Chapter 6 Extreme Heat
Jiang Linhai saw her clearly, grabbed the luggage, and said happily, "Okay, let's go home first!"
He came to pick up Jiang Si, but when the plane fell, he got so excited that he suddenly forgot about it.
Jiang Si entered the house and looked around the yard.
Insulation boards, bricks, guardrails, and safety nets were piled in the corners, the foundation was only half raised, and the doors and windows had not been replaced yet... The doomsday came early, but less than one-tenth of the house had been renovated.
She has space where she can hide at any time, but her family members can't!
Looking at the blood-red sun in the sky, Jiang Si's anxiety instantly doubled.
Shen Baoying came out happily, "Are you hungry? We'll eat soon."
Jiang Si put down the box and spoke in a serious tone, as if something big had happened.
"Mom, I'm not hungry! You all go to your rooms, I have something important to tell you."
Jiang Si's expression was even more serious than during the college entrance examination. Everyone was worried about her and followed her upstairs.
After entering the room, Jiang Si closed the doors and windows, looked around at their faces, and his eyes gradually became moist.
After so many years, she finally saw them again.
But, compared to the joy of being together, there are more important things to do now.
From the moment her daughter entered the house, Shen Baoying noticed that she was very different from before. Her eyes were filled with a complex heaviness, as if she had accumulated a lot of worries outside.
Shen Baoying asked cautiously: "Sisi, what happened?"
Jiang Chengwu also noticed something was wrong with his granddaughter. He had never seen her so nervous before, as if the world was about to end.
Zhang Qingzhi thought she had been wronged outside, and walked up to Jiang Si lovingly, "Don't be afraid, Sisi, the whole family is here. If you are short of money, grandma still has her pension, and the family will find a way to get it together for you."
The care of his family gave Jiang Si endless strength.
She took a deep breath and prepared to speak: "Mom and Dad, Grandpa and Grandma, the end of the world has come! The global blackout is just the beginning, and there will be an even greater disaster soon. While there is still time, we must step up our preparations!"
"end?"
Everyone was confused. It was just a power outage and a plane crash, how could it be the end of the world?
Guessing that everyone might not believe it, Jiang Si stretched out his hand and conjured up a washing machine, a refrigerator, a motorcycle, a mountain bike, and gold bars from the space...
The whole family was stunned with shock.
It is impossible for Jiang Si to hide so many things in his room.
There was no way Jiang Si could perform magic under their noses.
Jiang Linhai, who had believed in science all his life, rubbed his eyes and asked, "Am I dreaming?"
Shen Baoying pinched him hard, causing him to grimace in pain.
Not a dream!
Jiang Si looked serious: "Do you know where I got my ability?"
Everyone shook their heads.
"I am now reborn. In my previous life, my whole family died in the apocalypse!"
"After the global blackout, the drought lasted for half a year, and our food supply was looted." Jiang Si's eyes were red as he looked at Zhang Qingfang. "Grandma, you were swept away by a sandstorm just to pick up a piece of corn. We watched helplessly, but we couldn't do anything!"
"We had nothing to eat, so we left Longquan Village to find a way out. Halfway there, a sudden downpour hit, and a tsunami several hundred metres high struck without warning. The boat we were on was overturned, and I struggled to get ashore and found my parents, but my grandfather had been separated from us again!"
"To survive, my parents and I wandered far and wide. We finally reached the survivor base, but because we didn't hand in enough food, we were blocked outside the fence. Then, zombies surrounded the city... To give my mother and me a chance to be rescued, my father led the zombies away alone, but was... He was mauled to death by the zombies..."
"The group of people who rescued my mother and me also had bad intentions. They locked us up like animals and cut our flesh."
"I found an opportunity and escaped with my mother."
"Later, my mother and I entered the northern base. Sun Xiu and Shen Fu took advantage of my absence on a mission and gouged out one of my mother's legs. They exchanged it for 20 kilograms of millet. When I returned, I was told that my mother had committed suicide to avoid burdening me... I was the only one left in the family."
"The last decade! If you hadn't let me live well, I would have wanted to die long ago!"
"I swallowed the supernatural stone that everyone was scrambling for, just to be free!"
"But you know, if I could be freed sooner and see you all, I would die immediately without hesitation!"
"Sisi—" The moment Jiang Si conjured up the supplies, everyone couldn't help but believe her words. Shen Baoying looked into her daughter's sad eyes, unable to imagine that she had endured so much misery alone. She hugged Jiang Si and patted her back gently as she did when they were little, "Don't be afraid, it's all over, it's all over... We are all still here..."
Jiang Linhai was filled with heartache, blaming himself for not being capable enough in his previous life to protect everyone, which caused Sisi to suffer so much.
Jiang Si wiped the tears from the corners of Shen Baoying's eyes and looked at everyone, "Don't cry, God has given me another chance, and there is still space for us to store supplies. This time, we will definitely survive safely, so we can't delay now."
"According to the trajectory of my previous life, after the global blackout, all urban facilities will be cut off. Soon, people in the city will rush out in search of food and water. Before that happens, we must transform our homes into iron barrels that are impervious to water and fire!"
"The second and third floors, except for the bedroom windows, are all sealed with bricks. Don't leave any exits where people can hide."
Immediately afterwards, Jiang Si took out several bundles of anti-theft thorn cages from the space and said to Jiang Linhai, "Dad, seal all the doors and windows, put up the insulation board on the roof as soon as possible, and cover the courtyard wall with broken glass and anti-theft thorn cages. We can wait until after Sunday to install the protective net. The temperature is too high and it will melt."
"This time we prepared supplies in advance and took precautions against danger. Maybe we won't have to migrate everywhere."
Remembering the villagers' frenzy when they ran out of food, Jiang Si warned, "Don't tell anyone about the apocalypse! If you do, they'll think we have plenty of supplies at home."
"Don't meddle in other people's business, this is deadly and dangerous!"
Jiang Linhai now listened to Jiang Si's orders, "Okay, let's do it now!"
Shen Baoying was a little panicked, "Food! We must store enough food. We can still harvest several thousand kilograms of early rice, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn at home."
"Oh, we have to kill the pig quickly and make bacon, and pickle some kimchi and sauerkraut. If you don't eat salt, you'll get sick, and if you don't eat vegetables, you'll get a sore throat. We also have to buy salt and beans. If we don't have vegetables, we can grow bean sprouts and grind tofu!"
"Ten years after the end of the world, this is not enough. No, we have to buy some food!" She became more and more panicked as she spoke.
Grandma also hurriedly added: "There are also lifeboats, life jackets, trauma medicine, painkillers, and a few more axes and Tang swords for self-defense!"
As they talked, they started to have a headache again. It was impossible not to attract attention when buying so many things.
Jiang Si couldn't help laughing. "Mom, Grandma, don't worry. I can grow crops in my space. The crops have already sprouted. Food won't be a problem in the future. I've prepared other supplies in the city. You can just clean up the house. If there's anything you absolutely need, give it to me and put it in my space."
Shen Baoying and her grandmother were extremely surprised. They didn't expect Jiang Si's space to be so big.
While they were tidying up, Jiang Si was not idle either, and ran to help Jiang Linhai with the cement.
They thought they had at least a few days to transition, but unexpectedly, at ten o'clock that night, the sky was still as bright as day, the temperature suddenly rose to 45 degrees, the heat wave rolled in, and the whole world was distorted.
The fear of the end of the world gradually spread in the village...
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