Chapter 51 Extremely Hot [VIP]

"What? There's water on the 17th floor? And you can even trade it for supplies? Is this true?"

"I heard the 17th floor is very expensive, requiring gold and jade to be exchanged for it. Tsk tsk, the world is really..."

"It's easy to talk without any pain in the back, but I think you're still not thirsty enough! The weather is getting so hot again, and the electricity hasn't been repaired. There's a lot of food being distributed, but there's no water. I'm dying of thirst! No, I'll go and get it no matter how much you offer!"

"I remember last time on the 17th floor they also wanted gold, jade, and stones. Why are they so interested in this?"

After Qiu Hongwei got the water, he did something. He and several others split up and started distributing flyers to people they met.

It wasn't long before the remaining two buildings knew that the 17th floor of Building 15 was willing to use water in exchange for valuables.

There were whispers in the residential building, but some people had actually seen Qiu Hongwei's two bottles of water, which were cleaner than the ones they filtered themselves, and no one knew where they found them.

No wonder the 17th floor can still stand. Just with the water, the most precious source for human beings, it can survive for a long time, especially in such hot weather.

This time, Qiu Hongwei didn't have to beg from house to house, but someone would take the initiative to bring the valuables they carried with them to their homes to exchange them.

Of course, there are also some people who are reluctant to give up what they have accumulated throughout their lives, and they are still struggling with their conscience.

But the price Tang Tian posted was very expensive: 10 grams of gold could be exchanged for a 500ML bottle of water.

You can only exchange half of a 20G jade stone, and cut another half of a 30G jewelry stone.

As for cash, Tang Tian guessed that no one had cash on hand right now, so it was not included in this category.

When the residents heard the price, they started to curse, but in the end they all became attracted by it.

If you really take gold and jade to exchange outside now, others may not necessarily accept it. At least the 17th floor is real!

Qian Peng felt extremely distressed upon seeing this.

If he had known that there would be extreme heat in the future, he would definitely have kept the gold in his home to exchange for water instead of exchanging it all for food!

Gao Lan lost a child, and then this happened. The hatred brought by the grief was directly imposed on the Tang family. She said angrily:

"Only her family has food and water, and lives comfortably! People like us deserve to die!"

Qian Peng frowned and said nothing. His wife was becoming more and more unable to know her limits.

In order to exchange the water, Li Feiyang, Chen Youlin and Qi Chang also took out some valuable items that matched their needs at home to exchange for the water.

And Choi Soo-young, who always has the most accurate intelligence, would definitely know this news.

She didn't want to go at first, but her grandson was so thirsty and cried every day.

She cried until she had no more strength left. She was so scared that she quickly took out her gold bracelet and planned to exchange it for a few more bottles of water.

A few people came to the 17th floor. The door to the corridor was open, but it was crowded with people.

The queue had actually formed, and I could faintly hear the noise inside:

"Why can't I exchange my bag? Do you know how much it's worth? If it were exchanged for gold, it would be worth dozens of grams!"

"I just bought this watch, it's at least 99% new, why can't I exchange it?!"

As for such unreasonable people, Tang Tian simply closed the doors and windows and went on strike, and later there were great scholars who would argue for her.

Sure enough, when Tang Tian left, the people behind him became anxious and started cursing at the people in front:

"If they say they don't want to change, then they won't change. Why are you still hanging around here? We still want to change, get out of here!"

"If you prevent us from getting water, I'll kill you before I die of thirst!"

Faced with such aggressive words, the person in front had no choice but to give up and leave in shame with his things.

Tang Tian then reopened the window and used the loudspeaker to shout to the team behind him:

"I'll say this one last time. We only accept gold, jade, and jadeite jewelry. We won't accept anything else. If you don't have any, you can go back!"

Li Feiyang and others could only continue to queue.

The temperature in the corridor was also very high, like a preheated oven.

There was also a pungent odor emanating from everyone.

Behind the door is the Tang family who has been melting snow to store water.

After confirming that everything he collected could be bought with real money, Tang Tian was overjoyed.

She said that what Qiu Hongwei brought last time couldn't be all of it, and they were all hidden.

