Chapter 52 Extremely Hot [VIP]
Sun Gaohan's blurred vision gradually became clear, and he ended up meeting one of the people he least wanted to see.
It was Qiu Hongwei.
Qiu Hongwei lived in 2002. After Sun Gaohan and his men moved into Building 15, they moved directly into 2001, as if they wanted to disgust him.
Who would have thought that now he was the one seriously injured and alone, while Qiu Hongwei looked fine, even his face looked rosier!
"Sun Gaohan, you clearly knew that person was not someone you could mess with, yet you still went ahead and provoked him. You lost because you refused to let go!"
Qiu Hongwei was indeed a little proud in his heart. He was proud of his own cleverness and that he did not confront Tang Tian head-on in the end.
Otherwise, I might be the one lying here now.
Sun Gaohan raised his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth with a gloomy expression and spat:
"You're so arrogant! You're so great! Since that family on the 17th floor is so powerful, when I die, I'm afraid she'll also settle accounts with others, and you won't be able to escape!"
Qiu Hongwei narrowed his eyes.
This Sun Gaohan, he really wants to throw some dirty water on people even after his death.
"Don't worry, I don't want to organize a team anymore, lest I end up like you!"
At most, it was a team organized from the beginning. Qiu Hongwei had also witnessed Tang Tian's strength. It was really like hitting a rock with an egg. He didn't dare to take any more risks.
Thinking of this, he no longer paid attention to Sun Gaohan. He thought he had seen him for the last time and left the room.
Sun Gaohan looked at the bright sunshine shining in through the window and could only close his eyes reluctantly.
…
The temperature finally reached a terrifying 50 degrees.
Before the end of the world, this number could only be seen in the neighboring country of Zhu. Unexpectedly, China has also welcomed this day.
Fortunately, the flood receded and the plague was prevented from spreading further, and the authorities finally had the time and manpower to repair the electricity.
These days, the Tang family can still hear the sound of helicopter rotors.
A few days later, the official radio station released new news: the power supply in the center of Spring City has been largely restored, and other areas will have to wait for a while.
Apart from those who cursed and complained, more people reluctantly let go, thinking that the day had finally come.
Otherwise, with such high temperatures, people can't even breathe, and they can't survive with just supplies.
The power supply to Area S was restored three days later. Tang Tian thought that he should make the most of the free electricity, so he temporarily disconnected the solar energy.
However, this electricity is not available 24 hours a day. In order to prevent the rapid increase in the power supply load of the entire city, the authorities have introduced a policy of limiting electricity use.
For example, from 12 noon to 15 o'clock, and from midnight to 3 o'clock in the morning, these are the hottest and most unbearable times.
Many people were naturally dissatisfied after hearing this, but as soon as the time came, they would immediately turn on all the cooling equipment, and even those who were begging at the Tang family's door disappeared.
Seeing this, Tang Tian also temporarily locked the door to the corridor.
…
It can dispel the heat, calm the whole building, and even the hostility has subsided a lot.
The Shen family was given a lifeline when they were at their limit and recovered.
Thinking that Tang Tian wanted to learn martial arts, Shen Boyun made an appointment using the intercom. The next day, after turning on the air conditioner, he went to the opposite side and knocked on the door.
Tang Tian came to the appointment wearing a comfortable sportswear. The two were no strangers. After a few greetings, they began to teach one class at a time.
I practiced a few more moves and two hours passed before I knew it.
Tang Tian handed over a plastic bag that had been prepared long ago and contained something inside, and said with a smile:
“This is tuition.”
Shen Boyun took it and unfolded it, and found that there was a bottle of water and a black object inside.
Taking it out and smelling it, he raised his eyebrows and asked:
"Is this... jerky?"
Tang Tian nodded:
"You know I used to be a food blogger. I ate the most at home, no matter what. But I couldn't put it in the refrigerator before. I was afraid it would go bad, so I dried it all so it could be kept longer."
These words have many implications. They not only explain why he has so much food, but also make Shen Boyun less entangled.
As for directly saying that she had a lot of supplies at home... one reason was that she had the ability to protect them, and the other was that she trusted him more.
