Chapter 53 Extremely Hot [VIP]
Tang Tian opened the blackout curtains and looked outside. The setting sun was shrouded in a layer of golden afterglow, and the sky was a rose gold color, dyeing the entire view red.
The sun is about to set.
New news came from the radio, officially announcing that the country would enter a state of staying indoors at night and staying at rest during the day.
The original power outage and power restart time periods have also been changed, divided into two periods during the day and one period at night.
Each segment is only two hours long, which together only accounts for a quarter of a day, leaving people in a state of being half dead and half alive.
The air-raid shelters and ground shelters are almost full of refugees, and the authorities have issued a final notice, asking people in need to go there as soon as possible, as no one will be allowed to arrive later.
You have to know that there were tens of millions of people in Chuncheng before the end of the world, and transportation has been inconvenient since the extreme cold.
They couldn't leave the city, and people from other cities couldn't come in. Even though more than half of the land was destroyed by the natural disaster, the basic shelters couldn't accommodate all the victims.
People in the building began to get anxious. Although the underground garage was shaded, it had no cooling equipment and the temperature inside was gradually approaching that outside.
It's impossible to stay in there for long, let alone escape the summer heat.
In addition to the lack of supplies, more and more people are planning to form teams and go to the shelter.
Instead of waiting to die there, why not try your luck? What if you can successfully reach the shelter? Wouldn't that give you a chance of survival?
So in the past few days, people in the building started recruiting teams from house to house, preparing to pack up and go to the nearest shelter under the cover of night.
The Shen family was also packing up, and it looked like they were preparing to leave tonight.
Tang Tian also plans to leave tonight, but of course she is not going to the shelter, but to start a new round of zero-dollar shopping!
Tang Yi checked the two backpacks one last time, but when she turned around again, she saw Tan Tan biting his trouser leg, blinking his dark eyes with a look of grievance, and inexplicably a little resentful.
Tang Tian had no choice but to ask:
"Tiantian, Tantan has basically never left the house since he came home. Now there's nothing outside, do you want to take him out and try?"
Dogs like to go out, and although Tan Tan is still young, he grows fast.
Now when it stands up, it can reach Tang Tian's waist. Real large dogs are not that long. At first glance, you can't tell that it is still a puppy.
Tang Tian squatted down and opened its mouth. The teeth inside were almost fully grown.
She had never owned a dog, so she wasn't sure if this was normal or not. But after experiencing the mutant piranhas, she felt there might be some connection.
But she still worried:
"Dogs are afraid of heat. Now the temperature is still over 40 degrees Celsius after dark. Can Tantan hold on?"
"How about feeding it some ice-attribute special food? We need to eat before we set off anyway." Tang Yi suggested.
When Tan Tan heard the key words, he loosened Tang Yi's trouser legs and started sticking out his tongue.
Is the master going to give me delicious food again?
Tang Tian had only ever given Tan Tan passive supernatural food, and it was mostly staple food.
Either you make dog food with real-life ingredients, or soak some dog food for it to eat. I haven't tried feeding it food with active superpowers yet.
“Woo…”
When Tan Tan started to act coquettishly, Tang Tian softened her heart.
Besides, can supernatural food be the same as ordinary food?
So in the end, the two people and the dog all got a bowl of mango sago.
However, Tang Tian heated up the charcoal portion and added some dog food before letting it eat.
Even after finishing the meal, Tan Tan was still lively and energetic without any discomfort, and night fell outside.
…
After Wei Mingxia's instructions, Tang Tian and Tang Yi put on hats and seamless masks, put on ice sleeves, put a neck fan around their necks, put on their hiking bags, and set off with Tan Tan.
Coincidentally, the people next door also opened the door at the same time, and the two groups met.
Everyone in the Shen family was carrying large and small bags. The backpacks on Shen Boyun and Cheng Jing were particularly large, carrying the most things.
Tang Tian and he met eyes accidentally, but for some reason neither of them said anything.
Instead, it was Yan Chunhua who spoke first:
"We're leaving for the shelter tonight. Thank you so much for your help these days!"
In fact, before this, she was even more reluctant to leave this home where she had so many memories and go to another completely unfamiliar place.
