Chapter 132: High-Rise

After acquiring this large batch of supplies, everyone felt more reassured; even if they couldn't go out for a long time, they wouldn't have to worry about food, and once planting was confirmed, future food would be secured—this was undoubtedly a shot in the arm.

The first task in the morning was to sort those 36 wooden crates.

Perhaps we should plan the whole room in advance.

Dong Junwei gazed at the wooden crates on the floor, pondering where to stack them.

The storage room's area was still quite large for them; if a comparison were needed, it felt about the size of the entire school before.

It was merely more open, with far fewer buildings.

How should we plan it?

The school originally had over 2,000 people; I estimate that even adding Yi Zhong, it wouldn't exceed 500, so we should plan for a scale of 400 to 500 people," Dong Junwei said.

That should be enough, right?" He Ying glanced around the entire room.

It's enough, but not as spacious as imagined," Dong Junwei said. "First, the shelves and their items take up a lot of space, and people need more than just sleep."

Exactly, supporting facilities must keep up." Lu Shanshan was no longer as reserved as when she first arrived; after going out on a field task with Chen Mu, her sense of belonging had grown.

Dong Junwei nodded: "Housing for 500 people, if all single-story, would still take up considerable space; correspondingly, our dining area, washing area, and toilets would need to be much larger."

Actually, the space beneath the shelves can also be utilized.

Yes, it's about 10 centimeters high.

But the lighting won't work; considering the window size and sun's angle, the residential area is actually not as large as we imagined," Dong Junwei said, looking toward the window's position.

The few houses Qiming has built are located where Tang Jing chose after maximizing sunlight; with few people now, it's not a problem, but if, as Dong Junwei said, the population surges to several hundred, it might not suffice for everyone.

Sunlight has always been an important reference indicator for housing; this is also one reason why a single floor is relatively cheaper.

Can we build apartment buildings? Like the school dormitories?

As soon as that was said, everyone instinctively looked at Chen Mu.

You'll work me to death," Chen Mu rolled his eyes.

Haha……

But speaking of which, with more people, apartment buildings could still be considered," Tang Jing said.

Is the difficulty great?

Definitely easier than before.

Why? Isn't it the same?

The difference is still significant; constructing high-rises, the major difficulty lies in earthquake resistance and materials. Once height reaches a certain level, the building's own weight increasingly tests the lower-structure materials. In this situation, one can only continually expand the foundation, so with current technology, once a high-rise reaches a certain height, costs rise linearly and cost-effectiveness actually declines.

This is also why Gundam can exist only in animation; with that physique, unless materials science makes a leap, the legs of a humanoid mecha cannot even support its own weight, let alone running or jumping.

When Gundam and mechs were mentioned, several boys became interested; Zhu Hao immediately objected, 'But we could use thrust to reduce……'

However, Tang Jing gave them no chance to discuss; before he could finish, she interrupted, 'Using thrust to lessen the weight burden on the legs—what a thought! With that fuel cost, what would a humanoid mech even do? Using fighter jets would be better.'

Zhu Hao was instantly speechless.

Being bested by a girl in this regard was something he never anticipated.

Tang Jing continued, 'But according to our current scale, this isn't an issue; as long as Chen Mu's ability is strong enough, or future basic industry improves, we could completely build a thousand-story high-rise, at least structurally there would be no problem.'

A thousand stories……

Cyberpunk!

I want to live on the top floor.

……

That seems a bit far off; can our generation see it?" Chang Junyan scratched his arm, his face full of vicissitudes.

Actually, it's not that far.

Tang Jing laughed: 'The school's teaching building is six stories, each 3.6 meters high, totaling 22 meters; using a typical residential story height of 3 meters, that already meets the requirement for 700 stories. If it were the twelve-story dormitory off campus, a thousand stories would be more than enough. Of course, remodeling the interior is a huge project we can't even imagine now.'

The scene suddenly fell silent.

It seemed everyone was imagining what it would be like if the current teaching building were divided into 700 floors, filled with shrunken humanity.

After a while.

Dong Junwei suddenly laughed: 'We should still plan this place first; even if the teaching building were remodeled that way, we'd need that many people to live there—probably even a whole city wouldn't have enough.'

Yeah, that's also a matter for the future.

Tang Jing also laughed: 'As for here, I still suggest we first make an overall zoning.'

How to do it?

The residential area needs sunlight, so we must keep the zones that can get sun; the rest should be divided according to functions like dining, hygiene, exercise, entertainment, factories, warehouses, planting, etc.

Moreover, the shelves must be utilized; we could even consider placing the planting area on top of them.

The lighting on the shelves is indeed better than on the ground.

But moving the soil up there isn't easy, is it?

Once we have a gantry crane, it's not impossible to consider.

But how do we water them? Our water reservoir is so low.

The water reservoir is for domestic use; if it's for irrigation, we'd definitely need to build another one.

I feel like things keep piling up……

……

Originally everyone thought that after eating and drinking their fill, life would just be like that, but now they suddenly realized there were still many things to do.

Chen Mu, on the other hand, thought this was pretty good.

Being together, having a goal and something to look forward to, is better than idling away the day with pointless thoughts.