Chapter 39 Chapter 39 A sudden drop in temperature
Wang Dali fought outside the base for a long time and was replaced due to exhaustion. He looked numb and walked slowly with his exhausted body covered in blood.
They have a very small base with about a few hundred people. For some reason, more and more zombies have been gathering around them in the past few days. Their leader feels that if this continues, things will get bad, so he organizes the young and middle-aged people in the base to go out and clean up the zombies nearby.
But the zombies could never be killed. Just when we cleared out a part of them today, another group would appear tomorrow and move towards the base. The zombies fell one after another, and the number of people fighting around them gradually decreased.
Riots have begun to break out in the base, and people live in fear every day, fearing that zombies will suddenly attack. However, it is very difficult to leave. The outside is almost surrounded. Staying means waiting to die, and going out... is also death.
Suddenly, a strong wind started to blow around, and Wang Dali was swayed by the wind, and the light quickly dimmed.
Snap… Snap…
Water droplets hit Wang Dali's head. He looked up and saw that the sky above him was terribly dark. Raindrops fell drop by drop, and gradually the raindrops became bigger and bigger. The cold wind was biting, and the raindrops accompanied by the strong wind blew on his body, which made him feel a little painful.
He wrapped his clothes tightly and ran home quickly. The people in the base were also running around looking for a place to shelter from the rain.
Their base is in a small mountain village with two rows of small houses with courtyards. There are limited rooms and several people live in each house. Wang Dali returned to the house. He and several other people living in the house formed a team to facilitate daily searches for supplies and complete tasks for the base. Now the others are still outside fighting zombies and have not returned.
He used a little water to wash himself, changed his clothes, and then walked to the window. He saw heavy rain outside, and a layer of mist formed on the ground. He could not see anything clearly. The strong wind blew the rain against the window, making a crackling sound. The cold wind penetrated into the house through the gaps in various places, making him shiver all over.
Something seems wrong...
Wang Dali felt as if the temperature had dropped suddenly. Although the temperature outside had continued to drop recently, it had never been as cold as it was now.
Could it be that he had a fever from being caught in the rain? Wang Dali thought that if he had a fever, he would be doomed, so he quickly turned around, took out a basin, put some dry firewood in it, and lit a fire.
Nowadays, there is no electricity, so everyone has to make their own fire to do everything. Every family in their base collects firewood to use for cooking.
He set up a bracket on the brazier, hung the kettle on it, and prepared to boil some hot water. Then he went to get his quilt, covered himself with it, and sat by the brazier to warm himself.
"Damn, this weather is really fucking terrible."
The door was opened, and the cold wind mixed with rain rushed in, causing the fire in the brazier to shake violently. His teammates quickly walked into the house and then struggled to close the door.
"Hey, Lao Wang, you actually came back first."
"Have you all retreated?" Wang Dali asked.
"That's right. How can we fight zombies in this weather? Those ghosts probably thought the weather was bad and retreated. The leader told us to withdraw."
"Damn it, I'm freezing to death. The rain starts coming down suddenly, and the temperature changes so suddenly. Ss ...
Several people took off their wet clothes, followed Wang Dali's example, wrapped themselves in quilts, and sat around the brazier.
"Damn it, this little fire is useless, let's build some more fires."
Someone stood up and brought two more basins, piled firewood in them, then took out two burning sticks from the braziers and put them in to light them.
The six people gathered around the three braziers for a long time, then poured hot water to drink, and only then did they barely feel a little warmth.
The heavy rain continued from the afternoon until the evening, but the temperature in the house kept getting lower and lower. They had no choice but to light a few more fires, and several people huddled together around the braziers and fell asleep.
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Chen Dongsheng was woken up by the noise outside in the middle of the night.
Ding dang dang!
"Chief! Chief!"
There was constant knocking on the door and someone outside was shouting anxiously.
He quickly got up, wrapped himself in thick clothes and went to open the door. When he opened it, it was one of his subordinates, holding a flashlight in his hand and looking anxious.
"Chief, something bad has happened. There's a fire in our base."
What? Chen Dongsheng, who was still a little sleepy, suddenly woke up after hearing this.
"What happened? Did you find anyone to put out the fire?"
"Well, a group of houses on the base suddenly caught fire in the middle of the night. I've arranged for people to put them out, but the fire is so big that we can only rely on manpower to get water, which isn't very effective."
The exterior of their villa house is mostly made of wood, and once it starts burning, it is difficult to control.
"Let's go, I'll go take a look." After saying that, Chen Dongsheng turned around and went back to the house to put on his clothes, then quickly left with his men.
From a distance, flames could be seen rising into the sky ahead. A crowd of people were shouting and crying everywhere. People were carrying various water-holding tools and moving back and forth to an artificial lake in the villa.
When Chen Dongsheng got closer, he saw that five or six houses in that area were already on fire.
There were managers from two bases directing the situation at the scene. When they saw Chen Dongsheng coming, one of them walked forward.
"Chief, I'm afraid this area of houses can't be saved. Everyone who can get out has come out, but Wang Dali's family and the two families on both sides of him, a total of more than ten people, are probably all inside..."
"What the hell is going on! Why did the fire suddenly break out out of nowhere?" Chen Dongsheng asked angrily as he looked at the scene in front of him.
"This... it was so cold after the rain that many people lit fires at home to keep warm. I wonder if this is why..."
The situation at their base was already dire enough, and now something this big had happened, it was simply adding insult to injury. He knew that the families who hadn't left during the fire were all the best at the base! If they were all wiped out in an instant...
"Quick! Let everyone who can move pick up tools to put out the fire!" Chen Dongsheng said as he picked up a bucket from the side and quickly walked towards the lake.
