Should we provide them with lightning rods
Xu Xin personally was willing to do so. His men all had special skills, and it would definitely be a huge loss if they really died in this thunderstorm.
But the focus of this matter lies with Li Wenxi. Whether she is willing or not, after all, the black gold is in her hands.
Xu Xin sent a video to Li Wenxi.
Almost instantly, Li Wenxi was lying by the window, looking at the dark clouds outside, exclaiming: "Xu Xin, lightning has started to strike here! Just now, many lightning bolts hit the lightning rod of my tree house! I have never seen such thick lightning, it's so scary!"
Although she said this, there was no sign of fear on her face, and she was even a little excited.
Xu Xin shared his thoughts with her.
Li Wenxi showed a somewhat embarrassed expression: "Actually, I really want to help them, but it takes ten pieces of black gold ore to make one piece of black gold, and it takes an hour to make one piece. It is really too difficult to make. I built a furnace to make black gold pieces, but I only have twelve pieces so far. Then one lightning rod requires five pieces..."
Li Wenxi's meaning was very clear. She spent a lot of time and effort, went on a trip to move the gold, and even burned a whole night, but only got a dozen black gold bars. The number was too small, and she didn't want to give them to others.
Xu Xin could understand her idea very well. He didn't have much resources, so he had to help others. That was simply out of his mind. A talented person should help the world. Now he might not even have enough for himself, so he could just take care of himself.
"I didn't expect black gold nuggets to be so difficult to obtain. I was inconsiderate." Xu Xin felt that what he had just said was a bit like a saintly bitch, and apologized a little embarrassedly.
"I'll go help them when I have more black gold nuggets. After all, they are members of an organization, and I have benefited from their information. But with the weather outside, I don't know when I can go out to mine next time."
While the two were talking, the thunderstorm outside showed no signs of stopping and was even getting more intense.
When Xu Xin just woke up, there were only two or three thunders a minute, but now there is one every ten seconds or so.
"I can't hear what you're saying." Li Wenxi covered his ears and rubbed them. The thunder was too loud. "I don't know when it will stop. Isn't today the rainy season? Why is there only thunder but no rain... Huh?"
She suddenly widened her eyes and looked out the window, then took a breath and said, "There's a fire! There's a fire in the distance! It was caused by a lightning strike!"
"What?" Xu Xin immediately looked out his window. Although there were continuous lightning strikes, there was no sign of fire for the time being.
However, with so many lightning strikes, it's probably only a matter of time before a forest fire starts.
Thinking quickly, Xu Xin gave a suggestion: "Quick, go down and cut down all the trees around the tree house to create a firebreak, so that the fire cannot spread! Don't worry about being struck by lightning, the lightning rod will attract the nearby lightning!"
"Oh, okay! I'll go right away!" Li Wenxi hung up the video in a hurry.
At this time, Ji Chaoyang also sent a message in the group.
“Everyone, this thunderstorm before the rainstorm is likely to cause forest fires.
My tree house was struck by lightning several times just now, and some things in the tree house were destroyed by the current from the lightning. This lightning strike can destroy items in the house, but it doesn't seem to work on us, and it won't cause the tree house to catch fire.
But don't let this put you off. If you wait in the tree house like this, the trees in the distance may catch fire.
Now we'd better take the important things down from the tree house, and then cut down all the trees around the tree house to form a firebreak around it. In this way, if there is a forest fire, we can minimize the losses.
We don't need to worry about being struck by lightning near the tree house, because the tree house is very high and will attract lightning for us. Of course, be careful when you get off the tree house so as not to be struck by lightning. Do it as soon as possible. There is a fire in the distance. We just need to hold on until the rainstorm comes. "
At the same time, he also sent this message to the regional channel. The difference was that he added another sentence to the message he sent to the regional channel.
"Those who survived in low tree houses who have never raised their floors must be careful. Your tree houses are not high enough to attract lightning. It is up to you to decide whether to go down and cut down the firebreak."
From his words, Xu Xin learned that if the tree house was struck by lightning, the items inside would be damaged, but this was not very serious.
This guy actually thought of so much in just a few minutes and even compiled a strategy and posted it directly. Xu Xin had to admire him.
Just now, he thought that the tree house being one floor higher would be very disadvantageous for other people who did not have lightning rods, but Ji Chaoyang directly grasped the key point.
The biggest danger of this thunderstorm is not the lightning strike, but the possible forest fire! After all, lightning strikes can't hurt people in the tree house, but forest fires can!
"Ji Chaoyang is right. We must clear the surrounding area immediately. It's not even seven o'clock yet. Judging from previous activities, the rainy season may not start until nine o'clock. Two hours is enough for the forest fire to spread far away. Everyone must pay attention!" Xu Xin also sent a message on the regional channel.
The two big guys at the top of the list both spoke with strong persuasiveness, and immediately, the regional channel was filled with words of gratitude.
"Thank you both bosses!"
"There's a fire in the distance over here too! I'll go down and chop down the trees right away!"
"Haha, I've already cut down all the trees around here, so it's much easier!"
"Oh my god, there are birch and pine trees growing around me!"
"Just chop it down. You'll get much less material from an incompletely grown tree, but it's not zero. I've tried chopping it down before."
"Got it, get down right away!"
