All night long, Jiang Zhi tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep. This was the first time she had suffered from insomnia since her rebirth.
Unable to sleep, she got up and lit the stove, adding new charcoal. Jiang Zhi then placed a pot on top, preparing to cook dumplings.
The temperature in the middle of the stove was very high. Jiang Zhi placed the pot on top, and the water boiled quickly.
The dumplings are handmade, filled with pork and scallions.
Under the lamplight, steam rose from the bowl, swaying and twisting in the air. Jiang Zhi scooped up a dumpling with a spoon and put it in her mouth.
The slightly scalding hot dumpling sauce burst in her mouth, and as the warm food went down her throat, Jiang Zhi felt that the surroundings were not so cold anymore.
The fire in the stove burned brightly, and Jiang Zhi's face became hot.
The muggy heat is turning cool; it's about to rain.
As expected, in the latter half of the night, the rain outside the window poured down like boiling water.
At noon, it was dark outside and visibility inside the house was very low.
The rain is still falling, but not as heavily as last night.
The signal is down again, and this time even the satellite phone isn't working. It's possible that the communication satellite has fallen.
Rainwater gathered into streams, flowing from the ditch dug by Jiang Zhi into the low-lying artificial pond.
Because of the corrugated steel roof, rainwater hitting the steel structure makes a thunderous sound, which makes Jiang Zhi even more irritable, but she doesn't want to enter the space.
She still wanted to experience, just like in her previous life, the torrential rain that had claimed countless lives.
“Honey, could this be the rainiest time ever? The heatwave lasted for over four months before, and if the rainiest time also lasts for several months…” Yang Meili frowned, “we might die a horrible death.”
"Don't worry unnecessarily. Look at the water in front of our house. It went through the ditch we dug and didn't affect our house at all."
"With so many people, I can't even imagine if we have any chance of survival. After all, there's only so much food left. If we eat sparingly, we can only last until next spring at most. Judging from the current situation, the grain has already been completely destroyed."
Yang Meili's concerns are also the concerns of all people who are currently safe.
"Don't think nonsense. Can heavy rain be global? Those old American movies all say that God will send a great flood to drown everyone except the Chinese. This kind of thing won't happen to us. Besides, don't we have Yu the Great?"
Liu Donghua felt that they should move the things from the first floor to the second floor, just in case.
Zhou Heng was practicing his superpower with his eyes closed. He discovered that his body had become stronger after acquiring the superpower. This fire-type superpower was extremely aggressive and could also hide fire within himself, commonly known as transforming into a fire child.
He couldn't help but smile.
Even at this point, he's still laughing?
I wonder when the rain will stop? With this rain, I guess everyone will be water-free.
Jiang Zhi tunes into the radio at a fixed time every day, wanting to know what's happening outside, regardless of whether it works or not.
The rain kept falling for a full two weeks. The city's drainage system gradually failed, and many people who didn't have time to move out of their basements were left there forever.
Most people had already moved back into their homes when the temperature plummeted, and those on higher floors were spared the devastating impact.
The banks of the great river were a living hell, with all sorts of corpses floating in the water, some human and some animal.
It is Heaven that has committed this massacre.
Jiang Zhi stood by the second-floor window, observing the river with binoculars. When the flood peak passed, the river water spread to the entire city.
Faced with such a massive disaster, how powerless humanity is.
The torrential rain turned into a drizzle, and gradually the rain stopped, the clouds in the sky dispersed, and the long-awaited sunshine appeared.
Having experienced such extreme heat, and then suffering from severe flooding caused by torrential rains, it's no wonder that the virus is spreading rampantly, and many people who drank contaminated water are falling ill with high fevers.
Without medication, one can only rely on their body to tough it out; if they can't, they will die.
After December, the floodwaters receded, revealing the city in its true form. The scene was one of devastation, littered with garbage. Most of the corpses had been carried away by the water, while a small number remained trapped in the cracks of the city's reinforced concrete structure for various reasons, emitting a foul stench.
People had no choice but to grit their teeth and clean up the battlefield, as even disinfection conditions were no longer feasible this time.
This flood affected the entire Northern Hemisphere, sparing no country, and no one can explain why.
As the water stains on the ground gradually dried, people noticed that the humidity in the air was decreasing, and the temperature was getting lower and lower, with a tendency to drop below zero.
Not just Jiang Zhi, almost everyone had the same thought pop into their minds—the cold wave was coming, the extreme cold was coming.
Humanity has gone mad, and order has been disrupted.
"Attention, the general public! National shelter bases have been established throughout the country. Please inform all levels that those who wish to go to the national bases may bring their supplies. Those who do not wish to go may build their own shelters. Please ensure your safety!"
There are a total of 536 bases of varying sizes across the country, located in different parts of various provinces. Please inquire about the locations yourself. The government will dispatch various rescue teams for emergency rescue operations. You can follow the rescue teams to find the bases.
The base is not free or unconditional. Entry requires the payment of resources, which are exchanged for points. These points serve as the base's currency. Entry is not permitted without resources. Resources can include food, steel, clothing, precious metals, etc., with the specific points awarded determined by the base itself.
In the face of natural disasters, humanity should unite and support each other. Going it alone will not achieve anything. Therefore, let us all unite to overcome this difficult time. When one is in trouble, help comes from all sides. We are one, and with one heart and one mind, we can overcome this challenge.
Jiang Zhi listened to the voice on the radio. It was exactly the same request as in her previous life.
Is it the Jiangcheng Shuofang base?
She absolutely had to go; otherwise, how could she have encountered those two bastards and then killed them with her own hands?
Jiang Zhi didn't need to spread the word about the base herself; the capable people in the neighborhood would do it on their own. Just as she expected, the next morning, someone was knocking on doors, walking through the frost, to inform everyone about the base.
Jiang Zhi saw that the other person was a tall and thin young man with an unnaturally pale face, so he must be sick.
"...That's it. I've been running around all morning, and my mouth is all dry from talking."
"What's your name?" Jiang Zhi asked.
"Me? Please call me the Little Prince of Science, the Guardian of Earth's Justice, the Psyduck Warrior, Wang Wan!" Wang Wan managed to force a comical smile.
Jiang Zhi was amused by his childish behavior: "Are you sick?"
"Yeah, I drank some unclean water, so I probably got parasites. But it doesn't matter. I'm happy to see so many people alive before I die." Wang Wan gave a smile that looked more like a grimace.
"Wait here, I have a first-aid kit." Jiang Zhi went back into the house and actually took out a first-aid kit. She rummaged through it and took out two strips of medicine, one was a fever reducer and the other was a special anti-inflammatory drug that was effective against gastrointestinal bacterial infections.
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