◎Happy 43rd Day: 5D Real-Life Horror Movie◎
Wang Qingqing is not the only one who has this expectation in her heart.
As the temperature gets higher, the frequency of sweating increases and the air becomes extremely dry, people have to rely on drinking a lot of water to replenish their water, and save as much as possible in other aspects.
But when the daytime temperature reaches 40 degrees, water used for washing can no longer be saved by being careless.
At this temperature now, unless you stay in the air-conditioned room all the time, you will definitely sweat.
Some people are reluctant to use water and just wipe it off every day. Sweat and the waste discharged with the sweat accumulate on the surface of the skin for a long time and produce a large number of bacteria. More than half of the people walking on the street have obvious symptoms of folliculitis, and prickly heat grows in patches.
The provincial team's training was completely stopped, and even the training base was closed.
At this time, all competitions had to be suspended, and the athletes who had just resumed training for a few days were arranged by the authorities to return home, and each of them was given medicine and water.
Qin Shiwen's family had no shortage of these things, so he gave the tube of medicine to the girl in her team, telling her to keep it as a financial asset if she didn't need it.
She gave the water to the driver who was responsible for taking the girl there, asking him to take good care of her on the way and not let her escape.
Qin Shiwen knew the girl was reluctant to go home, but she had to hide. She was a penniless minor, and no one dared to rent an apartment to her. She couldn't survive alone outside without going home.
This incident was like a watershed moment, and many industries that were still able to survive were gradually shut down.
Now when Jiang Muyun and his friends were queuing up to get water, there were people around them with red rashes on their skin and scratching their bodies with their hands.
The weather is dry at this time, and many people have dandruff on their bodies. If they scratch it, they will see dense red spots mixed with white hairy dandruff. People with trypophobia will feel dizzy at the sight of it.
There are also many people who suffer from common skin diseases such as seborrheic dermatitis. They often suffer from attacks when they are not dehydrated, and now their situation is even worse.
Some people scratch too hard and inevitably break their skin.
Under the current sanitary conditions, let alone maintaining skin hygiene, how many people don’t have dirt in the crevices of their fingernails?
The high temperatures combined with poor hygiene meant that without medication, the wound remained infection-free, and he was lucky enough to go for two ropeless bungee jumps.
However, the medicines for external injuries such as iodine tincture in the pharmacy have long been sold out, and the medicines for skin diseases have also been sold out.
Even Huoxiang Zhengqi Water, Shidi Shui, and Fengyoujing are sold out, not to mention various anti-inflammatory and antipyretic drugs, which are nowhere to be found. Even hospitals have to prescribe medicine to patients by the pill.
Even if there are still private sellers selling medicines, the prices are not affordable for ordinary families.
Jiang Muyun often encounters people who suddenly faint while walking on the way to the water station.
Some suffered from heatstroke, while others had small wounds on their bodies become infected and inflamed.
Because of the emergence of anti-inflammatory drugs, many people have forgotten the horror of wound inflammation.
Even if they see that they have infected and festered wounds, they will not take it seriously, and even want to save the medicine at home.
The infection of a minor wound was not taken seriously, and eventually a high fever occurred. I thought it was a normal physiological reaction to the high temperature, and I thought I could recover by drinking more water and taking a rest.
Then he fainted on the road.
The ambulance sirens outside almost never stopped blaring.
This situation has become more and more serious recently, perhaps because the temperature is too high. Many people are suffering from inflammation, high fever and heatstroke, but they have to endure the discomfort and continue to work due to the pressure of life.
By the time he couldn't bear it anymore and fainted, he was already dead by the time the ambulance arrived.
After the cooling, the first industry to successfully revive and even surpass its previous level emerged - the funeral industry.
People didn't even have time to feel afraid before they started scrambling for temporary jobs at various crematoriums.
Even if you feel that the job of moving corpses is unlucky, it is better than you and your family becoming the corpses being moved.
Jiang Muyun and his friends stocked up on a lot of wet wipes, and there was plenty of water at home, so they were very meticulous about cleaning every day. Now they are in good health, with the only problem being dry and flaky skin.
