Chapter 065 Chapter 65
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Xie Muchi, who had been very busy these days, showed up.
Buckets of ice were brought from somewhere and put into Ji Yang's room.
At the same time, it was discovered that the air conditioners upstairs and downstairs were broken at the same time. They were overloaded and because of the extremely high temperature, the movement burned out directly.
Just when Ji Yang was thinking about leaving early and getting the high-performance air conditioner in the space, although it might not be able to withstand the extreme heat, getting two more and using them in rotation might be helpful.
Xie Muchi got a new air conditioner in the evening.
There is no trademark, just like the shower gel and shampoo in the bathroom, there is only a simple base logo.
"This is what the base has been researching for a while. It's not the final product yet, but it can be used." Xie Muzhi patted the air conditioner that was already working. His face was covered in sweat after installing the air conditioner, but he smiled happily. A cool breeze blew over, and he waved: "Come and sit down. It's cool here."
"What else has the base been researching?" Ji Yang took a disposable face towel, poured cold water on it, wiped himself first, then folded it, and applied the reverse paste on Xie Muchi's face.
It can't be wasted, her face is clean anyway.
Xie Muzhi took it and wiped the sweat off his face in a few seconds. He then wiped his hands. The cool breeze made the wet towel on his hands colder, making him feel more comfortable. He smiled and said, "There are many things. In addition to air conditioning and other necessary things for extremely hot weather, there is another one that you will definitely be interested in."
"What?" Ji Yang finally perked up a little and asked with raised eyebrows.
"Mobile phone!" Xie Muzhi looked at the eyes of the person in front of him that suddenly lit up, and said in a gentle voice: "The official forecast is that the extreme heat will continue for a long time, and we can't go out for a long time. There must be some entertainment to keep people at home, so we are preparing to re-launch mobile phones and the Internet to facilitate communication."
The base has actually always had an internal network, but not many people can use it, and all of them are wired connections like computers. Currently, most people communicate in the base through walkie-talkies, which is convenient, but mobile phones have a different meaning.
Nowadays, the trust between survivors is very low, and daily communication has decreased. Everything is kept in the heart, which makes it easy to have psychological problems. Mobile phones and the Internet can bring people closer together and provide a channel for venting. There are definitely disadvantages, but relatively speaking, there are many advantages.
Take Ji Yang, who is in a good state and good at entertaining himself. When he heard that the phone was about to appear, he also smiled with surprise: "Is there any clue? When will it appear?"
"It's almost ready. It will be available for sale in about ten days. We are currently working on the final improvements to the app." Xie Muzhi said, "I have already ordered two units in advance. Once they are available, they will be delivered to me as soon as possible."
Ji Yang was really looking forward to it this time.
Although she downloaded a lot of TV series, movies, and variety shows, these things are only one-way input and are far less fun than being able to communicate with people online at any time.
"Baji!" Ji Yang held Xie Muzhi's cheek and kissed him, "Well done, this is a reward for you."
"I think the reward could be a little bit more." Xie Muchi said seriously, his big hands already clasping her waist from behind.
It has been too hot these two days, and the air conditioner was not powerful enough before it broke down. Now that the new air conditioner was turned on, the temperature dropped rapidly. Ji Yang seemed to come alive and hugged Xie Muchi.
The two of them spent the evening without any shame or anxiety.
After that, it was almost always around five in the afternoon when the temperature dropped to around 43 degrees Celsius. It was still hot, but barely enough to work. Ji Yang saw the contractor leading his men out, and Xie Muchi also rested for a while before going out again. She thought about it, mixed a bucket of iced sour plum soup and brought it downstairs to prevent these people from getting dehydrated or having heatstroke due to rushing to work.
The villa area is okay, the rich people will not lack water. At most, they can spend a few more points and ask the profiteers in the base to get water.
But the situation is more serious elsewhere.
The temperature was over 40 degrees, which was already very easy to get heatstroke, but water resources were not too scarce at that time. There was not enough water for bathing and washing hair, but there was barely enough water for drinking.
