The old man upstairs was carrying a garbage bag, and in the middle-aged woman in the corridor, desperately, like a wailing cry,

Press the button of the elevator.

Waiting for the elevator doors to close, the sound outside the elevator seemed to be isolated.

The old man also seemed to come back to his senses from his daze,

It seems that he has forgotten what happened just now, and he has forgotten the words that just came to his mind.

"...... Uproar"

"I bought vegetables so early and came back."

The elevator went to the first floor, and as soon as the door opened, the old man saw a familiar face.

It's the downstairs neighbor, an old lady.

He was carrying a large bag of small bags in his hand, and looked into the transparent plastic bag, which was full of vegetables and bags of rice.

"It's not early, I'm afraid it's too late, and I won't be able to buy it."

The old lady first moved a few bags of vegetables, ribs, meat, etc. into the elevator, and then turned around to carry the bag of rice.

While answering the words of the old man,

The old man moved to the side and pressed the elevator door to help,

waited for the old lady to move all the things she bought into the elevator, and then went around the elevator door.

"It's a mess here and there, and it's rare to get it here and there. We're fine here, but I'm not sure, there was a flood some time ago, if anything...... It's better to have more food in the house. Anyway, now there is a refrigerator at home. I see that I have eaten half of the rice at home, so I will simply carry another bag...... What about you going downstairs and throwing out the garbage? ”

The old lady straightened up, asked, and spoke again.

"Well, I threw away the garbage, and I went to the supermarket to buy a piece of meat, buy some vegetables, and eat it at noon."

"Then you have to go faster, the supermarket is crowded, and there won't be any food left in a while."

"It's okay, I don't pick, I can eat anything...... Okay, no longer delaying you, the elevators are ringing. ”

"Then you're busy."

The old lady's hand moved off the elevator door button, and the elevator door closed.

The old man paused, turned back and walked out of the hallway.

I threw away the garbage in my hand and went out of the community according to the original plan.

"You went out, and you heard someone on the side of the road talking about the previous disasters in various places, but luckily they didn't have any relatives who were affected by the disaster, just gossiping, a little brilliant......"

The old man was unhurried and walked to the door of the community.

Under the shade of the trees at the turn of the entrance of the community, the old ladies and women in several communities were chatting and watching the children playing in the distance from time to time.

"Well, everywhere is in trouble right now. Isn't my second uncle dead? It's also strange, at this time, it is said that they are very hot over there. He had to go out in the sun. As a result, the people in the house saw that he had not returned after noon. Go find him. When I saw it on the ridge, everyone was out of breath. ”

"Sister Wu, didn't you say that there was some disaster in your hometown? What's the situation......"

"It's hot there, it's cold in my hometown...... It's so cold that you can't get out of the door...... We don't have a heating there...... The old man in the house said that the fire was not hot enough, and he did not dare to let them close the windows...... In the morning, I called my eldest brother and asked him to pick them up...... There's no news yet, haven't you received anyone, and there's no phone call......"

"Hey......"

There was some fear and deep worry in the eyes of a bunch of people,

"Look at the sky here, it's not going to rain here too."

"Hey...... You're too scared, this cloud is just a cloud, what kind of rain is it, at most it's to shade the sun, it's a cloudy day. ”

"How can I not be afraid...... Looking at the news, there is a disaster here, and it is not very comfortable there...... Nothing is good, and there are dead people somewhere...... I don't know what's going on now? ”

"Who is not, this one is so flustered that it seems that he can't touch the ground at any time...... You say, you don't really have to say that this world is going to end. ”

……

"You walked past the crowd......"

The old man paused, and after a short pause, he seemed to be a little inexplicably angry,

Picking up the words of the people next to him in a slightly heavier tone,

"What's the end...... Haven't all the disasters in various places stopped, aren't we also here without anything, what are we afraid of? ”

The old man's words made several people next to him stunned, but someone replied immediately after,

"Old man, where the disaster has stopped, where is it so easy, the flood on your side of Longnan rose a few days ago, and it has not yet receded. Many of those who have suffered before have not been taken down...... And ......"

However, the old man seemed not to hear what he said, and after a pause, he left again.

The man next to him looked at the old man, shook his head, and then turned back again, and said something with worry in his words.

"What should I do......"

……

The old man walked along the road, still unhurried, with a leisurely and gentle smile on his face.

"You walked all the way to the supermarket, and you passed many shops along the way, many people, some people went to work, some people went to school, and the shops were all open......"

