During the previous earthquake, the mountain cracked and split the research institute on the 'top floor' into two. Not only were all the mutant creatures brought back from outside gone, but even the instruments and data stored in the research institute fell into the gap.
In the end times, although instruments are precious, they are not impossible to obtain. However, once the data is gone—
The professor team at the H City base was almost completely paralyzed.
Professor Pei had been worried about these things for a while. He thought he would first get the equipment and see if he could find a way to recover the data. After all, some things were backed up. But then natural disasters struck one after another, and the equipment could not be transported, and the data could not be recovered.
They could do nothing at the moment and could only watch coldly from the sidelines.
But to be honest, things were not so bad as to be hopeless. After all, this disaster happened to the entire Blue Planet, and the entire China was experiencing it almost at the same time.
As long as the satellite communication is not interrupted, even if the H City base cannot conduct research, other bases can do so. Once the information is shared—
But the problem now is that after waiting for a week, there is no result.
No result was found. The vegetables that had been frosted in the fields were still left with frost on them. No one knew if there was anything wrong with the land, or if they could continue to plant crops there. What's more, the plants were still the same as when they left, with no changes at all.
…
The frost was not over yet, and while people were in panic, extreme heat came quickly and unexpectedly.
After the base detected the anomaly early in the morning, it announced the matter on the radio, reminding everyone that extreme heat was coming, to prepare summer necessities in advance, not to leave the base, and not to walk on the ice.
I thought I would have to wait another two days, but who knew it was still minus 30 degrees Celsius in the morning and it rose directly above zero in the afternoon.
At the beginning, the temperature rose rapidly from minus 30 degrees to 0 degrees within almost 5 minutes, and then in about half an hour, it rose rapidly from zero degrees to 39 degrees.
The temperature here was as high as 70 degrees. The people in the base had heaters, which adjusted automatically according to the temperature. No one noticed anything. Instead, the temperature difference was too great in a short period of time, and several alarms were issued, but there was no damage.
Within half an hour, the slippery ice surface that had not been cleaned before quickly melted into water and flowed down the mountain. The "cracking" sound on the ice surface came one after another. Everyone knew that the high temperature had caused the ice surface to crack, and it would not be long before the flood came again.
There's nothing wrong with the people in the base for now, but I'm afraid the people outside—
Few people can withstand such extreme temperatures.
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Lan Jin and his companions came to the gate of the base and looked down desperately with the telescope handed to them by Brother Zhang. However, they were blocked by the branches on the mountain and could not see the scenery below at all.
Brother Zhang said, "Let's go to the base wall and take a look. I'm just about to go up there."
The wall that Brother Zhang mentioned is the abbreviation of the base's outer protective wall. This protective wall is built very high and is not within the protection range of the protective shield. It is a place where you can feel the outside temperature most intuitively without leaving the base.
After they came up, they stood there for a while and someone handed them a pair of binoculars. Just from the appearance, they could tell that they were much better than the previous one. Lan Jin took it and took a look. Wow, she could see the situation of the urban residential area closest to the mountain clearly, and at this moment, there were actually people walking on the ice.
Lan Jin asked, "There are people up there. Didn't anyone tell us we couldn't walk on the ice? With the heat, the ice will melt in no time. What if someone falls in? Don't they have any common sense?"
Brother Zhang had noticed this a long time ago, and the radio at the foot of the mountain had already broadcast it, but no one listened. Just when Brother Zhang was having a headache, the person who was having fun on the ice fell into the ice cave, and the ice surface above the ice cave immediately covered the person.
This scene seems so familiar, as if it was when the extreme cold just arrived and there were also a few idiots walking on the ice. The ice was not frozen solid at that time, and those idiots fell into the ice cave after walking a few steps. They had no time to call for help. It is somewhat similar to the situation just now.
However, one begins at the extreme cold, while the other ends at the extreme cold and begins at the extreme heat.
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When extreme heat arrives, the surface temperature rises rapidly. The ice layer close to the ground at the bottom will crack rapidly due to the temperature change and gradually turn into water layer by layer. The ice that has cracked earlier will loosen in the water and even form a stream of water. Therefore, once people fall into the ice cave, there will be no time to rescue them, and it will not even be known where the people have drifted to.
But they had no time to worry about others. At this moment, Lan Jin felt that the sunlight above her head was very dazzling.
She didn't take off her constant temperature suit before going out. The constant temperature suit can maintain a constant temperature of 70 degrees Celsius. Since it was a long-sleeved and long-pants style, she directly put on an ice silk sun-protective suit with long sleeves and long pants. Many people were equipped like this during the insect plague before, so it was not surprising.
But she felt a little hot at this moment even though she was wearing a constant temperature suit. So the 39 degrees she had just seen was probably no longer there.
Lan Jin immediately asked, "What's the temperature now? Has the temperature risen again?"
Brother Zhang glanced at the small thermometer in his hand and frowned, "65 degrees, how is that possible? There must be something wrong with the instrument."
Lao Gao immediately retorted, "No, this temperature is absolutely correct. It's no different from a sauna."
At the scene, except for Lan Jin who was wearing a constant temperature suit, everyone in the audience was already sweating profusely. The short-sleeved shirts were sticking tightly to everyone's backs because of too much sweat. Anyone who saw them would say that the temperature was right.
Lan Jin asked, "Brother Zhang, do you know what the upper limit of the temperature is on an extremely hot day? Also, will this ultraviolet radiation affect your skin?"
Everyone who has watched a disaster movie will feel uneasy. There is no way. What if the solar radiation is abnormal and the ultraviolet rays hit everyone, affecting their bodies? So if we know the answer in advance, we can take precautions.
But of course Brother Zhang didn’t know this.
Brother Zhang said, "It's been extremely hot today. The sun has been here before, but it's only gotten this hot today. We don't have any equipment to conduct experiments at the base..."
In short, it is always ordinary people like them who get hurt.
Some things cannot be mentioned, as it will only make your head hurt more.
But what he could say was, "The higher-ups have already said they'll arrange for the instruments to be delivered as soon as possible. I guess they'll wait until the ice melts before sending it by boat."
But there was one thing he couldn't say. Sailing wasn't actually much faster than driving a car. It definitely wouldn't take a week to get there, and that was assuming nothing unexpected happened. What if...
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