As a result, the temperature is now rising, water is evaporating too quickly, and water resources are becoming increasingly tight.
It just so happened that the air was so dry that people's throats hurt, and the demand for water increased greatly. The purchase of water at the base was strictly limited. Survivors could buy water once every three days, and a maximum of two liters of water at a time, which was totally insufficient, and they only dared to take a cautious sip.
Of course, if someone needs to go out for work, the employer must provide water. Otherwise, if the person suffers from heatstroke or dehydration, the medical expenses will still be paid by the employer.
Even so, the number of people suffering from dehydration and heat stroke has increased significantly, and people have begun to die from heat stroke.
The case that Ji Yang knew of was in the neighboring District 2. District 2 was a large flat, right around District 1. The person who made the noise was an old lady. Her family had something to do and she was alone at home. She couldn't bear to keep the air conditioner on all day long, so she turned it off for a while.
As a result, something went wrong if you weren't careful.
When her family came back, she was already dead.
The family was in tears but had nowhere to turn for justice, so they could only send the old lady to the crematorium. This kind of thing is quite common in other districts, but people in District 2 are not short of points, and this incident ended up attracting a lot of discussion.
The temperature dropped to 36 or 37 degrees Celsius at night, which was unusually cool considering people's current feelings. When Ji Yang and Xie Muzhi took Xixi out for a walk, they heard other people who were walking talking about this matter, and their words were full of regret.
The old lady was actually not that old, less than 60 years old. She had finally survived the extreme cold, avoided the tornado, and ended the flood, but she died here. It was such a pity.
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There are many examples like this.
Leaving Area 1 and going to the night market, you can hear people talking about the aftereffects of warming almost everywhere you go.
Most of the cases are people who fainted due to heatstroke and were sent to the hospital, some have heatstroke and are still being rescued, and the most common case is that someone died directly from heatstroke and there was no time for rescue.
Most of these people have traces of sunburn on their bodies, but these are minor injuries and basically no one cares about them. If possible, they will apply some iodine or something like that. If not, just leave it alone. The more they are exposed to the sun and the more they are injured, the more scabs they will form and the more they become sun-resistant.
A few days ago, we were discussing whether there was a cure for the plague and how to earn points to buy the medicine.
No one cares about that now, all of them are thinking about making money on electricity. Solar power generation cannot power air conditioning for such a long time. Except for the villa area, most survivors in the building areas can only install solar power in an area as big as the balcony, which is barely enough to supply electricity and meals, and is far from enough for other purposes.
Therefore, except for things related to survival, prices of other things have fallen again.
The signs of extreme heat are so obvious.
For this reason, Ji Yang simply let the workers rest during the day and work at night. He would rather work with flashlights than slow down the progress.
The base is now slowly returning to a nocturnal state. The sun is scorching during the day, and the solar street lights are getting brighter at night, so the reversed schedule is not so unbearable.
The only headache is that some people started stealing the solar panels from the street lights.
So the security guard, who had just relaxed a little, began to patrol non-stop again. He kept an eye on the solar panels all night for fear that they would be stolen. During the day, he would find a position nearby and watch from a distance. If anyone climbed up a lamppost to steal, he would open fire immediately.
This was done several times, and several people who did not heed the warnings were shot. Others who were ready to make a move no longer dared to think about it, and worked honestly to earn points to buy solar panels at the base.
Everything is going smoothly on the renovation side.
Ji Yang doesn't know much about decoration, but no matter how busy Xie Muchi is, he will take time to take a look, and the people he finds are reliable, so there will basically be no problems.
There is no need to get any furniture or anything. Just take measures to soundproof and heat-insulate, complete the basic decoration, raise and thicken the courtyard wall, and finally install the front and back doors. It took about ten days to complete.
You can take care of the remaining furniture and appliances yourself after moving.
The work was completed at exactly six o'clock in the morning.