“…… How many people have died in the natural disasters in the past two days...... Officially, it is an extreme climate disaster caused by abnormal weather, but is a volcanic eruption also counted? I heard that you can still see smoke billowing out of the South Gate Market. ”

"And, why is the climate unusual...... And suddenly that's it? ”

“…… Lao Chen, why is the store just open, and then it will close again? ”

"Eh, my mother-in-law can't be contacted, the family asked me to hurry back and help think of a way?"

"Where is it, what disaster has befallen you......"

“…… We're all fine here, I'll tell you, I heard that some people believe that the end is coming, and they're either scared to pray for some nonsense, or they're eating and drinking, and they're ......."

"You say, if we're going to suffer a disaster here, what are you going to do?"

"If it's really over, I'll cut my boss first, and then move the company's things out and spread them all over the world...... What about you? ”

"Me? Enjoy and then hide...... Or try to save people at the end of the day, and live a hero's addiction. ”

With a smile on his face, the old man walked past these people, as if he hadn't heard them, and finally arrived at the supermarket.

“…… You're in the supermarket. There are a lot of people in the supermarket, and some people are still more worried because of the frequent disasters in various places.

But fortunately, the supermarket has enough ingredients and goods. ”

The old man went into the supermarket,

Walked to the fresh area,

Where the pork is placed, there happens to be a piece of pork that is a little fat.

With a smile on his face, the old man reached out and picked up the piece of pork.

"You packed the pork and went to buy some other vegetables......"

The old man turned to leave.

But just behind him, there came another young man, looking at the empty fresh area,

Suddenly, it was as if I was stunned, and I didn't move for a long time.

“…… Is this the new pork that hasn't been put on the table yet? ”

"No, no...... The morning's goods are all on the table, and they are sold out, so you can come back in the afternoon! ”

The supermarket clerk behind the stall waved his hand and said impatiently.

The young man froze, and then turned to buy something else...... This looks like an old man who cried bitterly in the corridor before.

The old man carried the purchased vegetables and lined up at the weighing place.

There was a middle-aged man in front of him, and the vegetables bought in the middle-aged man's basket were placed on the table in turn.

Waiting for the last dish to be put on the table, I raised my head again, but found that behind the table, the clerk in charge of weighing,

But he kept his head down, holding the bag of dishes in his hand that had not yet been weighed, and he was stunned all the time.

"You call it! What are you stunned about! There are so many people waiting for you! ”

The middle-aged man waited for a while, and then he got angry, and his tone was a little thicker.

The clerk was a middle-aged woman, and she was awakened from her trance.

"Oooh...... Sorry, sorry ......."

With his head down, he held the things on the table in a messy manner.

just picked up a thing, but it seemed like I couldn't find the name of the corresponding item for a long time, and my eyes were red again.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry ......"

lowered his head and hurriedly apologized, the middle-aged man looked at the middle-aged woman's appearance, and his tone softened.

"You really can't change someone, and I don't blame you, so many people are waiting, right......"

"Excuse me...... Sister Xu, come and help me......"

The middle-aged woman lowered her head, then turned around and beckoned someone to come over.

Sister Xu approached and looked at the middle-aged woman, and asked the middle-aged woman while weighing things for the customer,

"What's wrong? I've seen you a little absent-minded before. ”

"I ...... My son's phone still can't get through...... I thought about staying at home all the time, and the time was also difficult, so I came to work. ”

"But when I came to work, I couldn't help but keep thinking about it......"

"Where's the kid?"

"**City, urban area...... His father said that he would drive to ** city to find it, but now that it is flooded, where can I find it......"

As she spoke, the middle-aged woman's eyes turned red again.

Here, it was the turn of the old man in the queue, and the old man put the dishes on the table, smiled and said a word of annoyance,

It didn't seem to see the uncomfortable middle-aged woman next to her, and she didn't cast her eyes.

"The city should be fine, even if it is flooded, then you can stay on the roof. Maybe you'll be able to get through in a while. ”

"Hmmm......"

Sister Xu helped the old man weigh the dishes, and then turned around and said.

The middle-aged woman answered, but couldn't help but take out the mobile phone in her trouser pocket again and call the familiar number.

"Is it through?"

"No, it's still not in the service area."

The old man smiled, took the food, and left.

……

On the other side, the edge of the city of **,

An old residential building that is not very tall,

The old building, which is only six stories high, has been flooded to almost the fourth floor by the flood water that has not yet receded.

And on the roof of the building, there are still a lot of people gathered at this moment, who were originally residents of this building, and have nowhere to go.

