Reborn in the end of the world, I scavenged in the empty city and bought for free

As soon as he returned to the small courtyard, he heard a dog barking from inside, which immediately made Gu Tongwan smile with joy. It turned out that home was really the best place.

After parking the car, Gu Tongwan opened the door on the first floor, and the two dogs immediately jumped out.

In fact, when the car was more than a hundred meters away from the block, Aoao and Tutu were already squatting at the door of the first floor, waiting for her to come back.

The two dogs' current ability level should be around A-level, but they are at a crushing level among A-level mutant beasts of the same level, so Gu Tongwan has always been curious about when the two dogs will be promoted to S-level mutant beasts.

Gu Tongwan didn't rush into the house. She was actually still thinking about what the two Self-Defense Forces said. It was said that the base had predicted that the temperature would reach a new high of 59 degrees by the end of the month, a record high temperature. By then, the whole of China would become a furnace.

However, in the southern hemisphere, it is said that the area is covered with ice for thousands of miles, with temperatures reaching a staggering 40 degrees below zero, and this is happening in a originally tropical country.

No wonder the temperature has been rising these past two days, even breathing feels hot and choking.

He glanced at the materials in the car, which were all brought from the boss's wife, and quickly turned on the emergency lights in the yard.

When she was building this small courtyard, she asked Liu Jinde to install two emergency lights in the front and back yards, thinking that she could occasionally enjoy the breeze and cool off in the yard at night. She didn't expect to use these two lights in advance.

After turning on the emergency light in the backyard, I quickly covered the ceiling with the plastic film given by the landlady. The weather is hot recently, so it can at least lower the temperature of the roof.

I finally breathed a sigh of relief after covering the car with the heat shield. This way, the car wouldn't be exposed to the sun too much when parked here.

Back in the small building, the temperature on the first floor was as hot as a steam room, so she quickened her pace and headed for the second floor.

The air conditioner on the second floor is always on because Aoao and Tutu need to rest here.

There was no air conditioning in her room, so she went into the room and set it to 19 degrees with strong wind. She planned to take a shower, change clothes, and then hang out some clothes to dry. This way the temperature in the bedroom should be able to drop just right.

The water in the bathroom is now at least 60 to 70 degrees. After a day of exposure to the sun, the water pipes are filled with hot water. In Xiaoli's words today, the water can be used to pluck chicken feathers.

Gu Tongwan threw all the dirty clothes into the washing machine. In addition to turning on the air conditioner, he placed two buckets of water outside and added ice cubes into them, so that the room could be cooled down faster.

The water for bathing is taken from the space. There is a lot of cold water in the water bucket in the space, and this temperature is just right for bathing.

However, after knowing that the southern hemisphere is experiencing extremely cold weather, I became more careful when taking a bath. I kept the water running while taking a bath and filled several large buckets with water.

After taking a shower, several buckets of water were full. I used a thermometer to test it and it was actually 78 degrees, which is very hot.

Maybe I can take out the remaining few empty water barrels in the space at noon tomorrow. If extreme cold comes one day in the future, I can use the water here to take a bath directly. This will save a lot of trouble. This is the same operation as when she collected a pile of snow in the space when the extreme cold came for the first time.

However, one third of the snow water in the space was used during this period. At that time, the space was not big enough, so not that much snow was stored.

If extreme cold weather comes again in the future, we will probably have to start stockpiling snow again.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to the yard at night, she took out a large stainless steel water storage barrel that could hold 20 cubic meters. If she released water from nine o'clock in the evening to five o'clock the next morning, it would be at least one-third full.

After placing the water barrel, he pulled a pipe from the faucet in the yard and started to pour water into it.

The weather outside was too hot to bear, so she hurried back to the room. Her stomach was empty after a busy day. She couldn't eat the dry bread in the guesthouse because of the weather, but since Xiaoli made it specially, she couldn't not eat it. However, she only asked for the smallest portion.

I took out two packs of Northeastern large rice noodles from my space, simply put some minced garlic in the kitchen, mixed some sesame oil, chili oil, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and cut some cucumber and carrot shreds, and sprinkled some sugar. This way, it has sour, spicy, sweet and salty flavors. It’s not greasy and filling in the summer.

