Chapter 71 Extreme Heat Arrives Extreme Heat
275th day of doomsday.
【Please draw a blind box】
[Congratulations on obtaining the R-level Ice Card *1]
The system is surprisingly smart. During extremely cold periods, each card is worth 1,000 units, but during extremely hot periods, it automatically becomes 100 units.
Copy the card to continue copying the mineral water.
After breakfast, there was a knock on the door.
Since all nearby residents moved to the shelter, the safety door in the corridor has been put away to make it easier for the Tang siblings to return home, otherwise it would be frozen into scrap metal after being exposed to the extreme cold for a long time.
“Knock, knock.”
"Who is it?" Qiao Qiao saw through the peephole that there was a group of people standing outside, and in front of them was a man in military uniform.
"Is anyone in the room? I'm a federal soldier, here to do a registration check."
Soldiers? Qiao Qiao did not open the door immediately, but a warning appeared in his hand.
In the apocalypse, you can't trust anyone except yourself. The Federation turned a blind eye to the affairs of the paradise, many parents sold their children to survive, and even the best friends could stab you in the back.
Yueying appeared behind him, his posture like a loyal knight, but unfortunately he had a face that was too beautiful, making him look like a pretty boy who needed protection.
After the door was opened, the people outside showed surprised expressions. They didn't expect that there was really someone inside.
The soldiers received information in advance that the person living here might be an SR-level card drawer, and ordered them to treat him with caution.
"Excuse me, is this Ms. Jojo?"
Qiao Qiao hid one hand behind his back, not relaxing, "Yes, what's the matter?"
The soldier briefly explained the situation and the residents of the shelter were resettled nearby. In order to make management more convenient, the government encouraged multiple households to live together. Some household heads would naturally not refuse in order to receive an extra subsidy.
"I see."
Jojo closes the door.
The parents came out of the house and asked, "What's wrong?"
"It will be lively again in the future." She repeated what she had just said.
Everything went as expected, with more and more people taking to the streets over the next few days.
People were wearing short sleeves, feeling the long-lost warmth, and everyone's face was filled with joy and excitement.
Little did they know that danger would come again.
Some smart people looked for insulated containers to store the ice before it completely melted.
Someone was walking and fell into the water with a splash.
“Help! Help!”
The people around him quickly pulled him up.
"Everyone be careful, the ice is about to melt, act quickly."
During this period, an unexpected person appeared.
"Xia Momo?"
Xia Momo handed over a blue card, "Qiao Qiao, thank you for your care before. This is for you."
It was the air conditioning card, but Qiao Qiao didn't take it. "I didn't do anything, you don't have to give it to me."
She didn't say anything, put the cards on the shoe cabinet, turned around and ran away.
"Eh!" Qiao Qiao looked at her back in bewilderment. The last time they met, she was still a poor little girl who had problems surviving, but now she can give out R-rated cards so easily.
"Forget it, I'll give it back to her next time."
277 days to the end of the world.
Qiao Xinghe accumulated enough opportunities to draw cards ten times in a row and obtained an R-level card.
【Water capsule card＊1】
The temperature rose to 35℃, and there were still some people outside who had not found a house and some who were out on missions to find food.
Suddenly, the already fragile ice surface made a terrifying "crackling" sound.
The next second, a huge crack appeared on the vast ice surface, as if the world was about to end.
The crowd rioted.
“Run!”
"No! D-don't move!"
"ah!"
As humans moved around, the ice surface could no longer bear the weight and split into isolated islands.
This time, no one will come to the rescue.
Zhang San hid on the ice and didn't dare to move. Suddenly he remembered a white card he had obtained before, and hurriedly put on a lifebuoy and swam to the building next to him.
More people sank into the water before they could react.
287th day of doomsday.
When the temperature rises to 45℃, the Qiao family uses two air-conditioning cards at night when they sleep, and uses fan cards and ice cubes in the living room to cool down during the hottest time of the day.
Occasionally, Qiao Qiao would enter the shadow space to hide away.
Qiao Qiao and her parents each got a chance to draw ten cards in a row.
Only Qiao Huizhou obtained an R-level card, [Backpack Expansion Card*1]
The unlocked grid of Qiao Xinghe’s backpack is 30*30.
The extreme heat has been going on for 12 days. All the ice has melted and the accumulated water has dropped to the first floor. Countless garbage and corpses are exposed on the ground, and the stench is overwhelming.
The corridor has been noisy every day recently, which makes Qiao Qiao quite uncomfortable.
The chat channel is very lively every day.
"My house was assigned to the 11th floor. It stinks so bad. Who on earth threw rice fields downstairs?"
"Stop complaining. I don't believe you didn't throw it down during the rainstorm!"
"But the temperature has been too high recently. It feels like 40 degrees Celsius. I'm almost dying of heat at home."
"Be calm and you will feel cool. Trust in God and you will be safe forever."
"Does anyone know about the black market in the Northeast?"
…
Among the many pieces of information, Qiao Qiao saw one that interested him: the black market.
The user she privately chatted with was a girl with the ID "Zhang Bingbing". Without adding friends, she could only send three messages.
"Hello, how much do you know about the black market?"
The other party was online the whole time and replied immediately, "I don't know much. You can trade freely inside, but I heard that you can get everything you want there."
Everything...Qiao Qiao fell silent, but something made her want to go and see it.
After Zhang Bingbing's friend request was approved, she asked, "Why? Are you going?"
"It depends."
She continued to inquire: "Okay, then if you go there, can you tell me what's going on inside?"
Jojo replied, “No problem.”
Yueying suddenly appeared, "You want to go?"
Qiao Qiao nodded. "Well, Xiao Qiao has been stuck with two tails for a long time, and I haven't been out for a long time. Although I can get information in the chat channel, it is always limited. It's time to go out and check the situation."