Even Jiang Muyun didn't have dry and flaky skin because she had bought a lot of humidifiers before.
In order to avoid attracting attention and also because they are afraid that people cannot maintain hygiene and infectious diseases may breed in high temperatures, they wear long sleeves, long pants and masks when going out every day.
When neighbors talked about this, they said it was to prevent themselves from scratching their skin.
At first, some people said that they were young and ignorant, and that covering their bodies would make them more likely to sweat and get sick.
But as more and more people died from wound infections, crematoriums began to recruit workers frequently and crematoriums were expanded one after another, everyone learned to wear long sleeves to stop themselves from scratching endlessly.
But for people who already have countless small wounds on their bodies, wearing long sleeves to stop scratching is like drinking poison to quench thirst.
Just as Jiang Muyun and others had been told before, the weather was so hot that wearing long sleeves when going out would inevitably cause more sweating, and the possibility of wound infection would even increase.
It's neither horizontal nor vertical.
When people are in desperate situations, they always need someone to rely on.
Some people place their hopes on the illusory gods and Buddhas in the sky, while others believe more in this seemingly predictable future and hang on to their last hope with the possible rainstorm.
When the sky outside began to change, Jiang Muyun was watching a basic planting online course on his tablet.
Jiang Muyun just raised his head and wanted to rub his neck when he saw a sudden flash of white light outside, followed by a loud muffled thunder, and the air conditioner in the house suddenly stopped.
The few remaining fur on Xiaobai stood up and he threw himself directly into Jiang Muyun's arms.
The two chickens that Jiang Muyun kept in the empty bedroom also began to crow frequently.
"You go down first..." Xiaobai is quite big now, about one meter long when he stands up. He suddenly pounces on Jiang Muyun and scares her.
Jiang Muyun paused the online class and exited the video page, only to find that the background cache had stopped.
The internet is down.
Jiang Muyun took out his cell phone and saw that there was no signal at all.
She reached out and pressed the fluorescent light switch twice, and the power went out.
There was a faint sound outside the window. Jiang Muyun walked to the window and looked out, and found that the wind in Nanshi, which had been calm for many days, was blowing strongly again.
Another flash of white light passed by, followed by a loud thunderclap, and a faint glow of fire could be seen in the distance.
It was now a little after eight in the morning, and the lifeless grey in the sky had dissipated.
Jiang Muyun suddenly felt that the sky turned green for a moment, but before she could look again, it turned into a gloomy sallow yellow.
The whole world changed color.
Jiang Muyun stood on the top floor and looked into the distance. White light kept appearing in the dark sky.
At the moment when the white light illuminates the clouds, it is hard to tell whether it is the strong wind that blows away the clouds to let the sunlight appear, or the countless lightning bolts entangled in the clouds that gather to form a new sun.
The whole world flickered, but the only thing that could not be wiped away was the thick, heavy, and impenetrable sallow color, like oilcloth.
The strong wind blew up sand, and dust, gravel and stones mixed with stones hit the windows, making crackling sounds.
Short, quick flashes of lightning came down with thunder.
Occasionally, a loud thunder would break through the sky in the east, and after several seconds, a muffled and sudden sound would be heard, which made people tremble in their hearts.
But now no one is afraid.
Jiang Muyun could hear the hoarse cheers coming from every household through the window.
It's going to rain.
Jiang Muyun stretched out her hand and pushed the window open a little, and was immediately hit in the face by the sand and dust carried by the wind. The small stones in the wind hit her cheeks and hurt her.
Jiang Muyun regretted his recklessness for a second, took out a wet wipe to wipe his face, then went to the balcony, closed the balcony door first, put on a mask and windproof glasses, and then opened the window again.
The long-lost feeling of moisture in the air hits me, and anyone can feel that this is the prelude to a rainstorm.
Jiang Muyun rubbed his arms and found a coat to put on.
The wind suddenly blew and the temperature dropped sharply. The moment she opened the window, she even had the illusion that winter had come again.
Gradually, the frequency of the lightning flashes slowed down, and the world in front of Jiang Muyun seemed to fade away, leaving only a pitch-black darkness.
