Natural Disaster Apocalypse

Chapter 82:

As Qin Huai said, there are signs of everything, but when things haven't happened, those subtle signs are easily overlooked by people, or even if they notice, they can't think of what kind of signs the signs will bring. kind of result.

The matter of the alpaca can be regarded as a reminder to the people in the military department. Although they know that there is a zoo here, there are too many things to be busy, and people's affairs have not been sorted out, so they can't care about the animals. But I have to say that when the cities where humans lived were destroyed by earthquakes, even if the plague raged, it became a paradise for animals. They ran wild and multiplied rapidly. To them, the piled up ruins may be more important than the orderly steel Cities are more suitable for their survival. I don’t know if it’s a zoo, or some wild beasts in the mountains in the distance after the earthquake. In short, when the whole world has no industrial noise, and there are no steel carriages and horses on the road, large beasts begin to appear in people’s residential areas. wandering.

For several days in a row, many people were injured by these animals. They encountered wolves seriously and suffered heavy casualties. The point is that those wolves are not at all like those raised in zoos, wild wild growers and human captives. There is a big difference in the eyes, so some soldiers began to drive around every day to patrol, looking for these beasts that could hurt people.

Although there was no necessary connection among them, when he met Shi Yuanfei at the power supply station, Qin Huai still expressed his hunch.

It's not that Shi Yuanfei doesn't believe in Qin Huai, but he just analyzed it rationally: "Even if it is really a pack of wild wolves, maybe it's just because of the lack of food that they come to the city. Our home is destroyed, and their home may not be able to survive."

Qin Huai shook his head: "If it was just a random incident, maybe I wouldn't think too much about it, but recently, there have been frequent incidents of animals hurting people, and I always feel that something will happen. Of course, I just guessed like this, especially now that the temperature is dropping. Human beings can always perceive nature better than human beings, extreme heat is available, and extreme cold is not impossible, of course, if the cooling is only to restore the climate to how it was before, that would be better."

Shi Yuanfei nodded: "We will pay close attention to the temperature. Speaking of which, how is your work, do you need me to help you become a regular?"

Qin Huai smiled when he heard this: "Such a trivial matter doesn't need to consume Captain Shi's favor."

Many people have felt the drop in temperature. The difference between 50 degrees and 40 degrees can be said to be very large. When the temperature reached more than 40 degrees, which was unbearable for people, people who have survived such a long and scorching heat I even feel that this is just like the coolness of autumn, and everything must be compared.

And with the restoration of the circuit, everyone felt that everything was going in a good direction. Now that the new home has been settled, and the new environment is also under construction, their lives will one day be changed according to the government's planning and reconstruction. Back to the past.

Clearing up supplies in the army is much faster than people rummaging through it with bare hands. Soon some furniture items can be exchanged for purchase, but the points for redemption are not small. An air conditioner costs at least 20 points. This is a townhouse area. The monthly rent is mainly because these things are not produced under the conditions at present, and the quantity that can be found is not much, so it is a little more expensive. But no matter how expensive it is, someone will change it. After all, although the temperature has dropped, it is still hovering above 40 degrees.

Looking at the community that became lively due to the opening of the redemption point, Mu Nan reminded Jianchu and the others: "Go and exchange some supplies for the winter."

Their points were settled later. The biggest source of points came from the cans found on the way here. There were dozens of boxes of canned corn and meat, as well as some supplies of rock sugar and beans. You can have more than 700 points, and now the points you can earn from working for a month are only around 100. More than 700 is considered a very good family fortune. Because they have a lot of money, Mu Nan said let them buy some. .

Jian Chu looked at the sun-shading curtains that could not be removed outside: "Winter? What kind of winter is this going to be?"

Mu Nan said: "The temperature has dropped, which means that winter will definitely come. It's just a matter of time. How cheap it is to buy off-season. Look at twenty points for air conditioning, one or two points for quilts, and not even a can of meat." Many, you can change them when the weather is cold. Don’t say it’s too late. It’s hard to say whether you can get them at that time. Now there is no production factory, and those are the ones that are turned out. Anyway, my family has already changed them. You guys Figure it out for yourself."