The fire was not completely extinguished until the next morning. Chen Dongsheng looked numbly at the completely burned houses in front of him, with despair in his eyes.
The manager took people to search the ruins, and bodies were carried out one by one.
A total of nineteen burnt charcoal-like corpses were placed in front of Chen Dongsheng.
"Chief, my preliminary assessment is that the fire started in Wang Dali's house. The six of them were sleeping around several braziers. I suspect the enclosed space caused carbon monoxide poisoning in several people, and the fire in the braziers ignited their blankets, causing the fire to start."
"The other two adjacent homes were probably sound asleep in the middle of the night, and when they woke up they were already surrounded by fire, trapped to death."
"Are these people mentally retarded?" Chen Dongsheng was about to collapse after hearing his subordinates' analysis. He lost so many people at once, and they died in such a way. He was so angry.
"Chief, our house has been burned down. What should we do?"
"Yes, Chief, where are we going to live from now on? The weather is getting colder and colder, you can't leave us without a place to live!"
"Oh my God, God is not giving us a way to survive! Chief! All our belongings were burned in the house, how are we supposed to survive?"
A group of people gathered around and cried to Chen Dongsheng.
Chen Dongsheng was surrounded by these people, and his ears were buzzing from the constant chatter.
"Everyone, please be quiet! Please be quiet! I will find a way! Now we can only ask you all to squeeze into the remaining houses!" Chen Dongsheng waved his hand and shouted loudly.
"That won't do, Chief! Our house is already full, there's simply no room for you!"
"That's right, Chief. We already have eight or nine people living in one house, and if you add more people in, how are we going to live?"
"Don't we have tents in this villa? Let them stay in the tents first."
After hearing what Chen Dongsheng said, the people whose houses were not burned down became angry and started to make a fuss. Then the other party also started to quarrel.
"Hey, we're all from the same base, so what's wrong with borrowing your place? This house isn't yours, so why not make the best of it, Chief?"
"What do you mean by living in a tent first? In this weather, can you survive living outside? How can you be so selfish?"
Seeing the people in front of him arguing, Chen Dongsheng was filled with anger.
"Oh no! Oh no!"
A man ran over breathlessly, looked at the noisy crowd and shouted loudly.
However, it was so noisy here that no one could hear his voice. He was so anxious that he raised his foot and saw that the leader was surrounded. He tried his best to squeeze in, and it took a while before he got to the leader's side.
He stepped forward and tugged at Chen Dongsheng's clothes, "Chief, this is bad! Something terrible has happened!"
Chen Dongsheng felt someone pulling him back and saw a man sweating profusely and anxiously saying something to him. The noise was too loud for him to hear clearly, so he could only shout, "What did you say?"
"Chief! Something terrible has happened! Our base is surrounded!"
"What? What happened to the base? Speak louder!"
"Our base is surrounded!"
Bang! A gunshot rang out, and the surroundings instantly became quiet.
Chen Dongsheng was seen holding a gun in one hand towards the sky, looking at everyone with a gloomy face.
Seeing that everyone had shut up, he put down his hand and said, "Tell me again, what happened to the base?"
The subordinate cried out with a sad face: "Our base is surrounded by zombies!"
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Suddenly, there was a heavy rain and the temperature dropped sharply. Now the temperature outside was almost dropping to zero degrees. Su Qing came to the base early in the morning and heard people report that some of the plants planted before had died. A sense of uneasiness gradually arose in his heart.
In the office, Su Qing asked Kong Wei, "How's the clothing production going?"
Before the end of the world, Kong Wei was the director of a large clothing company. After being introduced to Su Qing by Fang Qing, she put Kong Wei in charge of all matters concerning the clothing factory.
"The first batch of winter clothing has been rushed out, but there are only 1,600 pieces. Many people have recently joined the base, so we are still working overtime to rush the production."
"Where's the thick quilt?"
"There are only 500 of them at the moment. Our cotton and duck and goose down production is still insufficient. We are also processing them while we wait for the materials."
"Okay, I'll find a way to do this." Su Qing also knew that there were too many people in the base now, and she could never keep up with the progress of building the base.
"I heard that several small bases have been captured by zombies recently. How is your team organized?" Su Qing looked at Li Xing again.
Although Li Xing is a young kid, he has strong organizational skills and is quite resourceful. She asked Li Xing and another veteran Dong Wen to be responsible for the base's armed forces, organizing various teams, and daily training.
"Currently, fifty teams have been organized, each with ten people, and there are one hundred reserve teams."
There are already more than 3,000 people in the base now. This team of 1,500 people accounts for half of the base's population. Su Qing thought it was okay. Although this base has a defense system, it costs money to maintain it. Su Qing does not have much money and does not dare to put all the pressure on the system.
All capable people in the base were organized to undergo training to prevent being besieged by zombies. If such a day really came, they couldn't just sit there and watch while she was the only one to protect them.
"Okay, Brother Dong will have to take more care and train everyone well."
"Don't worry, Sister Su." Dong Wen nodded.
"The temperature has dropped sharply recently, so everyone should pay more attention to the situation at the base. Since we don't have much heating equipment, I thought I'd organize everyone in the base to burn some charcoal and distribute it. Also, I found a batch of hot water bottles outside and have them in our base warehouse. Please distribute them to everyone as soon as possible."
"Well, burning charcoal for heating is also a solution. We can also prepare more wood, but we also need to do a good job of publicity. Burning these in the house still has great risks. Carbon monoxide poisoning is no joke." Fang Qing said.
"Yes, yes, this must be emphasized! When heating a room, make sure to ventilate it! Don't seal the room just for the sake of warmth."
"Well, let's stop here for now."
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