My Doomsday Farming Truck - Chapter 36

Robert has modified the MCV according to Arther’s ideas, but the external design and color were not fixed, so he designed it to look a bit fancy as he has thought this MCV was modified for fun by the person behind Arther.

The body of the MCV had a shining special red on black color. It had a metallic shine on the body which made it look more futuristic and attractive. All the windows and windshield and rear window were covered with black tint.

They entered the MCV through the back door, Arther was already fascinated with all the equipment and features installed into the MCV. Robert kept explaining to him all the functions and operations. After finishing the explanation of the first deck, they didn’t go into the driver’s cabin but instead went to the second deck as Arther was more excited about it than any other feature. .

According to his design, the upper deck was partitioned into two main categories, a bunker, and an indoor farm.

These will be the main places they will rely on for their survival.

As they went to the upper deck via stairs the first thing they saw was an open corridor enough for one person to walk at a time, according to what Robert explained. The defense of the upper deck was twice as strong as the lower deck.

The floor of the upper deck was first laid with an alloy layer, then a heat-insulating material layer, and the floor heater and piping, then a wooden floor. This has reduced the height of the upper deck but it was still enough for an average person to walk. There was a bigger indoor farm room in the center of the deck covering almost 3/4th of the entire area. It was surrounded by a corridor covering the remaining area.

The floor of the farm was a small artificial ecological system. It has an Aquaponics system along with someplace to rear some hens and quails. It has a fish pond in the bottom with fishes that produce a high amount of nitrogenous waste, above the pond is a place for plants to grow such that their roots are in contact with the water, the roots absorb the nitrogen from the water as nutrients and the fish eat the leaves falling from the plants, the water is also connected to an irrigation system laid above a small patch of fertile soil, this will be used to grow some veggies, while some plants will be grown with the soilless technique above the pond. Above this was a big iron cage for chickens and other things Arther wanna rear. When the plants below grow to a certain height their leaves will become a type of fodder for these birds, Arther is also gonna rear some earthworms into the small soil patch to maintain the fertility of the soil and as fodder. The waste from the birds will fall directly into the pond water or on the plants and will be used as nutrients by the plants and fish. This will create a small ecological balanced system. Noe Arther only needs to maintain it well and keep checking the dirt level in the pond and water irrigation into the soil patch. If used well their family of four can easily survive with the food produced.

On the walls of the farm were shelves welded to the wall, they can be used to store the seeds, farm tools, and also the products grown. The temperature in the farm can be maintained as it had a separate heating and cooling system with small pipelines for moisture content. It was illuminated with LEDs used in the greenhouse.

The farm room was surrounded by a corridor, the corridor wall was also the external wall of the MCV, it was covered with thick alloy metal sheets. And there were small patches into the wall for observation. These small windows were Arther’s idea as they can also be used as shooting points when necessary. They provided a view angle of 270 degrees. This was also the angle of shooting. the windows can be used as support for guns as shooting from a moving vehicle was not easy. But this was not explained to Robert, these windows also had shutters to close them, And an emergency door was also built in both front and rear.

In the rear the area of the corridor was bigger than the sides, it had a rooftop opening glass window, this can be used as a shooting point or bunker with a 360-degree shooting angle. At a time only one person can stand here. While above the driver’s cabin, also there was a bunker build but this had a protective metal in the front, it had an area enough for two people to stand and was also connected to the driver’s cabin with an iron stair on the wall. This can also be used as an entrance to the upper deck.

After seeing all this they went to the driver’s cabin. The MCV already had an advanced driving system with semi-automatic and automatic driving modes, The driver’s cabin can be considered as the heart of the MCV as it contained the control panel of all the equipment of the MCV. It had a touch screen panel with various options like FM, radio, it can also be connected with a wired source, some charging ports, it also had an option to control the air level of the tires. Electric motor controller, battery status, fuel tank status, and other things important for driving a huge vehicle. The ground clearance of the MCV can also be increased when driving offroad.

There was also an extra fuel tank installed along with a diesel generator.

Arther was satisfied with the modifications, but he can’t keep the fancy look of the MCV as it will attract unnecessary attraction which might be harmful to him in the end time, he has decided to make some minor changes in the exterior design to make it look more ordinary. After they completed the tour around the MCV they took a test drive. After that Arther did the final payment but requested Robert to rent the warehouse for some time for which he paid a very small amount of money as Robert was not much interested in this empty warehouse, and he didn’t know when he can return here again or whether he can. Arther also bought some metal nets and bars from Robert from the remaining materials they had.

After completing all this Robert left with his people and the warehouse was left in silence again. Arther didn’t mind about this, he went to complete his work. He first welded the metal bars and net on the rear glass and the windshield. And the remaining bars and metal sheets were stored in the storage compartment for future use.

Now he can accept the MCV as his carrier vehicle, thinking about it his palms were already sweating and his breathing also increased.