Seeing that Jian Chu was still hesitating, Mu Nan was afraid that they would freeze to death at that time, and said again: "If there is no accident, we will all live here in the future, why don't we buy more of our belongings while it is still cheap, and we will be short in the future? If you want it, you may not have it.”

Jian Chu looked at Yu Zibai, a little moved, and said, "Then why don't you change it?"

Yu Zibai felt that Qin Huai had the ability and foresight, and as Mu Nan said, when the temperature drops, winter will come sooner or later. I got the supplies, after all, everyone migrated here with their pockets cleaner than their faces.

On the third day after they rode their small three-wheeled bags to the military headquarters to exchange for those winter items that no one cares about, the bright sun was shining brightly, but it was suddenly covered by dark clouds when everyone was sleeping, and they didn’t know for a while. Where did the cold snap blow away the dry heat that had lasted for more than a year, and the temperature continued to drop at an impossible speed. Some people woke up from the cold in their sleep, and some people were killed by the sharp drop in temperature in their sleep.

When did this cold winter come? In fact, Mu Nan doesn't remember the exact date. In the last life, this winter came very suddenly, and people had already passed by at that time and had no concept of time. Mu Nan didn't know either. I will be reborn, so naturally I can't remember all the days so clearly, I only remember an approximate time is June.

So when the temperature dropped, he was also caught off guard by the cold. Qin Huai was more vigilant. When he felt that the room temperature was too low, he woke up very sensitively. He opened the curtain and saw that the sky outside was gloomy. When the window is opened, the temperature inside the air-conditioned room is even slightly higher than the temperature outside.

Qin Huai immediately adjusted the cooling of the air conditioner to heating, pulled out the quilt and covered Mu Nan with it, then went downstairs to turn on the floor heating in the house, and called the neighbor next door through the intercom. The person next door was probably still soundly asleep, and he yelled several times before answering, thinking that something had happened.

While checking the doors, windows and heating equipment in the house, Qin Huai said, "The temperature has dropped, don't die from the cold, remember to see if Xu Ming is awake."

Yu Zibo, who was holding the walkie-talkie, was stunned for a moment, then got up and opened the window to check the situation. As soon as he opened the window, the chilly temperature blew him away, and he was a little dazed. It's probably only a dozen degrees or so cold, and the cooling rate is too fast.

Qin Huai went back upstairs, opened the window and threw two stones across from them, soon there was a dog barking in the opposite room, and then someone opened the curtain and took a peek outside, saw that it was Qin Huai who was opposite, and A little surprised, but they soon found out that the weather outside was different, so they opened the window and looked at it, only to be shaken by the cold wind.

Qin Huai said: "It's okay, I remind you that the temperature has cooled." After finishing speaking, he closed the window and went back to the room.

In such a short time, the outside temperature seemed to drop a little bit, the heating inside the house did not drop as fast as the outside temperature, and it felt like the room was getting colder and colder. Qin Huai added another quilt and covered it for a year. Mu Nan, who was not used to the weight of the blanket, was woken up by the quilt. She was still not awake, so she subconsciously stretched out her hand and pushed it.

Qin Huai got under the blanket and hugged him: "The temperature has dropped, I turned on the heater in the house, but the temperature hasn't risen yet."

Mu Nan fell asleep in a daze: "It's so heavy."

Qin Huai touched his hands and feet, but luckily they were all warm: "If it's not heavy, it'll be cold to death."

Mu Nan turned over in the quilt, as if he wanted to check the time with his mobile phone, Qin Huai pulled his hand out of the quilt and said, "Go to sleep, don't look, it's still daytime."

Mu Nan groaned, it was still a bit difficult to wake up fully when she was fast asleep, but at least she remembered to remind others, so she went to touch the walkie-talkie again.

Qin Huai had no choice but to pull him back under the quilt: "Go to sleep, I have notified everyone, even Niu Niu's house smashed the windows and woke them up, they won't be frozen to death."

Only then did Mu Nan feel relieved, and burrowed into Qin Huai's arms. The air outside was getting colder and colder, so he naturally rubbed wherever it was warm. But before he could fall asleep again, Qin Huai was woken up by the sound of gongs knocking on the door. Qin Huai put on a thick coat, walked outside to the balcony of the living room, opened the balcony door and looked out, there was a group of soldiers.

