Chapter 350 Surprised?
In the afternoon, after everyone finished their break, Steven began assigning tasks.
The top priority now was to set up the defense line.
He called everyone over; this was something that required everyone's participation, and no one could slack off.
Aubrey's blueprint was already designed. The concept of the defense line was to build a circular defense with a radius of 1640 feet, a height of 66 feet, and a thickness of 33 feet around the shelter and other residential villas.
The main building materials were steel and ice blocks, which were the easiest for them to obtain and had the best defensive performance.
Ice blocks had a self-repairing function and would gradually thicken in such cold weather.
A 33-foot-thick solid ice could effectively resist powerful firepower attacks.
Steven assigned tasks to everyone.
Aubrey, being a genius in the field of mechanical engineering, although not specialized in architecture, was much better than others in mechanics.
She was responsible for directing the construction of the defense line.
Earl was responsible for collecting materials.
The most used material for the defense line was giant ice blocks, which could be directly taken from the Mississippi River.
Then, Steven used his spatial ability to transport them back.
Lily would then process and trim the ice blocks into suitable ice bricks for building the barricade.
Henry was responsible for the heavy lifting, assembling the steel and giant ice bricks.
Over time, the ice blocks would fuse together, and the steel would integrate into them as a framework, forming an indestructible ice and snow barricade.
This way, the first line of defense around the shelter was successfully built.
Although it was much weaker compared to the shelter's defense, its existence was primarily to prevent surprise attacks from the enemy, buying time for everyone to hide inside the shelter.
Since Steven and his team had obtained a large amount of weapons and ammunition at West Mountain Base, including many heavy artillery and tanks, they temporarily modified the defense line.
They carved out many holes along the thousands of feet long defense line, then mounted cannons, connecting these weapons to the shelter's control panel.
30 heavy machine guns, 5 large-caliber automatic cannons, plus 6 artillery pieces, and even 2 tanks and 4 armored vehicles were placed on it.
Steven didn't deploy all the heavy firepower weapons to the defense line; he kept some in the extradimensional space for future needs.
When this design was proposed, everyone on site was excited.
Once such a powerful firepower defense line was completed, they would have enough confidence to face even an attack from a large enemy force.
"Alright, everyone, let's get to work now! This is the defense line that will protect our safety, so stay focused and work hard, no slacking off!" Steven clapped his hands and smiled, signaling everyone to start.
As for Elinor, Nora, and Emilia, since they didn't have any supernatural abilities to help, they were responsible for preparing hot drinks for everyone and assisting Aubrey a bit on the side.
With the tasks divided, everyone headed to the Mississippi River to start working.
Although this seemed like a massive project, everyone present was a psychic with unique skills.
When it came to construction, their abilities were put to good use.
What usually required a construction team to accomplish was divided among a few people.
Earl came to the river surface, pressed his hands on the ice, and instantly, the ice began to crack, forming huge fissures.
In no time, a massive rectangular ice block rose from the ground, slowly floating in mid-air.
Steven quickly opened the Dimension Door and stored it in the extradimensional space.
Earl continued to exert his power, extracting ten huge ice blocks in one go.
However, such high-intensity work soon left Earl panting heavily.
"Take a break and have something to eat! We'll continue later," Steven said. He wasn't in a hurry, letting Earl recover his strength while he transported the collected ice blocks back to the shelter.
One by one, the irregular giant ice blocks were placed on the ground, each as large as a room.
Aubrey directed on the side, looking at the blueprint while instructing Lily to trim the ice blocks into the needed shapes.
Without a word, Lily pulled out her broadsword, and with a swift flash of the bright blade in mid-air, a giant ice block was trimmed into a regular hexahedron.
Next was Henry's job.
He lifted a rectangular ice block and slammed it into the ground!
A giant ice block over a hundred feet long was deeply embedded into the ground.
The ground near Emerald Estate had become quite loose due to multiple explosions, so this task wasn't too difficult.
Henry's first job was to lay the foundation, then assemble the steel into a framework inside the ice blocks.
Once the framework was built, another layer of ice blocks would be placed inside for double-layered defense.
This way, even under heavy artillery attacks, the ice blocks wouldn't completely shatter.
After that, they would compact the surrounding soil to stabilize the foundation.