But she also understood that if it weren't for the Tang family's help, Shen Boyun might not have been able to gather enough supplies for the family to go to the shelter, so gratitude was necessary.
"It's okay, Aunt Yan. We are neighbors, we should help each other."
Tang Yi smiled and answered instead:
"Have a safe trip! Maybe we'll have a chance to meet again!"
After hearing this, Tang Tian and Shen Boyun were stunned for a moment, and then their expressions relaxed.
Yes, it is amazing that the other party has survived until now, and the future may not necessarily be the worst outcome.
Chen Yaoyue also said sincerely:
"Tang Tian, Tang Yi, I admit that I used to have a bad temper, but now you have helped us so much. I will definitely remember this favor. You must survive."
Tang Tian smiled and said:
"Got it. Take care of yourselves. I'm waiting for you to return the favor!"
Chen Yaoyue curled her lips when she heard that, and the atmosphere finally became more relaxed and everyone smiled a little.
In the end times, life is so precious that people’s greetings have changed from “Have you eaten?” to “Are you still alive?”
Having said that, it was getting late, so the Shen family went downstairs and went upstairs.
Until I went downstairs, it was bright, cold and spotless, but inexplicably a little weird.
Even the faint Milky Way is reflected in the velvety night sky.
Every moment of going out was dangerous and time was running out. After saying goodbye to Tang Tian and Tang Yi, the Shen family hurried away until their backs disappeared into the night.
Because of the mango sago, the temperature felt by the two people and the dog at this time was about 25 to 30 degrees, which is a temperature suitable for humans.
"Tan Tan, do you feel hot?"
"Woof!"
Tan Tan responded. It had hardly ever left the house, and as soon as its four feet touched the ground, it couldn't wait to sniff everywhere and mark the place.
Seeing it look so leisurely, it must be the effect of its ice attribute ability. However, it probably can't make ice balls with its hands like humans can.
Tang Tian felt relieved and left Hexinyuan with Tang Yi.
The almost pitch-black vision made it easier to hide. After looking around, Tang Tian took out two off-road bicycles from the warehouse.
She thought about using an electric scooter, a motorcycle, or even a car, but the temperature now makes it easy for them to spontaneously combust, so she finally chose this.
After putting on a helmet, Tang Tian got on the bicycle and whistled at Tan Tan, who then ran happily after her.
Of course, she wouldn't let Tantan run the whole time. She would still reluctantly stuff it into her backpack so that it could rest.
…
Tang Tian's target this time is still shops like gold shops, mainly to search for gold, jade and jadeite.
However, if she could find any useful supplies that were not destroyed by the flood, she would still accept them.
With a flood of that magnitude, unless the containment measures are extremely good, everything will be soaked and unusable.
The moonlight tonight is extremely bright, and it can faintly illuminate the road ahead without the need for lights.
And the farther away they got, the more Tang Tian discovered that not every place had been cleared of the silt.
The silt that had not been cleaned up had already been dried to a hard state, making the ground bumpy and slowing down the speed a lot.
Occasionally, they could hear what seemed to be human voices or some other noises not far away, and Tang Tian and Tang Yi would quickly rush over with Tan Tan.
After riding for only ten minutes, a gas station appeared in Tang Tian's sight.
Although Tang Tian and Tang Yi had collected fuel from the gas station before the apocalypse, and also collected a wave of fuel from the garage before the apocalypse, the total amount was not that much.
However, floods can easily cause water to enter gas stations, and I’m not sure if it’s still possible to drain water here.
Thinking that the gas station would activate the emergency plan whenever there was a flood, Tang Tian decided to try his luck.
The two stopped and got out of the car. Tang Yi kept watch while feeding Tan Tan some snacks, while Tang Tian sneaked in to check.
There is no need to look at the small convenience store that is always present at a gas station, as it is sure to be empty.
Tang Tian directly took out the fuel gun and pressed the trigger, but no fuel came out of the fuel gun except for a strange noise coming from inside.
Tang Tian waited patiently. After a while, a few drops of oil dripped out of the oil gun, and she hurriedly reached out to catch it.
