Chapter 303 The Long-Awaited Sun.
Wen Qing and the others' fingers showed obvious signs of frostbite and were trembling slightly uncontrollably.
Luo Xingyou: "This awful weather makes it impossible to stay outside for long."
Gu Wan looked at her reddened fingers: "We were all bundled up like a ball, and we still got frostbite..."
Lu Nange took out various hot drinks from her spatial storage—longan tea with the aroma of dates, spicy ginger tea, rich milk tea, and warm milk...
They lined up on the island platform: "Have some hot drinks to warm yourselves up first."
As everyone warmed their hands with hot drinks, Wen Qing's healing ability quietly activated. After a faint, shimmering white light, the frostbite marks on the group disappeared.
Gu Qi looked out the window and let out a long sigh of relief: "At least we're in the Beijing area now. Although it's still a bit far from the city center, we can get there by car this afternoon."
Chi Yanzhou: "We can't figure out the situation yet. In this weather, there probably aren't many survivors out. We need to find a base to settle in first, and then we can find people after we understand the situation."
Shi Xu: "That's right, the probability of encountering a living person on the street is too low now. We need to find a base to investigate the current power distribution in Beijing."
Chi Yanzhou: "Nannan..."
Lu Nange didn't answer, but pointed to the thermometer inside the car: "It's actually minus fifty-five degrees Celsius during the day."
He Zhuo gasped, "Holy crap, 55 degrees!!! It's a miracle we didn't turn into ice sculptures after going outside!"
Gu Wan touched her sleeve with relief: "Luckily, we have the thermostatic clothes Nan Nan gave us."
Lu Xici asked worriedly, "Won't the temperature be even worse at night?"
Lu Nange's expression was grave: "I think we need to find a tall building to settle in as soon as possible."
Chi Yanzhou: "Nan Nan, do you think the weather might suddenly change?"
Lu Nange: "I'm just worried... about the previous torrential rains, the extreme heat, and the unusual weather in the last few days... I don't know what kind of extreme weather will come next, but if it's alternating between extreme heat and extreme cold..."
She paused for a moment: "That ice layer might melt very quickly."
Except for He Zhuo, who didn't react immediately, everyone else shouted in unison: "Flood!!!"
"That's right." Lu Nange's voice was heavy: "If it's direct extreme heat, it means a flood is coming... then we're not safe in the car, we must get to higher ground..."
She sighed softly, "Of course, I hope I'm just overthinking it."
Chi Yanzhou: "Nan Nan, I think you're right... We need to prepare for the worst..."
Lu Xici: "Then let's head into the city first, find a base to stay in, and then look for people?"
Gu Qi: "What if it really is extremely hot...what about our family?"
Chi Yanzhou: "Having experienced the apocalypse, everyone will become very vigilant, so don't worry too much."
At noon, after everyone ate some food that they had previously stored in the space, the RV headed towards the city center.
The further you go into the city, the denser the buildings become...
But the frozen road remained deathly still—aside from ice sculptures in various poses, there were only aimless zombies wandering around.
After traveling for an hour, Lu Nange and Shi Xu's mental energy finally detected the scattered signs of survivors...
Like a faint candlelight in the darkness, scattered among the ruins.
Most of the viaducts and expressways along the route collapsed or broke, with steel bars protruding from the ice.
Many more roads were completely blocked by ice-covered vehicles, forcing them to frequently turn around and take detours.
Gu Qi surveyed his surroundings: "There are signs of collapse and fighting everywhere..."
Chi Yi: "We're currently about 100 kilometers from the city center."
Chi Yanzhou: "Let's keep going around in circles. We need to get to the city center tonight."
The atmosphere by the island counter was completely different from usual—there was no laughter from watching TV series, no soft rustling of turning pages, no game sound effects, and no rustling of snack bags.
Everyone listened quietly as He Zhuo and Ji Xian took turns describing the streets of Beijing.
After several detours and detours, the vehicle finally entered the city area at 5 p.m.
Skyscrapers stand silently like frozen giants, their glass curtain walls, covered in ice sculptures, reflecting the eerie blue glow of car headlights.
The RV stopped silently at a secluded corner, like a cheetah blending into the shadows.
Lu Nange: "There's a survivor base about one kilometer ahead..."
Chi Yanzhou glanced at the thermometer inside the car: "It's too cold now. Let's spend the night in the car. Once the temperature rises during the day, Nan Nan can put the car into her spatial storage, and then we'll go over..."
He Zhuo said earnestly, "Brother Yan is right. Our RV is too conspicuous. Just to be on the safe side, it's best to put it away."
Gu Wan raised an eyebrow in surprise: "Not bad... He Zhuo, you've actually become cunning?"
He Zhuo: "I usually just don't bother with such things, but actually I'm quite cunning."
Gu Wan: "Yeah, not much of it, all solid..."
Gu Qi: "You two, stop standing around and get to work. Nan Nan said she's in Beijing, so we're going to have a nice meal tonight."
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The table was set with everyone's favorite dishes, and everyone's faces were filled with long-lost joy.
In any case, they finally stood on the soil of Beijing—after going through many hardships, they had finally returned.
As the clock struck ten o'clock at night, the outside temperature had plummeted to minus sixty degrees Celsius.
He Zhuo stared at the thermometer inside the car and sighed, "Sigh... Let's go, let's go, let's all get some sleep. This world is already so twisted, we really need to stay healthy."
Gu Qi: "Sleep? Forget about sleeping, let's keep watch tonight."
He Zhuo: "Then you two should go and rest. Old Gu and I will keep watch."
At five o'clock in the morning, Chi Yanzhou and Lu Xici, who were on night watch, noticed something unusual at the same time—the faint light outside the windshield no longer seemed to be refracted by an ice sculpture.
Chi Yanzhou immediately opened the canopy on the roof of the RV.
The faint morning light streamed in through the car's roof glass. Although it was still dim, it was indeed the long-awaited natural light!
Lu Xici's voice was filled with excitement: "Brother Yan, the sun... the sun is about to rise, isn't it?"
Chi Yanzhou gave a soft "hmm" and quickly walked to the thermometer inside the car. The silver pointer was slowly climbing—minus forty degrees Celsius.
Although this temperature is still extremely cold, it's already the highest it's been in two weeks...
Lu Xici: "Yan-ge, what if things really escalate as quickly as Nan-nan predicted? Should we wake everyone up first?"
Chi Yanzhou nodded decisively: "Let's go."
The two immediately split up and knocked on the door to call for help.
Hearing the commotion, everyone immediately stood up on alert.
Lu Xici pointed out the window and said, "The sun is out, and it seems to be getting warmer quickly."
Everyone looked up and, sure enough, saw the long-awaited sunlight through the sky directly above the island platform...
Lu Nange immediately pointed to the building behind her: "Let's go into this building first. There aren't many zombies, but the building is tall enough for us to handle any emergencies..."
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