Chapter 9: The End of the World: Extreme Heat
The red sun slowly rose, bringing warmth to the earth, but today's sun was a little too enthusiastic, and the temperature rose much faster than usual.
After eating breakfast, Jiang Ran sat down in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, quietly looking at the scene outside the window, and the TV behind him was broadcasting today's morning news.
Watching the people on the street outside gradually lose their smiles, he quickened his pace.
At 8 o'clock, as the sun rises, the temperature begins to rise rapidly, and in just half an hour, the temperature rises from 23 degrees Celsius to 40 degrees Celsius, and before 9 o'clock, the temperature quickly breaks through the 50 mark.
There was a wail on the Internet.
The news that had been ignored before was also noticed again, and everyone realized that the heat was far from over.
The owner group is also lively again.
"Made, who said the heat is over, today is hotter than yesterday."
"Brother of Building 7 406, how many degrees is the temperature now? If it's too high, I'll take leave and not go to work today, who can stand it on such a hot day! ”
Soon, the old man in Building 406 of Building 7 posted a photo of the thermometer.
"Prepare yourself for a record high temperature today. Picture .jpg"
As soon as the news was sent, everyone hurriedly clicked on the picture to check, and the real-time temperature on the thermometer was 50.7 degrees Celsius.
"Oh my God!"
"With such a high temperature, is it possible that the world is going to end?"
"How is it possible, don't guess, it may be caused by environmental changes, and the government will find a way."
"I'm worried about one question right now, what if there is a sudden power outage at such a high temperature? Without air conditioning, our units would have turned into steamers. ”
"Hehe, we have solar panels installed in our house, such a big sun, we don't have to worry about electricity problems."
This message was just sent out and was quickly withdrawn, but at this time there were many people in the group, and many people still saw it.
"Upstairs is right, I also have to install a solar panel, if there is a power outage on such a hot day, the elderly and children at home can't stand it!"
"Yes, we young people can bear it, but the old people and children can't, and I have to find a way to settle it."
"That thing has to be thousands, isn't it? Can't afford it. ”
"Is money or life important?"
……
Looking at the news in the group, seeing that everyone was only thinking about making battery panels, but no one thought of hoarding supplies, Jiang Ran anonymously posted a message in the group.
"Do you want to stock up on supplies? In case of a large area of power outage, such a high temperature, food is also a problem. ”
First, someone retracted the news, and now it is anonymous, and everyone subconsciously feels that something is wrong but can't believe it.
They spoke one after another.
"Don't be so exaggerated, it's withdrawn and anonymous, as if it's really going to be the end of the world."
At this time, another anonymous message appeared, which immediately caused an uproar.
"You know the, I have a relative who works at the weather station, and he also started stockpiling supplies and installing battery panels two days ago, why do you think people do this?
Originally, I didn't want to say it, but there seemed to be someone in the group who knew the news, so I came out and said a few words.
I don't know if it's the end of the world, but I know that this kind of hot weather will not end in the short term. ”
Two anonymous messages in quick succession corroborated each other's words, which made the owners a little worried, but some people did not believe it.
"This double reed sings, you are an undercover agent sent by the supermarket."
"In order to make money, he really did everything to intimidate everyone with doomsday remarks at such a time."
"It's just, it scared me to death."
Soon, the owners split into two factions.
One faction believed in anonymous information, and began to hoard supplies in line with the idea of "it is better to believe what it has than not to believe it".
The other faction believes that nearby businesses take advantage of people's panic psychology to make black money and make it difficult for the country to make money.
Jiang Ran was a little surprised, someone knew the news so early.
But if you think about it, there are so many professionals in the country, it is impossible for no one to see the problem.
Three years after the end of the world, the vast majority of resources are still controlled by the so-called upper class magnates before the end of the world.
And her rebirth only made up for the shortcomings of the news blockage at the bottom of the society, and stood on the same starting line with the powerful who knew the news in advance.
But even so, there is a huge gap between her and the powerful.
After the end of the world, the magnates basically have their own armed forces in their hands, and those weapons cannot be produced by themselves after the end of the world.
Thinking of this, Jiang Ran couldn't help but sigh, there are always people who think that the end of the world can change their lives against the sky.
But in reality, it is still thousands of troops crossing the single-plank bridge.
Whenever the bottom wants to break through the strata and climb up, they must work hard, and this can only get a glimmer of hope.
At this moment, Jiang Ran suddenly felt a little sympathetic to herself, sympathetic to ordinary people who didn't know anything, just like her.
Before the end of the world, in order to survive, she had to work hard every day to provide for the powerful; After the end of the world, she still has to work hard to scavenge and continue to support the powerful.
How ironic!
Thinking of this, Jiang Ran searched for news related to hoarding materials on the Internet, and sure enough, he found a lot.
Basically, they are all foreign, and the domestic ones seem to be deliberately blocked.
Those world's top richest people actually began to hoard materials and build a safety fortress half a month ago, and the reporter also used a witty tone to ridicule the richer the more afraid of death.
After thinking about it, Jiang Ran downloaded these news and posted them anonymously to the group, there was only so much she could do.
Jiang Ran's video did shock some people.
After seeing the video, they also searched the Internet, and those who would climb the wall went directly to the Internet, and saw the recent news of domestic and foreign billionaires building safe houses and hoarding supplies, and immediately realized the seriousness of the matter, and began to hoard materials non-stop, under the 50-degree heat.
Put away his mobile phone, turn on the air conditioner, Jiang Ran began to cultivate, if you want to survive in the last days, strength is the most important thing.
Entrance to the community.
A young couple in their twenties wore sun-protective clothing and sun-protective masks, each holding a sun umbrella with a black background, and walked quickly to the supermarket outside the community.
At this time, there are already many people in the supermarket outside the community, and from a distance, there is a kind of madness of Spring Festival purchases.
Seeing this, the couple hurriedly ran over, picked up the shopping basket and began to fill bread, drinks, canned fruits, etc., as long as they were eating, they took whatever they saw.
And the actions of the two also made other guests who were still carefully selected panic, and they also quickly purchased quickly.
"Eh, don't grab it, it's mine, yours are over there."
"What are you doing, I got this canned fruit first, it's mine."
"What you say is yours, and who sees it, and you tell it to promise you?"
The woman looked angrily at the thin man in front of her, obviously the canned yellow peach she touched first, but she was snatched away by this person, and she was so unreasonable.
Glancing at the woman with contempt, the man pushed the woman away, "Don't get in the way, or Lao Tzu will beat you to death." ”