In the next few days, the Internet was in an uproar, and many people began to rush to buy supplies. They also heard the sound of cars driving out of the houses next door... The government responded quickly and sent people to repair the circuits, barely restoring electricity in some areas.
Pang He called and said with a look of relief: "Thank goodness you reminded me, Brother Yan, otherwise our family would have been frozen to death this time!"
Many people expressed their relief, but Xihe knew that the real difficulties were still ahead. Just a few days later in the evening, a cold wave that had never been encountered before swept in.
At that time, Xihe was clearing snow in the yard with Tan's father and others. A chill rose from the soles of her feet. She turned her head subconsciously and saw a large mass of cold white air rolling towards her from a distance. Her pupils shrank and she shouted sharply, "Go to the basement!"
He grabbed Tan's mother and father and rushed into the house. Zhou's father and others followed subconsciously.
Grandpa Tan and several other elderly people were still worriedly contacting their nephews and nieces, urging them to protect themselves. Before they could finish their words, they were dragged into the basement by Xihe and others.
"What, what's going on?" Mr. Tan asked hurriedly.
Xihe didn't answer. She saw Zhou's mother accidentally fall to the ground, and Zhou Yan went to carry her, while the wall a few steps away was covered by ice inch by inch... The others were so scared that they covered their mouths with their pupils dilated.
Xihe rushed over, and at the moment when Han Bing hit him, he and Zhou Yan worked together to drag Zhou's mother downstairs.
The next second, the basement door slammed shut.
The moment the door closed, they saw that the tables, chairs and other furniture in the living room were all corroded and frozen into ice, which spread around with a crackling sound and the glass windows shattered.
“Look!”
Father Tan pointed at the door.
Frost squeezed in through the crack in the door and meandered towards the walls and the ground.
Xihe made a quick decision: "Let's go to the second underground floor!"
Everyone hurried to the second underground floor and closed the heavy iron door, and Bingshuang was finally stopped outside.
After a short rest, everyone's heart was pounding and their faces were extremely pale: "Ruoruo, what, what is this?" They huddled in the second underground floor, listening to the creaking sounds outside, their hearts confused.
That kind of overwhelming ice is unforgettable once you see it, and it makes your scalp tingle just looking at it.
Everyone looked at Xihe, hoping that the situation would not be so bad.
Xihe pursed her lips: "Cold current!"
Everyone's heart sank instantly.
Grandma Tan didn't know what a cold snap meant, but the others had read books and watched TV, and knew that this situation had not occurred for thousands of years, and it was coming with great force, probably even more terrifying than in the movies... Even through the heavy iron door, they could feel the bone-chilling cold.
At this time, outside, the cold air was spreading from north to south, sweeping all the way.
Tall buildings and skyscrapers were frozen at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the ground became a city of ice. Many people were frozen in their fearful and fleeing postures, their screams cut off in their mouths, but the cold did not stop, but continued to move southward, covering thousands of miles with ice.
The power went out, the radio stopped, and the world was silent.
In the basement of the villa, everyone quickly turned on the heater and burned coal to dispel the cold air coming from all directions.
In just a few minutes, the walls and iron doors became cold. When Tan's father touched them, he felt a piercing pain - the heating and coal were both turned on, and water droplets soon appeared on the walls, making them very damp.
"This, this cold wave is too terrible."
Mr. Tan looked incredulous.
Tan's mother was also very frightened, but she still scolded, "You knew it was so scary, why didn't you come over and help?!"
We were all adults, and although we were frightened, we quickly calmed down and started burning charcoal and clearing the gas pipes.
There was insufficient oxygen supply in the basement. If the gas pipes were frozen, they would either be frozen to death by the cold wave or suffocated to death. Even Grandma Tan didn't bother to complain and rushed over to help.
After cleaning up, everyone sat on the bed to rest, and Father Tan and Father Zhou started to cook.
Because they had made preparations in advance, the basement was fully stocked with plenty of water and food, so the two of them cooked a big meal.
The two families sat at the table to eat, the heating was warm, and the water dripping from the wall flowed into the underground pipes along the ditches specially dug at the base of the wall. After the meal, Zhou Yan went to wash the dishes and pots.
The villa's generator was still working, so everyone could still tell the time, and a month passed in the blink of an eye.
After dinner that day, they held a meeting. Tan's father and Zhou's father agreed that they should go out and take a look: "It's been a month, the situation outside should be stable."
The main reason is that life in the basement is not easy. They are afraid that the gas pipes will freeze, so they have to blow heaters at the gas pipes every day. The whole basement is very humid. The four elderly people are already old, and after all this, they have developed diseases such as arthritis.
It is very painful for everyone to see several elderly people who are obviously in great pain but have to force themselves to smile and tell themselves that they are fine.
Another thing is the fear of the unknown. Since arriving at the villa, everyone has felt like a knife is hanging over their heads, and they all know that the end of the world is coming.
Before they were disconnected from the internet, they had already looked up a lot of doomsday-themed movies. The more tragic the scenes were, the more panicked people were. Could they really survive such a natural disaster?
In the entire basement, except for Grandma Tan who was very confident in her granddaughter, everyone else was very worried about the situation.
"Ruoruo, do you think we can go out now?"
Xihe looked at Zhou's father and had to admit that he was extremely capable to have made a name for himself in the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
Since arriving in City Z and learning about the situation, he has taken the initiative to shoulder the responsibility of two families. He has prepared all kinds of supplies in a comprehensive manner, and Father Tan follows him with peace of mind and obeys his arrangements.
Thinking of this, she nodded: "Okay."
After staying there for a month, she got tired of it, and she also had things to do.
Xihe nodded, and naturally the others had no objection. After putting on thick cotton jackets, Zhou's father and Tan's father stepped forward and opened the iron gate.
The door cracked open, and a gust of cold air rushed in. Zhou Yan took a thermometer and measured it. It was around -35 degrees Celsius! Everyone gasped. If it was so cold now, how much lower would it be when the cold front hit?
After that, the iron door opened, and the basement floor was almost covered with ice, and the food was frozen into ice lumps.
Father Zhou had a heavy face as he handed a hammer to Father Tan and Zhou Yan respectively. The three of them smashed hard at the door of the basement floor, broke the lock, and finally pushed the door open together.
Whoosh whoosh——
The cold wind howled in through the broken window, and it was freezing cold outside.
The entire villa was a house of ice and snow. The firewood piled in the corner was covered with a thick layer of ice. The hammer struck it, leaving a shallow mark. Zhou Yan took out the thermometer and shivered, "Minus 40 degrees Celsius."
Hiss, everyone gasped.
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