The young man who should have picked up his mother's phone thousands of miles away had just woken up from a tent on the roof of the building.

He picked up his phone and looked at it, but there was still no signal. The battery is running out.

He could only keep the phone in power-saving mode and turn off the screen.

Raising his head, he glanced at the wall of the tent, which was not very thick,

Through the walls of the tent, I didn't feel a little light outside the tent.

Outside the tent, it was so quiet that he could barely hear anyone talking.

This kind of quietness made him a little flustered for no reason in the current situation, so he pulled down the zipper of the tent and got out of the tent.

When I came out of the tent, I found that most of the people on the roof were awake at the moment, but no one spoke for a while.

On the roof of the building, there were a total of about 20 people, many of whom were elderly.

There are people like him who brought a tent to the roof of the building, some who hid at the top of the stairs, and some who hid under the illegal iron roof on the original roof.

At this moment, the young man looked at these others, and felt that everyone's gaze was a little strange at this moment, and vaguely, it seemed that they were divided into several camps.

So he also fell silent, with some uneasiness in his heart, even fear and nervousness, and stood in front of his tent, watching the others not speak.

These people are basically the same as him,

When the flood came, he misjudged the form and felt that he could not drown himself.

At the same time, there is nowhere else to go in the city except where to live.

I didn't know how quickly the form changed.

It wasn't until the power was cut off in the building and the signal was cut off that I became nervous.

Then it was too late, the water had already reached his floor, and it was still gradually going up.

He took only his tent and a small amount of food and ran to the top of the building. The others are similar.

By this time, two days had passed.

In the beginning, everyone was still very united.

The quilts and cotton garments were evenly packed, and those who had tents dwelt in tents.

If you don't have a tent, just squeeze under the corridor and the tin shed,

He also helped move the food from the fifth and sixth floors, a total of three families - this building is lonely, there are two families on each floor, and one family on the fifth floor is empty, with no people and no things.

The nearest building in the same neighborhood, which is also a six-story old building, collapsed in front of the eyes of more than 20 people when the flood was raging before.

Now, about 10 families have been eating food from 3 families for two days...... Originally, there was not much food in the houses of these three families.

After realizing how much more than 20 people can eat every day, and for two days, they have not been able to save them from the isolated island in the flood here, and they are also in a state of loss of contact with the outside world.

Personally, some subtle changes began to appear in the eyes of the person.

“…… Everyone's awake, huh? Let's help out and make breakfast together. ”

A middle-aged woman stood up and said with a smile.

But then there was another person to speak,

“…… My family doesn't have much food, and the key is that there is not much water to drink...... Stick to it and forget about breakfast. ”

The person who answered was also a middle-aged woman, and the most food that was brought up was her family's.

And probably from last night...... She began to mention from time to time that the food belonged to her family.

"Yes, too......"

The middle-aged woman who spoke up earlier responded with some embarrassment,

I had to do what I had said before, and sat back down.

The atmosphere on the roof of the whole building is a little dignified.

The young man here moved uncomfortably, he turned around, and looked at the time as if he was touching the mobile phone in the tent,

But in fact, I probably subconsciously avoided the gaze of these people.

Everyone's gaze was a little wary and strange......

Young people feel as if their hearts are not in place,

The body can't help but be a little tense, a little nervous, about what might happen,

He was a little apprehensive and frightened.

Probably...... The other people on the roof of the building are in a similar mood to him at the moment.

“…… Someone should have evacuated us today, they should know that there are still people here, right? ”

“…… It doesn't have to take care of us. And the Internet at that time...... I can see that many places have suffered from various disasters...... How can there be so many people who can take care of our ......?"

Someone speaks, and someone refutes.

The atmosphere was even more oppressive.

"Like...... It's going to rain again......"

Someone raised their head,

Looking into the sky, the dark clouds are indeed converging,

The others raised their heads and looked at the sky, which was gradually getting darker and darker,

In his eyes, fear sprouted in his heart, and he couldn't help but shiver a little.

Now...... In their hearts, fear seemed to overwhelm everything.

And with the roof of this building as the center,

Toward the outskirts, a wider range spreads,

It was as if the whole world, countless people, was in some kind of fear and uneasiness at the moment.

……

"Get ready......"

And at this moment, on the other side, the senior investigators of the Bureau of Abnormal Investigation who have just finished dealing with some of the vast natural disasters,

They began to gather in Wang'an City and the capital station of the Heterogeneous Investigation Bureau.