Chapter 151

The moment Su Jing's finger touched the villa's surveillance screen, the heatwave seemed to surge through the screen itself—

On the main suburban road, which the surveillance cameras were focused on, the asphalt surface gleamed from the sun, and distant scenery was distorted into blurry spots of light due to the high temperature.

The temperature display in the corner of the screen showed a red number "40℃", which was 8℃ higher than yesterday.

The communicator's message notifications went off incessantly, and the text in the system chat area refreshed like crazy, filled with desperate cries about "water".

The message from "China-Wang Qiang" came with a gasp: "Does anyone have any extra water? My son is dying of thirst! I just went to the lake on the outskirts of the city, but the bottom of the lake is cracked, and there's only muddy soup left. Drinking it gave him diarrhea!"

Next came a video of "American Lily," in which she was holding an empty water bottle against a backdrop of a street brawl: two men were wrestling over a half-full bottle of murky water, one with a bloodied forehead, the other choking the other, while others stood by, brandishing steel pipes, ready to snatch the bottle.

"Don't believe any of this lake! All the water we could find has been looted! Yesterday I saw someone stealing an elderly person's water storage bucket, and even smashing the bucket!"

"Su Jing, they're so pitiful, they can't even get water." Xiao Jin squatted beside the monitor screen, her dark eyes fixed on the people fighting for water on the screen. Her little paws gently touched the screen, and her voice, filled with pity, said, "Do we have enough water? Should we..."

“We have enough water, but it’s too chaotic outside. If we go out to deliver water, we’ll get robbed, and we’ll attract danger.”

Su Jing patted Xiao Jin's head and turned to walk towards the villa's water storage room—the underground water tank here was filled with purified rainwater and moat water, totaling 5 tons, enough for her, Xiao Jin, and the deer to use for half a year. The water purifier next to it was still humming and running, continuously purifying the meltwater from the moat.

She turned on the tap, and clear water flowed out. She filled a cup and handed it to Xiao Jin, saying, "Take care of yourself first, then you can deal with the troubles later."

The surveillance footage suddenly switched to another angle—at the entrance of a shelter on the outskirts of the city, a large crowd surrounded the iron gate. Some people were banging on the gate with empty buckets, while others were climbing on the gate and yelling, "Open the gate! What happened to the promise of half a bottle of water every day? Why isn't it here today!"

Inside the iron gate, two staff members in vests were blocking the way with wooden sticks. One of them shouted into a megaphone, "The water tank is empty! The purification equipment is broken! We have no water either! If you keep making a fuss, we'll kick you out!"

The crowd erupted instantly. Some people picked up stones from the ground and threw them at the iron gate, while others began to pry open the cracks. In the chaos, someone shouted, "There's water inside, they've hidden themselves!" More people rushed forward, and the iron gate was smashed and deformed with a loud crash.

Su Jing frowned and switched to the surveillance footage from the villa's perimeter—

The metal protective netting in the courtyard was intact, the water level of the moat was stable, the sunlight was blocked by the sunshade, and there was no obvious heat wave on the ground.

The temperature display screen in the control room showed "25℃". All 10 solar cooling devices were operating normally, and the cold air blowing out of the vents made the air completely cool.

She walked to the spatial transmission point and her consciousness sank into the spiritual herb planting area—a pale green light membrane where the temperature was stable at 24°C. The automatic irrigation system was watering according to the settings, and the new seeds of the hemostatic grass had already sprouted, unaffected by the high temperature.

"Ding-dong—" The communicator suddenly emitted a piercing alarm, and the screen was instantly covered by a pale purple light. The system notification sounded more serious than ever before: [Global Monster Catastrophe Mission Officially Released! Mission Target: All Post-Apocalyptic Survivors;]

Mission objective: Defeat invading monsters to earn points and monster cores; Points rules: 10 points per Tier 1 monster, 50 points per Tier 2 monster, 100 points per Tier 3 monster;

Effects of Demon Cores: First-tier Demon Cores can slightly increase the strength of supernatural abilities, second-tier Demon Cores can unlock new supernatural abilities, and third-tier Demon Cores can break through the upper limit of supernatural ability levels.

Mission Notice: The monster calamity will be prolonged and will not end simultaneously with the extreme heat period. The first wave of monsters is expected to arrive in various regions within 24 hours. Please prepare for battle immediately!

Su Jing's heart skipped a beat. Her fingertip traced the system notification, confirming the words "long-term and continuous"—

This means that the extreme heat is not over yet, and we will have to face the threat of monsters again.

She immediately turned to the robots and ordered: "Number 1 and Number 2, switch to combat mode and check the laser gun energy bullets;

Reinforce the outer perimeter of villas No. 3 and No. 4 with protective netting, and install vibration sensing devices 5 meters outside the netting;

Number 5 organized the weapons in the space, placing the laser gun, folding shovel, and climbing rope near the transmission point for easy access.

"Su Jing, are monsters fierce? Are they fiercer than the mantises in the dungeon?" Little Jin ran to her feet, its voice filled with tension, its little paws gripping Su Jing's trouser leg.

Su Jing crouched down and reassured it with her mind: "It may be fiercer than a mantis, but we have robots and weapons, and we have space to hide, so don't be afraid."

She took out the laser gun that she had used to kill the ferocious beast king from her spatial storage and checked the energy bullets—there were still 30 left, enough to deal with the first batch of monsters.

The communicator's chat area exploded again, this time filled with panic about the monster quest: "Monster? What monster? We haven't even gotten through the extreme heat yet, and now this?"

"How am I supposed to fight a Tier 1 demonic beast? I don't even have a decent weapon!" "Demon cores can enhance superpowers? Does anyone know how to use them?"

Su Jing did not participate in the discussion, but simply opened the system task panel to check the information of the first batch of monsters: [First batch of arriving monsters: Tier 1 "Crimson Flame Ants", 5cm in size, social, weak in attack but extremely numerous, afraid of water, with their demon core located in their abdomen].

“Fear of water…” Su Jing’s eyes lit up, and she immediately instructed No. 5 to connect the water pump of the moat to the sprinkler system on the outside. “Set up sprinkler belts outside the protective net. Spray water as soon as any red flame ants get close. This will cool them down and prevent them from climbing the net.”

She then took out a large number of plastic boards from the space and had No. 3 and No. 4 lay them around the perimeter of the protective net. "The red flame ants can't climb the smooth plastic boards, and with the added spraying, it provides an extra layer of protection."

As Xiao Jin watched the robot busily working, the voice in her mind gradually calmed down: "Su Jing, I can help too! I can keep an eye on the vibration sensor and tell you as soon as there's any movement!"

Su Jing smiled and nodded, patting its head: "Okay, then this task is yours. Let's deal with it together."

As the sun set, the villa's security had been completely upgraded: smooth plastic sheets were laid on the outside of the outer protective netting, the sprinkler system was connected to a water pump, the vibration sensor lit up with a green light, the robot's laser gun was loaded with energy bullets, and the weapons were neatly arranged in the control room.

Su Jing stood in front of the monitor screen, looking at the still chaotic city outside and the gradually darkening sky. She knew in her heart that the extreme heat would escalate to 50°C, and the monsters were about to arrive. This test of the apocalypse had only just begun.