Apocalyptic Tundra Age

On the third Friday of December, Xu Zhonglei watched TV while petting his dog.

The eruption of an extinct volcano in the Pacific was caught off guard, but someone always caught the picture.

CCTV News: On the evening of December 12, local time, the Pacific island of McCarthy Volcano erupted. It is reported that after 26 years of silence, this extinct volcano showed signs of reactivation a month ago.The eruption of McCarthy volcano reached a huge scale, and the VIE index (Volcanic Explosion Index) reached 500, which was the same scale as the Tambora eruption in April 7. According to the seismic station, this may be the largest volcanic eruption in human history.

Due to the huge scale of the volcanic eruption, the Solomon Islands, 500 nautical miles away, also felt a strong earthquake. Please see the report of the reporter ahead:

From the pictures taken by the reporter, it can be seen that the gray cloud formed by the volcanic ash and the high temperature of the volcanic eruption has extended to this small island. The reporter said next to it: McCarthy’s huge volcanic eruption is still going on. Due to the severity of the disaster, it is impossible to measure the casualties The number of Chinese citizens who have plans to travel to small Pacific islands in their own country has changed. Chinese citizens who cannot return to their country due to disasters should contact the embassy in time.

The TV camera cut back again, and the earthquake experts on the screen analyzed that the active submarine earthquake in the Pacific Ocean may have triggered the eruption of the McCarthy volcano. This volcanic eruption is far away from the mainland of China and will not affect China.

Xu Zhonglei didn't turn off the TV, and the background sound of the TV kept ringing.

He knew this was the beginning, really coming.

He turned on the phone and bought things for Ms. Xu Aizhu, down jackets, duvets, several boxes of compressed biscuits, and several boxes of drinking water. The address was her villa, and the note was written at the guard's place.

He sent a message to Ms. Xu Aizhu again, saying that he was going to bring his girlfriend back and planned to stay in the villa with the whole family for a few days.

Ms. Xu Aizhu thought that they could meet in the city, and Xu Zhonglei gave a bunch of reasons. The houses in the city were not big enough, and his girlfriend wanted to see what the villa in Guang'an looked like. After some coquettish behavior that Xu Zhonglei hadn't had for more than ten years, Ms. Xu Aizhu finally agreed. up.

They didn't make an appointment for a specific time, because they had to wait until the "girlfriend" was on vacation.

Xu Zhonglei finally said that his girlfriend bought some things with him and put them directly at the doorman. When the time comes, my mother must remember to take them back.

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When Xu Zhonglei stayed with Zigui, he didn't pay attention to the news, and only discovered the volcanic eruption when the incident happened.

So he kept the news channel on for the past few days, and he immediately discovered that the disaster really didn't happen in an instant.

In just one week, there have been six volcanic eruptions, large and small, in the Pacific plate. The volcanic eruptions were all small islands in the east of the ocean. No wonder Xu Zhonglei didn’t pay much attention at that time. The Atlantic plate was also hitting the Eurasian continental plate. Xu Zhonglei watched helplessly. Watching the video of a large island in Europe with a population of tens of thousands being instantly squeezed under the sea and turned into a disappearing Atlantis on the news channel.

Frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions triggered tsunamis. A large island country was blown by two tsunamis within a week. It also triggered a nuclear power plant accident, and nuclear radiation affected millions of people.

When Xu Zhonglei paid attention to this matter, he discovered that these things actually had a great impact. Many people actually saw the wave after wave of prayers and scolding on the Internet.

The McCarthy volcano is still erupting, and the volcanic dust mixed with clouds swept the world with the atmospheric circulation.

One morning, their village was also dark.

The air is filled with the smell of sulfur, which is the smell of fresh volcanic ash and dust. The people in the village don't know what happened, there is a sound of tinkling frames and beating pots and pans.

After a while, the headlights of the gates of each house were turned on, and Xu Zhonglei also turned on the street lights on the top of the fence, but found that the dust concentration was too high, and the big street lights could only allow him to see the scenery within one meter. Looking out from the threshold of the new house, I only saw a halo the size of a soybean, which was really not enough for people to see clearly.

When Xu Zhonglei entered the house, he closed all the windows and doors, turned on the lights at home, and turned on the air purifier. After a while, Xu Zhonglei finally saw the whole picture of his house. There was a thin layer of dust on the table and bed sheets. .

There are also the depressed boss and Xiao Zhi, the white hair on their bodies has turned gray, and their sensitive noses are constantly sneezing.The mouse that loves cleanliness is especially irritable. A cat is a creature that can't stand its fur being a little dirty. This time it is licking its fur and sneezing wildly.

Xu Zhonglei realized later that his white T-shirt had turned gray, and the dust trapped by his nose hair had almost made him gasp and unable to breathe.

While washing his nose, Xu Zhonglei hurriedly called Ms. Xu Aizhu, and was relieved when he learned that they were not driving and were very safe.