However, the fuel disappeared in an instant after dripping into the air. She directly stored it in the system warehouse.
There were a few more hissing sounds, and a thin line of fuel flowed out.
Tang Tian didn't care whether the oil could be used or not. She collected it all and then left with Tang Yi temporarily.
There are not only gas stations, but also many of them are opened in the community, especially the hardware stores next to the community gate.
Tang Tian thought about his gold properties and furnace skills, and did not miss any of them. He went in and found those that could be used and stored them all into the system.
Perhaps they were lucky this time, as they rode for more than half an hour without encountering any bandits on the road.
For example, those small shops had probably been bought up by zero-dollar sellers before the flood, and even the silt inside was not cleaned out, which completely filled the shops.
However, it would take more time to go into a large supermarket and search, so the two of them decided not to go in for the time being.
The express delivery station was also empty. Tang Tian thought of a larger logistics warehouse, but many of the express deliveries had probably been damaged by soaking, so he decided not to consider it for the time being.
Only occasionally could one find a gold recycling shop. Tang Tian went into every one of them to check, but in the end, she only found a few small safes hidden deep inside.
About half an hour later, they were more than ten kilometers away from Hexinyuan, which was a new place for the two sisters.
Coming to the corner, Tang Tian took a few sips of electrolyte drink.
Although she could feel the temperature dropping, riding a bike for such a long time was still exercise and required proper replenishment.
She took out the dog bowl and gave Tan Tan a bowl of water.
There was a faint rumbling sound not far away. Tang Tian took out a telescope and found an unusually brightly lit place there. Based on the distance, she guessed that it was a shelter.
It is not clear whether it was built officially or unofficially.
After Tang Tian took out the map and looked at it, she said happily:
"There's a brand name gold shop not far away. Let's go check it out!"
On the way, they also came across a brand gold shop that was only one floor high. Unfortunately, all the items in it had been bought for free, and even the scattered items were gone, so they had to leave and continue looking.
After riding for a while, I got on my bike and a three-story gold shop appeared in front of me, but it was not as glittering as before.
Tang Tian went in alone to search. She turned on a powerful flashlight and only started searching after making sure that there was no one around.
The first floor sells gold jewelry, the second floor sells jade and jadeite, and the third floor sells jewelry, but there are also cracks on the counters from being smashed.
It’s just that the glass here seems to be harder, and some of it has not been broken at all, so there are still some valuables stuck in the gaps that have not been taken away, and they have lost their dazzling brilliance.
But Tang Tian grinned. For her, as long as these were authentic, it was fine!
After searching all three floors, they finally got some gains. Tang Tian went back to reunite with Tang Yi.
Tang Yi, who had just looked at the map, said to the former:
"Tiantian, I've checked. There's an antique shop not far from here. It's quite large. Should we go take a look?"
Tang Tian's eyes lit up.
Maybe there are things worth buying in there!
Thinking of this, Tang Tian got on his bike and headed in that direction.
Only a few minutes later, the two arrived at the store door.
The shop looked to be over a hundred square meters in size. The glass door was closed and it was pitch dark inside.
Tang Tian broke the glass and went in directly. There were more things here than those left in those valuables shops. Perhaps people thought that antiques were definitely not as valuable as gold, so they were not among the options.
But many things in the store were covered in mud and sand on the ground, and some were broken.
Tang Tian took out plastic gloves and began digging for treasure in the mud and sand like an archaeologist.
After wiping the sweat off my forehead, I found out that she had actually taken out a batch of jade and jadeite. However, the other complete antiques were basically not worth buying, so I had to give them up.
After returning, they counted the things they found and looked at the time. It didn't take long, but the two sisters still decided to go home first.
They chose to go out after dark when the city turned on the power. After the power was turned off, they might encounter the enemy on the road.
Then they chose another way back, so that they might see new shops and continue looting.
After the discussion, the two of them headed towards Hexinyuan under the moonlight.
…
"Hey, sister, look at that."
About eight kilometers away from Hexinyuan, Tang Tian saw a place with concentrated lights in the distance.
But now the power has been cut off, which means that they can actually generate electricity there independently.
