Chapter 107: Gathering Materials
In an abandoned community, Li Tou and his team are collecting supplies in a residential building.
"Li Tou, there is still an air conditioner outside the unit that hasn't burned out!" A SWAT team member found an air conditioner that had not yet burned out, and hurriedly reported it to Li Tou.
"Where? Tear it down and take it away! Li Tou heard the report of his subordinates and hurriedly looked at him, and did not forget to give instructions in his mouth.
The previous snowstorm had a very serious impact, in addition to the snow, the strong wind also blew a lot of things, and even some buildings collapsed as a result, comparable to the passage of a typhoon.
After losing the deceleration effect of surface vegetation on the wind, the damage caused by strong winds has skyrocketed.
Some of the city's buildings that had been burned down by previous fires had collapsed in the blizzard, and the rest were still standing, but they were badly damaged.
Things such as air conditioners, windows, and so on were basically blown away, and many of the remaining things in the house were literally swept away, which brought a great obstacle to Li Tou and his efforts to collect supplies.
Fortunately, they came to a community with relatively good building quality this time, and most of the buildings were not seriously damaged, but the glass was blown away.
Even so, the search was difficult.
Most of the air conditioners have been damaged, and the air conditioners are installed on the exterior walls of the building, even if there is no damage, it is a trouble to remove them.
In addition, it is freezing now, and the snow on the ground can bury people in it, Li Tou and the others have been here for a morning, and there are only a few complete air conditioners they have found.
Although the blizzard has stopped, the temperature has not risen significantly, and the temperature in the minus 20 degrees Celsius can freeze the mask even if you just breathe.
In such an environment, these SWAT team members have to climb to the outer wall of the building to dismantle the air conditioner, which is indeed not a tricky thing, and there is no way to do it if it is inefficient.
"Li Tou, it's too inefficient to find it like this, or let's remove the ones that are not too bad, there are some usable things in them." A SWAT team member was beside Li Tou with advice.
Faced with this SWAT member's proposal, Li Tou just frowned and thought for a while before asking, "How many have you dismantled?" ”
"There are eight in total, three are in good condition, four are broken but still working, and one is without the shell but everything is there." Another SWAT team member had been counting their gains, and Li Tou quickly gave an answer when he asked.
Li Tou, who got the answer, couldn't help but grit his teeth secretly and felt a burst of trouble.
Although the harvest of Batai is not small, the political commissar specially explained before he came, and asked him to find more, so that Batai cannot be regarded as completing the task in any case.
Li Tou, who thought about it for a while, hesitated for a moment, but still said to the SWAT team members around him: "Let the brothers tear down the bad ones in the afternoon, this little thing is not enough to go back to the errand." ”
"Yes, Li Tou!" The SWAT team member answered, relaying Li Tou's instructions over the radio.
Seeing the busy appearance of his subordinates, Li Tou himself turned on the radio and said: "After dismantling the one in hand, everyone will eat first, and when they are full, they will try to find more in the afternoon." ”
Hearing that it was time to eat, the team members couldn't help but lift their spirits and speed up their movements, obviously wanting to start the meal early.
Perhaps because of the temptation of lunch, everyone's movements became a little faster, and the found outdoor unit that was still in good condition was quickly dismantled, and the SWAT team members also returned to the police car and prepared to eat.
"Li Tou, what are we looking for these waste air conditioners for? You don't want to use it to heat the shelter after repairing it, right? Holding a serving of self-heating food and adding water to warm it up, a SWAT team member warmed his hands by the way while pouring his lunch on his hand and asked Li Tou about the purpose of collecting the air conditioner.
"If you want me to say, it's the most reliable to burn the boiler, if the power goes out one day in this air conditioner, won't everyone still have to be frozen?" Another SWAT team member put the self-heating food that had begun to heat up on his knees and covered his knees, and also interjected: "But this day is really evil, our city has not snowed for more than ten winters in a row, and it has been a little more snow in the past two years." ”
"Do you think it was before? The sun is gone, what's wrong with a little snow? Li Tou, like his teammates, was holding a bag of self-heating food waiting for the rice to be cooked, and he couldn't help but say something when he heard their discussion.
"Hey, I don't know when this day will be the end." The SWAT team members who were pouring self-heating food suddenly became a little depressed at this time.
It has been almost half a year since the meteorite impact, but in the past six months, everyone's life has deteriorated, and who can not be depressed to live this kind of life without seeing a little hope and future at all?
Hearing the frustrated words of this SWAT team member, Qin Lan took her lunch and somehow remembered what Chen Xin had said to her before the end of the world.
"The impact of meteorites is just the beginning, the dust will cover the entire sky, and the absence of the sun for a hundred years will not only freeze the earth, but also make the ecology extinct, maybe one to three years after the impact, some of the dust in the sky will fall, so that the sky will faintly reveal a little light, but if you want to return to the way it was before the disaster, it will take at least 100 years."
Unconsciously, Qin Lan actually repeated Chen Xin's words.
"A hundred years? Doesn't it mean that we will never see the sun in our lives? Qin Lan's words suddenly silenced the SWAT team members who were eating in the carriage.
A hundred years is really short for the earth, and it can't be in a short moment, and this apocalyptic disaster is really small and not worth recording for the planet under its feet, which I don't know how many times it has experienced in its long 4.6 billion years.
Only those paleontologists who study paleontological fossils can trace the slightest trace.
But a hundred years is a long time for human beings!
Life is rare for 70 years, and it is difficult for a person to live through a hundred years, even in a peaceful era, let alone the end of the current era when everyone is struggling to survive?
"What are you doing with all your heads down? Now that I have food, drink, and a place to live, what is there not to be satisfied with? Li Tou looked at the team members with such a depressed look, and suddenly yelled at them.
"Li Tou, I can't see hope these days!" One of the SWAT team members had a bitter smile on his face and looked up at him: "Is it true that we have lived underground like this all our lives?" We don't care, but the next generation can't live such a dark life, right? ”