Jiang Muyun could see that many families had already found various containers and were now waiting by the windows waiting for the rain to fall.
With another loud thunder, heavy rain suddenly fell.
The cheers at the moment the rain fell even drowned out the thunder. Countless people rushed out of their homes, completely ignoring the mud and debris mixed in the strong wind, and washed themselves directly in the rain, as if to wash away all the depression of the period.
Some people rushed out of their homes regardless of everything, but there were also people with clear minds who were desperately trying to pull their family members back in the wind and rain.
How many people have died from wound infection during this period?
The wind was so strong just now, and I don’t know how much dirt is mixed in the rain now. How dare you rush into the rain despite being injured? Do you really have no memory, or do you want to stop living?
The cheers and shouts were drowned out by the horrible sound of rain. Jiang Muyun closed the window and then heard someone knocking on the door.
She opened the door and stood outside with Chu Buwen carrying a bag.
Chu Buwen seemed relieved when he saw her open the door: "I knocked on the door just now but no one answered. I thought something happened."
Jiang Muyun welcomed the person in: "What could have happened? But you, why did you suddenly come to see me?"
Chu Buwen stood at the living room window and glanced out: "It's dangerous to use electricity during a thunderstorm, not to mention the power just went out. I was worried so I came over to check."
Jiang Muyun picked up his phone and clicked twice: "I don't know if the power outage was caused by the authorities because they were afraid of danger, or..."
Any other force majeure factors.
Qin Shiwu was on night shift last night and didn't get off work until nine o'clock. He must still be in the hospital at this time, so there's no need to worry.
It’s hard to say about Qin Shiwen.
Qin Shiwen just went out this morning and said that there was something going on at the provincial team and asked her to go over.
The message was sent twenty minutes ago. If Qin Shiwen hadn't walked home halfway, he would probably have been on the subway by now.
If the power was officially cut off, the subway would not have been in trouble.
Judging from the amount of rainfall, if the authorities had not proactively cut off the power, people taking the subway would probably be in trouble.
Chu Buwen put down the bag in his hand: "It must be the authorities who took the initiative to cut off the power. The weather was already very strange before the power outage, it is impossible for the authorities not to notice it."
Jiang Muyun was taking an online class at the time, so it was normal that he didn't pay attention to the weather outside. Chu Buwen noticed it.
Logically, officials should have issued an alert to residents at this time, but now there was no news of heavy rain on their phones.
Jiang Muyun also thought of this. She stroked her phone twice and said, "It seems the signal was cut off quite early."
A signal outage is different from a power outage. Nowadays, everyone turns on the air conditioner at home during the day, so a power outage can be detected immediately.
The signal is difficult to detect in time unless the person is surfing the Internet or making a phone call.
Jiang Muyun cached the course videos before watching them when she was taking online classes, otherwise she wouldn't have discovered there was no signal until after the power went out.
Jiang Muyun reached out and dialed the police number, but the phone got a busy tone.
Even this special phone number cannot be dialed. It seems that the outage caused by force majeure may not be electricity, but signal.
Knowing that the rain would not stop for a while, Jiang Muyun put his phone back in his pocket, rummaged through the balcony cabinet, and found a pair of rain boots.
"While there's no water outside, I'm going to go out and look for Sister Wen. You can do as you please." Jiang Muyun asked while changing his shoes.
Chu Buwen opened the bag he brought, and inside were two sets of waterproof clothing: "I knew you must be worried, so wear these to make it more convenient to go out."
It's so windy and rainy outside now that it seems like it will blow the roof off. It's stupid to go out with an umbrella, and it's inconvenient to move around in a raincoat.
Jiang Muyun turned and went to the bedroom. When he came out, he was wearing a three-proof jacket and waterproof pants, and carrying a backpack. "I came back around the same time as you. Do you think I was out having fun for those two months?"
Chu Buwen certainly knew that there was little hope that Jiang Muyun would succeed without preparing these things, but there would be no harm in trying.
He regretfully took out the waterproof suit in his own size and asked, "Can I borrow a place?"