Everyone worked together and enjoyed the process. Despite the extreme cold of -140°F, everyone wore thermal suits, and with the physical activity, their bodies even felt warm, which was an extreme luxury in the post-apocalyptic world.
Those professional thermal suits were once only worn by specialized personnel, and ordinary people couldn't afford their high price.
Steven and his team had clear divisions of labor and worked very efficiently.
After a few hours, they had already built a preliminary barricade over 300 feet long.
However, while Steven and his team were busy, Steven inadvertently noticed some movement on the other side of the river.
Steven looked closely and saw a somewhat familiar figure sneaking around.
It seemed to be a student Steven had seen before. Steven didn't know him but had a slight impression of his face.
It was possible that the large-scale digging on the ice had attracted the attention of some people from Cox Town.
Steven crossed his arms and sneered, as he couldn't care less about what those people thought.
Those little weaklings—if Steven wanted, he could kill them all by himself.
But thinking about the sneaky behavior of that person, Steven became curious about what he was up to.
Next to him, Earl was panting heavily, still working hard to dig out the ice blocks.
Such massive ice blocks were also a heavy drain on Earl's supernatural ability.
Steven couldn't help much at the moment, so he took out a high-powered telescope and stood on the embankment, looking across the river.
From this angle, the situation in Cox Town was clearly visible.
In the freezing cold, Cox Town was dead silent. Due to the large number of young men who died at West Mountain Base, there weren't many original residents left.
Mostly women, the elderly, and children remained.
But as Steven looked, he suddenly noticed an interesting scene.
The sneaky student wasn't alone; there was a young woman following him.
The two of them went into an igloo one after the other.
Steven's lips curled into an amused smile.
Even in times like these, these people couldn't change their bad habits.
Earl, after working for a long time, managed to get another ice block.
He squatted on the ice, curiously shouting at Steven, "Captain Rogers, what are you looking at?"
Steven put down the telescope and said calmly, "Nothing much. You should take a break."
Steven took the ice blocks back, and after Lily finished processing them, Steven took out the day's food from the extradimensional space.
"It's getting late; you should take the food to your students," he said.
Lily took the bag Steven handed her and nodded.
Steven suddenly said, "By the way, there's something I want to apologize for."
Lily looked at Steven with a puzzled expression. "Apologize for what?"
Steven looked at her sincerely and said, "I used to think your students were all selfish, but just now, I saw one of your students helping a poor girl. So I feel I should apologize."
Lily felt very strange inside. Steven seemed to be implying something, but she didn't know what Steven was trying to express.
Steven's lips curled into a meaningful smile, and he pointed his thumb back toward Cox Town, saying, "In the house at the east end of the village, your student is being very helpful!"
Lily's face changed instantly, realizing that her student might be doing something bad to the women and children of Cox Town.
As a teacher, she couldn't stand by and watch her student do such immoral things.
"I'll go check it out!" she said.
Lily flipped her long ponytail and quickly ran across the river.
At that moment, inside the igloo, Warren pulled a wooden board to block the door tightly.
This semi-underground igloo was very effective against the cold, but the air temperature was still too low, making it difficult for his body to react.
Looking at the pale-skinned, haggard woman in front of him, Warren sighed deeply.
In the past, he only sought out the top-tier women in Starlight City.
If conditions allowed, he wouldn't have chosen this woman.
But now, having suppressed his sexual desire for too long, he had to make do.
Warren took out half a box of food from his pocket and threw it on the table.
The woman, Ashley Cox, saw the half box of food, and a glimmer of light appeared in her eyes.
"Hurry up, I don't have time to waste here," Warren said coldly.
Ashley swallowed her saliva, reluctantly moving her gaze away from the food, and slowly crawled toward Warren.
By the time Lily arrived, Warren was already doing something indecent inside the house.
Outside the igloo, Lily heard the sounds that made her blush and her heart race. She was stunned, unwilling to believe that the person inside was her student.
In this post-apocalyptic world, the women of Cox Town had lost the pillars of their families, making survival a challenge.
So the woman inside couldn't be doing this with Warren out of love.
She must have been coerced or was exchanging her body for something.
No matter the reason, Warren's actions made Lily tremble with anger.
As a woman, Lily couldn't allow the students she had worked so hard to protect to bully another woman!
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