Chapter 81: Stockpiling Genes
After two air defense drills, the news and major official platforms stated that all drills have ended. Once the long alarm is heard next time, it will no longer be a drill. All personnel, no matter where they are or what they are doing, need to immediately enter the nearest building or hide indoors until the official announcement ends.
What to hide from?
The official did not say, but combined with the previous migratory birds and giant insects, the public did not make excessive doubts or confrontational remarks, and felt that this was just a protective record.
Some things have been subtly instilled in the public. When the public accepts a bad fact, they can naturally accept another worse fact.
Just like the people who have experienced the giant bug incident, if the same thing happens again, they think that this time they will calmly turn off the lights and windows, hide themselves in the closet or some other relatively closed place, and then call the fire department for help.
In such a slightly tense social atmosphere, You Li never came back from Nanhai Island. You Xi only received a WeChat message from Zhao Xuefei in the meantime.
Da Xue Fen Fei: My mother said she was going to marry that Uncle Zhang! She plans to divorce my father after returning from this vacation. Can you believe it! ?
You Xiaoxi: Why don’t you just tie her up on the plane?
Da Xue Fen Fei: She refused. She said there would be giant bugs when she came back. Nanhai Island is safer and she wants to stay for a while longer.
You Xiaoxi: ...
Although, I can't refute it.
Indeed, so far, many abnormal phenomena have mostly occurred in cold and temperate zones, but there are fewer such cases in tropical zones.
In the end, Youxi could only remind the other party to store more drinking water again, and naturally he was ridiculed by the other party again.
Regardless of whether Zhao Xuefei believed or followed Youxi's reminder to store drinking water, there have been many such calls on the Internet in recent days.
Many people have shown the results of their recent battles in the supermarket. Some people have stocked up ten boxes of instant noodles, self-heating hot pots and self-heating vermicelli of various flavors, saying that they can stay at home for two months without going out. Some people
pay attention to health preservation and show off the fruits and vegetables they have planted on the entire balcony, saying that even if they stay at home, they can have fresh fruits and vegetables every day.
Some people showed off their carefully prepared escape backpacks, and displayed the various items and their functions one by one, and taught people how to disinfect and filter water. At the same time, they said that chocolate, compressed cookies, and canned food are also indispensable. Finally, they recommended several types of marching rations that they had eaten and stored, saying that if there was really a situation, these long-lasting foods would be the most useful.
...
Recently, there are the most posts and videos like this on the Internet. There are many capable people, and the wisdom of the working people should not be underestimated.
Compared with those survival masters, Youxi is ashamed of herself. She can only live so comfortably in the end times because the time in the Star House Warehouse is still and she can store a lot of fresh food.
**
After the Youxi family of three stayed at home for a week, Fan Qi was a little restless.
She didn't want to go out for a stroll because she couldn't stay at home after the giant insect's shadow passed, but because of the two air defense drill alerts and official notices, as well as the stockpiles posted by many capable people on the Internet recently, she was prepared for a rainy day.
Because her house was large, she liked to stock up on some things. After her daughter came home, there were two people buying things for the house.
But this week, she didn't consume much other long-lasting staple foods, convenience foods, canned foods, dry goods, and frozen foods, but she had almost eaten up all the fresh vegetables, fruits, eggs, and milk.
She wanted to go to the supermarket while there was nothing going on outside.
There was a large supermarket near their community, which was only a ten-minute walk away.
Of course, for a supermarket so close, she can place an order directly on the food delivery app, and it used to be delivered in about half an hour to an hour.
Recently, due to the impact of giant insects, the orders of various food delivery platforms have surged. Deliveries are generally made by appointment, such as this morning's appointment for the afternoon or later, or in the afternoon for the next day.
Many people are afraid of giant insects and take leave at home, but more people still have to work hard for their lives.
These people only rested at home for a day or two when the giant insects first appeared, and then waited and saw the situation. When they found that the orders increased and the food delivery service fee also increased accordingly, they immediately went out to work. At most, they would wrap themselves more tightly and carry insecticide with them.
So if you just want to buy vegetables and fruits, you don’t have to go out in person.
Fan Qi mainly wanted to go to the protective gear store. She wanted to buy three more backup escape backpacks like the one she bought in Youxi. She also wanted to buy some protective clothing, gas masks, small water purifiers, and folding electric kettles that were popular online. She also wanted to buy more medicines
, including basic cold and fever medicines, antibiotics, diarrhea medicines, and traditional Chinese medicines for clearing away heat and detoxification. She also wanted to buy external medicines such as iodine, gauze, and Yunnan Baiyao, which can stop bleeding and reduce inflammation in case of wounds and inability to go to the hospital in time.
She also wanted to buy insecticides, insect repellent sprays, cooling oils, and medicated oils for bruises and injuries.
