I can upgrade the shelter

After resting in his room for the night, Chen Xin got up the next day, had breakfast, and took the elevator to the upper level once again. However, this time he wasn’t alone; he was accompanied by his parents and the Mo Family sisters.

Not only that, but everyone, including Chen Xin, was wearing an Exoskeleton Protective Suit and holding tools like shovels that Chen Xin had just made.

They were going to clear the snow.

When Chen Xin returned yesterday, Han Ping had only dug a path out from the shelter, allowing Chen Xin to enter. The main entrance of the shelter was still buried under snow, and clearing the snow in front of the door was necessary to get out.

Clearing snow deep enough to bury a person is obviously not something one or two people can manage, so Chen Xin naturally mobilized some labor from the shelter.

Initially, Chen Xin only planned to call Mo Qingyan and Mo Qingxin, but his parents felt that they could handle this little task, so they came along.

The group reached the surface, where Han Ping was already dressed in a protective suit, waiting at the main entrance.

Han Ze didn’t come along, as Chen Xin had assigned him to continue keeping watch to prevent anyone from sneaking up on them while they were working.

After all, during the snow clearing, the shelter’s door was open. If someone attempted a surprise attack on the shelter without a guard, it would be very dangerous.

Although this was just a precaution, given the current situation outside, whether on foot or by car, movement was nearly impossible. Previously, Chen Xin relied on his Power Armor to return from the city, so he didn’t think others would have similar capabilities, but necessary safety measures are still needed.

"Han Ping, please assist my parents a bit. They’re getting on in years, so look after them." Chen Xin distributed the tools to everyone and whispered to Han Ping when handing him a shovel.

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Han Ping nodded knowingly and approached Chen Xin’s parents, offering to assist them with their tools.

However, Chen Xin’s parents declined Han Ping’s help. Seeing this, Han Ping stayed close by, planning to do more work himself so that Chen Xin’s parents wouldn’t have to overexert themselves.

After all, among all these people, only Chen Xin’s parents were elders, unlike the young who are physically strong. It’s only natural to do a bit more themselves.

Chen Xin was the first to climb out along the path Han Ping dug yesterday. He didn’t start shoveling immediately but estimated his position relative to the door and climbed up to clear the snow on top of the observation room, aiming to at least expose the observation window.

Fortunately, Chen Xin was quite familiar with his shelter. Using the door as a reference, he quickly found the approximate location of the observation room, dug open the snow with his shovel, and created a foothold for himself, then started digging with the help of the exoskeleton.

The reason for not wearing the Power Armor today was that it was too heavy. Even if Chen Xin compacted the snow at his feet, standing was still challenging while wearing it. Unless he forcefully squeezed through the snow with the Power Armor’s strength, like when he returned, movement would be difficult.

Thus, the lighter and more flexible Exoskeleton Protective Suit was a more suitable choice compared to the Power Armor.

Compared to the Power Armor, which is more suited for combat, Chen Xin found the Exoskeleton Protective Suit more comfortable for regular work and excursions after using it for some time.

With the exoskeleton’s assistance, Chen Xin quickly shoveled away a large area of snow, pushing it aside as much as possible towards his target. He soon hit something solid with his shovel, jolting his hands.

Clearing away the snow, Chen Xin had reached the wall of the observation room. The previous strike of the shovel had hit the wall.

Since he found the wall, the rest was simple. Chen Xin quickly cleared along the wall, digging out the observation room buried deep in snow, exposing the observation window beneath the snow.

However, some ice had formed on the observation window, so Chen Xin needed to break it off, being careful not to break the glass in the process.

After removing the ice on the observation window, Chen Xin greeted Han Ze inside and turned around to continue clearing along the observation room, not forgetting about the ventilation vent installed next to it.

Even though the existence of a greenhouse and oxygen generator minimizes the impact of airflow through the vent, burying the vent would still cause some inconvenience, so the opportunity needed to be seized to clear it.

Clearing the ventilation vent was effortless; although ice formed near it as well, it didn’t take much effort from Chen Xin.

When Chen Xin finished removing the snow around the ventilation vent and descended along his previous ascent, Han Ping and the Mo Family sisters had already cleared a large area at the shelter’s entrance.

"Quick move, Long Drone!" Chen Xin greeted Mo Qingyan.

"You’re quick too, cleared all the snow up there?" Mo Qingyan seemed in a good mood today and wasn’t as cold towards Chen Xin as before.

"Yes, it’s all cleared. The observation window and ventilation vent had some ice, but it wasn’t hard to deal with," Chen Xin explained the situation above to Mo Qingyan, then resumed shoveling alongside her to clear the snow at the entrance.

The snow from the previous blizzard had piled up over four meters deep at the entrance of Chen Xin’s shelter. Although the snow was this deep only near the door, extending outward meant it got shallower, removing all the snow was still no easy task.

Even with the exoskeletons providing assistance, allowing rapid clearing of large areas without much effort, digging through an average of over two meters deep and at least one or two hundred square meters of snow in front of the door was quite a task.

Fortunately, including Chen Xin, all six wore exoskeletons, and despite Chen Xin’s parents being older and less capable of labor, the overall clearing efficiency remained high.

By lunchtime, they had cleared a large section of snow at the entrance, revealing the snow-buried main door and a small area around it.

"Alright, let’s stop here for the morning. Let’s have lunch and rest, we’ll finish the rest in the afternoon," Chen Xin suggested, inviting the Mo Family sisters and his parents to take a break.

Just as Chen Xin said this, Han Ze’s voice suddenly came through the communicator: "Mr. Chen, there’s a light in the distance!"