The blizzard turned the entire Yunhai City and the surrounding areas into a crystal sea of snow, and people shivered in their rooms to keep warm.
Many people whose houses collapsed due to the earthquake had to live in tents, and most of them chose to stay together for warmth. It was not difficult to find these scrap woods among the ruins, but the heavy snow buried all the ruins, and it was not easy to find these firewoods for heating.
Unable to find discarded wood for heating, many people simply cut down the trees planted in the green belts, without caring whether these freshly cut trees can be ignited or whether they will produce smoke due to high moisture content. Anyway, as long as it is wood that can provide heating, it will be fine!
Seeing that these trees produced a lot of smoke when burned and were difficult to ignite, some people poured gasoline on the freshly cut trees, and after they burned and turned into charcoal, they took them home for heating.
This kind of thing that seems almost impossible to happen on a normal day can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys of Yunhai City.
Even the rescue workers who came down from above were unable to stop the citizens from destroying the plants in the green belt.
This blizzard started in the north and spread from the northern border to the southern land.
Even though it passed through so many cities, the blizzard still did not slow down, and even continued to expand southward, until the blizzard reached the southern coastline, freezing the entire coastline with a layer of frost. The blizzard gradually weakened and did not continue to expand into the sea.
This strange and massive snowstorm started with people fighting over territory, clothing, fuel, and warmth. However, on the fourth and fifth days...
Many cities began to become chaotic. Many people took advantage of the severe weather such as the blizzard to smash and loot shopping malls, and searched out all the supplies in the closed shopping malls. The police in the city were simply unable to stop these people.
The earthquake rendered the emergency telephone useless, and 70 to 80 percent of the city's roads were damaged by the earthquake, making it impossible for even police cars to move freely in the city.
These two problems have resulted in the police having no way of stopping the criminals from robbing indiscriminately. Unless they are caught on the spot, generally speaking, the police will not know the news until half a day later!
Communications are backward, transportation is blocked, and there are severe snowstorms now.
It is so difficult to catch these people who smash, loot and rob!
It is precisely because of this that the situation of looting and smashing has become increasingly serious.
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Yunhai City, Yunhai Square.
A fight was taking place at Yunhai Square in the center of Yunhai City.
Yunhai Plaza is a large pedestrian street that was renovated a few years ago. Therefore, the buildings surrounding the plaza are relatively sturdy and rarely collapse. While the buildings haven't collapsed, these shops can't open. After all, with no power, no water, and even no internet signal, even if they want to open their doors and have people come to buy things, few people have the cash to come to these shopping malls!
Therefore, the shop owners in the pedestrian street shopping plaza had no choice but to close all their shops, lock up their original stores, and wait to open again after the disaster.
However, on the fourth day of the snowstorm...
Someone simply pried open the door of the New World Department Store in the center of the square!
As the iconic building at the heart of Yunhai Square, the New Century Department Store naturally withstood the earthquake, but it couldn't withstand the looters. Four security guards, who had been given a pay raise to stay behind, were hit on the head, and one was stabbed to death by the robbers.
There were at least fifty or sixty people, both men and women, young and old, who came to the New Century Department Store to steal things. They all rushed into the mall. No one knew who stabbed the security guard to death.
Everyone just excitedly rushed to various store counters and the supermarket in the middle of the mall, grabbing the daily necessities they needed.
The security guard who was stabbed to death was lying in a pool of blood, looking extremely creepy.
Under such circumstances, who of the remaining three security guards would dare to stop this group of people?
One of the security guards even turned around and reached out for the luxury fine clothing that he would never dare to think about in normal times. These clothes usually cost tens of thousands of yuan each. Their monthly salary as security guards in the New Century Department Store was only 5,000 to 6,000 yuan. Even if they went without food or drink for two or three months, they might not be able to afford a piece of clothing for the other person.
He had been coveting these things for a long time while he was working.
Now I just keep doing it!
As the saying goes, the law does not punish the masses. Because of the earthquake and snowstorm, the current situation has occurred. Even if the higher authorities sentence these people, it will certainly not be too severe. A small number of those who came to the mall to steal things were truly evil-minded, while many others were forced by circumstances.
