Infinite Disaster Survival

"I don't have any internet or signal here." Similar answers came from different directions, all with genuine panic.

Once the signal and the internet are disconnected, it is equivalent to cutting off contact with the outside world, which is really frightening.

The villagers hurriedly checked. The internet lines and signal enhancement equipment in the cave remained intact, so there could only be a problem outside. Looking at the hot outside under the scorching sun, no one could go out, so they could only find patience to wait in the cave temporarily.

The power supply is still normal, and the lack of internet and signal can still stop the panic from rising. But bad situations often come one after another. The villagers who were upset and couldn't sit still in the cave heard a muffled sound, and the cave, which was originally noisy, suddenly became quiet.

The air conditioner and fan that were running continuously stopped working at the same time. This situation is far more serious than the disconnection of the internet and the signal, and the already panicked villagers became even more panicked.

Wen Zheng immediately found the speaker with the battery installed when the power outage was suspected, reminded everyone to stay calm, and arranged personnel to check the circuit inside the mountain.

The enhanced sound of the speaker was transmitted in the cave, hitting the rock wall and generating countless echoes. Listening to Wen Zheng's orderly command, the villagers slowly regained their sanity.

But the high temperature would not give them too much time. The villagers who ran back and forth in the cave soon broke out in sweat. It was two o'clock in the afternoon when the temperature was the highest, and they could clearly feel the rising temperature around them.

There was still no problem found in the mountain, but now there was no way to go outside to check the situation. There were still four or five hours before night. Strong adults could persist in this process, but the old, young, sick and weak could not. They also had pregnant women here.

"All weak people, please move to the inside, and pay attention to safety during the transfer." Wen Zheng's voice echoed in the cave again. Even if the people who heard the voice did not know the reason, they obediently moved.

When they followed Wen Zheng's command and came to the innermost caves, they saw Wen Zheng dragging out several sacks from somewhere and pouring the contents into the wooden barrels filled with water. Then they blinked and saw the water in the barrels slowly turned into ice cubes.

Many elderly people with low education did not recognize what it was, but the young children immediately thought of the answer: "This is saltpeter, saltpeter makes ice."

"I've seen it on TV before, and it really can make ice."

"Didn't I hear my dad say that our village bought saltpeter? Did you, the village chief, specially reserve it? It must be that Xiao Ling is so smart and prepared in advance."

When the children looked at the father and son, especially Wen Ling, their eyes were full of admiration. While shouting, they did not forget to help the disabled people sit near the "ice bucket".

The adults who were still a little confused at first understood the current situation half-understood in the children's chattering. Even if you don't understand it very well, once you sit near the ice bucket and feel the cool air around your body, the stuffy feeling will dissipate a lot.

Fortunately, Wen Zheng prepared a lot of saltpeter in advance. When the cave was just repaired, he took the opportunity to move the food in for storage and moved the saltpeter to Jin, freeing up space to store more things.

First supply ice to the inner cave, and put the remaining unused saltpeter aside. The ice made from saltpeter is not unmeltable. After melting, new saltpeter needs to be added to make ice to cool down. The amount of saltpeter may not last until the evening.

The strong people rested in the outer cave temporarily, lying on the ground to reduce the amount of exercise to reduce physical consumption, and temporarily did not use saltpeter when they could still endure.

Wen Zheng and Tuan Tuan have the strongest heat resistance. When others are sweating profusely and unwilling to open their eyes, they can still check on everyone's condition by diverting their thoughts. When it was determined that everyone was about to give up, ice was made in time to lower the temperature, and straws connected to drinking water were placed near their mouths so that they could replenish the water needed by the body.

Even so, many people did not know how they persisted. They felt as if their souls were evaporated by the high temperature and separated from their bodies. They could not feel the situation outside at all. The only action was to move their lips and throats when they were really thirsty, and absorb a small amount of water to moisten their thirsty mouths.

Every second felt like a year. When they regained consciousness again, they could feel that the clothes they were wearing were sticky. Villagers who often did physical work knew that it was the feeling of clothes being soaked in sweat and dried without washing.

With their eyes open, they could tell from the vents above their heads that the sun outside was not as hot as at noon. They tried to move their fingers to touch the slightly hot mobile phone, and weakly clicked the power button. The mobile phone also reacted slowly for two seconds before turning on.

It was already six o'clock in the afternoon, and the temperature meter standing next to the wall showed that the indoor temperature had barely dropped from four to three.