Now that she has used the water resources, they have all been blown up and are being delivered to her doorstep. Now she is rich!

But just in case, the air conditioner was not turned on at home. Tang Tian wiped the sweat off her face while laughing.

Li Feiyang and others received large and small bottles of water from the Tang family. It may not seem like much, but people now no longer drink the water. Instead, they use the water to wet their lips, or hold a mouthful in their mouths for a long time to quench their thirst.

So a 500ML bottle of water can be saved and consumed for a long time.

Choi Soo-young reluctantly handed over a gold bracelet, which was bought by her son for her birthday. It was quite heavy, and if it weren't for her grandson, she wouldn't be willing to take it out.

Tang Tian took it and it was the real thing.

She pressed the corner of her mouth,

When Choi Soo-young saw the clear water, her eyes lit up, but she still asked doubtfully:

"Are you sure this water is drinkable? Don't let my little grandson get sick from it, or I'll come find you!"

Tang Tian hummed:

"Everyone in the building drinks this anyway. If you don't want to drink it, don't drink it. I won't be the one dying of thirst in the end anyway!"

Choi Soo-young was choked,

The valuables in people’s homes are gone once they are replaced and will not be replaced again, and the valuables are gone.

The entrance to the Tang family gradually became quiet, with only a few people still kneeling and begging and crying there, but she ignored them.

But soon, she heard a familiar voice:

"Cousin! I don't have those valuables at home, please give me a bottle of water!"

Wei Qian not only knelt down like those people, but also banged on the door and begged.

Tang Tian paused and asked:

"How is my uncle?"

Wei Qian was stunned, his eyes red, and he understood what had happened without having to say anything.

When Wei Mingyang's wife packed up and ran away, she probably took away all the valuables in the house. If the government had not distributed supplies, the Wei family would have been wiped out long ago.

"Wei Qian, I have this exchange rule. If I break it for you, what will happen to the others? But..."

The more Wei Qian listened, the more desperate he became. He even thought about jumping off the 17th floor. But after hearing that twist, he rekindled his hope.

Tang Tian cleared her throat:

"I can give you a bottle of water, but you have to leave Hexinyuan, how about that?"

Relatives are like time bombs. Although Wei Qian has never broken off relations with them, if they stay with him forever, who knows what will happen in the future.

Wei Qian originally wanted to go to the official shelter. If it weren't for Wei Yu's noise, he probably wouldn't have come to Hexinyuan.

Hearing Tang Tian say this, he didn't get angry. There was also a shelter in Area S. This bottle of life-saving water should be enough to get him there.

Wei Mingyang is dead, and Wei Qian has found a place to bury him. Now he is the only one left at home.

After thinking for a moment, he gritted his teeth and agreed, and Tang Tian gave him a bottle of water.

He held the bottle of water and left without looking back.

…

"Brother, we still have those valuables at home, right? How about we go and exchange some water for them?"

Shen Yaoyue suggested, feeling extremely envious.

Their family went out quite often, but they didn't bring much supplies. How did Tang Tian find so many sources of drinking water?

The weather is so hot that it is very easy to get heatstroke. Although there are medicines and heat-prevention bags in the supplies, the situation is worse without water.

Yan Chunhua's cheeks flushed slightly. She wiped the sweat off her face, took out a jade bracelet, and said:

"Other neighbors drank the water and nothing happened, which means Tang Tian's water is safe. Now these are all external things, why not exchange them for water?"

Shen Boyun nodded and left the house with the jewelry.

As a result, I saw a circle of people kneeling at the door of 1701, all of them knocking on the door and begging, with some moral blackmail in between.

Tang Tian's move does have both advantages and disadvantages. Although it can help him to find more gold and jade, it will also bring more harassment.

But she is now counting the amount of krypton gold she has spent, so she ignores the noise outside.

It was not until she heard a loud shout outside the door and the noise gradually disappeared that she went to the entrance.

"Tang Tian, ​​it's me."

Shen Boyun cleared his throat before handing over the jade bracelet and continued:

"I want to change the water, too. Is this okay?"