The air purifier is working diligently, and Xu Zhonglei is going to help the three cats in the family take a bath first, otherwise he will clean it up by himself in a while, and the little paper hair will be shaken, and it will be useless!

The mouse came first, the little paper followed, and the boss last. The three of them took a shower and dried their fur, so Xu Zhonglei drove them to the basement.

Xu Zhonglei took a shower, cleaned the room again, removed the quilt cover and sofa cover, threw them into the washing machine, and covered them with new ones.

He found out the all-inclusive raincoat again, put on a mask, held a flashlight, and prepared to go outside to have a look.

It was daytime when the dark clouds came over, and many people were still outside.

But before he went out, he heard his iron door being knocked loudly.

"The stone opens the door!"

Xu Zhonglei usually doesn't want anyone to visit his house, because he has a lot of things and it's hard to explain, so even if someone else is at home, he won't open the big iron gate.In the village, it is generally acquiesced that if the gate is closed, there will be no one at home. Xu Zhonglei pretended not to know if there was anyone at home, and the door was always closed anyway.

Xu Zhonglei opened the door, and saw two people standing in front of his door. When the flashlight shone on them, they were all ashamed, and they couldn't see who it was. It was probably because the lights were turned on at home. The two people happened to be nearby, so they followed the light. I found it.

"Stone, what's going on, we're going home for dinner, and it's getting dark," one person said.

Xu Zhonglei asked: "I don't know, which one do you belong to? Shall I send you back?"

"Thank you, thank you." An older male voice said, "It's right next to the old pond in the village. I came here today to see if there is any water in the pond here, and I encountered this black fog."

"Okay, I'll go ahead and point the way with the flashlight, you follow me!" Before leaving, Xu Zhonglei stuffed a pair of masks into the big pocket of his raincoat, just in time for them, and gave them one for each of them.

The three of them talked while walking, and they got close, and the voices of the rural people were so loud that they could be heard clearly through the masks.

"I'm your Uncle Qiang, that's your Uncle Sheng, you brought your two dogs to drink tea at my house!"

"Oh oh oh, the dust is too big, I can't see the face clearly, but it sounds like the voice, but I'm afraid of admitting mistakes. Once you say it, I'll know."

Xu Zhonglei asked again: "Is the water in the old pond dry? Why are you two here?"

"The old pond dried up in June, and the water in the old pond was too shallow to retain water."

"It's been two months longer at the big pond. I remember it was done in September, and I went fishing. Didn't the family grow food in the second half of the year?" Xu Zhonglei asked.

"The well water is almost dry, and people can't drink the water. Where can they farm the land? It can only be left unused."

"What do you eat if you don't plant land in the second half of the year?"

"In the first half of the year, we planted an acre of early rice with the water in the old pond, and the harvest was good. There was a few hundred catties, but we didn't sell it! My son was worried that I didn't have enough food, so he drove a car and gave away a large amount of rice. Car. We old guys don’t eat much.”

"That's because your son is planning for a rainy day and is still filial." Xu Zhonglei praised him as he found his way.

An older voice said: "Guosheng, I don't think the situation is good. It has been a year of drought without a drop of rain, and now there is this black fog again. Don't sell your grain. You have grain in hand. Don't panic."

A younger voice said: "How can I? Even if the early rice is not delicious, I can't sell it now. If the village grows any leafy vegetables this year, it can be sold in the town. Those who sold the early rice in the village earlier, Now they spend a lot of money to buy rice, and in the end it is a waste of work."

"Okay, here we are!" the old man greeted, "Come in for some tea and a meal!"

Xu Zhonglei saw two old people entering the door of a family, and asked, "Do your two families live together?"

Uncle Sheng laughed: "There are only four of us in our family, and the houses are close together. It is convenient to eat together and have firewood left! Come eat with us!"

"Okay, you two can eat. I have cooked all the food at home, and I have to feed the dog! Let's go first."

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Of course, Xu Zhonglei's family didn't cook well. The puppies and cats have grown up, and they don't need to be fed four times a day. They have one meal in the morning and one meal in the evening, which saves a lot of trouble.

He is single, and usually cooks whatever is convenient for him, especially today, he is in a bad mood, not even in the mood to pull a few green onions in the glass greenhouse in his yard, cooked a pack of quick-frozen dumplings, dipped in old Damn it.

Halfway through eating the dumplings, the sound of the air purifier stopped. Xu Zhonglei was startled. After putting on his clothes, he saw that the dust storage area of ​​the air purifier was filled with gray things. After Xu Zhonglei cleaned up the dust, the dumplings were cold .

He was no longer interested in eating, so he hurriedly stuffed the dumplings into his mouth, put on his raincoat, and cleaned the solar generators, panels, and batteries on the small platform on the second floor, and put them back into the house.

I went to the basement to put away the mice that were killed by the mouse, and it was the end of my terrible day.

As a result, he couldn't sleep well, and was suffocated several times by his own booger.

I can only comfort myself that thick nose hair is a sign of health!