Chapter 194 One star cannot influence the entire sea of stars
"Go underground." Song Qianyi suddenly spoke.
When everyone looked over, she pulled the corners of her mouth and said numbly: "The accumulated water will recede around the tenth day. If the authorities send people to rescue the city's drainage system now, this time can be advanced. The underground parking lots in the community and the major subway stations are the best places to escape the heat."
Of course, correspondingly, the more people there are in the subway station, the more conflicts there will be. In the previous life, when there were no official constraints, many vulnerable groups would rather be burned to death outside, dehydrated and dried into mummies, than drag their families to the subway station to be "two-legged sheep".
"If that's the case... do we have to go too?" Li Shan tilted her head and asked Tan Zhaozhao.
Tan Zhaozhao held Xingxing, thought for a moment, and said, "We'll see what happens then. If possible, we don't have to go."
Although the temperature would be higher on the higher floors, Tan Zhaozhao was really unwilling to go to a more complicated and difficult to control place unless it was necessary.
Regarding the discussion about the high temperature, the few people didn't say much. They talked more about the team's arrangements for the next few days. Song Qianyi was a non-staff member independent of the team, and there were official personnel specifically to protect her, so she seemed a little out of place.
However, Song Qianyi and the others did not care about this. In the face of the survival crisis, no one would focus on unnecessary interpersonal relationships.
After the third level party started, everyone went back to their homes. However, Tan Zhaozhao did not rest. Instead, he took Li Shan and Xingxing to clean up their refrigerators and freezers as well as various supplies stored at home.
These things were kept in places like the bedroom and kitchen top cabinets and closets, so even though they all knew that Tan Zhaozhao and Li Shan had stored supplies, they didn't know exactly how much they had.
Tan Zhaozhao found out all the food that could not be stored for a long time, and then put some commonly used medicines together with their packaging into a separate empty compartment of the refrigerator, covered them with layers of plastic wrap.
"We try to eat all the perishable things. When the water recedes, we'll go to the underground parking lot. It would be best if we can get a good spot first, and then use partitions to separate the space as much as possible. Although the privacy is not high, it's better than having no shelter at all."
Tan Zhaozhao thought of many possibilities in her mind. She packed her things in an orderly manner, took out two portions of materials that might be needed and placed them in the living room. Then she took out a pen and paper and wrote and drew in the cool evening breeze.
Xingxing squatted beside her mother, tilting her cat head to watch her mother write down in beautiful handwriting on paper all the things that needed to be paid attention to and prepared for high temperatures.
Qiuqiu squatted on Xingxing's little head, and as Tan Zhaozhao wrote, it scanned, recorded and saved the information.
This human is very smart and meticulous. Although the end of the two worlds is different, but... maybe if I write a letter and send it back to Uncle Hu, he can get some inspiration from it?
It doesn't know what the next world will be. It finds that the star's mission world seems to be becoming more and more dangerous. However, the star itself seems to be getting weaker and weaker because of its sealing ability and the body of its original owner.
The gap between the world's danger level and the stars' ability level is getting bigger and bigger. In this case, Qiuqiu is actually a little worried that in a certain mission world, the stars will really become completely unable to do anything, and then the mission will fail.
However, she kept all these worries in her heart, not wanting to speak them out and let the children share her worries and anxieties.
Just as Tan Zhaozhao knows that Xingxing is smart and can understand human language, he never tells Xingxing about his worries and troubles. The biggest trouble he causes to the children is asking it what it wants to eat for the next meal, whether it wants canned food, meat floss or dried meat.
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"The temperature is getting higher and higher." Li Shan complained while fanning herself and a few kittens lying next to her with their tongues hanging out.
It is now the fifth day of high temperatures.
Song Qianyi said that the high temperature will last for nearly two months. As the temperature gets higher and higher, the world will be like a steamer placed on a boiling pot, and the exhaled and inhaled gases will become scorching hot.
It’s only the fifth day of the high temperature, and the temperature outside is already unbearable.
"The problem is, it's too hot!" Su Mingyue was so hot that she cut her hair completely short. She held a glass of ice water to her burning cheeks and complained, "Even though we keep emphasizing that germs in water can cause infection and disease, it's too hot and clean drinking water can't be wasted by residents. So now many people don't listen to our advice and soak in stagnant water every day, saying that this will cool them down."
Tan Zhaozhao was a little surprised. "Swimming in stagnant water? Won't the water with high temperature on the surface burn my skin?"
