Chapter 82 [VIP]
The base had undergone a major transformation, and the residents had noticed it, so it was natural for them to start discussing it. With the exception of Mingzhu, everyone else was happily discussing it. Even at dawn, they continued to enjoy themselves, unwilling to return home.
Mingzhu slept very comfortably, starting at 8 o'clock in the morning and continuing until about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when he woke up slowly.
It was almost 5 o'clock when Mingzhu started eating. It was like breakfast, lunch, and dinner all rolled into one meal.
At this time, Mingzhu heard from Zhang Junfang and others that the construction of the underground city at the A City base had been preliminarily completed.
In addition, several bases that are very close to the A City Base also started to build underground cities after seeing the successful construction of the underground city at the A City Base.
Amidst the frenzy of construction, the number of heatstroke cases at City A's base surprisingly decreased. This also happened to other nearby bases that had joined the underground city construction effort. While the population hadn't increased, it hadn't decreased much either.
Ding Youdi and Ding Wangjie did not sleep all night. As people with ice-type abilities and the ability to control animals, they were still full of energy.
"Mom, remember to queue up to buy an ice bucket today." Ding Youdi.
"That Warring States bronze ice jar is also good!" Sister Ding Wang.
"I understand." Wang Li replied, "Your father will queue up to buy an ice bucket, and I'll go buy a Warring States bronze ice jar."
"Grandpa and grandma went to buy custom clothes at Yin Xiaoluo Clothing Store. Grandma and grandpa went to the market to buy vegetables." Dad Ding also said. "Don't worry, we all have things to do."
"What about us?" Ding Youdi asked, and Sister Ding Wang nodded quickly. "We don't want to sleep anymore. Mom, what can we do?"
"Cook?"
"Oh, that's fine. Mom, Dad, and Grandma, just wait until we get home to eat."
Ding Youdi poured a glass of water for Wang Li, while Ding Wangjie used her supernatural power to generate some ice cubes and put them into the water. Suddenly, she noticed that the sky outside the window was a little strange, and the clouds in the west were a strange dark red.
"Is it going to rain?" Ding Youdi said in surprise.
Father Ding walked to the window and looked out. "The professors said there's an extremely high temperature warning for the next week, so we shouldn't leave the base easily during the day."
"We always go out of the base at night!" Wang Li drank the ice water in one gulp, leaving only ice cubes.
"Okay, let's get out of here quickly, otherwise it will be completely unbearable by around 9 o'clock."
Since the extremely hot weather started for so long, they have long been accustomed to staying out at night and staying hidden during the day. They are usually active in the morning, but by around 10 o'clock, there is basically no one outside.
Soon the family divided the work and cooperated with each other. Those who bought vegetables bought vegetables and ice buckets, and those who bought Warring States bronze ice jars bought ice buckets and Warring States bronze ice jars. By about 9:30, the Ding family had bought everything they needed.
At this time, the streets of Taoyuan Base were almost deserted. The occasional pedestrian was a few, all of them security-related professionals.
They are under Zhang Junfang and are mainly responsible for patrolling and maintaining the city walls and defensive arrow towers that have been built one after another.
If it's hot today, they'll probably patrol once between 5 and 10 AM, and then from 6 PM to 5 AM. They work three shifts. So, 5 AM to 10 AM is one shift, 6 PM to 12 AM, 7 AM is the average, and then 12 AM to 5 AM...
It was a three-shift system. Starting at 10 a.m., the streets of Taoyuan Base were practically deserted. The other bases were even more deserted. During the day, no one was visible above ground. Everyone hid underground, only emerging for fresh air in the dead of night.
And so, time flew by and it was September. As expected, the extremely hot weather that had lasted for nearly half a year was about to end.
On the evening of September 28th, the wind suddenly picked up. The next day, September 29th, the wind intensified, thunder roared, and the sky darkened visibly. Opening the windows, people could even feel a hint of the long-lost coolness.
