The woman looked at the man beside her with trepidation.
She couldn't hold on any longer; her whole body was trembling, and every breath she exhaled seemed to freeze instantly.
She held the child in her arms, trembling, utterly helpless.
If she hadn't been forced into this situation, why would she have allowed her young child to go out and suffer from hunger and cold?
She can wait if the door remains closed, but the child cannot.
Therefore, her eyes were full of pleading.
"Brother Gang, the door won't open, let's go."
The man gave her a cold look, then stared fiercely at the heavy door in front of him, and jumped up and cursed.
"You son of a bitch! I don't believe you'll never come out!"
Damn it, I've run into a heartless guy!
This woman's child is her own; even if she doesn't like it, she can't just let her own offspring freeze to death.
"Third brother, send people to guard this place! They should take turns guarding it!"
"You sissy, you better stay hidden for the rest of your life! Otherwise, when I catch you, I'll skin you alive and throw you outside!"
Meanwhile, Jin Shu had already lay back down in her sleeping bag.
Ugh, it's so cold outside. I guess I really need to sleep with a heater on in this weather.
The night passed by in the sound of torrential rain outside the window.
When Jin Shu woke up the next day, she opened her eyes and immediately felt the biting cold air in the air as soon as she got up.
I glanced at my watch; it was past seven in the morning.
Logically, the temperature should be around zero by now, but the temperature inside this room is not only not above zero, it's even colder than last night!
The sky outside was still dark. Jin Shu changed into thick clothes and walked to the window to look out through the gaps in the tin roof when suddenly a bolt of lightning struck!
"Snap—!!"
In an instant, the entire sky became as bright as day! The dark clouds seemed to have been torn apart, revealing a scarlet blood color, and outside the clouds, it looked as if a terrible beast was trapped, stirring up the thick, impenetrable black clouds.
For a fleeting moment, Jin Shu felt as if she had returned to the world she had always been in, and even being struck by lightning couldn't have been more overwhelming.
The sky and earth were completely black, the air was so oppressive that it was hard to breathe, and the black rain kept falling. The black water outside the window was almost spreading to the tenth floor. Looking down, it looked like a turbulent black sea, dark and heavy, crashing and pounding with the wind and thunder.
All of this serves as a constant reminder to people.
Humanity today lives in the apocalypse.
There were several kayaks and inflatable boats on the water, with people wrapped in thick raincoats, bobbing and swaying on the black water.
The lower floors are no longer habitable. With the torrential rain continuing, at this rate, the entire top floor of the opposite apartment building will be flooded.
Three months into the apocalypse, just when humanity thought it had found the rules for coexisting with the world, a simple torrential rain was enough to wipe them out.
Jin Shu lived on a high floor, so she didn't have to worry about the water flooding up.
She turned around and turned on the electric heater, then checked the power of the solar generator. Fortunately, it was enough for her to use for another ten or so hours.
After the stove was turned on, the temperature in the living room rose slightly. Jin Shu took off her outermost coat and was able to stay comfortable wearing only her ultra-cool down jacket.
I checked the indoor temperature; it was three degrees Celsius.
At this time, the outdoor temperature was estimated to be close to minus sixty degrees Celsius.
The strange black water doesn't freeze, which only makes human activities even more difficult.
Jin Shu made a bowl of instant noodles and heated up a serving of instant beef curry rice that she found in the cold storage.
When it gets cold, you should eat more. The more energy you replenish, the stronger your ability to resist the cold will be.
Jin Shu, holding a bowl of instant noodles, sat on the sofa, wrapped herself in a thick blanket, and ate while looking out the window, close to the heater.
She saw a speedboat approaching her building from the apartment building across the street.
At this point, a speedboat is much more useful than a kayak, and besides the male and female protagonists, no one else would need to use one.
There are six people sitting up there; you can tell who they are without even looking at their faces.
The male and female protagonists, along with the male protagonist's several genius friends, are all founders of the future base, so the female protagonist naturally wouldn't abandon them.
As for the rest, Jin Shu looked towards the top floor of the apartment building.
Sure enough, several men were standing there, waving their arms and calling for help.
Their voices were quickly drowned out by the floodwaters.
Jin Shu looked away, finished her noodles, and continued eating.
Sure enough, after eating something, my body felt warmer.
After finishing her meal and cleaning up the dishes, Jin Shu turned on the light, wrapped herself in a blanket, and curled up on the sofa to read.
Looking up at the indoor temperature, it was almost ten degrees Celsius.
With her hands and feet warm, Jin Shu couldn't help but feel sleepy. Outside, the black waters surged, but inside, it was quiet and peaceful. The freezing weather had nothing to do with Jin Shu; she was enjoying life in her safe haven.
Go to sleep if you're tired.
Anyway, she has plenty of time.
Jin Shu did nothing all day but read books, practice boxing, organize supplies, and then doze off.
There were so few entertainment options that Jin Shu headed straight for the bookstore at 6 p.m.
There were two other people huddled at the door, taking turns guarding her.
Seeing their faces turned blue and purple from the cold, Jin Shu didn't hold back and slapped each of them to warm them up.
As Jin Shu went downstairs, she looked around and finally saw the group of people living together in apartment 1503 on the fifteenth floor.
The interior of this house is very large, with more than 100 square meters of space crammed full of all sorts of things: clothes for all seasons, appliances that have been soaked in water, and pots and pans that have been used but not washed.
Jin Shu went in and looked around, finally fixing her gaze on the woman huddled in the corner.
She was wrapped in a tattered blanket and held a bulging child in her arms.
The child was extremely thin and naked, nestled close to his mother's chest, with a pair of bright black eyes.
Jin Shu glanced at it, then turned and left expressionlessly.
After going out, she first went to the bookstore and browsed through a bunch of books that interested her. Then she went to the building materials market and picked out a lot of insulation boards and heating pipes.
The building materials market was huge. Jin Shu rowed her boat at a leisurely pace, looking at the few remaining shops that were visible outside.
After finding some useful things, she went to the city's tallest commercial building.
It's a place exclusively for the upper class; the higher you go, the more expensive the items become.
There were naturally many people living in the building, and normally no one would be able to get in, but at this moment no one could stop Jin Shu.
She set up her kayak and started exploring from the eleventh floor upwards.
Countless designer bags and clothes were left in the mall. Jin Shu went in and browsed around. She took the nice ones and the not-so-pretty but warm ones. She could easily slip them into her ring with a light touch of her finger. It couldn't be more convenient.
The twelfth floor is a private club, a place for the wealthy to get beauty treatments and drink tea. Jin Shu found a lot of valuable tea leaves there. She also loves drinking tea, so she naturally wanted to pack them all up and take them with her.
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