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

Fifteen minutes after the extreme cold arrived.

Location: In the fruit and vegetable store

Gu Tongwan and Luo Mei were hiding in the innermost storage room. As soon as the extreme cold came, she pulled Luo Mei in first.

"Stay here and wait for me to come back." He was about to open the door and go outside, but was stopped by Luo Mei. "Wait, what are you doing outside?"

Gu Tongwan glanced at the door handle, which was now covered with an imperceptible layer of white mist, but in fact it was not white mist but a substance similar to frost.

"I'll go outside and get the electric heater and the fan heater. You just wait here."

"Then I'll go out with you. It's so cold outside, and the heater is on the wall. It will be faster if there is one more person to help you take it down." Luo Mei looked at her nervously and said.

Gu Tongwan turned his head and his eyes fell on a snakeskin bag in the corner. Then he raised his chin and nodded in that direction. "Over there is charcoal. There is a stove next to it. The lighter is on the third shelf. You burn the charcoal first. There is a wooden door behind it to ignite it. Try to raise the temperature inside as much as possible. I will go outside to dismantle the heater."

Luo Mei looked in the direction Gu Tongwan was going, and indeed she found something over there, including a small household stove. Seeing that Gu Tongwan's tone was very serious, she knew that she could not be willful at this time, so she nodded: "I understand, then Madam Boss, you have to be careful, and come in immediately if something goes wrong."

"Don't worry, if I need your help, I'll call you outside."

It’s not that Gu Tongwan didn’t want Luo Mei to go out with him, but the temperature outside was obviously more than ten degrees lower than it was ten minutes ago. If both of them rushed out rashly, their lives would be in danger.

Ten minutes ago, the extreme cold was like an unexpected rainstorm, covering the entire Jiangcheng in an instant, catching everyone off guard. The temperature outside was obviously lower than usual, even reaching minus 40 degrees Celsius in just a dozen minutes, and the temperature was still continuing to drop.

The reason why Gu Tongwan asked Luo Mei and herself to hide in the innermost grocery room was because the grocery room was airtight. The temperature inside was at least five degrees lower than that outside. They could then find a way to wait until the temperature stabilized before going out to seek help.

As soon as I opened the door and went out, I found that the temperature in the store was much lower than that in the grocery room. Fortunately, there were fan heaters and electric heaters on both sides that were always providing warmth. However, the space of more than 20 square meters immediately offset the warm air that was originally sent out.

His eyes fell on the thermometer on the wall next to the cashier counter, which showed that the temperature in the store was minus 28 degrees Celsius. This was even with the heater on. Through the closed window, he could glimpse the heavy snow that sounded like ice chips being blown by and the terrifying whistling sound of the wind.

The temperature outside was at least minus 40 degrees Celsius. There was an army green jeep parked opposite the fruit and vegetable store. Now the body of the jeep was completely covered with snow, and even the wheels were covered with a layer of ice.

The closed door handle of the fruit and vegetable shop was already covered with rapidly falling frost, and even the gap under the door was covered with ice.

Gu Tongwan did not dare to delay, he took a chair and went forward to dismantle the heater that was originally placed on the shelf. He first dismantled the one on the cash register, and then dismantled the second one in the other corner.

I also did not forget to recycle the small solar electric heater under the cash register, and I also picked up a ten-meter-long power strip, which I will definitely use in the utility room later.

Luo Mei in the utility room was also busy making a fire, but as she had been shouldering the burden of housework at home over the years, making a fire was not difficult for her. While the wooden sticks used for ignition in the utility room were not yet damp, she lit the newspaper next to them and quickly added the wooden sticks, waiting until the fire was almost ready before adding the appropriate charcoal one by one.

Gu Tongwan was busy outside for about fifteen minutes, and when he came back, Luo Mei had successfully fixed the stove.

Although the ventilation in the utility room was not particularly good, the charcoal that Gu Tongwan bought was the most expensive lychee charcoal. The advantage of this kind of charcoal is that it is almost smokeless after ignition, and the carbon monoxide gas produced during the combustion process is also very small, so the price has remained high, but it is very popular among wealthy people, so it was sold out earlier than ordinary charcoal.

Gu Tongwan temporarily piled all the things at the door, and then ran to the window to check the situation outside. When the extreme cold came, she chose to close the outermost roller shutter door, and then closed the inner door. If she didn't do this, the cold wind from outside would quickly fill into the store.