"It's going to rain! It's really going to rain!"
The children ran out and ran excitedly up and down the street.
When the first drop of rain fell, the whole Taoyuan community was in an uproar. Not only the children, but also the adults and the elderly ran out and stood in the streets, squares and other spacious places, some even stretched out their hands.
Welcome this rare rain.
The rain started out as light rain, then became moderate rain, and even heavy rain, which lasted for two whole days and two nights. In the early morning of September 1st, the first thing everyone did after getting up was to open the windows and breathe in the long-lost fresh air.
At this time, the temperature had dropped below 30 degrees, and the world seemed to come alive again.
But the weather forecast on the mobile phone quickly broke this short-lived joy: after the rain, the high temperature will rebound, but it will not last long and will end in about a week.
In other words, the extremely hot weather will be officially declared over in a week, and the weather will probably be...
This will repeat over and over again for several years until the entire planet is destroyed. By that time, Mingzhu believes that his Utopia base will be destroyed.
"I've been interested in radio stations recently, so I wandered over to the courtyard where Professor Fu and his family live. The station is pretty good, and I wonder if other bases can receive it.
"Of course they can. At our base, people from other bases can use their tourist ID cards to contact other people with tourist ID cards, and they can also contact people at our base. I believe people from other bases have already traveled thousands of miles to Taoyuan Base."
"We have to learn to adapt," said Zhang Wei, one of the professors' assistants. "Our connections will become increasingly close. Perhaps soon we'll be able to connect with people from all corners of the world as we did before the apocalypse."
"Wow, look, grandpas." Zhao Wenwen and the others ran over and pointed to the corner of the wall, where there were a few tenacious little wild flowers. With the nourishment of the rain, they actually bloomed a few light purple flowers.
Mingzhu touched one of the children's hair and found that the roots were still damp. "Children shouldn't get wet in the rain. Remember to ask your mother to make you some ginger soup when you get home," Mingzhu said softly, even though he knew it was almost impossible to catch a cold in such high temperatures.
Jiang Tiantian nodded happily and said, "It's finally raining. I'm so happy."
"You should be happy."
Mingzhu smiled and listened to the sound of pots and pans colliding coming from the kitchen. Zhou Ming, one of the assistants, was preparing breakfast. The rare cool weather made him decide to make a hot meal.
They hadn't cooked since the high temperatures began. Eating out was much easier than cooking for themselves. Almost all three meals a day were either takeout or at the Taoyuan Inn.
"Zhou Ming, fry some eggs." Zhang Wei shouted.
Zhou Ming did not reply, but the next moment, the fragrant smell of fried eggs began to come from the kitchen.
Jiang Tiantian and a few other children blinked their eyes and ran away in a swarm.
Mingzhu rejected Huo Mingjia's invitation and said that he had eaten breakfast before going out.
The professors continued to adjust the radio, finally completing it after an hour. They then began placing radios along the defensive arrow towers built along the city wall, following the placement locations indicated by Mingzhu.
At about 7 o'clock in the evening, the familiar broadcast sounded. Fu Chun excitedly sang a loud military song, and then began to give the weather forecast for the next week.
——Starting at 9 am tomorrow, a new round of high temperatures will sweep the world, with the maximum temperature expected to reach 50℃ and last for five to seven days.
- In a week, the extremely hot weather will end, and by then, the temperature will drop rapidly, with the daily temperature drop within 10°C. In the same week, it will directly enter the cold winter.
Extreme cold weather has returned, with localized hail, avalanches, and other natural disasters expected. Residents of Taoyuan Base and other bases are advised not to venture out unless necessary.
Starting September 10th, Taoyuan Base will open pre-order services. If you have any supplies you need, you can place an order in advance. We will deliver them to your door within 10 working days of placing your order.
——Also, please be aware that everyone should place orders reasonably. If the order is too outrageous, Taoyuan Base will not accept the order and will blacklist it for one year as a warning.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