After finishing, I took the plate and went to the second floor. At this time, the air conditioner on the second floor had been turned on for an hour and it was already very cool.

Because the temperature was getting higher and higher, in addition to installing an air conditioner in the living room, she also placed air-conditioning fans in two corners so that the temperature in the living room could be kept at around 30 degrees.

In addition to the large rice noodles, she also took out a portion of chicken fork bones from the space. Now she didn't know whether it was dinner or a midnight snack.

Halfway through my meal, I thought about the current situation in the southern hemisphere, so I quickly logged into the base forum to see if there was any latest news.

I read half of the posts. In addition to the emergency posts for purchasing second-hand air conditioners and electric fans, there is also a part discussing how long the extremely hot weather will last. Now, in the southern hemisphere, where summer should have begun, it is snowing all over, while here it is extremely hot. Not only has the temperature in the northern and southern hemisphere been reversed, it is also not a normal summer or winter temperature.

There were some comments under the post, and one employee of the water plant mentioned that the water price might be increased recently.

[It may be adjusted up by about 30%. The water in rivers and lakes is much drier than last month. Currently, we can only rely on groundwater for the transition.]

【30%? My god, the original water fee was 10 points per cubic meter, but now it’s 13 or 14 points, which means at least 10 extra points every month. This is too outrageous.】

[30% is still acceptable at the moment, but I am worried about whether there will be water restrictions in the future. After all, the weather is not too hot right now, and the streets have to be sprinkled with water to keep the temperature down.]

[Didn't the base say before that the groundwater could be used continuously for at least 30 to 50 years? Why is there still a water restriction? ]

【Thirty years ago, the weather wasn’t that hot. I had a pair of plastic sandals drying on the balcony recently. This morning I remembered that I forgot to take them away. They have been stuck to the balcony for two afternoons. Damn, I spent thirty points to buy them.】

[Hahaha, you above are going to make me laugh to death so that you can inherit my points, right? You actually dare to dry your shoes on the balcony in such a hot sun. Don’t you know that even leather shoes can be cracked by the sun?]

[Yes, let alone drying shoes, I took the freshly washed sheets to the balcony to dry, and they were dry in fifteen minutes. They were still dripping with water when they were first dried.]

[Will there be water restrictions in the future? The water supply in my neighborhood was cut off for a whole day yesterday, and they didn’t tell me in advance. Fortunately, there was still a basin of water at home. My whole family resisted taking a shower last night, otherwise we wouldn’t even have water to drink.]

[My house also had a water outage the day before yesterday, but it only lasted for one afternoon. ]

[Oh my god, so many people upstairs have no water. My neighborhood has been notified that the water will be cut off this afternoon, so I'd better ask my family to get a few more buckets of water. It would be terrible if it has to be cut off overnight.]

[The friend above who said he was a water plant employee, does he have any inside information? Will there really be water restrictions at that time? ]

This post attracted many people to post comments, many of whom came out to ask when the water restriction would occur so that they could prepare in advance.

Maybe there were too many people tagging him, and the brother himself was shocked.

[Sorry, I just went to take a shower and didn't check the news. As for water restrictions, the water plant will also have to look at the arrangements from above. The water plant is also waiting for notification. However, as far as the current situation is concerned, raising prices is only the first step. Electricity and water use will be gradually restricted. ]

[Isn’t electricity consumption restricted now? We should reduce electricity consumption by four hours a day. If the restrictions continue, people will die. 】

At present, the base has re-established a power-rationing plan, and the power-rationing time has been changed to the hours of 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m., because these hours are working hours and household electricity consumption will be relatively reduced, and the temperature is not too high in the early morning. This is a plan that the higher-ups have studied for a long time and formulated, because if the power-rationing time is changed to the peak hours of electricity consumption, such as from noon to 2:00 p.m., or after 7:00 p.m., it will probably cause dissatisfaction and panic among the residents of the base.