Tang Yi stopped the car and looked at the map for a while before saying:
"It seems to be a villa area. I originally wanted to buy one of these, but then I thought about it and decided to buy a building. Now I am really glad that I made that choice."
If they had really bought a villa at that time, the Tang family would probably have been forced to move during the snowstorm.
Seeing Tang Tian's thoughtful look, Tang Yi asked in surprise:
"Tiantian, you don't want to go there and buy for free, do you?"
Tang Tian nodded. In her eyes, these villas were like huge blind boxes, and their temptation was too great.
Those who can live in this place are either from wealthy previous generations or have made a fortune this generation. How could they not have family background?
Apart from those that have been moved away or bought for free, you may still be able to get something.
Most families like this have safes, and ordinary people may not be able to open them even with brute force, so this makes it easy for them.
Tang Yi hesitated:
"But there are lights in the middle area, and it looks like they live together. We can only sneak to the houses on the edge. Isn't that a bit dangerous?"
Tang Tian touched his chin and replied:
"There's no other way. You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing your child. In order to upgrade the cheat code, I have to fight! And you have special abilities, so it shouldn't be too dangerous."
Tang Tian now has five ability bars, and Tang Yi has four, which means they can use a total of nine abilities, just like the long row of skill bars in online games.
Moreover, there are both attack, defense and healing in it, so even if you are injured, it can be healed.
That is the healing ability among green cuisines. Level 5 can cure common injuries.
Tang Yi gritted her teeth and agreed:
"Okay, I'll listen to you, let's go!"
Tan Tan wagged his tail and seemed to agree readily.
I walked along the wall to the gate of the villa area and saw four big words "Jiangnan Liyuan" written on it.
However, Tang Tian was afraid that there were surveillance cameras installed at the main gate, so she did not enter through there. Instead, the two of them worked together to climb over the wall and did not forget to bring Tan Tan in.
The place where you step is usually a green belt before the end of the world, but now there are no plants, only the dried mud that has not been cleaned up.
Tang Tian used the moonlight to observe the surroundings. Seeing that the weather was calm, he exchanged glances with Tang Yi, bent down and walked out.
Tan Tan's footsteps were even quieter, and he cleverly kept his distance from barking as he followed the two sisters.
The floor-to-ceiling windows of the first villa in front of them had been broken, allowing Tang Tian to enter without making any noise.
The villas here are all small two-story buildings. After searching up and down quickly and not finding any useful supplies or safes, Tang Tian immediately rushed to the next one.
The specifications are similar to Hexinyuan, with five villas in a row.
Tang Tian and Tang Yi searched all five buildings but didn't find a single penny.
Tang Tian frowned.
Was she wrong? Wasn't this a wealthy area?
Or... even the safe was taken away in advance by those living in the central area?
…
Just as she was thinking about it, Tang Yi suddenly grabbed her from behind and hid behind a villa.
Tan Tan tensed his entire body to the point of almost exploding with fur.
Tang Tian took a look and saw someone coming towards her from a distance with a flashlight. It looked like he was on patrol.
This kind of flashlight can easily detect any movement, and Tang Tian almost held her breath.
There were about three or four people patrolling, and they walked very quickly, as if they wanted to finish their work and go back quickly.
Not long after, Tang Tian and Tang Yi vaguely heard their conversation.
"Brother Wang, do you think we should go to the official shelter?"
Before Brother Wang could answer, someone else interrupted:
"Oh, no wonder you're new here and don't know how powerful our boss is. Look, we have supplies and electricity now. Isn't life better than in the shelter?"
"I heard the shelter is still crowded, and they have to conserve electricity. We only eat a pitiful amount every day, and we can't even get enough to eat. We follow the boss, where we can eat well, smoke and drink, too. Isn't it more free and comfortable than there?"
This does sound very comfortable, and it is no wonder that some people are unwilling to go to official shelters and choose to wander around outside until they gather together and grow into an unofficial shelter.
Brother Wang seemed to have a cigarette in his hand. He took a puff and then slowly said:
"Yeah, ever since I met Brother Wu, I feel like I can continue to survive in this apocalypse... Anyway, I don't want to go to that little official place!"