Seeing someone coming out, the soldier who knocked on the door quickly said: "The temperature has dropped, please keep warm, don't fall asleep."

The sound of knocking on the gong and knocking on the door was so loud that every household was woken up, and some people realized that the temperature outside had actually dropped, and this drop made them want to go straight into winter.

When someone got up and responded, the soldiers made a record in the small book and wrote down the house number. Those who knocked for a long time and no one answered, they just tried to break in. The houses here are basically resettled by every household. It is full, there is no such thing as no one, and basically can't go out in broad daylight, so if no one responds, something must have happened.

Qin Huai returned to the house, saw that Mu Nan had already sat up and rubbed his eyes, and said helplessly, "Are you still sleeping?"

Mu Nan yawned and stretched, and when he saw that it was only twelve noon on his phone, he shook his head: "The dark days are about to come to an end, and we are about to usher in the light!"

Qin Huai laughed and said, "It's as if the disaster is over."

Mu Nan: "Anyway, I can go out during the day. Sleeping during the day and sleeping at night still feel different. Even though day and night have been reversed for so long, I still feel that sleeping at night is more comfortable."

Pulling back the cover, looking at the gloomy sky, everyone in the military department frowned. Shi Yuanfei waited expressionlessly for the statistics of supplies from the logistics team. Before that, they were cooling supplies, but now they are cold-proof supplies. Fortunately, When Qin Huai told him, he paid attention to letting people sort out the things for the winter in advance, but he didn't expect his prediction to be fulfilled so soon.

Looking at the gloomy sky outside and the ever-falling temperature, none of the people who returned to base 713 had a good face. Some even couldn't help cursing: "Are you trying to kill us?"

Veterans with a little longer seniority also looked exhausted, but still cheered up: "First put on the winter clothes, as many cars as can be dispatched, and find a way to make some noise, driving in and out of the city Go wherever the car can go, there is no way to gather everyone together, so find a way to wake everyone up, wake up at least to be able to live, it's better than freezing to death in sleep."

A new round of rescue is about to start again, but many people's mentality is completely exhausted. One after another disaster, there is no room for people to breathe. Thoughts, so as not to live and suffer. But those who bear the responsibility do not allow themselves to be weak. If they don't work hard to stand up, their country will really be over.

Mu Nan saw that the sky was very gloomy, and he didn't know when the sun would come out again. He was a little afraid that the battery would be overloaded, so he turned off the air conditioner on the second floor and turned on the heating for the whole house. The air conditioner on the third floor was still on. The heating doesn't come up so quickly, and there are soil pots that have sprouted and grown seedlings on the third floor, so they can't be frozen to death by the low temperature. The electricity used is the government's power supply, and the storage of our own solar energy is not used for the time being. In case of a power outage and no sun, at least it can still be used for a while.

The snow hadn't started to fall yet, but the wind was very strong, gusts of cold wind blew past, blowing the curtains used to protect the outside to the sky. Mu Nan looked at it for a while, and decided to go upstairs to remove the curtains by himself. Come down, lest you be blown away by the wind.

He was just about to go upstairs when he saw Qin Huai coming back, he quickly leaned on the railing and looked down: "Brother."

Qin Huai looked up: "Go back to the house, you won't be afraid of the cold if you wear so little."

Mu Nan took a look at the down jacket on her body, there were warm clothes inside and two sweaters, there was not much at all. When Qin Huai came upstairs, Mu Nan asked, "Do you still have to go to work today?"

Qin Huai shook his head: "I don't need it for now, the sudden drop in temperature has messed up a lot of people, just wait for the notification from over there." He went to Building No. 1 just now, and No. 1 Building has equipment to communicate with the office building of the power station, so he went to He asked if he was going to work as usual today, but he thought and guessed that he might not need to go to work for a day or two. He probably was busy making a rescue plan there, so he moved slowly, and he didn't know how many people would freeze to death. Moreover, many people did not have time to prepare for the sudden drop in temperature. The family may not have thick clothes that can withstand the low temperature. At this time, it is difficult for people to go to work.

Seeing that Mu Nan was about to go upstairs, Qin Huai knew what he was going to do, so he pushed him back into the room: "I'll just go up and collect it, as the clothes haven't been taken off yet."