Those survivors who did not get a higher tree house level in the previous event were also discussing it.
"What should I do? Should I go down? What if I get struck by lightning..."
"Maybe there won't be a fire?"
"What are you thinking? With so many mines, the possibility of a fire is too high!"
"Shit, there's a fire here! It's all over!"
"Fuck, I can't be such a coward any more. I'm going to go down. It's better to be struck by lightning than to be burned by fire! A quick and painless death!"
"That makes sense. I'll go down too!" "I'll go down too!" "Together!"
On Xu Xin's side, as a bolt of lightning struck, a flame suddenly appeared about one kilometer away.
Fortunately, there was no strong wind in the forest at present, so the forest fire did not spread quickly.
Xu Xin took this opportunity to quickly come to the tree house. In order to speed up the felling, he made an iron axe (blue) and a shovel (blue).
Iron Axe (Blue): A high-grade iron axe, extremely sharp and tough, capable of chopping down trees of the highest purple level and some special types of trees. Durability: 3000.
The Iron Axe (blue) has a durability of up to 3,000 points, and can chop down green-level trees with one axe, twice as efficient as the Stone Axe, and can also chop down some special types of trees. However, Xu Xin has not yet encountered a tree that cannot be chopped down with a Stone Axe.
As for the shovel, there is a 50% chance that it can be used to transplant trees, which he prepared for the apple tree below.
He had already cleared the area under the tree house during the novice protection period. What he needed to do now was to expand the open space again. If there was a fire in the jungle, at least the flames would not affect the outer tree canopy.
Under the tree house, the apple tree he planted had just begun to bear fruit, and the pine and birch trees had also grown into mature trees.
"According to the time, the apple tree is just right, but the pine and birch trees should not be fully grown until tomorrow, right?" A trace of doubt flashed through Xu Xin's mind, but now was not the time to think about these things.
The iron axe was very efficient. Xu Xin first came to the pine and birch forest and chopped down all the wood one by one with the axe. Then he began to cut down trees frantically around the tree house.
The dark clouds in the sky seemed to be getting lower and lower, and he didn't even want to look up at the mountain-like clouds.
The dark thunderclouds pressing down on his head, coupled with the sticky and humid air, made it difficult for him to breathe. He could only follow the falling lightning, swinging the axe in his hand, his head feeling dizzy from the thunder that went off every ten seconds or so.
Fortunately, all the lightning around him was attracted by the tree house and the lightning rod, and did not cause any harm to him. On the contrary, the lightning rod on the top of his tree house was emitting a dazzling white light, and it seemed that the electricity was about to be fully charged.
The sky on the other side was dyed red by the forest fire, and even the heat was coming. Xu Xin increased the speed of felling.
The area that Xu Xin wanted to cut down was much larger than that of the others, but fortunately, more than 100 square meters was not too big.
He went back and forth to the tree house several times to put wood, and finally cut out a circle of open space about 20 meters wide around the tree house as a firebreak.
Generally, the forest firebreak is 40 to 60 meters wide, but it also depends on the type of vegetation around it. If it is all lawn, ten meters is actually enough. If it is shrubland, it is usually 60 meters.
Xu Xin had cleared all the bushes on the ground. Twenty meters was barely enough. The most important thing was that he could already see the fire spreading in the distance and the sky dyed red. He could not go on.
The apple tree (blue) was also planted outside the tree house. Xu Xin came to the fruit tree, picked all the fruits, and then dug at the root of the fruit tree without hesitation.
He already had an apple tree in his plantation on the rooftop, so this one, which had already borne fruit, was not that important.
The three-meter-tall small fruit tree slowly fell to the ground.
Get Apple Tree Seed*1
Get 1 blue apple tree, which can be transplanted into green or higher soil. Please transplant as soon as possible within 24 hours.
Success! He had a 50% chance of succeeding!
Of course, because of the bonus of Koi, the actual probability is not 50%. He had tested it before, and the 50% probability in his case is not a 50-50 ratio, but about two out of three times.
Back in the tree house, standing by the window on the third floor, Xu Xin looked in the direction of the forest fire. The area had changed from one or two burning trees to a whole sea of fire. Even from a distance, he could feel the heat coming towards him.
Fortunately, the wind speed was not strong and the air was very humid, so the fire was not too serious.
"Fortunately, there is no strong wind, and the fire is not spreading very quickly." Xu Xin breathed a sigh of relief.
If the fire continued at this speed, it would probably take a long time for it to spread to his side. He picked up the axe and wondered whether he should go down and chop down some more trees. After all, it would be a pity if they were burned.
However, as if someone heard his words, when he was about to turn around, the originally light breeze outside suddenly became strong!
The wind was blowing so hard that some thin poplar trees were bent down. The sound of the wind was like a train passing by, mixing with the increasingly dense thunder, playing a death march.
The flames in the distance suddenly grew larger with the help of the wind, and even a few small flames that had just been struck by lightning jumped up directly. Fires broke out in many places in the jungle and began to spread rapidly with the help of the wind!
The sound of wind, thunder, lightning, and forest fires, the scene before my eyes was like the end of the world.
Xu Xin was also scratched on the cheek by a small stone carried by the oncoming strong wind, causing severe pain.
His eye twitched.
Damn, I am the one with the bad mouth!