However, when they heard this voice, Tang Tian and Tang Yi were stunned.
This voice...seems a little familiar?
"This weather can really be called the end of the world. People are never quiet! I also want to stay with Brother Wu forever!"
The few of them walked and laughed in the light of the flashlight, and soon passed by the villa where they were hiding and went away into the distance.
But Tang Tian and Tang Yi did not come out immediately. After a moment, the former suddenly remembered:
Isn't that Wang Hui's voice?!
Wang Hui can be said to be the first building manager of Building 15 after the apocalypse, but when the snowstorm was almost over, he left Hexinyuan and there was no news of him again.
It seems that this is a new group that they encountered along the way and chose to join.
Tang Tian immediately put the matter behind her and continued to search the villa with Tang Yi.
But it seemed as she thought, the safes placed in the villa were usually built-in, but they had obviously all been removed.
You should collect them all together first, and then find a way to open them and take out the valuable items inside.
However, such luxury goods are basically unsaleable nowadays, so people may just hoard them to see if they will be useful in the future, like a dragon guarding gold, silver and treasures in a cave.
This is a difficult problem. It seems we have to find the villa they use as a warehouse!
It seems that we must go to the central area to take a look.
Now that she was here, Tang Tian didn't want to leave empty-handed.
Perhaps relying on their magical powers, the two sisters decided to give it a try.
The two of them moved slowly and silently to the central area where the lights were bright. Occasionally, they could hear happy laughter from inside, giving a feeling of decadence and extravagance, with both men and women there.
Tang Tian ignored the houses with people in them and went to the buildings next door first, which were basically important places.
Especially those with dim lights, they might be the houses used as warehouses, filled with looted supplies!
Sure enough, Tang Yi patted her silently and pointed forward.
Moonlight shone through the floor-to-ceiling windows, and Tang Tian saw piles of cardboard boxes and other items in the living room of a villa.
But since it's a warehouse, it's definitely not that easy to get in: the outer wall of the yard looks like it's been raised, and it's covered with what looks like homemade barbed wire, and there's a camera installed at the top of the main gate.
Tang Tian made an eight shape with one hand, half-closed his eyes, aimed, and fired an air bullet, just in time to knock the camera down.
Tantan immediately rushed over and took it in his mouth, then came over happily with the camera in his mouth, wagging his tail.
Tang Yi touched its dog's head and threw away the damaged camera.
Apart from the high walls and barbed wire, the gate was made of wrought iron. Tang Tian directly used her gold-attribute ability to expand a space that could be entered.
"Sister, you and Tan Tan should keep watch. I'll be back soon!"
Tang Tian whispered and went in.
Unlike other villas whose floor-to-ceiling windows were smashed, this villa's was intact.
However, she was cautious and did not move forward, but instead looked for traps and surveillance cameras.
Only after she was sure did she tiptoe to the door with confidence.
Fortunately, it was a metal door, so she still used her supernatural powers to enter.
I took out the tools to detect and found the camera again.
There must be a lot of supplies here, otherwise they wouldn't be guarded so strictly.
This time, Tang Tian did it more simply and crudely. She just picked up a piece of cloth and covered the camera with it.
But this immediately entered the countdown, and she had to quickly loot all the supplies.
With the faint light, Tang Tian quickly observed and found that the place was full of cardboard boxes, so she went to the second floor again.
Sure enough, she found a bunch of safes of various shapes and sizes in the room on the second floor, which were obviously from other villas!
As for the safes, large and small, a small number of them were broken open by brute force, leaving only the broken boxes.
Perhaps because they felt it was too tiring, most of the safes were just left there and had not been opened.
Tang Tian waved his hand, and those that were destroyed were also collected into the system!
According to a rough estimate, there are at least more than fifty safes!
Tang Tian couldn't help but feel happy that this zero-yuan shopping trip could finally come to an end.
Unexpectedly, a few lights suddenly lit up outside the window. They were flashlights, and shouts were faintly heard:
“No! Someone’s breaking in! Help!——”
Tang Tian's heart skipped a beat and she left in a hurry.
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