Mu Nan followed behind him: "I'm with you, I wear a lot, this is an arctic down jacket, super thick."

Qin Huai was afraid that he would catch a cold, so he took off his clothes without any explanation, and drove him back to the room.

The external curtains on the upper floor are very easy to collect. Qin Huai originally installed them, so he knows where the ropes can be untied by pulling a slipknot. When he was collecting them, Yu Zibai just happened to come up. The two sides of the roof can actually communicate with each other. The fence that was erected only reached the chest, so it was easy to turn over. Seeing that Qin Huai was there, Yu Zibai leaned over wrapped in his clothes against the cold wind, "Have you turned on the floor heating?"

Qin Huai nodded: "It's on, but the temperature hasn't warmed up yet, so it might take some time."

Yu Zibo said: "Thanks to your reminders before, we changed into some thick clothes and quilts, otherwise we might freeze to death right now. Those with air conditioners at home are fine, but those without air conditioners are waiting for the floor heating to heat up. It will be really cold. Death, I just hope that the power will not be cut off, the sun is blocked, can it work at the power station?"

Qin Huai shook his head: "I don't know, but solar energy is not the only way to generate electricity. Just in case, we have already started repairing other power stations. Are you still working today?"

Yu Zibai covered his collar tightly, the wind was too strong, even if he didn't cover it tightly, even if he was wearing a lot, he still poured it into it: "I probably won't go, anyway, the salary is paid every day, and if you go, pay it every day. Stay home and check the situation."

The two talked for a while, and then went to remove the curtains outside. It was so cold that the wind seemed to blow through the thick clothes and into the bones of people. Who would have thought that it was too hot to wear clothes yesterday, Today, I can stand outside wearing winter clothes in the cold and still have chattering teeth.

Qin Huai placed the removed curtains directly on the corridor between the third floor and the roof. After returning to the room, he took off his coat and stood under the air conditioner for a while, blowing away the cold air on his body. Just sitting on the sofa next to the bed, Mu Nan was already sleepy and yawned hugging the pillow, but she still resisted to sleep. Now that the daytime is not hot, she has to adjust the day and night upside down.

Qin Huai squeezed his face: "Go to sleep when you're sleepy, there's no need to hold on."

Mu Nan was iced by his hands, and woke up a little bit after dozing off: "No, I can't sleep, now I can't fall asleep at night after sleeping, eat something, you won't be sleepy after eating."

Qin Huai laughed. It was only three or four o'clock in the afternoon. Usually, he would have to eat when he got up at four or five o'clock. You can go out during the day, and the three meals a day will return to the previous time, don’t eat now and then you will be unable to eat later.” If you can’t eat dinner, you must have supper later, and you can’t control eating too much after supper. Sleeping at night will definitely cause stomach upset, so he has to keep Mu Nan in check and not let him come casually.

Mu Nan took a small cake, piled a few packets of French fries and potato chips on the coffee table in front of the sofa, and brought out a bunch of fruits, and asked Qin Huai to move the projector over for him. movie, I want to refresh myself watching it.

Qin Huai said: "Will you not be nervous or afraid watching this kind of film?"

Mu Nan clicked his tongue lightly: "You underestimate me too much. I'm someone who can watch chainsaw horror for dinner. This kind of heart-wrenching horror movie is just music and atmosphere. Even a ghost who shows his face can't No, what are you afraid of?"

Facts have proved that some big words are always slapped in the face.

Mu Nan sat on the toilet, and didn't dare to close the bathroom door. The reason was that the bathroom was too cold, so he had to open the door to go to the bathroom, so that he wouldn't be caught in the cold. As for calling Qin Huai twice from time to time, it was purely boring to squat on the toilet , Chatting to pass the time.

After a while, Qin Huai, who was chatting with him, suddenly fell silent. Mu Nan tried to stretch his head to look out, but the toilet was a little far away from the door, so he couldn't see outside at all, so he couldn't help but asked, "Brother? Are you still there?" , Brother? What are you doing? Brother? Brother? Come back."