It's the coolest time of the day.
After settling the last salary, the workers went back to their homes exhausted. Ji Yang also locked the door, yawned and went back to sleep. She looked like she was working on the construction site, but in fact, the more than 1,000 square meters of potatoes and sweet potatoes in the space were ripe and she was busy harvesting them.
The workers were busy for a few days, so she was busy for a few days too.
I am really mentally exhausted.
But she is only busy for a while. After all the crops are harvested, she will re-cultivate the remaining land with a plow and spread various grass seeds. After the grass grows completely, she will slowly plan how to distribute the land.
When I woke up, it was exactly half past five.
Ji Yang rubbed his sleepy face. Xie Muchi didn't come back that day, and there didn't seem to be much movement downstairs.
There are fewer traffickers coming here now. The weather is too hot, and it is inconvenient to carry a bunch of things around. The cost of stealing during the day has also increased. The high temperature makes it easy to get dehydrated and suffer from heatstroke, and serious ones may die while waiting.
Therefore, it seems that most of their things are now kept in a rented warehouse, with things being transferred here and there. They are just middlemen, and they are very busy as the situation just changed.
After waking up for a while, Ji Yang looked at the sky. It was still clear. As the temperature rose, it got darker and later. It was basically still bright after seven o'clock, but the temperature had dropped a lot. Now the outdoor temperature was only 43 degrees, which was within the tolerable range.
At this rate of temperature rise, it will reach over 60 degrees in ten days at most. The extreme heat has already arrived.
Three days before the completion of the project, we learned from the base announcement that there was almost no water in the city.
It’s time to move!
Ji Yang didn't want to delay any longer. The sooner he moved, the sooner he could live on his own.
She got up quickly and took a look. Xiao Sanhua seemed to have gained some weight, and the splint on her leg had been removed with her unremitting efforts. Her broken left leg was still swollen, but much smaller than before.
At this moment, it is lying in its own cool little nest.
Seeing Ji Yang coming, Wang Wang immediately got up.
The movements were flexible so as not to touch the injured leg. The little head tilted and looked at her in confusion, and asked softly, "Meow?"
Ji Yang's heart melted when he saw it.
After it recovers, I have to stroke it over and over again three, four, five, six, seven, eight times... Ji Yang was amused by his own thoughts. He put food and water in the bowl for the kitten, took out some buns and had a few bites of them. He used the intercom to tell Xie Muchi that he was going to leave the base and prepare to move, which he estimated would only take two or three days.
Tell him to remember to come back and feed Wangwang.
Xie Muzhi agreed, and Ji Yang also confidently carried her backpack and went downstairs. There was only a trader watching over the house downstairs. The two of them simply greeted each other. She rode on the electric scooter, and Xixi jumped onto the footrest in front immediately, sticking out her tongue in the heat for a second.
"How about Xixi stay here?" Ji Yang said worriedly.
Xixi immediately hugged her with both paws: "Awoo!"
Okay.
Ji Yang took a deep breath, lit the engine and rushed out.
Now only the electric scooter can be used. When she returns home, she will take advantage of the time of moving to get out her doomsday vehicle and put it in the yard. The courtyard wall has been raised and thickened, which directly blocks half of the second floor and can block most of the outside views. The safety is superb!
——
Owning a house with a base, Ji Yang was in a good mood and was looking forward to the journey.
After the move is completed, she will be able to stay in the base for more than two years.
As she was thinking about it, everyone had already left the base, and she suddenly felt a chill.
Something's wrong!
The danger radar in Ji Yang's mind was ringing. Nothing unusual happened before the extreme heat in his previous life? But now he couldn't use his previous life's memories to treat it completely. The extreme heat had already come almost a month earlier.
Without thinking, she immediately turned around and walked back, looking up at the sky.
The sky seemed to have not changed at all, it was still blue sky with white clouds.
wrong!
Usually the sky is cloudless!
She also looked carefully when she went out, and there were no clouds!