Tang Tian took it and weighed it. This jade bracelet was probably about the same weight as Choi Soo-young's gold bracelet, also forty grams. She took out two bottles of water and handed them to him.

After she returned, she continued to spend money. At the end of the day, she had spent more than 300,000 gold coins on various gold ornaments, jade pendants, jade bracelets, and jadeite jewelry.

Compared to gold, they have more jade and jadeite around them, but unfortunately it is second-tier and not as expensive as gold.

But for some upgrades, 300,000 gold coins is not a lot.

Tang Tian thought about it and decided to open a new ability column for everyone.

The rest were gold coins earned in the food store, and Tang Tian used them all to upgrade the popcorn machine, which was equivalent to upgrading the air bullets.

"No! You're not allowed to go!"

Sun Gaohan crossed his arms angrily and glared at the person next to him, saying dissatisfiedly:

"Did I give you less food and drink or something? Why do you still want to go to 1701? Aren't you worried that there might be something wrong with their water?!"

Several people looked at each other without answering, but they kept muttering in their hearts.

Everyone in the entire building has gone there to change the water. Now the news has spread to the building next door, and I heard they are coming there too. So what's wrong with the water?

And Sun Gaohan, because he couldn't stand 1701, wanted to cut off their path? How could there be such a leader?

He who knows the times is a hero. There are so many water sources in 1701, and there must be a lot of supplies. Why should they still stay under Sun Gaohan's command?

Even if you go to Qiu Hongwei, you can get the upper hand by being close to the water!

Thinking of this, some people secretly took things to the Tang family to change the water while Sun Gaohan was not noticing, and people from Building 14 next door also came to change the water.

Some people even surrendered, wanting Tang Tian to overthrow Sun Gaohan and take charge of the entire building, and they praised the subsequent benefits and their group's loyalty to the sky.

But Tang Tian didn't have such a carefree attitude. She just touched her chin and asked:

"Sun Gaohan...does he have anything interesting?"

It happened that he was also a smart young man, and he had just gone to Sun Gaohan to seek support. He understood Tang Tian's meaning as soon as he heard it, and nodded quickly and whispered:

"Yes, yes. Director Sun's wife and children are all dead, so he moved around like the rest of us. He brought everything in his bedding with him. Some people have already thrown away those valuables, but he couldn't bear to part with them. They must be with him!"

Tang Tian's curved lips:

"Okay, then you find a way to give it to me. I won't treat you unfairly, just don't let Sun Gaohan find out!"

Unexpectedly, the young man actually went to steal, and finally brought back a bag filled with small yellow croakers and other jade stones shining with gold.

These alone are almost enough to match the supplies of the entire building, plus 200,000 gold coins!

A mere neighborhood committee director can have so much money, maybe it will be useful in the future, no wonder he is reluctant to throw it away.

Tang Tian generously took out four bottles of water and gave them to the young man. The young man was very excited, but he also knew that he would be discovered later, so he quickly packed up and moved to another place.

When Sun Gaohan discovered that the property he had accumulated throughout his life had been stolen, Lei Ting was furious.

I also know that it was stolen by someone around me, but after asking around, no one agreed. I guess someone just gave in and took advantage of the situation.

And who in the entire building wants gold and jade the most? Who has the ability to seduce others?

1701!

Taking advantage of the fact that the door to the nearest corridor was open, not locked as usual, Sun Gaohan immediately rushed to that floor with people and weapons, scaring the people who were begging at the door of the Tang family into running away.

"Tang Tian! Come out! Give me back my things!"

However, Tang Tian was eating heartily at that time. When she heard Sun Gaohan's voice, she frowned.

The most annoying thing is being disturbed while eating!

She wiped her mouth and whistled, and Tan Tan poked his head out of the food bowl and followed her.

Tang Tian was more decisive this time. Following Sun Gaohan's loud shout, she opened the door directly.

He raises his leg towards the person in front and kicks him in the heart.

The man screamed and flew straight from the door to the window at the end, groaning and unable to get up.

Everyone opened their eyes wide in shock, and even Sun Gaohan's throat seemed to be strangled and he could no longer make a sound.

