Chapter 56 Flooding (33)
The storm outside the window continued, accompanied by thunder and lightning from time to time. Lan Jin was a little scared when she saw it, but Ren Siqiao and Nana, a child and a dog, were in a good mood and showed no signs of fear at all. However, it was impossible to deliver meals to the cafeteria in such heavy rain, and now not only was the power outage but there was also flooding. Even if they wanted to send a notice, they were afraid that they would not be able to tell everyone for a while.
But even if the cafeteria couldn't deliver food, there were still a lot of ready-made food in Lan Jin's space. Just taking out one or two items would be enough to feed the two of them and the dog.
After filling their stomachs, the boy and the dog fell into a deep sleep due to exhaustion from not sleeping well last night.
However, how to eat was not a fatal problem. Because the rain was too turbulent, the sewers could not be drained out quickly. In addition, due to the strong wind, many sewers were blocked by trees and garbage. Some low-lying areas were flooded last night. In Lanjin, after a day and night of rain, the first floor was finally submerged.
There were no residents on the first floor of their community, but there were people living on the second floor. As long as the rain didn't stop, the entire second floor would be flooded by rain after one night.
It was definitely uninhabitable, but fortunately there was no poisonous fog in the corridor. The families on the second floor got together, packed their luggage and planned to move to the safety passage on the third floor to stay temporarily.
But moving is a common occurrence. Some people are willing, while others are unwilling. Seeing that the floodwaters had not yet reached the second floor, one middle-aged woman refused to move at all. She said, "The rain will stop soon. If I don't move, I don't want to sleep in the hallway."
The middle-aged woman didn't want to, so her family naturally let her stay at home alone. When her family wasn't paying attention, the tragedy happened.
Not to mention the tornado, even the strong wind can blow down the power lines. Even if the power is out now, those wires buried in the flood cannot be dealt with for a while. The flood plus the live wires, if people don't touch it, it's fine, but once people touch the water...
Looking at the gradually rising flood, the family who originally had a lucky mentality collapsed in their home.
This middle-aged woman suffered the consequences of her own willfulness, but the most innocent people were her family. I wonder if she regretted her actions in her dying moments.
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After another night, the flood rose to the third floor of the emergency passage. Seeing that the family from yesterday did not come up all night, it was obvious that there must be something wrong with the flood.
"You said there's no electricity in this water, right? Otherwise, why don't the people on the second floor come up?"
"It's a bit scary to have electricity in this flood. Everything outside is flooded, and there's no way to rescue people."
"Are you kidding me? You don't know what you're doing in this situation. What kind of help do you need? Don't you have any idea?"
"Even if we wanted to rescue them, we couldn't. Look at the wind and rain outside. How can anyone stand outside? Besides, who knows if the poisonous fog has dissipated."
"Does that mean we don't know how long we'll have to stay in this corridor?"
"Not only that, we might even have to move upstairs."
Not only did they have to move, but they also had to ask the residents on the third floor to move up with them.
But who knew that the people on these two floors had not moved in for long before the flood rose to the fourth floor at night, and the group had to call the people on the fifth floor to move up together.
The higher they moved, the more people there were and the slower they moved. In the end, they decided to move everyone from the tenth floor upwards.
Then from the second to the eighth floors, there were more than twenty households in total, and they were lined up from the tenth floor to the eighteenth floor before they were finally all crammed in.
But after staying here for a while, everyone couldn't help but sigh, "We don't know if this poisonous fog has gone away yet, and it's raining so hard now. Is this really the end of the world? Our building has 33 floors. Do you think this rain will flood all the way to the 33rd floor? The poisonous fog outside is so thick that we can't get out."
"If it really floods to the 33rd floor, you're still talking about whether you can get out or not. We all have to stay here."
"Then why don't we just move to the top floor?"
As soon as this was said, someone immediately objected: "There's no point in going to the rooftop. It's raining so hard, I don't believe it won't flood. There's no roof on the rooftop, so we can't get out. I think this is actually the safest place."
"Yeah, let's see when the rain stops. If not, we can move up."
Just as these people expected, rain had already seeped into Huang Jinghe's home on the top floor, and the new decoration on the walls was basically ruined. Fortunately, the windows were installed with double-layer soundproof and anti-bow single glass, and the edges around them were in good condition, so the rain did not seep in through the windows. However, because his house was on the top floor, he was given a small attic when he bought the house. The small attic was triangular in shape. Although he also replaced the slanted glass, it was not as solid as the glass below.
As a result, it couldn't withstand the baptism of the storm and finally started to leak.
Huang Jinghe had no choice but to live in the small attic, collecting and storing water. The water was definitely not drinkable, but no one would mind using it to flush the toilet.
But what he didn't know was that because the drainage outlet on the roof was small, the rainwater could not flow down and directly flowed down from the gap in the roof door. It wouldn't be long before people living in the safety passage would feel the double impact of the flood.
Fortunately, the heavy rain finally stopped after 9 days. At this time, the heavy rain was only two steps away from the 8th floor, which shows how heavy the rainfall was.
When the rain stopped, the sun finally came out after three months. Looking at the long-lost sun, everyone couldn't help but feel excited. However, no one dared to open the windows rashly. After all, when the poisonous fog first came, some people had suffered losses from opening the windows, and those who did not suffer losses naturally remembered it in their hearts.
But it’s a good thing that the rain has stopped. As long as they wait a little longer, they will definitely be rescued.
Sure enough, after a while, a drone with a loudspeaker on it began to hover over their community.
The loudspeaker broadcast a rescue warning from above, "Please wait patiently, residents. Rescue efforts are underway at full speed. The toxic fog outside has dissipated. A bright future for everyone is just around the corner. Please wait patiently for rescue."
When they heard that rescue was coming, everyone's nervous hearts finally relaxed.
but.
etc.
Has the poisonous fog dissipated?
Has the poisonous fog dissipated?
"Did I hear it wrong? Didn't they just say that the poisonous fog has dissipated? Isn't that right?"
"Yes, yes, the poisonous fog has dissipated. Should we be able to get out soon?"
"Yes, we can finally go out. Can we open the window now? I haven't breathed fresh air for a long time." The man said and immediately opened the window in the emergency passage.
Thanks to Tang Xi for the reward, thank you!
(End of this chapter)
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