In peacetime, the home would not have such a complete stock, and many of them were bought a long time ago and were almost out of shelf life. She wanted to replace them all and stock up several times.
However, the stores on the takeaway platform did not sell so many of them, so she had to go shopping in person.
After listening to Fan Qi's list, Youxi deeply felt that her stockpiling gene must come from her own mother.
Her mother was so planned and organized, and she knew how to prepare for a rainy day. When many people thought the crisis was over, she did not relax her vigilance at all. I have to say that she really wanted to applaud her.
But everything Fan Qi wanted to buy was available in Xingwu and Xingwu's warehouse - not only that, but the quantity was also large, so even if the situation outside was okay now, Fan Qi did not need to go out and run around.
Youxi said that she wanted to go with her because she had to go to many places and buy many things, but she asked Fanqi for a two-day postponement on the grounds that she had to finish the draft today and tomorrow.
Two days later, she drove her out to buy.
"If you are busy, stay at home, and let your dad drive me." Fanqi still felt that it would be more reassuring to buy things earlier, in case everyone remembered this and rushed to stock up?
Similar things have happened before. Their S city has done a good job in responding to various crises, so the city order was not disrupted after the giant insect appeared.
But not every city is like this. Some places did not respond in time, and the follow-up work was not followed up well, resulting in insufficient supply of fresh food in supermarkets and agricultural markets in several areas, and many people faced the dilemma of not being able to buy vegetables.
Everyone was already panicking because of the giant worms, and wanted to stock up on a large amount of vegetables at once, so they tried to go to other areas to buy them. In the end, there was a scramble because there were too many people, and some people even fought over a few vegetables in the supermarket...
Unlike Yu's mother in the zombie world, Fan Qi had her own ideas. She wanted to go out to stock up, and Yu Xi naturally couldn't stop her.
In the end, Fan Qi agreed to postpone going out for a day to buy medicines and protective items.
As for fresh vegetables, fruits, fish, meat, eggs, milk, sausages, butter, and various snacks, bread, cakes, drinks, and buckets of water, Fan Qi couldn't help but immediately placed takeout orders from three different supermarkets.
These dishes and food cost more than 4,000 yuan. She took You Feng and You Xi up and down the elevator more than ten times to retrieve all the things. They filled up a large double-door refrigerator, a freezer for frozen food, and the storage room.
You Xi: ...
This is really thanks to You Feng and Fan Qi who have taken a [Strong Anti-Sugar Pill]. Otherwise, even moving these things in and out of the elevator would tire them to death...
You Xi agreed to accompany Fan Qi to buy protective items and medicines the next day. She didn't go out for a week, and she actually wanted to go out and see the situation. After all, even she didn't know when the end of the world would come.
This feeling is like a sword hanging over your head. You know it will fall, but you don't know when and how it will fall.
Every time something unusual happened around her, she would wonder if it meant that the entire planet was entering the apocalypse.
It has to be said that this feeling was not good, because this was her own real world, not the mission world. She liked this world, and everything she cared about existed in this world.
Even if she had been mentally prepared, she was afraid that she would wake up and find the familiar world falling apart.
Therefore, she had made all preparations, but she had not yet told her parents about the apocalypse. It was not that she did not believe in their ability to accept it, but that this feeling of suspense was not pleasant.
But recently, there have been more and more signs of the apocalypse. The appearance of that giant insect before was basically the same as the apocalypse in Youxi. She thought that maybe it was time for her parents to activate the "Star House Traveler" and then tell them about the apocalypse and the Star House.
She plans to tell her parents about this when she returns from going out tomorrow. Protective items and medicines are not easy to spoil. It is rare that Fan Qi has such an idea. The more of these supplies, the better.
Anyway, as long as the whole family acts together, there will be no big trouble.
**
The next day, You Feng drove, You Xi led the way, and Fan Qi took the list. The family of three went out to shop and stock up after staying at home for a week.
The streets outside are not as lively as before. There is less traffic. People who don’t have cars either take the subway or wait for the bus. There are very few pedestrians who choose to walk alone.
However, the number of riders delivering goods on electric vehicles has increased. Many people are reluctant to go out, and someone has to take this responsibility.
The delivery fee of the food delivery platform has increased by nearly two times compared to before, and the riders are also making a lot of money.
The protective supplies store that Youxi chose was a group of several stores connected together. There was a rich supply of protective supplies here, so Fan Qi could choose enough.
The store was along the street, and parking was possible at the door. After the three of them had purchased the items they needed, they could ask the store to help them load the car directly.
Fan Qi bought three escape backpacks with the most comprehensive functions, and he did not take off his protective suits and gas masks.
