Chapter 218 Super Cold Wave
The extremely strong cold wave is coming with great force, and even the steel-toothed rabbits that can run and stroll freely in the extreme cold have to avoid its edge. They dig holes and dive into the ground as quickly as if they were equipped with electric motors to avoid the invasion of the cold wave.
The skuas, which are known for being able to fly freely in the polar regions, have also returned to their nests. A group of skuas that dislike each other huddle together in an attempt to get some warmth.
The entrances and exits of the sewers had been completely closed an hour ago, and no one was allowed to enter or exit the sewers.
Everyone in the sewer wore thick rabbit fur coats and burned braziers and poured hot water at designated locations to keep the temperature of the sewer constant.
The power of this cold wave, which has been taken so seriously by the authorities, is not comparable to that of previous snowstorms.
Just a gust of cold wind blew, and a layer of frost formed on the door of Xia Xiaoman's house.
Inside the house, the fire pots flickered, and the hot water on the stove was bubbling, but after a gust of cold wind blew, the water surface became unusually calm. It is no exaggeration to say that if there were no honeycomb coal burning underneath, the hot water might have frozen into ice in an instant.
The hot air generated by the collision of hot water and cold air turned into tiny ice crystals when it rose to a height of one meter. The walls and floors of the second floor and attic were condensing frost at a speed visible to the naked eye.
If it's this cold indoors, you can imagine how cold it is outside.
At first, Xia Xiaoman was able to sit by the brazier and string starch sausages with a calm expression, but in less than half an hour, he crawled onto the kang in fear, wrapped himself in a quilt and shivered.
Maodan couldn't stand the cold, so Xia Xiaoman wiped its feet with a wet towel and let it get on the kang to keep warm.
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The weather was getting colder day by day. Except for going to the toilet, Xia Xiaoman spent the rest of the time like a permanent resident on the kang. He would not get off the kang unless he could. If he wanted to add more coal, he would just crawl to the edge of the kang, bend down and throw the honeycomb coal into the stove.
On the eighth day, just when Xia Xiaoman was about to become unable to bear this horrible weather, the wind outside stopped and the temperature stopped dropping.
Although the cold wave is over, the temperature is still very low. Xia Xiaoman continues to live in the basement, planning to move back to the living room when she gets used to the cold temperature.
After living in the basement for almost a month, Xia Xiaoman didn't feel so cold anymore, either because she had adapted to the cold weather or because the temperature had risen. She carefully opened the door to the basement.
The doors and windows of the living room were not blown out like in the previous times. But the ground and the roof were covered with frost. The boiling water on the stove had also become a hard lump of ice, which would surely smash someone's head if it was used to hit them.
Xia Xiaoman gathered her coat, put away the large items that were blocking the stairs, climbed up to the second-floor balcony and looked outside.
There wasn't much snow in the yard, but the layer of ice covering the villa was more than twice as thick as before.
After taking a look at the situation outside, Xia Xiaoman turned around and planned to go downstairs to deal with the frost in the living room. Suddenly, she stopped and turned her head to stare outside.
The sky outside the house, which was originally as black as ink, had turned into a dark blue color close to black. In such a night, she could clearly see the outline of the building in the distance without the help of lights.
Xia Xiaoman narrowed her eyes, ran quickly to the attic, removed the wooden board that was blocking the snow, climbed to the roof and looked around.
I looked in all directions, 720 degrees, but didn't see any shadow of the sun.
Xia Xiaoman sighed in disappointment. Perhaps she was overthinking it. The sky changing color might just be the clouds dispersing, not the sun coming out.
"Hey! What are you doing? Go back! The skuas are coming!"
Xia Xiaoman was startled by the sudden sound. He looked around and found several soldiers in the distance holding several cylindrical objects in their hands and staring at the sky seriously.
She looked curiously in the direction the soldiers were staring at, and saw flocks of skuas flying towards the city in the sky.
When the soldiers saw the jaeger appear, they lit the cylindrical objects in their hands. The next second, a pile of powder sprayed out from the cylindrical objects and scattered into the sky.
No one knew what the powder was made of, but the smell was extremely strong. Even from a long distance away, Xia Xiaoman could smell the strong bitter herbal scent.
When the flock of skuas flying over smelled the scent, most of them turned away in disgust, while some seemed to have lost their sense of smell and still swooped down suddenly, attacking everyone indiscriminately, including Xia Xiaoman who was standing alone on the roof.
What was going on? Did she provoke the skuas? Why did they attack her?
Xia Xiaoman was confused, but her body reacted faster than her brain. Seeing the jaguar was about to rush down, she subconsciously took out her crossbow and accurately shot the jaguar's head.
In order to avoid the crossbows, the jaeger had to change direction and failed to touch Xia Xiaoman.
On the other side, the soldiers standing on the street had already set up their submachine guns and were firing at the jaguars. After the jaguars landed, they were immediately gnawed by the steel-toothed rabbits until not even a bone was left.
Seeing that the soldiers were able to deal with these skuas, Xia Xiaoman quickly slipped back into the house and let the soldiers concentrate on dealing with the skuas.
After watching the situation at home for a few days, Xia Xiaoman discovered two problems.
First, she was sure that the sun was about to rise. The sky outside changed from inky black to a deep blue, and occasionally, one or two stars would shine or moonlight would appear.
Secondly, perhaps because the sun was about to appear, the extremely cold weather might no longer exist. These skuas sensed the change in the environment and began to get anxious, thinking that as long as they killed other creatures, they could continue to survive in this place.
So they began indiscriminate attacks, trying to kill all other creatures in the area.
The indiscriminate attacks of skuas caused considerable trouble to the authorities, so they developed a powder to drive away the skuas. If they could not be driven away, they would have to use force to resolve the issue.
With so many skuas seeking their own death, Xia Xiaoman didn't want to miss this opportunity to stock up on meat. He got a fishing net and provoked the skuas with Maodan in the yard every day, hoping to trap them.
There were not many skuas flying to the floating city. After less than half a month of catching them, more than half of the skuas circling in the sky had disappeared.
The consequence of the decrease in skuas is that the number of steel-toothed rabbits has doubled. The steel-toothed rabbits have eaten up almost all the food outside. During this period, because of the cold wave, everyone stayed at home, and there was not even a dead body outside.
The steel-toothed rabbit, without food, gnashed its teeth and aimed at the human residence...
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