At that moment, the weapons in the hands of the minions fell to the ground with a ping-pong sound, and they all knelt down and shouted:

"We are willing to follow you, Big Sister!——"

Tang Tian:?

Sun Gaohan: ???

Tan Tan: Woof? Should I bite or not?

"Are you guys rebelling? She's our enemy!——"

Sun Gaohan stamped his feet. He really didn't understand why these people betrayed him in person.

But Tang Tian didn't give him time to think, and kicked Sun Gaohan in the stomach again, sending him flying again!

In fact, she didn't have that much strength, but unfortunately, she had just finished showing off a whole plate of braised pork.

If double skin milk is only at level 1 of strength enhancement, then braised pork is at level 5, which is not at the same level at all.

The remaining minions came up on their knees, calling her "big sister" attentively, but Tang Tian was still savoring the braised pork in her mouth.

It was her favorite thick and oily sauce, bright red in color, rich but not greasy.

She also mixed the sauce with rice, and every grain of rice was covered with the delicious juice. It was so delicious to eat it in big mouthfuls.

She never expected to be interrupted by Sun Gaohan, so she just wanted to go back and continue enjoying the food.

Tang Tian waved her hand and went back to her own place. The people who stayed behind looked at each other, at a loss.

They went over to take a look and found that the person who was kicked out first and Sun Gaohan were almost on their last breath.

They betrayed him in public, and given the latter's character, how could he let them go and tolerate them again?

So they simply ran away without even helping each other, and either moved or left Hexinyuan completely.

…

Over the past few days, Tang Tian collected a lot of gold, silver and treasures, and spent a total of 500,000 gold coins, which was probably the limit for these two buildings.

Upgrade the original LV1 medicinal field to LV2, and upgrade the LV2 pasture and workshop to LV3.

Tang Tian bought a few more cookbooks, as well as a few more canning jars, wine barrels, juicers, etc.

As she clicked, she suddenly saw her stamp collection again.

Unexpectedly, before she knew it, she had collected hundreds of seals, which meant that so much time had passed again.

It’s been almost a year...

Others may feel that every day is a long time, and even think it would be better to reach heaven early.

Tang Tian felt as if she had just passed by in a flash, which had never happened in her previous life.

After all, she didn't live that long in her previous life.

The number of stamps used to exchange for equipment is more than the number of stamps used to exchange for recipes. She chose for a long time and decided to exchange for a piece of equipment this time.

"Ding. You received [Soda Machine] x1!"

"Host, the soda machine will randomly produce a flavor of soda every day, depending on the ingredients the host has currently unlocked. After drinking the soda every day, a random amount of mental power will be restored!"

Tang Tian actually already had quite a few things that could restore her mental strength. But who wouldn't want a glass of iced soda on a hot day?

Tang Tian immediately clicked on the soda machine, and with a ding-dong sound, a bottle of green soda appeared in her hand.

"Ding. You receive 1 melon soda. Your mental strength is restored by 30%."

Tang Tian took out the cup slowly, grabbed a handful of ice cubes and put them down, then opened the bottle cap with a pop of soda and poured it all in, making the ice cubes clink.

Take a sip, the cold soda mixed with the refreshing sweet melon flavor, the intense tiny bubbles stimulate every part of the tongue, it is so refreshing.

Moreover, the soda produced every day does not have to be consumed on the same day. You can save it and drink it whenever you want!

Now Tang Tian has used the water source to search for valuables in the building. She probably has collected all of them, otherwise she could actually use other things to exchange.

"Tiantian, this is for you."

Tang Yi came over and handed over a black thing.

Tan Tan followed her, drooling from his mouth, probably from food.

Tang Tian took it and bit it directly, her eyes slightly widened.

It actually tastes like pork jerky!

Tang Yi smiled and said:

"The sun is strong now, so it's easy to dry things. Mom has been busy with this recently. In addition to pickling vegetables in cans, she has also started drying various vegetables. For example, dried bamboo shoots, dried radishes, and preserved vegetables. It's easier to use than an oven, and meat can also be made into jerky."

