Chapter 15 Hail
It’s probably because people haven’t recovered yet and are all staying at home shivering.
Perhaps more people were guarding the bodies of their family members, or perhaps more people went to their neighbors' homes for help. There were not many people in the corridor, and Tang Tian and Tang Yi went down smoothly.
However, when we reached the 12th floor, the corridor at the entrance became extremely noisy, with constant noise and the sound of people banging on doors.
Tang Tian simply listened for two seconds and then went downstairs.
There was no signal or internet on the mobile phones, so people did not go to the property management committee. Instead, they all came to the 12th floor and gathered at the door of 1201, hoping that Zhang Manxin would come out to host the event.
Although the hailstorm was over, the shadow it cast on people was enormous, and most people were afraid to go out easily. After encountering so many accidents caused by disasters, they were now only concerned with solving the problems around them.
In a previous life, the Tang family had actually participated. But it was Tang Yi and Jiang Yao who went there, and they returned home soon after, looking disappointed and without any answers.
Tang Tian understood that most of the people were questioning how to deal with the damage to the buildings and the deaths, but Zhang Manxin was hiding in her room and refused to come out. The corridor was freezing cold, so people would eventually leave temporarily.
If emotions are like flowing water, then the 12th floor is a raging sea.
The door of the unit on the ground floor was completely broken, and Tang Tian and Tang Yi also felt the colder air.
They specially wore a pair of long, non-slip, waterproof rain boots, stepped on the solid hail layer, and groped their way to the underground garage ahead.
Garages are usually located in the front building, but all the buildings are almost dark, with only a few windows with light.
Relying on their peripheral vision, they avoided the unknown objects in the hail layer and came to the garage door.
Fortunately, the garage door was also made of metal. Tang Yi raised her hand eagerly and successfully used her supernatural power to open a hole on the side that was just big enough for entry. The two of them immediately slipped in.
Because the gate was closed, only a few hailstones were in the garage. However, due to the early stages of the hailstorm, people rushed to park their cars, so the cars were squeezed together and there was almost no room to walk.
Tang Tian took out a powerful flashlight and turned it on, confirming that no one was there and the surveillance was not working, then began to look for the fuel truck separately.
There are about 400 cars in the garage, but traditional fuel vehicles and hybrid vehicles still account for the majority.
After finding one, Tang Tian saw a fuel cap that could be opened in multiple ways. He used his special powers and saw a flash of golden light before his eyes.
Then use the specially purchased oil extractor to extract the oil, and after that, don't forget to restore the oil cap to its original shape.
But halfway through, Tang Tian gradually felt the familiar headache again, and hurriedly stopped and took out a fun thing from the warehouse:
【beer】
[Restores 20% of your spiritual power. If combined with [Fried Chicken], it increases by another 20%.]
This was made using a wine barrel after she purchased a wine recipe under the guidance of the system. All she needed was wheat.
In order to prepare for emergencies, Tang Tian had already made a dozen of them, which would definitely be enough for this night exploration of the underground garage.
The beer was taken out and came in a can. Tang Tian opened the can and drank it in one gulp. The headache was indeed gone.
So the two of them, with beer in hand, roamed around the garage like fish in water until they had rummaged through all the cars and obtained more than a thousand liters of fuel.
The harvest was not small, but Tang Tian was not greedy. He and Tang Yi quickly left the garage and restored the garage door to its original state.
But this time, they had another task: to take out the garbage produced at home these days.
At least the Tang family has a space to put their garbage, but other families can only keep their garbage at home temporarily.
Although there was no odor due to the cold weather, the water pipes froze and not only was there no water, even the toilet couldn't be used. There was also a lot of excrement in it, and this problem had to be solved.
The Tang family had already started using portable toilets and had stockpiled a large amount of coagulant in advance. However, some people took advantage of the night to throw objects from high altitudes, and when the hailstorm exploded, some of the unidentified objects on the road were among them.
There are four garbage rooms in Hexinyuan. The two also acted separately and finally met on the 15th floor.
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The borscht season was almost over, but the number of people in the corridor seemed to be increasing. Some people, noticing that the hail had subsided, put on more clothes and prepared to go out.
During this time, we inevitably passed by them, and some people stopped them and asked anxiously:
"Can you get through to the emergency line? It's always busy!"
"Excuse me, do you have any heating pads or frostbite cream?" "Excuse me, do you have any fever-reducing medicine? My child has a high fever that won't go away. Just name your price and I'll buy it!"
"Do you have any food? I can buy some!"
Tang Tian refused all of them and quickly went upstairs. It must be said that the 17th floor is quite high.
Some, seeing no response, rushed to find the next company. But others, upon being rejected, spat behind their backs and glared angrily.
Some people, for some reason, seemed to have determined that the sisters had supplies, and actually followed them directly to the 17th floor.
"Please, my parents are freezing to death. I just want a heating pad! Five times the price? Or ten times? It's all right!"
Tang Tian looked at the man half-pulling and half-stopping him, and was about to take out the dagger, but heard a voice from the other end:
"What are you doing?!"
Turning around, I saw that it was the plainclothes policeman from 1702 - when did he come back?
But when he saw Shen Boyun, the middle-aged man's eyes lit up, and he left Tang Tian and Tang Yi behind and stepped forward, begging:
"Xiao Shen, you're back? I'm your Uncle Wang! Do you have any heating pads at home? My parents are really not well..."
