Chapter 319: Extreme Heat. Extreme Heat Continues
Chu An communicated with Li Qing, Zhuona, Yin Tianlin and others all through his mobile phone.
I learned from Yin Tianlin that the base was covered with a super large skylight with a heat-insulating coating.
It must have been spectacular in the previous life without this super sky curtain!
"The top brass had a fight over drinking water, and we are the ones who suffer."
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"It's mainly a contest between Tang Chen and the new base commander. Tang Chen wants to increase the daily supply of drinking water from 150 ml to 200 ml, while the base commander thinks that we should save water now and reduce it to 100 ml."
“Who wins in the end?”
"Of course it's Secretary Tang, but I heard that things got pretty tense this time, and Secretary Tang might be punished after the heat is over. Oh, who knows if it will only be 15-20 days as the post says. If not, Secretary Tang will probably be transferred."
She sees propaganda slogans on the government website every day, mainly telling people not to panic and to reserve enough water for half a year so that they can survive natural disasters. Of course, this is official news, and no one knows the specific situation.
In addition, Yin Tianlin also said that all the equipment in the base stopped working except the central air conditioner. The central air conditioner was only available in the four business buildings. At first, some people stayed in the lobby and refused to leave. After being kicked out by the joint defense team several times, no one came again.
It's not that they don't want to come, but they dare not go out. The air temperature outside is 66 degrees, and the surface temperature is close to 100 degrees. Most people don't have shoes to go out. Fortunately, there is enough solar energy and the power supply is not affected. Most owners have refrigerators at home and can make ice cubes.
Now all owners with mobile phones report to the grid leader every day whether they are still alive as a family unit. For owners without mobile phones, someone will knock on the door at regular intervals every day to confirm whether the person inside is still alive.
"People die every day. The day before yesterday, 30 people were carried out, and yesterday the number reached 100."
Chu An frowned, "Will the joint defense team help carry the person?"
Yin Tianlin replied, "Yes, we have issued high-temperature chemical protection suits, a total of 40 sets, and the joint defense team takes turns wearing them. Fortunately, Li Rong and Tang Xiao are still in the probation period. Wearing this stuff will delay their life by two days. The equipment is too heavy and the weather is too hot."
Chu An could understand that if the corpse was not dealt with quickly under such high temperatures, various bacteria would breed, and the flies, insects, rats and cockroaches attracted by the corruption would become carriers of pathogenic bacteria.
Many plagues with particularly high mortality rates come from corpses, including corpses of cats, dogs, cows and other animals, which can spread gas gangrene, sepsis, cholera and so on.
In her previous life, she had carried corpses before, but she didn't have a high-temperature chemical protection suit. She could earn 20 points for carrying a dead person, which was an outrageous price, but no one was willing to do it except her.
Fortunately, the vehicle carrying corpses was right at the door. She nailed wooden boards on the soles of her shoes, put on a homemade plastic protective suit, and carried the bodies for ten days, twenty-one times. Thinking about it now, she doesn't know how she managed to survive.
420 points will allow her to stop living in the slums.
Chu An put down his phone and collected his thoughts. In the two years before the natural disaster in her previous life, she did live for the sake of living, but in the next two years, she also worked hard for the base and paid a lot. Let her be selfish for once in this life.
Seeing that she looked a little depressed, Gu Ye asked her what was wrong and whether she was feeling unwell.
He had just watered the roof of the villa and the surrounding walls from the window when he came back and saw her slumped on the lower bunk like this.
"If you feel uncomfortable, drink some snake grass water or Huoxiang Zhengqi water." Gu Ye handed her a bottle and then asked, "Is it time for Brother Qing to reply? Ask him how Duoduo is doing and whether he is still feeling uncomfortable?"
The basement signal was not good, so Li Qing had to be near the door in the hall to receive messages. He would go there once in the morning, noon and evening every day to communicate with them regularly.
The night before yesterday, Duoduo suddenly developed a lot of small red rashes on her body. Old Man Wei knew it was eczema, but he had no medicine, so Li Qing could only ask them for help.
She asked Gu Ye to wear heat-proof clothing and sent him some anti-allergic medicine.
The basement where Li Qing lives is really stuffy during the hottest time of the day, about 32 degrees. He can only turn on the fan or take a bath. At night, it is about 25 or 26 degrees, two degrees higher than expected, but he can still sleep well.
After Chu An sent a message to Li Qing, he received a reply within a few minutes, saying that Duoduo was much better, could eat, and no longer scratched randomly.
"Thank you for the medicine."
Chu An rolled her eyes at him and didn't want to hear thank you. However, in addition to the medicine, she also asked Gu Ye to bring a lot of Chinese medicine for heatstroke prevention and moisture removal, moisture-proof pads, and milk powder suitable for Duoduo to eat.
After a while, Li Qing asked her if she had any way to boost everyone's morale, as her subordinates had been a little listless recently.
Chu An said there was no way to comfort them. The news outside was too shocking. Although the natural disasters in different regions were different during the rainstorm, the whole of Asia was now in a high temperature of 66 degrees. Information on the Internet was sometimes available. Today the signal was cut off in this area, and tomorrow the signal was cut off in that area. After a few days, the signals in several areas were restored, and then they were cut off again.
She, Lao Chu, and Mou Ci could only contact each other once every three to five days. Fortunately, the others were all in City C, so the signal here was only cut off once, and it has been normal so far.
"How about you learn some brainwashing techniques from the Internet and paint them a rosy picture." Chu An said tentatively, "I really don't have any good ideas."
"......"
Isn't this difficult for a science student?
Chu An sent this question to Huo Sisi, who immediately sent back three solutions. She picked one and thought it was more reliable.
Every day, we summarize today's consumption and the storage of food and supplies so that everyone can have a good idea of what's going on. Then we find things to do, such as learning breeding, planting, carpentry and other skills, to improve everyone's survival skills and increase their confidence in overcoming natural disasters.
Li Qing has water, so he can send some hydroponic seeds, which will also solve the vegetable problem.
They did what they thought. That night, Chu An and Gu Ye gave them a hydroponic box, half a sack of seeds and a cart of tools and materials, including water pipes of various diameters, core fillers, corner bends, super glue, plastic sheets, water pumps, hose clamps, saws, electric drills, hole openers, etc.
The tools are used to make hydroponic boxes. One is definitely not enough, but Chu An doesn’t have many, so he can’t give them all away. The materials are gathered together, but as for the production method, you can search it online yourself.
Everyone is very curious about growing vegetables and is eager to try it, mainly because they haven’t eaten vegetables for a long time and have almost forgotten what they taste like.
Huo Sisi occasionally sent her videos of Yin Tianlin acting weird, sticking his head into the refrigerator, or three grown men sitting on the floor meditating. She felt extremely hot.
"Luckily, Xiao An has your water."
Zhuona was relatively quiet, except for a message on the third day: "Uncle Ge and Brother Zhu are gone."
She had memories of both of them. Uncle Ge was the fat uncle who was kidnapped by the prince's men. He spoke for her when she had a dispute with Liu Shuang. Brother Zhu was Zhu Guangzhi, the gatekeeper who had always been suspicious of them. He was also one of the people who was most seriously injured when dealing with the prince.
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