Chapter 47 Special Administration Bureau Extreme Cold
Ninety-third day of doomsday.
The indoor temperature remains at 20℃, while the outdoor temperature has reached minus 40 degrees Celsius and is still dropping.
Qiao Qiao and Qiao Xinghe had accumulated ten chances to draw cards yesterday, but the extreme cold disrupted their plans, and they spent the day in a hectic state.
The N-level cards that Qiao Qiao drew were all fruits, including 10 strawberries, 1 watermelon, 3 mangoes, 2 pineapples, 6 apples, 6 oranges, 6 lemons, 2 dragon fruits, and 10 lychees.
The N-level cards that Qiao Xinghe drew were all vegetables, including Pumpkin*1, Eggplant*4, Tomato*5, Lettuce*3, Coriander*20, Cabbage*3, White Radish*5, Spinach*3, and Winter Melon*1.
This time, both of them were lucky and drew an R-level card.
[Congratulations on obtaining the R-level card special winter clothing *1]
[Special cold-proof clothing: Wear it and -70 degrees will be 0 degrees in your eyes]
[Congratulations on obtaining R-rated card □□＊1]
[□□: Offensive card, compresses air into bullets. Capacity: 100 rounds, automatically recharges one round per minute]
After the card is used, a palm-sized gun with a three-centimeter muzzle appears in front of you, with 100 bullets inside.
The weapon finally appeared!
Qiao Qiao held the gun as if it were a treasure. She immediately opened the window and fired at the willow tree in the community despite the cold weather.
"Bang!"
"boom!"
A tree as thick as a man's waist fell to the ground with a loud bang, leaving a big hole in the middle of its trunk.
She looked out the window in shock; the power was much greater than she had imagined.
□□A small screen appeared on the gun.
【99/100】
【Charging】
In the following days, Tang Mingli and Tang Zhijie did not return, and the federal rescue team did not fulfill its original promise to distribute supplies every five days.
People are once again facing food and water shortages, which are even worse than before because of the threat of death from extreme cold.
Everyone had to go out to find food and fuel on their own. Fortunately, the water surface was completely frozen, so they didn't have to feel helpless like they did when they were trapped at home during a rainstorm.
People initially walked on the ice very carefully, taking every step cautiously, for fear that the water was not frozen solid and they would fall in. In such weather, if they fell in, they would get seriously ill even if they climbed out.
Some strong young people formed a small team. They wore layer upon layer of clothes and carried simple tools, such as suitcases, mountaineering bags, kitchen knives, and fire axes.
Some people left their communities and tried to find food in shopping malls, not realizing that most of the food on the market had already been taken away.
Some people's targets are the green trees in the community and on the streets. It doesn't matter if you go hungry for two days, you are used to it anyway, but if you don't have firewood to keep warm, you will probably turn into popsicles overnight.
There are still many trees at this moment, and everyone is very peaceful, cutting trees without disturbing each other.
At this time, no "environmentalists" or federal officials stepped in to stop it. When people are dying, who cares about environmental protection and the law?
Unless you are crazy, everyone will pretend not to see it and go about their own business.
The extreme cold came suddenly, and in just a few days, all the originally green leaves on the trees turned yellow and fell off.
Many people pick them up and put them in their bags. In special periods, even grass roots and tree barks can be eaten.
Some people even found water hyacinths frozen on the ice and took the whole block of ice away with them, which they could boil and use as drinking water.
Qiao Qiao stood on the balcony and watched the people's actions below through a telescope, knowing that this behavior would not last long.
Even if the city's greening is done well, it cannot sustain so many people who only cut down trees without planting.
The Qiao family stayed at home every day and had no intention of going out to compete with others for fuel.
We had stockpiled 50 tons of coal before, which was enough to burn for more than ten years, especially with the bamboo that was about to pile up in the storage room.
Anyway, during the rainstorm, everyone knew that her family had a lot of supplies, but she still made such an ugly scene.
Even so, why bother going out and pretending, not only will you have to endure the cold shoulder but you will also be asking for trouble.
After the initial three-minute enthusiasm of crazy chasing the drama, Qiao Qiao recently developed a new hobby: opening blind boxes!
Previously, when I was shopping for zero yuan, I passed by a truck carrying express packages and received 70 snakeskin bags of express packages.
You know, she has always been unable to resist blind boxes. There is a cabinet full of blind boxes at home. Although she knows that this is a trick of the merchants, she can't control her hands. If she were an octopus, her hands would have been chopped off long ago.
Express delivery can naturally be regarded as a large blind box, and the curiosity and nervousness before opening it each time is what makes people unable to stop.
After opening a few packages with great excitement, I felt completely numb. What is this?
The cat ears and tail are well made and feel comfortable, making people want to wear them and experience them...
Bullshit! This is obviously a sex prop!
This red skirt is light, breathable and made of top-quality materials. It will definitely keep you cool during extremely hot weather...
Bullshit! This is obviously sexy underwear!
Millions of positive reviews, top-quality toys with fine workmanship, carefully unpacked...
She must have disturbed the 24-hour adult store.
He took a deep breath, put everything back together, and took out another snakeskin bag. This time he felt much more normal.
Toilet paper, sanitary napkins, wet wipes, anti-mite spray, moisture-proof bags, cooling patches….
On the ninety-seventh day of the apocalypse, Tang Mingli returned.
"Sorry it took you so long to get back." Both the brother and sister looked tired.