Wen Jianghe and several other young men supported themselves with their arms and sat up. They looked around but didn't see the voices of Wen Zheng and Tuan Tuan. They hurriedly tried to call for everyone, but as soon as they opened their mouths, they realized that their throats were so dry that they couldn't make a normal sound. They coughed twice, moved to the side and drank a sip of water before they recovered and continued to call for help.

"Everyone hurry up and get up. Brother Wen and Xiao Ling have already gone out to check the situation. We have to go over and help."

Although Wen Zheng is now the new village chief, everyone is not used to calling him by his title. Brother Wen should still be called Wen Zheng, but in their hearts they admire him. After waking up, I didn't see the voices of Wen Zheng and Tuan Tuan. No one suspected that the father and son had gone inside to cool off. The first reaction was that they were already busy.

After slowly cooling down and feeling weak, I drank some light salt water. After feeling a little more energetic, I went out. Before I took a few steps, I saw Wen Zheng and Tuan Tuan coming out with a cart. The cart was loaded with melted ice buckets. Everyone saw it and hurried over to help.

Seeing a large group of people about to attack, Wen Zheng quickly reached out to stop them: "Tuantuan and I can move these two cars. You go to other caves to bring out the remaining saltpeter buckets. We will filter the saltpeter later and reuse it next time."

"We know."

After the group of young people dispersed, Wen Zheng walked to the cave entrance leading to the outside with a frown. He reached out and touched the stone wall that was close to the cave entrance but not outside and not exposed to direct sunlight. He could feel the scalding heat when he touched it. It is estimated that egg whites beaten on it can be fried into a solid.

Today's temperature is really a bit outrageous. The extreme temperature has risen to a level in just one day. The temperature in the cave has never reached more than 40 degrees before.

Now it is still more than 30 degrees in the cave. You can imagine what the situation is outside. The sun has not set yet, and it will take some time before the night comes.

Wen Zheng is not sure whether the temperature tomorrow will reach the current level. Even if he barely survives today, it will hurt his body a lot. The two pregnant women in the village can't stand it for too long. If we can get in touch with the hospital in the town, it would be the best choice to send the pregnant woman to the hospital tonight.

After the strong people were busy for a while, the weak people gradually woke up. The only doctor was busy examining the uncomfortable people and prescribing medicine.

The strong people poured warm water from the thermos in the corner. The thermos can keep hot in cold weather and cool in high temperatures. At least the water poured out of the kettle is just warm enough to drink.

After everyone finished drinking the water, the thermos became empty. The idle people picked up a few kettles and filled them with drinking water. They threw some heat-clearing herbs into them, picked up the kettles with the poles used to hang clothes, and sent them outside without leaving the cave.

On the open space outside, there is a heat-collecting and water-boiling device. This is the method used by the families who migrated here in their hometown. They taught them after moving to Dongxi Village and made one in advance.

The kettle can be boiled without electricity or fire. The process of boiling water outside will not increase the temperature in the cave. Even in the current hot weather, it is better to boil warm water, but it will take a long time to cool the water. It is troublesome to pour it into the thermos kettle after it cools down.

After the doctor's examination, several villagers were in poor physical condition, and several people who did not let him check looked a little bad. The doctor could only prescribe some medicine for them according to the current situation in the village to see if their condition would improve after drinking the medicine.

They waited in the cave until the sun set. When the strong villagers recovered about 50% of their physical strength, they put on thin long-sleeved trousers and hats, and then left the cave with tool boxes to find the reason for the power outage, network outage and signal outage.

I went out in the morning, but after almost twelve hours, I saw that the situation outside was quite different from that in the morning.

Today's sunlight is so strong that it is unbearable. The plants on the ground turned from green to dehydrated yellow in one day. The leaves are yellow and dry, and they look like they will break into powder with just a light touch due to lack of water.

Not only the plants, but also many rabbits that did not have time to hide were sunburned in the grass. Some of them were dead and smelly, and some were dying. It is unknown whether they can survive.

The team led by Wen Zheng hurriedly observed the changes on the ground in surprise without stopping. They passed by these animals and plants and rushed to the circuit gathering place covered by a shed. The electrician led the other personnel who knew the circuit to check.

Now it is the most urgent thing to find out the cause of the power outage.

It didn't take too long. It was still due to the high temperature. The temperature that broke the record for a few days caused the part of the circuit exposed on the ground to burn. Although the flames were extinguished because the rest of the circuit was covered by the soil, that part of the circuit was still burned.

Not only the circuit, but also the network cable and signal cable were damaged for the same reason. The latter two are not easy to repair and are not particularly urgent. The circuit is the most needed and it is not difficult to repair it. The difficult part is how to protect the circuit from being burned again if we encounter today's high temperature tomorrow.