Chapter 25: Reservoir Burst and Heavy Rain
In the new district, a 17-story building is high enough to overlook everything.
At this time, huge waves more than ten meters high surged from the end of the horizon.
If they were not inland, Qiao Qiao would have no doubt that a tsunami was coming.
The sea water was carrying some debris and garbage, and if you looked closely you could even see the remains of a human being...
The huge wave seemed to be far away, but it arrived in an instant.
Even though he knew that the building was not within the reach of the huge waves, Qiao Qiao still felt suffocated and subconsciously took a few steps back.
"boom!"
The huge waves easily engulfed everything below the sixth floor.
The strong impact caused the tall building to tremble a few times. The glass of Qiao Qiao's house kept shaking under the impact, but it was bulletproof after all, so it did not break in the end.
Qiao Qiao quickly supported her parents who were unsteady on their feet and waited for them to calm down.
After a while the vibration stopped.
Then, an emergency broadcast sounded in the community:
"Attention all residents, multiple reservoirs have breached, please evacuate to safe areas immediately. Repeat, multiple reservoirs have breached, please evacuate to safe areas immediately."
Qiao Qiao immediately opened the owners’ group.
“Why did they only notify us of such a serious incident as the reservoir breach? I almost got swept away!” - 802.
"The glass on the ninth floor is all broken, and the floodwaters have splashed here!" - 901
"What about the Federation? Is there really no one to care about us? Who has a boat? Let's go to the federal building and the police station to check the situation." - 1301
"I remember there were police officers in the group? @03.01.1702 Tang Mingli, Officer Tang, what is going on now?"
Then a bunch of people followed suit and @唐明礼, demanding an explanation from her.
"Fuck! Everything below the sixth floor is flooded, someone is injured, come and save them!" - 701
701's words did not cause a single ripple in the already turbulent lake, but a few young people who had not lost their passion still went downstairs to rescue people.
At this moment, accompanied by a "pop" sound, the room fell into darkness and no new information could be refreshed on the Internet.
"Is there a power outage?" Qiao Qiao opened the curtains.
The whole city was in ruins.
Even though the flood has temporarily stabilized, it has not receded at all. The water level has directly increased from just flooding the fourth floor to submerging the fifth floor.
The flood after the dam broke was like a wild horse that had broken free from its reins, mercilessly washing away every corner of the city.
The originally bustling streets turned into a vast ocean. The tall buildings seemed to be crumbling under the impact of the flood, and the unfinished buildings in the distance were directly washed away.
Not even one in ten electric poles in the city survived, not to mention the optical fibers and cables that had been submerged in water for a long time. The entire city was cut off from power and the internet. Electric poles tilted under the impact of the flood, wires broke, and sparks flew.
On the streets, cars were tossed around by the flood like toys; some were washed to the side of the road, while others floated on the water, becoming dangerous obstacles.
The order of the city was completely disrupted at this moment, and people fell into panic and helplessness.
The sudden breach of the dam caught the residents on the lower floors completely unprepared, and many people were swept away by the flood before they could react.
The remaining residents panicked and fled to higher floors, fearing that the flood would hit again.
Suddenly, there were frequent stampedes and the cries of children, the groans of the elderly, and the cries of adults for help intertwined, forming a tragic picture.
The shop windows were shattered by the flood and the goods were scattered everywhere. Some were washed away, and some were floated to the vicinity of the residential area by the current.
Some brave residents tried to salvage some usable items from the flood, and some people who were good at swimming even jumped directly into the water to look for supplies.
But most of them failed because the water flow was too fast, and only a few lucky people succeeded.
The wailing and cries for help continued incessantly, and even Qiao Qiao could hear them at home.
Looking at the dark sky outside, Qiao Qiao's mood also became heavy. She knew that this was not just a simple power outage, but the collapse of the entire city's infrastructure. From this moment on, it was the real doomsday.
Let’s go back to six days ago, when the rainstorm just happened.
An important place in the northeastern region of Fei Country.
"There are not enough rescue workers. We must find a way to send more people." The Chief Executive said to his secretary after reading the report.
Before any further orders could be issued, the door was opened and the Northeast District Speaker walked in.
"Don't be naive. Others may not know the situation, but you also don't know it. It's the end of the world! Instead of thinking about rescue, you might as well bring back the supplies and equipment that have not been fully recovered."
The Chief Executive frowned upon hearing this and waved his hand to signal the secretary to leave first. "Are you planning to abandon those ordinary people?"
"Is there any better way?" The Speaker sat opposite and said calmly.
"The soil has been polluted by the gray fog and its fertility has decreased. It is unclear whether we can continue to grow crops in the future. Resources are limited. If we continue to focus our energy on other things, there will be too many people and too little meat, and no one will survive. Appropriately reducing the population will be beneficial to stability. Anyway, the top talents in various industries have been protected in advance."
The Chief Executive frowned, "You are so selfish."
"This is the best method at the moment. Look at the heavy rain outside. Even if you arrange everyone to go for rescue, it is not certain that all can be saved. Instead, it will waste the supplies outside. It is better to send people to rescue them." The Speaker said calmly, without any fluctuation in his tone.
Just then, the door opened.
The Director of the Special Management Bureau walked in. "The Speaker wants to see me?"
The Speaker looked at the Chief Executive with a half-smile, "Yes, at a time like this, we naturally have to hold a meeting to discuss the next steps. The Special Management Bureau was urgently established at the request of the Federal Capital. Its status is equal to ours, so naturally we have to ask for your opinion."
Then he recounted the content of the conversation between the two of them just now.
"What do you think?" The Chief Executive looked directly at Director Yu Wei, a man he knew well.