"And with the smoker and fish smoker you bought, there's so much more you can make. Mom's still experimenting with it."

Of course, they also made another batch of unseasoned dried meat, which was specially for Tan Tan to eat. It can be used as a snack and can also help grind teeth.

"Tell Mom to close those blackout curtains after you're done drying to keep the sun out."

Tang Tian nodded and gave further instructions.

There was nothing wrong with Wei Mingxia doing this. This kind of dried vegetables and meat has a long shelf life. If someone found out, they would just feel envious and jealous, but not too suspicious. Only if they saw fresh vegetables and meat would they become suspicious.

Besides, she had loved this kind of logistical work before the end of the world, and it could also waste time.

Only when people are busy in the last days will they feel that time passes quickly, otherwise they may feel that life is worse than death.

…

Tang Tian glanced at the thermometer and saw that the temperature outside had reached around 45 degrees.

It seems to be just a rise of a few degrees, but for Spring City, it has already broken the record of a hundred years.

Fortunately, the air conditioner at home could still be turned on and electric kitchen appliances could be used, but in order to reduce the pressure, Tang Tian no longer used the ice maker.

I tuned the radio to the national station and there was new news.

The country is moving at a fast pace. It has already rearranged the air-raid shelters and is also expanding the ground shelters.

Tang Tian thought that if natural disasters continued in the future, these shelters might be gathered together, and then the word "shelter" might not be enough.

Tang Tian hasn't been out for a while, so she's been staying at home.

In addition to exercising, practicing weapons, and reading professional skill e-books as usual, I also occasionally watch movies and novels.

There was no electricity or internet, but there was cache, so Tang Tian actually found a few apocalyptic novels. One of the words caught her eye:

[Base], a shelter that can accommodate hundreds of thousands or even millions of people, is like a town managed by the government!

Chuncheng has always been at the top of the country, and it might be able to build a base earlier than other places.

Of course, if there are official bases, there must also be unofficial bases slowly emerging.

Tang Tian fell into deep thought.

Our family's conditions are pretty good now, but what should we do if the authorities force all citizens to go to the base?

The shelter was already a mess, and she couldn't imagine a base with even more people.

"Please have mercy on us and lend us some water..."

"My child is dying of thirst. I kowtow to you..."

The noise outside the door interrupted Tang Tian's thoughts, and she curled her lips.

The gate is new and has been reinforced with supernatural powers.

But we can still hear these things, which means they still have strength. It is not as miserable as they say. They are just playing the victim.

Almost all the residents in the two buildings exchanged their valuables in their homes for water. The Tang family did not accept luxury goods, so most of the people who came here wanted to get something for free through moral blackmail. However, Tang Tian usually chose to ignore them.

She reset the radio and turned up the volume.

The authorities are already doing their utmost to find water sources such as groundwater, and there is also news about the construction of a new water plant.

This type of water plant does not necessarily use tap water, but is a water plant that specializes in purifying water.

Some coastal areas have even turned their attention to the vast ocean, trying to use water conversion technology to provide water for the people.

In addition to water, there is also food.

The authorities have just developed cold-resistant crops, but who would have thought that the extreme cold would not last long and that extreme heat would come again in the blink of an eye.

The authorities are deeply concerned that the temperature will continue to rise, so they have begun researching heat-resistant crops without delay.

However, the floods have destroyed a large amount of arable land, and we still need a better plan for planting, which will be implemented later.

In fact, the authorities do not want to use artificial rainfall to cool down the temperature, but there are prerequisites.

Looking at the current weather, the conditions are simply not right for the event, so we should not waste the opportunity.

Tang Tian installed blackout curtains on all the windows in her house, which were kept closed during the day and only opened when the sun went down, even to let in some fresh air.

When the temperature rises in the future, I'm afraid there won't even be a chance to breathe.

Sun Gaohan, who was injured internally by Tang Tian's kick, finally moved to his own residence.

He used to be surrounded by his subordinates, but now there is no one around him. He is like a piece of garbage thrown away.

Sun Gaohan gave a bitter smile, but the half-closed door was opened by an outsider.

Who is that...?