Snowstorm: I'm Super Rich in the Apocalypse-Chapter 185 - A Trip Out Yields Quite a Harvest

Chapter 185: Chapter 185: A Trip Out Yields Quite a Harvest

Chapter 185 -185: A Trip Out Yields Quite a Harvest

Lu Ruisheng thanked them and then left the base with Gu Pan.

The two rode a motorcycle for a while, then switched to an off-road vehicle, as it was still a bit cool in the morning.

Having already gone out, they couldn’t afford to waste fuel, so they planned to continue searching for energy resources.

Although the items in Space made their lives quite comfortable, they were lucky to have such an opportunity and hoped to make some extra contributions to humanity along the way.

Searching for energy and equipment was important because if those who ruled the outside territories claimed them first, it would be far better to bring them back to the base. The expansion of the base would allow more ordinary people to live comfortably, which is more suitable for humanity than fighting and killing outside.

Of course, finding more materials would allow them to exchange them for more contribution points. Even if they hadn’t become wealthy during peaceful times, they didn’t mind being rich people in the post-apocalyptic base.

After all, it was based on their abilities, so there wasn’t anything to worry about. There are disparities in wealth in every era, aren’t there? And the base was no different.

They drove in a direction they had never been before and only saw buildings after two hours.

This area was likely the most searched one, so they didn’t stop and kept going.

They passed through a stretch of flat land with a few small mountain villages on both sides but still pressed forward.

They were unfamiliar with this area, but it was refreshing and made them wonder if they could find some large equipment or something.

After this matter was taken care of, they planned to return to the city they used to live in. There were several mines there that were quite valuable—quartz sand, Diamond—these probably weren’t the first choices of those who ruled the territories, so they wanted to try their luck back there.

But returning there was too far and would take a long time, so this trip was just to find a pretext to transport the goods back.

Thus, their current goal was the equipment from factories.

Having a goal made things easier. They drove straight to the outskirts of a city, where many factories were located.

In fact, others had seen some supplies and knew they might be useful later, but they didn’t have the means to bring them back.

Since the base’s scavenging teams were limited and divided into several departments—some for finding food, some for daily necessities, and others for talent—the number of teams searching for equipment and energy was limited. After all, ensuring people’s survival and providing for their daily needs were more critical.

Thus, the military focused more on large mines and large equipment factories, then transported them back together. The transportation process might still require technical personnel for disassembling and reassembling, which was time-consuming and required a lot of manpower and resources.

But Gu Pan and Ruisheng were different. No matter how large the equipment was, it could be stored in Space, and their target was medium-sized equipment and energy resources. The large ones were left for the nation to handle, the small ones were snatched up by the territorial rulers, and the medium-sized ones that small teams couldn’t handle and large teams hadn’t yet reached were just right for Gu Pan.

In this way, they not only obtained supplies but also helped the base, making a contribution to humanity—a perfect threefold achievement.

By evening, they finally saw a textile factory. To be honest, it was unrealistic—no silk to be spun, right?

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But just as they were about to give up, they noticed it was a synthetic fiber textile factory. This truly was a dark horse turning into an unexpected gift. Although synthetic materials weren’t as comfortable as cotton, they could be used for outerwear. With no possibility of sericulture or cotton farming, synthetic fabrics would be the future material everyone had to accept. The best case scenario would be having cotton at home for inner garments, but synthetic would be the replacement for the foreseeable future.

As for what raw materials were needed, Gu Pan and Ruisheng didn’t need to ponder too much; the base would find a way.

They entered the workshop, where there was an abundance of equipment. Gu Pan planned to place a few machines in the cruise ship’s ballroom and some more on the open ground.

There were also some semi-finished products and raw materials, which they also collected.

Gathering all these items made the trip worthwhile, with the added bonus of discovering several large barrels of motor oil and diesel.

After collecting everything, they found a place nearby and spent the night in Space.

Evening fell, and upon entering Space, the sight of textile machines in the opulent ballroom of the cruise ship was quite a jarring contrast—a sight hard to bear.

But they felt fulfilled and satisfied with the ample supplies.

The next morning, they found several trucks in the garage. It wasn’t surprising for such a big factory to have vehicles, but the cars were waterlogged and unusable…

However, they weren’t too concerned about it. On one hand, they had trucks in Space, and on the other, they had time to search further, hoping to possibly find something suitable.

They aimed to search in areas with higher terrain to avoid waterlogged places.

But luck wasn’t on their side; indeed, they found no vehicles.

However, on a hill, they discovered several small factories.

The nearest was a plastic factory, not a large one, producing plastic basins and buckets.

They were somewhat surprised by such items, but now that they had more space in Space and the cruise ship could hold a lot, they stored these too, along with the equipment. It wasn’t too much; better to take it and find use for it or throw it away later if it’s not needed. After all, they had the room now.

This effort took another half-day, and by then, it was too late to return, so they looked for more supplies in the area.

Not far was a wool factory, a small workshop producing acrylic yarn. The raw materials seemed to be purchased, not produced there, and the quality of the yarn wasn’t the best, but having some was better than none, so they loaded it up.

What followed was even more far-fetched—a small toy factory. It was difficult to describe the toys—they combined Sun Wukong with the Haier brothers in one set.

Generally speaking, the workshops in this area were very low-end, but it was better than nothing.

They picked and chose a few small machines from here, skipping the toy factory to avoid wasting space and time.

But Gu Pan and Lu Ruisheng still picked out a few amusing things to take with them.

After completing their search, they realized it was getting late, so they drove back to where they had stayed the previous night. That way, they could set off at dawn the next day and make it back to the base before dark.

Not finding a vehicle didn’t concern them too much; they would use the ones in Space for now and find a way to get more later.

Though acid rain had ruined many vehicles on the road, there were still many in garages, so acquiring them was possible.

Driving back, evening approached, and they arrived near a secluded spot close to the base.

Gu Pan stored the off-road vehicle in Space and then took out two large trucks, piling solar panels directly onto them, along with various accessories. Two full trucks required the use of ropes to secure everything so it wouldn’t fall off—it was a substantial amount.

One person per truck, they drove towards the main gate of the base. At this moment, the sun had set, but the sky was not yet dark, and the sunset cast a beautiful red glow.