Chapter 93
Will there be an extreme cold? The weather in the end times is unpredictable. Fu Erdie did not bring a thermometer with her, so she could only judge by her body temperature that the temperature outside should be around 10 to 20 degrees.
You should know that the temperature in City C is only ten degrees in winter, while in the south, except in mountainous areas, the temperature will be higher in most places. Moreover, with the high temperatures in the previous two years as a foundation, the temperature will only be higher, not lower.
Having read many novels about abnormal climate and sudden drop in temperature in the apocalypse, Fu Erdie was a little worried that everyone would be frozen while sleeping.
Just in case, everyone did not leave the task of keeping watch entirely to Zucchini, but took turns to do so.
The temperature was getting lower and lower. When it was Sang Wenhao's turn to keep watch in the second half of the night, the temperature was already around 10 degrees, which was completely the temperature in winter in City C.
Everyone had special abilities, so none of them were frozen directly. They all woke up when they felt cold.
They couldn't sleep any more. They each took a jacket and a few thin blankets with them.
But this is obviously not safe enough, and we need to find some warm clothes.
Fu Erdie was a little worried about how everyone in the community would be able to keep warm, but when she thought about the houses in the community, it shouldn't be a big problem.
The group got on a box car and followed the map to look for houses and shops nearby that might have cold-weather items.
At eight o'clock in the morning, the sky was dimly lit, and in a blink of an eye, it was the time that Fu Erdie and everyone in the community agreed to send a telegram.
Most of Cen Xiyang's space is used for water, and a small part is used to store various sundries.
Both telegraph machines and batteries are precision items and must be stored with great care, especially when it comes to electricity, which is only used when sending telegrams. At other times, it is placed in a space for safekeeping.
As soon as the power was connected at 8 o'clock, Fu Erdie received a call from Senyu Community. Apparently, they had been waiting there, waiting for Fu Erdie to come online so that they could get a reminder.
Fu Erdie replied "yes", and the other side immediately explained the situation and asked Fu Erdie if she wanted to go back.
It turned out that the temperature drop they felt in the southern part of the city was relatively small. City C and City D were almost overwhelmed by the cold wave from the northwest. The temperature dropped from more than 20 degrees to zero in one day yesterday. A layer of crushed ice formed on the surface of the water tanks on the roofs of some floors. After the house was discovered, it expanded the area height, allowing the water temperature to warm up slightly and be used normally.
The cold air came from the northwest, cooling down City C and City D during the day yesterday, and it was Fu Erdie's turn at night.
People currently stationed in Building No. 7 in Jian City have also reported the problem of cooling down.
The resident was an ordinary person, and without the protection of a house, she was no more resistant to cold than a supernatural being. It was the green radish and succulents that discovered the problem in time and used their leaves to wrap her up as clothes, so that she didn't freeze. The community also sent supernatural beings to deliver clothes and quilts, so that she could live without problems.
But the temperature continues to drop...
Fu Erdie thought about it and switched to the secret channel with City D to ask about the situation in City D.
City D is much worse than Senyu Community and Building 7 in Jian City. There are too many ordinary people there, and they need a lot of bedding and clothes to keep warm.
However, before the end of the world, all those unused clothes and quilts became moldy and infested with insects due to moisture. Even if some people took the quilts out to dry in the sun many times, once they were brought back when there was no sun, the high temperature and humidity would cause the clothes and quilts to become moldy again.
This was the supplies that the few people who had originally or were the first to come to the D City base and had houses to live in found in their houses. Most of the 20,000 or 30,000 people who were brought to the base later slept in large bunk beds, and their personal belongings were reduced to tattered small items in the harsh environment. The most precious thing was the mutant crops that provided them with food every day. Now that the temperature has dropped, everyone is dumbfounded and can only hope that the base will come up with some way to help them.
The base found the quilts and cotton-padded clothes that had grown moldy but had not been thrown away and distributed them to the people to keep warm. However, many people caught colds and fevers, and some people with weak constitutions died of new and old diseases.
The D City Base perked up and tried to mobilize all kinds of manpower and material resources to respond to the emergency. Fortunately, the temperature dropped during the day, so everyone had time to react and most people didn't catch a cold all at once.
However, these moldy and insect-infested clothes and quilts cannot be used all the time, otherwise they will become chronic poisons for ordinary people with poor physical constitutions.
Fu Erdie looked at the long telegram message and was glad that she had left her house in the community base.
However, this degree of cooling is also a continuous drain on the house.
It can maintain the temperature and humidity in its own area, making people live comfortably. However, maintaining the temperature of only one room and controlling the temperature of only about 10 degrees is different from maintaining a community and controlling more temperatures.
Although the house is of level 5 and very powerful, Fu Erdie knows that if no one lives in its territory, it does not need to maintain temperature and humidity. After all, it makes no difference whether the temperature is plus 100 degrees or minus 100 degrees. It simply has to maintain its own state in order to protect everyone because there are people inside.
In the community, Aunt Cao Rui promptly conveyed Professor Zhao's meaning: [The community's power generation can allow residents to turn on the air conditioner for five hours and the stove for ten hours a day, helping the house save energy. ]
In other words, even if the houses are not taken care of, everyone can still get by by the fire thanks to the previous infrastructure achievements?
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Fu Erdie breathed a sigh of relief.
People at the D City base quickly expressed that if the butterfly garden had spare capacity, they hoped to cooperate in drying some quilts.
They go outside to find cold-weather supplies, and then take them to the butterfly garden for processing, whether it is to use the stove to remove moisture and mold, or ask the house to help with processing, as long as the items can be used. The supplies can be split 50-50 with the butterfly garden.
Fu Erdie asked City D to discuss with the parents who are currently in charge of the Butterfly Garden and the house that will contribute a lot, and asked them to help as much as possible within the ability of the house. As for the cold-proof supplies, the Butterfly Garden can just take some that can be used as a token of its appreciation, and there is no need to take away so many supplies.
Fu Erdie herself...
It was indeed difficult for them to find cotton-padded clothes, trousers and down jackets. But this was not a big problem. After all, as high-level psychics, they were strong and it was not a problem for them to be a little cold or have worse clothes. Zucchini would also help them remove dirt, mildew and insects from their cold-proof supplies, so that they could use them as comfortably as possible.
In June, Fu Erdie and his group continued to walk slowly towards Qing City.
The cold wave finally invaded the entire southeast direction. The temperature dropped several times and stopped, then continued to drop and finally dropped to 0 degrees.
The flood that had been raging over the vast land for a long time had formed floating ice on the surface.
(End of this chapter)