When I was a kid in the countryside, the sun was too strong, so I would put a basin of water in the dam to dry. When the sun went down in the afternoon, the water was still warm. Were these people... so brave? Or did they misjudge the water temperature?
"Stir it first, it won't be so hot after that. Then hold your breath and dive deeper, and it will become cooler and cooler." Su Mingyue, who has been working underwater frequently recently, explained.
"But this situation will not happen tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." Chen Yi shook her head and said, "The city's drainage system has basically been cleared. Coupled with the high temperature, the accumulated water is decreasing significantly every day. In two days, it is estimated that there will not be enough water for them to go into the water."
Everyone agreed with this.
In just a few days, the accumulated water downstairs was enough to see the tops of the trees in the community being damaged by the water.
"There are heavy rains, accumulated water, and high temperatures. There will also be earthquakes and extreme cold weather later on... I don't know if there are any animals or plants that can survive in this city, except for humans."
Li Shan complained quietly.
Song Qianyi looked much better than a few days ago. Hearing this, he glanced at her and said, "It's even worse outside. All the natural disasters you can imagine are happening all over the world in turn. No one can escape."
"...Why did it suddenly become like this?" Su Mingyue sighed in confusion.
Song Qianyi said calmly: "Experts can't explain why. The doomsday conditions have not been met, so it can only be attributed to the great cleansing of the world's self-consciousness."
Just like your computer will be scanned regularly for viruses.
After hearing this, several people stopped talking.
Because deep down, they also know how outrageous the damage humans have caused on this planet is.
This is a disaster affecting one or more races, and at least 90% of the causes of the disaster are human.
The star was originally just lying there in a daze, but when it heard humans talking about the causes of natural disasters, it pricked up its ears unconsciously.
In the apocalypse, Uncle Hu and other humans have talked about the outbreak of zombie viruses and the mutation of animals and plants many times.
The conclusion they finally reached was similar to the one they reached now, which was a major cleansing proactively carried out by the world's self-consciousness.
Or, you could call it: evolution.
Therefore, rounds of disasters are needed to eliminate all organisms that are not adapted to survival, eliminate part of the food chain, and finally upgrade and evolve a new biological operating system, just like the extinction of dinosaurs and the emergence of humans.
Could it be that both worlds chose the same method to carry out clearing and upgrading because of similar reasons?
Xingxing was a little confused.
If the way to clean up in this world is to eliminate all organisms that are not adapted to survival.
So what does it mean in the world I live in, when humans turn into zombies or have superpowers, and when animals and plants mutate?
Qiuqiu clearly said that the world consciousness applied to the General Administration of Space and Time for the Savior System to come and help mankind.
If the goal is to wipe out humans, then why should we help them?
The stars don’t understand.
"If you can't figure it out, then don't think about it." Qiuqiu flew over and rubbed the kitten's furry cheek, saying softly: "A star is just a small star. There is no need to think about the future of the whole world, just like a star cannot influence the entire sea of stars."
Xingxing listened to Qiuqiu's words and suddenly looked up at Song Qianyi.
It seemed to understand a little bit why Qiuqiu said that in many doomsday novels, the protagonist would have space after rebirth and would hoard goods crazily, and finally live alone in one place.
It also seemed to understand how great an impact its mother had on it when the little kitten butterfly flapped its wings.
Mom’s discovery and decision turned a star into a sea of stars.
The end of the world that was known only to one person has turned into a disaster backed by the official support of the country.
Even though people's lives are still difficult now, and even though there are many uncontrollable natural and man-made disasters in the future, if there are many people holding up the flame of the tribe, more people will be able to survive and will have more motivation to live.
Just like in the apocalypse where zombies and mutant creatures are rampant, it is so difficult for humans to survive that they have to build one survival base after another on the earth.
They tried to keep the flame of their tribe alive.
They are trying to take on the whole world.
The power of an individual can never compare to that of a group.
It’s like... aimless zombies, and zombie waves with purpose and command.
One star cannot influence the entire sea of stars, and one savior cannot save the whole world.
So his mission of salvation will fail.
So another savior may not succeed.
So, Xingxing couldn't help but think, if in the world where she was, before all the changes and disasters broke out, there was also a "protagonist" with memories and golden fingers who was reborn and let the country know about the impending doomsday...
Will I no longer turn into a little zombie?
Will the stars trapped in the glass cylinder disappear one by one?
Perhaps, what its world needs is not a savior.
But it is a butterfly that can flap its wings to control its destiny.
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