Chapter 17 Community Power Outage
That night, the rainstorm intensified again, with terrifying lightning and thunder. During dinner, the lights in the room suddenly went out, and through the balcony window, I could see that the world outside was pitch black.
Without the lights or the moonlight, at that moment the whole world seemed to be plunged into endless darkness, without a trace of light.
Lightning suddenly cut through the dark world, and the cold light shone on everyone's face, making people feel a chill in their hearts.
The power outage occurred to everyone.
Shuxin turned on the flashlight on her mobile phone, stood up and pulled the curtains on the living room balcony. Yanmo and a few others went to the storage room to get the generator. When they initially selected the curtains, they specifically picked out those with strong light-blocking properties to ensure that not a single light could leak in.
When the light returned, the few people no longer had the appetite to eat. They quickly finished their meal and went back to their rooms to rest.
Shuxin lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling above her head without the slightest desire to sleep. The power outage came later than she expected. She originally thought that the power outage would occur a few days ago, but she didn't expect that their community had persisted until now.
This may be due to the fact that their community is newly built, and the materials used for the newly built circuits are better. They are not on the same line as other old circuits, so other communities experienced power outages earlier.
A power outage is not a good sign. It means that all surveillance stops working, which means that the network and signal will be cut off immediately and you will completely lose contact with the world.
The evil in the human heart cannot withstand temptation. Without any restraint, the beast imprisoned in the heart will break through the cage and be released at any time.
On the first day of the power outage, everyone's cell phones still had power, and from time to time one could see various messages asking for help from people in the group. However, all of them fell on deaf ears until someone ventured out and discovered that there was still a large supermarket open near the community. The group became active again.
Building C, 1501: The large supermarket near our community is still open. You can go there if you need anything, but you have to pay in cash [Picture] [Picture] [Picture]
Building E 801: Brother, I will pay you three times the price and you can bring me some food, how about that?
Building A 2001: I'll pay ten times the price, brother! Help me bring it!
F Building 701: What is the situation outside now? Is there anyone to help? @E Building 1501
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Building D, 2201: Are there many things left in the supermarket? Can I still buy them if I go there now?
Building C, 1501: There are so many people here. If you need anything, please come quickly. If you are late, everything will be sold out.
Room 1501, Building C ignored everyone's call and never responded again after he finished speaking.
Shu Xin also saw the message in the group and relayed it to the other three people, "Someone in the group said there's a supermarket open nearby, should we go?"
"Xiang Wen and I will go check out the situation later. You and Qi Mai stay at home and don't go anywhere." Yan Mo thought for a while and decided to take Xiang Wen with him to find out some news.
He had already revealed the news to the top leaders of the country before, so it doesn't make sense that there has been no official action yet. It always feels a bit unusual.
Taking this opportunity to go out and learn about the specific situation outside is better than staying at home every day and knowing nothing.
Mu Xiangwen was the first one to agree. He had to stay in this small piece of land for so many days without being able to move freely. With his personality, it was really difficult for him to stay at home for so long. Mu Qimai was just the opposite of him. He had a calm temperament and was very quiet.
It was because Yanmo understood their personalities that he decided to take Xiangwen out with him instead of Makimai.
In addition to this reason, there is another reason, that is, Fu Xiangwen has a likable face and a talkative mouth, which will be much more convenient for them to go out and gather information. In addition, Shu Xin and Fu Xiangwen have just been trained for half a month and their physique is still very poor. If they are both left at home, he is worried that they will not be able to cope with it if something happens. He is really worried, so he and Mu Qimai have to act separately.
There are more dangers outside and they may encounter many unexpected situations, so he and Xiangwen go out, while Mu Qimai and Shuxin stay at home. This is the best arrangement.
When the rain stopped a little, Yan Mo and Fu Xiangwen pulled the rubber boat out. Shu Xin stood on the balcony and looked down from the window with a telescope. She could see that people were constantly leaving the community by various means.
Some people took the huge laundry basin at home and sat in it wearing raincoats; some people tied three rows of empty mineral water bottles and lay their upper bodies on them, stretching their hands outwards with force; and some people who were skilled and brave jumped into the water directly in diving suits.
Choosing to swim directly into the water is actually a very dangerous choice. The heavy rain has been going on for half a month, and the water level in the city is already very high. Many things left outside before the heavy rain have all been soaked in the water, and there will be many unknown dangerous items.
If you are unlucky, you will get injured easily. In such water full of bacteria, the wound will easily become inflamed and infected. It is not easy to buy medicine at this time, and the hospital has been closed for a long time, so it is easy to be life-threatening.