The house they originally lived in collapsed due to the earthquake, and the relief supplies distributed were not much. After just a few days, they really couldn't bear it anymore and thought of coming to the mall to grab some food and warm clothes.
But the original idea of just grabbing some food and warm supplies changed a lot after entering the department store.
The New Century Department Store has many high-end luxury goods that people cannot afford on a daily basis, as well as some priceless jewelry. When someone grabs the jewelry and luxury goods, the people behind him will rush up and imitate their actions.
Those who initially only wanted to grab some food and clothes, seeing that everyone else was doing the same, also reached out for these valuables.
Hey!
Since we have come this far, we might as well grab the best, most expensive and most valuable things!
With someone taking the lead, others will not feel as much psychological burden when they take action. As time goes by, more and more people will get involved.
It’s like someone suddenly poked a big hole in the sky, and it can’t be repaired no matter how hard you try!
Many people in the city were worried about their safety, especially the shop owners who were worried that the items in their shops would be stolen. However, the blizzard was so severe that they had no ability to take care of both their families and their shops.
Several couples who were business owners chose to take care of their shops. They braved the heavy snow and finally ran to the shops. Unexpectedly, their shops were not smashed during the day, but were robbed again when they returned home at night!
Among them, there was even a particularly unlucky couple. They ran a fruit supermarket together. Their business was good on weekdays and they made a lot of money. In order to avoid the store being robbed at night, they decided to move all five of their family into the fruit supermarket.
However, it was this action that directly cost the lives of their family of five!
The elderly, adults and children were all killed in the store. Blood flowed all over the ground, dyeing the snow outside the fruit supermarket red!
All the fruit in the supermarket had been dragged away, leaving behind only a mess on the ground, a pool of blood, and five terrified corpses...
The next morning, when everyone woke up, they saw nothing but blood on the ground and the body in the fruit supermarket. The snowstorm had already covered all traces of what had happened. No one even knew what tools the murderer had used to steal the goods. He had also emptied the entire fruit supermarket of all its fruits.
This thick, bloody atmosphere spread like a plague throughout all the cities, and everyone was panicking and in danger.
Except for those cities that were not affected by the earthquake or were minimally affected by the earthquake, other urban areas have more or less experienced this situation.
Just like this snowstorm, many people released the dark beasts that had been growing in their hearts.
These things happening in the city were constantly reported to the higher authorities, and they took corresponding measures...
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It was the seventh day of the snowstorm.
Just as Qin Suyun, wearing a hat and raincoat, and He Zhennan were standing in the yard clearing the snow on the ground, Qin Suyun heard the broadcast coming from her own wireless radio.
"Zizizizi... Zizizizi! This is the National People's Broadcasting Station! This is the National People's Broadcasting Station! Everyone who can hear the broadcast, please pay attention. Zizizizi..."
"We will establish 47 temporary bases starting today. All disaster-affected residents can stay in these temporary bases. Military personnel will be stationed there 24 hours a day to protect everyone's safety! As long as everyone abides by the base rules and doesn't violate any laws or regulations, the military will be there to protect everyone's safety at all times!"
The radio kept playing the steady and powerful voice of the male host. Qin Suyun and the others stopped sweeping the snow and went straight into their home to listen carefully to the broadcast on the radio.
"So please don't panic, don't be afraid! Those who hear this broadcast can pass it on to others!"
"Anyone who wishes to live in the temporary base will be protected by the army!"
"Zizizi! Next... the addresses of the 47 temporary bases. Please remember them carefully!"
"Futian Province, Dongwu County of Lingyang City, Jinfeng County of Ningchen City... Fengchuan Province, Fengyong Village of Fengyong City... Yunhai Province, Anhai Village of Shoushan City... Zizi!"
"I'll repeat the above addresses again, I'll repeat the above addresses again! They are Dongwu County in Lingyang City, Futian Province, Jinfeng County in Ningchen City... Yunhai Province, Anhai Village in Shoushan City..."
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