Jiang Muyun pointed to the toilet for him.
Anyway, she had already put the bathtub back, so she didn't have to worry about being found out.
After Chu Buwen changed his clothes, Jiang Muyun also gave him a pair of goggles.
It's raining so hard outside now that I probably won't be able to open my eyes without goggles.
Chu Buwen thanked Jiang Muyun, and while taking the action of picking up the flashlight, he quietly stuffed the goggles he brought with him under his clothes again and again.
Chu Buwen's flashlight is an expensive item, a military-grade tactical flashlight, genuinely imported from Wolf-Eyes. The maximum range of strong light can reach 500 meters, and the range of diffuse light can reach more than 100 meters. It is hard and waterproof. Jiang Muyun also has one in his space.
As the two of them walked out of the stairwell, something flashed past their eyes, followed by a loud crash, and a piece of broken glass slid to Jiang Muyun's feet, and a scream came from outside the corridor.
Jiang Muyun leaned over to take a look and saw that the corridor was full of broken glass.
What just flew past them was the glass door of the apartment building.
Jiang Muyun was silent for a while. She was thinking about what the situation was like when it rained in her previous life and why there was such a big change.
Chu Buwen knew what she was thinking and whispered, "That's normal. The longitude and latitude of West City and South City are a world apart. We can't assume that all other disasters will be global just because the previous temperature drop was global."
Jiang Muyun felt that what he said made sense.
She does have some misconceptions about this matter.
Jiang Muyun said, "Indeed. I kept thinking about those times when the temperature dropped at the wrong time, and I didn't react for a while."
The climate of the blue planet after the end of the world is quite unreasonable, but just like there will be no floods at temperatures of dozens of degrees below zero, some basic laws still exist.
For example, coastal cities will probably encounter tsunamis after the end of the world, but inland plateau areas will not have this problem - unless the Blue Planet is really fed up and wants to destroy all land life.
But now, at least until Jiang Muyun's death, Lan Xing had not been annoyed to this extent.
Jiang Muyun made sure that there was nothing outside that could be blown down by the wind, turned on the flashlight and walked out of the corridor.
It was dark outside, the rain was heavy, visibility was low, and the wind was strong, so it was difficult for them to walk.
The wind at this moment was no weaker than the third time the temperature dropped. Jiang Muyun's jacket was loose, and the wind carried her backwards, like a land version of a wingsuit. Jiang Muyun's feet almost left the ground, and she felt that her hundred pounds of weight had been gained in vain.
Chu Buwen reached out and grabbed Jiang Muyun, and his laughter came intermittently in the wind.
Jiang Muyun leaned behind Chu Buwen and said, "Help me, hold on for a while."
Taking advantage of the opportunity when Chu Buwen was blocking the wind for her, Jiang Muyun loosened the drawstring at the bottom of her jacket, gathered the loose part of the jacket behind her and tied it with the drawstring into a small bun.
Without the clothes to walk around, Jiang Muyun walked much more smoothly.
Maybe the wind outside was too scary, or maybe the various debris in the wind taught them a lesson. Those who had just rushed out of their homes to party are now hiding in the apartment buildings one after another.
But they still did not give up this natural shower. They hid in the apartment building and did not forget to enjoy the rain blowing in from the door.
Jiang Muyun accidentally glanced through the water curtain and saw that each unit building looked like a bathhouse.
Jiang Muyun looked away and continued on his way.
The first place they went to was the subway station at the entrance of the community.
As soon as he saw the subway entrance, Jiang Muyun knew something bad was going to happen.
The subway entrance was now completely dark from the outside. The elevator had stopped, leaving only the emergency lights below still on. Rainwater poured down the steps, forming a small waterfall.
Jiang Muyun and Chu Buwen looked at each other, then slowly walked down the stairs holding the handrail.
When they came over just now, there was already a small amount of water on the road. Now the impact of the water flow is very strong, and one might slip if not careful.
Fortunately, I have a roof over my head to protect me from the wind and rain, so I can take off my goggles temporarily and walk with my eyes on the road ahead, which doubles my sense of security.
