wasteland is a part of survival in the apocalypse. It has to be experienced, and it can also understand the current external environment.
But even if he has a gun in his hand, Chen Xin feels that he should be fully prepared when he goes out.
At the very least, a protective suit that can completely cover oneself, a gas mask that can be used for a long time in the external environment, and a strong flashlight that can provide good lighting must be prepared.
In addition to these, water bottles, medical kits, and even food to carry with you all need to be prepared.
Of course, the gas mask was already prepared, and the medical kit, kettle, and flashlight were also readily available, so there was no problem in going out to explore.
The only thing that gave Chen Xin some doubts was the protective clothing.
At this time, Chen Xin had already understood the outside environment through the two previous exchanges of supplies. Now, two months after the meteorite fell, the outside temperature has begun to drop. Although it has not dropped below zero, it has already. It's colder.
If it had been before the disaster, Chen Xin would have moved the stove out to warm up the fire now at this temperature.
So if you want to go out, warm clothes are a must.
This is easy to say. After all, since we already know that the temperature will drop to dozens of degrees below zero in the future, it would be really stupid not to prepare warm clothes.
Chen Xin's wardrobe contains, among other things, down jackets and cold-proof jackets.
Just considering the external environment, Chen Xin did not basically stay in the car like before when he went out this time. Instead, he needed to be exposed to the external environment for a long time, so in addition to keeping warm, his clothes should also provide some protection. ability.
The protective capability here refers not to radiation protection, but to preventing skin contact with toxic and harmful components in the air.
The harm of toxic and harmful components in the air is actually much more serious than radiation. Once some gases enter the human body through breathing, they can cause symptoms such as dizziness, difficulty breathing, and shock, and in serious cases, they can even cause death in a short period of time. die.
Some gases are more serious. Even if they only come into contact with the skin, they may cause redness, ulceration, peeling, cracking and other injuries. Contact with the eyes or mucous membranes will cause strong irritation, causing redness and swelling and many other reactions. In severe cases, it may even cause blindness.
Originally, if it were just a fire, there would be a lot of toxic and harmful gases such as sulfide and carbon monoxide in the air, but there are many large chemical plants around this city.
In fact, Chen Xin grew up in a chemical factory. His family initially lived in the family area of the factory. Because the people around him were working in the chemical industry, Chen Xin was exposed to the dangers of toxic and harmful gases. It can be said that I understand it very well.
Especially when he was a child, Chen Xin once saw an unexpected safety incident while passing through a factory area on his way home from school.
It was at a maintenance site, and a migrant worker working on the site accidentally fell into a spherical tank used to store chemical gases.
By the time he was rescued, his skin was already dry and cracked, as if he had been dehydrated from being exposed to the sun. The surface of his skin was peeling off layer by layer of dandruff. Even his eyes had turned gray and his hair was like dry straw. .
The tragic situation of the migrant worker frightened Chen Xin, who was less than ten years old at the time, and left a deep psychological shadow on him.
Therefore, Chen Xin has been afraid of toxic and harmful gases since he was a child. Without adequate protection, he will definitely not take risks.
And more importantly, although chemical plants are very important for post-disaster reconstruction, it stands to reason that the city government should repair these chemical plants as soon as possible. Unfortunately, most of these chemical plants are special fire prevention units. Once Fire caused explosion...
Chen Xin doesn't know the extent of the damage to these chemical plants, but what is certain is that the air quality in this city must be very poor.
I went out twice before, once for driving, and once for just staying at the entrance of the shelter for a while. Both times were not considered long-term exposure to the external environment, so it was not a big problem.
But since we decided to go to the wasteland to pick up garbage this time, it was obviously impossible to stay in the car all the time. We would have to stay in a potentially dangerous environment for a long time.
In fact, for survivors in a doomsday environment, unless they must obtain resources, leaving the safe environment of the shelter is the wrong thing to do.
Because in the apocalypse, no one knows what kind of crisis lurks in the once safe environment. It may be a lurking zombie in a zombie movie that has been filmed, it may be a wasteland-style gangster, or it may be an invisible entity. A deadly threat in...
So when you can be self-sufficient, the safest thing is to stay in a shelter and don't go anywhere.
But Chen Xin still decided to go out once. As for the reason, of course it was not to experience the so-called life of picking up garbage in the wasteland, but because he wanted to go out for a walk to get an overall understanding of the current environment, and at the same time search for supplies that might exist.
Although the fire caused by the previous meteorite crash burned almost everything, it does not mean that nothing can escape this disaster.
For example, in some places such as supermarkets or canteens, although the storefronts facing the street will be burned to ashes, the warehouses stocked in the stores may be able to survive.
If Chen Xin could find such a warehouse that had not been burned down by fire, if nothing else, even just finding a few bottles of Feizhai Happy Water would be worth the price of admission.
And if you want to go out, protective clothing has become a top priority.
A set of qualified protective clothing must not only be able to wrap the body and prevent skin exposure as much as possible, but also need to be acid and alkali resistant, corrosion resistant, and even antistatic if used in a chemical plant.
For example, in "Death Stranding", the protagonist wears a courier costume, or the Rhode Island operator uniform.
Both of them often operate in dangerous environments, and their clothes are protective clothing with certain protective functions.
In today's external environment, it is normal for acid rain to occur. If it does not have good protective properties, it will not be a pleasant experience to be soaked by acid rain. It may even literally peel off a layer of skin. .
If there is no system, Chen Xin may suppress his mood and ask Qin Lan to get a set of protective clothing when the supplies are exchanged next month.
The SWAT team is responsible for maintaining security in major shelters. If they need to go out into the field, a set of safe and reliable protective clothing will still appear in their equipment.
But now that there is a system, Chen Xin has another option. (End of chapter)