Author: fried bean curd

The second day of the apocalypse.

The temperature continues to rise, and the entire city has become an empty city. Everyone stays indoors and the air conditioner is operating at full capacity.

Occasionally, people who go out get sunburned even though they are fully equipped with sun protection clothing and umbrellas. They are forced to return to their unit building within a few minutes of going out.

More and more people are suffering from heat stroke, and hospitals are overcrowded.

The government issued emergency measures to shut down all factories and enterprises except for essential units, and all electricity was supplied to civilians.

But even so, public dissatisfaction is still boiling on the Internet. Not only is it hot during the day, but the temperature at night has not dropped much. It has only dropped from more than 50 degrees to 40 degrees. Everyone thinks it is the cause of environmental damage.

Jiang Ran turned a deaf ear to what was going on outside the window. Apart from occasionally reading the news in the owner group, he spent the rest of his time training and practicing.

The third day.

After training, Jiang Ran sat panting in the living room to rest. Suddenly, a series of beeps rang out from the group of owners.

She picked up her phone and looked at it.

The temperature exceeded the 60 mark and reached 61 degrees Celsius.

Jiang Ran was surprised when he saw the temperature shown in the picture. How could it exceed 60 degrees Celsius so quickly?

She remembered that in her previous life in her hometown, the temperature stayed above 50 degrees for a while, and only broke through the 60 mark after more than ten days.

Is the temperature difference so big because of different geographical locations?

If this is the case, will mutated creatures appear in advance? What will the mutated creatures in this city be?

At this time, new messages were refreshed in the owner group.

"Is there anyone in the group who knows how to repair the air conditioner? My air conditioner is no longer cooling. I can't live with it like this."

The group was quiet for a while, and the owner continued to send messages.

"Is anyone here? I can pay, five hundred, one thousand is fine."

But still no one responded, and the owner continued to post messages in the group. Some people couldn't stand it and replied to a message.

"Brother, it's normal not to cool down now. The outside temperature is 60 degrees, and the cooling effect of the air conditioner is not obvious. Even if there is a problem, it's so hot outside, and it won't be enough if people are exposed to the sun for a few minutes. It's impossible for anyone to risk their lives.

I’ll fix it for you.”

"Yes, money is not as important as life, let's think of other ways."

"The underground garage is quite cool, I think I can go down there."

This news resonated with the owners, and the news began to refresh rapidly again.

"Hey, our house has come down early. The temperature is high during the day. The basement is not only cooler, but also saves electricity bills."

"The garage should be hot too, right?"

"No matter how hot it is, it's better than inside. In fact, it's not bad in the corridors, especially the stairwells where the sun doesn't shine."

"Damn it, you guys are so unreasonable, you didn't say anything about such a wonderful place."

"It won't be cool if there are too many people."

After seeing the news in the group, many people began to retreat to the basement. Jiang Ran put away his cell phone and walked into the kitchen to prepare dinner.

I don’t know if it’s because of her improved physical fitness, but her heat tolerance has become much stronger. Everyone thinks the heat is unbearable, but she feels fine.

The dinner she prepared for herself today was beef brisket stewed with potatoes, a plate of stir-fried vegetables, and seaweed and egg drop soup.

After putting the food on the table, Jiang Ran was about to eat when the room suddenly became dark.

power cut.

Angry national curses rang out in the community, and the owners' tempers that had been accumulated during this period could no longer be restrained.

Jiang Ran walked to the living room in the dark and switched the power supply from the battery panel. The room lit up again, and lights came on in one or two houses in the apartment buildings opposite.

After meal.

After checking the security door, Jiang Ran locked the door and inserted the horizontal bolt behind the door.

Jiang Ran lacks a sense of security. She lives alone in a strange city and is still a girl. After renting a house, she changed all the door locks to explosion-proof ones. Unless she uses a chainsaw, it is impossible to break through the door with human power alone.

After closing the door and closing the curtains in the room, Jiang Ran returned to the bedroom, sat cross-legged on the bed and began to practice.

She now practices in the first half of the night and sleeps in the second half of the night to regain her energy.

Without the bustling neon lights, the city is pitch black at night, as if we have returned to an era when darkness controlled everything and the survival of the fittest was the norm.

There is no air conditioning to bring cooling, and the indoor temperature rises quickly. The owners have to take their families to the stairwell or underground garage where the temperature is cooler. The elevator has a backup power supply and is still running.

"Husband, take all the dry food with you. The food will go bad if the temperature is so high. Don't open the refrigerator. It can keep it warm and can last for a while."

"okay."

In a warm room, every word a woman says can be responded to by a man, and he will act quickly.

After a while, the woman came out of the house sweating profusely, and the man was carrying a bulging backpack, but the weight was easy for him.

The woman also came out of the bedroom carrying a small bag, and then the two of them left the house and took the elevator to the underground garage.

Many people upstairs wanted to go down, and they waited for several minutes before they entered the elevator. When they passed by the 8th floor, they saw only three families coming out to take the elevator.

An aunt asked curiously: "Hey, I remember that in room 3 on the 8th floor, he was an online writer. Why didn't anyone come out?"

"Two days ago, I saw that she asked someone to install solar panels. There should be electricity in the house."

"They are rich, so we don't need to worry about them."

"She used to go out for a walk every night, but I haven't seen her these days. I see that she sometimes comes back very late."

A few people were chatting, and after a while the elevator stopped again. After a person came up, the elevator began to beep, and the person hurriedly exited and waited for the next elevator.

After going down to the first floor, the elevator door opened and a cool breeze blew in. Everyone couldn't help but sigh.

"It's still cooler down there!"

Seeing voices coming from outside the corridor, someone quickly reminded: "Let's go, hurry up and get a good seat."

Everyone hurried out and found that there were indeed a lot of people in the basement. Many people had brought mats and blankets down, and there were brooms, mosquito coils, toilet water, etc. beside them.

The man and the woman found a seat next to a black car.

"Daughter-in-law, that's it. Our car is next to us. If you feel cold, you can go and sleep in the car."

"Um."

The woman nodded, and the two of them put their backpacks in the car, then went back upstairs and took out a mat.

In the spacious garage, everyone felt the coolness that they had not seen for a long time. A few people gathered together to chat, and some people filmed the situation in the garage into short videos and posted them online.

As we chatted, the topic of the hot weather came up.

"Have you seen the news? The whole world is experiencing high temperatures, and foreign countries are already in chaos. Many beautiful people are rioting, smashing shops, and killing people and setting fires."

"It's not just beautiful, the whole West is like this."

"very scary."

"If this high temperature continues, we probably won't be far away."

Everyone sighed together.
Chapter completed!