As Jiang Muyun and Chu Buwen walked down the stairs, they heard a familiar voice.
"Yunyun? Is it really you?" Qin Shiwen asked in surprise.
Qin Shiwen looked very miserable, his whole body was wet, and his lips were a little white from the cold.
Jiang Muyun was also surprised to see her: "Luckily you've already left the subway!"
What Jiang Muyun feared most was that Qin Shiwen would be trapped in the subway.
It was raining too hard outside and the water level was rising too fast. If the subway got flooded, I wouldn't even have a chance to break down the doors or windows and would be trapped to death inside.
Qin Shiwen wiped the water off Jiang Muyun's face, thanked Chu Buwen, and explained, "When it started raining, I just got on the subway and the announcement notified passengers to get off at the nearest station. But for some reason, as soon as my train stopped, the entire subway station lost power."
Just seconds after the power outage, the subway car connection became a waterfall, and the passengers in the car were in a panic.
Qin Shiwen happened to be next to the safety hammer, and he immediately broke the window next to him and escaped.
The subway was flooded so quickly that by the time many people reacted and tried to find something to smash doors and windows, the water had already reached their waists, making it impossible for them to gain leverage and they could only rely on brute force, which doubled the difficulty.
After they saw that the windows in Qin Shiwen's carriage had been smashed, many people gave up breaking the windows themselves and chose to escape through the gap created by Qin Shiwen.
But the window was only so big, and there were quite a few people in the carriage. Everyone was pushing and shoving each other, and when the water came up, it was too late for those who couldn't get out to break other windows.
If the people outside and the subway station staff had not worked together to smash a few more exits, many people would probably have died here.
While Qin Shiwen was speaking, Jiang Muyun opened her backpack, asked Qin Shiwen to put on her clothes first, and stuffed a few warm cigarettes into her pocket.
The temperature has dropped a lot now, and Qin Shiwen is soaked all over. She is so cold that her voice trembles when she speaks.
Qin Shiwen felt better after putting on her clothes. She let out a breath and said, "My phone got soaked in water. I just saw a flashlight over here and thought it was help coming, so I came over to check it out."
Jiang Muyun shook his head. "We didn't see any rescuers when we arrived. But now the outside signal is completely cut off, and we can't even dial the emergency number. The official internal signal may also be problematic, so we can't mobilize any manpower for the time being."
Jiang Muyun's cell phone had broken down in his previous life, so he had no idea when the signal was cut off. He only heard that because the magnetic field of Blue Planet was disrupted during the heavy rain, all modern means of communication became ineffective, which was why social order suddenly collapsed.
If communications in various places had not been cut off, given China's strategic material reserves and the government's control over the military, even the biggest disaster would have been able to survive for two or three years, and the situation would not have gotten out of control so quickly.
The few of them just exchanged a few words, and when they saw that Qin Shiwen's condition had improved, they prepared to go home.
The water on the road is not deep now, but if we delay any longer it will be hard to say what will happen.
When Jiang Muyun and Chu Buwen arrived, the water on the road had not yet accumulated.
Now the three of them were walking back, and the water was almost reaching their shoes.
After the three of them arrived home, they started heating water on their stoves at the same time.
Anyway, it’s raining so hard outside and there’s no shortage of water now. I’ll boil some hot water and take a bath to prevent a cold.
Jiang Muyun was much more convenient because she had hot water stored in her space and could use it directly.
She boiled water now just because of her hoarding habit. If conditions permitted, she didn't want to see the supplies in the space decrease.
Qin Shiwen came to return her clothes after taking a shower. Jiang Muyun saw that her expression was not right and asked: "Are you worried about Brother Wu?"
Qin Shiwen rubbed his solar plexus: "Partly, I just feel stuffy and a little breathless."
The wind is so strong and visibility is so low outside. The danger of walking home from the hospital is not comparable to walking from the subway entrance to the community.
Reason told Qin Shiwen that the safest option for Qin Shiwu was to stay in the hospital and wait until the rain stopped, or at least until the wind stopped.