Shen Boyun seemed to have thought of what Tang Tian was thinking, so he didn't say much this time, but just put it away with a smile.
But just as he was about to speak again, someone knocked on the door and asked:
"Miss Tang! Are you there?"
Tang Tian recognized Qiu Hongwei's voice and asked through the door. Qiu Hongwei quickly replied:
"It's like this, Miss Tang. The temperature has been rising recently, and we don't know if it will get even hotter. Everyone in our two buildings has discussed it and is planning to clean up the underground garage, just like those air-raid shelters. When the power goes out, we'll go there to escape the heat."
"But there's still a lot of silt that hasn't been cleared, so to avoid the summer heat, the residents have discussed and unanimously decided that every household must send someone to clear the silt. You see..."
“I don’t go there to escape the summer heat, so I should ask.
Moreover, the official ones will pay for it. This kind of work not only does not pay you, but after completing it, at most you don’t have to bask in the sun.
"No, no, this is still in accordance with Miss Tang's wishes.
Qiu
Tang Tian and Shen Boyun looked at each other, and the latter shrugged:
"Looks like I have to do some hard labor. It's still very hot when there's no electricity."
So Shen Boyun and Cheng Jing went to the underground garage to clear the silt.
Not only was there a large amount of mud in the garage, but there were even some car frames lying around, wrapped in the mud.
Because they felt that things were starting to move in a good direction, the residents of Hexinyuan did not have too many complaints about the dredging work and finally started working wholeheartedly.
Dozens of residents stayed at home during the day, and went to the garage to dredge the water when the sun went down and night fell, gradually emptying the garage.
There was no extra water for cleaning, so I could only drain out the sludge as much as possible, but there was still a damp smell in the garage.
There is only one advantage, the underground garage is dark and gloomy, but it can also block the sun. Measured with a thermometer, the temperature is around 30 degrees.
Although it is also hot and humid, it is much better than the 50 degrees outside.
"By the way, does anyone have anything that can generate electricity at home? If we move a few more air conditioners here and connect them to electricity, wouldn't it be even cooler?"
"That's easy for you to say. How can an ordinary person have a generator?"
"I see there's solar energy on the outside wall of 1701, but they definitely don't want to take it out..."
Choi Soo-young was alone at home with her little grandson, so she couldn't possibly let her grandson go to dredge the silt. But every time she went there she usually just slacked off. Fortunately, no one noticed her this time.
Now that the underground garage has been cleared, she immediately took her grandson there to escape the summer heat.
He was holding a large palm-leaf fan in his hand, and while fanning himself, he scanned the area with his triangular eyes and saw Shen Boyun and Cheng Jing.
Choi Sooyoung pouted and said carelessly:
"Oh, I advise you not to go to 1701. How powerful are the people there? They don't even bother to share our hardships. They don't know how comfortable they are at home!"
After she finished speaking, she glanced at Shen Boyun intentionally or unintentionally:
"Look, even our neighbors across the street are coming down to help us clean up. If they don't want to help, how can we help them?"
Shen Boyun glared at Cui Xiuying directly, and with this glare, all the suspects who had been sitting in the regret chair had to confess.
Choi Sooyoung just felt a chill on her back and shut her mouth.
I've heard that these two have a close relationship. Could they really be mistresses?
But Choi Soo-young's words did arouse everyone's displeasure.
"Why should that family be so comfortable while we have to work ourselves to death in such a hot weather? This isn't fair!"
"Who told that family to install solar panels? And what a coincidence that they installed them before the weather got bad? Damn, they're so lucky!"
"It seems no one in Xinyuan or ours installed it, so why did that one do it? And how did the property management agree to it in the first place?"
"Haha, you don't know, the person living there is a former big anchor. He has a lot of money, maybe he can even make the property management obey him!"
Shen Boyun listened to them one by one, but he didn't hear anyone wanting to come and snatch resources.
The total number of people in Hexinyuan is already very small, and as each one dies, there will be fewer people.
No matter how many people attacked the Tang family before, they could not gain any benefits. Even if they wanted to, they had no choice but to give up and just pretend that the family did not exist.