Sudden changes mean crisis.
Ji Yang drove at the maximum speed and could keenly feel that the temperature seemed to be dropping. When driving at high speed, the wind that had been blowing was hot. He had just come out of the air-conditioned room and felt that the wind was even scalding. Now the wind felt cool.
But it only took two minutes!
Ji Yang wished he could flash back, but the journey was not short. The car drove into the base smoothly, but there was no way to return to the villa area immediately.
It seemed that everyone started to become more alert in order to survive the natural disaster. Soon, others also realized that something was wrong. Someone was the first to shout: "Something is wrong. Go back first!"
"I'm afraid a tornado is coming again. The temperature is dropping too fast!" One man wiped his sweat and quickened his pace.
The staff also responded quickly, holding a loud speaker and shouting: "Come back soon!"
"Emergency, return to base! Everyone return to base!"
At this moment the sky suddenly darkened.
Before anyone could react, "Pah--"
“Snap!”
"Bang--"
A small ice ball the size of a mung bean fell directly to the ground. The cool touch formed a huge temperature difference with her skin which had just been heated by the high temperature. For a moment, the exposed skin of hers felt painfully cold.
Ji Yang's heart sank, but even after the electric car had been modified, its speed was still the same. He couldn't get back in time, so he had to find a suitable place to hide.
As the small hailstones fell, people around them exclaimed, "Hail!"
"Quick, find a place to hide!"
"Ah! It's getting bigger!"
"Ouch--"
Less than two minutes after the small hailstones began to fall, they began to grow larger. Just as Ji Yang had locked onto a suitable hiding place in front of him, a piece of hail half the size of his palm hit the display screen of the electric car, and then Ji Yang was also hit, causing pain.
"Ouch!" Xixi cried out in pain.
Ji Yang stopped rushing and braked directly, throwing away the electric bike: "Xixi, follow me!"
"Woof!" Xixi responded, and the man and the dog quickly ran towards a building nearby.
At this time, many people had gathered there.
But when they saw the man and the dog rushing over, those people subconsciously made way for them, allowing them to enter smoothly and avoid the increasing hail attacks.
"Hiss——" Coming back to his senses, Ji Yang took a breath.
It hurts so much.
Even though she was only hit four or five times and the hailstones were not very big, it still caused her severe pain. She touched her shoulders and cheeks and found no damage, which was good. She then touched Xixi's back and found that Xixi suddenly whimpered and looked very aggrieved.
Ji Yang carefully pulled aside the hair and took a look, then heaved a sigh of relief, finding that there was no skin damage.
Fortunately.
Only then did she feel like looking outside.
Outside, the place was filled with crackling hailstones. Fist-sized hailstones fell one after another. The first batch of hailstones had turned into water, and the remaining hailstones hit the ground. Some broke into pieces, while others still maintained a spherical shape, which was shocking to watch.
The people who came in after Ji Yang had more or less wounds on their bodies. The most serious one was hit on the forehead, with blood all over his face.
The people around exclaimed when they saw it.
Fortunately, most of the first floors of the base are either shelters, public buildings, commercial buildings, and official offices. In times of crisis, all places are open.
Most people react and find shelter in time.
The closer to the base, the more people there are, and therefore the more survivors are crowded into the buildings there. Many people can only hide under the eaves or at the door to ensure that they are not hit by hail.
But fortunately I survived.
Everyone was rejoicing: "This thief God scared me to death."
"I was thinking about running back, but it just wasn't possible."
"Me too, luckily I found something wrong."
"There are still many people outside the base. When we ran back, some people didn't run away. I don't know if they have returned yet?"
Everyone was talking at once. Ji Yang pulled Xixi to the window in the corner. This was a good place to guard against other survivors so as to avoid being ambushed by someone at this critical moment. At the same time, they could also observe the outside world.
It's just that the smell is unpleasant here among the crowd. Fortunately, she was wearing a mask and could barely bear it. It's just a pity for Xixi.