But now she couldn't see anyone and couldn't contact Qin Shiwu, and she was worried about this kind of thing, which was beyond her control rationally.
Jiang Muyun poured her a glass of boiled water and didn't mention Qin Shiwu: "It's normal. The air is too humid now, it's quite stuffy. And this temperature is also torturous."
After a brief drop in temperature when the wind first started, the temperature has now come back up a bit and is now in that awkward period of being neither too hot nor too cold.
If you wear too little and stay still for a long time, you will feel cold. If you wear too much or do some slight activity, you will sweat profusely.
The change from dryness during drought to humidity and stuffiness now only took a few hours.
Jiang Muyun pointed at Xiaobai, who was circling the table leg. "Look, Xiaobai has been circling there for a long time. He's either trying to bite his own tail or the table, and he can't rest for even a second."
The key is that it is only interested in the tail and the table legs. When Jiang Muyun gave it other things to bite, Xiaobai didn't even look at them.
When Xiaobai heard Jiang Muyun calling it, it rushed over and rubbed it, then started running after its tail again.
Even the two chickens that Jiang Muyun locked in the room were walking around constantly.
Qin Shiwen took a deep breath and felt that this was not a big deal. She thought for a moment and said, "Watch a movie? I downloaded a lot of movies before, and the projector is always fully charged."
When the power went out last time, she bought an outdoor power supply and several power banks, which she kept fully charged just in case there was another power outage.
I didn't expect this to happen so soon.
Jiang Muyun couldn't calm down at this moment: "Okay, I'll go and call Chu Buwen to come with me?"
Qin Shiwen had no objection. At this moment, she hoped that there would be as many people as possible.
Jiang Muyun brought a few bags of snacks, all of which were puffed foods. She bought them before the temperature dropped, and the production dates were flawless.
Chu Buwen thought the same thing as her, but his storage space was limited to that one warehouse.
The warehouse space is limited, so he has to be careful when buying snacks, so he chooses nuts, dried meats and fruits that are high in calories and small in size. This time, he brought a few bags of walnut kernels.
In addition to snacks, they also brought Dabai and Xiaobai along.
These two can't stop at home for a moment. Little White is always fighting with his tail and chewing the table leg from time to time. Big White is not so reserved. He paws at everything except people, which made Chu Buwen so angry that he threatened to cut off all his claws.
Jiang Muyun discussed with Chu Buwen and decided to put the two together and let them play together to avoid disturbing other things.
Xiaobai has grown up now, but Dabai still looks like a little coal ball. After the two met, they became much quieter.
At this moment, Xiaobai was lying under the dining table in Qin Shiwen's house, and Dabai was squatting on the soft flesh on the back of Xiaobai's neck, watching the picture projected on the wall by the projector.
Qin Shiwen was holding a small projector and flipping through movies, asking them what type they wanted to watch.
Jiang Muyun tore open a bag of potato chips with a swishing sound. She looked out the window and said, "Disaster movie?"
Qin Shiwen paused and said, "No, it doesn't seem very auspicious to watch a disaster movie at this time."
Chu Buwen offered an alternative: "How about watching a horror movie?"
Jiang Muyun, who just wanted some excitement, voted in favor. Qin Shiwen was also a horror movie fan, which could be seen from the types of movies she downloaded.
The weather outside now doesn't require any extra atmosphere to watch a horror movie. The three of them sat in a row on the sofa, watching the protagonist in the picture escape in the storm, and stopped eating the snacks in their hands.
The dark atmosphere, coupled with the occasional thunder outside the window, makes it seem like a 5D movie is just a window away.
Just as the protagonist of the movie was hiding in a public toilet cubicle and listening to the footsteps outside the door getting closer and closer, the door suddenly opened.
Jiang Muyun and Qin Shiwen instantly hugged each other and screamed. Chu Buwen's hands froze in mid-air, and finally he rubbed his arms.
Qin Shiwu opened the door in a disheveled state. Instead of receiving his sister's concerned greeting, he was frightened to the point of almost having a heart attack by a sudden scream.
Qin Shiwu held his chest and held the door: "What are you doing?"
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