"That's so pitiful. Little friend, give your mother some water and see if she has a fever or heatstroke."
"My mother has stopped breathing."
"Alas! My condolences."
After the power outage, the temperature inside Jiang Zhi's room rose rapidly, almost like being steamed. She immediately took out a large basin, put a block of ice in it, and then used a solar-powered fan to blow cool air out, making Jiang Zhi feel much more comfortable.
The exercise could only relieve the heat in her heart, but it couldn't relieve the heat on her skin.
However, her ability to withstand high temperatures has indeed increased.
The window was slightly ajar, and the wind blowing in was hot, making it hard to breathe.
The green belt outside the villa withered rapidly within just twenty days, with only a few plants with deep roots surviving, looking wilted.
Thankfully, Jiang Zhi installed heat-insulating corrugated steel sheets, which provided shade for the entire first floor of the villa, keeping the temperature around 30-40 degrees Celsius, unlike the scorching heat of the second floor.
Jiang Zhi brandished a kitchen knife in the empty living room. She had moved to the basement and spent her days in the living room on the first floor.
The room is filled with various fitness equipment. After exercising for a period of time, Jiang Zhiyuan's originally weak body has developed muscle definition.
Her skills are becoming increasingly refined, and recently she has shown signs of breaking through to a higher level.
After finishing her training, she took out half a watermelon from her spatial storage and ate it as she walked.
The radio was still on, receiving information from the outside world.
Without power, even the signal became intermittent.
The residents' group chat exploded.
Everyone is calling the property management, but they are overwhelmed. In this sweltering heat, no one dares to go out in the blazing sun.
It's so hot outside, it'll kill you.
"Where is the property management? The power is out! Is this heat going to kill us? We pay 80,000 yuan in property management fees every year, and now we can't even get electricity."
"The property management company came out to explain."
"Don't worry, everyone. It's the main line that's burned out. We've already contacted an electrician to repair it. We've been getting lines burned out every day lately. It's so hot, so please be understanding. I'm very sorry, it's not easy for anyone to live."
There have been nationwide power outages recently, and signal strength has been intermittent. Many companies are either implementing work-from-home or requiring employees to work at night.
The factory is fully booked for night shifts, and there are almost no day shifts.
During the day, it gets unbearably hot as soon as the sun comes out, and it only cools down in the latter half of the night.
Jiang Zhi set up a telescope on the rooftop and covered the lens with a light-blocking film so she could observe the sun.
The hottest topic on online apocalyptic survival forums lately is rising temperatures, which are related to solar activity and, of course, also to the La Niña phenomenon.
The trending topics are filled with news of people dying from the heat every day, and the cloud images released by the meteorological department also show a scorching cloud covering the entire Northern Hemisphere.
Some people have observed that the climates in the Southern Hemisphere and the Northern Hemisphere are opposite, with many places in the Southern Hemisphere already reaching temperatures below minus twenty degrees Celsius.
This is something that has never happened before in history.
After all, most of the landmass in the Southern Hemisphere is not that close to Antarctica, and even in winter, it is impossible for the temperature to be below minus twenty degrees Celsius.
But that's just how it is.
Some people are worried that the Earth's magnetic poles may have reversed. Internal data suggests that the magnetic poles are indeed disordered, but not completely reversed.
That means the magnetic poles are being reversed.
In recent years, industrial development has led to the emission of too many greenhouse gases into nature. Although China has achieved carbon neutrality and greatly greened its deserts, it still cannot keep up with the rate of equatorial rainforest loss. In fact, temperatures have been rising in recent years.
But never before has it been so difficult. For a country where most of its land lies north of the Tropic of Cancer, this has been an ordeal.
The power was out all day. In the evening, the property management sent a message saying that there would be artificial rainmaking throughout the city the next day, and residents should be prepared.
The power came back on at 9:30 p.m.
Jiang Zhi moved the refrigerator out of her spatial storage and plugged it back in.
She bought this refrigerator for 50,000 yuan. It's a double-door refrigerator with a huge capacity and five compartments. It's crammed full of meat, vegetables, and all sorts of other food.
Besides the refrigerator, there are also ice makers. She put two ice makers in the basement and two more in the living room. They make ice and also cool the room at the same time.
The air conditioner was restarted to remove all the heat from the living room.
Jiang Zhi sat on a cool chair, and someone on the survival forum on her computer posted an extremely bloody photo.
It was a photo of a person being eaten; half of the body had been bitten away, leaving it pitted and mangled.
Judging from the manner of death, it seemed to have been dead for a long time; the body was already decomposed.
Before Jiang Zhi could scroll down the post, a message popped up on the forum saying that the post had been deleted.
The poster's profile picture also went dark.
This has been banned.
It seems the government has some control over this.
The animals have mutated.
It appears to be a small-scale mutation, not yet to the point of causing panic.
The terrible signal I received on the radio last time might be even worse overseas.
“I have a feeling that the end of the world has really come. The world is in chaos and I’m so panicked. My aunt is in the United States. The last time I contacted her, she said that her whole family was staying in the basement and they didn’t dare to go out to the surface. There was a lot of looting, arson and vandalism outside. I couldn’t contact them yesterday.”
"It is said that many people froze to death overnight in Africa."
"A monster has been spotted, but we don't know what kind of monster it is."
People are becoming increasingly restless, and doomsday prophecies have started circulating in the residents' group chat. Jiang Zhi remains silent, but her silence doesn't mean others aren't trying to talk to her.
The neighbor who came to borrow her hammer saw Jiang Zhi in the group of people going out to buy supplies and realized that she had been tricked last time.
In addition, Jiang Zhi had made preparations before the extreme weather, and the construction of the corrugated steel roof was quite a big undertaking. At that time, his house was also being renovated, and he took a look out of curiosity.
Later, he discovered that his neighbor had installed solar panels on their corrugated steel roof.
Isn't this preparation in advance?
"Young lady, I'm your new neighbor who just moved in next door. We met before. My name is Liu Donghua, and my wife's name is Yang Meili."
Jiang Zhi was playing a game while waiting to purchase supplies when someone unexpectedly struck up a conversation with her.
She looked up and recognized the man immediately; he was the man in the shirt who had come to her house to borrow the hammer last time.
"Hmm, is there something you need?" Jiang Zhi frowned slightly.
"Did you already know the weather would change drastically?" Liu Donghua asked confidently. He didn't mention the nanny at all; those were minor matters, not worth mentioning.
How do you know?
"With its corrugated steel roof and solar panels, your house stands out the most in this area."
"Hehe, you're overthinking it. If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have been queuing here. Photovoltaics is my hobby, and the corrugated steel roofing is because I have a pet thrush, and I'm afraid it will fly away and I won't be able to find it," Jiang Zhi said.
"Don't talk to me unless it's important. You're a married man, so be mindful of your male virtues."
"You—" Liu Donghua gritted his teeth. Couldn't this woman speak properly? Did she have to be so sarcastic?
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