Chapter 2: Eternal Night

No one knows what the reason is, but the nuclear war has begun, and all the nuclear-weapon states have claimed that they have used nuclear forces after being attacked by others with nuclear weapons, and they all claim that they are fighting back in self-defense. The war lasted only three days, and the whole world was already shrouded in the radioactive dust of the nuclear explosion, and the sunlight was blocked by the thick floating dust, and there was not a single trace of it. All the power plants were unable to supply power normally, and only the small emergency power stations could provide some light to the remaining people, and the whole world was in darkness, as if it had entered an eternal night.

The government's emergency evacuation notice was repeated over and over the radio: "This is the Qi'an city government, and due to the suddenness and devastating nature of the war, our city cannot get in touch with other cities." At present, our city has sufficient reserves of various materials, please don't panic and wait for rescue in your own home! Because radioactive dust is covered in the stratosphere, sunlight cannot shine down in a short period of time, so the temperature will continue to drop to about minus 10 degrees Celsius, so please pay attention to keep warm ....... ”

Zhang Xiaoguang's family lives in a community on the outskirts of Qi'an City, with the 33rd floor of Building E and the top floor. When the family bought this house, his friends joked with him, saying that he would be a god on the thirty-third floor of heaven in the future, but he didn't expect that this thirty-third floor saved his whole family, -- no mob was willing to climb up to the thirty-third floor without an elevator to commit violence, and there was a place for the mob to vent.

Zhang Xiaoguang looked at the thermometer, it was almost minus 30 degrees, and the radio actually said that it was about minus 10 degrees Celsius ....... Alas, it seems that this is not very likely to wait for rescue. He tightened his down jacket and looked out the window at the infinite darkness, only the dwindling flames in the direction of the city told of the destruction of a civilization.

It's been eleven days since the night came, from the initial fear, to numbness, to the current indifference, it only took eleven days, is it so easy for people to adapt to the environment, or is it easier for themselves to adapt to the environment? Zhang Xiaoguang had no answer.

The chaos started on the fifth day, and people could be seen smashing and looting like crazy in the firelight, Zhang Xiaoguang couldn't understand this sudden crazy behavior, the whole family had been hiding upstairs for safety, and they didn't know why people were suddenly crazy. Since about four days ago, the noise in the direction of the city began to slowly calm down, and for the past two days there has been no sound outside, and the whole world seems to have entered the underworld at once, except for the whirring wind and the sporadic firelight, there is no movement.

"It's time to eat!" Mother Chen Yuan shouted from the bedroom.

In order to keep warm, Xiaoguang and his father cut all the furniture into firewood, piled it up in the bedroom, and hung quilts on the bedroom windows, only leaving a trace of the door open for ventilation, and the space in the bedroom is small, so that they can make a fire in it for cooking and heating, and the temperature will be maintained for a long time, and it will not be discovered from the outside. You know, in this dark world, if you light a fire on the thirty-third floor, even if there is only a little light, it looks like a lighthouse from the outside! Maybe no one cares, but Zhang Xiaoguang doesn't want to take that risk.

Zhang Xiaoguang walked back to the bedroom, there was a thick layer of clothes on the ground, mother and father were holding a bowl, facing a fire in the middle of the room in a daze, seeing Xiaoguang come in, mother handed over the bowl in her hand, Xiaoguang was under the light of the fire, looking at the black ash left by the fire on her mother's face, and suddenly felt a little distressed.

"Mom, is this breakfast?"

"I don't know, maybe it's lunch, the phone is out of battery, and it doesn't matter what kind of breakfast or lunch it has, eat it when you're hungry. When it comes to time, you two are really, a good grandfather clock, let you two split! ”

"What's the use of keeping it?" Dad took a bite of food: "Now I don't even know how many days I can live, and the biggest use of these furniture is to make a fire." ”

"Not necessarily, Dad!" Xiaoguang said: "We can unite with the other survivors to help each other and increase the probability of survival!" ”

Dad Zhang Li looked at Xiaoguang: "You graduated from high school, just learn a probability?" One times one, or wait one, do you understand! ”

"Dad, we are people, not numbers, there is great power in numbers, one plus one equals two, and one person plus another, the power is definitely greater than two! We must help each other to get through this and survive together! ”

The mother is still biased towards her son, "I think Xiaoguang said it well, how good our son's ideological work is, it is definitely the material for being a political commissar!" ”

Dad nodded, "Alright, Commissar, let's eat." ”

After the family of three finished eating, his father Zhang Li said to Zhang Xiaoguang: "Photon, there is no water and no food at home, we have to go down and find something to eat." Xiaoguang nodded. He knew that if it weren't for the big fish tank at home, he and his father would have been looking for water in the afternoon, but fortunately, the water in the fish tank allowed the family to avoid the first and most chaotic days.

