Chapter 26: Extreme Cold Sweeps
The temperature began to drop.
The blood-thick fog appeared very quickly, almost within a few breaths, without giving anyone any reaction, and was followed by a sharp drop in temperature.
The moment Jiang Rong saw the red fog appear outside, he took his grandmother, Jiang Suan, Cai'er, and her grandparents back to his home through the passage of the side room.
Before that, she gave walkie-talkies to everyone in the house and taught them how to use them.
Except for a few older people and 3-year-old Niu Niu, everyone else in the family accepted it well and learned it quickly.
After returning home, Jiang Suan and grandma shared a room, Grandpa Zhao and Grandma Zhao shared a room, Jiang Rong and Zhao Caier each had a room. Everyone's rooms were on the second floor, exactly four rooms in total.
Despite the sudden intense sleepiness, Jiang Rong turned on the air conditioners in the other three rooms and set the temperature to 28 degrees Celsius.
After giving a few instructions, he quickly returned to his room.
Because they knew what would happen after the natural disaster, Jiang Rong and Xin had air conditioners installed in their rooms. Jiang Rong also brought out various fleece-lined warm clothing, hot water bottles, heat packs, plush blankets, large quilts, and biomass pellet heaters.
Therefore, she didn't have to worry too much at this moment. As soon as she returned to her room, she could no longer resist the strong sleepiness and fell asleep directly.
Everything is ready on their side, so they don't have to worry about the freezing cold for the time being.
But those who were stranded outside at this time were in dire straits.
The temperature, which was not high to begin with, dropped to more than 20 degrees below zero within a few minutes, and it was still continuing to drop, with no sign of stopping.
People who drive cars at least have the air conditioning in the car for the time being, but people who are hiking or riding electric bicycles outside are not so lucky.
If you don't dodge in time, the possibility of being frozen to death is very high, and some people may even be frozen into ice sculptures.
He didn't even feel any pain and froze to death outside.
At this moment, thousands of miles away, the little snake, who was still hiding, faced the sudden extreme change. It also felt a strong sense of sleepiness, and its head was shaking, drowsy.
Then it crawled into a nearby crack in the ground and fell into a deep sleep.
At the same time, about one percent of the people in China fell asleep at the same time.
This includes Zhao Caier and Zhao's father from the Zhao family, and Xin Jue from the Xin family.
China's total population is 2.5 billion, so the number of people who evolved this time is approximately 25 million.
This proportion is indeed not small.
But early-stage psychics are not much stronger than ordinary people, so the "infant mortality rate" is also very high.
Either they die from extreme weather or die at the hands of mutant beasts that are much more powerful than humans.
A year from now, when plants explode, humans will also face a major evolution, and a new group of people with special powers will appear.
The thick fog lasted for three days, just as Jiang Rong remembered.
She also woke up before the red fog dissipated.
Jiang Rong woke up first, followed by Xin Jue, Zhao's father, and Cai'er.
When Jiang Rong woke up, he found that he was not the only one in the room.
Jiang Suan and grandma are also here.
Facing Jiang Rong's puzzled look, Jiang Suan explained: "Grandma said that air conditioning consumes a lot of electricity. The three of us live in one room, so it's warmer with more people and can save some electricity."
Jiang Rong nodded after hearing this and did not refuse, although they were not short of fuel for heating.
She thought that her grandmother and Jiang Suan said this because they were worried about her sleeping alone in the room.
"Besides me, is there anyone else in the family who is like me?" Jiang Rong asked expectantly.
"Sister Cai'er is still sleeping, Brother Xin and Uncle Zhao are also sleeping over there, there is no one else." Jiang Suan replied.
Then he asked with a strange look on his face, "Sister, have you awakened your superpowers?"
Jiang Suan also saw the doomsday prophecy on his mobile phone a few days ago, so he knew that falling into a deep sleep was a sign of awakening supernatural powers.
He also downloaded the prophecy to avoid having to read it in the future when there was no internet connection and it would be too late to regret.
The prophecy also said that the Internet, water and electricity would be cut off, and the air outside would also be polluted, which would corrode people's skin. If people were exposed to polluted air for a long time, their bodies would become festering and their internal organs would be corroded bit by bit, but the first part to be corroded would be the human respiratory tract.
Therefore, a large number of people without special powers will die of suffocation due to respiratory tract ulcers and ruptures in the near future.
People who have awakened superpowers can reduce the degree of pollution and corrosion, and the stronger the superpowers, the stronger the ability to resist corrosion.
The prophecy was very detailed, as if it had been experienced personally, covering almost every aspect, and what was written in it was tens of thousands of words long.
It is almost equivalent to giving humanity a doomsday strategy that will last for several years.
But for many ordinary people, this is more like waiting for death consciously.
Jiang Suan was thinking that since neither he nor his grandmother had any special powers, it would not be long before they would die of a ruptured respiratory tract, just as the prophecy said.
However, he had not finished reading the prophecy. He had only read the first few pages of the word document and did not know if there was any solution later.
Jiang Rong nodded after hearing this, then slapped his hand on Jiang Suan's head.
"What's that expression on your face?"
Jiang Rong was a little confused. She had clearly prepared everything, so her home should be safe for a short period of time. Although Jiang Suan did not awaken his special powers this time, there was no need to be so dejected, right?
Moreover, his eyes were red, and he looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
This made Jiang Rong immediately recall in his mind whether he had missed or omitted any key things.
Jiang Suan was not angry when he was hit on the head. He was used to it.