Seeing that the trouble was gone, Tang Tian and Tang Yi went home without any delay and closed the door.
"Sorry, Uncle Wang, I have to go back to the team. You should find someone else!"
Shen Boyun replied calmly, and he and Cheng Jing went downstairs immediately.
After the hailstorm, the Shen family was afraid it would come again, so the two of them hurried to help cover the windows and clean up the messy room. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
The supplies brought back by the former were enough for the mother and daughter to use for a while. After thinking it over, Shen Boyun still wanted to return to the team. After all, he had chosen this path in the first place.
Yan Chunhua and Chen Yaoyue still had red eyes, but they didn't say much. They had gotten used to it over the years.
But I didn't expect that as soon as I went out, I found that my neighbor next door had returned and was being harassed by others.
In just a few hours, he had heard about this neighbor many times. He seemed to be a cold-faced person with a kind heart. So Shen Boyun helped him, after all, almost everyone in the building knew his identity.
Tang Tian covered her entire face, leaving only her eyes exposed. Even Shen Boyun couldn't tell that they had met before.
After a quick glance, Shen Boyun put everything behind him and left with Cheng Jing.
Uncle Wang couldn't please either side, and was so angry that he stamped his feet. He could only look for someone who was willing to sell supplies.
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The hail stopped falling, but people were not happy at all.
Bad news kept coming in. The patients who were crushed to death, frozen to death, or even those who could not be sent to the hospital for emergency treatment in 15 buildings accounted for one-fifth of the total number of people.
Most of them are the elderly, the weak, the sick, the disabled, and the young, as well as those living alone. They only discovered the problem after their neighbors next door noticed something was wrong and contacted them and opened the door.
Low temperatures are most likely to induce disease, especially in the elderly with poor resistance.
In fact, this kind of incident had happened in other buildings before, with tragic news of someone dying coming in early every morning. But when it happened in my building, the feeling was different, and panic set in.
Then a severe hailstorm struck, destroying the people's only shelter. The unrest spread rapidly, and the building was filled with cries, curses, and calls for help.
But now it is difficult to get through to the emergency hotline. As the building manager, Zhang Manxin is harassed by different people knocking on her door every day. Her house has also been damaged, and she is extremely anxious.
Finally, after consulting with the neighborhood committee and other building managers, they had to let the residents leave the body where it was. Fortunately, the low temperature kept it from decaying quickly.
This news sent everyone in the building into a frenzy. Living alone was one thing, but the deaths were already incredibly difficult for their loved ones, and now not only could they not handle the aftermath, they were forced to live together?
What they didn't know was that outside Hexinyuan, the roads were also in a state of devastation.
As the hailstorm gradually cleared in some areas, many people sought supplies and were caught in a severe hailstorm. Some suffered minor injuries, including bleeding and fractures, while others were crushed to death. Instantly, corpses littered the ground, the road was filled with grief, and a large amount of blood soaked into the hail.
Some members of the official hail emergency response team died because they didn't have time to evacuate, while others discovered the gathering hailstorm clouds in advance and immediately ordered them to evacuate, thus minimizing the damage.
The destructive power of this hailstorm was beyond the imagination of most people. He Xinyuan was helpless, furious, and grief-stricken, unable to do anything but continue to try in vain to contact outside help, over and over again until she grew numb.
However, after the hail stopped falling, the authorities had more important things to do besides rescue: such as repairing energy sources, transporting supplies, and continuing hail removal.
Smaller community clinics and lower-level hospitals are no longer open. Although large hospitals are open, they are short of medical resources and are on the verge of collapse.
Police, firefighters and ambulances used to be visible on the road, but now they have completely disappeared. All rescue efforts are concentrated in one place, but it is still a drop in the bucket.
After returning home, the borscht period ended. Tang Tian suddenly felt like she was falling into an icy cave. Even with all the clothes on, she couldn't resist the chill that shot up from the soles of her feet.
Wei Mingxia hurriedly took out two newly unlocked, hot cups of apple and orange tea from the system to warm the two sisters up.
The sweet and sour tea had a warmth level of 2 and lasted for 3 hours. After just a few sips, Tang Tian sighed comfortably.
Without electricity, the heating equipment could not be turned on, so Tang Tian immediately decided to start the fireplace!
She had bought the fireplace for this extreme cold. Now that it was already cold and would get even colder, she couldn't be reluctant to open it. She swore that she would never suffer again in this life!
The first thing they bought was a thickened cast iron real fire fireplace. Tang Tian took a fire stick and tinder from the warehouse, first ignited a small fire, and then took out a few logs and stacked them flat.
As time went by, the flames gradually grew.
When humans see the light of fire, their fear and anxiety will slowly subside, and a slight crackling sound will be heard in the fireplace.
After only about 10 minutes, the temperature in the room had climbed above zero and was still rising.
But there was one downside: the wood-burning fireplace required checking every once in a while, so the mother and her two daughters decided to sleep on the floor in the living room.
Tang Tian has her own biological clock. She takes on the task of getting up at night so that her sister and mother can sleep better - there will be fewer opportunities to get a full night's sleep in the future.
In the pitch-black night, Tang Tian looked at her family members who had already gone to bed, then glanced at the ever-burning fire in the fireplace. In the warm environment, she also gently closed her eyes.
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