Qin Huai didn't answer for a long time, Mu Nan couldn't sit on the toilet anymore, he felt that a white hand would come out of it at any moment, he was frightened by his own associations, he didn't want to go to the toilet anymore, just as he was getting ready, Qin Huai He suddenly appeared at the door of the bathroom, and leaned against the door with his arms folded and smiled, "Is this not afraid?"

Mu Nan quickly tightened his pants: "Why are you here, I didn't even close the door, you go out, don't stand at the door."

Qin Huai smiled and said, "I haven't seen anything on your body."

Mu Nan directly took out a pillow from the space and hit him: "Don't stand at the door, go away, I can't pull you out when you stand at the door!"

Qin Huai: "Aren't you afraid? It's good that I'm here with you."

Mu Nan tugged on his trousers: "Qin Huai!"

Qin Huai shrugged his shoulders with a smile, afraid that Mu Nan would really be teased by himself, so Qin Huai let him go, and returned to the sofa with a pillow in his hand, and found a lively variety show with a louder voice, so that there would be nothing wrong with it if it was lively. So scary.

Mu Nan heaved a sigh of relief, this Qin Huai really won't change his bad nature no matter how old he grows up!

The howling cold wind chilled the land thoroughly in just one day, and at night, snowflakes floated in the sky. Even though the higher authorities tried their best to keep the residential area uninterrupted, the Some people living in the house are still freezing. Those who didn’t get the air conditioner before can only wait for the floor heating to heat up, but the floor heating can be heated up so quickly. This kind of central heating will take at least a day. about.

As a result, many people didn’t have winter clothes, and the temperature at home couldn’t rise. They all ran to Building No. 1. Building No. 1 is the temporary settlement for soldiers here. Generally, if you need help, you can go directly to Building No. 1. Look for them, they don't need other help right now, they just need a warm place to resist the cold, at least until the temperature in the house rises, otherwise they will really die of cold.

Building No. 1 is already full of people, some of them are even wearing short-sleeved shorts. No one thought that the temperature would drop all of a sudden, without even a buffer period. Before, they were only rushing to fight the heat. When they found some thick clothes and bedding in the ruins, they even threw them away because they thought it was too hot and the distance was too troublesome. Now it was so cold that they were trembling all over and their brains were about to freeze, so they deeply regretted it. At that time, if he didn't dislike the trouble and moved back, how could he be frozen into a fool now.

They are okay here, at least there is still a place to ask for help. Those who have been placed in the campus for isolation and have not been transferred have really died of cold. They were originally isolated here because of illness. They came here for rescue in a short time, but some people who were already sick with a fever couldn't carry it over, and it seemed that they were about to die.

The sudden heavy snowfall at night escalated the cooling disaster again. Not everyone has cold-proof clothes. Those who have already settled in this residential area can still be woken up in their sleep. Those survivors in the distance have not yet I don't know how many people can carry it.

The vehicles that went out to patrol and rescue picked up the exposed survivors one after another, and placed them in the school auditorium that was slightly repaired and available later. The outside was responsible for finding people, and the inside was responsible for distinguishing and isolating people, sick and not sick Those who are infected must be isolated, otherwise they will infect each other when they are together, and none of them will be able to escape in the end.

Too many people have been transferred, and there is no room for them in the auditorium. There is no choice but to use limited materials to continue to build resettlement sites, so we can only increase reward points to call on the public to actively participate in rescue operations.

This rescue is just to build houses instead of following the soldiers to save people. There is no need to contact those who are sick, but there are not many people involved. The main reason is that they don't have thick clothes and they have the heart but not the strength.

They all went at the beginning of Jian. They have clothes, and they won’t be too cold if they wear more clothes. Now they give more points, which just happens to earn a little more. It's been a cold year, and it's so cold that I can't go out in the end, so I can only earn more points now to exchange for some food and hide in the house to avoid the winter.

Wu Zheng and his brothers also went together, and they were worried about locking Niu Niu in the room alone, knowing that Qin Huai didn't intend to let Mu Nan go out to work, so Niu Niu was sent to Mu Nan's place.

Mu Nan stroked Niuniu's dog's head, sat by the window and watched the group of people who were wrapped in thick clothes leave, and sighed: "There are only two of us left."

Niuniu: "Wow!"

Mu Nan: "We are all the same, we are all the ones raised in captivity."

Niuniu: "Wang..."