Chapter 91 Flute, Lack of Water
The Vibrio cholerae and protozoan viruses gradually dissipated, and the medical team formed by GJ developed many drugs, and now the situation is under control.
Lu Xingtang was the happiest person. This meant that the plague that had occurred in his previous life would not occur in this life. The plague that had occurred in his previous life was caused by the complete failure to control the Vibrio cholerae and the protozoan virus. In addition, there was not enough medicine, which made the situation serious and uncontrollable.
Coming back from the hospital, Ji Yanmo couldn't hide the smile on his face. When he came back from looking for car parts, he met Lu Xingtang who had just returned from outside. "What are you so happy about?"
Lu Xingtang said with a smile: "I went to the hospital and there were a lot fewer patients. I asked around and heard that the protozoan virus and Vibrio cholerae have been brought under control."
Ji Yanmo was also very happy: "This shows that your hard work has not been in vain! Those medicines and medical equipment have all been used."
"Your hard work has not been in vain!" The two returned to the 19th floor together. Ji Yanmo glanced at Lu Xingtang's happy expression and took out a flute from his space and handed it to her: "I heard from Su Cheng that you used to like music very much and composed many songs. This is a flute I found at a music store while looking for supplies and I took it out. I'm giving it to you."
It's no wonder that Lu Xingtang didn't collect any musical instruments. The moment he saw the flute, his DNA moved and he accepted it: "Thank you!"
After returning home and turning on the air conditioner to cool down, I took the flute and played a song "Fisherman's Song at Dusk". The moment I heard the song, everyone seemed to have returned to the time before the end of the world, when the country was peaceful and the people were safe.
Ji Yanmo took out a rattan chair from the space, placed it in the living room, took out a cup of herbal tea, turned on the air conditioner, drank the herbal tea, and listened to the flute music.
It seems as if I can see the setting sun, the colorful sunset glow, the fishermen's songs, and the joy and happiness of the fishermen loaded with a good harvest.
Thinking of Lu Xingtang's happy face holding the flute, he secretly decided that when he went out to look for supplies in the future, he would pay more attention to musical instruments and bring them back to her no matter what kind of instrument it was.
After playing a tune, Lu Xingtang put away the flute contentedly and entered the space to select ingredients. When she saw the seafood, Lu Xingtang's eyes lit up and she decided to eat the seafood platter.
Squid, sea cucumbers, shrimps, oysters, sea urchins, clams, hairy clams, scallops, razor clams, shrimps, crabs, conchs and abalone are all seafood she stocked up on at the seafood market.
After finishing, Lu Xingtang knocked on Ji Yanmo's door. The moment Ji Yanmo opened the door, he walked in and walked to the dining table. He took out the seafood platter from the space and placed it on the table: "Thank you for the flute!"
Then, go home and eat seafood while watching TV series.
It was getting hotter day by day. Not only was the temperature rising, reaching 50°, but the surface temperature was also rising sharply, reaching 70°. It was no longer possible to go out during the day.
While insect infestations and viruses have vanished, heatstroke is widespread, and deaths from heatstroke are countless. Even knowing a family member is suffering from heatstroke, the rising temperatures and surface temperatures keep people from rushing them to the hospital. As soon as they leave the apartment building, their shoes melt, forming large blisters on the soles of their feet that burst immediately, causing them to wail in agony.
Even those who wanted to drive to the hospital, whose tires melted on the road after just a short while, risked their lives trying to find a shady spot to hide. That said, there were no eggs. If there were eggs, they could have been cooked right downstairs.
Su Cheng had stockpiled some corn before and put it on the rooftop. It popped quickly and he also gave Lu Xingtang a bag of popcorn.
During the day, the city is deserted, but from every apartment building and every building there are sounds of irritated roars and sorrowful cries.
At night, everyone came out to enjoy the cool air.
Lu Xingtang didn't want to go out. The air temperature had dropped, but the ground temperature was still scorching hot. He had air conditioning at home and was very comfortable.
Su Cheng was quite depressed. In order to save electricity and worried that the battery would break down, he squeezed together with Su Hao. They didn't get heatstroke, but one of the batteries broke down. It took a long time to repair it, so they had to use a public battery. Fortunately, Lu Xingtang and Ji Yanmo didn't say anything.
Previously, the battery could be used for a long time before being recharged, but now it is used up in a day, and the diesel engine has to be started every day to charge the battery.
Even more devastating was the water! Ever since the water level receded, the temperature had risen, cracking the ground and drying it out. Even trees that had perished in the extreme cold had dried up completely, spontaneously combusting without fire. Fires of all sizes were breaking out in the capital every day. Rescue workers wanted to put out the fires, but there was no water.
There was no water to put out the fire, and the survivors couldn't find water. Even after leaving the capital, they still couldn't find water. Many people died of thirst outside while searching for water and could never return home.
People in Lu Xingtang's building had water, but everyone used it sparingly. Even if their bodies and homes stank to the point of wanting to vomit, they didn't dare waste it, just eating and drinking normally. They didn't dare wash clothes or bathe, so everyone, young and old, shaved their heads to save water for drinking.
What if there's no water? The government is already thinking of a solution! They're sending people to dig wells, and also to fetch water from the Yinjiang River, the Mother River, and other rivers and lakes, transporting it back and forth by plane and train.
The water that was brought back was filtered and distributed, but the water supply was insufficient. There were about 20 million survivors in the entire imperial capital, and it was not enough. Lu Xingtang saw planes coming and going every day, transporting water non-stop.
Lu Xingtang also received news that everyone can go to their original neighborhood committee with their ID card to get water.
Due to the scarcity of water resources, people can only get 300ml of water, which is not enough to drink. Lu Xingtang got it once and stopped going. It was hot, smelly, and the water was too little. He didn't need water, so he gave it to those who needed it!
Su Cheng and Ji Yanmo will not go out to get water for the time being. They will go out when there is no water.
Before they got saltpeter, many people in their apartment building were willing to save a cup of water, freeze it into ice, and then eat the ice to cool down. Because they had saltpeter and water, no one in their apartment building died of heat stroke anymore, the only deaths were in other apartments.
However, many people suffered from heatstroke. Min Weihuan knew that Lu Xingtang had saltpeter, so he brought a bucket of water and asked Lu Xingtang to help turn it into ice as a reward.
With Lu Xingtang's help, their apartment building will be much better. At least everyone can eat ice. However, there is too little water, so they can't eat too much ice.
The government did not abandon the survivors and transported water every day, even trying to create artificial rain. However, the artificial rain was not very effective. When rain finally fell, it was immediately evaporated by the heat.
The survivors didn't have much water, so they had to constantly travel back and forth to other Yinjiang Rivers, the Mother River, and other lakes to fetch water. However, the capital wasn't the only area experiencing extreme heat. The temperature in the capital was very high, though it was slightly better than in provinces like Y and S.
(End of this chapter)
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