However, his attire was a bit strange. His long down jacket was unbuttoned at the arms, revealing a protective suit underneath that looked like the kind used in experiments.
Noticing Qiao Qiao's curiosity, Tang Mingli explained with a smile, "This is a liquid nitrogen protective suit, which can withstand temperatures as low as -100 degrees Celsius for a short period of time. However, the quantity is limited, and only 10,000 sets will be distributed to the Northeast Region."
Qiao Qiao raised an eyebrow, it would be great if she could get three sets.
"Tomorrow you and your parents will go with us to the Special Administration Bureau. You can officially report and hand in the cards or complete the mission before you can trade."
"good."
Qiao Qiao went back to discuss it with her parents.
"It's better to be conservative and hand in the N-level card for the first time. We can decide after we understand the content of the mission."
The three of them drew quite a few N-level cards.
After picking and choosing, I chose 9 cards, which are toilet paper, tissue paper, wet wipes, safety pants, underwear, rice cooker, raincoat, single sofa, and curtains.
Food items are the most precious and no one will hand them over. Most of them are traded privately. It’s not a good idea to show off when you go there for the first time. It’s best to just follow the crowd.
Tang Mingli told her all this information privately, and also revealed another piece of information.
"After calculation, every time a new natural disaster occurs, the probability of high-level cards appearing in the first few days is relatively high."
In this case, except for Qiao Huizhou who needs to accumulate enough cards to draw an R-level card ten times in a row, Qiao Qiao and Qiao Xinghe decided to draw cards every day.
They drew five times each.
[Congratulations on obtaining N-level card coal * 10]
[Congratulations on receiving N-level card warming patch * 20]
[Congratulations on receiving N-level drinking water * 1 liter]
[Congratulations on obtaining the N-level card Small Chainsaw＊1]
…
[Congratulations on obtaining the R-level card special winter clothing *1]
The cards confirmed what Tang Mingli said. Most of them were heating supplies, and even an R-level card was drawn.
Ninety-eight days after the end of the world.
Each of the three members of the Qiao family wore a special cold-proof suit to keep their body temperature at zero degrees.
Wear thermal underwear and a fleece sweatshirt inside, the thickest cotton pants and tight fleece trousers on the bottom, a hat with a scarf on the head, and a long down jacket on the outside, and that's enough.
Qiao Huizhou had a second-hand frying pan with an R-level card in his pocket for self-defense, while Qiao Xinghe held a small electric saw. Fortunately, he had stockpiled a lot of lithium batteries before, which were enough for use.
Before leaving, Qiao Xinghe extinguished all the fires in the house for safety reasons.
Outside, lead-gray clouds were densely covered, the temperature dropped to minus fifty degrees Celsius, and the biting cold wind cut the exposed skin like an ice blade.
The five people walked away in the cold wind.
The special administration uses the federal courthouse as its headquarters.
Originally, the federal, parliamentary and court buildings were arranged in a triangle, symbolizing the separation of powers.
Today, it is still a "peaceful" scene with three forces: the Federation that holds power, the Parliament that occupies materials, and the Special Administration Bureau that has a large number of "card drawers".
The closer we got to the Special Management Bureau, the more people there were. We also saw a few people walking on the ice on skates, which was both energy-saving and fast.
"mom!"
Qiao Qiao pulled Qiao Huizhou's down jacket and pointed at those people.
In order to hear clearly, Qiao Huizhou leaned close to her ear and shouted, "If you like, we can wear it next time. We have skates at home."
Qiao Qiao nodded vigorously!
The Special Administration Building is also a thirty-story building, and floors nine to thirtieth are currently in operation.
There are only a few thousand "card drawers" registered with the National Special Administration Bureau, and there are more than 100 in the Northeast District. Currently, he lives on the 26th to 30th floors with the staff.
Floors 20-25 are offices and meeting rooms for leaders and team leaders.
Floors 10 to 19 are where people often gather, and card trading, mission issuance, contribution point exchange, reward collection, etc. are all carried out here.
Tang Zhijie first went to the 16th floor of the card trading to see if there were any suitable cards.
Qiao Qiao and others followed Tang Mingli to the 19th floor to register.
During the day, the 10th to 25th floors of the Special Management Bureau were always brightly lit, but for safety reasons the elevators were still not used, so people had to climb up the stairs.
Even if she ate a big fruit, it was still difficult to climb the 19-story building. Everyone was panting and took a long time to recover.
Just as I was about to leave, I saw a man with sweat all over his forehead rushing towards me in a hurry.
"Captain Tang, you're finally here. The director needs you for something urgent. Come over quickly."
Tang Mingli asked, "Did the director say anything?"
The man wiped his sweat with his sleeve and said, "I don't know. Captain Mo asked me to find you. He said all the captains had to go to a meeting. It was urgent. I was about to go to your house to find you."
Tang Mingli looked at the three members of the Qiao family with some embarrassment.
Qiao Qiao replied with a smile, "It's okay, if you are busy, go first. We are not children, we can go and register by ourselves."
"Okay, if someone asks you, just tell them that I introduced you. The registration address is 1903, turn left and go straight." After giving the instructions, Tang Mingli followed the man and left.
Qiao Qiao and her parents walked along the corridor. There were not many people on the 19th floor, most of them were middle-aged people.
"1901...1902...1903, here we are!"
Jojo knocks on the door.
"Hello."
"Enter."
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