After saying that, she showed a disgusted expression, "But it's too dirty outside now. I don't want to wade through the water."
Yueying said, "I can take you there."
She immediately acted well, holding her cheeks with both hands, blinking her big eyes, "Then thank you for your hard work."
"No, it's not hard." Yueying avoided the sight and disappeared in a flash.
Qiao Qiao was left alone, unable to stop laughing.
She opened her friend list and clicked on Deng Zhouse, "Do you know where the black market is?"
On the third day after the system appeared, Deng Zhouse applied to add her as a friend. Although he didn't know how she found him, he had no reason to refuse.
Soon, she replied, "It's at the S1 building on Gongping Avenue. Do you want to go? I'm busy recently and I'm afraid I can't accompany you."
"I can go by myself, thank you."
After getting the information he wanted, Qiao Qiao directly closed the chat channel and thought about a plan.
Black market transactions naturally require bargaining chips, and the most common items currently on hand are mineral water and ice cubes.
Not counting those prepared in advance, the rewards from drawing cards alone amounted to more than 1,000 bottles of mineral water, more than 2,000 pieces of ice, as well as constantly growing bamboo and various vegetables, which are currently the most sought-after goods.
288th day of doomsday.
The water level continues to drop and is now only one meter deep.
【Please draw a blind box】
[Congratulations on getting R-level card power card*1]
100 units of electricity can be directly placed on the electrical appliances in use to automatically take effect. I believe many people will be interested in it.
Qiao Qiao made preparations, and after having breakfast, she put on her thermostatic clothing and left with Qiao Man and Xiao Qiao.
As soon as I left home, I was swallowed by the shadow.
Xiao Qiao and Qiao Man were having fun in the shadow space. Especially Xiao Qiao, who was now so huge that there was not enough space for him to maneuver at home, and his body was covered with hair. The high temperature was simply torture for him.
Yueying does not allow it to enter the shadow space alone, so it can only enjoy it by following Qiao Qiao occasionally.
She sat down on the lounge chair directly in front of the tent.
Peace Avenue is not far away and can be reached in 20 minutes at Yueying's speed.
As usual, Qiao Qiao appeared in an unnoticed corner on the fourth floor of the building. Xiao Qiao was too big and could only stay in the shadow space. Qiao Man disguised herself with a dark green bracelet on her wrist.
She put on a fox demon mask that she had used for cosplay and went upstairs silently. The S1 building had 16 floors in total, and more and more people started to gather around the 8th floor.
Some of them were dressed quite elegantly; some had unshaven beards and greasy hair; some had smiling faces; some had sad faces.
Looking at these people, Qiao Qiao became more curious about the black market.
According to Deng Zhouse's intelligence, the 10th floor is the entrance to the black market.
Sure enough, there were two thugs in suits standing at the door, their muscles so big that their clothes were puffing up, and they were sweating profusely.
"Newcomer?" The two stopped Qiao Qiao.
Qiao Qiao nodded.
One of them was quite impatient. "If you want to enter the black market, you need to pay a deposit of 50 contribution points. When you leave after the transaction, you will be automatically returned."
Qiao Qiao showed her bracelet and asked, "How do I pay?" Fortunately, she had earned a lot of cards when she joined the rescue team.
The man was a little surprised. He looked at the lady in front of him from head to toe, but unfortunately she was wearing a white jumpsuit and a mask on her face, so he could not find out her identity.
He took out something similar to a POS machine and swiped his bracelet.
[Contribution Points: 175]
"Okay, come back here and get your contribution points back when you get out."
Another man in a suit opened the door attentively. "I wish you a happy transaction."
The S1 building was previously an exhibition center, and except for the necessary load-bearing columns, the entire space is visible at a glance.
Now, this place looks a bit like a street stall.
People would randomly spread a piece of cloth on the ground, put some things on it and start selling. Some stalls would have a board in front of them with the items for sale written on it.
Qiao Qiao walked and looked around.
"Don't miss it if you pass by. It's an N-grade plush blanket. I've only used it a few times. Come, touch it. It feels absolutely amazing."
During extremely hot periods, no one needs plush blankets, and no matter how hard the sellers try to sell them, no one will stop to buy them.
"Look here, Sanchang rice, 1 jin, only 5 contribution points."
There were only two or three people watching in front of the stall.
"Chilling ice cubes, each one is only traded for 1 contribution point."
The middle-aged woman lifted a huge foam box from under the quilt. When the box was opened, it was filled with 10cm ice cubes, at least hundreds of them.
White mist rose near the ice, emitting a slight cool breeze.
When the people around heard it, they rushed over and surrounded the woman.
"Such a small ice cube can be cheaper, four pieces for one contribution point."
"I'll give you three."
"I'll give you two."
Is this also going to be rolled? Qiao Qiao couldn't help but complain.
"Two ice cubes for one contribution point, I'll take them all."
Qiao Qiao looked in the direction of the voice and saw the person who was speaking was a baby-faced boy who looked like the pure and innocent type. It was rare to see someone who could remain sunny in the doomsday, so she couldn't help but look at him a few more times.
No one noticed that the shadow was silently fluctuating.
The woman did not hesitate and immediately responded with, "1.5 ice cubes, I have 120 in total, which is exactly 80 contribution points."
"Okay." The man took out his bracelet and transferred the contribution points directly.
Qiao Qiao took a look around and felt a little disappointed. Although there were quite a few things, they were only N-level items and she had no use for them at all.
"Hey, it's all in vain."
Just as she was about to leave, a somewhat thin man blocked her way.
"Hello, are you dissatisfied with the things here? I know of other places with good things. You only need to pay 3 contribution points. I can not only lead the way, but also explain it to you."
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