When he heard Jiang Rong's question, he gritted his teeth and expressed his worries and fears.
"Sister, are grandma and I going to die soon? The prophecy says that those of us who haven't awakened our powers will die of suffocation due to ruptured respiratory tracts in the future."
And it sounds like a miserable death.
He couldn't even imagine it.
"Won't."
Jiang Rong answered with a firm voice.
"Guess what superpower I awakened is?" Jiang Rong said with a smile.
Although this ability was quite useless in her previous life and was of little help to her, in this life, she felt that it was a treasure and extremely precious. It was so precious that even if someone offered her a lightning ability with extremely high attack power to trade with her, she would not trade it.
"Healing?" Jiang Suan made a wild guess. He didn't even know what superpowers they had. But seeing his sister was so sure, and she rarely smiled at him, he wondered if it was related to healing the body?
If so, that would be great!
He and grandma wouldn't have to die.
In the apocalypse, having a sister with healing powers makes you feel instantly safe.
Jiang Suan felt very happy, and suddenly he felt enlightened and was not afraid at all.
Jiang Rong shook his head, but didn't care.
“Not in a therapeutic way, but in a purifying way.
As long as we are careful, we can help everyone reduce the impact of polluted air.
However, the contaminated body is irreversible, and the only thing it can do is to stop the corrosion, so the effect should not be as amazing as the healing ability.
I can only prevent 'them' from continuing to attach to your body, but don't be too scared. I, your sister, have stockpiled a lot of medicine and protective clothing. Anyway, nothing will happen to you and grandma.
Besides, I also read that prophecy, and it also said that one year after the end of the world, there will be a plant that can effectively treat this kind of corrosion. You must not have read the whole prophecy, right?"
Jiang Rong explained patiently.
The atmosphere at doomsday was already depressing, so she explained it in more detail to reassure her brother and grandmother so that they could feel at ease.
Her special ability feels a bit like a doomsday version of an air purifier.
But it is a little different from ordinary purifiers. It purifies the polluted energy in the air.
Therefore, as long as she improves her supernatural powers as quickly as possible and regularly eliminates the polluted energy in the house, she can avoid everyone being corroded and injured to a large extent.
Anyway, this extreme cold will last for a whole year, so even if people want to go out, it is difficult, unless they have no other choice, such as being attacked by mutant beasts.
After hearing this, Jiang Suan felt much more at ease, knowing that he might still be injured, but at least he would not die.
And at this moment he didn't notice at all, why did his sister know so much just after awakening her superpowers?
Jiang Rong looked at Jiang Suan, whose expression had improved, and at his grandmother, who was listening in a daze. In short, she couldn't quite understand what the two kids were talking about. The corners of his mouth curled up.
Contented.
Then she got out of bed, wrapped herself in her black cotton coat, went out, and prepared to check on Cai'er's room.
But as soon as she opened the door, she felt the temperature difference between the room and outside the living room.
A gust of icy cold air hit Jiang Rong in the face, making him shiver all over. He felt as if his blood was freezing, and his body instantly became cold. The air he exhaled from his nose turned into icy mist in the air, and his eyebrows were also covered with frost.
There is no air conditioning or heating equipment in the living room.
Jiang Rong thought to himself that he was careless. He didn't know how Grandma and Jiang Suan had managed to get meals these days since it was so cold outside.
Jiang Rong shivered as he endured the cold, and took out an electronic thermometer from the space to measure the temperature.
The temperature in the living room is now minus 35 degrees Celsius, and this is after the house has been given a thermal insulation layer.
I don't even know what the temperature is outside right now.
Jiang Rong muttered to himself.
Then she closed the door, isolating the air inside and outside the room.
Then he quickly took two steps at a time and entered Zhao Caier's room.
Zhao Caier hasn't woken up yet. Besides her, Grandpa Zhao and Grandma Zhao are also in the room.
However, the two elders were currently sleeping on the floor, sitting in their quilts and talking in low voices.
When they saw Jiang Rong coming in, kind smiles appeared on their faces.
"Rongrong, wake up."
"Well, grandma, I'm here to see Cai'er."
After Jiang Rong finished answering, he looked at the two elders sitting on the ground and frowned slightly.
Grandpa Zhao and Grandma Zhao are older than her grandmother. They are in their seventies and it is very easy for them to get sick if they sleep on the floor.
Jiang Rong thought about it and decided to make a new bed for them later.
While they were asking and answering each other, Zhao Caier just happened to wake up.
She turned around and saw several people in the room, then struggled to get up from the bed.
I don’t know how long I slept, but I felt sore all over.
Seeing that she woke up, Jiang Rong now focused his attention on Cai'er.
"How do you feel?" Jiang Rong asked with concern.
"It's so sore. My back is itchy, itchy and painful. I don't know what's going on..." Zhao Caier didn't feel anything before she woke up. But when she woke up and came to her senses, she felt something was wrong with her body and felt extremely uncomfortable.
"Rongrong, can you take a look at my back to see if there is something growing on it? It hurts so much." Zhao Caier frowned, twisted her back very uncomfortably, and wanted to reach out to grab it.
Then he was restrained by Jiang Rong.
If something bad really grows on it, it might be more dangerous if you scratch it.
After hearing this, Grandpa Zhao and Grandma Zhao could no longer sit still and quickly climbed up from the bed, supporting each other.
I came here out of worry.
But in the end he was stopped by Jiang Rong.
Because she remembered that in her previous life, some people gained superpowers after waking up from a sleep, while some people turned into polluted monsters after waking up from a sleep...
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