The Ark of Asylum (The Ark Series Book 1) Read Online Free PDF Page B

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                  In the coming months, more gold is pulled out of the Ark than anticipated. Billions of dollars worth of gold and other precious metals have already been mined and with much more to come. As the Army Corps of Engineers, along with some additional private structural engineers, arrive at the Ark, they are all shocked by the massive amount of gold being excavated from the mining site.
    They immediately erect large pillars inside the Ark for support and then move on to the interior walls. They leave the granite shell intact and also add steel, titanium plates, and a concrete mixture made from crushed granite and rock, and all reinforced with a tungsten and chromium mixture. This combination of materials will virtually create a massive interior shell. Various rare metals are also found within the Ark, and when mixed with steel, it makes one of the strongest metals known to man. The main walls are in excess of twenty feet deep of concrete and roughly six feet deep of steel and titanium. Various sections are even thicker than that.
    Months go by with non-stop work being done on the Ark, hundreds of men working around the clock in shifts and all led by the Army Corps of Engineers. With the majority of the gold and rare metals excavated from the site having an estimated value of over fifty billion dollars, a large section of the Ark now becomes a stronghold to house the gold that has now been refined and melted into gold bricks. Almost half of the gold is sold to the U.S. government and private investors at full market value, which is at an all-time high. The rare metals are not sold off but are kept for construction, manufacturing, and other future uses.
    With the entire interior wall almost completed, the construction of the multiple levels is now underway. Made of purely concrete, more than thirty levels are constructed, which will form the main infrastructure of the Ark. The lowest few floors are allocated for the thermal heating system, the water purification system, and the air purification system. The next lowest floors are where the housing will be built, consisting of basic concrete rooms that will sleep anywhere from two to six people. There are community bathrooms to be shared in groups of roughly twenty people.
    The next floors up from the housing floors are for dining and extra living quarters. There are multiple cafeterias adjoined to food preparation areas that are just a floor or two away from the hydroponic gardens and massive grow rooms. Just above the cafeteria floor will be mostly dedicated to a sports complex that contains all the same sports amenities as outside. The floors above that will mainly consist of recreation and entertainment areas. The other floors will be determined at a later date. Because of this, a large amount of construction equipment will be stored.
    With the Ark still under heavy construction and now with a large amount of extra income, a whole new group of about one hundred construction workers is brought in. They will begin construction again outside, building more of a town for the citizens to live and work in. A main street will be built, modeled after the one in Breckenridge, made to look like an old mining town or ski village. There will be retail shops to purchase clothing and gifts, restaurants to dine at, bars to relax in that only serve beer and wine, and a movie theater and gaming arcade, all to little or no cost to the residents. An amphitheater is also built for music concerts, orchestral and live bands, and for plays. A full recording studio and film studio are also built, allowing John to continue working on different projects and continue collaborating with his production company.
    The zoo construction is also nearly complete Most animals, especially vicious ones, will be separated by fenced-in enclosures that include shelter within the Ark. Large corridors with separate blast doors directly connect to the Ark and allow for safe animal transfer in