Chapter 125: Red Alert for Haze
A thick brown fog enveloped the floating city.
Xia Xiaoman stood in front of the window with a frown on his face, thinking about all the knowledge he had learned in the first half of his life.
What is this thick fog? Is it a sandstorm, smog, or some strange poisonous fog?
Born and raised in the south, she had never seen a sandstorm or smog, and she really couldn't tell what the thick fog outside was.
After thinking for two seconds, Xia Xiaoman decided to go to the property department to take a look.
Sitting and waiting to die is not her style. The people in the property department have more experience than her and might know what this thick fog is.
After thinking it over carefully, she took out a set of protective clothing from the space, put on a gas mask, and groped her way towards the property department in the thick fog with a strong flashlight.
The fog was thick and visibility was less than 10 meters. Turning on the strong headlights could increase visibility a little.
Perhaps because of the thick fog, the temperature today was not as high as in the past. She was able to walk freely outside in her protective suit without being burned by the sun.
"Ouch! Who is that? You're just walking straight towards me without paying attention!"
"Sorry, sorry! It's too foggy to see."
Hearing the sound coming from the thick fog, Xia Xiaoman was stunned. It seemed that there were many people running out like her.
She walked cautiously to the property management department, twenty minutes after she left.
The window of the property department was closed. Xia Xiaoman knocked on the door and waited for a while. Then a voice came from inside, "Who is it?"
"Xia Xiaoman, the owner of Villa No. 12."
"What's the matter?"
There was no sign of the door opening, so Xia Xiaoman had to ask through the door: "There was suddenly thick fog outside. I wanted to ask if you know what's going on?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the person inside shouted, "That's not thick fog, it's smog. If you don't have anything to do, go back quickly and close the doors and windows. Breathing too much smog is bad for your health."
Xia Xiaoman was stunned for a moment. This thick fog is smog! It's really rare to see such thick smog in the south.
Haze is composed of countless tiny particles suspended in the air, which reduces visibility.
In addition to the emission of pollutants, smog can sometimes be formed in dry and windless weather.
Some of the particles in haze are so small that they cannot be seen by the naked eye. They can invade the respiratory tract, causing symptoms such as coughing and asthma, and even have adverse effects on the cardiovascular system.
In other words, in addition to reducing visibility, breathing too much smog can also affect your health.
After returning home, Xia Xiaoman immediately turned off the air conditioner.
The haze blocked the sunlight, and the solar generator could no longer generate electricity. If the weather continued like this, she would run out of power in the generator and there would be no electricity left.
She turned off the air conditioner, unplugged the refrigerator and threw it into the space. Except for leaving a lamp on for lighting, she put away all the electrical appliances in the house that required electricity.
Then, she took out a piece of gauze and nailed it on all the ventilated places in the house to block out the haze outside.
While we were busy sealing the windows and doors, a loudspeaker suddenly sounded outside, "Dear owners, please be informed. Shuiyuewan Property Management Department reminds you that there is a red alert for smog outside. Visibility is less than 10 meters. Please pay attention to your safety when you go out!"
"There are some tiny particles in the smog that can enter the body through breathing and cause harm to the body. Please wear masks when going out. Also, comrades in the logistics department, please go to Building 3 as soon as possible to sew masks."
The content on the loudspeaker was played repeatedly. Xia Xiaoman looked out the window and vaguely saw a few lights passing by her door. As the lights gradually faded away, the sound of the loudspeaker also gradually disappeared.
Xia Xiaoman frowned. The sun hadn't completely set yet, but the visibility was already so low. If it was night, wouldn't it be impossible to see anything? Would it still be possible to get water tonight?
The answer is undoubtedly no.
There is no visibility at night. When you open the door, you can't see anything. Even if the staff finds a way to open the manhole cover, the residents around cannot find the location of the well.
The community was silent all night long.
Xia Xiaoman stayed alone in the empty house, surrounded by smog, and felt an inexplicable sense of loneliness as if she had been forgotten by the world.
Although she didn't like the hustle and bustle, she hated this kind of dead silence even more.
After thinking for a while, she took out her cell phone from the space and played music, then took out the abalone, scallops and shrimp meat that Sun Qing gave her a few days ago, and prepared to cook a pot of seafood porridge to pass the time.
Having something to do, she stopped having wild thoughts, and the inexplicable feeling of loneliness was also dispelled by the fragrant seafood porridge.
That night, the floating city was exceptionally quiet. Almost everyone was trapped at home due to the smog and unable to go out.
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Dawn rose, and the scorching sun shone on the earth again. Xia Xiaoman opened the curtains, and there was still a thick layer of smog outside.
After a night, the smog did not dissipate, but became much thicker, with visibility less than five meters.
Xia Xiaoman sighed. It seemed that the smog would not dissipate anytime soon.
Thinking of the smog outside, she tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep, so she got up to practice archery and crossbow, and to adjust to the jet lag at the same time.
The foggy weather is not suitable for working during the day and going out at night, so she needs to adjust back to the state of working during the day and sleeping at night as soon as possible.
While practicing with a crossbow, Xia Xiaoman suddenly heard someone talking outside. She walked to the window and looked out, but it was all brown and she couldn't see anything.
“Is it pulled to three meters away?”
"Not yet, take two more steps forward... Hey, stop, we're three meters away."
The voice stopped abruptly. Xia Xiaoman thought for a moment and shouted outside, "Is there anyone on the street?"
"Yes! What's wrong?" a male voice came over.
Xia Xiaoman asked: "What are you doing outside?"
The man explained: "We'll install neon lights and signposts. There'll be a neon light every three meters, and a signpost at every intersection. If you want to go out, just follow the neon lights and you can get to every part of the community!"
Xia Xiaoman asked again: "Can we still get water today?"
"I don't know. We can't leave the community right now. Wait for notification from above! If you really have no water to drink, you can follow the neon lights to the property management department to buy some water later."
On the day when water was not restricted, the property management department stockpiled a lot of water just in case of emergency.
Xia Xiaoman responded and didn't ask any more questions.
The two people who were installing the lights, one was measuring the distance with a tape measure, and the other was inserting the wooden stick with the neon light at the specified distance. After a while, the two left the villa area.
Shuiyuewan is not big, but it is not small either. It is not easy to install neon lights in the whole community. The property management department spent a long time to collect the bulbs, and some incandescent bulbs were painted with bright colors to act as neon lights.
At around 1:00 p.m., the neon lights leading to Shuiyue Bay were finally lit up.
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