Born into a judicial family, his father died unexpectedly while investigating the Speaker of the Capital District Council, and he was implicated and transferred to the Northeast District Judicial Department. He is upright and strong, but his only shortcoming is that he is too authoritarian and sometimes seems unkind.
"From the perspective of the overall situation, there is nothing wrong with the Speaker's proposal."
Hearing this, the Speaker looked at the Chief Executive provocatively.
The director paused and said, "However, it would be a bit excessive if no rescue efforts were made at all."
"It's not that I don't agree with rescue, I just don't agree to put all our energy on it." The Speaker said, but he was thinking in his mind.
Yu Wei was in charge of more than 100 people in the Northeast region who were testing the Doomsday Card Draw System. Especially the woman who had the SR-level card "God of Cookery", it was said that she was originally promoted by Yu Wei. He still had to give her face. After all, she might be useful in the future.
Before anyone else could speak, the speaker expressed his opinion. "How about this, the commander will allocate half of his people to rescue supplies, and I will allocate 10,000 supplies per day.
How about helping you rescue the victims?"
“…”
The Chief Executive frowned. He thought it would take some effort, but he didn't expect the cunning Speaker to agree so quickly.
"The Special Management Bureau will send 20 people with the Doomsday Card Drawing System and 1,000 experienced personnel to participate in disaster relief," said the director.
"But I have a request. We can't keep wasting manpower and resources on rescue. We have to set a time." The Speaker continued to add.
After hearing the Speaker's request, the Chief Executive felt relieved. It was in line with his character to make a request.
"Fifteen days."
The Speaker and the Director estimated in their hearts that the best rescue time would be no more than 48 hours and 7 days, which should be the bottom line that the Chief Executive could accept. Neither of them wanted to get into trouble, so they nodded in agreement.
"Speaker." The Speaker's secretary hurriedly greeted the leader when he saw him coming out.
The speaker said nothing until he got on his speedboat, then he sneered, "Cai Hua usually looks so righteous, but in the end he only asked for 15 days of rescue."
"You're right. In the current situation, supplies are the most important. Rescuing the victims is just a burden." The secretary echoed.
"Forget it. It's not the time to confront him yet. We still need time to develop. Heroes emerge in troubled times. Now is our chance to take the stage." Thinking of the days when he would be the king in the future, the Speaker couldn't help but smile.
I don't know what he remembered, and his smile suddenly disappeared. "Send someone to distribute the supplies, remember to be smart."
"Don't worry, I will personally select trustworthy people." The secretary agreed verbally, but no one knew what other plans he had in mind.
Time goes back to the present, the thirty-seventh day of the apocalypse.
A riot broke out in the neighborhood and the entrance to the 13th floor was in chaos.
"What are you going to do?"
"Help! Robbery!"
"You guys are breaking the law by doing this, you know that? I'm calling the police!"
Three soaking wet and disheveled men knocked on the door of the female internet celebrity's room 1302 and broke in.
"Call the police?" A tall man among the three sneered, grabbed the struggling hands of the female internet celebrity with one hand, and lifted her chin with the other hand, "It has been raining for such a long time, do you think the Federation has sent anyone?"
After saying that, he swung his hand hard, and the female internet celebrity fell to the ground in a mess.
"If you can still make a phone call, call the police. I'll wait here."
Xia Momo sat on the ground, secretly clenching her fists, a flash of hatred in her eyes.
"Just think of it as a dog bite."
Then he collected his expression, stood up and smiled gently, "My brothers, what should I do if you move in?"
"You?" A short man with double doors looked up and down at Xia Momo's body and smiled obscenely, "This is your house after all, and we are embarrassed to kick you out. Anyway, there are two bedrooms in the house, you can live here together."
Xia Momo's smile was stiff and she clenched her back teeth.
A lot of thoughts were running through my mind. I couldn't defeat them in this situation, and I certainly couldn't take the supplies at home with me. Even if I left, no one would take me in.
How about...
"Okay, I'll have to rely on the care of my three brothers in the future." Xia Momo smiled brightly and took out three boxes of instant noodles and handed them over.
The three of them's eyes lit up when they saw this. Ever since the rainstorm started and they couldn't leave, they had been eating bread and biscuits, and they hadn't eaten any delicious food for a long time.
"Where's the hot water?" The tall and thin man glanced at Xia Momo.
"Here." Xia Momo went into the kitchen and took out a thermos and handed it over.
"You're smart." The tall man took it and softened his attitude after seeing Xia Momo's attentive behavior. "We'll move the sofa to the master bedroom later, and you can sleep on your side."
After observing for a period of time, Xia Momo has already realized that this tall man is the dominant one among the three.
"Okay, big brother."
Xia Momo wisely left the living room to them and went back to her side bedroom and closed the door.
"Zhuangzi, what's the point of keeping her? It's just one more mouth to feed." The tall and thin man ate the instant noodles quickly.
"Hehe, Brother Deng, you don't know this, right? We don't know how long we will be trapped here. It would be nice to have a woman to entertain us." The man with the double doors smiled obscenely.
"Be careful." The tall and thin man frowned. He was once jumped by his girlfriend, and he has been traumatized since then. The more beautiful the woman, the scarier she is.
"Don't worry, now that the Federation is missing, there's nothing to be afraid of, there's no law or order anymore." The double doors said unfazed.
The tall man listened to them talking without expressing any opinion, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Xia Momo's situation of having her home occupied by other people is not an isolated case.
The water level rose faster than expected, and the Federation had not shown up for a long time. In the face of survival, all laws and morals were unimportant.
Staying alive is the first priority!
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