In the information about shelters released by the government that Chen Xin had read before, each family was allocated only one room, which was even smaller than a university dormitory.
It was less than ten square meters and had to accommodate a family of three, with even the beds being those iron wire frame types. The harsh survival conditions could be easily imagined.
Though in the seventies and eighties, or even the early nineties, it was common in Flame Country for a family of three or even four or five to squeeze into a small room of less than ten square meters.
But almost half a century has passed, and the average living standards and housing conditions have improved immensely.
However, now, because of the apocalypse, to revert everything to the living standards of the seventies and eighties, or even worse, is undoubtedly a huge challenge for people who are already accustomed to a modern, convenient, and comfortable lifestyle.
For modern people, the material poverty of life without takeout, internet, or even soft drinks and meat is absolutely unimaginable.
Moreover, having to hide in an underground shelter without being able to leave, many people would probably see this as no different from being imprisoned.
It's important to note that when the pandemic broke out earlier this year, people across the country heeded the national call and stayed indoors, successfully curbing the spread of the virus, but being unable to leave the house for up to one or two months almost drove most people crazy.
Thinking about these things while finishing his meal, after tidying up the garbage, Chen Xin drank some water to rinse his mouth before throwing the trash into the bin.
The external environment is still unstable, so Chen Xin had no intention of going out to throw away the trash, but once the environment outside stabilizes, this trash definitely needs to be disposed of.
After finishing his meal and having nothing else to do, Chen Xin resisted the urge to take out his phone from the box to play games and got up to check what could be done inside the shelter.
However, there was very little that could be done inside the shelter.
All the supplies were neatly stacked, arranged during the move, and since Chen Xin had just moved in today, there was nothing that needed organizing.
Moreover, to be honest, the shelter was only this big, with the bedroom, living room, bathroom, and power distribution room being the four rooms in the shelter built from shipping containers, making it Chen Yu's main activity space.
This place, due to the insulation material filled in the container walls, is much more comfortable temperature-wise compared to rooms built directly with cement.
Beyond this, the supply storage room, water tank, fuel tank, sewage treatment tank, generator, and garage are all located outside the containers, dug directly into the mountainside, as these things do not require thermal storage, they just need to ensure that the ambient temperature does not affect equipment operation.
If Chen Xin had been living in the shelter for a long time, he would need to check the operation of various equipment, but now, apart from the generator, no other equipment was in operation, not even the sewage treatment tank was dirty.
Scratching his head, Chen Xin had no choice but to check the fuel tank of the generator once more, and seeing that there was still enough fuel, he headed to the power distribution room.
The gasoline Chen Xin stored was only what was in the fuel tank, which was 4,000 liters, and his small generator for power generation could be filled with 20 liters of gasoline at a time, generating electricity for over ten hours.
But for Chen Xin, his daily electricity consumption was clearly not that high, so he didn't need to keep the generator running until it ran out of fuel.
Generating electricity for six to eight hours a day could fill the large batteries installed in the power distribution room, which was enough to meet a day's electricity consumption.
The generator today had already been running for about four hours, which was not yet the planned generation time, but today Chen Xin had used little electricity other than for lighting, so most of the electricity was used for charging the batteries.
Chen Xin didn't know if the batteries were fully charged. If they were, he could shut off the generator early to save fuel.
Inside the power distribution room, the indicator lights on the two large batteries flickered, indicating they were charging, and the distribution cabinet was functioning normally.
Honestly, when the shelter was initially being built, Chen Xin had not intended to install a distribution cabinet, as it was just a small shelter with only one small generator, and lighting for a few rooms, installing a distribution cabinet seemed like overkill.
However, when buying the container houses, the manufacturer included a distribution cabinet, so Chen Xin had to use it.
But it turned out to be a lucky coincidence, as the manufacturer's included distribution cabinet along with the power control room and the generator could be seen as an integrated power system within the setup, which could undergo holistic upgrades.
Moreover, both upgrade options provided by the system included items for saving fuel and improving work efficiency.
For Chen Xin, this was undoubtedly great news. The increase in power generation and reduction in fuel consumption after upgrading were very meaningful to him because this would undoubtedly extend the lifespan of the gasoline he had stored.
After the apocalypse, gasoline would undoubtedly become a critical resource, and acquiring it would not be as easy as before the apocalypse, so it was important to save wherever possible.
After checking the two large batteries and seeing that the indicator lights did not show they were full, Chen Xin wasn't in a hurry to shut off the generator.
He estimated the charging time, realizing it would take roughly another hour to fully charge both batteries. Chen Xin noted the time, glanced at his watch, and then left the power distribution room, returning to the bedroom.
However, back in the bedroom, Chen Xin found himself with nothing to do, helplessly daydreaming while lying on the bed.
If this were in the past, he would have already taken out his phone to play games or watch videos, but now the phone was wrapped in thick aluminum foil and tucked in a metal box, needing to wait a few days for the effects of the EMP shockwave to fully dissipate before it could be used.
So these days, Chen Xin was unable to use any electronic products.
However, thinking about the EMP shockwave, Chen Xin couldn't help but wonder about what the external environment was like now.
Chen Xin had been in the shelter for more than half a day, and during this time, the shockwave from the meteor impact had already swept across the entire Blue Planet. Even though he hid underground, he still heard the intense sound wave, almost making him think something had broken in the shelter or that the entrance outside had been hit by the meteor.
Since the meteor had already fallen, the vicinity of the impact site should already be transformed into Hell, and the heat released from the impact would soon ignite the Blue Planet.
Thinking about this, Chen Xin couldn't help but sigh.
This wasn't just a wildfire or the extinction of a species, it was a global inferno—the extinction of an entire ecosystem.
Over 90% of terrestrial life on the Blue Planet would be unlikely to escape this catastrophe.