Next was the pharmacy. If he could not find everything in one store, he would go to two more. As long as Fan Qi bought several times the amount of everything on the list, he would buy a lot of health products with different functions at Youxi's suggestion.
After that, they bought various insect repellent sprays and drugs. Because they were afraid that the stores near their homes might not have all the products, they tried to drive along the road that sold such products at small and medium-sized supermarkets on their way back. They would stop by the roadside and buy products when they passed by one.
Most small and medium-sized supermarkets are located on the roadside, and there are parking spaces on both sides, which is much more convenient than large supermarkets that require parking in the basement.
However, every household is buying insect repellent products these days. They went to several supermarkets in a row and only bought three or four bottles of sprays, but they bought a lot of Fengyoujing, Qingliangyou and Floral Water.
After that, the car passed by several brine restaurants, and the three of them went in and bought some duck wings, duck feet, roast duck, brine beef, mouth-watering chicken, and cold seaweed. They planned to go back home to fry some vegetables and make some soup for dinner.
The car was basically full after this shopping trip, and the family of three set out on the return journey.
Not long after driving, it began to rain again.
The three of them didn't pay too much attention at first. After all, it has been raining all the time recently. When it rains, the whole outdoor becomes damp and hot. Whenever the rainfall reaches a certain level and the temperature gradually drops, the rain will stop.
Then the temperature rises, and then this process is repeated, so even though it is already late December, the temperature still remains between 17 or 18 degrees Celsius and 27 or 28 degrees Celsius.
To be honest, this is a very comfortable temperature for the human body - but the premise is to ignore the current season.
When the car was still two or three kilometers away from their home, the rain suddenly got heavier, from slanting raindrops to heavy rain, as if the sky was leaking, and the rain seemed to be poured down from the sky.
At the same time, there was a loud thunder.
You Feng had turned the wipers to the maximum, but still couldn't see the road ahead clearly.
The cars in front and behind them drove to the side of the road, stopped temporarily and turned on the double flashing lights, and You Feng drove over as well.
There are many shops along this road, including coffee shops, burger shops, and pizza shops. Because it was almost dinner time, some people didn't want to stay in the car, so they walked a few steps in the rain with umbrellas and rushed into the shop next to them.
After the first person rushed into the shop, the second and third people soon followed...
You Feng turned off the car, looked at the car window blurred by the rain, and turned back to ask You Xi and Fan Qi if they wanted to get out of the car and have some pizza nearby for dinner. The main reason was that the rain was too heavy and it was dangerous to drive.
Because there were several thunders outside, the sound was completely covered when You Feng asked this question, and he had to repeat it twice for Fan Qi to hear it clearly.
"Okay." Fan Qi nodded as she spoke. There happened to be an umbrella in the car. She was about to take it, but You Xi grabbed her wrist.
At the same time, You Feng, who was about to unlock the car door, was also grabbed by the wrist.
The two looked at their daughter's face. She frowned and looked shy. She was afraid that they couldn't hear her if she spoke, so she raised her chin to the side of the car.
You Feng and Fan Qi looked in the direction she pointed, only to see that the sky, which was dark due to the heavy rain, suddenly became bright. A thick lightning flashed across the sky, scattering countless curved white lights, one of which struck straight down.
With the deafening thunder, a tree on the pedestrian street across from their parking space was struck directly. With a bang, a bright fire exploded. The tree's branches were nearly half chopped off and burned instantly. The fire was quickly extinguished by the falling rain.
You Feng and Fan Qi were startled and stopped getting out of the car immediately.
"Dad! Drive 50 meters ahead. It's too close to the tree here." You Xi spoke without hesitation, then took his and You Feng's mobile phones and turned them off decisively. At the same time, he asked Fan Qi to turn off his mobile phone as well.
Fan Qi was stunned for a moment and then immediately reacted and turned off his mobile phone. At this time, You Feng had already driven the car, bypassed several cars in front, and stopped at a square entrance 50 meters away.
There were no trees or shelters nearby, and the roof of the bus was crackling with the heavy rain.
But at this time, no one paid attention to the heavy rain. Everyone's attention was attracted by the lightning that kept flashing and roaring in the sky.
The flashing lightning seemed to split the sky apart, and even through the car, they could hear the crackling sound of the electric current.
Soon, a second tree nearby was struck by lightning, and the passers-by who were originally standing under the bus stop to avoid the rain suddenly jumped up with a scream, shouting that there was electricity. Lightning kept striking, and rainwater conducted electricity. The superposition of the two caused a danger far beyond imagination.
You Feng asked nervously: "Are we safe in the car?"
"Safe, cars are not afraid of lightning, as long as we don't open the windows and don't stick our hands and heads out, the car is safer than many places at this time."
Fan Qi patted You Feng on the shoulder: "Don't worry, you are in the Faraday cage now, it couldn't be safer."
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