As the hail continued to fall, a scream suddenly rang out, "Ah! Why did you push me - ah -"
Everyone looked subconsciously and saw that in the direction of the base diagonally in front of Ji Yang, a person was pushed out from under the cover of the eaves. He was about to crawl back in panic when he was hit by huge hailstones all over his body.
Almost at the moment of screaming, the man's strength in climbing back weakened a lot.
The hail continued to fall mercilessly. Ice balls that were two or three times bigger than fists hit him again and again. Finally, the man's upper body returned to the steps, but his lower body was still outside being beaten by the hail. Finally, the man lay there motionless. The people around him were so frightened by the scene that they took a few steps back, leaving a lot of space, but no one reached out to help him.
The bright red blood spread out, flowing along the water to form a large red silk-like scene.
——
Ji Yang heard someone around him gasp: "Is this murder?!"
"What a sin! At this time, there are still people killing each other?!"
"Did you see clearly? Who did it? Report it to the authorities. This person is terrible! He should be a hard laborer! He can't stay in the base!"
"Why don't you help?"
“Almost there!”
"I guess he was frightened. He may not be able to react to this scene, but the person who pushed him was so hateful!"
As everyone was filled with indignation, someone exclaimed again.
Everyone subconsciously looked outside.
I thought there was something going on again.
As a result, several exclamations were heard one after another: "Ah? Who is this? Still running outside at this time!"
"What's that on his head?!"
"Are you crazy? Are you going to die?"
Ji Yang also looked over. The moment she noticed it, her pupils suddenly shrank. She subconsciously wanted to take out the intercom, but suddenly the intercom rang. She had put it away in the space. She immediately held her forehead and pretended to take out the intercom from her bag while shouting, "Xie Muzhi! I'm here!"
She took out the intercom and immediately pressed Xie Muzhi's channel: "Look to the left! I'm here!"
Soon, the man was seen stopping in the hail and rain, then subconsciously looked around.
Ji Yang continued to shout: "I'm here! This way——"
Amid the noise, he finally noticed this side and ran over quickly, but the road was no longer easy to walk on. The first batch of hail had melted, the second batch was half melted, and the remaining hail was still falling densely. It had no time to melt, so it piled up together and formed a bumpy hail road.
He walked with difficulty as hailstones kept falling on his head, hitting the iron sheet he was holding above his head with a thud. The iron sheet was visibly deformed, and his hands on both sides were bloody.
Although they were not close, Ji Yang seemed to smell the blood.
But Xie Muchi did not stop and approached them.
She stared blankly at the person who was struggling to come forward step by step, and was completely plunged into speechless shock.
Finally arriving under the eaves, Xie Muchi breathed a sigh of relief and threw the iron plate away. Someone immediately risked his life to pull the iron plate back. "Ah!" His head was hit by the hail and he almost fainted from the pain, but he held the iron plate tightly and refused to let go.
This can be exchanged for points!
Xie Muchi didn't notice it. His hands covered in blood fell down. When he raised his head, his face was also covered in blood, especially on the corner of his forehead, where a cut that was almost sunken was bleeding continuously.
He seemed not to feel it. Seeing Ji Yang who was intact and unharmed, he showed a relaxed smile, tilted his head and rubbed the blood flowing into his eyes with his shoulder. He looked at her with only one eye, and his hoarse voice could not hide his relief: "I was scared to death, I thought you had walked out."
There were no buildings outside the base, especially ones that could shield against hail of this magnitude.
Once you walk a certain distance, it can be said that it is difficult to survive.
The red sting hurt Ji Yang. She came back to her senses and quickly stepped forward to pull Xie Muzhi over, squeezing through the crowd: "Please make way..." She went back to the small corner and asked him to sit down first. She quickly took out iodine, gauze and alcohol from her bag: "Where else are you injured?"
Xie Muzhi saw those things and didn't try to be brave: "The back of the head, shoulders, top of the head, knees, forehead, and the hands."