The world outside is completely different from the world indoors. Gu Tongwan's cell phone was left in the utility room. She was not worried about Yan Fan, as Yan Fan was still at home. He was an ice-type mutant. The characteristics of ice-type mutants were cold and heat resistance. When it was extremely hot, they could use their ice-type abilities to quickly cool down their bodies, but when it was extremely cold, they could actually mobilize their abilities to resist the invasion of ice and cold into their bodies. This was actually the same as the reason why fire-type mutants could move freely in a fire scene. This was why many fire-type mutants in the Self-Defense Forces were transferred to fire-fighting agencies to perform tasks.

There weren't many people in this base that she could care about, and the first person she thought of was her best friend.

When Liao Yunyun received the call, she was squatting by the heater, shivering as she warmed herself to the fire.

"Wanwan, don't worry, I'm fine. Fortunately, the company has given us a holiday in advance these two days. However, the internal information of the Meteorological Bureau is too unreliable. They said that the extreme cold will not come until after the New Year. In less than a day, the temperature outside has dropped by at least ten degrees. Do you know that the indoor temperature is only minus 20 degrees Celsius now? This is crazy, right? I just lit the fire. Fortunately, I still have the electric heater you gave me. I hope the temperature will slowly recover in a while. By the way, where are you now, are you at home?"

Gu Tongwan explained the current situation, but was met with disbelief and questioning: "What? You said you are still in the store, what should we do? Your small store can't survive, no, no, I think we should let Chen Yanxi pick you up. He is very capable and can definitely take you home."

"It's not yet to the point where I need his help. I have fan heaters and electric heaters in my store, as well as a stove for warming up. I'm with my new clerk. Don't worry, there will be no problem for now."

Liao Yunyun wanted to say something else, but she thought of her friend's personality. Unless she encountered a really big problem, she would never ask for help easily. This also indirectly showed that the problem was still within her ability to solve. So she felt relieved, but she couldn't help but remind her a few words: "Then keep in touch by phone. I have consulted the power company. For the time being, there is no need to worry about the power supply problem in the base. If there is any problem, please contact me and I will try my best to find someone to help you."

Gu Tongwan listened to Liao Yunyun's nagging for several minutes before hanging up the phone. At this time, without the heater to blow warm air, the temperature in the store dropped sharply. Gu Tongwan hurriedly carried all his things back to the utility room.

After pushing the door open, I found that the space of about ten square meters was slightly warm because of the burning stove.

Gu Tongwan was also busy. He closed the door as soon as he entered the utility room, connected the power strip to the innermost exposed wire socket, and placed two heaters on the left and right.

With the sound of "whoosh", the heater immediately resumed operation and was constantly shaking its head to send out warm air. A small sun electric heater was plugged into another socket. After the small sun was turned on, it emitted an orange light, instantly covering the surroundings with a layer of light yellow.

Gu Tongwan took out a small thermometer from his backpack. At this moment, the temperature in the utility room was minus eight degrees Celsius, which was slowly warming up from the previous temperature of minus twenty-one degrees Celsius.

"The temperature should rise from zero degrees in a while. There are two low stools next to it. You can move them over and sit on them. Don't squat all the time. If your blood circulation is blocked, your legs will easily become stiff." Gu Tongwan pointed at the two small stools behind Luo Mei, his tone softer than before.

After Luo Mei pulled the bench over, she sat there obediently to warm herself by the fire, but the whole time she kept trying to turn on her cell phone.

Because she had left her cell phone on the cashier counter, and then she hurried into the utility room with the phone in her hand. When she came in, she was busy making a fire and didn't notice the phone on the ground at all. Only after she was sure that it was temporarily safe did she think of calling home to confirm the situation. Unfortunately, the phone was frozen due to the long-term low temperature, and there was no response no matter how she turned it on. Luo Mei was so anxious that her eyes were filled with tears, and she was worried that something had happened at home.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Luo Mei's absent-minded look, Gu Tongwan couldn't help but ask with concern.

"Madam, can I borrow your cell phone to make a call? My cell phone can't be turned on, and I want to call home to check the situation."

Seeing that the phone in Luo Mei's hand had a black screen, Gu Tongwan could guess what was going on, so he handed the phone over.