If he could practice standard fighting techniques, I'm afraid Tang Tian would become even more powerful.
Thinking of this, Shen Boyun couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth.
Fortunately, the underground garage was vacated. Whenever there was a power outage, residents would come here to escape the sun, cool down, and chat.
"We're running out of food again. When will the next batch of relief supplies arrive? There's no news on the radio!"
"Yeah, the radio station just said to go out after sunset. I think the authorities still want us to go out and find supplies on our own, or go to a nearby shelter. They don't want to care about us scattered people at all!"
"How can we possibly survive this? The temperature at night is over 40 degrees Celsius, and we have no food or water. The nearest official shelter is more than 10 kilometers away. How can we possibly survive this?"
"I see some people build their own shelters too?"
"How can that possibly compare to the official ones? And do you really have the guts to go? You're lucky if you don't rob people..."
The hot and humid garage was filled with complaints. Many men chose to go shirtless, but their pores seemed to be blocked and the heat could not be dissipated.
The Shen family also came to escape the summer heat. Shen Yaoyue fanned Yan Chunhua, while Shen Boyun and Cheng Jing, both wearing black sleeveless vests, listened quietly beside them, trying to get useful information.
Shen Boyun did not spend all the tuition fees that Tang Tian paid during this period, but saved a lot of it. He probably could try to go to the official shelter.
I guess there must be better conditions there, such as electricity, food, medicine, etc.
He looked at Yan Chunhua, who was resting with his eyes closed but his face was flushed, and frowned even more.
The young people could hold on, but if the temperature continued to rise, they might not be able to hold on...
…
After the temperature rose to 55 degrees, good news came from the garage.
Some people chose to obey the authorities and wait until nightfall before going out. Unexpectedly, they actually found a generator.
I brought it back overnight, and there was even some unused fuel inside.
This was great news, and someone quickly went to other houses to collect a few cooling devices and put them in the garage, trying to find a way to connect them to electricity.
With two beeps, the air conditioner turned on and everyone calmed down, as if there had never been such harmony before.
"Great, this is like a shelter, we are saved!"
People were excited, but some people were tactless and poured cold water on it:
"There's only so much fuel in there, and once it's used up, it's gone. How can we even use the air conditioner? And the garage is so big, even if we find fuel, it probably won't be of much use!"
The harmony seemed to last only a moment, and the atmosphere immediately became tense again, almost leading to a fight.
"Alright, alright, stop arguing!"
Qiu Hongwei had been a building manager for a while, so he couldn't help but speak up to stop her and suggested:
"If there's really no other option, we'll have to go out and look for fuel again. This is all to beat the heat! If you don't want to stay here, gather some supplies and go to the shelter. The conditions there are definitely better than here!"
People fell silent after hearing this. These might indeed be the only two solutions at the moment, but neither of them is simple!
But they had no choice but to do so in order to survive.
Although the Tang family had been turning on the cooling equipment, as the sun became more and more scorching, the air conditioner gradually made a slight huffing and puffing sound, as if every second had become the limit.
So Tang Tian reset the air conditioner, and then took out a few buckets and filled them with hailstones collected during the hailstorm.
Then take out a few cooling fans and blow them towards the room, and all that comes out is cool air.
When hailstones melt into water, they can be used as drinking water, so there is no waste at all.
Although they still slept on the floor, they had taken out a brand new mat and washed and dried it.
Before going to bed at night, Tang Tian would spray herself with floral water, which made her feel so cool.
At this time, Tan Tan was also sleeping in his own nest, with his limbs facing upwards and his belly exposed, and he was equally comfortable.
But the most important thing is that Tang Tian has improved his ice-attribute ability.
The LV3 loquat dew is refreshing and cool, and Wei Mingxia likes this taste very much.
However, Tang Tian also unlocked a new, more advanced ice-attribute LV5 dish: [Mango Pomelo Sago]!
The orange-yellow color looks refreshing and tempting, and it is filled with a lot of ingredients that are sweet, delicate, and refreshing.