Ji Yang pursed her lips and let him handle it.
The other survivors hiding in the house gradually came back to their senses, and some praised: "This young man really treats you sincerely."
"This young man is very brave. He is not afraid of death at all."
Many people came over and said, "Can you give me some iodine? I was also injured just now."
Some people said it in a nice voice, while others had greedy and cold eyes.
Ji Yang glanced at the crowds of people around him and said, "Wait a minute, I'll finish this and I can give you the rest."
As she said this, many people came over immediately. However, since there was a promise, even if they wanted the medicine again, they did not make a fuss. They just stared at the medicine in Ji Yang's hand without blinking.
Ji Yang didn't take out too much. The iodine tincture and alcohol were both in small bottles, so that he could take them out easily when something happened when he went out. Nowadays, the value of medicines is high, and alcohol and iodine tincture are commonly used items. The demand for them is extremely high, so the prices are naturally not cheap.
There are so many people around now, so it's hard to get into an argument. She doesn't have the energy to make a fuss, so it doesn't matter if she wastes a little.
She handled the wound skillfully and quickly, first cleaning it with alcohol, then disinfecting it, and wrapping the wound with gauze. Xie Muchi also cooperated very well and did not resist at all. One of his eyes was soaked with blood and he felt very uncomfortable. He kept one eye closed, but kept staring at Ji Yang with the other.
There were a lot of emotions in those eyes, which made Ji Yang feel guilty and a little irritated.
She said angrily: "What are you looking at? Close your eyes!"
Xixi thought he had made his master angry, and was originally staring outside at the people around him. He noticed that there were many people around with bad intentions, but at this moment he immediately turned around and was about to yell at Xie Muchi.
Ji Yang quickly stopped him: "Hey, don't yell, your disinfection will be in vain if your saliva gets on it."
Xixi: “Ouch?”
It was deflated for a second, bared its teeth threateningly at Xie Muchi, then turned its head and continued to stare at the others.
Xie Muzhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and closed his eyes obediently: "Okay, I won't watch it anymore."
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Ji Yang let out a breath of foul air, and his hands moved even faster. He finished processing the upper body and pulled up his pants to expose his knees. His knees were also bloody. When he peeled off his clothes, some of them were already stuck to his clothes. Xie Muchi's body trembled noticeably, and his breathing was heavier than usual.
She finished the process expressionlessly, with half a bottle of iodine and alcohol still left in her hands. She screwed the lids on, looked at the people around her who were eagerly waiting, and casually threw the two bottles to them.
"Hey! Don't grab it!"
"It's not yours alone, let go!"
"I'm injured too, give it to me quickly!"
"Get lost. Whoever grabs it first owns it. It's just a small thing, and you still want it?"
There was a commotion over there instantly. There were already many people eyeing the things covetously, and since Ji Yang's things were lost, they scrambled for them even more frantically. But soon the things fell into the hands of someone unknown and disappeared for a while. Some people were unwilling to give up and continued to fight with those who were involved in the fight, while others started to target Ji Yang again.
"Little girl, your bag is so big, there must be a lot left, right? Could you please be kind and share some with us?" A man approached tentatively, his eyes constantly wandering on the bag in Ji Yang's arms and the dog beside her.
Seeing this, the others also became interested: "Beauty, you still keep such a fat dog, it's just a little bit of supplies, just accumulate merit at the time, and give some more out."
"Yes." Another person laughed dangerously: "If you show your kindness, we will all protect you. We don't know when this hail will stop—"
"It's not over yet, is it?" Ji Yang was already in a bad mood, and now he was even more furious. He took out his pistol and pointed it at them. His voice was cold and full of murderous intent: "I won't show off this. Come on, tell me what you are going to do?! Don't try to show off your power just because you have more people. Even if I die, I will drag a few people with me. Let's see who is willing to be the scapegoat!"
Several people who were eager to try and grab a wave: "!!!"
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