Chapter 72

Qiming's twelve people

By the morning of the third day, Chen Mu had already made all the pipes according to Tang Jing's request, laying them out on the ground, filling it completely.

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Regarding this, after discussing it with Tang Jing, he planned to chisel out some brackets protruding from the wall, one part to serve as scaffolding for climbing, and the other part to fix and position the pipes.

This workload was no lighter than making the pipes, but Chen Mu's mental strength and control were growing at an astonishing speed each day, making these tasks increasingly easy for him.

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Still, Chen Mu and He Ying were the first to get up.

He Ying still had the habit of going out for a walk early in the morning, and after returning, she would issue a challenge to Chen Mu.

Over the past two days, this had almost become a habit.

And Chen Mu also welcomed such a practical opportunity; the two treated it as their daily routine training, very tacitly meeting together each morning.

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So far, He Ying has never won; each battle ends with Chen Mu restraining her with one hand.

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Chen Mu found Wei Dalei, who was about to go move the pipes.

"Lao Wei, after the water diversion project is finished, I'll build you a separate room."

Wei Dalei was first taken aback, then waved his hand and said, "No need, it's fine for everyone to sleep together."

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"Really, don't be polite; with my current ability, building a room will be quick, and later each of us will have our own room—you're just the first."

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Wei Dalei, the five‑person decision team

"Damn, do I have to tell you your snoring is too loud and affecting our sleep?" Chen Mu said angrily.

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Wei Dalei scratched his head a bit embarrassedly and asked, "Is it really that loud?"

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Dong Junwei laughed and said, "Even we girls over there can hear it."

Wei Dalei hehe-laughed and said, "No wonder sometimes at night my mom would kick my bedroom door to wake me up, without telling me why."

Blaming the person for snoring is obviously pointless, so although everyone suffered from it, they could do nothing about it; fortunately, after a few days, everyone seemed to have gotten a bit used to it.

On the girls' side, because the rooms were separated, although they could still hear it, the sound was much softer; as Zhao Xiao Yan put it, they could now listen to it like a lullaby, and if one day they couldn't hear it, they might actually find it harder to sleep.

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Chang Junyan, Sun Yuan, and the others had decent sleep quality; as long as they went to sleep earlier than Wei Dalei each day, it wasn't a big problem.

But Chen Mu probably lacked a sense of security since childhood, always sleeping lightly, waking up at the slightest disturbance.

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The plan to have Wei Dalei move to a separate room must be carried out in advance.

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The water diversion project finally reached its final stage; after the sedimentation tank was built, only the joining and installation of the pipes remained.

We also have to thank Tang Jing, this human calculator, for being able to calculate all the parts accurately in advance; otherwise, Chen Mu would have to make the pipes while installing them, which would obviously be much less efficient.

But when it came to the actual installation, the difficulty remained great.

First, a pipe with a one-centimeter diameter is still too large for people at this time; although transporting it isn't a problem, having to carry it up high, align it, then have Chen Mu apply adhesive and fix it onto the brackets is rather troublesome.

At least one person is needed to help Chen Mu hold the pipe steady.

Otherwise, he really couldn't do it alone.

Originally, this task would have been most suitable for Wei Dalei, but unfortunately Lao Wei's fear of heights hasn't eased in the slightest despite his Special Ability.

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He Ying is somewhat stronger than average girls in strength, and with her lightness skill, climbing up and down is completely effortless for her.

After Chen Mu finished making the wooden door and the brackets and handles on the wall, He Ying often climbed up to look out, even treating it as a way to train her ability.

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Her movements and speed in climbing were many times more relaxed and skilled than Chen Mu's, making everyone envious; after all, even though they knew falling from this height wouldn't kill them, the psychological barrier was insurmountable, and no one dared to really try such a bungee jump without safety measures.

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In the joint effort of He Ying and Chen Mu.

The installation of all the pipes was finally completed at noon on the seventh day after the project began.

At this point, the entire massive project was basically completed.

A one-centimeter-diameter plastic pipe extends from the outdoor rainwater downpipe, passes through the wooden door, then forms a semicircular arc down to the ground, and exits outdoors through the gap under the door.

And at a height of 13 centimeters above the ground on this pipe, an opening with a diameter of 5 millimeters was made for water intake.

As long as it rains, opening this intake allows water to flow continuously into the sedimentation tank; after passing through the grille and sedimentation, it enters the Water Reservoir.

Both the sedimentation tank and the Water Reservoir are equipped with bottom drain pipes, because over time, even if the water in the Water Reservoir is relatively clean, solid sediment will accumulate and naturally needs to be drained.

Moreover, at the highest water level of the sedimentation tank, an overflow pipe was installed, which, together with the drain pipe, leads outdoors.

As for this drainage pipe, for now it has no other use, but in Tang Jing's and Chen Mu's planning, it has already been reserved for the toilet, to be used for flushing.

However, the toilet currently lacks drainage function and can only be temporarily set aside.

Wait until everything is done.

The subsequent cleaning and tidying work no longer requires Chen Mu to intervene.

His subsequent task is to wait until the next rain, then conduct a trial run of the entire project; if there is a pipe leak midway, or water flow is not smooth in some places, he needs to carry out follow-up repairs.

Now, about half a month has passed since the apocalypse.

Time-wise, it's about to enter June.

Children's Day (June 1) is gone.

Even if it existed, high school no longer has holidays.

However, entering June also means summer has officially arrived, and with it comes the rainy season.

According to Shangshi's climate convention, at least before October, there's no need to worry about insufficient rain.

And this period of over four months is the critical period after the apocalypse; whether humanity can continue to control the world perhaps hinges on this time.

Four months is too long.

A group of people are now eagerly waiting for the rain.