After Tang Tian finished showing off a bowl, she spread out her palms and released her supernatural power, which revealed an icy blue color, like a small storm in a crystal ball.
She moved her hands, and the blue gradually gathered, forming a sharp arrow. Then it dispersed again, transforming into a circular shield.
This must be the attack method of superpowers. I think other elemental superpowers can also do this!
Tang Tian had an idea and printed the blue color on the wall of the room.
That piece of land emitted a faint light, as if it had become a small piece of land in the far north, feeling cold to the touch.
Thinking of the pepper rooms used for heating in ancient times, if I covered the entire house with ice, wouldn’t it become an ice house and I wouldn’t even need to turn on the air conditioner?
The idea is good, but to complete it, it will probably consume a lot of mental energy.
…
As the temperature began to approach 60 degrees, people had little supplies on hand, and it became less a question of escaping the heat and more a question of filling their stomachs and quenching their thirst.
In addition, the residents actually organized teams to go out and look for fuel, but unfortunately they always returned empty-handed.
The fuel in the generator had long been used up, and the air conditioner in the garage could no longer be turned on.
With the scorching heat, the garage became increasingly humid and stuffy, and the lingering odor caused people who were staying there to escape the heat to start complaining again.
"It's at least 40 degrees in this garage. It's scorching hot!"
"Isn't it? Today I asked my neighbor across the street to come over to escape the heat, but I called out to him several times but he didn't respond. Later I found out he was dying of the heat. The heatstroke was so severe that he couldn't be saved..."
"I think we won't die of heat in the end, but of thirst! And dying of thirst will be even quicker than dying of heat!"
"Where can we find fuel? That team is so useless, isn't it?"
Until the power comes on, people rush home to turn on the air conditioner.
Not long after, there were faint cries coming from the building:
"Damn it! Who is so shameless as to smash down my door? And even steal things from inside!!"
"Oh my God! My house was robbed too! Don't let me find him, or I'll kill him!"
Someone started breaking into houses and robbing them again to get supplies.
Because Qiu Hongwei no longer wanted to manage the building, there was no one in charge in the building, and chaos soon ensued.
Especially now that people are active at night and hide during the day, many people who often go out to look for supplies also choose to go out after the sun goes down.
But at night, there are more dangers. There are robbers who stop you on the road, people who wait for an opportunity, and all kinds of ambushes, which undoubtedly make the journey more thrilling.
The door to the 17th floor suddenly opened, and Shen Boyun and Cheng Jing rushed in breathlessly.
The former turned around and locked the door immediately, then asked:
"Cheng Jing, are you okay?"
"It's okay, Brother Yun, our shield is still intact and it blocked that attack!"
Although they said so, they couldn't help but feel a little scared.
After nightfall, they prepared to go out, but they had to have lights in the darkness, but having lights would mean exposing their whereabouts.
They had managed to find some supplies, but when they returned, they were attacked by a small group.
Judging from what they said, they seemed to be no different from the previous pirates.
Since there is no water, these must be bandits who get their supplies by robbing passers-by.
Shen Boyun didn't want to fight, so he retreated and rushed out of the range, and returned to Hexinyuan with Cheng Jing, thus escaping the disaster.
But when he met those bandits, he was still frightened and lost in thought.
He was deeply afraid that the bandits would expand their circle and raid Hexinyuan, and they would definitely not be able to defend the two buildings.
The Tang family might have a way, but Shen Boyun also understood that Tang Tian would not fight for the entire building. If she could repel the bandits, it would only be for the family in 1701.
"What's wrong with you?"
Thinking of this, the door of 1701 actually opened, and Tang Tian looked out through the crack in the door.
In order to be no different from others, Tang Jia also changed her daily routine, and she was packing her backpack for her next outing.
But the two of them made too much noise, so she turned on the surveillance camera and saw this scene, so she opened the door and asked.
Cheng Jing went back with the supplies first. Shen Boyun stood up, dusted himself off, and told him about the bandits.
Tang Tian said nothing. It can be seen from the bandits in the flood that there will definitely be a lot of such bandits in the future. It depends on whether the authorities will take action to suppress the bandits again.
