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

Chapter 56 Power rationing intensifies

Day 35 of the End of the World

A message from the community owners group once again made everyone panic. The Zijing community will soon be facing a long-term power outage. It is possible that in the next few days, except for meal times, there will be power outages at other times.

The reason is that the power facilities in the urban area are severely damaged. 28 high-voltage transmission lines have been completely shut down, and 34 high-voltage transmission lines have been damaged to varying degrees. There are too few base stations that can supply power in a timely manner. Only government departments and some areas that are less affected can continue to provide power supply.

The news has been reporting all the time that the power distribution network has also suffered huge damage, with hundreds of distribution lines out of service. Currently, there are more than 200 affected communities in the city, and the government has dispatched a number of speedboats and kayaks to relocate as many victims as possible. However, the initial relocation work was hindered by the typhoon, and the speedboats could not move forward at all under the level 9 gale, so most of the affected people are still trapped in the buildings.

Only a small number of lower floors that are closer to the rescue center will be selected as priority rescue targets.

The Zijing community was one of the last communities to suffer power outages. According to Liao Yunyun, their community had already started to limit electricity five days ago, and there were only two hours of electricity per day. In addition to fully charging her power bank and outdoor mobile power bank, she was busy using an induction cooker to cook porridge, compressed biscuits and self-heating foods as her last meals. So she cooked several pots of porridge during this period and placed them in the shade of the living room, for fear that life would be worse after a complete power outage.

Liao Yunyun feels that the Internet will be cut off soon. The water has already flooded the first floor. If the rain does not stop and continues at this rate, the power and Internet will be cut off in less than a week.

Moreover, Jiangcheng is located in the downstream of the river. If the upstream cities open the sluice gates to release floodwaters, the level of waterlogging in Jiangcheng will accelerate.

Who made the river leading to Jiangcheng a downstream tributary? The downstream is doomed to be destroyed. If the upstream does not release floodwaters, the upstream Province B will be directly destroyed by water.

He let out a long sigh and said that he was frantically downloading various novels and TV series on his laptop and tablet, but he would not be able to contact Gu Tongwan once the Internet was disconnected. When he talked about this, his whole mood lost interest.

Liao Yunyun: Did Chen Yanxi send you a message? He told me to hold on for a while, saying that a rescue team would soon enter Jiangcheng.

Gu Tongwan: Sent.

Chen Yanxi sent her a message on the fifteenth day of the apocalypse, telling her in a concise manner how to save herself in the event of a natural disaster and issues related to domestic water and electricity usage, and even sent her a detailed file.

"Hold on, be sure to stay alive, wait for me..." This was Chen Yanxi's last message. From that day on, Chen Yanxi no longer sent messages. Either the power and the Internet were cut off on his side, or he encountered some other situation.

Gu Tongwan's heart was slightly beating, but she quickly calmed down. After all, she didn't want anything to happen to her childhood friend Chen Yanxi, and she hoped that everyone could live well.

After chatting with Liao Yunyun for a while, Gu Tongwan once again reminded her to pay attention to safety issues. After all, living alone is weak and it is best to lock the door when you are not going out, and use heavy objects to block the door panel if necessary.

This time, Liao Yunyun agreed with her friend's suggestion. She got a message from the owners' group yesterday that there were frequent home break-ins in the neighborhood next door. This made her feel surprised. Now she puts a fruit knife under her pillow when she goes to bed at night, and keeps anti-wolf spray in a drawer.

After chatting with Liao Yunyun, Gu Tongwan cast his eyes on the windowsill. It was still raining heavily outside, even heavier than the previous few days. However, the typhoon was smaller, and the wind speed outside dropped to level seven, so more and more people were risking their lives to drive out to purchase during this period.

The property management had closed the temporary vegetable market three days ago, mainly because it was risky to go out, and the flooding situation was getting worse, so they were worried that the car would stall halfway.

However, there has been no power outage in the Zijing community so far, at least the power supply has been normal.

In fact, before moving in, she asked the property management which floor the power distribution room was on. She decided to move in only after learning that the power distribution room in Zijing Community was on the sixth floor.

In fact, the power distribution rooms in most communities are usually on the first floor or the basement floor. However, when the developer was designing the property, he deliberately designed a space of nearly 100 square meters on the sixth floor of the building where the property was located, and converted the space into a power distribution room and placed the generators equipped for the community.

Afterwards, many owners of the building complained, especially those on the fifth and sixth floors, who believed that they were not safe living close to the power distribution room. The matter was a matter of great concern for a long time. Finally, the developer and the property management company worked out a plan to exempt the residents on the fourth and eighth floors of the building from property management fees for five years, which put an end to the matter.

So the reason why the power supply in Zijing Community was normal for a long time after the end of the world was mainly because the distribution room was on the sixth floor.

After learning that the neighboring community on a similarly high terrain began to lose power in the third week, while the Zijing community remained strong for almost six weeks during the rainstorm, everyone began to believe in the developer's original "cleverness."

Because the power supply time is less than three hours a day, power banks have become a hot commodity. The dozen or so power banks that were originally neglected in the store were sold out.

One day when Gu Tongwan went out to throw away the garbage, she ran into Jiang Tian coming back from outside, holding a black plastic bag tightly in her hand. But the next day she saw a power bank box in the trash can, but when she threw away the garbage the next day, the box was gone from the trash can.

Now there is a lot of garbage piled up at the stairwell of every household. Due to flooding, domestic garbage is basically temporarily piled here. People in high-end communities still maintain basic qualities when order has not collapsed. At least the phenomenon of throwing objects from high places is still rare. However, as the water line rises and water and power outages occur, I am afraid that this situation will become more and more common.

After all, as time goes by, human nature collapses and the government's constraints on laws and regulations weaken, all rules and regulations gradually disappear in this natural disaster.

Gu Tongwan stood on the balcony holding an apple in his hand and nibbled it slowly. It was quite relaxing to eat an apple on a rainy day.

She had blocked part of the balcony with a sunshade, leaving only an opening to observe the situation outside.

Well, today's rain seems to be a little lighter than before, but it is still very dense. The water below has spread to the second floor. It is said that the property office in Building A2 has been flooded. A video of the property staff scooping water with basins was also posted in the group.

The video made the owners of the lower floors think about how many floors will be flooded if there are heavy rains in the next few months. If the flooding continues, how will they find food after the water and power are cut off? How will they live in the future?

A new round of discussions in the owners’ group made the already tense atmosphere even worse.