Surviving the Apocalypse with my Multiplier System novel Chapter 242

The next morning the solar panel assembly team was up before sunrise, trying to quickly install as many solar panels as they could before the sun came up.

More than ten people were on this team but due to the complicated systems, they only managed to get two houses done.

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Brandon, who was leading the team, wiped the sweat from his brow. He looked up and saw the first rays of sunlight peeking over the horizon.

"Look's like we're going to call it here until the evening. Everyone, stay cool", he said.

The rest of the people who were on solar panel installation duty quickly finished up and got off the roof.

Mila was waiting for Brandon on the ground.

"How did it go? Did you get to finish installing any?"

"Yeah, though only two houses. I was hoping for at least four today, but it's a complicated system and takes time to wire properly."

"Oh, well two houses are still much better than none!", she smiled.

He took his work gloves off and nodded, "I'm glad we managed to do David and Laura's house. They've been staying in the medical house with Anna so the little bean stays cool."

"Oh good! I was just about to visit Laura now. I'll see if they need help moving their things back home", smiled Mila.

She was happy that they prioritized Laura's place. They were the only ones with a small child besides the young boy who arrived with Nurse Judy. And this young boy was already practically adopted by Laura anyway.

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Mila walked over to Anna's house and saw David packing their things while Laura was feeding her son.

"Are you getting ready to move back? Let me help you carry your things over"

Laura smiled, "Yes, we were just informed that the A/C had been installed in our house. We've been imposing on Anna and Judy for too long."

Mila waited until Laura finished feeding her baby before walking back over to their house.

David was already inside setting up the baby's crib in their bedroom. He turned on the newly installed A/C as soon as he arrived, filling the room with cool air.

Laura walked over with a big smile, "Nothing beats your own home! As life-saving as it was staying with Anna, I still missed the comforts of my own home."

Mila nodded, agreeing with her.

"I'm just impressed that we can even afford this luxury. I don't know if anyone else in this world has the opportunity to live in a nice home with electricity and air conditioning. We're fortunate to have bumped into Rayne and Julian when we did."

"I agree. I can't imagine what it would have been like to live at the government base. I heard some horror stories from the others who fled from there", said Laura.

While she stayed with Anna and Judy, Laura learned about how rough life was at the government base. Judy told her a few stories about how most of the people couldn't afford to live in a room and had to set up a tent or cardboard box structure outside.

"Oh, this is a lot simpler than I thought. Basically, it's like a snap-on system. All of these sections just snap together seamlessly", she said happily. _{freēwēbηovel.c૦m}

One of the farmers stood up and smiled, "Yes, all of them have shown improvements. We're just monitoring now to see which cover had the best results. Once we have a winner we plan on putting a request to build a greenhouse from it."

Rayne looked down at the seedlings. While they looked a lot better than before they still looked a little sad. Their leaves were flopped over, lacking the vigor she saw with the previous batch.

The farmer noticed her worried expression and said, "Don't worry. Although they don't look too happy, after a few more days of consistent care, they should be back to their original state. As long as the lake doesn't dry up, I don't see us losing too much of the harvest."

Rayne smiled at the reassuring news. Having someone experienced in these things was very helpful to her and the rest of the settlement.

She glanced at the lake not far away and made a mental note to start refilling it soon.

The water level had visibly gone down again today, so she would need to begin taking preventative measures sooner rather than later.

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Her last stop was to visit the chicken coop.

The person in charge of the coop was currently filling a small trough with water. The chickens looked okay, but also sluggish.

Rayne's mind traveled to the Chicken Farm settlement. Liam didn't end up going there after visiting Fred's Ranch so she wasn't sure how they were fairing in this heat.

She did remember that they did have a small stream nearby and hoped that it would be enough to prevent them from having disasters.

"I'll have to speak with Liam to see when he plans on heading over that way", she mumbled, heading over to speak with him on this matter.