Her own cell phone was kept in her pocket, so it did not shut down due to the low temperature.

After receiving the phone, Luo Mei's hands were shaking with excitement. Because she was wearing thick gloves, she couldn't accurately press the corresponding number keys when touching the keyboard. She was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. In the end, Gu Tongwan took the phone again. "I'll do it for you. Tell me the number."

"Okay, the number is 139XXX." Luo Mei was stunned for a moment, then reported Zhou Ruchu's phone number with no interest.

The phone rang for more than ten times, but no one answered it. This made Luo Mei's heart suddenly rise, and the tears that were about to fall in her eyes became even more intense.

"Don't worry, she may be busy trying to keep warm or doing other things. Try calling again." Gu Tongwan tried her best to comfort the little girl.

The second time the phone rang about seven or eight times before someone finally answered.

"Hello, who is that?" The voice of a boy who had not yet reached puberty sounded from the other end of the phone, causing Luo Mei to lean forward.

It was obvious that the voice belonged to Luo Cheng. Since Luo Cheng could use Zhou Ruchu's phone, it meant that Luo Cheng was also at home and next to Zhou Ruchu.

"It's me, Xiaocheng. Is everything okay at home? Where's mom?"

Luo Cheng was also very cold at this time. He just added two pounds of charcoal to the only heating stove in the house, which made the temperature in the room warmer. He remembered that he had just come back from collecting waste plastics half an hour ago. Because Luo Mei went out to work, Luo Cheng was worried about Zhou Ruchu staying at home alone, so he came back early today.

As a result, he went to the bathroom to pour the cup of hot water he had just returned. The whole process took only five minutes. When he came back, the cup of hot water that was still steaming had turned into warm water, which immediately made Luo Cheng's scalp numb.

After Luo Cheng reacted, he rushed to the balcony and saw that the clothes rack on the balcony was covered with a layer of ice crystals. He had just changed his clothes indoors and then threw the clothes rack outside. It shouldn't have been completely frozen in a short time, but when he thought about the cup of hot water and the clothes rack now, Luo Cheng immediately noticed the abnormal temperature.

So Luo Cheng immediately closed the balcony door, and then opened the room door, leaving only about half a finger's length open, and then began to add charcoal to the heating stove.

Zhou Ruochu didn't know what had happened. She was half lying on the bed reading a book, but when she saw Luo Cheng's serious expression, she couldn't help but ask, "Xiao Cheng, what's wrong?"

"Mom, are our winter clothes still in the closet?" Luo Cheng asked.

"The clothes of your father and I are in the closet on the left. Your sister's are on the bottom shelf. As for your clothes and some quilts, they are in the next room."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Luo Cheng hurried to the next room. About three or four minutes later, when he came back, he had two quilts in his hands. One was a ten-pound quilt that he had been covering himself with recently, and the other was a lighter coral fleece quilt that he had often used in previous winters.

Not only that, he went back and forth several times and brought back a lot of thick clothes and some blankets.

"Xiaocheng, what are you doing?" Zhou Ruochu stared at Luo Cheng with wide eyes as he continued to open his clothes and took out a slightly thicker coat.

Luo Cheng picked out two thick sweaters and handed them to Zhou Ruochu. "Mom, I don't have time to explain to you. The temperature is not right now. You should put on two more layers of clothes, otherwise you won't be able to bear it."

Zhou Ruchu rarely saw his son so anxious and serious. He was completely different from his usual quarrelsome and naughty self. So he knew that Luo Cheng must be worried about something, otherwise he would not have such a reaction.

"Lower temperature? Can the temperature continue to drop? Didn't the weather bureau say that the lowest temperature would be around minus 30 degrees Celsius?"

"That was the temperature of the last extreme cold. I'm afraid this time it will be even lower. The hot water I just poured became cold in less than five minutes. This is not normal!"

Zhou Ruochu was not an ignorant village woman. When she heard that the hot water cooled down rapidly in a short period of time, she quickly grabbed a piece of clothing and put it on.

She was originally lying on the bed without a coat, but now she put on a thick coat and even a pair of cotton pants underneath.

It took them a while to put on their clothes, and they didn't even have time to feel each other's fatness like penguins. Luo Cheng was worried that the fire in the heater was not high enough, so he continued to add charcoal.