"Tang Tian..."
Shen Boyun looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated. After a while, he took a deep breath and said slowly:
"I want to take my family to an official shelter."
Tang Tian was stunned for a moment, and answered subconsciously:
"Okay, it's your choice, and it's definitely safer there than here."
Staying here, I have to worry about food and safety every day, and now there is the top priority of avoiding the summer heat.
Although going to an official shelter may not necessarily be cooler, food is guaranteed and the government also has better weapons to resist foreign enemies.
The most important thing is that the authorities have never given up on the people. There are only those who are unwilling to leave and those who think the conditions are too poor.
A trace of disappointment flashed across Shen Boyun's face, and he took something out of his pocket and asked:
"It's difficult to hike to the shelter in this weather. Tang Tian, this is what I found outside this time. Can I exchange it with you for more supplies?"
Tang Tian looked down and found that they were some scattered gold and jade jewelry.
Now she is famous in both buildings for wanting these.
It’s not that no one has doubts, but as soon as they get the supplies, they completely forget about those doubts and even say thank you.
"Of course, what do you want?"
Tang Tian accepted them and agreed readily.
After chatting for a few minutes, she went home to sort out a batch of supplies for exchange.
Water is a necessity, and because water is scarce, it is best to have food that can be eaten directly.
The Shen family should have some compressed biscuits, so Tang Tian put some dried meat, protein bars and other foods in it.
I also put a box of summer heat medicine in there and even stuffed a few cigarettes in there, which might be useful when I go to the shelter.
After reading it, Shen Boyun frowned slightly and asked:
“Is this too much?”
According to the previous practice of exchanging gold and jade for water, these materials are considered to be exceeding the standard, right?
And they are all very useful supplies!
Tang Tian paused, her expression calm:
"Aunt Yan is not in good health, so you can keep it. If... we have the chance to meet again in the future, you can return it to me."
Yan Chunhua and Wei Mingxia are about the same age. If it weren't for Yan Chunhua's golden finger, Wei Mingxia would have been in the same situation as the former.
However, she did not say it explicitly, and they separated in the apocalypse. When they met next time, she didn't know whether they would be dead or alive, and she didn't know when they would meet again.
Shen Boyun was silent for a moment, as if mustering up the courage before asking in a low voice:
"Are you...are you sure you don't want to go to the shelter? I know you have the conditions, but the construction there should be better now than it was at the beginning..."
It was late at night and everything was quiet, and it was almost pitch black outside the window.
However, the moon and starlight in the sky were brighter than usual, seeping into the corridor like a veil.
At least Hexinyuan was peaceful at this time, after all, it was the moment when the power was turned on.
But the radio was also reporting that further changes were going to be made, which contributed to the confusion in the building.
But everything is fine around Tang Tian, and she doesn't want to move for the time being.
Of course, she couldn't tell the reason.
Tang Tian thought for a moment, smiled and said:
"There are fewer and fewer people in the building now, and I've established myself here, so not many people come up to harass me... Maybe I should wait until later. I don't know the official's exact intention yet."
Shen Boyun thought about it and it made sense. Going to the shelter would mean starting all over again, and her situation would definitely not be as good as Tang Tian's current one. Besides, she was not short of supplies.
It seems that I am a little impatient.
Maybe it’s because he’s a little... reluctant to leave?
The temperature is around 40 degrees Celsius now. Tang Tian saw that Shen Boyun's face was getting redder, and she looked at the time again and said:
"Go back and turn on the air conditioner first, or you'll get heatstroke."
People are most susceptible to heatstroke now, but mild symptoms may be better. The most worrying thing is that it turns into a severe condition, and then it will be too late.
Shen Boyun nodded, thanked him, and returned to 1702.
He told his family about his plan, and no one objected much.
For ordinary people, the official has always been the most authoritative, and the shelter that has been under construction is the real shelter.
Shen Boyun was adjusting the radio again. Official news was played in a loop every day, occasionally mixed with some new news.
When he heard that the shelter was about to be full, he made up his mind to take his family there first.
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