[You don't have to worry. The current water restriction time should be staggered during the peak water usage period. Even if there is a water restriction, it will be divided into districts, blocks, communities, and commercial office buildings. The water supply will not be cut off for the entire base at once. ]

[It’s mainly because if there’s a power outage, it’s fine. But if there’s a water outage, it’s not okay. Children and the elderly at home all need water. The weather is hot, so if we don’t replenish the salt water in time, it’s going to be a big problem. In addition, the convenience stores and supply and marketing cooperatives in the neighborhood are rarely open. Sometimes it’s difficult to buy a bottle of water when going out to buy vegetables.]

[Speaking of this, I have to complain that the prices of most vegetables are too expensive. Everything is going up in price. The coarse noodles that used to cost five cents a pound are now sold for eight cents. And potatoes, weren't they only two cents a pound before? How come they are sold for five cents? The price increase is too outrageous now.]

[It is understandable that the price of meat has increased, after all, it is difficult to store meat in this weather, but it is not right for potatoes and coarse noodles to increase in price at high temperatures. These were stored in the granary before, so why did the price increase so much all of a sudden? ]

[Yes, I went grocery shopping today, and I wanted to buy more at once. I ended up spending over a hundred points and only bought a few kilograms of rice, some noodles, some potatoes, and a few cans. I remember that I bought at least twice as much before, but now there are fewer and fewer things, and the prices are getting more and more expensive.]

[My family has been eating porridge for a week. My son's company is still in the holiday and waiting for notice. I can't go to work. They say they are working from home, but there is no computer. Those who have computers can at least get half of their salary if they work at home, but a computer costs nearly 10,000 points. Isn't this robbery? ]

There are more and more posts on the upper floor, and the topics range from water and electricity usage to eating, drinking, defecating, urinating and dressing. Everyone does nothing but complain and grumble.

Gu Tongwan glanced at it and thought to herself that she wasn't worried about electricity and water, but vegetables and meat were in short supply in the market, so she could start there.

After coming out of this post, she continued to browse other posts, flipping through several pages, and finally saw the content she wanted to see.

[The temperature in the northern and southern hemispheres is reversed. Will China usher in the next extreme cold weather after the extreme heat? 】

The person who posted the message raised a series of questions regarding the recent extremely hot weather, and then mentioned the temperature in the Southern Hemisphere, which immediately attracted a lot of replies.

[I really want to go to Country N now. I'm so envious. I'm so hot at home every day. 】

[Envy? Brother, have you never experienced extreme cold? It's okay for us to be a little warmer, but it's already minus 40 degrees over there. Even a basin of water will freeze if you go out. Do you dare to go out?]

[During the previous extreme cold weather, the lowest temperature was about 30 below zero, right? ]

[The temperature is still below 30 in the southern cities. Jiangcheng is still relatively good. You should know that the temperature in the north is almost below 50. The taps are frozen. I can’t even get enough firewood in my hometown. The last furniture in the house was chopped up as firewood.]

[Well, you know what, a lot of people froze to death in my hometown at that time, all of them froze to death when they went out to look for supplies.]

[You guys are talking so horribly that I want to go out and stock up right now, while the supply and marketing cooperatives are still open.]

[Don't think about it. There's nothing left at the supply and marketing cooperative now. Instead of thinking about this, think about what to buy at the black market next week.]

[Yes, I heard that the black market will resume normal operations next week, but the time will be changed to 9pm to 12pm. They said that the weather is too hot before 9pm, so the venue needs to be sprinkled with water to cool down, otherwise it will not be used at all.]

[There is no way. The black market is full of all kinds of people. Who knows if there are human traffickers among them? Didn’t a little girl happen to be in the black market before? It seems that she was kidnapped by someone. Later, when the base asked about it, the Wanderers insisted that it was not them. In addition, there was no surveillance at that place, so in the end, the matter could only be left unresolved. It was a pity that the girl’s family finally survived the natural disaster and entered the base, but she was kidnapped again.]

[But the black market is cheap, I have made up my mind to go out. I am a grown man and I am not afraid of these things. If I don’t go out, I will really be waiting for death.]

The post is quite excited, and it seems that people are quite looking forward to the reopening of the black market.

Gu Tongwan thought of the juicy fruits and vegetables in her space and suddenly had an idea, but she didn't plan to do it alone this time. After all, the risk was too high. It would be better for her to be a middleman and entrust a small part of the goods to a third party, which could reduce the risk to a certain extent.