Chapter 9 The Light in the Darkness

Jack thought it over in his mind.

Five bottles of drinking water and a little food were exchanged for such a big steel plate.

And it just fitted the shape of the groove.

On the whole, Jack had earned a lot from this deal.

After quitting the trading channel, Jack gathered all the "spoils" he had got today into a pile.

Wood, stones, cement powder, chair rope, steel plate

It seemed that he had already gathered all the basic materials and could finally start to build a shelter!

Jack stretched himself and looked up at the sky above the meteorite.

At this time, the moon and the sun were slowly approaching.

Although Jack wasn't sure when the replacement of the moon would take place on the meteorite.

But it can be calculated according to the current position of the two.

In less than four hours, the moon would appear above the meteorite and cover it completely.

At that time, it was night.

Moreover, the night in the universe was not like the night on earth.

The reason why the moon could give off moonlight on earth was that there was enough sunlight and the reflection of the atmosphere.

No matter how dark it was at night, there would always be light and not to lose sight of anything.

The night in the universe was the opposite.

Once the moon completely wrapped around the meteorites, without the sunlight, people would have to face the real dark moment.

It was so dark that one couldn't distinguish the surrounding environment at all, and even the closest thing to his body couldn't be seen clearly.

At that time, he could do nothing except there is an artificial light!

Therefore, Jack had to set up this shelter before dark.

The next four hours would be his busiest time.

He needed to refine the materials, carry them and make cement

Jack was working on a series of projects alone.

During this time, the radar on the navigation device rang several times.

But the tips were for some ordinary goods and materials, so Jack ignored them.

Instead, he focused all his attention on building a shelter.

Thanks to the small gravity of the meteorite.

No matter how strong Jack was, he was still a person. He had to do so much work and carry a big piece of steel plate, which was enough to make him exhausted.

"Be accomplished!"

After less than three hours, Jack was so tired that he couldn't hold the military shovel in his hand. He fell directly on the haystack behind him, and his clothes were completely wet with sweat.

Jack couldn't remember when the last time he did such high-intensity physical work.

He didn't expect that the desire to survive could stimulate such amazing potential in his body.

He lay on his stomach for a while before he stood up.

He looked at the masterpiece in front of him.

What appeared in front of him was a triangular hole with an arc-shaped dome.

A simple, safe and solid shelter was successfully built.

In fact, it was more like a cave than a shelter.

Jack walked inside.

In fact, the space inside the cave was not big. It was only five or six square meters and two meters high. It was just enough for him to stand up straight inside.

The inner structure was simple, and the outer part was humbler.

In order to make it solid, Jack mixed stones, planks, and cement directly.

It had nothing to do with the so-called art buildings.

But for Jack, what he wanted was not beauty. This shelter was ugly.

But there was one biggest advantage: safety!

The most essential part of this shelter was that its structure was made up of three layers.

The lowest layer was a layer of steel plate, the upper layer was a stitched plank, and the outermost layer was a layer of stone covered with cement.

Such a solid structure, unless the space trash directly smashed his meteorite.

Otherwise, as long as Jack went to this shelter, he would be fine.

"Beep, beep, beep..."

Jack's pre-set cue sound rang.

He estimated that it would be dark at this time.

Sure enough, the shelter had just been built.

It was getting dark and Jack couldn't see anything further.

Jack turned off the cue sound and looked up in the direction of the sun.

The sun was almost covered by the moon.

Only some of the corners were exposed. But they were gradually overlapped.

Jack was quite familiar with this phenomenon.

On earth, this kind of phenomenon was called the solar eclipse.

In the East, there was a very familiar name. It was called the celestial dog devouring the sun.

But different from the earth, it moved very fast.

Within a minute.

The moon devoured the sunlight at an extremely fast speed.

The visibility of meteorites was also rapidly decreasing.

Jack was shocked by the scene.

My God, this is too dark!

When the last ray of light was completely devoured by the moon's shadow, Jack couldn't see anything.

There was no sound on the meteorite. At this moment, he was like a deaf-mute.

What he could feel was only the sense of substance brought by the soil under his feet.

Jack didn't think too much. He was ready to face this moment.

He got into the shelter.

He took out the flint he had prepared in advance from his pocket.

He had especially used the rubble to surround a stone fire pit in the shelter.

With the help of some dry grass, he skillfully lit a fire on a plank.

The shelter suddenly became bright.

Under the light of the fire, Jack moved the supplies outside into the shelter one after another.

The narrow space became fuller now.

After that, Jack went into his sleeping bag.

The bonfire was burning in the shelter, emitting warmth.

The warm and comfortable feeling made Jack yawn.

"God, I'm so tired today."

"I need to have a good sleep."

Jack thought to himself.

But before going to bed, he had one more thing to do.

Curling up in his sleeping bag, Jack opened the chatting interface.

People in the world channel were scattered all over the world, and each of them had a different region and time difference.

Therefore, what Jack wanted to know most was the messages of the nearby channel.

He switched to the nearby channel, and as he expected, there were constant complaints and wails.

"Oh my God! Why is it getting dark all of a sudden?"

"Who has a lighter? Who has the fire source? It was so dark! I'm so scared!"

"It's too dark. I can't see anything clearly and I fell over. Who has the gauze? I feel that my head seems to be bleeding..."

"When does it dawn? It's dark, cold, and hungry. I can't stand it anymore!"

Humans were sensitive creatures.

Once they were in a situation that they had never come into contact with before, they would easily feel scared and even panic.

"Who has the flint? I don't know how to make a fire from wood!"

"Save the poor. Light it up!"

"Beg a match and a flint!"

Jack browsed with a smile.

He looked at the piles of flint that had already been placed in the material pile.

He knew that his business was coming.