Mom wrapped the two of them layer after layer, and wrapped a layer of white sheets on the outside. Xiaoguang wondered: "Mom, why are you wrapping sheets?" ”

Mom pulled her hair and said, "Didn't you hear it on the radio?" White radiation protection. ”

Xiaoguang was speechless for a while, "Mom, the radio still says that it's only a few degrees below zero, and it also says that there are enough materials, and it is still called waiting for rescue!" ”

Mom frowned: "If you want to wear it, you will wear it!" By the way, wear glasses, which are also radiation resistant. I remember you had glasses, right? ”

"Do sunglasses count, Mom?"

……

The two of them touched the door of the house in their mother's nagging, yes, they just touched, they couldn't see their fingers at all, and they could only touch the handrail of the stairs and go down in a circle. The two tied a rope around their waists to determine each other's position and safety. The only flashlight in the house is in my father's hand, so in order to save electricity, I try not to turn it on.

Xiaoguang took a kitchen knife in his right hand, and tied a cutting board to his left forearm, which was used for a shield.

"Dad, you say, is there anyone else in our building besides our family?"

"I don't know, I guess there is."

"Can you call everyone together and join forces? Think about how many people should not be able to survive now, how pitiful! ”

"Alas...... Son, there's a line from a cartoon that suits you perfectly. ”

"What?"

"You're not mentally retarded, you're just kind."

“…… McDull is actually quite cute......"

……

The two walked out of the corridor, the wind suddenly became stronger, and there was a clangling sound in the distance, and I don't know what the wind was blowing.

"Ping!"

"Ahh

"Photons!"

"Who put the bicycle on the ground! It's good to wear thick! ”

"Horn" Zhang Li turned on the flashlight, and then immediately turned it off.

"Photon, do you see the way clearly?"

"See! There are two people lying on their stomachs in front of the garbage, do you want to go over and take a look? ”

"Don't look at it, it's so cold, lying on the ground, it's estimated that I'm dead, let's just use this bit of electricity in the flashlight, and I'll find something to use in a while, don't waste electricity."

"Oh." Xiaoguang promised in his mouth, but he still had the courage to grope for it, and kicked the two of them with his foot, both of them were hard, and it seemed that they had been dead for a long time.

When he arrived at the parking lot, Zhang Li turned on the flashlight and shone on his car. His Chery Q3 is still there, but the fuel tank cap has been opened, and it seems that the gasoline has been stolen, the windows have been smashed open, and things inside are turned everywhere. Zhang Li took a look at the other cars left and right, and found that they were all cocked with fuel tank caps.

The two touched the door of the community, and Dad turned on the flashlight, shone it around and turned it off, and the two were startled by the scene they had just seen! The road was full of crashing cars, and some scattered people, either lying or sitting, all covered with a layer of dust, like a painting, only the pencil traced it, not yet colored, and it was all gray and white. Xiaoguang knew that it was a layer of dust. There seemed to be someone moving in the distance, and they were shone by a flashlight, and they hurriedly hid, and it seemed that there were other survivors.

The two were stunned and began to look for food and water. The first target is a small shop at the doorstep.

The door was open, smashed to be exact. Zhang Li turned on the flashlight, and at first glance, he saw the shopkeeper and his wife both lying in a pool of blood. The human figures just now were covered in the floating dust, Zhang Xiaoguang didn't feel anything, the couple was in the house, there was much less floating dust on their bodies, the black blood reflected a dark black luster under the light of the flashlight, Xiaoguang felt that his hair was straight, and quickly turned his eyes away, looking for something on the shelf, trying to divert his attention, but there was always a shadow of a couple in his mind, the couple was quite kind, but the result was ....... I remember that they also had a little girl, and I don't know what happened.

There was nothing to eat on the shelves, and the floor was a mess of useless things, and finally the two found half a bag of rice and a few batteries in the kitchen.

The second target is a coffee house across the road.

As soon as the two of them walked across the road, there was a sudden gust of wind, and they only heard a "bang", "Oops! ”

"Daddy! What's wrong! ”

"I was hit by something!"

Zhang Li turned on the flashlight and startled Zhang Xiaoguang, it turned out that the billboard on the street lamp was blown down by the wind and hit Zhang Li. Zhang Xiaoguang hurriedly moved the billboard away and helped Zhang Li up. Zhang Ligang stood up, screamed in pain and fell down again.

"Photon, my leg hurts so badly, I don't know if it's broken!"

"Huh?! Then don't move, I'll carry you back! I learned some first aid at school, so I'll go back and tie it up for you, fix it, and I'll be fine after a while! ”

"Pull me down, can you carry me up to the thirty-third floor? My left leg hurts, you hold something, go to the left side and help me a little, and slowly go back. ”

When the two of them came home, they saw their father's appearance and screamed at their mother in fright for a long time.

This time I went out and only found half a bag of rice, and I didn't bring back a drop of water, so I had no choice but to let Zhang Xiaoguang go out to find it again. You can't die of thirst!

Zhang Xiaoguang looked at the darkness outside, and thought, God bless me, if I am hit by something again, who will help me back!