Chapter 250 Eighty-eight, quite auspicious
After making a batch, Mu Ci thought that the matcha flavor that Jiaojiao liked was out of stock, so he simply mixed another bottle of matcha sauce.
Shi Jiaojiao took a deep breath of the fresh and slightly bitter scent of matcha in the air, with a smile on her face.
It would be nice if life could always be so peaceful.
But she understood that this idea was wishful thinking, at least in recent years.
Afterwards, she did not forget to use the intercom to reject Wang Jia's kindness.
Aloe vera and cactus are just snacks for me, but for Wang Jia and Tang Wei, they are staple food.
So she simply made an excuse, saying that when she was packing supplies, she suddenly found an ice maker that she had forgotten in the corner. Although it was not as big as a freezer, it was more than enough for two people, and the aloe vera and cactus leaves could also be chilled with ice cubes.
After much persuasion, Wang Jia finally gave up giving away half of his food rations.
However, she still felt that she and Tang Wei had taken advantage. After all, the freezer that they found together should have been shared, but now because of the temperature, it had become their private property.
The two felt bad, and after some thought, they simply took out some supplies and prepared to give them to Shi Jiaojiao and the others as compensation when the temperature dropped and they could go out.
They knew that Shi Jiaojiao did not lack these things, but that was no reason for them to feel at ease and enjoy preferential treatment.
When it comes to being friends, we need to be clear about what we are doing. Sometimes it’s not because we are being distant, but rather because we cherish the friendship too much.
The four people on the mountain were obsessed with making popsicles, and the survivors in the city below the mountain were also immersed in the joy of the recent good news one after another.
Just when everyone let down their guard, the polar day quietly extended its claws.
First the temperature went through the roof. It was hot enough before, but the highest it had only reached was eighty degrees.
But now, the temperature has directly broken through the 80-degree mark and is rising rapidly.
Even today the highest temperature has reached 88 degrees.
Shi Jiaojiao looked at the numbers on the thermometer and curled the corners of her mouth.
88, quite auspicious?
She didn't know whether the temperature would exceed 90, but whether it did or not was meaningless to humans.
If you go out when the temperature is over 80 degrees, you will be burned to death. If you go out when the temperature is over 90 degrees, you will still be burned to death.
The only difference is the length of time it takes to die.
Shi Jiaojiao marked the temperature on the calendar and calculated the time. She found that the polar day had already arrived for two months.
Because of the sudden increase in temperature, the four people did not dare to be lazy and seized the time every day to continue digging the hole.
If the temperature continues to rise like this and the hole is not dug deeper, they might really be separated in life and death.
Shi Jiaojiao directly took out the small robot in the space and asked it to do the work instead of herself.
To be on the safe side, she directly ordered two robots to dig twenty meters deep. If they couldn't hold on, they could continue digging.
Wang Jia and Tang Wei didn't have Shi Jiaojiao's golden finger, so they could only carry an engineering shovel and work hard on their own.
The deeper they dug into the mountain, the more difficult it became, but the two men did not dare to be lazy. In order not to be beggars, they had to grit their teeth and keep working.
At eight o'clock in the evening, everyone finished work at the same time.
Wang Jia's weak voice came faintly from the intercom: "I feel hollowed out..."
Tang Wei was also breathing heavily like a broken bellows, but the slogan engraved in his mind still made him unable to help but reply: "Give me a bottle of Pulse, will Pulse come back?"
Shi Jiaojiao listened to their conversation and almost couldn't help laughing out loud.
She decided to open a bottle of Pocari Sweat and reward herself.
As the days passed, the efforts of Wang Jia and Tang Wei began to show results, and the cave had been dug about six or seven meters deeper.
Although it is not enough, at least I can finally put my mind at ease.
The temperature outside never broke 90 degrees, hovering around 80 degrees every day.
That day, Shi Jiaojiao and Mu Ci had just come out of the space after washing up when suddenly the phone rang.
Shi Jiaojiao's heart skipped a beat, and a feeling of uneasiness suddenly surged into her heart.
The call was connected, but before she could say anything, Qin Jun's slightly anxious voice came from the receiver.
"Hour, you guys hurry up and prepare in advance, a group of locusts will soon pass through the border!"
Officials in City S have just received a notice from the neighboring province that the other side is now being attacked by locusts, and it won’t be long before the locust army will head towards City S.
Shi Jiaojiao felt a buzzing in her head.
locust?
It's 80 or 90 degrees outside now, and there are locusts passing through?
Who would believe this if I told them?
But that's what happened.
Qin Jun gave a few instructions and hung up the phone in a hurry. He had to take his people to make preparations next.
He had squeezed out time with great difficulty for this phone call.
You know, the flying speed of ordinary locusts is about 10 kilometers per hour, but now is the end of the world, even plants have mutated, who knows if the locusts have mutated?
Maybe it will be even faster.
There is not much time left for City S.
Thinking of this, Qin Jun became worried.
This evil God just can't bear to see humans having a day of leisure.
After Shi Jiaojiao hung up the phone, she immediately contacted Wang Jia and Tang Wei using the intercom.
After hearing this, surprise and shock were not enough to express the emotions on their faces.
Wang Jia was silent for a moment, then uttered a sentence silently: "Does this world no longer have any science at all?"
Shi Jiaojiao took out the heat-insulating suit from the space and said, "Look, it's been so long since the end of the world began, and so many things have happened. When have I ever talked to you about science?"
In fact, the four of them lived in the mountains and were not very afraid of locusts. After all, even if there were many locusts, they couldn't eat through the entire mountain with just their mouths, right?
If that is the case, then don't bother. Just eat something good and choose a comfortable position to wait for death, because God has not left any way for people to survive.
But as long as the locusts have not yet metamorphosed enough to eat rocks raw, they can survive by guarding the entrance to their holes.
The biggest problem at the moment is solar panels.
Solar panels are too fragile. Even if they are not eaten, they cannot withstand the impact and destruction of wave after wave of locust swarms.
So, it must be removed!
The temperature is so high that it would be dangerous for them to go out, but if they don't go out, they will just have to wait for the solar panels to be destroyed by locusts and die.
Since both sides face death, I might as well give it a try.
They also have equipment such as thermal insulation clothing and thermal blankets.
Shi Jiaojiao put the mask on her face and carefully measured the temperature first.
Seventy-five degrees, good chance.
Fortunately, it is now past eight o'clock in the evening and the temperature has dropped by more than ten degrees compared to noon.
She picked up the intercom and told the person on the other end, "The temperature is 75 degrees now. Put on your thermal suits and blankets. Be sure to pay attention to your health at all times. We still have time. Don't think about finishing the work in one go and then taking a break. Your body won't be able to handle it."
Wang Jia and Tang Wei both agreed with serious faces.
When they first moved in, for convenience and because they were worried that the wires would not be long enough, they hung solar panels on both sides of the cave entrance.
Shi Jiaojiao put on her sunglasses and watched Mu Ci push open the cave door.
As soon as the door opened, the scorching hot air outside rushed in and fought with the cold air in the cave.
In just a moment, Shi Jiaojiao felt her whole body burning hot. Even with so many heat-insulating equipment, she still felt short of breath.
It's not that I can't breathe through my nose, but that my skin all over my body is suffocating, as if I were thrown into a tightly sealed furnace.
The two men didn't dare to waste time and rushed out the door immediately, one of them rushing to the side.
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